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" (ãã‚Œã„), 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.
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excellent on theme.. good luck author.. very spooky feel.. the story is so sad, but a great cultural transference.. good luck on this!!!
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
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
good work -- very nice overall look
nice work author, freaky
Great work, great image, spooky story... Good Luck
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Good mood! I'd round off the far edge of the cut just a bit, but this is nice work...
very interesting story! nice portrayal of it
wow, looks like one of my ex's!
Nice!
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
"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!
Nice nice, you represented this evil girl really well!
Great story!!
thanks for the comments. softened the edges of the mouth and cut.
great image! love it!
very nice
Nice pic... I am not so sure, but "kirei" also sounds the same as "psycho" in japanese... Only the kanji is different...
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Congrats yahidith! I just love the mood of this picture
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