Tomie

by Junji Ito

English language

Published July 15, 2016

ISBN:: 978-1-4215-9056-1

(17 reviews)

Tomie (Japanese: 富江) is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. Tomie was Ito's first published work he originally submitted to Monthly Halloween, a shōjo magazine in 1987, which led to him winning the Kazuo Umezu award.The manga has been adapted into a live-action film series with eight installments to date, and an anthology television series released in 1999, and a streaming television series was in development for Quibi before the service was shut down.

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Brett Edmond Carlock reviewed Tomie by Junji Ito

No escaping Tomie

4 stars

Tomie shows a lot of the ideas refined in Uzumaki, and takes a relatively mundane idea like a succubus and twists it as only Ito seems able to.

Tomie is both sympathetic and revolting, and I can't help but wonder what her early life was like, if she ever was human instead of a force of nature. Ito seems to hint at suffering or abuse that informs her motives, but perhaps that's just Tomie playing me?

In reading other reviews, I see how male gaze and misogyny is centered, but I feel like Tomie subverts and foils them to her own end, much like Jennifer in Jennifer's Body.

lowclasshifi reviewed Tomie by Junji Ito

Review of 'Tomie' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

vibes, bro. immaculately fucked vibes.

kieranimo reviewed Tomie by Junji Ito

Big incel energy

2 stars

Content warning Rough description of the contents/theme of the book

Disappointingly misogynistic. Could have been better if this was just about a beautiful but normal girl driving men to insane violence and then getting her revenge. Instead, it's undermined by constantly treating Tomie like 'because she's beautiful, she is surely a bitch too, right?'

Dee reviewed Tomie by Junji Ito

Review of 'Tomie' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Reread of one of my favourites by Ito today. Although this is one of his most famous works it is definitely not overrated, Ito is one of the few writers I've come across who manage to pull off the "femme fatale" trope in an original manner.

SPOILERS AHEAD:

The whole idea of Tomie reincarnating after her luring another man into madness and eventually being brutally murdered by them is one that I have neverseen before.

This still remains a 5/5 for me.

Erin reviewed Tomie by Junji Ito

Review of 'Tomie' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Great concept that worked with so many stories, like in Uzumaki.

x reviewed Tomie by Junji Ito

Review of 'Tomie' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

to be honest I'm disappointed how everyone hypes this work of junji ito. the stories are repetitive and the whole characterization makes you painfully aware that it's written by a man