Scan barcode
bugcollector's review
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.5
Perhaps Uzumaki was a flock.
The artwork there was enchanting and hypnotizing, so it was fine by me ignoring the lacking plot.
However, in Tomie plot is all you got, and it's not good.
It's The same story over and over again. Tomie gets abused sure, but in the end she's boy crazy, self obsessed, materialistic, and enjoys killing boys and making girls jealous.
Minor bitch comments here and there, casual sexism every few pages, Junji Ito can't help it can he?
I don't know what are we supposed to take from Tomie besides hating women a little bit?
Boring, tedious, monotonous, flat, one dimensional, even demonizing.
Took me a while to finish.
It did suprisengly passed the Bechdel test in one scene- two named characters talk about their obsession with Tomies' hair.
After being disappointed and dissatisfied with reading Gyo and No longer human as well, I think I'll end my Junji Ito journey here.
The artwork there was enchanting and hypnotizing, so it was fine by me ignoring the lacking plot.
However, in Tomie plot is all you got, and it's not good.
It's The same story over and over again. Tomie gets abused sure, but in the end she's boy crazy, self obsessed, materialistic, and enjoys killing boys and making girls jealous.
Minor bitch comments here and there, casual sexism every few pages, Junji Ito can't help it can he?
I don't know what are we supposed to take from Tomie besides hating women a little bit?
Boring, tedious, monotonous, flat, one dimensional, even demonizing.
Took me a while to finish.
It did suprisengly passed the Bechdel test in one scene- two named characters talk about their obsession with Tomies' hair.
After being disappointed and dissatisfied with reading Gyo and No longer human as well, I think I'll end my Junji Ito journey here.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Torture, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse
More...