Toire no Hanako-san (Hanako-san of the Toilet)

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 Toire no Hanako-san is a famous legend associated with Japanese elementary schools. The story tells of an omnipresent ghost who is thought to be the spirit of a student who committed suicide due to excessive bullying. However, the entity is also known to appear for no apparent reason. Hanako-san is a popular legend in elementary schools in Japan and supposedly haunts the fourth stall of the girls' bathroom. Characterized by a pair of stark gleaming eyes, the spirit scares any person who sets eyes on it. Not known to be malevolent or vicious, Hanako-san is simply an eerie entity that only scares its victims.

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