Kuchisake-Onna
Kuchisake-Onna is the legend of a Japanese woman, mutilated by her jealous samurai husband who murdered her for infidelity scarring her horribly and leaving her repulsive.
Her jealous Ghost still haunts places in Japan, usually on foggy nights, wearing a surgical mask when she will approach people and ask shyly: “Watashi kirei?” (Am i beautiful?) The person usually responds, yes.
She then pulls down her mask to reveal an ear to ear grin, cut by her jealous husband to mar her for her life. “Even like this?” she will persist. If you answer no. She will take a pair of scissors, and cut the same gruesome smile into your own face. If you answer yes, she will disappear, and the second you go home will reappear at your door and finish the job.
The only way of confusing Kuchisake-Onna is to say: You are average, which will confuse this mysterious Onryo. Or to present her with hard amber candy, or say ‘Pomade’ six times will shall make her flee.
She has been seen from the 1970’s til the early 2000’s, often seen lurking near children whose innocent answer of yes when asked if she is ugly, will lead to their deaths.
Posted in Beings & Entities, Rites & Rituals
May 18th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Shouldn’t it be “Watashi wa kirei desuka”? u__u or just “Kirei desuka” since most of the time pronouns aren’t really required in Japanese. “Watashi kirei” would basically be saying “I pretty”
Sorry to be a grammar nazi, but that just sorta bothered me
May 19th, 2008 at 11:00 am
I have a certificate in Japanese. “Desu ka” is only used when speaking formally, which Kuchisake Onna doesn’t. Also, it’s common for particles such as “wa” to be dropped in Japanese when speaking informally.
Kuchisake Onna is my favourite ghost. I did a poster on her in Japanese 30. <3 But this story isn’t very accurate. =/ I’m pretty sure I saw this on /x/ too.
May 19th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
@ comment #2
Yeah, this story was pulled from /x/ - I’d love to hear the more accurate version if you feel like telling me!
May 19th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Bleh, I meant Japanese 20, not 30. *Killed*
Sure, I’d love to tell you. xD I’m not a good writer, but I guess all I need to do is explain her, right?
May 20th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Yeah, it doesn’t necessarily have to be in “creepypasta” form… I just want to know for my own curiosity, really. If you don’t feel like commenting it here, my email is admin AT creepypasta DOT com =)
May 29th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
needs more desu
June 6th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Dude, you have no such “certificate”. The Japanese don’t drop subject particles in informal speech, and they definitely don’t drop verbs. The subject itself may be dropped entirely, by other than that, that sentence wasn’t very accurate.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Wait. Before I go home, this is important. Which side of my door does the bitch appear on?
June 12th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Is this a true story??
June 18th, 2008 at 11:03 am
@comment #7
In informal speech, often subject particles are dropped, though you’re right in that they are usually dropped with the subject as a whole. On the other hand, if they are asking a question, as in this particular case, the wa particle can be dropped.
@comment #1 - desu ka isn’t needed in this case - kirei will be in a rising intonation, implying that she’s asking a question.
June 25th, 2008 at 5:30 am
私きれい??
June 25th, 2008 at 5:32 am
私は質問がある。。。
電話は誰???
June 25th, 2008 at 5:52 am
weeaboos を狂気に行かせるしている
June 25th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
lol何?
June 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
質問がある。
どうやってウェッブをですですですですですですですですですですですですですです？
June 30th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
I remember in 6th grade my friend told me a story like this. But instead of her husband cutting her mouth it was a plastic surgeon who did that by accident.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
The guy is right, saying “Watashi kirei” with “kirei” being on a higher intonation gives the meaning of “desu ka”. It’s like saying “hey Dan, you here?” instead of “Hey Dan are you in here?”
July 18th, 2008 at 12:35 am
The plastic surgeon background for kuchisake-onna is one of the more modern versions. Kuchisake-onna is a tale older than the 1970s, but it sort of resurfaced. In modern versions it’s usually said that it was due to bad plastic surgery or due to a car wreck or something like that, something that would make sense in modern times. A full explanation can be found here: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-kuchisake-onna.htm
July 18th, 2008 at 2:12 am
I have the movie
July 19th, 2008 at 2:36 am
ですですですですですですですですですですですですですです for great justice.
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
i’d love to see that bitch try and make me smile
July 26th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
You ruined the surprise!
August 1st, 2008 at 7:21 am
WHY SO SERIOUS?
August 3rd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
What happens when you answer no the first time?
Owned bitch!
August 4th, 2008 at 12:31 am
A picture to go along:
http://parachan.org/p/src/1217481360883.jpg
August 4th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Why so serious?
August 6th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
that sounds kinda like the grudge.
August 8th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Lolz. So that’s really how the Joker got his scars.
August 8th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
y so serious?
August 14th, 2008 at 4:15 am
Those folish humans have no respect for us paranormal being anymore,i miss the good old times,dont you Kuchisake-onna.
August 14th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Spellings a bit off there ‘candeljack’
Won’t catch anyone out with mispellings!
August 14th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
This is retarded. I hate copypastas that have a set of instructions like “you must do this and this, then this happens.”
August 14th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
@Wiseman
So here’s a thought: avoid the “Rites & Rituals” category. There’s a reason I have them organized in such a way, so people can focus on their favorite types.
Or, you know, just keep wasting your time and mine by leaving stupid comments whining about pastas you apparently have no reason to keep reading. What do you expect me to do, get rid of one of the more popular pastas just because you’re a special snowflake who didn’t like it?
August 14th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Y SO SRS?
August 16th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Ive read a different version which is more clear and interesting than this one
August 16th, 2008 at 4:40 am
Why so serious?
Let’s put a smi… Oh, nevermind I see you’ve been taken care of…
August 27th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
This is a movie plot. A really terrible movie.
August 28th, 2008 at 2:38 am
i agree rekkusu
sum lonely bitch wandering around…’am i pretty?…no?…okies, i kill you.’
get over urself u ugly hag!
just cuz ur husband went edward scissorhands/glasgow smile happy on ur ass doesn’t mean u hav to go whining and killing ppl
go to hell!!! -banishes kuchisake-onna to the gap between dimensions-
D=
that is all
August 28th, 2008 at 2:38 am
btw…author person
at first it says her husband is jealous…then it sez she has a jealous ghost…><
August 28th, 2008 at 2:40 am
also…[god sorry for all these posts]
1.what if i say no in the first place?…damn cunt!
2. what if i grab the scissors and cut the rest of her up
3. wonder what happened to her samurai husband…
August 28th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
jeezum clam down >.<
August 30th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
What answer can I give that lets me have sex with her?
September 6th, 2008 at 11:01 am
smiles creep me out so…but what’s up with the pomade part?and why 6 times?!other than that good pasta
September 7th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
You know, aside from the initial “holy !!!!” reaction, she really doesn’t look that bad.
September 8th, 2008 at 1:01 am
Wanna know how these scars?
Well I was in Japan…
September 8th, 2008 at 1:02 am
Wanna know how I got these scars?
Well I was in Japan…
September 11th, 2008 at 1:02 am
She’s the Joker. Obviously.
September 14th, 2008 at 1:40 am
私は電話だった
September 17th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Did I ever tell you how I got this scar…?
My father was a drunkard…and a fiend…
And one day while he was beating mommy…she got a knife….And he didn’t like that. Not. One. Bit-UH.
September 18th, 2008 at 10:45 am
any way i can distract her long enough to dispose of the scissors and bang her? then again, probably not worth it if her other orifices are just as wide.
September 20th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
私は美しいか。 私は美しいか。 私は美しいか。
September 28th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
I read this on Wikipedia…it wasn’t scary there, and it wasn’t scary here.
The part about the amber thing wasn’t on Wikipedia either…O.o