Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana,

true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. My latest book, Coabana Volume 13, is now out. Collecting

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This week, we're looking at some encounters not just with the other side, but with living,

breathing humans as well, that will leave our protagonists wondering, what's really going on,

and whether they're truly as safe as they think. First up, a young boy is always told not to enter a single room in their

house, but naturally that just makes him even more curious. What's the truth behind this

forbidden space hidden in the safety of their own home? Find out in, the room you mustn't enter.

Our family home is in the countryside, and when I was a child, there was a room I was told I mustn't

ever enter. That just made me want to go in even

more, though, and when I was in junior high, I snuck in for the first time.

But there was nothing there. It was just a regular, plain old room. There was no strange

atmosphere and sunlight filtered in through the window like normal.

It wasn't scary at all. It was kind of a letdown, and I thought they just didn't want me to go

in the room so I didn't make a mess of it. I was bored, so I took a nap in there. I didn't even suffer from sleep paralysis or anything.

And a few hours later, I woke up like normal too.

Nothing happened while I was awake.

It wasn't scary in the slightest.

They always told me not to go in there, so honestly, I was expecting to see at least something

frightening.

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