Tomie

Tomie by Junji Ito
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Tomie is a beauty that seduces men and drives them to madness and murder, usually hers.

On the heels of Uzumaki and Gyo, I pulled this off the pile. Fantastic stuff.

Tomie is a collection of tales featuring Tomie, a girl who makes men want to possess her and want to murder her, not necessarily in that order. Tomie is a regenerating monster of unknown origin, recovering from the most grievous wounds and even growing new Tomies from whatever is left over when she's murdered.

Each tale is a tale of obsession and murder, most featuring Tomie dying at least once. Not explaining what Tomie is makes things more unsettling. Like most Junji Ito works, it's full of unsettling body horror. I have to think he researched deformities before he set out on this journey of the grotesque. Striking, nauseating images are the order of the day.

Tomie was unsettling, bizarre, grotesque, and awesome. Four out of five stars.

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