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☆MIROKU KUCHISAKE☆

Miroku Kuchisake is the notorious Slit-mouth woman (Kuchisake-onna). She is often seen roaming the streets, her mouth ripped open from ear to ear. She typically wears a mask covering her face, asking people she sees ‘if she’s pretty.’ Supposedly she kills you if you answer no. But if you answer yes, she’ll reveal her face and ask again. If the answer turns to no, or they scream in fear, she kills you. however, giving her a confusing answer or hard candies as a treat will likely save you (besides obviously answering yes).

These are all merely rumors, for Miroku is actually very sweet and loving. She’s not quite the most graceful - being rather clumsy and slightly ignorant to the modern world ever changing around her. She simply enjoys scaring people for fun - not actually wishing to harm them. 

It’s believed Miroku was manifested in the ‘70s (meaning she’s around 45 years old, however appearance looks to be about 22). While urban legends do not age, they can die. And with Miroku’s time running out now that less people are believing in her myth, she allows herself to be put into an arranged marriage with the Sano family’s clan head, Koichi. In some ways, despite being the one to suggest it, she’s against the marriage and hopes to find an out – if she can scare Koichi before his 18th birthday they would agree to call off the engagement, however if she can’t and ends up falling in love with him, then they’d continue through with it (obviously…lol)

Miroku has a younger brother, also an urban legend - known as Mikoto, the demon eared shikabane. His legend is a headless boy who roams the train tracks. His physical appearance is roughly that of a high schooler, allowing him to attend classes alongside Koichi to keep tabs on him. Due to the nature of Miroku and Mikoto (they are not blood related, but have a sort of kinship to one another), I am okay with exploring this ship in a realm where Koichi doesn’t exist (or way future when he passes away since legends don’t age).

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