Summer Creepypasta Classics
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summer is the traditional time for horror in Japan, and this week we have some classics that haven’t yet been shared on the show to send a chill down your spine!
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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, |
| 0:16.0 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. Did you know that we have a discord? |
| 0:21.8 | You can find the link on coabana.net or in the episode description. |
| 0:26.3 | Come join hundreds of other coabana fans to chat about the stories featured on the show, |
| 0:31.0 | other oddities out of Japan, and Japanese horror in general. |
| 0:35.2 | Plus, you can use our exclusive Koabana emotes. I hope to see you there. |
| 0:40.3 | On this week's episode, we're going to look at some classics that have never featured on the show. |
| 0:45.7 | Summer is the traditional horror season in Japan, a time to get some chills to cool yourself down in the stifling summer heat. |
| 0:53.6 | To celebrate summer reaching its end, |
| 0:55.8 | I have a selection of terrifying grates that have thrilled and chilled Nichan news over the years. |
| 1:01.7 | So, let's head right on in. This first story was shared in 2003, and eagle-eyed readers noticed |
| 1:09.9 | that it seemed to be referencing something they'd read |
| 1:12.5 | before. |
| 1:13.5 | I won't spoil it, so let's go right on in. |
| 1:17.4 | This one's called Gentleman on the School Bus. I heard this story from a friend. |
| 1:31.2 | He went to high school in Kanagawa by bus, and according to him, there was often a strange |
| 1:36.9 | old lady on it. |
| 1:38.7 | It wasn't that she looked visibly strange, or that she was was crazy or anything like that. |
| 1:45.0 | But how can I put it? |
| 1:46.8 | There was something creepy about her. |
| 1:49.6 | Like something wasn't right. |
| 1:52.1 | Something like that. |
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