Tomie Wants To | Get Married Expansion -v1.3801- ...

The expansion features sandbox-style exploration where players manage various statistics to progress the story:

This paper examines the indie horror visual novel Tomie Wants to Get Married Expansion -v1.3801- , exploring its unique position within the intersection of Junji Ito’s cosmic horror mythology and the tropes of the dating simulation genre. By analyzing the game’s iterative versioning (denoted by the "v1.3801" subtitle), its simplistic visual style, and its repetitive narrative loops, this study argues that the game functions as a meta-commentary on the objectification of the "horror heroine." The expansion transforms the terrifying, immortal entity Tomie into a commodity within a gamified romantic pursuit, revealing the inherent absurdity and monstrosity of the dating sim mechanics when applied to a narrative of inevitable doom. Tomie Wants to Get Married Expansion -v1.3801- ...

The core mechanic of Tomie Expansion revolves around the loop: the player attempts to woo Tomie, makes a mistake, and faces gruesome consequences, only to restart or continue in a new variation. This loop is a ludic representation of the Tomie mythos. In the manga, Tomie dies and is reborn endlessly; the men who love her kill her, only for her to return. This loop is a ludic representation of the Tomie mythos