Why doesn’t Hello Kitty have a mouth?

Hello Kitty doesn’t need many introductions.

We all know that mouthless kitten designed by Yuko Shimizu in 1974. Still, some people wonder why Hello Kitty doesn’t have a mouth? Finding answers that almost always have something to do with terrifying urban legends.

One of these urban legends tells that in the early 1970s a 14-year-old girl was dying with oral cancer, and as a result, she was mute. The doctors had already abandoned all hope of treatment. Her mother, called Ikaka Shimizutotally desperate, began to visit churches, cults and any religious organization that would allow her to harbor a light of hope for her daughter.

Urban legend explains that despite all their efforts, the girl’s condition continued to worsen. Death was approaching quickly. Ikaka He then made a desperate attempt. He was initiated into the occult and Satanism, attended meetings and learned about the possibilities of healing his daughter through a satanic pact.

If we believe this urban legend, the devil really showed up and offered to save the little girl in exchange for his symbol spreading around the world.

The devil did his part and the girl was healed. Ikaka Shimizu also. She designed the Hello Kitty sketch and sold it to a designer named Yuko Shimizu.

The company and its designers flatly deny this urban legend, and explain that the reason why Hello Kitty It doesn’t have a mouth so that “people can project their own feelings onto it.”

Of course, nothing is said about the expressionless face of Hello Kitty. When we look at her she seems to be happy, but also sad. Is she really? Without her mouth it is impossible to know.

The absence of lips and features forces us to project our own mood onto it, believing that it is happy when we are, or sad when we feel sad.

Below we leave you some crazy ideas about the urban legend of Hello Kitty.

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