Guro is an abbreviated term for Erotic Gruesome Nonsense, an idea that has found it’s way into almost all forms of art in Japan, particuarly manga. The concept is as straight-forward as it’s name, wherein the artists take sex and horror and push them to absurd and grotesque extremes. To illustrate how brutal these comics are, I had to wade through about a dozen pages from various guro before I could find even one image that I could use in this post, and that’s after cropping it.

Guro is rarely translated in North America, presumably because of an insufficient market, but also possibly because some of this material may in fact be considered obscene in various parts of the continent. Due to this, guro seems to have a very healthy presence in the scanlation community, thereby allowing you to sample the sub-genre for free. GuroFan has a number of stories available, from Guillotine Masturbation to Schoolgirl in Concrete, and even provides sample pages so you can pick and shoose which to download. Same Hat! Same Hat!!, from whom I found GuroFan, also has a few stories available if you like what you see and are looking for more.

Thanks to Journalista! for the tip!

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