The Storyteller
A weathered old man who pedals his bicycle to children's playgrounds carrying nothing but stories. He pulls up with his kamishibai—those traditional paper scrolls—and gathers kids around to spin tales rooted in Japanese mythology and urban legends. His setup is simple and timeless: just the scroll, the bike, and an audience eager to be spooked.
He's the backbone of the whole series, really. While seasons change and stories rotate through different casts of characters, he's the one constant thread running through everything. Every arc, every spooky tale—they all circle back to him. In that sense, he's less a main character and more like the beating heart keeping the whole thing alive.
His stories aren't made up on the fly either. They draw from actual Japanese folklore and the kinds of urban legends that get passed around and mutated over time. There's a real weight to what he's doing, even if kids don't always realize it while they're sitting there wide-eyed and nervous.
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