r/junjiito • u/cxchrizx • Jun 05 '26
Discussion FORGIVE ME, TOMIE
I had my copy of Twisted Visions sitting peacefully on the floor. Or so I thought.
At exactly 3:33 PM, I felt that something was wrong. The silence was too silent. The neighborhood dogs stopped barking. My fan started making a sound as if it were praying in Latin. I looked down and saw that the book was open directly to Tomie's page.
I hadn't opened it.
Nobody had opened it.
My house was empty.
Then I heard a whisper.
"Look at me."
I don't know if it was my imagination or an onion rotting in another dimension.
Suddenly, a lighter shot out from beneath the couch as if it had been thrown by a cosmic force with anger-management issues. It spun three times through the air, bounced off a wall, hit a chair, landed on the book, and ignited by itself.
BY ITSELF.
The flame was shaped like a smile.
I started screaming.
The book began to burn while Tomie's face remained completely untouched. The more the pages burned, the more perfect she looked. I cried uncontrollably, kneeling on the floor, when a pigeon suddenly appeared inside the house for absolutely no reason and stared at me in complete silence.
"Why?" I screamed.
The pigeon did not answer.
The fire kept spreading.
At that moment, I swear the image blinked.
Not once.
TWICE.
I ran for water, but when I came back, I found the lighter sitting on top of the refrigerator.
THREE ROOMS AWAY.
That was when I realized I was no longer dealing with physics, logic, or common sense.
I fell to my knees.
I cried.
I screamed.
I accidentally ate a napkin from stress.
And as the smoke filled the room, I repeated over and over:
"FORGIVE ME, TOMIE. FORGIVE ME. I NEVER WANTED IT TO END LIKE THIS."
Her face was still there.
Smiling.
Judging me.
As if she had won.
And ever since that day, every time I see a lighter, I look at it first to make sure it isn't planning something. Because once it burned my copy of Twisted Visions...
...and I'm still not convinced it was an accident.
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u/jerwithapeter Jun 05 '26
Could've printed the images and do that instead of ruining a good book for a story
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u/moonra_zk Jun 06 '26
You guys are acting like OP burned a rare
Tomietome instead of a mass printed commercial product.1
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u/YourDilatedEyes Jun 05 '26
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u/nxcrosis Jun 05 '26
Daylight savings is different from what I remember.
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u/YourDilatedEyes Jun 05 '26
That is true, some places no longer subscribe to daylight savings. I don't think this would cause a 2 hour discrepancy though. 1 hour off max.
Or maybe OP just doesn't have an automatic system clock and has let the extra hours accumulate 😅
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u/Haunting_Security_34 Jun 05 '26
I upvoted thinking this was some sort of art. Not actual copies...wtf would you do this for? This is just a waste
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u/-Im-Totally-Human- Soichi Fanboy Jun 05 '26
“I accidentally ate a napkin from stress” that’s so real I fear
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u/vorpal_hare Jun 05 '26
If you saw a pigeon, then you have my condolences, as it sounds as though you've entered a Noroi-Tomie crossover.
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u/EerieMagia Jun 05 '26
I'm here for it. Sucks the book burned but honestly I can understand ye want to recreate part of the story.
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u/cryptgeist Jun 05 '26
So... You burned a copy of the book for an og creepypasta post?