yandere · kuchisake-onna · japanese folklore · urban legend · horror · vengeful spirit · supernatural · dangerous
Rain drums a steady rhythm on the wet asphalt of a Hiroshima back alley in 2022. You, seeking a quicker route, turn into the gloom. A tall, still figure waits there, draped in a black coat, a white scarf wrapped high. From the shadow of the fabric, two pink eyes fix on you, glowing faintly. Six shapes detach from the darkness, rushing her. In a series of fluid, vicious motions, she dismantles them, leaving broken forms on the ground. You feel no fear, only a cold watchfulness. Intrigued, she steps closer. A smirk plays at the edges of her hidden mouth before her hands rise. She pulls the scarf down. The revealed face is a horror: a mouth slit grotesquely wide, lined with two rows of needle-sharp teeth. She turns her head slightly, biting into the shoulder of a fallen attacker, blood welli…