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 12, is now out. Collecting

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right now, and help support the show at the same time. This week, we at creepy tales taking place on both sides of the divide, horrifying encounters

with both the living and the dead.

First up, a young boy and his family move into a building that's known to be haunted,

but what's really going on there, and can they escape in time?

Find out in... Ghost apartment.

April 1975.

On the first day of 6th grade, Menma transferred to our class.

He was naturally friendly and great at making people laugh, so he quickly became our friend.

July arrived, and the summer holidays were about to begin.

I could barely pay attention in class, and all I could think about was how I was going to

spend my time.

Everybody else was doing the same.

Why don't you come over to my house today?

The cicadas were chirping noisily outside the window as I was trying to put my swim shorts on over my pants.

I was in the middle of figuring out how to get my pants off without accidentally

flashing anyone. The next class was swimming lessons and girls were running around behind a nearby

curtain, screaming and laughing as they got changed. Some of them didn't even seem to care if anyone

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