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I will be totally honest - I love Junji's works. Ever since the first Junji's manga I've read I knew he'll be one of my favourite mangakas. He has the ability to write a great grotesque horror and I just simply respect him for that.

And Gyo isn't different here, it's just simply another masterpiece which has the ability to give you goosebumps or nausea, if you're eating anything while reading this title.
The art is simply amazing - he's a guy writing horror mangas, still his art is really manga-ish. But what I love about his arts are these macabre pictures. After you read about ... 2-3 of his works, you will have no problem in recognising his style. I admit - I didn't read many horror mangas (and most of the ones I read weren't even horrors in my opinion), but to me Junji is the father of horror manga. No one can make such good horrors as he.

But I guess I'm focusing too much on Junji, while I should write something about Gyo. I must say that before I got the chance to read it, I thought it would be something like in the one episode of Slayers - big fish with human's arms and legs, but going and killing people. Silly, I know. And how surprised I was when I found out that Gyo isn't a silly comedy-horror, but actually a well written and drawn grotesque story.

What I liked? The story overall. The art. Characters. This awesome mood typical to Junji's works. Every chapter has something new and unexpected - when you think you understood what's going on, after next 3 pages you find out that you actually know nothing.
And believe me - I don't know what Junji smokes to get such an awesome ideas.

What I didn't like? The Circus chapters. The ending. I don't like that kind of endings. I guess I can't be more specific, cause it'll be a spoiler.

But what I loved the most about Gyo was the last chapter. More specific, the second one-shot. And most specific, the last page. The story of this one-shot was awesome, I would never imagine such a thing. But the last page is the picture that pops up in my head when I'm in bed at 3 a.m., can't sleep and imagine a ghost in my closet - this picture is just simply scary, probably the scariest Junji's picture ever. And let me repeat myself - I have no idea what Junji smokes, but it must be from other planet.

I recommend Gyo especially for Junji's fans and also for people, who are sick of sweet shoujo and look for a really good horror grotesque manga. You shouldn't be disappointed with most of Junji's works, especially with Gyo.