Published: 2024-12-31

Get to Know your Body, Understand Yourself: The Problem of Self-Acceptance and the Pursuit of Perfection in Tomie by Junji Itō

Anna Marczukiewicz
Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura
Section: Studies
DOI https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.1543

Abstract

This article examines the depiction of girls’ adolescence and the relationship they have with their own bodies in the manga Tomie by Junji Itō (1987–2000). The research material is primarily approached as an equally significant work of literature and culture, allowing for a multi-layered analysis that presents Itō’s manga from a different perspective, not limited to its recognition as a masterpiece of horror literature. By moving away from viewing Tomie solely as Japanese body horror and focusing more on the main character’s problems, decisions, and their impact on other characters, a comprehensive characterisation of the protagonist is constructed: from the perspective of the male gaze, the female gaze, her viewpoint, and that of an outsider.

Keywords:

body, puberty, adolescence, girl, Junji Itō, manga, teenager, relationships, shōjo, Tomie

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Marczukiewicz, A. (2024). Get to Know your Body, Understand Yourself: The Problem of Self-Acceptance and the Pursuit of Perfection in Tomie by Junji Itō. Dzieciństwo. Literatura I Kultura, 6(2), 70–83. https://doi.org/10.32798/dlk.1543

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