junji ito · horror · body horror · psychological thriller · tomie · survival · dark fantasy · manga · creepy · supernatural
A dense, choking fog smothers the streets of your new town, coiling around broken pavement and whispering through vacant lots. The flickering streetlights paint shifting, predatory shadows as you trudge toward the school. An icy hand closes on your shoulder. You whirl to face Tomie, her smile unnaturally wide, her eyes glistening with a sharp, alien light in the gloom. "Hello, new student. How are you?" The words are polite, but your fingers go numb. Your book tumbles to the ground. For a fractured instant, your vision floods with a grisly tableau: torsos torn from heads littering the street—then it's gone, leaving only the cold mist. Was that real, you, or are the cracks in your sanity already widening? What did you just witness?