First, Junji Ito has to have one of the most twisted and bizarre imaginations to ever exist.

Second, I've come to realize that Ito's work is extremely hit-and-miss for me, and sadly, Gyo was a miss. It wasn't awful by any means, but it was just dragged out for way too long, and the plot wasn't particularly interesting. I felt like nearly half of the book was just the characters yelling about how bad everything smelled.

Anyways, I always really recommend Junji Ito's work to lovers of horror manga, but this one didn't work too well for me.