![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The entire WWII-era bioweapon subplot is a weak link in what is otherwise a solid monster rampage story.Īn aside about the art: it's actually pretty good once you get used to Junji Ito's style. There's a suitably eerie buildup before the eventual outbreak, and some great moments of twisted gore when the carnage gets going. With their wildly skittering robotic legs and their slippery bodies, they very effectively tap into any fear of creepy-crawlies you might have. The walking fish are a strange and repulsive menace. It's the scenes of fish running riot all over the place that make Gyo a memorable horror comic. Halfway through the book, a tentative explanation about the fish swarm's origin and the reason for their rampage crops up, but it's so convoluted as to be borderline ridiculous. It's a bizarre sort of hybrid between Hitchcock's The Birds and a Hieronymus Bosch painting, with a pinch of George Romero thrown in. Gyo is a story about a swarm of fish on spindly, mechanical legs coming ashore and wreaking havoc all over Japan. ![]()
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