'I've got a cold monkey in my hand, and I need to fill some glasses!' by Kara
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 9:32 AM

Well, unless being pulled through a black hole has created an alternate universe of some sort and we're all living in ignorance until we discover that the Prime Minister is now a giant wombat, it seems the Hadron Collider has spared us. This time.

Okay, about today's comic.

1. For those who do not know and can't tell from the comic, ero guro is a gore fetish (don't worry, the link will take you to an unillustrated Wiki entry). Summed up, you're going to get very detailed and creative mutilation and death. And sex. Very, very creative. 'Creative' as in 'dear God how do they even begin to go down this route.' I will not describe any for you.

2. Yes, I have read some guro. I have read this mentioned, as well as Decapitation Ceremony and Graduation, which was in the same .zip file. Why? Because I refuse to talk, joke, or reflect on something within fandom without at least some exposure to it. So I read this for much the same reason as I watched Death Note, and I'm still not sure which turned my stomach more.

3. Yes, you can, in fact, download this and many others scanlated for free. $5 says you can also get it off 4chan. I'm gonna say here and now that I really hope you won't. I was considering blotting out the title or simply not putting it at all, just to make sure you guys don't give in to curiosity.

4. The lines in the comic are lifted directly from the scanlation. Yes, the first victim's final words are, in fact, two speech bubbles of Wingdings. No, I will not describe this story to you.

5. The guillotine incest is actually a bonus story in the back (thanks, Santa)! The second chapter of the 'story' itself is also decapitation incest, which makes me wonder if there is a significant market for this sort of kink.

6. Does Mimi actually enjoy guro? No more than she enjoys anything else completely wrong and over-the-top (which is to say, she only 'likes' it because it shocks other people). Mimi has a lot of weird preferences, but this is not one of them. And yes, I did in fact feel physically ill while forcing myself through Applicant for Death, and I tend to have little to no problem with guts and gore in movies.

Needles, on the other hand ...

If you have been, seriously, don't.