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Tomie | Junji Ito

Tomie is a horror manga series written by Junji Ito, set around a young beautiful girl named Tomie Kawakami. This alluring high school girl was not as she looked. She was deeply sinister and possessed the ability to reconstruct herself from fragment pieces of her body. This factor made her indomitable, no matter how many times she got killed.

taytum.procee Tomie had the ability to manipulate the minds of people, but mostly men, to drive them into hysteria, violence, and compulsion.
Her inhabitation wraps around the minds of her victims, making them enslaved to her. Leading to them doing appalling deeds, generally resulting in self-destruction or murder. Each chapter in this novel delves into different people and their meetings with this teenage girl. 2w

taytum.procee Displaying how her impact on people can lead to the darkest form of oneself. The main themes of this manga are vanity, immortality, manipulation, and the mania obsession can cause.
A book I believe is similar to this manga is Parasite Eve. This novel blends science fiction and horror with body horror themes. The book centers around a Scientist who gradually becomes obsessed with bringing his dead wife back. 2w

taytum.procee He attempts this by using genetic manipulation, leading to ghastly outcomes. This book also explores the themes of obsession, immortality, as well manipulation of life.
The two most prominent themes in this manga in my opinion are obsession and immortality. Why obsession is a key theme because nearly anyone who comes in contact with Tomie suddenly becomes consumed by an irresistible fixation on her. 2w

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taytum.procee It first starts with the adortion of her charm and beauty, but then instantly spirals into deep desire and complete madness. All men who go under Tomie‘s spell become driven to anything she asks of them. Like murder, either of each other or killing Tomie herself. But despite how many times she dies, the fascination she has over these men never really ends and she forever continues to go and seduce her victims. 2w

taytum.procee This attribute to the manga analyzes the destructive nature of desire, displaying how it will lead to the loss of rationality in one's self. Secondly, Tomies capability to reestablish herself after countless times of being killed highlights the theme of immortality. No matter how many times her victims dismembered her into dozens of pieces, burned her, or destroyed her, Tomie unavoidably regenerated into even multiples. Tomie's endurance makes
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taytum.procee her an impossible force of nature to escape. Her constant regeneration isn't a blessing, more or less a curse that will drive anyone to their fate. Through using this theme, Junji Ito probes how eternal life can put terrifying weight on an individual, not as a form of skill, but as a source of massacre.
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Landon.Ward WOW! 2w

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A Good Girls Guide to Murder | Holly Jackson

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“A Good Girl's Guide to Murder“ written by Holly Jackson is about a high school girl named Pippa Fitz-Abomi. This young girl is trying to look deeper into a mystery that happened to a girl at her same school five years ago. Andie Bell, a girl who had lots of popularity, was declared murdered. Along side Sal Singh, a suicide victim. Andie's boyfriend who was accused of killing her.

taytum.procee Pip is attempting to dig deeper into old evidence and unravel secrets to figure out the true story about what occurred in this small town. The more secrets Pippa figures out, the realization that someone may be eager to go down a dangerous path to keep their secrets hidden.

A good book to compare this book to would be \“One of Us is Lying\“. Both are trying to figure out a mystery in their high school. 1mo

taytum.procee How these two books compare is from their quick pace mystery solving, as well they\'re high school students finding themselves getting deep into crime solving. The crimes end up being much more complex when taken deeper analysis. These two books both have unexpected twists, as well as high school drama making this book very intriguing to younger audiences. 1mo

taytum.procee The point this book is written in is first person POV. In first person this allows the reader to understand the investigation through Pip\'s eyes, allowing you to see what she thinks about what she is feeling as she uncovers the mystery. Holly Jackson establishes this by making an informative narrator giving us all the details she is uncovering herself in real time. To add, Pippa gives us interviews of other characters, granting us to see the prog 1mo

taytum.procee ression and understand their own perspectives.

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Landon.Ward Well said, Taytum! 1mo

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