The power to use the traits of a futakuchi-onna. Variation of Yokai Physiology.
Also Called[]
- Futakuchi-onna Mimicry
- Two Mouthed Woman Mimicry
- Two Mouthed Woman Physiology
- Backmouth
Capabilities[]
The user either is or can transform into a futakuchi-onna, a type of female yokai characterized by their two mouths – a normal one located on her face and second one on the back of the head beneath the hair. There, the woman's skull splits apart, forming lips, teeth and a tongue, creating an entirely functional second mouth. Some depictions have the creative liberties of, despite keeping the name literally meaning two mouths, giving the yokai more than two mouths. They have prehensile hair, although whether this is under their conscious control varies. Aside of their mouth, they appear perfectly normal women.
The origin of a futakuchi-onna's second mouth is often linked to how little a woman eats. In many stories, the soon-to-be futakuchi-onna is a wife of a miser and rarely eats. To counteract this, a second mouth mysteriously appears on the back of the woman's head. The second mouth often mumbles spiteful and threatening things to the woman and demands food. If it is not fed, it can screech obscenely and cause the woman tremendous pain. Eventually, the woman's hair begins to move like a pair of serpents, allowing the mouth to help itself to the woman's meals. While no food passes through her normal lips, the mouth in the back of her head consumes twice what the other one would.
In another story, the extra mouth is formed when a stingy woman accidentally is hit in the head by her husband's axe while he is chopping wood, and the wound never heals.
Other stories have the woman as a mother who lets her stepchild die of starvation while keeping her own offspring well fed; presumably, the spirit of the neglected child lodges itself in the stepmother's or the surviving daughter's body to exact revenge.
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Limitations[]
- May not have full control over their hair or mouth, which may act like separate entities.
- May become gluttonous.
- Many versions the women have eating disorders and are abused by the monster that is the second mouth.
- The woman may become more skinnier and starve while the mouth eats more.
Known Users[]
- Fruit Witches (Adventure Time); potentially
- Futakuchi-Onna (GeGeGe No Kitaro)
- Futakuchi-Onna (Japanese Folklore/Mythology)
- Futakuchi Tsugu (Medusa And Futakuchi-Chan)
- Rin (The Mimic - Roblox)
- Claire Densmore (Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children)
- Kuchi (Neko Musume Michikusa Nikki)
- Mawile (Pokémon)
- Miyabi (Ragnarok Online)
- Dayu Usukawa (Samurai Sentai Shinkenger)
- Yokai Futakuchi-Onna (Shuriken Sentai Ninninger)
- Filia and Samson (Skullgirls)
- Fukua and Shamone (Skullgirls)
- Kanekui Hime (Yo-Kai Watch)