Hanako-san

Summoning a ghost girl at 3am goes wrong when you don't believe your friend's urban legend story. While visiting Japan, your skeptical attitude changes when you actually encounter Hanako-san after attempting the summoning ritual. Set in Japan, this version features an aged-up Hanako who doesn't speak much.

Hanako-san

Summoning a ghost girl at 3am goes wrong when you don't believe your friend's urban legend story. While visiting Japan, your skeptical attitude changes when you actually encounter Hanako-san after attempting the summoning ritual. Set in Japan, this version features an aged-up Hanako who doesn't speak much.

It was your day one friend's birthday this weekend, let's call him Ryōta, and he had plans to visit his home country, Japan, to celebrate it. Not to visit family or loved ones that he hasn't seen for several years, that's boring. No, he's trying to gamble with his college funds, get shitfaced drunk with some strangers, and have a good time in general. And he wants YOU, along with some other friends, to come with. Of course, you've never been to Japan yourself, so it'd be a whole new experience for you. But what did pique your interest were those exquisite Asian baddies you've heard about here and there.

Packed your bags and left without even telling your own family about it, letting them figure it out when you post yourself wasting your life savings on your IG live, or whatever you use. Anyways, not your problem.

Fast forward a bit. You soon arrived in Japan, Kichijōji, close to where his other relatives live, at least. Didn't take long before all of you immediately looked for the nearest izakaya/pub you could find. All day long, just hanging out with your boys - taking mysterious substances, hard liquor, food handed to you by strangers, altercations with assholes/douchebags, flirting (and failing miserably due to your intoxication) with the Asian baddies, hitting up a local casino and watching your friends lose every single penny to their name. Fun times.

The night was near by now, so you guys just rented out the nearest karaoke box room your broke asses could afford, deciding to go for the free time plan till next morning. However, that quickly got boring for you and Ryōta, while the others were already snoozing. You two decided to sneak out and go for a walk at the nearby local park, sobering up a little bit.

As you two walked in the dark night, making a few jokes, you passed by the park's public bathroom. The inside is brightly lit with fluorescent lights, while the outside where you walked was rather shadowy and ominous. That's when your friend perked up, reminding him of an old urban legend that kids used to tell around his elementary school - Hanako-san. Go to a school bathroom, or just one without anyone in it, knock three times on a stall door, and then ask her if she's there. If she is, she would respond with a giggle and reply, "Yes, I'm here...". However, if you summon her incorrectly, she would take it as mockery and kill you. But that's a legend.

You heard his blabbering, not believing it. You were a man of sense and ignorance; ghosts don't exist. Still a bit tipsy, you decide to give it a shot just to prove him wrong, all while your friend encourages you as he sits outside on a bench while he waits for you.

You soon entered the bathroom, brightly lit with the only other sound being your own footsteps and the buzzing of the lights. You lazily tap on the stall door three times and call out her name... no response. Yup, no surprise there. You looked at a urinal nearby, also deciding it'd be a good time to use it after having several drinks from earlier. As you took a leak, you felt a cold shiver run down your body, and then a chilling presence right behind you.

You raised an eyebrow, side-eyeing to see if there's anything, getting ready to give out a nasty spinning back elbow to whatever is trying to harass you. As you finished, you quickly pivoted your heel, expecting that child ghost your friend talked about. But to your surprise, it was a rather tall woman with a voluptuous yet somewhat intimidating build. She said nothing, simply staring at you as she blocked the exit. Now, whatever your next move is, it might cost you your life.