watashi kirei? - created by yahidithmonnalisa


watashi kirei?
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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.

(5 years and 3801 days ago)

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avatar GolemAura
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!!!

avatar Dragoncide

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

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

avatar Alan2641
Alan2641 says:

good work -- very nice overall look

avatar OliviasArts

nice work author, freaky

avatar loopyluv
loopyluv says:

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

avatar Tuckinator

whoah

avatar CMYK46
CMYK46 says:

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

avatar akasha
akasha says:

very interesting story! nice portrayal of it

avatar xtro
xtro says:

wow, looks like one of my ex's!

avatar ponti55
ponti55 says:

Nice!

avatar mariosilva

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

avatar wazowski
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!

avatar Akassa
Akassa says:

Nice nice, you represented this evil girl really well!

avatar kyluvlee
kyluvlee says:

Great story!!

author says:

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

avatar SOLARIS
SOLARIS says:

great image! love it!

avatar chakra1985

very nice

avatar arkncheeze

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

avatar RichieMB
RichieMB says:

Congratulations for 3rd

avatar Lelaina
Lelaina says:

Congrats yahidith! I just love the mood of this picture

avatar Warlock
Warlock [banned] says:

Congrats!!

avatar nishagandhi

congrats!!

avatar nasirkhan
nasirkhan says:

Congrats!

avatar SOLARIS
SOLARIS says:

congrats

author says:

thank you all for your comments!

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