Tomie 2 by publisher Devir in January

January 16th to Becoming will publish volume 2 of the manga in Portugal Tomie in Junji Ito.

Tomie 2 resumes the adventures of the immortal girl, owner of extraordinary beauty who brings chaos to the lives of the people she crosses paths with. The power of her beauty has no limits and Tomie uses it to get what she wants from the men she meets.

Everyone who has the bad luck to meet Tomie ends up succumbing to her charms and is driven crazy.

In Tomie, beauty and terror mix. The illustrations represent the extremes of the scale, which alternate between beautiful drawings and disturbing and horrifying ones. Each stroke expresses a fascinating duality and gives a different touch to this story.

• 376 pages • 17 x 24 cm
• ISBN: 978-989-559-618-8 • €22.00

Junji Ito

Praised for the narrative quality and graphic impact of his works, Junji Ito is considered today’s great horror master, the Lovecraft of manga.
His main references are horror masters such as Kazuo Umezz, Hideshi Hino, Yasutaka Tsutsui.

Several of her books have been adapted for cinema or television and Tomie created a feature film directed by Ataru Oikawa in 1999 and a series on Netflix. The manga was awarded the Kazuo Umezz Prize in 1986.