History Characters / Tomie

* HornyDevils: Tomie is described on the back of the omnibus version as a succubus. In true Junji Ito fashion, however, who or what she is never confirmed.

* ILoveNuclearPower: Exposing her severed parts to lethal levels of gamma radiation just makes them grow faster.

* TheNarcissist: Aside from her supernatural abilities, Tomie is shown to be rather mundanely self-centered and hits all of the marks of this trope. She has a grandiose sense of self worth and sees herself as the pinnacle of beauty, and much of her insults towards other women are based on their physical appearances. However, she gets incredibly angry when others don't see her this way, making it clear that her self worth hinges on the validation of others. Tomie acts incredibly entitled to the affection of others, particularly men, and wants to be pampered, but doesn't actually care about them as people and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness discards them once she grows bored or they are no longer useful to her.]] She tries to reach positions which allow her to indulge in all of her vices with the least amount of physical repercussions, such as infiltrating a rich family to make off with their riches or finding a boyfriend who will give her whatever she wants, for as long as she can before things implode. All of her relationships are self-serving, explosive and dysfunctional for these very reasons. Like a typical narcissist, the best way to avoid Tomie's wrath seems to be to ignore her and avoid her entirely (although this doesn't always work).

* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Not mirrors, but photos of Tomie reveal her for the monster she is.

* TheNarcissist: Aside from her supernatural abilities, Tomie is shown to be rather mundanely self-centered and hits all of the marks of this trope. She has a grandiose sense of self worth and sees herself as the pinnacle of beauty, and much of her insults towards other women are based on their physical appearances. However, she gets incredibly angry when others don't see her this way, making it clear that her self worth hinges on the validation of others. Tomie acts incredibly entitled to the affection of others, particularly men, and wants to be pampered, but doesn't actually care about them as people and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness discards them once she grows bored or they are no longer useful to her.]] She tries to reach positions which allow her to indulge in all of her vices with the least amount of physical repercussions, such as infiltrating a rich family to make off with their riches or finding a boyfriend who will give her whatever she wants. All of her relationships are self-serving, explosive and dysfunctional for these very reasons. Like a typical narcissist, the best way to avoid Tomie's wrath seems to be to ignore her and avoid her entirely (although this doesn't always work).

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: A truly horrifying example. The few ladies that fall for Tomie fall for her so much that they’ll murder others and even Tomie herself, just as the men do.

* HiveMind: A strange case; all Tomies act with almost the exact same personality, and some Tomies are shown to share memories between each other as well, but they only sometimes act under a single intelligence and usually they're even competitive against other "rivals" Tomies. A few exceptions to this are shown in "Little Finger" or "The Basin of the Waterfall", where the Tomies there got along/acted as one while they were still regenerating. Tomies seem to be able to sense the presence and physical condition of each other, as well.

* [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Womanchild]]: Tomie's wishes never go above those of a shallow teenage girl: handsome young men to fawn over her, fashionable clothes and jewelry and eating good food. She"s also proven to be just as petty and mean as her human counterparts. The only difference is that Tomie is capable of destroying lives and getting people killed, and death won’t stop her in the slightest.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: caviar and foie gras. It's unlikely she actually enjoys it; she probably orders her victims to get her those infamously expensive foods just to torment them.

!!Tomie

* WasOnceAMan: Possibly. It’s ambiguous if the Tomie in the first story is the original one or simply got infected. Of course, people who were infected by Tomie clearly count.

!!Mr. Takagi

* EvilTeacher: he's a teacher who [[{{Squick}} has sex with one of his teenage students]] even before he becomes a psychopath, and then goes on to assist Tomie in some of her most horrific crimes.

!!Tsukiko Izumisawa

!!Yasuko

!!Ryo

* JerkAss: He's not a particularly nice guy in either of his appearances, driven either by narcissism or his [[HeWhoFightsMonsters lust for revenge]].

* TheNarcissist: Ryo was obsessed with his looks. Even Tomie's face was nothing to his, in his eyes. As a result the ugliness of his burns was too much for him to take.

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* AllegoricalCharacter: Junji Ito has stated he wrote Tomie as a representation of his fears of emotionally manipulative women, and she's also been noted as a stand-in for the cycle of abuse, representing a regenerating, cyclical force that was created as a result of her teacher committing statutory rape and getting her killed by accident, and now haunts the world, relying on parasitic exploitation and driving innocents into either obsession or hatred, which both lead to their doom. Similar to real-life abusers, the most viable tactic for survival seems to be to ignore her.

* BeautyMark: The vain Tomie, whom many men fall for, is characterized by a mole just under her eye.

* GreaterScopeVillain: He (possibly) created what Tomie is now as a result of his pedophilic exploitation, which manifested into an unknown supernatural force that gave her the horrific regeneration powers she has now.

* HornyDevils: Tomie is described on the back of the omnibus version as a succubus. In true Junji Ito fashion, however, who or what she is is never confirmed.

* VillainProtagonist: is basically this in ''Old and Ugly''. He injects three innocent babies with Tomie's blood, knowing full well that they will turn into Tomies and grow up to do horrible things to people, so he can get "revenge" on a single Tomie out of what are likely hundreds.

* MetaphoricalCharacter: Junji Ito has stated he wrote Tomie as a representation of his fears of emotionally manipulative women, and she's also been noted as a stand-in for the cycle of abuse, representing a regenerating, cyclical force that was created as a result of her teacher committing statutory rape and getting her killed by accident, and now haunts the world, relying on parasitic exploitation and driving innocents into either obsession or hatred, which both lead to their doom. Similar to real-life abusers, the most viable tactic for survival seems to be to ignore her.

* FateWorseThenDeath: ZigZagged. She seems to enjoy jerking people around for her amusement, but she gets no long-term fulfillment from anything she does, existing only to be painfully and brutally slaughtered yet again.

* WouldHurtAChild: He intentionally infected baby girls with Tomie.

* {{Ephobophile}}: Is in a relationship with a young teenage girl who then becomes a young teenage girl who is also an inhuman abomination.

* MetaphoricalCharacter: Junji Ito has stated he wrote Tomie as a representation of his fears of emotionally manipulative women, and she's also been noted as a stand-in for the cycle of abuse, representing a regenerating, cyclical force that was created as a result of her teacher committing statutory rape and getting her killed by accident, and now haunts the world, relying on parasitic exploitation and driving innocents into either obsession or hatred, which both lead to their doom. Similar to real-life abusers, the most viable tactic for survival seems to be to ignore her.

* CompellingVoice: Things Tomie says have a way of affecting people, gnawing away at them even if they brush her statements off at first.

* HiveMind: A strange case; all Tomies act with almost the exact same personality, and some Tomies are shown to share memories between each other as well, but they only sometimes act under a single intelligence and usually they're even competitive against other "rivals" Tomies. A few exceptions to this are shown in "Little Finger" or "The Basin of the Waterfall", where the Tomies there got along/acted as one while they were still regenerating.

* GlamourFailure: In "Photographs" Tsukiko Izumisawa's pictures show Tomie's horrifically unnatural nature. Upon seeing them for herself, the furious Tomie orders her male admirers to hunt down and kill Tsukiko.

* DidntSeethatComing: As a way of mocking Isumizawa and getting her into trouble, Tomie has her take a bunch of pictures, even telling the girl that she can put them on flyers and spread them all over the school if she wanted to. So she does, and that's when Tomie realizes she had a GlamourFailure.

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: A truely horrifying example. The few ladies that fall for Tomie fall for her so much that they’ll murder others and even Tomie herself, just as the men do.

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: His long, elaborate plan to get revenge on Tomie ends up not working, as she escapes the concrete block that he imprisoned her in]].