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This story unfolds through the eyes and narration of Matsubara Reiko, a recent graduate of a high school class which had the utter misfortune of welcoming a new student, Kawagami Tomie. When Reiko and her classmate Yamamoto meet up in their former homeroom, the entire school is in shambles. The teacher is rumored to be in a psychiatric ward and several of their fellow students committed suicide or were met with grisly demises. (Yamamoto himself seems to have missplaced an eyeball!) Sitting in the litter-strewn classroom, they recount the immediate and overwhelmingly destructive presence Tomie manifested, resulting in their current dazed state of affairs
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