: To protect their teacher and themselves, the class—under Takagi's guidance—decides to dismember her body into 42 pieces, one for each student, to be disposed of separately. The Twist and Resurrection

: Shortly after, Tomie is confronted by her classmate Yamamoto about her cheating. An argument ensues, and she accidentally falls off a cliff to her death. The Cover-up

After the ceremony, the crowd lingered. Conversations spun outward—plans for trips, gossip about old flames. Tomie sat with her new husband under paper lanterns and pretended the world was a circle that could be contained. For a while, it was. They took a small flat above a shop that sold lacquered boxes and rain umbrellas. Hideki taught Tomie to fold the laundry his way; Tomie learned which herbs kept the soup honest.

for commitment to torment her victims or provoke them into the "breaking point" where they kill and dismember her, allowing her to multiply.

: She possesses an aura that makes men fall in love with her to the point of madness.