{"id":86153,"date":"2018-10-31T13:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=86153"},"modified":"2018-10-31T09:06:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T14:06:25","slug":"the-great-toh-junji-ito-read-off-tomie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/the-great-toh-junji-ito-read-off-tomie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great TOH Junji Ito Read-Off: Tomie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>She was dead. She was dead and they mutilated her, they scattered her everywhere. So why\u2014<em>how<\/em> is it that I see her here right in front of me, smiling?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So we\u2019ve reached the end of the line, and if this is posted before we hit November then I\u2019ve succeeded. For this final article, we\u2019re going to be taking a look into <em>Tomie<\/em>, the massive tome Ito worked on while he was still a dental technician by day, and which won honorable mention in the first Umezu Awards. Out of what I\u2019ve read by Ito, <em>Tomie<\/em> is my favorite<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s gruesome, has some social commentary, and it just oozes a sense of dread.<\/p>\n<p>First, some music to set the mood:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_28041\"  width=\"320\" height=\"240\"  data-origwidth=\"320\" data-origheight=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yjuh0a1fVgM?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/scan0006-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86155 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/scan0006-1.jpg?resize=510%2C751&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/scan0006-1.jpg?w=534&amp;ssl=1 534w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/scan0006-1.jpg?resize=204%2C300&amp;ssl=1 204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/scan0006-1.jpg?resize=400%2C589&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a very early work for Ito, and as such you\u2019ll notice that the art seems a lot rougher around the edges in spots than you\u2019ve probably grown used to by now. Remember, he had written an epic-length graphic novel while he was working full time as a dental technician.<\/p>\n<p>The book begins with the aftermath of Tomie\u2019s murder, her friend recounting how she had been hacked to bits, and not all the pieces had been found yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>note that manga is read from right to left<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1094-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86156 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1094-1.jpg?resize=545%2C955&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1094-1.jpg?w=545&amp;ssl=1 545w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1094-1.jpg?resize=171%2C300&amp;ssl=1 171w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1094-1.jpg?resize=400%2C701&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just after the funeral, Tomie shows up to class as if nothing had happened, simply apologizing for being late.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>like I said, a little rough around the edges<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1095-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86157 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1095-1.jpg?resize=510%2C775&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1095-1.jpg?w=536&amp;ssl=1 536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1095-1.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1095-1.jpg?resize=400%2C607&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You see, Tomie is an extremely beautiful and flirtatious young woman, the kind men go crazy over. In this case, the man was her homeroom teacher, Mister Takagi. Tomie has exploited Takagi\u2019s forbidden attraction to his young pupil, and after she falls off of a cliff side in what seems to be an unfortunate accident following an argument where she urges him to leave his wife, Takagi ropes his male students into dismembering her body to avoid being caught. Turns out she was still alive while they sawed into her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1097-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86158 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1097-1.jpg?resize=510%2C797&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1097-1.jpg?w=530&amp;ssl=1 530w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1097-1.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1097-1.jpg?resize=400%2C625&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the deed was done, every member of the class was given one piece of Tomie\u2019s corpse to hide. Her own friend was given the heart and pressured into staying silent. After she manages to move away from the town, she finds out Tomie will still be haunting her, and the butchery really, truly wasn\u2019t just a nightmare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1100.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86159 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1100.jpg?resize=522%2C807&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1100.jpg?w=522&amp;ssl=1 522w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1100.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1100.jpg?resize=400%2C618&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tomie returning to haunt Takagi and remind him of his crimes has driven him to madness, and he escapes from the hospital where he was being held. In that same hospital we\u2019re introduced to Yukiko, a young girl needing a kidney transplant. One day, after the boy she\u2019s interested in visits her in the hospital, she notices he was acting strangely and later sees him from the window, a beautiful woman in tow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1101-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86160 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1101-1.jpg?resize=510%2C814&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1101-1.jpg?w=519&amp;ssl=1 519w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1101-1.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1101-1.jpg?resize=400%2C638&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later, the same woman shows up in Yukiko\u2019s room, intent on insulting and belittling the poor girl.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1102-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86161 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1102-1.jpg?resize=510%2C794&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1102-1.jpg?w=537&amp;ssl=1 537w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1102-1.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1102-1.jpg?resize=400%2C623&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The beauty mark below her eye tells you that this is Tomie, and she\u2019s dead set on being as manipulative and destructive as she possibly can.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1103.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86162 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1103.jpg?resize=510%2C797&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1103.jpg?w=517&amp;ssl=1 517w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1103.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1103.jpg?resize=400%2C625&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The thing about Tomie is once she has you trapped with her wiles, you can\u2019t escape. Even Tadashi here ends up falling back into her snare. The other thing about Tomie is that once you have fallen for her, it\u2019s only a matter of time before you\u2019re overcome with urges to stab, tear, and rip her apart. You will destroy and mutilate her, and she will return.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1104.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86163 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1104.jpg?resize=510%2C745&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1104.jpg?w=546&amp;ssl=1 546w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1104.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1104.jpg?resize=400%2C585&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It turns out Tomie was a perfect match to be able to donate a kidney to Yukiko. After her \u201cfather\u201d gives permission, Yukiko\u2019s doctor rushes in and goes ahead with the transplant. Of course, it can\u2019t just be that simple and easy. Yukiko starts howling in pain after her transplant, and after an X-ray the surgeons are forced to open the girl back up to see that they really are seeing what they think they are.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1106-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86165 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1106-1.jpg?resize=510%2C889&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1106-1.jpg?w=537&amp;ssl=1 537w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1106-1.jpg?resize=172%2C300&amp;ssl=1 172w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1106-1.jpg?resize=400%2C697&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rumors begin to spread through the hospital afterward. Rumors of unscheduled operations, and patients having their organs removed in the middle of the night. And rumors of a kidney that began growing a head and limbs. Rumors that aren\u2019t exactly unfounded as another Ito trope of the greedy and unscrupulous researcher shows up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1107.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86166 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1107.jpg?resize=510%2C797&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1107.jpg?w=537&amp;ssl=1 537w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1107.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1107.jpg?resize=400%2C625&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A young patient in the hospital sneaks down to where the hospital director has been hiding his Tomie experiments, and when he gets there he finds a beautiful girl sitting naked in a tank.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1108-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86167 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1108-1.jpg?resize=510%2C762&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1108-1.jpg?w=519&amp;ssl=1 519w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1108-1.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1108-1.jpg?resize=400%2C597&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With Tomie fully regenerated, she returns to Yukiko\u2019s room to torment the poor girl. Fully regenerated, she also ensnares Yukiko&#8217;s doctor with her beauty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1109-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86168 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1109-1.jpg?resize=510%2C861&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1109-1.jpg?w=527&amp;ssl=1 527w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1109-1.jpg?resize=178%2C300&amp;ssl=1 178w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1109-1.jpg?resize=400%2C676&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yukiko also begins changing, both in looks and personality\u2014she\u2019s short tempered and manipulative, and she blurts out hurtful things without a second thought.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1110.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86169 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1110.jpg?resize=510%2C822&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1110.jpg?w=547&amp;ssl=1 547w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1110.jpg?resize=186%2C300&amp;ssl=1 186w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1110.jpg?resize=400%2C645&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wandering Tomie gets taken in by a kind-hearted wealthy family, and at her new school she manipulates a Tsukiko, young photographer who makes her money off of selling candid photos of boys her classmates have crushes on, into taking a bunch of pictures of her, but something is off in every photo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1111-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86170 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1111-1.jpg?resize=510%2C797&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1111-1.jpg?w=516&amp;ssl=1 516w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1111-1.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1111-1.jpg?resize=400%2C625&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tomie\u2019s manipulation has backfired on her now, as the photographer has scattered the photos around school, ruining Tomie\u2019s image of irresistible beauty. Tomie is mad now, and you won\u2019t like it when she\u2019s mad. Tomie\u2019s admirers will do anything for her, even murder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1112.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86171 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1112.jpg?resize=510%2C771&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1112.jpg?w=533&amp;ssl=1 533w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1112.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1112.jpg?resize=400%2C605&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tsukiko manages to evade Tomie and her goons, but Tomie later just shows up at her house, henchmen in tow. After the meatheads tie Tsukiko up, the second face Tomie had in the photos is revealed and it orders the two beefy young lads to \u201ccut off the growth,\u201d which just causes the dudes to chop her head off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1113-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86172 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1113-1.jpg?resize=510%2C793&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1113-1.jpg?w=513&amp;ssl=1 513w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1113-1.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1113-1.jpg?resize=400%2C622&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tsukiko wakes up to Tomie\u2019s headless corpse walking around, trying to get out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1114-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86173 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1114-1.jpg?resize=510%2C826&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1114-1.jpg?w=510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1114-1.jpg?resize=185%2C300&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1114-1.jpg?resize=400%2C648&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tsukiko manages to save her teacher, Yamazaki, who she happens to have a crush on, from Tomie\u2019s goons, who are still roaming around with violent urges. She brings the fellow back to her house, and Tomie begins calling to him. Remember, when she was murdered, her blood would have soaked into the carpet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1115-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86174 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1115-1.jpg?resize=510%2C836&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1115-1.jpg?w=510&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1115-1.jpg?resize=183%2C300&amp;ssl=1 183w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1115-1.jpg?resize=400%2C656&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1116-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86175 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1116-1.jpg?resize=510%2C833&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1116-1.jpg?w=513&amp;ssl=1 513w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1116-1.jpg?resize=184%2C300&amp;ssl=1 184w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1116-1.jpg?resize=400%2C653&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back at the mansion of the wealthy family that took Tomie in, she is now the rich old man\u2019s \u201cdaughter,\u201d and she lures Tsukiko over by saying Yamazaki is hanging out at the mansion. It turns out the old man is actually a researcher and drops a little exposition dump for anyone confused up to this point.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1118-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86176 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1118-1.jpg?resize=510%2C809&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1118-1.jpg?w=514&amp;ssl=1 514w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1118-1.jpg?resize=189%2C300&amp;ssl=1 189w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1118-1.jpg?resize=400%2C634&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It shouldn\u2019t really surprise anyone that this trap was actually a trap the whole time. It also shouldn\u2019t surprise anyone that these experiments with Tomie ended up producing some terrifying results.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1120-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86177 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1120-1.jpg?resize=510%2C760&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1120-1.jpg?w=515&amp;ssl=1 515w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1120-1.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1120-1.jpg?resize=400%2C596&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This ends the longest closely-connected arc in the book and from here we go into loosely connected short stories, each of course featuring our dangerously gorgeous villain. \u201cRevenge\u201d shows the unfortunate fate of a trio of mountain climbers\/hikers who \u201csave\u201d a poor naked Tomie from freezing to death in the snowy mountains.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1121-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86178 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1121-1.jpg?resize=510%2C813&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1121-1.jpg?w=513&amp;ssl=1 513w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1121-1.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1121-1.jpg?resize=400%2C638&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWaterfall Basin\u201d tells the story of a small village whose waterfall begins attracting a flurry of suicides after a crooked con-man (more than likely Takagi from the beginning of the book) drops a bunch of wrapped bundles of Tomie\u2019s flesh into the water.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1123.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86179 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1123.jpg?resize=510%2C719&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1123.jpg?w=513&amp;ssl=1 513w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1123.jpg?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1123.jpg?resize=400%2C564&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPainter\u201d is the chapter that was included as part of <em>Shiver,<\/em> and tells the story of an up-and-coming artist who ends up leaving his girlfriend after falling for Tomie\u2019s wiles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1125.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86180 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1125.jpg?resize=510%2C791&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1125.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1125.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1125.jpg?resize=400%2C620&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In \u201cAssassins,\u201d Tomie manages to convince some poor young fellow to take her into her home, and when she finally expires, to bury her somewhere secluded. Of course he does this, but as soon as he\u2019s done, Tomie starts calling to him from the ground. Afterward, Tomie fanatics start showing up at his home, ready to fight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1126.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86181 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1126.jpg?resize=510%2C822&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1126.jpg?w=536&amp;ssl=1 536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1126.jpg?resize=186%2C300&amp;ssl=1 186w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1126.jpg?resize=400%2C645&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHair\u201d is the chapter that gets under my skin the most. A young girl finds a box of beautiful hair locked away in her father\u2019s study. Her and her friend find out that when you press the hairs to yourself, they will stay there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1127-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86182 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1127-1.jpg?resize=510%2C837&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1127-1.jpg?w=515&amp;ssl=1 515w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1127-1.jpg?resize=183%2C300&amp;ssl=1 183w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1127-1.jpg?resize=400%2C656&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdopted Daughter\u201d shows us that Tomie isn\u2019t the only weird thing going on around here. Of course, once Tomie comes into the picture, things turn from weird to gruesome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45087153_2032185813508196_614940219006779392_n.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86183 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45087153_2032185813508196_614940219006779392_n.jpg?resize=510%2C867&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45087153_2032185813508196_614940219006779392_n.jpg?w=515&amp;ssl=1 515w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45087153_2032185813508196_614940219006779392_n.jpg?resize=176%2C300&amp;ssl=1 176w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/45087153_2032185813508196_614940219006779392_n.jpg?resize=400%2C680&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In \u201cLittle Finger,\u201d the ugliest boy in the world ends up getting into a strange situation where Tomie becomes his hot new stepmom. And of course, while all the men in the house fall for her, it\u2019s the ugly boy who is her true target. After his brothers kill Tomie, he ends up in a real pickle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1129.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86184 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1129.jpg?resize=510%2C866&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1129.jpg?w=519&amp;ssl=1 519w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1129.jpg?resize=177%2C300&amp;ssl=1 177w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1129.jpg?resize=400%2C679&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoy\u201d is just really, <em>really<\/em> uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1130-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86185 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1130-1.jpg?resize=510%2C825&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1130-1.jpg?w=524&amp;ssl=1 524w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1130-1.jpg?resize=185%2C300&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1130-1.jpg?resize=400%2C647&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoromi\u201d shows the most obsessive degree of violence so far, and also features Tomie being brewed into sake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1131-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86186 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1131-1.jpg?resize=510%2C850&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1131-1.jpg?w=522&amp;ssl=1 522w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1131-1.jpg?resize=180%2C300&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1131-1.jpg?resize=400%2C667&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1132-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86187 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1132-1.jpg?resize=510%2C734&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1132-1.jpg?w=529&amp;ssl=1 529w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1132-1.jpg?resize=209%2C300&amp;ssl=1 209w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1132-1.jpg?resize=400%2C575&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBabysitter\u201d has a bratty little Tomie\u2019s heart being babysat by a poor girl who got locked into the room and can\u2019t get out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1133-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86188 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1133-1.jpg?resize=510%2C783&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1133-1.jpg?w=513&amp;ssl=1 513w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1133-1.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1133-1.jpg?resize=400%2C614&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In \u201cGathering,\u201d all the dudes trapped by Tomie\u2019s pull have formed a weird little society, and all start going crazy at the same time while worshipping her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1135-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86189 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1135-1.jpg?resize=510%2C711&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1135-1.jpg?w=514&amp;ssl=1 514w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1135-1.jpg?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1135-1.jpg?resize=400%2C558&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now here\u2019s the thing: Tomie <em>hates<\/em> Tomie. So in \u201cPassing Demon,\u201d when two little girl versions of Tomie run across each other, bad things are in store.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1136-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86190 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1136-1.jpg?resize=510%2C776&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1136-1.jpg?w=516&amp;ssl=1 516w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1136-1.jpg?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1136-1.jpg?resize=400%2C609&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFashion Model\u201d pits two narcissists against one another.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1137-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86191 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1137-1.jpg?resize=510%2C782&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1137-1.jpg?w=513&amp;ssl=1 513w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1137-1.jpg?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1137-1.jpg?resize=400%2C614&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But when Tomie\u2019s cuts get infected, her regeneration goes wrong. The erstwhile fashion model ends up tormented by multiple Tomies throwing degrading comments his way, when all\u2019s said and done, he also ends up severely physically deformed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1139-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86192 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1139-1.jpg?resize=510%2C796&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1139-1.jpg?w=512&amp;ssl=1 512w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1139-1.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1139-1.jpg?resize=400%2C624&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fellow from \u201cFashion Model\u201d actually becomes a bit of a dark hero, his deformation post-Tomie leading him to try and stop her. In \u201cOld and Ugly,\u201d three young Tomies command roving gangs of violent men, each trying to gain dominance over the area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1141-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-86193 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1141-1.jpg?resize=510%2C769&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1141-1.jpg?w=514&amp;ssl=1 514w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1141-1.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DSC_1141-1.jpg?resize=400%2C603&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the Tomies manages to move away with her family, and her \u201csister\u201d ends up in contact with the deformed man. He comes up with a slow-burning plan to halt Tomie and keep her from multiplying. Hopefully it\u2019s enough to stop her for good.<\/p>\n<p>Tomie is a\u00a0<em>mammoth<\/em> of a graphic novel, topping out around 750 pages. While it&#8217;s easy to tell that Ito was taking his first steps of his horror career, his skill starts developing at an astonishing rate, which is interesting to see as the story gets more twisted. It&#8217;s a dark tale of revenge where by the end it&#8217;s hard to tell if there really are any &#8220;good&#8221; characters in this book.<\/p>\n<p>I know there&#8217;s a lot more for me to read by Ito, especially now that his work is being pumped out in translation, but this is quite literally everything I&#8217;ve read by him so far. May there be many more books by him to come.<\/p>\n<p><em>Tomie<\/em> is available in English through VIZ Media.<\/p>\n<p>Banner image by <a href=\"http:\/\/antonoxenuk.com\">Anton Oxenuk.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for coming along with me for this ridiculous amount of articles. I hope you enjoyed the ride and I hope you got at least a little interested in Ito&#8217;s work and horror books in general. If this was the first article in the series for you, there&#8217;s a lot more in store for you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/the-great-toh-junji-ito-read-off-gyo\/\">I started off with <em>GYO: The Death-Stench Creeps<\/em>!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/the-great-toh-junji-ito-read-off-fragments-of-horror\/\">Then we got into the short fiction collection\u00a0<em>Fragments of Horror.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/the-great-toh-junji-ito-read-off-junji-itos-cat-diary-yon-mu\/\">After that we moved on to the lovable\u00a0<em>Junji Ito&#8217;s Cat Diary: Yon &amp; Mu.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/the-great-toh-junji-ito-read-off-dissolving-classroom\/\">The gross-out social commentary piece\u00a0<em>Dissolving Classroom<\/em>!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/the-great-toh-junji-ito-read-off-shiver\/\">The creator-curated short fiction collection\u00a0<em>Shiver<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/the-great-toh-junji-ito-read-off-uzumaki\/\">And finally on to Ito&#8217;s iconic and beloved\u00a0<em>Uzumaki<\/em>!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She was dead. She was dead and they mutilated her, they scattered her everywhere. So why\u2014how is it that I see her here right in front of me, smiling?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":86154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"We've saved the most gruesome for last in Ben's mammoth dive through the works of Ito.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[724],"tags":[13711,13818],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/junji-tomie.jpg?fit=710%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}