watashi kirei? - created by yahidithmonnalisa

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The legend is said to originate with a young woman who lived hundreds of years ago (some versions of the legend state the Heian period) and was either the wife or concubine of a samurai. She is said to have been very beautiful but also very vain, and possibly cheating on her husband. The samurai, extremely jealous and feeling cuckolded, attacked her and slit her mouth from ear to ear, screaming "Who will think you're beautiful now?"

The urban legend picks up from this point, stating that a woman roams around at night (especially during foggy evenings), with her face covered by a surgical mask, which would not be especially unusual, as people with colds often wear masks for the sake of others in Japan. When she encounters someone (primarily children or college students), she will shyly ask, "Am I beautiful?" ("Watashi kirei?"). If the person answers yes, she will take off her mask and say, "Even like this?" At this point, if the victim answers "No," she will slay them or cut their mouths to resmeble hers (in many versions, her weapon is a pair of scissors). If the victim tells her she is pretty a second time, she follows the victim home and slays them at the doorway to their residence, due to the fact that "kirei" (きれい), Japanese for 'pretty,' is a near homophone of "kire" (切れ), the imperative form of "to cut". In other versions of the myth if you reply yes after she removes the mask she will give you a large blood soaked ruby and walk away.

(2 years and 304 days ago)

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29 Comments

watashi, kirei

GolemAura says:

excellent on theme.. good luck author.. very spooky feel.. the story is so sad, but a great cultural transference.. good luck on this!!! Reply »

(2 years and 304 days ago)

Dragoncide says:

great work, however i must say the description states she was slit from the mouth to the ear, the slits on ur image looks straight and not towards the ears at all. great image tho Reply »

(2 years and 304 days ago)

author says:

thank you for your comments! about the slit, since the mouth is almost closed it would follow the jaw line and and end at the ear lobe, more or less. also, the hair covers most of the cut. :P Reply »

(2 years and 304 days ago)

Nator says:

Very nice image and nice transformation from your source image. Reply »

(2 years and 304 days ago)

Alan2641 says:

good work -- very nice overall look Reply »

(2 years and 304 days ago)

OliviasArts says:

nice work author, freaky Reply »

(2 years and 304 days ago)

loopyluv says:

Great work, great image, spooky story... Good Luck Reply »

(2 years and 304 days ago)

Tuckinator says:

whoah Reply »

(2 years and 303 days ago)

CMYK46 says:

Good mood! I'd round off the far edge of the cut just a bit, but this is nice work... Reply »

(2 years and 303 days ago)

akasha says:

very interesting story! nice portrayal of it Reply »

(2 years and 303 days ago)

xtro says:

wow, looks like one of my ex's! Reply »

(2 years and 303 days ago)

ponti55 says:

Nice! Reply »

(2 years and 303 days ago)

mariosilva says:

this is very nice, i made a real good work, i dt thinks it scares she�s beautiful,good luck
ps: just give me her address Reply »

(2 years and 303 days ago)

wazowski says:

"Kire"?!! That reminds me on the movie Audition where a girl says kiri kiri kiri. People who saw that movie know what I mean and why I shiver *brrrrrr*. Ontopic, make the cut a bit less hard in the edges, add a bit of shading to make it look less flat. Good luck! Reply »

(2 years and 303 days ago)

Akassa says:

Nice nice, you represented this evil girl really well! Reply »

(2 years and 303 days ago)

kyluvlee says:

Great story!! Reply »

(2 years and 302 days ago)

author says:

thanks for the comments. softened the edges of the mouth and cut. Reply »

(2 years and 302 days ago)

SOLARIS says:

great image! love it! Reply »

(2 years and 302 days ago)

chakra1985 says:

very nice Reply »

(2 years and 301 days ago)

arkncheeze says:

Nice pic... I am not so sure, but "kirei" also sounds the same as "psycho" in japanese... Only the kanji is different... Reply »

(2 years and 300 days ago)

RichieMB says:

Congratulations for 3rd Reply »

(2 years and 298 days ago)

Lelaina says:

Congrats yahidith! I just love the mood of this picture Reply »

(2 years and 298 days ago)

Warlock says:

Congrats!! Reply »

(2 years and 298 days ago)

nishagandhi says:

congrats!! Reply »

(2 years and 298 days ago)

nasirkhan says:

Congrats! Reply »

(2 years and 298 days ago)

SOLARIS says:

congrats Reply »

(2 years and 297 days ago)

author says:

thank you all for your comments! Reply »

(2 years and 297 days ago)

spaceranger says:

Congrats! Reply »

(2 years and 296 days ago)

scratzilla1 says:

congrats Reply »

(2 years and 293 days ago)

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