Miss Murder is an enemy in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia. She is a stealthy and bloodthirsty killer.
Origins[]
This enemy is partially based on the kuchisake-onna ("slit-mouthed woman"), a figure appearing in Japanese ghost stories, possibly dating back to the Edo period. She was a woman who was mutilated by her husband and returns as a malicious spirit.
According to the legend, she walks around wearing a surgical mask. The woman will ask a potential victim: "Am I pretty?" If they answer no, she will kill them with a pair of shears, which she carries. If they answers yes, she will pull away the mask, revealing that her mouth is slit from ear to ear, and ask: "How about now?" If they answer no, she will cut her victim in half. If the person answers yes, then she will slit their mouth like hers. It's impossible to run away from her, as she will simply reappear in front of the victim.
Description[]
Miss Murder is a stealthy and bloodthirsty killer who has the ability to move between dimensions. She will unexpectedly tear through the fabric of reality –preceded by a cold chuckle–, peek out her entire torso from her portal, facing backward and upside down while holding a pair of large hedge-clippers, and use them to strike any unsuspecting victims. If not destroyed, she will simply go back inside and mend its portal, and soon reappear elsewhere.
Miss Murder only has one attack, where she drives her massive clippers directly forward in an attempt to strike the player. Her range is moderately long and the color of her weapon may meld into the background. Fortunately, due to her strict attack pattern, she will always appear at the same height, making her very predictable, as simply crouching will make her attack to entirely miss. However, if there are more than one Miss Murders on the hunt at the same time, the second one that appears after will be capable of targeting any victim that is crouching under the blades of the first one.
Even if one of the player's attacks doesn't outright kill her, it will make her retreat back into her dimension without initiating her own attack, waiting for her next opportunity to strike.
Enemy Data[]
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Item Data[]
| Item Data: Miss Murder | ||||||||
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Attributes / Consume | Statistics / Sell | Found | Notes | |||
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| A powerful sickle glyph. | Attrib: Slash Consume: 10 MP |
ATK +19 |
Drop: Miss Murder |
Special: Glyph Unions: + any Falcis = Union Falcis; + Elemental Glyph = Elemental Weapon Union; + Other = Pulsus | ||||
Trivia[]
- Her name may be a play on "mass murder", a crime that involves the killing of more than four people in a short period of time, usually in a single location.
- The name could also have been inspired by the 2006 single "Miss Murder" by American rock band AFI, which precedes Order of Ecclesia for two years. While this is mere speculation, Konami is known for frequently including homages to rock music in their games.
External links[]
- Kuchisake-Onna at the Yokai Wiki
- Kuchisake onna at Yokai.com