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Only us two showed up, Yamamoto.

You're late.

I almost gave up and left.

"Class of '87 Reunion"

Sorry.

I've been busy.

Matsubara, it seems you live a normal life.

Normal? I don't know...

And you, Yamamoto?

Your eye okay?!

Suits my lousy life. Got what I deserved.

Well, I used to sit...

Here.

Definitely.

Fond memories...

Fond memories?

That sounds odd.

And she...

used to sit there.

"Tomie Tomie Tomie..."

"KAWAKAMI, Tomie"

Kawakami, Tomie. Transfer from a rural school.

But her Japanese is more refined than ours.

Introduce yourself.

Yes.

I'm Kawakami, Tomie. Pleased to meet you.

TOMIE: Beginning

So, Kawakami can sit...

there.

I guess only the first day was peaceful.

Yeah.

It all began within a week.

What you doing?!

"What you doing?!"

Inoue! What were you doing with this camera?

What do you mean?

Don't play dumb!

You secretly took a photo of Kawakami.

It's a crime, you know!

I'm taking this film.

Don't mess with me! Give it back!

What's wrong with you guys?

Hey, Inoue!

What?

Develop this.

Gorgeous.

What's that?

Oh! A photo of me.

When was it taken?

This guy secretly took it.

You take nice photos, Inoue.

Apologize to her.

You must be Gondo, right?

Yeah, Gondo.

I'll warn him not to do it again.

Sorry about this.

It's okay. I'm used to this kind of thing.

Used to it?

Yeah.

Anyone have cigarettes?

Here.

Thanks.

But I don't smoke. It's bad for my skin.

Oh, excuse me.

I'm just checking out the Photo Club.

Bye.

Tomie...

Who is it?

Surprised?

Matsubara...

Yes?

Can we be friends?

Huh?

I want us to be friends.

Well, you know...

I thought so, you don't want to be seen with me.

To be honest, that's how it is.

Someone that gets guys like you do...

should expect to be hated.

True.

Girls all hate me. Even detest me.

They'll end up stabbing me.

If you hang around with me,

you'll be resented too.

I just avoid trouble.

Matsubara, you're unusual.

Is that so?

You're unlike the other girls.

You don't openly avoid me.

Why?

I wonder...

You did nothing against me.

Boys are worthless creatures.

They just see the outside.

They really don't know me at all.

I've been bullied every time I transfer,

in any school.

In every school.

I resented the bullying,

but finally realized something.

Bullying is...

just human instinct.

Instinct?

Humans are an animal that takes pleasure...

in seeing others suffer.

Thinking that way...

took away the pain of bullying.

Those people are just acting naturally as humans.

I'm just being treated like the stranger I am.

Right?

You think so?

Here they come!

This always happens.

She...

Tomie... was fascinating to me.

Fascinating?

I can't explain.

Sounds predictable, but she's like...

both an angel and a devil.

But actually... she was purely devil.

Matsubara...

No, maybe worse than a devil.

What's this? Stop it.

Move, or we'll get you too.

Yeah. Why do you protect her?

What's your point?

Come on, talk.

I'm in a hurry to go home and watch TV.

Don't mess with me!

Don't shout so close to me.

You'll break my eardrums.

I won't forgive you.

Huh?

I've had enough of your attitude!

Natsu...

What? What's funny?

Because I know, Takayama.

What?

It's about Yoshino.

You're crazy about Yoshino, but he thinks only of me.

You can't forgive it!

What's that the Bible says?

If you're slapped,

you should slap your opponent back?

If you're with me, they'll resent you too.

Are you okay?

You're so kind.

You're to blame, too.

Blame? About what?

Your attitude.

Attitude?

I'm not aware of it. Is it strange?

I don't mean strange...

I'm not doing anything bad, it's the boys. Right?

That's true, but...

Reiko.

I want to use first names.

So stop calling me Kawakami.

Call me Tomie.

Okay, Reiko?

You're so...

It's cold, but great!

Come in, Reiko!

Reiko, look at me.

I never forgive girls that bully me.

I get total revenge.

Tomie...

Yoshino!

Sorry, kept you waiting.

Waiting too long! What happened?

Nothing.

Really.

Are you still chasing after Tomie?!

That's nonsense.

It's not her.

That girl's!

You don't know how she is?!

She's...

Stop! Let me go, Yoshino!

Tomie?!

What's wrong? Feeling faint?

Iron deficiency?

You caused this!

Yoshino?

You're really in the way!

Just die!

Tomie.

Tomie!

But that was just the beginning.

What's this, Gondo?! Let us go!

Please stop!

Shut up! You two don't know what you did?!

What?! What did we do?

We did nothing! Let us go!

You pretend you did nothing?!

Poor things.

So helpless.

Tomie!

What's going on?

What? You already know.

I'm going to make tea.

Afternoon tea time.

It looks so good!

Here you go. Cockroach tea!

Open up!

Oh, let's have sweets with it!

Tea and cookies!

Look, they're really tasty.

Go ahead, eat it!

You shouldn't waste!

And you open up, too!

Say how tasty they are!

After that, nobody defied Tomie.

In just one month, Tomie took over that class.

Now... attendance...

It's strange.

To be honest, observing her made us feel better and better.

She did everything that we really wanted to do.

Because Tomie was a total dictator.

I don't know...

I don't think she wanted to be a dictator.

Maybe she was too lonely.

I thought so.

A lone wolf stranger.

What's with the outfits?

It looks stupid!

We are going to kill you!

Tomie, run!

No chance of that! Why should I run?

Who are you? Show your faces, cowards!

I know!

Know what?

You're not human!

Freak!

You...

called me...

a freak?

Die, Tomie!

Justice!

Stop!

Die!

Tomie!

It hurts, Reiko! Help me!

Now! Killing blow!

Stop! Sure you want to kill her?

Enough talk!

Move, Matsubara!

If she lives she'll destroy us!

What's that? Do what you want!

Come on! You cowards!

Tomie, stop!

I already know.

You boys...

are so obsessed with me you've got to kill me?

Like the rest.

Boys are always that way.

Cowardly maggots!

So, what'll you do?

Can you kill the one you love?

Inoue of the Photo Club!

Inoue!

As I expected!

If I must be killed then go ahead!

Retreat! Move back!

Let's run!

It hurts.

Tomie... to hospital, quick!

How can it be?

That's how it was.

I can't explain it more than that.

Matsubara,

did you know?

What?

That Tomie's not human?

My only picture of Tomie.

Maybe it's the real Tomie.

The real Tomie?

Right. Tomie is...

Tomie. I'll change the bandage.

Sorry.

Your mom would be surprised if she saw us.

Why not go to a hospital?

I never go to hospitals.

The doctors use my body for awful things.

Awful things?

Yes. Unspeakable things.

Reiko, what's wrong?

Tomie... your ear!

Reiko, it feels bad,

wipe the blood.

Freak...

Huh?

That's what... you think I am.

Can't be...

Don't try to hide it.

After all, it's true.

I am a freak.

It's always said about me.

For centuries.

But to me it seems...

normal humans are the freaks.

Bowing down to superiors,

exploiting the weak.

Unaware of their stupidity,

just deceiving, jealous,

and calmly betraying others.

Reiko,

shouldn't we call those people freaks?

I believe in no one, depend on no one.

I made that firm vow.

I decided to live my life alone.

I'm not lonely.

Better to wander alone...

than have my trust betrayed.

Right, Reiko?

Reiko, what kind of person do you want to become?

Tell me.

I haven't thought about it,

but...

But?

But what?

I just don't want to be someone like my mom.

Now I know.

Know what?

Why...

only you interested me.

Tomie... from the bandage?

Yes. But to be exact,

Tomie was reborn from the bandage blood.

That's what I witnessed.

Not surprised?

I'm beyond surprise, it's an unbelievable story.

That's true.

And then...

what happened to that Tomie?

She vanished.

Vanished?

How's our teacher, Takagi, doing?

Rumors say that he was in various hospitals,

or escaped from a hospital and went missing.

Stop it!

I've got a wife, family...

I already know.

What?

That you no longer love your wife.

Nonsense!

You mean it's not true?

How can you?!

Your eyes.

Your eyes on me.

Desirous,

lecherous eyes on me.

If you could have me, you'd give up everything.

Your eyes tell me that.

It's okay...

to do what you want.

Please...

Teacher...

Teacher.

Kawakami.

Then you appear.

What are you doing, Tomie?

What, Yamamoto!

Tomie, what's going on out here?

I don't need you around, Yamamoto!

What kind of girl?!

Surprised...

you also fell for her, Yamamoto.

Sorry to disappoint you.

No need to be ashamed.

Every boy that knew Tomie...

became captivated by her, there was not even one exception.

Right, Tomie is like a virus...

that infects every boy.

Virus?

A virus infection that makes you desire her no matter what.

Desire her no matter what,

and in the end you want to kill her?

Tomie! Tomie!

Yamamoto, wait!

Yamamoto did it.

He's the one who pushed her.

I saw it myself.

Tomie! Tomie!

What is it? You think it serves me right.

Are you satisfied?

What is it? Don't look at me like that.

Had enough of pitying eyes!

Just die already!

Stop that!

Tomie!

Reiko.

I think I'm dying.

Stop that, Reiko. Don't cry.

It's depressing.

Everything's becoming dark...

Where?

Reiko, where are you?

I'm right here.

Tomie, don't be afraid. It's okay.

Don't act like you know...

what dying is like...

when you haven't...

had that experience.

Dying is like...

going alone into,

being sucked into...

eternal darkness...

Tomie?

Tomie!

What?

Relieved, right?

Relieved this evil thing is dead?!

Have a laugh!

Drink a toast!

We'll be released from these days of Hell!

Not happy?!

Use these to cut up Tomie.

Do what?!

Teacher! I'll turn myself in! Turn myself in!

Tomie!

Don't turn yourself in!

It's pitiful for her, but no choice.

We'll divide her up with one part for each,

and dispose of her.

That way no one will be guilty,

and no one suspected.

Teacher, how can you!

Intestines? I've got guts!

She had a sandwich for lunch!

And maybe drank tea with milk!

She didn't smoke, such clean lungs!

The inside of the body is beautiful.

Everyone!

This is a valuable lesson in anatomy.

You must observe closely!

Yes!

That piece looks hard.

Don't cut your own hands.

Tomie... Tomie, it's my fault.

I'm so sorry.

The class divided Tomie...

into 38 pieces, one each,

for disposal.

Saying they went insane is not enough.

Who could have imagined the outcome?

Unimaginable.

I don't know...

Matsubara!

I feel that perhaps only you could have imagined.

I don't know.

Thanks to everyone's efforts,

we successfully...

sent Kawakami to Heaven.

As homeroom teacher, I thank you.

I'd like to propose that...

from now this incident...

Hey! What's wrong, you guys?

Don't look at me like I'm a ghost!

It's hard to talk about...

what happened next.

Half the class in mental wards,

four suicides,

the rest said absolutely nothing,

and transferred.

A class with 38 members exquisitely collapsed.

Member 39, teacher Takagi, went insane and disappeared.

Naturally, rumors spread,

no new students enrolled.

The school abandoned... Tomie's really something!

Even the school ruined!

Yamamoto.

Hmm?

Remember "Planaria"?

Yeah.

From science class.

Flatworms that regenerate even when cut to pieces.

Right.

At the time it occurred to me...

that if Tomie was like a Planaria,

that incident could be explained.

Lizard tails can regrow many times,

but Planaria, even if cut up,

can form an identical new body.

Cells called neoblasts.

Any body piece regenerates into a whole new body.

In Tomie's case, even one drop of blood...

might regenerate into a new Tomie.

So, like Planaria,

Tomie's cells could regenerate?

No, it's different.

What's different?

My idea is that...

Tomie was never human.

She's a Planaria-like creature...

that evolved into something almost human.

When a new Tomie was formed...

from her blood on the bandage,

I started to feel strange.

Tomie?

Are you crying?

Hadn't she left your home?

Actually,

we stayed together.

Tomie... why are you crying?

Because...

because I'm afraid.

Afraid of what?

Nobody will bully you,

so you don't need to cry.

I'm afraid of being killed again,

I've already felt enough pain.

I don't want to go anywhere.

Don't want to go out there!

It's okay, you can just stay here.

You don't have to go out.

Tomie?

You're naive, aren't you Reiko?

Why do I have to be trapped here?

No way.

I was really just laughing.

Laughing so much I cried.

Because you're so upset.

Reiko.

I'll show you what Hell is really like.

And what happened to that Tomie?

I don't know. She disappeared soon after.

Matsubara, tell me! Where is Tomie?!

I don't know!

Let me go!

Don't know!

Tell me! Where is Tomie now?!

Tell me, Matsubara!

Awful, isn't it?

While in the hospital I was insane without her.

I kept stabbing my eye with a pencil.

But the pain of that was nothing...

compared to the pain of missing Tomie, it was nothing!

Matsubara, tell me.

Stop!

Just tell me, where's Tomie now?

I came here just to find that out!

Tell me! Tell me!

Matsubara? You okay?

Yamamoto...

In that bag you'll see...

her heart that I got when she was cut up...

on the mountain.

Unable to dispose of it,

I kept it in the freezer.

Thought I'd bury it here at school.

But Tomie can't be allowed to come back to life.

Matsubara...

You do understand...

what a dangerous creature Tomie is?

She can't be allowed to regenerate...

Matsubara! Matsubara...

What's wrong? Hey!

Hey, what is it?

What is it? Matsubara!

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Forgive me, please.

Tomie...

Tomie!

Men are so stupid.

Yamamoto, how many times before you learn?

Didn't you notice?

Reiko...

soon became just one part of me.

I'm not Reiko.

I'm the Tomie you so wanted to meet.

You will thoroughly enjoy...

a tour of Hell with that piece of me.

You are mine.

Who are you?

Takagi?!

I've been waiting for this moment.

I've been waiting for years and years,

for you to return this school.

Don't be stupid! I have no need for you!

I must...

take you, Tomie,

and scatter you all over Japan and the world!

Sorry, but...

I must take your life.

Over and over again!

Stop!

I've died enough already!

I can't stand the pain!

Tomie...

I'm sorry...

to cause you pain.

I'm sorry.

Tomie.

Tomie!

Men are so stupid.

What really controls this world is...

raw fear!