gyo vol 1 the death stench creeps junji ito

I simply can’t take Gyo seriously I can only read the series as a comedy, whether or not it is actually intended as such. Whereas Uzumaki is surreal and bizarre, Gyo is so absurd as to be ludicrous, and only increasingly so as the manga progresses. However, the manga’s story ends up being so utterly ridiculous that I would be hard pressed to call it a masterpiece, especially when compared to his earlier work Uzumaki. And as a whole, Gyo can be exceptionally gross. Ito is an extremely skilled illustrator, creating images that are horrifying and nightmare-inducing. The back cover of the omnibus describes Gyo as Ito’s “creepiest masterpiece of horror manga ever.” Admittedly, some of the artwork in Gyo is fantastically creepy, not to mention gruesome and grotesque. And things are only getting worse with the passage of time.

No one knows where the walking fish originated or how they evolved of much greater concern is the death and disease caused by their presence on land. Kaori and Tadashi cut their vacation short and return to Tokyo, but Kaori in particular is traumatized by the events in Okinawa and soon the creatures begin to be found in the city as well. The only things that they have in common are the bizarre appendages and the sickening smell. Soon, countless fish and other sea creatures begin streaming out of the ocean. Accompanying it is an overwhelming and nauseating stench. While vacationing in Okinawa, Tadashi and his girlfriend Kaori witness the harbinger of what will eventually become a plague overrunning the entirety of Japan-a small, rotting fish walking on land with what appear to be mechanical legs. Despite Gyo having been released in English three times, and despite the fact that I’ve been meaning to read more of Ito’s manga, the series’ deluxe omnibus is actually the first that I’ve read since Uzumaki. Uzumaki was actually my introduction to Ito’s work, and I consider it to be one of the best horror manga that I’ve read. In addition to Gyo, the omnibus also collects two of Ito’s short horror manga: “The Sad Tale of the Principal Post” and “The Enigma of Amigara Fault.” The deluxe edition of Gyo is very similar in design to the recent omnibus of Ito’s manga Uzumaki the two volumes look great on the shelf together. It was first translated between 20, a slightly updated second edition was released between 20, and most recently, published in 2015, was the deluxe hardcover omnibus. Originally published in Japan in 2002, Gyo has had several English-language releases by Viz Media. Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps is a short, two-volume horror manga series created by Junji Ito.

Gyo vol 1 the death stench creeps junji ito