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A futakuchi-onna is a type of yōkai or Japanese monster. They are 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.

Though there are several stories linking the appearance of a futakuchi-onna's second mouth to different causes, it is most often linked to how little a woman eats. The soon-to-be futakuchi-onna is usually 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.

In Japanese mythology and folklore, the futakuchi-onna belongs to the same class of stories as the rokurokubi, kuchisake-onna and the yama-uba, women afflicted with a curse or supernatural disease that transforms them into yōkai. The supernatural nature of the women in these stories is usually concealed until the last minute, when the true self is revealed.

While most futakuchi-onna begin as human women, Junko was instead born as one. Her mother was also born one, while Junko's grandmother had been transformed into one, and had long since been broken by her own affliction. Junko does have parents though she doesn't like to speak of them often...not because she doesn't love them, per se? But she is somewhat ashamed. Her father is incredibly cheap and money-grubbing, and absolutely refuses to spend money unless he absolutely has to. Food? Who needs food? That's just silly. They have FEAR everywhere! Clothes? What? You can't wear the same thing every day and just wash it when it gets dirty? Pah!

Junko's second mouth is doing Her very best to break Junko's spirit and completely control her little puppet much like Junko's mother's has, but Junko is determined not to let that happen. She loves her mother dearly but she refuses to be broken that way. The Mistress treats Junko much like an older sibling would antagonize a younger sibling, or a naughty child who mistreats its toys...though She does seem to have some kind of 'heart' to Her considering she does occasionally (very, very, very, very rarely however) help Junko or just behave in general. But she does love to eat. And DAMN does she love to eat. Because of Her Junko doesn't eat very often, though thanks to Halloween's FEAR this doesn't seem to harm her much...but she would like something to nibble on every now and then. If only.