The Annoying Wayside Grass
Kowabana: 'True' Japanese scary stories from around the internet
Tara A. Devlin
4.8 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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A young man with spiritual powers. A friend in need. What could go wrong? When this young man visits his friend’s house after hearing disturbing news of strange occurrences, he quickly realises this is far bigger than any of them can understand.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, I'm your host Tara A. Devlin, and welcome to another episode of Kowabana, |
| 0:16.5 | true Japanese scary stories from around the internet. |
| 0:20.4 | Before we get started this week, I have a quick announcement. |
| 0:24.1 | My latest book, Sumikoa, The Haunting of Higambana Heights, is now on sale. |
| 0:30.1 | This is a collection of short stories all set within the same haunted building |
| 0:34.0 | that are based on existing Japanese urban legends, ghost stories, and creepy |
| 0:38.9 | pastors, but all with their own unique twist. I've been hard at work on this book for a while now, |
| 0:45.1 | so I hope you'll check it out and, even more so, I hope you'll enjoy it. You can find the link |
| 0:51.2 | to that on koabana.net, or in this week's episode description. |
| 0:56.2 | This week, we have a special story which I'm able to bring you thanks to our amazing patrons. |
| 1:02.2 | This was a big one, and I've been working on it for quite some time now. |
| 1:07.1 | This story was shared on Ni-chan way back in May of 2002, only a few years after the |
| 1:13.5 | forums first began. |
| 1:15.9 | Over the years it became a classic, and even today many counted amongst their favorite |
| 1:20.5 | stories to have ever come out of the forums. |
| 1:24.2 | Considering that this story came out in 2002, a time when most stories were short enough |
| 1:29.9 | to fit on your hand, this one is absolutely massive. |
| 1:34.5 | Stories of this length generally didn't start becoming popular until nearly a decade later, |
| 1:39.5 | so this one was a bit of a trailblazer. |
| 1:42.8 | While working on it, it somewhat gave me some fatal frame |
| 1:45.6 | vibes, particularly the first game set in The Mansion, which came out only six months prior |
| 1:51.4 | to this story being posted. But it's certainly no fatal frame clone. It's very much its own |
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