Are you Scared of Kisaragi Station?

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[@watcher]

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[@isaamaandaa]

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[@PartyInk]

Watcher I love you

[@anitaramii]

The submit says 'fiction only' :( I have a real-life story, is there a different form?

[@mildly_edgy4210]

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[@martzs13]

Girls voice is hannah williams

[@d.j482]

In Japanese horror, most of the time it's not about bad or good, it's about just being in the wrong place at the wrong time

[@iaminpainauchocolat9300]

Which is really the most terrifying thing

[@merriquelynn]

It really is because there’s no control over your own agency and you did nothing to incur this. Truly, Hasumi met with a terrible fate, didn’t she?

[@mattsmokes2505]

Exactly. It also takes away human logic from the situation. Like other comments have said it creates urgency and true horror, helplessness. The cow you ate for dinner last night cares nothing of right or wrong.

[@Mr_Leo_DS]

Yeah, Ryan's vision of the story captures the essence of japanese horror

[@randomina465]

Any good Japanese horror movies to recommend ?

[@zoskaa321]

Story: *gets creepier* Shane: yeah but what if the conductor was Tom Hanks

[@Rahnonymous]

Cracking jokes at a creepy situation is a coping mechanism for some. Shane is definitely spooked by the story 😂

[@blasianboi8212]

Uhhh, guys. The conductor just got out and is yelling "HOT, HOT, HOT!" Oh God, what do I do?

[@fredychicano654]

That would be more scary 😨you know he's taking you to Epstein's Island 🏝

[@oliviaschueck4174]

the polar express is still my favourite movie

[@Seek1878]

Creepy CGI Tom Hanks?

[@YamatoTohka]

如月ぎ駅 / きさらぎ駅 / Kisaragi Station = is basicly station for the death and lost souls. Those who arrives there mostly in state of dying, depressed, or an issue/issues that demanded to be deal with. Old man (train passanger) is usually pictured as the One Who Can Help. Those who can escape Kisa-Eki or got home, they've dealt with the specific issue, forgiven, reallized something, helped/founded by someone who is close to them. Just an info, it's quite an urban legend here in Japan.

[@jhuizhang]

Yeah I've heard this before too! Thank you for explaining it more better

[@PoochieCollins]

Who/what is "Kisa-Eki"?

[@YamatoTohka]

@@PoochieCollins Just a short for Kisaragi Eki. "Eki" (駅) means Station.

[@YamatoTohka]

@Rafi Rizqullah Short info about it, it is a Childrens Limbo. Of where souls of childrens that died goes to, and those who died as infants are not taken into the Heaven. They are stuck in the Limbo/Sai no Kawara 「a riverbank litter with pebbles and stones」to pray for salvation. The Limbo have connections with Jizo, Datsueba and Ten Kings. Jizo is guardian deity of children, Datsueba can be picturized as an trial alongside with Oni, Ten Kings other name is Judges of Hell.

[@YamatoTohka]

@Rafi Rizqullah isn't that a Dragon Ball character? Or are you reffering to something else?

[@yasssica]

The most unrealistic part of this story is how nice everyone is being on 2chan

[@TheRealPotatocody]

Legitimately tho. 2chan is ruthless and seeing everyone act so kind and concerned took me out of it. If you've seen anything from that site this is absolutely not how the people there would act.

[@NoCommonSense9]

@@TheRealPotatocody this is a real thread, 'hasumi' is probably writing a fictional story, but the responses are real. People were actually being nice!

[@PoochieCollins]

@@NoCommonSense9 How do you know?

[@NoCommonSense9]

@@PoochieCollins you can look it up!

[@PoochieCollins]

@@NoCommonSense9 needing to use "creepypasta" in the search query doesn't increase its credibility.

[@abigailkaterbergcolibaba]

3:10 "Try to think critically for once." "ExCUSE me?!" all the insults that have flown between these two over the years but that may be the most offended I've ever seen Shane get

[@1101Archimedes]

I love how Ryan says that and spends the rest of the episode pretending that real life works like horror movies, where a train might just keep running in the same direction forever and where an old man with a missing leg who warns you that it's dangerous to stand on the train tracks in a tunnel is a threat.

[@tritter82008]

I love how Ryan is 100% into the narrative while Shane's like, "She's putting herself into worse and worse situations." Ever the realist.

[@cryfly1]

But she was lol, i wouldnt go out in one station where there is nobody at night, i would look first from the train, and if there wasnt nobody i would have stayed, and im a man, imagine a woman alone in a strange place

[@sandpiperr]

He ain't wrong. I'd have at least stayed at the station.

[@kaitlynmorgan4613]

@@cryfly1 tbh as a 5'1" woman (emphasizing my height because being small maybe means a better target?) i think id rather get off an abnormally long spooky train ride where no one is conscious/no ones around so i can find my way home or at least to a police station. the technology on phones back then wouldnt help me find those easily, but nowadays i dont have to worry toooo much besides navigation. people though? different story

[@HumanPerson_final]

It makes sense since the narrative follows the horror movie trope "protagonist makes every wrong decision and ends up in inevitable danger".

[@weewee5191]

The female narrator voice WAS ACCURATE, rlly appreciate the effort put into making the story to feel as real as possible

[@ShiroyashaVince]

im kinda with the other comments while i like the girl voice acting the others was eh. dont hate it tho and doesnt ruin the story for me

[@Bloomkyaaa]

Are you serious? The voice acting was terrible lmao. Of course none of them are professionals so it's to be expected.

[@AugustToSeptember]

I personally like the voices, really feels like a bunch of internet strangers joining in on a conversation. Can definitely understand how it could sound bad though

[@theirishninjasanimations]

@@mia.t I very much doubt it'll be a regular thing. As Ryan alluded to this particular creepypasta's format means hearing it all from one person would lessen the effect of it, so unless they're planning on doing more chat-style stories it's not likely to stick.

[@multifandombish1855]

@@theirishninjasanimations isn't that this one a real story?

[@isaamaandaa]

"are you scared?" *not really because shane and ryan crack hilarious jokes and it helps ease the spookines lmao.* 😂

[@chrisjb241]

Plus it's a half assed story with loads of holes

[@siratlas8198]

jesus, saw the “90 years” ago in ur name and got whiplash lmao

[@Mocityspirit]

Also because nothing happened in the story and seemed to end before the interesting part

[@isaamaandaa]

@@siratlas8198 lmaoo got ya

[@karsoncase]

@@siratlas8198 memento mori. Almost 1 year!

[@corpsket]

It's hilarious to see Shane doubt that this was a real 2chan thread because I was actually on 2chan, in this thread, while it was happening. It was in the earlier 2000s though, not 2010. Also in the original thread 'Hasumi' gets in the man's car, not on another train. They said they were going to tuck and roll out of his vehicle and run for it before disappearing. I always thought the experience itself was made up by the user, but it was still very haunting to read at the time! I haven't thought about it in years.. It's wild to see you do a video on it.

[@whatthecaw]

That makes this scarier for me because when they talked about trying to escape, I had been asking myself: “how would you escape on a train?” But being in a car makes more sense, and the idea that the man had offered her help with ill intentions freaks me out way more than the possibility she encountered something paranormal.

[@kdjoshi726]

Wai- so you were actually part of this conversation? So 2chan don't have the user history or smth? Like how usually if you're a MLA user, they even show if you're online at the moment or not. Is Hasumi's username still on 2chan?

[@corpsket]

@@kdjoshi726 I wasn't a commenter, I was just reading the thread as it was happening. And no, 2chan was entirely anonymous back then (I'm not sure if it still is). It's very similar to 4chan, so as far as I know only mods have access to IPs and otherwise there's no personal info.

[@javeria6822]

what is 2chan? i'm hearing about it for the first time

[@PoochieCollins]

@@corpsket : I'm suspicious of your authenticity, but if you're being truthful, how'd you find out about this video?

[@thesleepershark4265]

Anon: Did the conductor have stroke? Check on them. Hasumi: The window is blinded and there is no responses from the conductor. Everyone: I see absolutely no problems with this situation.

[@whynothanks2047]

I don’t know how Japanese trains work, but on the subway where I live, the window to the conductor’s cart is a one-way window; they can see you, but you can’t see into their cart. If you’re having an emergency, you push the emergency alarm (as opposed to approaching the conductor directly…there really isn’t anything they can do for you except the same thing they would do if you pushed the emergency alarm). If the conductor himself is having an emergency, I don’t know what they do tbh lol

[@meriwilliams1217]

In most trains in Japan, they close the blinds behind the conductor when it’s dark outside (in tunnels, during nighttime etc ) so that the reflection from the inside of the train on the front window doesn’t distract them.

[@angkarbasil]

If the conductor had a stroke, the ARS or ALS of the train would bring the train to an emergency stop eventually. ARS (Automotic Regulation of Speed) driver would overspeed, cause an overspeed alarm, and be incapacitated so he wouldn't be able to clear the alarm, which would activate emergency brake ALS (Automotic Locomotive Signaling) driver would drive through a red signal, running over a tripper and causing an emergency stop

[@woot.raptor]

"I know what your'e doing - we're not gonna talk about Polar Express" bless this banter

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

@@nagisa822 What's going on with you and carrots?

[@iamb34]

classic

[@stephanielee1261]

That movie is fire though.

[@twtclikk7841]

man, shane's hair is a delight to watch especially when it bounces as he moves around

[@kawawangkowboy9566]

He kinda looks like George Michael in the 80s

[@emmacromwell3116]

500th like, hell yeah

[@MissLilyPlays]

I was reading this while Shane was pretending to shake people awake

[@themardbard9096]

I really REALLY liked this one. No gore, just a creepy situation and creepy story. Best one so far imo

[@monicapetitebonita218]

i recommend checking SAYA IN UNDERWORLD blog ;) she's the one who translated this story way back in 2012. her blog have a lot of Japanese horror stories from 2Chan. there's videos too~

[@meodrac]

Best stories are the ones that sounds like a waking dream.

[@Kristianzp]

I really liked this one as well! Also, the one with the endless elevator that she, somehow starved and died of malnutrition when she was only unaccounted for for like 1 minute

[@dcta51]

This was some Junji ito shit

[@jaffa3717]

I liked it but I wish it had more of a conclusion

[@galileogalilli3123]

actually this one and the one where the woman was trapped in the elevator are the scariest ones of the whole series to me. the thought of falling into some fucked up dimension where time is wrong and you can’t escape scared me so bad.

[@yurahezen6919]

Can you elaborate about the one in the elevator? Dont think i heard of it

[@galileogalilli3123]

@@yurahezen6919 yes! it’s the are you scared episode called “are you scared of being trapped”

[@darkfire06]

That one legged guy got me good, i had mirror cast my phone to my TV, and didn't see that coming lmao GREAT EPISODE 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@astrobella4620]

The elevator game scarred me so bad as a kid I subconsciously worry I’m gonna end up in some messed up alternate dimension or Backrooms situation if I do something wrong

[@midnightat3am]

Okay the thread format of this story was actually pretty scary , maybe it’s because all the ppl screaming at her to do very different things was hella overwhelming, or seeing their panic was also amplifying the fear in the situation

[@Nessainthebuilding]

Thing is I've heard about this thread before. It was an ACTUAL thread that got translated. No one knows if Hasumi was really in that situation or if it was all made up but those responses to it were real.

[@VelvetCake423]

from what i know the thread was on a 2chan board dedicated to strange occurances/stories. its 100% just someones creepypasta

[@Nessainthebuilding]

@@VelvetCake423 I watched a video where they investigated the whole thing and found the original post in Japanese. I'm just saying what they found.

[@riverxyoda]

I know this was years ago but I just got to the link to the real thing. Hella creepy

[@qs2668]

The real mystery is how the heck does she have such incredible battery life and also signal in a tunnel??!

[@sarahbearbabygirl]

japan’s infrastructure is amazing (to a point that would be unfathomable for most americans) and they have super fast wifi legit everywhere, even in train tunnels deep underground. i dream about infrastructure being that good anywhere in america lol

[@hiddendrifts]

@@sarahbearbabygirl >I dream about infrastructure< just gotta get apple to start a railroad line. might be super expensive and have ios exclusive features [if you use an iphone, you don't need to buy a ticket, just boarding the train bills you] but at least it'll have amazing service... probably

[@edorasmarauder5761]

She’s not on her phone 24/7? Just a thought.

[@AmunDeus]

​@@sarahbearbabygirlhonestly, just travel anywhere in more rural or spread out U.S. states like Colorado and try to identify places where there IS reliable wifi or cell signal

[@albertonishiyama1980]

Kisaragi Station is from the 90's / 00's, she was using a Nokia or something like that. The phones back them had like 3 days of batery.

[@pipergunther4493]

Wow, this story is sending me back when I was in Japan for the first time. My friend and I took a train to visit a location not far from Kyoto and when we wanted to go back to our hotel in Kyoto, we took the wrong train. We noticed inmediately, so we got off in the next station, which was a small stop in the middle of the mountains with nobody around. At night. We had to wait like 15 minutes for a train to Kyoto to come. It was soooo weird.

[@AKAmainframe]

now imagine that experience, but now you're alone, and the wait is substantially longer than 15mins. Creep factor x1000

[@pipergunther4493]

@@AKAmainframe yeaaah, I'm so glad my friend was there tbh! At some point we recorded a video Blair Witch style where we joking said "if you found this video, we've probably disappeared so...". We were so relieve when we arrived to the hotel lol.

[@duckbredd]

That'd be terrifying. I've never ridden a train, but being on one at night would be a nightmare for me!

[@IlmurOsp]

lmao only 15 minutes?

[@lilatwyx2789]

i feel so bad for laughing at "i fell down, i'm bleeding AND i broke a heel" anon: "oh shit"

[@satarupagingerkolay]

When I heard that I automatically said, "Wait what? All of a sudden you fell down and you are sitting on the ground now?" But I think it was just me trying to not get scared cause this one was pretty scary.

[@ellakarkkainen]

Sameee

[@loksii]

"are you scared?" yes, of the shane's weirdly strong efforts to include the word "daddy" in as many episodes as possible

[@listelafinewine7448]

Hahaha"yes daddy"

[@BlueGangsta1958]

he wants to remind everyone of that time ryan felt the need to state that shane was not his daddy

[@Magdalena-rh4mu]

I've read this from someone, it said more or less like this, "the stereotype of Japanese horror is, someone (or a group) who get cursed for being at the wrong place, at the wrong time. You can be completely innocent or unrelated (to the event) but you can still get cursed for being unlucky that one time." I can't get over this since then 😂

[@Flanneryschickens]

kind of like life :/

[@nurazizaht6661]

Not good

[@cheeryberrie]

Yeah, just like life, god seems to hate good people, while all the bad ones get away with everything

[@billyrannells2441]

I love the implication that Shane makes a lot of conversations about Polar Express

[@Loufoley9749]

The art in this series is always TOP NOTCH I love it

[@isaamaandaa]

ikr! it gives off disturbing and mysterious vibes. cool 👀

[@Joyful_Jo_]

Love the PFP and I agree completely, the art is perfect for this kind of series, 10/10.

[@Farihaa.]

Momento mori friend

[@astrangermagi]

Sometimes they scare me more than the story

[@geniousjinious3477]

MOLLIE!

[@pipedream2556]

15:47 am I the only one who CRACKED UP when the Dark Blue Anon said oh shit? This is the one who's been doing all of the heckling, the answers that are just trying to spook her more, but then she said she didn't want to die here and they just go "oh shit" bc even a jackass like them can't respond to something that serious like they usually do 😅 Character development!

[@iB0NKERS]

There’s a lot of stories and urban legends of haunted train stations and ghost trains in Japan! There’s even a manga called Dark Metro that has stories about it. :) This one sounds similar to a train for the dead. It appears like normal but none of the stops are ones you know and full of the dead. It’s taking you to the afterlife and there’s a 50/50 chance of you returning home. All the other passengers tend to be spirits too.

[@ArkaSaurusRex218]

Ghost trains seem to be common horror story trope all over the world.

[@iB0NKERS]

@@ArkaSaurusRex218 - I haven’t heard any other ones but if you know of any good specific stories, please do let me know. I’d be glad to read them.

[@maxies4090]

​@@iB0NKERS 11:59 is one

[@Silly_Illidan]

Yup... I've seen multiple anime in the last 30 years that had some form of such encounters

[@zoeyleach6717]

My first thought of the old man is that he’s a ghost who lost his leg on the train track and died there and he’s just trying to help her not make his mistake 🥺

[@themardbard9096]

Good guy old man

[@kdjoshi726]

That's actually a nice theory.... no wonder Shane was like "I'd befriend that one-legged man"

[@vetiverose128]

Yup, my first thought too

[@iaminpainauchocolat9300]

I too thought that

[@faureamour]

I liked this one. The only thing I was wondering about was the person who mentioned that Kisaragi is a game. Would've liked to hear more about the game.

[@brujitalindita8515]

Akidearest actually made a video about it ^_^ I think it's called "This song has no title" or something along those lines

[@abbykaskaya3052]

Its called "The Ghost Train" you can find it on steam

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

I remember that... First heard of this back in 2017 and when I googled it, the game came out...

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

@@brujitalindita8515 that youtuber posted 3 songs already... 2 about station...

[@debbiegodinez2119]

As soon as they mentioned the game I seriously thought that she had entered a game world somehow and was being directed by people online bc they were the players!

[@Pandefly]

I looked this up in Japanese, and apparently this story is so well known in Japan that people sometimes post about also having seen Kisaragi Station and somebody submitted to Google maps that the station is inside of the University of Tsukuba xD

[@Silly_Illidan]

Inside the University? Oh man that helpful man was even more dangerous than i realised.. He is not a creep... He is an asian professor 💀

[@shupshup6367]

A theory, What if the one legged old man was a victim of the station too and was trying to warn her of the man in the station?

[@peekyboop]

hasumi: just trying to make it home. is seemingly innocent and truly afraid every supernatural phenomenon in the general vicinity: so i took that personally :))

[@Pixel3572]

That last sentence applies to every SCP breakout. A random Class D tries to escape and then every SCP just attacks them.

[@ArkaSaurusRex218]

Yeah, in Asian horror stories supernatural creatures don't give a shit if your innocent or guilty, they'll fuck you up if you step even one foot on their turf.

[@MagickSprite]

I went to Japan to visit relatives with my Mom, and we took the bullet train that goes from the main island of Honshu to Hokkaido, which passes under the sea of Japan. Just as we entered the tunnel to go under the sea, my Mom says, "A lot of people died making this tunnel. There was something wrong about the rocks and there were many cave ins. I don't know why I'm telling you this, but I thought you would like to know." No. I did not need to know that. Really ... no. I spent the entire time in the tunnel paranoid, counting the seconds between the flashes of the side access tunnels (?), so that just in case there was an accident or something I would know which direction we should go. Thank you, Mom!

[@Mel-Mels]

I lived in Hamamatsu for 3 years and I’ve been on this train line. It’s about a 30-minute ride from Shin-Hamamatsu (in the center of the city) up to Nishi Kajima (more of a rural area) and then it turns around and goes back down to Shin-Hamamatsu. It’s only one straight line of about 20 stations total. And that’s it. It doesn’t branch off anywhere. And there are NO tunnels on that line. If what happened to Hasumi happened to me on that train, I’d be questioning my sanity because it’s too many things that are simply impossible. Especially the tunnel. So, yes, I would be scared. That being said, there are also some details to this story that make me quite certain it’s made up. So, no, I’m not scared.

[@rebellerene]

my japanese cousins told me this story as a child and my take was always more fantastical, like if hasumi was chihiro in spirited away and she just accidentally entered the realm of the yokai. never knew that it was horrorifying for most people lol. good work on this one guys!

[@intanayu8674]

oh wow thats kinda accurate XD

[@sezen2032]

Yea that's accurate lol

[@jamie1602]

This is the correct reading, yes. A lot of westerners tend to interpret things that bad things only happen to bad people and that can often be due to cultural and religious upbringing. It's...a problem. Now we can sit here and talk about storytelling and morality but... that takes to long. The tl;dr is that bad things can happen to good people and stories that come out of Asia tend to acknowledge this early on. We don't see these stories coming out of Europe (and history largely ignored African storytelling for centuries, thanks a lot history) for hundreds of years. So we've got a bias. Hasumi innocently falls into an unseen world where humans normally aren't allowed and doesn't return. She didn't do anything wrong. It's very Alice in Wonderland but with a sinister twist and since she stumbled upon it, now she can't leave. It's a lot like stories about fairies coming out of Ireland and Scotland. Play with the fairies at your own risk. They won't let you leave after a while. This took me a long time to understand cause yep, westerner. I had a lot of reading and growing to do. It's less "oh the devil gonna getcha!" and more of interfering with an unseen world. Even if you didn't mean it... you're gonna either get killed or kidnapped. That's how these forces work. Kisuragi Station DOES inspire some pop culture where they do involve morality stories. But... yokai gonna yokai. If they feel like tormenting you over cheating on your wife the can do whatever they want to scare you. That's less of the devil and more of "no rules, am supernatural being, gonna part my cheeks and shit on your chair."

[@emmamartel5269]

@@jamie1602 I love this reading of it. This is so insightful!

[@vic_sensei]

I was half expecting Shane to bless us with "Choo Choo pickle pie" once more

[@tetrischoo]

marielle’s voice narration was amazing! it didn’t feel or sound awkward at all, hope she does more of this in the future!

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Ryan screaming “It’s a white man?!” 😂

[@Grimalkind]

Just started the video and I have a tidbit to share: VGPerson is not someone made up for this story, they’re an actual translator known for their work with Vocaloid music and translating indie games such as The Witch’s House or Your Turn To Die. Just wanted to give that bit since I knew it!

[@portisthetortoise3239]

I thought their name sounded familiar! Now I know where I know that name from!

[@hagelschwaden840]

I'm well accustomed to reading their translated works, and was really surprised to know they translated this! I was looking for someone who knew them lol

[@funsize8358]

WHY DOES THIS SERIES HELP ME SLEEP AT NIGHT-

[@rubykgarrett]

same i always watch before bed

[@CMYX]

Ik same lol, it's my bed time stories at this point

[@meh5467]

How??

[@funsize8358]

@@meh5467 something about Ryan’s creepy narrator voice is just oh so calming ig?? 😭😭

[@isaamaandaa]

it helps me relax lmfaoo. idk why 😂

[@kostakole9876]

17:23 I love that the people who were giving her instructions were like: Wait. Our advice worked?! Also, these people in the story who are trying to help her are way more serious then I thought they would be.

[@thebenexperience]

this is definitely the best story so far, it's subtle, it's creepy, the characters are realistic. Plus, it's not the one with the eyeball devil, so that's another positive.

[@e.vanl.]

Big up for the anons who allegedly tried to help Hasumi in this story, I'd hope if I got stuck in a hellscape train station someone would try to help me as well

[@guidetoanything]

That one guy was being a fartbag, but the rest of the people seemed genuinely concerned. The chat was probably very real, regardless of the situation.

[@e.vanl.]

@@guidetoanything yeah the one person was being a major douche, but Imma ignore them lol

[@sxvxrxlx1864]

also at the beginning of the convo when the anons encouraged hasumi to share what she had to say even though hasumi believed that it might’ve been her imagination/insignificant, and the check ups by the anons on hasumi after a bit of no response

[@e.vanl.]

@@sxvxrxlx1864 exactly!

[@LarissaFay]

This story is scary because, we all would like to think we would tackle a situation like this with logic and critical thinking. But... in reality emotions come over you like waves, that need to be out of danger and safe can take over. You can make THE most unintelligent and thoughtless choices in a state of panic. Getting lost and unable to figure out your location is terrifying, especially for the vulnerable. I do enjoy listening to these stories.

[@shannenbeatrice2088]

ya

[@way2dead4u]

@@Pixel3572 you sound like you’ve never been in an actual panic in a paramount situation before

[@way2dead4u]

@@Pixel3572 it is when you’re a woman alone at night.

[@way2dead4u]

@@Pixel3572 actually no, I don’t believe in ghosts. she wasn’t being irrational, even though ghosts don’t exist she is still in a dangerous situation. being alone in a train station and having no idea where you are is a very scary premise. a new one to her as well, so she wouldn’t know what to do in that situation. I probably wouldn’t do exactly what she did but under stress I can see where she’s coming from. in fact, she was pretty calm given the circumstances.

[@Blackcanvasart]

i agree, its scary because things like this have actually happened. Fake or real, its a damn good story

[@evanwb0673]

When Shane said cho cho i really thought there was going to be a pickle pie

[@cloudpengu15]

lol same 😂😂😂😂

[@cassidy2453]

me too 🤣🤣

[@emilylittle1187]

Idk whether it was the new voices used, but this episode was one of the scariest yet. Literally made my skin crawl

[@michpratt1]

13:05 “Do you forgive me Daddy?” And Ryan’s laugh made me so uncomfortable but was hilarious

[@digapygmy70]

LOL, I had a similar but way less dramatic experience around the same time! I was at Pride in SF with a friend, and we decided to try pot brownies for the first time. And then because we were idiots, tried a second. We ended up tripping balls, and taking the wrong subway. While on the train, I became convinced that we had died and were going to hell. Once we figured out we were going the wrong way, we got out at a station that neither of us knew, that was dark and completely abandoned except for us, complete with a locked gate at the top of the stairs, so we couldn't get out. Creepy shit while sober, terrifying while high. We ended up making it back to the original station, then taking a cab downtown so we could take the BART out to my friend's parents' house. I didn't become convinced that we were still alive until we got off the train! But yeah, I've always felt a little odd about trains and subways ever since.

[@_cindi_reads_]

understandable that sounds very scary

[@hanad1548]

as a japanese person if I were in this situation I'd fucking get off the train man like you don't want to get further from your actual station (especially if the train's been going for an hour you don't know when the next chance to get off would be) and it's really easy to navigate your way back to the right train using signs and stuff (unless it's a hell station ig) so yeah I don't blame her for getting off 🤷

[@catalinaaguirre3151]

but if you think (almost sure like her) that you’re lost, wouldn’t it be smarter to get off with someone else? I mean, in nighttime at least

[@hanad1548]

@@catalinaaguirre3151 sure, but would you have the guts to be like "hey sleeping stranger can you get off the train with me"?? this poor girl apologized to the police for the inconvenience 😫

[@yukam8495]

Exactly. I live in Tokyo , and before covid taking the night train was something I always tried to avoid

[@codyhake1932]

Kisaragi Station will be waiting for your visit.

[@kdjoshi726]

I mean she got off at an unknown station, she didn't even knew which stations were before & after this one, so instead of getting off of at the unknown station, should've stayed in the train. Also the fact that she actually started to walk out on the tracks... damn man. That was a real bad move. Could've just waited at the station till morning

[@Grace-ys9uo]

“It’s a white man!?!” Had me cry laughing😂

[@KaylaCrespo]

I have listened to this creepypasta multiple times on different occasions but I always remember the ending being different, where Hasumi was on a taxi instead of a train towards the mountains. Both are terrifying situations but I always imagined Hasumi being on the passenger seat beside the "man" while whispering nonsense, the distance between them creeps me the hell out. Anyways, great content as always! I truly enjoy the tandem and chemistry, sometimes I don't know if I'm watching a creepy video or just having a good time and laughing with some buddies. lol

[@turkeylurkey3812]

nah but fr I thought I remember her going towards the drumming sound

[@Umekopyon]

I looked up the original Japanese thread, knowing that vgperson had a tendency to make some striking translation errors (at least back during the time she translated this thread, I'd imagine she'll have improved since then), and yes, the man called Hasumi a car to take her to the next station, not a train. (How would one call a train anyway...?) Incidentally, something else I noticed while skimming the Japanese thread is that that one anon speculated that the man could have been DISPOSING of a corpse, not that he was a corpse himself... lmao

[@Mr.Faust3]

I’d jump out of that car if I were her

[@thedaaikogustin7825]

i think whoever made the translation got it wrong, bcs the word train and car share one same kanji, '車' (this kanji is for car), while '電車' this is for train (more specifically for electric train). So i think its possible if they make a mistake, but i dont know

[@merriquelynn]

@@Umekopyon Watcher altered their version of the story that appears here. The original is different.

[@rxpt0rs]

That POV of Ryan shaking you awake was the scariest part of the story.

[@kdjoshi726]

You mean Shane? Because he was the one shaking Ryan awake

[@thebadpoet]

How did the man “call” a train for her? Are there private railways in Japan where you can just schedule a train to come when you want it? Was that supposed to be “taxi” not train? That would make sense, though I don’t think Hasumi would get into the cab with a total stranger once it arrived.

[@mikkurzhal7390]

in the original story the man called a taxi for her

[@ohyeah4399]

for me this was one of the most genuinely unsettling stories yet….. picturing myself in that situation is terrifying there have been some bangers recently, with the intense creepiness of this episode and the brilliant writing of the last one

[@twtclikk7841]

oh my god shane called ryan daddy the internet is gonna have a field day with this one

[@vikki-333]

time stamp? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@twtclikk7841]

@@vikki-333 13:04 ;)

[@aviezer_who_drinks_seltzer371]

Lmao apparently ao3 already has

[@Betta66]

Ryan: "What if there's a train that never stops?" Shane: "That's not a real thing." It is in Snowpiercer.

[@RealBradMiller]

Oh, Snowpiercer did come to a stop. :-X

[@Betta66]

@@RealBradMiller Spoiler alert

[@RealBradMiller]

@@Betta66 If it's over six years, free game, baby.

[@crystalwolcott4744]

@@RealBradMiller maybe they thought you were talking about the ongoing tv show, which is super good and I highly reccamend if you liked the movie.

[@kpturn42]

Yeah that’s 100% someone engaging in 2ch’s favorite pastime: trolling the shit out of each other

[@finpin2622]

I really liked this story, shows a lot more restraint than most internet creepy stories by not tacking on unnecessary lore or monsters or an ending that solves anything. That is, if it IS a fictional story.... Which I'm choosing to believe it is.

[@VlogDoPajamas]

I don't think this one is real but I enjoy this kind of "prank" a lot, hope they read more of them

[@xyzabc-nu3vd]

It's an urban legend in japan

[@ForkLefts]

These types of stories where the character interacts with the fans are absolutely amazing.

[@humanityyy]

@@ForkLefts You might like r/nosleep then. It's a subreddit where authors post stories and everyone acts as if its real. The author will even be in character while replying to comments. My favorite posts there are when there are screenshots or photos attached, just makes the experience all the more authentic. Like the one where the guy wonders why his dead girlfriend's FB account is still messaging him and the author attached screenshots to make it look real.

[@ella-ef1fb]

the thread is actually real, but yeah it’s likely that op was just making up a story but i do believe the responses were real

[@firenadine6368]

Mari did such a great job doing Hasumi's voice!

[@user-qr6mm7jc4v]

ryan: if she’s going to hell she’s rlly beings played with shane: but isn’t that the devil’s favorite thing? yeah, im sure you’d know that, wouldn’t you, *shane?*

[@rebellerene]

not him miming the devil puppeteering when he himself is a master puppeteer

[@Bbybat96]

I want to like this but 333 likes is too perfect and I don’t want to mess that up 😂

[@glory_1412]

Had the same thought haha....his description was very suspicious

[@FallisLife]

Someone said on an online forum that included the story that Kisaragi can mean February. 2004 was a leap year and you guessed it, February had an extra day. The person said that it’s quite possible that during these leap days people have a chance of being transported to the supposed “Devils Station”. Take this with a very big grain of salt because he nor I are Japanese. I got the translation from a website talking about the old Japanese calendar so I have no real idea of wether it is true or not. It’s an interesting take though.

[@bidulestruc2257]

"try to think critically for once" "...excUUUSE MEEE?"

[@kdjoshi726]

Ryan: *chokes on coffee*

[@cor289]

ok but the unsolved bgm during the raycon ad is just *chef's kiss*

[@dixielumsden2490]

i was waiting for someone to point it out!

[@alex-fs9yt]

No one: Ryan: advertises earphones in a dead, monotone voice while the unsolved music played.

[@jennahills9825]

Y’all really upped your game for this ep! The voice actors made it so much more immersive (Mari killed it) and the story seemed just unsettling enough to feel realistic and super scary. I also love how because Ryan wasn’t reading most of the time it seemed like him and Shane just butted in to make their little comments lol. Great work!

[@honeymattison8751]

"It's probably not inexplicable, he knows what happened to it" LMAO I'M DYING

[@madisonbaron6670]

“This is banter.” -Shane Madej, 2021

[@Nigarj]

Having a third narrator for the story telling feels so much better for the transition and narrative flow. Love this. 💖 Please do more like that.

[@stardustlatte]

Ryan: “What if it’s a train that never stops?” Shane: “that doesn’t exist.” Infinity train fandom RISE

[@laenahg1]

LMAOOOOO pls 😂😂😂

[@patydpois]

Kinda reminds me of an urban legend that was quite popular around the internet in Brazil some years ago. It was about someone who got in a bus (the one they always took) but somehow ended up in a weird and dark place called Setealém (according to the people on the bus) that apparently was a parellal universe of some sort.

[@bigafroman4277]

Ah yes, I'm glad the Watcher team uses the same stock audio used by Buzzfeed. Feel like Ryan and Shane never left.

[@ColossalPunk1055]

What ever happened to the continuation of the “Are you afraid of your childhood?” I rly want know what happens next

[@jacqweee]

Yes!!!!

[@BearlyAwake13]

You can find the rest on the writer's reddit if that helps!

[@ColossalPunk1055]

@garbage oh well Ryan said ask if u want us to continue the story cuz he said the writer had more plus it’s more entertaining if they told it tho

[@Lucy-mg2qe]

@@BearlyAwake13 i tried looking for it, but had trouble since they have so much written

[@b3dubbs72]

was that the one with the "visitor" outside their window?

[@molysemonly]

I actually just learned about this myth of Kisaragi Station a few months ago from another channel, but the added voices to fill the conversation chats really did a good job to make it even more interesting.. Though the difference between the story I've learned before and this one was the ride with this Hina person, in that story, Hasumi got into a car with this "gentleman" until she can't be heard again..

[@sdg3639]

I liked this one. More strange and unsettling, less violent and heavy handed as so many creepy pastas are.

[@mina3625]

the way ryan always reads the ads in his ~special voice~ always sends me lmao like chill dude its some headphones not a horror story.

[@isaamaandaa]

lol he even makes sponsors sound terrifying 💀

[@themardbard9096]

He makes capitalism sound as horrifying as it truly is, there is no better ad read. In this essay, I will-

[@lbroolz]

New Years, many years ago, in San Jose, I passed out on the 22 (bus line) and the conductor woke me up early in the morning, on NY Day, in Menlo. I had to wait 2 hours until one of the only buses ran that day, I'd never been there, but had a great 2 hours waiting to head back to San Jose, which was HOURS away (but I got a little "somethin' somethin'" for the ride home. Hey, it was New Years).

[@alexlee3261]

This is honestly unsettling to me. It's making me feel claustrophobic since it reminds of the horror short 10 steps. Especially when the girl made her way into the tunnel.

[@alex-fs9yt]

Title: Are you scared of Kirasagi Station? Me: No. Me: At least not yet because I don't know the story

[@sophisticatedchaosgb]

And now?

[@ForkLefts]

@@sophisticatedchaosgb i doM't know about hiMB but YES DEFNITELY. CHRIST, CALL 911 IM HAVIFNA STOURKBB HEOL 2 SKARY FAR MS WVD

[@JoshuaAndres]

Nothing will ever beat the classic “ghost train” trope of scary stories

[@kat8951]

I love that this series posts during my lunch break, so I can watch it all 👌

[@Myterriblelovelife]

Haha! Same here!

[@gabbiphillips8514]

“Are you scared?” No, I’m confused…wtf is going on?!

[@FurikoMaru]

Ryan not speaking Japanese or Spanish but pronouncing Kisaragi perfectly in the middle of an English sentence is just classic fourth gen immigrant behaviour.

[@johncarte340]

Love that we get a double dose of Ryan and Shane on fridays right now

[@lancepadilla6165]

Hi Ryan and Shane. In another version of Kisaragi Station. The man helped Hasumi by offering her a ride to his car. It has the same ending tho.

[@themardbard9096]

I'm still losing it at "til the end of the NIGHT" at the beginnings of these. I love the rhyme but I'm SO not used to it and it's freaking me out more than the stories!

[@HikariHolic]

it just seems like given the context that she ended up on a train to like the spirit world or something by accident and that's why nothing made sense and she couldn't be located? i don't buy that it was like a hell metaphor - things seemed strange but not like malicious if that makes sense

[@remikyu13]

I LITERALLY said "Damn this is like Jumanji" and theN SHANE SAID IT and I screeched lol

[@andreagourley]

Out of all of these stories, this one made me feel genuinely scared. I've been in situations where it's late and transportation is an issue and that's enough to make me extremely anxious and scared. I can't even imagine what this would be like.

[@elizabethpinzon7466]

They should have asked her to send a photo for evidence that this was real and she's not just hallucinating

[@sethescope]

I have the captions turned on, and I always love how auto-generated captions spell Shane's last name. it varies in different videos, but today, the captions have decided his last name is "midday." this was a decent story. not my favorite and not the scariest, but the scares were limited by the form. it wouldn't make sense for someone in Hasumi's situation to give really good descriptions of things or to give more narration. for what it was, it was really good. it's also nice for not everything to be the scariest possible thing. it's good to have variety, and it was a really interesting and novel method of storytelling, using an online forum and telling a story through short posts and letting other people interact with the story and help tell the story too, in a way.

[@catsukisubaru3715]

Well, it's worth mentioning that the original story was written in Japanese, which at times can be descriptive and compact at once. You can see this is a lot of subbed shows from Japan, where two subtitled sentences come from a single spoken one.

[@brandonworth7890]

Ryan's laugh after the 12:59 exchange gives me life

[@UltimaSenkai]

I love how Ryan brought it back on the yahoo thing cause Yahoo IS huge in japan. It's basically their amazon and ebay and stuff.

[@patricialessard8651]

I'm still wondering about the people that were sleeping(?) On the train. Were they dead? Did,at some point, that train go on as normal or did it go to a death realm? Anyway, that was a very good story and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you and stay safe! 🎃👻

[@Rainywindchime]

All Hail the Watcher!!! 😂 I just realized everyone can say that now. I had forgotten about that till I rewatched that episode.

[@ajaqsart]

Okay, I actually LOVE the dramatic reading from multiple voice actors! Ryan's "unsolved" voice is great, but this is a fun change every once in a while!

[@clray123]

I was once travelling for business to a new client, all dressed up in suit and what not, and I got off one station too early. It was on a hot summer day. The station where I got off was a small village with no taxis and nobody around (I only had a crap mobile phone back then with no Internet). I almost shat my pants in horror having to explain this mistake to my client who was fruitlessly waiting for my arrival. But eventually they came to pick me up by car and laughed at me. Trust me, it was much more terrifying than the Kisaragi station.

[@alex-fs9yt]

"Today's video is sponsored by Raycon." *unsolved music starts playing*

[@harrisonwells1255]

Absolutely love this series. Please never stop making these.

[@Jailem]

"I'm in an abandoned train station. What should I do?" "Go on the tracks." You know, train stations usually have a front door. Did you try that? If you need to leave, that seems a better option than the tracks.

[@mollytovxx4181]

Some train stations (especially rural ones in the middle of nowhere) are pretty much just exposed platforms with a little bit of shelter if you are lucky. Not a building.

[@yeetman956]

my favorite part of this ep was " ForGIvE mE dADdY "