A young man lived all alone.

One day, he felt someone looking at him from within his room.

He looked around, but, of course, nobody was there.

There was no reason for anyone else to be there but him.

And yet, the feeling that someone was looking at him continued.

Worried, the young man searched his room, but he found nothing.

It was possible that someone was peeping at him from outside, but his curtains were closed, so there was no way to see in.

Maybe someone had installed a surveillance camera or a listening device.

He got even more worried and carefully searched through every inch of his room.

Then he found the source of the gaze.

In the thin gap between the dresser and the wall, a woman was staring right at him.

Hey guys, welcome back to the very first episode of Season 2 of Toshiden, exploring Japanese urban legends.

I wasn't sure if we were ever going to do with second season, but a lot of people asked me if there would be more,

and I've also been hard at work on Volume 2 of the Toshiden book series, which you can buy from Amazon right now.

To celebrate Volume 2's release, I decided to pick 10 legends from the book to share for

a second season of this podcast. I hope you guys enjoy it,

and if you want even more,

Toshiden Volume 2 has over 70 brand new urban legends

straight out of Japan that you can start reading right now,

so go check it out.

As you've no doubt guests from today's opening story,

we're kicking this season off with

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