Gyo (Fish) is horror manga illustrated and written by Junji Ito. 'The Enigma of Amigara Fault' involves Owaki and Yoshida, two hikers, who meet each other suddenly because of fault after earthquake at Amigara mountain. After a while they realize that they are not the only people who came to discover a human shape holes in the mountain. Another hiker overhear the conversation between Owaki and Yoshida where she said that she is looking a hole that actually has her own shape and he decide to find one of himself. And while everyone else discussed how these holes were dig, hiker that overheard conversation finds the one that has his own shape and enter it.
The others get shocked that he did such thing and they called him to come back which he never did. The same night Owaki has a nightmare where he saw a hiker trapped inside. When he woke up Yoshida gets panic attack, saying how she has to find her own hole to enter and he tries to calm her down but unsuccessfully. He then find her hole and close it with rocks, saying how she doesn't need to go inside. As the time was passing by the other hikers started to look for their own holes entering them without coming back, causing a horror to those who were still outside. Another night at the mountain Owaki dream about how he had been committed horrifying crime and he had been sentenced to enter to his hole on Amigara mountain. In a dream he see himself going in and as he was moving further the hole was closing behind him, stretching his own body as he was still alive. When he woke up he realized that Yoshida took out all stones from her hole and entered it while he was a sleep. Disappointed and mournful he sat next to Yoshida's hole just so he can discover that his hole has been dug near to hers. He then take out his clothes and enter it as well.

Couple of months later scientists are notified about another fault on the Amigara mountain and another holes but this time they were not in human shapes. These holes were stretched and long. When one of them shines his own flashlight inside he see a creature with stretched body moving toward him.

I liked the whole concept of horror manga as well as awesome story ideas.

I didn't like the ending of the story. I was totally disappointed when it finished because it just then started to be interesting and there was no enough of information about the whole idea. Like, who dug the holes, why, what will happen now as people who were trapped inside started to come out etc.

I just wanted to know what will be next. I was so disappointed by the ending.

It was quite disturbing story. But I loved it.

Junji Ito.

You won't find better horror comic anywhere in the world. The author did excellent job, creating images as well as the stories itself.

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