Yokai Edo

### Monster Parent

The Slit-Mouthed Woman from Japanese mythology/urban legend - a.k.a "Kuchisake-onna."

### Killer Style

It is a mix of creepy kawaii, sharp objects, and traditional Japanese fashion.

### Monster Quirk

She has a temper, that she struggles to keep a secret. Sometimes when it gets going, she can't stop herself.

### Biggest Pet Peeve

Monsters or humans who pick on one another for their physical appearance or personality traits.

### Fav School Subject

Clawculus - she has a surprisingly good head for numbers.

### Least Fav Subject

Gym - Sometimes even a thin mask or veil makes it hard for a ghoul to breathe.

## Biography

### Personality

Yokai is soft-spoken, doesn't speak much, and is does her best not to cause problems with others. However, like her mother, she is also incredibly insecure and uneasy about her appearance. Simmering beneath all of her shyness and quiet demeanor, simmers the possibility of an uncontrollable anger.

### Appearance

She is on the shorter side, which is her reason for wanting to wear such high platform boots. Her skin is a very light gray color - while her hair is a deep raven color; a nice mixture of black and blue. Her eyes are very pale and almost give the impression that she is blind. (Although she is not.) Yokai's most noticeable feature is one that she hides behind a lacy black veil across the lower half of her face: the scar that she was born with, which spreads on each side of her mouth, straight to her ears.

### History

Yokai was born in Japan, although how she was born is a story that has been changed on her many times. Each time she asks her mother, her mother gives her a different explanation of how she came to be, and why she has no father. One thing has always remained the same, though: people in Japan are terrified of her and her mother both. Neither of them could go *anywhere* without people screaming and running away, and Yokai got tired of it. This is why she moved away, hoping that she would find someplace to live where no one would scream and run away; where she could live her un-life in peace.

## Relationships

### Family

Her mother, who is known as Kuchisake Onna, or the "*Slit-mouthed woman*" from Japanese urban legend.

### Friends

Yokai does not have any friends right now,

### Romance

*There may have been someone, before he made fun of Yokai and the scar on her face...*

### Enemies

The people that Yokai detests the most, are those who make fun of her scar or pick at her appearance. Although Yokai's relationship with her mother runs very thin at times, and so can upset her more than even people who are bullying her - depending on what is happening.

## Trivia

* Her first name, "Yōkai," comes from a word that means "supernatural creature" - and is a subcategory of things found in Japanese folklore and urban legends.
* Her last name comes from the Edo period, which is one of the time periods that her mother's story is said have come from.
* Yokai's style incorporates a blood-splatter motif and scalpels, because those are key features in one of the variations of her mother's story.
* You can find more information about the story that inspired her here, and here.