Mark of the Other Side
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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When the other side reaches out, it tends to leave its mark on this one. This week we delve into five tales that look at encounters with a world beyond our own.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to this week's episode of Kowabana, |
| 0:16.6 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. In case you're unaware, we also have a YouTube channel where you can find not only this podcast, |
| 0:25.9 | but all sorts of Japanese urban legends, bizarre crimes, internet mysteries, ghost spots and more. |
| 0:33.3 | We also focus on old and indie Japanese horror games that never got or are unlikely to ever |
| 0:39.3 | get official English translations. |
| 0:41.3 | This includes a lot of sound and visual novels just like this show, but with more pictures, |
| 0:47.3 | as well as a wide variety of other horror games. |
| 0:50.3 | You can check it out at YouTube.com slash kohabana Japan, if you're looking for even more Japanese horror to tide you over between episodes. |
| 0:59.6 | This week, we're dealing with some figures, supernatural and otherwise, that certainly left their mark on people. |
| 1:08.1 | I can't say that I ever had an imaginary friend when I was young, but I certainly |
| 1:12.5 | understand the loneliness that the kid in this next story feels. Other kids spy him spending |
| 1:18.5 | a bunch of time talking to no one in particular, but what's really going on? Is he really |
| 1:24.8 | talking to an invisible friend? Or something else? |
| 1:29.5 | Find out in... |
| 1:31.3 | Friend. |
| 1:36.8 | This happened when I was in elementary school. |
| 1:44.3 | I lived in a rather large town, but everybody was moving away, so the population density wasn't |
| 1:50.5 | so large. |
| 1:52.2 | My elementary school was in the middle of the city. |
| 1:55.2 | There weren't many schools around, so kids came from all over to go there. |
| 2:00.3 | This was a time before perverts or criminals were as prevalent as they are today, |
| 2:05.1 | so we all returned home in groups of just two or three kids. |
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