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Originally Posted by Haggis
I wasn't originally a great fan of Tomie as I didn't think it was as good as Uzumaki. However, as I've stuck with it and read it a few times it's really grown on me.
I think Museum Of Terror volume 3 is probably the best one to start with out of the series (which is a compilation of short stories). I used to think manga had to be hundreds of pages long to build up story and character. Junjo Ito then does a story in 20 pages and it's amazing how much is packed into it.
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Really? Volume 3 wasnt my favorite. A few of the storys were excelent, but most of them were just boring and predictable. Unfortunatly it was the longest one that was the worst. Also, some of them just didnt go anywhere...
I really liked Tomie volume 1, but only a few chapters were up to Uzumaki standards, but with Tomie volume 2, it was all amazing! It was mostly the art in volume 2 that I liked better, its reall interesting how much he improves over time.
I think Tomie as a concept is just as interesting and inigmatic as the abstract concept of spirals, because she is a really abstract character herself. Does she want to be killed? What are her motives? What about her makes guys want to kill her? What IS she? Where is she from??? Its all really strange, and interesting...
The only thing I didnt like, is in some ways I think she is a metaphor for woman, and how they act. Which I think is a little sexist...