6/30/2023 0 Comments Gyo itoThe setup of Gyo is very much in the same mould: Tadashi and Kaori are on holiday at Tadashi’s uncle’s beach house in Okinawa. It is the only way I can describe it something so disturbing its too hard to turn away. The concept is so addictive to read and consume its like you’ve become addicted to the very same curse. My first experience of Junji, like many, was through Uzumaki – a town initially affected but ultimately consumed by the effects of a supernatural curse related to the spiral symbol. And yet I won’t be the first to admit that they are also works that are totally engrossing as much as they are gross. Almost the entirety of his 35-year career are manga works that are gross, often graphic, and downright absurd in nature. I’m convinced that Junji Ito suffered horrific night terrors as a child.
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