BE from Horihone Saizo

Originally Posted by Sutibaru

I do not think so. The comic is pretty offensive. Especially around the end.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not a fan of Waita Uziga's work (although I can admit that it has a power to it), but the cover is still a pretty good combination of the cheerful and the revolting.

As far as gory, bizarre manga goes, I really like Shintaro Kago (I think that's spelled right) myself.
And the guy who did the Laughing Vampire series (too lazy to look up his name right now).

[Sutibaru]

Originally Posted by cerebus123

And the guy who did the Laughing Vampire series (too lazy to look up his name right now).

That is Suehiro Maruo. He is pretty much the only one that uses violence and horror with a mix of taboo themes in a tasteful manner of storytelling. Uziga is violent just to be violent and violent to satisfy an "erotic" vision. I do not see any true power in his work. Such as his new "Death panda" which just deals with a giant panda killing woman after woman and raping. I am seeing one thing missing. A true story.

That is why I like Maruo's work much more. He was actually kicked off a S&M manga comic because he was putting too much plot in.

Originally Posted by Sutibaru

That is Suehiro Maruo. He is pretty much the only one that uses violence and horror with a mix of taboo themes in a tasteful manner of storytelling. Uziga is violent just to be violent and violent to satisfy an "erotic" vision. I do not see any true power in his work. Such as his new "Death panda" which just deals with a giant panda killing woman after woman and raping. I am seeing one thing missing. A true story.

That is why I like Maruo's work much more. He was actually kicked off a S&M manga comic because he was putting too much plot in.

I readily admit that it's hard to defend Uziga on any level (esp. since he has exploited some actual Japanese crimes as subject matter for his stories), but I do find one thing in particular fascinating about his manga: the line between life and death. In other words, how badly can someone be mutilated and defiled before they merely become a piece of meat? It's almost the nihilist version of the man/machine argument; instead of "how much organic material on a human do you replace with synthetics before they cease to be human?", it becomes "How much can I TAKE AWAY from you before you cease to exist?".
Also, a forum response at the end of an extremely negative review of one of his books made me reconsider his intentions a little bit (even if I don't entirely buy it). It's not within my rights to reproduce it, but it is the bottom response on this website, under the name Kellie: http://www.thegline.com/book-of-the-...11-16-2004.htm

Also, I wanted to know if you had an opinion on Kago. His stuff completely blows me out of the water every time I see it.