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Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet

Tales from the Otherside

Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet

Tara A. Devlin

Leisure, Arts, Hobbies, Drama, Fiction, Literature

4.8614 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Otherside Picnic makes liberal use of 2channel’s “net lore,” and this week we’re looking at some of the creepypastas from the series that haven’t yet featured on the show.

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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,

0:15.8

true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. We've recently updated the Kabana Merchandise Store and added some new designs, so

0:23.7

head over to koabana.coma.com to check it out.

0:27.1

You can grab shirts, mugs, masks, stickers, hats, and much more, all with exclusive

0:32.6

Japanese horror designs.

0:34.6

Head over to koabana.coma.combestore to check that out. On this week's episode,

0:40.0

we're looking at some of the net law, the creepypasses, that have featured in the other-side

0:44.8

picnic anime thus far. I highly recommend the show and books if you haven't checked them out yet,

0:50.2

as they make liberal use of the many stories you can find on Ni Channel.

0:57.9

Several stories have already featured on Kawabana over the years,

1:02.7

such as Hashakusama, Kankan Dara, Kisadagi Station and so on.

1:06.9

But this week, we're going to fill out the rest of the stories from the anime that haven't yet appeared on this show.

1:09.5

So, without further ado, let's head right on in.

1:13.2

This first story is a bit of a strange one, and one that I read a long time ago but didn't

1:19.3

choose to translate at the time, because, well, it's a bit weird.

1:24.3

But with that out of the way, let's head over to At Summa Beach.

1:37.9

This happened last Sunday, three days ago.

1:40.9

Tokui San, Yoshioca and I went to Summa Beach.

1:45.1

We went by bike, seeing as we don't live that far away, but when we went down the road

1:50.2

near the bus stop close to the beach, four Borsososoku gang members had stopped their bikes

1:55.2

there.

1:56.4

Turning around would just draw their attention even more, so I pretended not to care and deliberately

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