Kowabana Collection: Vol. 1-5

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Contents
Kowabana Collection
Vol 1
Copyright
Introduction
Countryside
On a dark country road
The old guy I saw at the park
The thing I saw at the bottom of the river
Magagami-sama
Strange religious activity
Camping at the abandoned station
Old house on the railway tracks
Something unfamiliar in the binoculars
Hauntings
I'm glad we didn't go into that villa
The person constantly watching from the opposite window
He came to play with a smile
I accidentally answered
The ex-girlfriend who became a ghost
The old man's ghost on the park bench
I was shocked when I saw the news
Daitoa Tunnel
Suspension bridge
You got divorced?!
If you're going to kill yourself, why don't you sleep with me first?
Cherry blossom tree
When I fell asleep with the curtain open
I saw a girl standing in the distance
How I came to see ghosts
Kitsune possession
Our terrifying experience in the abandoned house
Public toilet
Obon
My competitive dead mother
Why my family has two altars
Cursed second hideout
He saw his dead father during a test of courage
The bundle of black hair in the floor chair
What turned off the apartment's self-lock
The heirloom we couldn't bring out
Detached house
The mysterious countryside ritual
Closet on the second floor
Working the conbini night shift alone
When I left my apartment for a few days
Do you believe in Feng Shui?
The fear I felt at the mountain with my cousin
Buildings
Laughter and Footsteps
Scratching
I can't go back
I saw someone looking in
The children playing by the river
The white robed goddess of death
I was working part time as hopsital security
The girl with 3 months left to live
Strange happening at the abandoned hospital
A face in the wood grain
The old janitor
The thing in the basement
Mossan
I heard a sound from an empty room
The young man's back
Why that toilet has no mirror
Toilet
Don't enter that toilet
Someone's watching
Reunion in an abandoned school
Games & Dolls
Kokkuri-san wasn't finished
Our elementary school Kokkuri-san experience
When we tried Kokkuri-san again at junior high school
Kokkuri-san
Shrine, sacred tree, kitsune
Hide and seek started out fun after school
When we played hide and seek in the forest
After school hide and seek
Mizunome-sama
The mysterious Ken and the secret on the second floor
Do you believe in doll's curses
Japanese doll with an interesting history
From our parents' chest of drawers
Voices playing hide and seek
Travelling
The mountain pass onibi
The sky seemed strangely red
I was desperately job hunting
The hanged woman
Tunnel story
Territory
Strange woman in the night
I like cycling
The long-haired lady behind the bike
Curses & Legends
Cursed bread
Tour guide's notebook
From the front face the mirror down 45 degrees, then...
I reached out and touched the notepad by his PC
Cursed website
Two shrines
Can you tell me how to get to...
Gomiko-san
Sugisawa, the cursed village
Akusara
How to open the demon's gate
How to reach a parallel universe via elevator
Technology
I worked at a company making graduation albums
I watched a ghost ward video
A single mail changed my life
The woman in the anime videotape
Connection test
The creepy voice recording
Disappearances
He went missing after that email
Where is my wife?
Disappearing classmate
When You Understand
The names the baby called out
Don't open that basement door
Help me
When 8 of us played hide and seek
Who became the hide and seek oni?
My clean freak brother
I'll grant your wish
Vol 2
Copyright
Introduction
At Home
Just what was that mysterious memo?
Someone was in the dark bedroom
I realised the house was dead silent
If I'd opened the door...
Footsteps
I saw something move out the corner of my eye
The police officer's questioning
The shadow is getting smaller
Lucid dreaming
In the Countryside
My father started acting strange after moving the old rocks
Don't come near here
The tunnel of rumour
The countryside train station
Saieki Kifuji Station
A beautiful girl came out of the shed
Higyou-sama
The thing we saw in the suburbs
The hawkman who saved our clan
School & Work
Karaoke bar
My unbelievable real estate experience
Strange happening at the Izu hotel
Hospital room 322 was terrifying
The awful thing that happened at school
Hanako-san took B-kun away
It kept repeating like a video loop
Have you ever heard of the game called Stairway Ghost Stories?
Your father's here to pick you up
Who is that blood covered girl?
The haunted house took up an entire floor
The famous white ghost at school
We went looking for the missing rabbits
Urban Legends
Kunekune
Hasshaku-sama
Sukima-onna
Kuchisake-onna
Kotoribako
Yorikata-sama
Spirit Mediums
The medium who enjoyed killing spirits
I lost my soul
I have a strange job
Believe in your grandmother!
Transport
The night bus
I'm a train driver
Do you know why the Kintetsu Railway doesn't go on strike?
Technology
Unknown number
Phone number of death
I received a strange text
Mary-san & Satoru-kun
What does sleep paralysis look like from the outside?
The girl in red in the forest
We tried to film a fake ghost video
Ghostly Encounters
Aren't I great?
My brother's ashes are in my room
Yuuichi-kun
Pedestrian crossing
Dorami-chan
The old lady and her cat
The girl I was getting friendly with suddenly cut off all contact
The strange link between dream and reality
He screamed at the same time every night
The apartments were bigger than usual
The thirteenth floor
My father's first wife was crazy
If the bad guy gets caught he dies, okay?
Business hotel
The strange girl at the pay phone
There's room for one more!
The fruit from Ryuu-chan
Curses
I'm just waiting for death
The three-legged Rika-chan doll
The bullied girl's retribution
Inugami
The compensation for marriage is too much
The strange old lady at the convenience store
Old Lady Kamitani
Strange Customs
I can't look at my reflection at midnight on New Year's
I can't write much, please understand
The horrifying countryside ritual
The strange ancient Okinawan custom
The mountain goddess
Eating the bones of the dead
Kotori Kozou
When You Understand
Woman on the elevator
The station you get off is the station where I fall
Commemorative photo
My girlfriend's cell phone
The road home
The perfect crime
Returned soldier
Kuchaani
Ghost photo?
Dark school building
Vol 3
Copyright
Introduction
Vengeful Spirits
What I found on the SD card
The girl left behind in the fire
You mustn't commit suicide
The woman by the side of the road
The abandoned theme park
My beloved friend died in an accident
We're gonna have to pray soon
The terrifying thing I saw at the Inland Sea
Locked up in the elevator
I ran into a schoolboy late at night
The strange ramen shop
The nurse's terrifying experience
Kokeshi Palace
Kankandara
Haunted Houses
There's a junior high girl in my house...
My sister's shoes weren't there
The sinister presence in the closet
What it a person or a ghost?
The haunted room
Gathering on the corpse
Don't say it!
The ikiryo's SOS call
Something unbelievable in the mirror
Blocked off room
Scary Schools
Our entire class fought an evil spirit
The music room
Old school building
Girl in the music room
Late nights before the cultural festival
That seat
The second oldest school in our prefecture
Inescapable Curses
The reason children often disappear
Everyone who teases my brother dies
The curse that spanned seven generations
You must never go to this temple
Disturbing Dreams
C-na's dream
Kankan Scarecrow
The dream I couldn't wake up from
The tea ceremony teacher's dream
The schoolgirl hit by a car
Terrifying Trains
Kisaragi Station
Kisaragi Station P2
The man on the train
Riding the out of service train
On the busy train
Mysterious Mountains
When space and time warped
Kagome Kagome
Sakabu
Mountain Goblin
Businessman on the mountain
The look of death
The man's hollow voice
Supernatural Experiences
My photo editing job
Wilful cat
The mysterious doll that talked
The talking doll
Our mother's death notice
The extra cream puff
The new resident's complaints
The reason the hotel was so cheap
If you go near there, people will die
Phone call to my mother
Unexplainable Events
Tokyo Tower
Unexplainable phenomenon at the haunted island
The note my brother left behind
They just stared at me
The perfect girl
Leaving and returning
Red VHS
The baffling disappearance case
The police never saw anything like this
When You Understand
Puzzle
Evacuation shelter
The duo's plan
Shaking off his lover
Old camera
Wish upon a star
Sleeping beauty
No sleeping
Flavour of the meat
Owner of the scream
Origins
Copyright
Introduction
2000
The man under the bed
Monkey dream
Yeees
2001
NNN special broadcast
I'm sorry, but your daughter is...
Jet Baba
You're better off not knowing
2002
At your own risk
2003
Hisaruki
Kunekune
Tail
2004
Kisaragi Station
I found somewhere dangerous
2005
Kotoribako
Ryoumen Sukuna
2006
Big Head O
Dangerous Curiosity
2007
Yamanoke
Rear S ward
2008
Jashi
Hasshaku-sama
2009
Kankandara
Kinkisaki -Pandora-
Real
Hitchhike
2010
Resort job
Vol 5
Copyright
Introduction
Scary Spirits
The first ghost I ever saw was my friend
The woman's true motives
Night watchman
Stone bridge of R village
Revenge of the living spirits
Only feet
Beneath the tent
There was a freshly severed head
In the bamboo forest
Grave mountain
His footsteps
Why they close the school gates
Faces
Harumi's final days
The boy and my grandmother
My experience working at the indoor pool
The Nippori Station stairs
I saw something strange yesterday on my way home
Saryo ja!
NB1: The nest builder
NB2: Cursed House
NB3: Like a nuclear explosion
NB4: Seal
NB5: Ring
NB6: Fusion
NB7: The cursed make-up case
NB8: Imitation
Dreadful Dreams
I keep having the same dream
Different to the dream
Monkey Dream Plus
Crunch Crunch
Don't sleep in this room
The old woman searching for eyes
Creepy Cryptids
Well in the basement
You're next
Interview with the sole survivor
Cursed Objects
Rinfone
The box
Gehoubako
Regret
The running man
Mysterious Mountains
Never take a mirror into the mountains
The strange custom of the village deep in the mountains
Gate to Hell
Sankou-san
The worst spectacle
Kanhimo
Where did the girl on the back of your bike go?
Terrifying Happenings
The strange circumstances behind my colleague's disappearance
The murdered candidate's election poster
The unforgettable smile
Make sure you sleep with the door chain on
The day I returned to normal
The Japanese islands were floating in the sky
Hearse
Two mothers?
Kakita-sama
The thing in the attic
Horror Eye
Uzugaa-san
The place you shouldn't enter
The thing reflected in the TV
My colleague's death wasn't normal
Haunted Abodes
Red crayon
His wife looked at him from the chest of drawers
Three Words
The bizarre happening at home
Delivery at the ghost residence
Student apartment
Salad oil
Knock on the window
Open up
Classic Creeps
Under the floor
Don't drop me this time
The Thin Woman
Sally-chan's mansion
Red high heels
Suicide photo
Spirit medium
Commemoration photo
Approaching noise
Princess
The hanging suicide
Hammer
Snowy mountain
The semi-transparent woman
Polaroid
Ring
Head
Ikiryo
Help me
The hole
Silent phone call
Tape recorder
Grandpa
Cat burglar
Television
Camp
The large white person
When I was drowning
Purification
Toilet peeper
The angry god
The man under
The kind ghost
You noticed me, huh?
It's not you
I saw someone
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