It then shifts again to show they’ve reached an end to the alley. Then it shifts to behind them to show that they are sprinting down an alley, and give a better perspective to show how fast they are moving. It starts out from above which establishes that they are moving down an alley. Also keep in mind that this is a manga which reads from right to left instead of the left to right we are used too. Every single frame on this page of the comic has a different perspective. This next image is another example of an interesting use of perspective in the comic. The one character who is consistently very detailed is Tomie, since she is described as beautiful, Immortal succubus extra care is taken to always depict her as such. It think the fact that it’s in black and the characters are not that detailed for the most part. I think Tomie does that really well, the you are given enough information to understand what is happening, but not enough detail to dampen your own imagination from filling in the gritty details of a specific scene.

I think many of the greatest horror writers and artist really embrace the creativity of the human mind, and by that I mean that they intentionally leave some ambiguity in order to allow the readers mind to more effectively fill in the gaps. It has a very plain black and white art style, which I think benefits the story. This story is a Japanese horror manga by perhaps one of the most influential horror artist of all time. This naturally drives some of her classmates insane. After she is brutally murdered by her classmates she returns the day after her funeral and acts as if nothing had ever happened. This seems like a contradiction, but that is the horrific twist.

Yes she is immortal, and yes she is murdered. Tomie is the story of an immortal girl, who seems is murdered by her classmates.

Tomie by Junji Ito