Tomie Kawakami

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Background

Tomie Kawakami is the main protagonist/antagonist and titular character in the manga series of the same name. She is a supernatural entity who manipulates those around her, particularly men, driving them to obsession, madness, and violence. Despite being killed repeatedly, Tomie regenerates and creates clones of herself, making her an immortal and ever-present force of destruction.

Visually, Tomie is known for her striking appearance—long black hair (though sometimes depicted shorter or blonde) and a distinctive beauty mark under her left eye. Her beauty is described as nearly impossible to resist, a core aspect of her character that leads to her manipulating others for her selfish desires.

Tomie is cold, calculating, and deeply manipulative, using her allure to control people and drive them to extreme actions. Even after being killed, she returns more dangerous than before, making her a persistent and terrifying presence throughout the series. Her character explores themes of obsession, vanity, and the darker sides of human nature, leaving chaos and tragedy in her wake.

Personality

• Manipulative: Tomie has a very manipulative personality, she'll tell lies to boys she likes to get them to fall for her, and she'll tell lies to girls to get them to think a boy they like hates them.

• Egotistical: Tomie is extremely egotistical, believing herself to be the most beautiful thing in the world. She believes nothing can capture her beauty, not cameras, pictures, or any artwork.

• Princess-like Attitude: Tomie believes all men should treat her as a princess. She does not care about anyone other than herself. She will act like a complete brat when she doesn't get her way.

• Attention: Tomie wants attention, especially from those that blatantly ignore her. She will do everything to get their attention, even down to slowing her regeneration just to tease them.

General Information

Name: Tomie Kawakami

Origin: Tomie

First Appearance: Tomie Chapter 1

Company

• Manga: Asahi Sonorama (Publisher), Monthly Halloween, Nemuki (Magazine)
• Television Drama: Daiei (Studio), NA: Adness Entertainment (Licensors), Kansai TV (Original Network)

Creator

• Manga: Junji Ito
• Television Drama: Toshirō Inomata (Director), Shotaro Oikawa (Writer)
• Novel: Fumihiko Iino (Writer), Asahi Sonorama (Publisher)

Assigned Gender: Female

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Birth Place: France

Residence: Varies on the Tomie

Story Role: Regenerative Monster

Classification: Tomie

Species: Unknown

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: Varies on the Tomie

Affiliations: Mr. Takagi, Yamazaki, Most Men That See Her

Enemies: Tsukiko, Other Tomies

Height: Varies on the Tomie

Weight: Varies on the Tomie

Status: Alive (Despite being killed, Tomie will always regenerate back)

Alignment: Neutral Evil (Ordered her followers to kill Tsukiko for dropping ugly pictures of her everwhere. Tomie sees men as little more than adornments, with her only real interest being in herself. Lured Tsukiko to her mansion by lying to her and saying Yamazaki is there to kill her. All Tomie's want to kill each other, viewing one Tomie as enough and all others as "pretenders". Stayed with Hiroya in the cave while he was dying until he'd finally say he loves her so that she could tease him once and then left without a moment's hesitation while he was dying)

Threat Level: Street Threat (Tomie has a strange supernatural power where she turns men around her into her henchmen that will do anything for her, even murder)

Codex Statistics

Grade: B

Tier: 10-B

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Average Human level (Physically is just a female high-school student, an average female adult, or a child depending on the Tomie)

Durability: Average Human level

Striking Strength: Average Human Class

Lifting Strength: Average Human Class

Travel Speed: Average Human Speed

Attack Speed: Average Human Speed

Reaction Speed: Average Human Reactions

Stamina: Average

Range: Standard Melee

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Journeyman level

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Powers and Techniques

• Hive Mind (All Tomie's share the same memories and events that happened to them. Tomie's can tell when other Tomies are back alive)
• Aquatic Breathing (Tomie's can breathe underwater and talk with it, with one Tomie having the other half of her body connected to a rock underwater)
• Self-Sustenance (Respiratory, Nutritional, & Restful; Despite being buried in cement, Tomie was still alive, despite being out in the cold for months, she was perfectly fine)
• Alternate Replacements (Tomie was cut to pieces with her original dead body found yet she reappeared at school the next day after her murder. Her blood alone can regenerate into a new body, with split pieces of blood making multiple Tomie's. Multiple Tomie's appeared from lumps of meat)
• Regeneration (Low-High overtime; Regenerated from a kidney, re-developing her head, along with her limbs, reaching the point where she regenerated back her entire body. Regenerated from a lump of meat. Regenerated from fingers, she can control her regeneration to slow it until she has gotten what she wants and rapidly improve her regeneration. Regenerated from the water, giving herself a full body. Regenerated her head back from her body after it was chopped off)
• Propagation (Tomie's body regenerates similar to a flatworm, where when bisected she will regenerate back her body, creating multiple Tomies. Her blood alone can regenerate into a new body, with split pieces of blood making multiple Tomie's. Repeatedly multiplied from each piece she was cut apart from creating far more chunks of body then a singular human body can store)
• Immortality (Ageless; Once Tomie splits, she stops aging altogether)
• Consumption (Physical Consumption; Tomie is able to eat raw human meat just fine)
• Telepathy (Anyone connected to Tomie in some way, whether they're bewitched by her, or have a part of her body, even a strand of hair connected to her, sees visions of her or are able to talk to her from their mind)
• Hair Manipulation (Tomie's hair can attach themself to another, being incapable of being pulled off, and going straight into one's brain, overwriting them to turn them into Tomie)
• Fragrance Manipulation (Tomie's fragrance alone is enough to drive men head over heels for just the smell of her, without ever knowing who she is)
• Possession (Any part of Tomie that comes into contact with inanimate objects will have her be able to merge her biology with the object and have the properties of the inanimate object and herself)
• Biological Manipulation (Her cells overtook Yukiko's cells, allowing Yukiko to regenerate her wounds, and eventually turned her entire biological body and personality into Tomie. Her blood injected into one's body has her completely overwrite their body into becoming another Tomie)
• Empathic Manipulation (Passive; Tomie makes people so obsessed with her they get the urge to kill and dismantle her. Noted that Tomie has a strange supernatural power where she turns men around her into her henchmen that will do anything for her, even murder. When a man falls for her too hard, they want to cut her to pieces)
• Madness Manipulation (Passive; Drove Mr. Takagi insane, along with driving Reiko and Yamamoto insane, to where they felt the need to turn themselves in after being apart of her murder. It was noted when they found Yamamoto later, his mind was gone. Caused at least two of her classmates to commit suicide. Had a hiker lose his sanity, where he got jealous just over her wanting the other guy to carry him and him trying to hop her with his axe and run off into the cold with no clothes on. Artist lose their sanity over her).

• Resistance to
  • Extreme Colds (Tomies are able to resist the freezing cold mountains even while staying in them for months while naked)
  • Radiation Manipulation (Attempting to use gamma radiation on her to destroy her only sped up her regeneration)
  • Acid Manipulation (Tomie's regenerative ability is powerful enough to withstand acid)
  • Poison Manipulation (Tomie had her food poisoned for over six months where it should've killed her twice over yet she was immune to it)

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Equipment

• Men she bewitches: These men will do anything for her, even murder.

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Notable Techniques

• Fragrance: Tomie possesses a fragrance that controls and soothes all men, making them fall for her. This fragrance is likely a component of men's immense obsession with her. They will start irrationally loving her to the point that they will try to cut her to pieces and kill her.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Tomie normally tries to find a man she's interested in and teases them over some time until their obsession becomes too much. She rarely fights back when they kill her, despite being aware that the men who fall for her will eventually kill her.

Weaknesses: Any man that falls for her will eventually cut her to pieces and kill her due to their huge obsession with her. Tomie's regeneration takes a long time, though it can be sped up through radiation. It seems being burned to death makes Tomie unable to regenerate back. Pictures reveal her true face, having her develop a fear of having her picture taken. Being repeatedly called a monster and liar caused her second head to come out of her, this was explained by Mr. Takagi that when she is faced with enough psychological trauma, she begins to split of her own accord. Acid prevents any further development from Tomie's regeneration. All Tomie's want to kill each other, viewing one Tomie as enough and all others as "pretenders". Cremating her at the highest temperature prevents her from regenerating. Tying her up and sealing her in cement will prevent her from multiplying.

Trivia

• The name Tomie means "wealth, abundance" (富) (tomi) and "bay, inlet" (江) (e).
• Tomie's surname Kawakami means "upstream, upper reaches of a river" (川上).
  • The kami sound is also associated with the 神 symbol, which is used in association with and means 'god'. This could be a reference to her flawless appearance and ability to seemingly live forever and recover from any damage done to her, however, since her name's symbols are not so, this is simply an assumption.
• Tomie shares many similarities to a succubus:
  • She draws men of all ages towards her.
  • She uses men for her amusement.
  • She retains her youthful appearance.
• Throughout the entire run of her stories, Tomie has never killed a single person by her own hands, always having the men she seduced do it for her.
• Tomie shares many similarities to the concept of death:
  • Wherever Tomie goes, people die; whether by their own hands or by others.
  • No matter how many times Tomie gets killed by the people she encounters, she comes back with almost no method to completely take her out for good.
  • How Tomie's victims die ranges from being murdered, committing suicide, being driven mad, being left for dead in the middle of nowhere, and aging.
• For unknown reasons when photographed her more monstrous nature is shown usually by extra eyes or another face/head emerging from her head. After Tsukiko discovered this Tomie gained an aversion to cameras and will avoid them whenever she can.
• Each Tomie believes herself to be the most beautiful being, and they see even other Tomies as inferior copies of her and seek to kill any they come across. They do this by invoking men to hunt down the other Tomie and kill them with fire.

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