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Kuchisake-onna (口裂け女, 'Slit-Mouthed Woman') [1] is a malevolent figure in Japanese urban legends and folklore. Described as the malicious spirit, or onryō, of a woman, she partially covers her face with a mask or other item and carries a pair of scissors, a knife, or some other sharp object. She is most often described as a tall woman ...
The concept originated in a sketch created in December 2000 by Japanese doujinshi artist Raita Honjou (credited in Thanks as RAITA). [12] [13] From January 2007, the sketch was discussed extensively on the 4chan image board, and a development group was assembled from users of 4chan and other internet communities, who are of various nationalities; not necessarily Japanese. [14]
The manga is based the legend of Kuchisake-onna, a monstrous woman in Japanese folklore said to have scars on the sides of her mouth. [2] It is Kajimoto's third romance manga based on Kuchisake-onna; she had previously released the one-shot Her Special Seat in 2017, and three-issue series Even If You Avoid the Slit in 2018.
As Kuchisake-onna leaves with Mika, Mika knocks her mask off, revealing the woman's disfigured face. At school, Noboru shows Kyōko a thirty-year-old photograph of a woman who looks like Kuchisake-onna. Noboru hears the voice again and traces it to a house, and he and Kyōko save a boy from Kuchisake-onna, whom Kyōko seemingly kills with a knife.
Japanese manga has developed a visual language or iconography for expressing emotion and other internal character states. This drawing style has also migrated into anime, as many manga are adapted into television shows and films and some of the well-known animation studios are founded by manga artists.
The website's critics consensus reads, "Inventively animated, boldly creative, and refreshingly ambitious, The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl should resonate deeply with fans of outré anime." [ 22 ] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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A fourth anime season, Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb, aired 12 episodes between October and December 2012. An OVA titled Hidamari Sketch: Sae & Hiro's Graduation Arc was released in November 2013. The episodes of Hidamari Sketch were aired in an anachronic order with each episode taking place in a different month in the year; chronologically, the ...