Tomie – Part 2
Jun 21, 2024•2 hr 52 min
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Summary
Hosts Cameron, Michael, and Austin finish their deep dive into Junji Ito's Tomie, analyzing the manga's latter half. They explore how Tomie's ability to multiply drives various characters to madness, from cult worship and proxy gang wars to desperate attempts to age or destroy her. The discussion covers the shifting tones from horror to comedy, the societal instrumentalization of young women, and the inescapable nature of Tomie's curse, ultimately revealing how human desire and violence perpetuate her existence.Episode description
We finish up Tomie.
CWs for: extreme body horror, misogyny, descriptions of mutilation, dismemberment, and gore, medical horror, bondage and torture, suicide, pedophilia and child sexual abuse, trichophobia, burn injuries, bullying, racism, suicide, cannibalism.
For the next show, we are reading Chapters 1-10 of Uzumaki.
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The show is hosted by Cameron Kunzelman, Michael Lutz, and Austin Walker.
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