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Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition by Junji Ito

8 reviews

dani_aurora_reads's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Torture, Body horror, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

laurenmcglamery's review

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

dollhousebooks's review

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

shea_proulx's review

dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Minor: Incest, Medical content, Misogyny, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

blep's review

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

the_sapphic_witch's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I loved this manga, but I was genuinely not prepared for how disturbing and creepy it was. Im an avid horror reader and this was a whole new level of disturbing in a good way (ish). I dont think I'll be recommending this just purely cause of how disturbing it was even though I throughly enjoyed it, and it gave a fresh take on horror. The characters (espically Tomie) are not meant to be likable and I appreciate that. Sometimes you feel bad about the abuse and violence Tomie goes through, but you are quickly reminded of what a manipulative and entitled bitch she is (espically in Boy that was badddddddd) and quickly recind anything pitiful you had to say about her. (Possible spoiler idk)

The creepiest thing (and simultaneously the best) is Tomie never dies out. She regenerates and multiplies and is an immortal succubus so you always know that Tomie's regin of horror will continue forever. Even with the ending, just think back to Waterfall Basin and you'll remember you can never get rid of Tomie. 

All in all, I think Tomie is am excellent Manga and great for lovers of extreme horror and graphic themes, just would only recommend to much older fans (17+) and that checking the trigger warning for this book will be your best friend (Im serious please check the trigger warnings cause oh boy was this manga a lot). Have a lovely day and Blessed be <3.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Violence

booksthoughtsandtea's review

dark tense fast-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

4.0

Horrific. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

aoifemarie's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence