The Japanese Urban Legends Aka Manto and Kuchisake-onna

Believing the Bizarre: Paranormal Conspiracies & Myths

Tyler and Charlie

Society & Culture, Science, Comedy, Natural Sciences

4.7 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

We travel far East to Japan and discuss a couple of Charlie’s favorite Japanese urban legends - The Aka Manto and Kuchisake-onna, also known as the Slit-Mouthed Woman. One of these entities invades your personal space in public restrooms and the other wears a face mask to cover a terrifying facial wound and asks you a very dangerous question. But, what do Tyler and Charlie make of these urban legends? Listen now to find out. Support Believing the Bizarre and get tons of extra content by joining our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/believingthebizarre For updates and extra content, follow Believing the Bizarre on social media: https://www.instagram.com/believingthebizarre/ https://www.facebook.com/believingthebizarre/ You can rep Believing the Bizarre and buy some unique merch here: https://believing-the-bizarre.creator-spring.com/ This week’s graphic is based around the following photography account: https://www.instagram.com/_naoyuki_/

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0:00.0	Have you ever wanted to go to Japan?
0:03.0	Could toilet paper drag you to hell?
0:05.8	What would you say to a stranger that asked you if she was beautiful?
0:10.0	Today we test a believability of two Japanese urban legends.
0:43.5	Today we test a believability of two Japanese urban legends. Welcome to Believing the Bazaar, where we dive into the unknown and the unusual.
0:46.3	And tell you whether or not we find it believable.
0:46.8	That's right.
0:47.9	Tyler Chan.
0:50.5	Listen, I love Japanese culture.
0:52.2	I think we all know this by this point, right?
0:53.5	I don't know if they do.
1:11.5	You mentioned Naruto a couple of times. I do. I like anime. I think we all know this by this point, right? I don't know if they do. Yeah, you mentioned Naruto a couple of times. I do. I like, I like anime. I like Japanese movies. I love sushi. I love all Japanese food. Do you like toilet paper? Because I have no idea what the hell that was doing in the intro. You will find out. You will definitely find out. You should always carry a Charmin ready-go.
1:15.4	Fun fact.
1:17.9	My mom gave me that for prom as like a present.
1:21.1	We did go camping, so I think that's why she gave it to me.
1:22.8	You went camping for prom?
1:23.7	After prom.
1:24.1	Yeah.
1:25.8	After prom. After prom.
1:25.9	That was our party.
1:26.8	There's an after-party, Charlie. No, I. After prom. That was our party. There's an after party, Charlie.
1:27.9	No, I'm going to go camping with my mom.
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