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Tomie by Junji Ito

14 reviews

dreamreader's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

My first attempt at Junji Ito, and while not my favorite, it certainly won't prevent me from picking up more of his work. The art was great, exactly as horrifying as I wanted and expected. The storytelling got boring and repetitive. If this had been a tight 300 pages, with only the best stories, I would have loved it. I think the author is doing something really clever with showing cycles of abuse and violence against women as the actual horror of this story. The commentary on beauty is important. The different stories in which Tomie sometimes "deserves" what she gets and sometimes doesn't reinforce that it doesn't really matter what women do or don't do: some men will find a way to hate and defile them regardless. These messages were strong, and I think would have been better in a shorter, punchier work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Gore, Death, Murder, Body horror, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

yzer2468's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Confinement, Violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, Child death, Rape, Child abuse, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Mental illness, Addiction, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Physical abuse, Murder, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Death, Bullying, Blood, and Body horror

laurenmcglamery's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

What. The. Hell. 😅

Manga is out of my range of genres, but I received this book in a mystery book exchange at NYE 2022 (heading into 2023). The mystery book description was “a collection of heartwarming stories about a very normal girl.” It is not. 🤣

The art is INCREDIBLE! I can’t believe how detailed each page and panel was! 

However, with each story, this shit got more and more violent and gory and wild. 

CW: murder, suicide, beauty standards, sexism, inappropriate adult-child relationships

It got rough. 😰

Overall, this is an incredible creation and Junji Ito is brilliant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gore, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Blood, Violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infertility, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Body horror, and Alcoholism

emamoretti03's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Junjiito è sempre su un altro pianeta al livello di manga horror. Ho però preferito altre sue opere per quanto riguarda la storia in quanto questo dopo un po' diventa ripetitivo e inconcludente, un gradino sotto i suoi altri capolavori come per esempio Oblio

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Torture

dollhousebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Rape, Suicide, Child death, Violence, Blood, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

finnmiles's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

4.0

Junji ito never fails to make his work spectacular

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Body horror, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

bruiseviolet999's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Body horror, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Minor: Death of parent

muh_hahaha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Tomie is a series of short horror stories about this girl named Tomie and how she influences other people's lives. These stories are told in other people's povs and never in Tomie's view. She's a very interesting character as these stories go on as her movitives seems to shift as she continues to multiple.

 
The more she dies and multiple, she more she becomes more inhumane and embraces her supernatural beauty and charm over the people she meets. The people who survive her, are left insane but it's also sad to see how she is portrayed as the root of evil in some of these stories when in reality, it the obsession of these men and their desire for Tomie, that make these stories so horroric. 
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What make these horror stories so effective is that we don't know how Tomie came to be, exactly, or how she came to gain her power. We don't know if Tomie was once human (and it's my personal belief she was) or if she was always some inhumane monster and I think that unknown mystery is something that drives the horror in these stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Violence, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Gaslighting, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Infertility

so_many_ocs's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Sexual assault, Murder, Gore, and Sexual violence

blep's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization