Tomie (pt 1)

March 21st

By Junji Ito

I was con­fused for a while about whether or not I should include com­ics in this read­ing journal but then I thought ‘It’s my read­ing journal and I’ll do what I like.

There’s also the fact that com­ics are like a gate­way drug for books. You start with Wol­ver­ine and before you know it you’re main lin­ing Tol­stoy. It’s all good.

Here we have Tomie by Junji Ito the renowned hor­ror mangaka known for other works like Uzu­maki, Gyo and The Enigma of Amig­ara Fault (check them out — they’re super dis­turb­ing) telling a lovely story about a girl every one loves to murder. Ser­i­ously. That’s the entire plot.

It’s still really good though.