Gyo: Ugomeku Bukimi

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Alternativas: English: Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps
Synonyms: The Sad Tale of the Principal Post, The Enigma of Amigara Fault, Daikokubashira Hiwa, Ashura no Dansou no Kai
Japanese: ギョ うごめく不気味
Autor: Ito, Junji
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Volúmenes: 2
Capítulos: 21
Estado: Finished
Publicar: 2001-11-12 to 2002-04-15
Publicación por entregas: Big Comic Spirits

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3.4
(21 Votos)
14.29%
42.86%
19.05%
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Alternativas: English: Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps
Synonyms: The Sad Tale of the Principal Post, The Enigma of Amigara Fault, Daikokubashira Hiwa, Ashura no Dansou no Kai
Japanese: ギョ うごめく不気味
Autor: Ito, Junji
Escribe: Manga
Volúmenes: 2
Capítulos: 21
Estado: Finished
Publicar: 2001-11-12 to 2002-04-15
Publicación por entregas: Big Comic Spirits
Puntaje
3.4
21 Votos
14.29%
42.86%
19.05%
14.29%
9.52%
0 Leyendo
0 Quiero leer
0 Leer
Resumen
When diver Tadashi and his girlfriend Kaori Sawahara take a trip to the coast of Okinawa, they find that their strained relationship is the least of their worries when they unwittingly witness the start of the apocalypse. Attacked by a strange, four-legged fish in their cabin, they manage to kill it, but are left unsettled by the putrid stench it carried—the haunting smell of death.

This lone assault is only the herald of what's to come, as soon, many more such creatures emerge from the sea, attacking anything in their path. Though Tadashi and Kaori quickly return to Tokyo, they find there is no longer any safe haven; no matter where they run, the death stench creeps...

Amigara Dansou no Kai (The Enigma of Amigara Fault)
After a devastating earthquake near Amigara mountain, a several-kilometer-long fault emerged. But this discovery was made more eerie by the thousands of human-shaped holes scattered among the rock face, each of which seemingly continues for miles within the mountain. Oowaki, one of the many spectators attracted to the sight, witnesses in horror as onlookers start to experience a personal, visceral calling to enter these holes—formed as if to fit only them.

Daikokubashira Hiwa (The Sad Tale of the Principal Post)
Celebrating their recent move into their new house, a family's festivities are cut short upon hearing the cries of their father. Finding him in the crawl space below, they bear witness to the bizarre and unexplainable tragedy that has befallen him.

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Gyo: Ugomeku Bukimi review
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LithiaMysteryX3
Apr 04, 2021
In light of Gyo being set to become an anime, I decided it was time to finally read it. I adore Junji Ito's work and have read Uzumaki, Tomie, Black Paradox and now Gyo, particularly drawn by the way he draws such amazing and grosteque pages.

Story - I originally didn't read Gyo as I didn't think it would be that creepy. I mean 'fish with legs', how on earth could that be creepy? And yet again, as always, Junji Ito shocks and awes with his amazing art and fascinating story line. I don't want to spoil the plotline for you but it is very interesting, although I felt that the ending was lacking -something- but it did round off the story.
Ironically, I really loved the bones story at the end even more than Gyo itself. I felt that this story (with the people shaped holes) had a lot of potential!

Art - Anybody who has read his manga knows of his very unique art styles and especially the way that he draws horror so detailed and creepy that for a long moment it takes a while to get your head round. He is my favourite manga artist by a long way.

Character - I usually loved the female leads in Ito's work but in this one, she was whiney and a bit insufferable (I didn't feel any sympathy towards her at all) whereas her boyfriend on the other hand was a much more laid back and logical chracter which I found much nicer. He takes everything as it comes and I liked that quite a lot. As this manga was fairly short - or felt shorter - than his other mangas, there was not quite so much character development, especially since the focus was on the fish and machined limbs than the characters themselves in manga such as Uzumaki (guru, guru, guru!).
Anyway, the characters in the mini story at the end were very interesting and it would be lovely to see more of this.

Enjoyment? As always, I thoroughly enjoy reading Ito's work and always manage to get hooked from chapter one! Definitely worth a read and if you like this one, definintely go and read Uzumaki and the rest!

Hope you enjoy it!
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PoisonSunflower10
Apr 04, 2021
The manga starts as a fun read, with a creative premise and situation. Since neither the reader or the characters knew anything about what was going on, it felt eerie and weird, as in, “what the fuck is going on?”, I’d say this was a good start.

But that’s it, after the initial beach chapters, the manga starts showing it’s terribleness.

Unlike most of Ito’s manga, Gyo, doesn’t have that creepy atmosphere always looming in the background, normally represented by the visuals, be it the dreadful backgrounds or the sheer expression of terror on the character’s faces. One of my main gripes with this manga is that it focuses too much on the premise, dead sea creatures with legs and walking among earth are scary at first, but a strong premise isn’t nearly enough to hold an entire manga on it’s own, it needs more than that to keep the reader engaged and entertained.

Gyo is a gore fest, it’s obviously trying it’s hardest to shock you and show off the nastiest images possible, but it doesn’t do that very well. Drawings of gore aren’t that disgusting, specially when it’s so ridiculous and over the top.

The “story”, if you can call it that, is simple and very cliché, another “save your girlfriend, save the world” kinda story, where the main character gets involved in all this and has to save his love, eventually discovering what really happened and the truth to these horrible creatures, despite being a completely average person. To make matters worse, he’s nothing new and hardly developed, if at all. it’s also incredibly hard to feel anything for the girlfriend when she’s just a damsel in distress.

The explanation of the mystery and events tries to be very scientific and realistic, but fails miserably, in actuality it is terribly lazy and weak, with a bunch of science mumbo-jumbo sprinkled in the middle.

Junji Ito wasn’t at his best when writing this, at least his other most popular work, Uzumaki, being as average as it was, had a stronger premise and also was an enjoyable, interesting read, the characters were realistic and had amusing reactions to their world and what was happening, you won’t find anything like that here.

Most manga by Ito has interesting visuals and presents something new and scary every chapter, a smart move by the author. It’s hard to be sacred by something you are familiar with. By keeping it fresh and introducing new horrors, he keeps that feeling of uneasiness and dread, the feeling of not knowing what’s to come. This is evident in that most of his work are one-shots or very short manga in general. Gyo, however, barely introduces new horrors or monsters at all, it escalates things, sure, but you can only be so terrorized by a shark with legs after you’ve seen it many times.

It’s become clear that Ito wanted to creep you out with the “monsters” on this manga, and that’s fine, but on this work, were the monsters are almost all fish, they get old fast, losing the impact along with it.


It’s easy to get a shark, put some legs on it and call it a monster.

The best I can say about it is, besides the beautiful art, that the ending doesn’t have any sequel-bait and just ends things quickly.

Don’t read this.

If you are interested in Junji Ito’s works, go read Uzumaki, Junji Ito’s Horror Collection or, better yet, The Enigma on Amigara’s Fault, a short tale on the end of this book, great fun and by far the best thing to come out of Gyo.

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ArcherKinao11
Apr 04, 2021
Horror is a hard thing to make in comics today without just being a mindless blood bath of gore and fluids splattered across the walls. Junji Ito does a good job of providing us with good, freaky stories that scare or just plain old disturbs us. Gyo is one of his most recent stories that he took a chance with and provided us with a new look of what is under the sea. Not just that either, in this series we were also given two quick short stories at the end of the series to leave us terrified of not going under our houses or go hiking anymore.

Story:

The main story is nice and helps build up tension and suspense as each chapter builds. The things that make this story from reaching a perfect score are that two chapters that take place in a carnival is a bit lacking and the end leaves us without a good real way to end the story. Otherwise this story provides us a good explanation of what is happening to our hero and builds up a nice strong storyline.

Now the other two stories are interesting. The first one is too short and lacks any real depth or horror to it, though it leaves us wondering. The second short story really is a lot better and can give us shivers. This story is strong and provides enough information to understand the situation but leaves us with two questions at the end: why are they drawn to the area and who was that at the end of the story?

Art:

This story has a nice sense of art style, the main characters are nicely drawn, the details the world are amazing, and the monsters or should I say fish, are drawn beyond any skill level I have seen before. This story has set the bar high on what a story should look like. There is nothing to complain about here.

Character:

What can I say about our only four characters? The female lead is a complaining brat who never gives up complaining about the smell, but after a while I say why she would complain. It doesn’t help us like her more though. The male lead character is pretty cool and has a good sense of luck throughout most of the story. His uncle is a bit weird and there isn’t enough information about him to connect him with us. His assistant is interesting, but still, not enough information is given about her to make us feel connected with her.

The short stories lack a bit of depth in the characters, but then again, they are just short stories so there isn’t enough time to shell out a lot of information about them. The first story leaves us with nothing to know about any of the characters, but the second story does provide us with enough information about our two characters, though not a lot, to understand them a bit.

Enjoyment:

The main story itself was fun to read, but not enough to make me want to read it over and over again. The short stories, however, would be fun to read again and again. Overall, it depends if you like the story the first time around then you might want to read it again.

Overall:

This is a solid horror story, but lacks a strong ending that may disappoint. Horror fans will enjoy the story and so will fans of Junji Ito as well. Also, if regular people are looking for a good story with a great art style, they’ll want to jump into this story.

Warning: This story contains graphic violence, nudity, and disturbing images. Do you hate that stuff? If you do, avoid this story at all costs!
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AkemiTheSunbro13
Apr 04, 2021
Read for MAL's Manga Reading Challenge 2019 - Read a series you can finish in a day

Mutant fish, the scent of death, whales and sharks walking around on land, mad scientists, a creepy circus and tubes up a human's anus. You may be wondering what I'm babbling about, if you're not, then you're probably a fellow Itou fan.

Gyo is a story I had heard of as an Itou fan but had never paid much attention to. I knew it existed, I knew it was strange and screwed up, but I never really paid much heed to it before deciding to add it as one of my manga challenges.

This one is relatively hard to review as I'm pretty split between volumes one and two - in fact, the only thing that saved my rating from being slightly lower is the last one shot included in Gyo's publish.

Gyo starts off really well. It's strange, that's an unnerving and slightly comical sense as to "what the hell is happening" as the plot slowly emerges. Things are somewhat tense and I found myself biting my lip as I progressed through the first half of it. I found myself really in the mood for this and eagerly devoured the second half of the series.
The second volume is where I have some issues.
The plot seems to just divulge into how much craziness can Itou put into one series. Two of the characters don't even get a full ending and we're left wondering what happened to them. The horror art becomes somewhat repetitive and the same thing over and over again and to be honest, I found myself very let down. The ending frames were short and sweet and I enjoyed them but, truly, Itou left more questions open and it's left me very confused and not fully satisfied upon completion.

The first one shot in this, Daikokubashira Hiwa (The Sad Tale of the Principal Post), is just short and somewhat ridiculous. There's no real feeling of horror in it and after being confused about the ending to Gyo, having this one right after it when the whole purpose is a "how did this happen" probably wasn't a good move. I found it quite boring and meek, although I think Itou could have done more with this and increased what it is as a one-shot, I didn't enjoy it.

The second one-shot, however, Ashura no Dansou no Kai (The Enigma of Amigara Fault), really caught my attention. "The Mountain Holes", as a friend of mine calls this story, is one that had been recommended to me a few times and I had yet to have a chance to read it - I was extremely excited upon getting to the end of Daikokubashira Hiwa and finding this was the second one shot. This one is mysterious, with questions of how and why - most of which are answered, thankfully - and grotesque images that will likely haunt me when I close my eyes. Truthfully, Ashura no Dansou no Kai is the only reason this manga series didn't end up with a five. It's dark, disturbing and something about it really stuck with me after finishing it.

All in all, this probably isn't one of Itou's best works and is definitely my least favourite out of all I've read so far. It saddens me to say that, truly, but not all of his works are going to be for everyone. If you're new to Itou, I would recommend reading this one first; if you've already read most of his more popular works I would probably recommend skipping this - it pales in comparison to a lot of his works and left me confused and frustrated it didn't end better, unfortunately.

A wonderfully strange and creepy premise, but bad execution in the ending.
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