u/No_Gear635

I’ve seen this concept a few times in anime/manga (this example in particular is reiwa no Dara-san, I haven’t read/watched this series and am just using this character as an example since she was the first I found with a similar concept to what I’d been tossing designs around for), likely inspired in part by the kuchisake-onna, and I always thought it would be interesting to make a demon species that has a similar trait for some original fiction I’ve been working on. Looking mostly to make a design where the bulk of the mouth stays closed unless necessary for eating/biting/etc while only the front section opens for general things like normal talking. Obviously anime takes a lot of stylistic liberties so I can’t use examples like this one to figure out how the structure of the skull and jaw would work for this sort of species design. I like the element of a species that looks human-adjacent from afar but can reveal more xeno anatomical features in different situations. Hoping this is the right sub for this, but I understand if this is the wrong place since I genuinely don’t know if this is even feasible for realistic character design at all. Since it’s a fantasy setting I could just say they use magic to transform but that isn’t as interesting to me personally.

EDIT— resolved, managed to pry those plastic bits open to free the rod and reset everything to where it belonged! Thanks much everyone!!

Okay so as you can see the plate that’s supposed to cover the faucet to change the stream to the shower faucet is off the track. It seems like it should be simple to fix as nothing appears damaged? Any guidance on how to get the plastic bit off and reset it without damaging it. Would definitely prefer to get a shower tonight if possible.