• Kuchisake onna sneaks up on her victims in the dark on the streets or in dimly lit alleys and asks them if they think she is beautiful: “Watashi, kirei?” (Am I beautiful?)" If the victim answers in the affirmative, he removes his mask and reveals a gruesome mouth bleeding.
• She then asks in a dark voice if the person still thinks she's beautiful: "Koreo demo?" (And now beautiful?). If her victim does not respond or screams in horror, she cuts him from ear to ear, simulating her own mutilation. If the person lies and answers in the affirmative, she leaves - only to then follow the liar home and brutally kill him that same night.
• The spirits of the dead who were killed in particularly cruel ways - tortured prisoners, mutilated women - do not find peace. Kuchisake onna is considered one of these women. However, during the Edo period, a large number of attacks by Kuchisake onna were blamed on kitsune youkai who changed form to deceive and prank young peopl