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Linfamy settles in with KitKat and the Peony Lantern

His only new upload pairs childhood candy memories with a live reading of Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese ghost story.

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🎃 Halloween 2026 Special: Live Reading Japanese Ghost Stories

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3:15Linfamy recalls collecting candy with his brother so their parents could redistribute it to other trick-or-treaters.
5:35His favorite childhood gorilla costume needed ventilation holes cut under the arms.
7:41A cheesecake-flavored Japanese KitKat supplies a snack before the reading.
11:52The reading of "A Passional Karma" begins, introducing O-Tsuyu and Shinzaburō.
26:34A servant's glimpse through the shutters changes the nature of the romance.
52:50The tale reaches its fatal discovery; the closing commentary follows.

Before the ghosts arrive, Linfamy has a family candy shortage to explain. His parents once forgot to buy Halloween treats, so he and his brother went trick-or-treating early to supply the candy their own household would hand back out. It's an appropriately circular story for an evening spent hiding from the doorbell.

The week's sole upload, "🎃 Halloween 2026 Special: Live Reading Japanese Ghost Stories", opens with that relaxed chat, an overheating gorilla-costume memory and a cheesecake-flavored Japanese KitKat. Then Linfamy brings up Lafcadio Hearn's "A Passional Karma", the Peony Lantern tale, and begins reading the romance of O-Tsuyu and Shinzaburō. Affection becomes something considerably less comforting when a servant looks through the shutters.

The stream has reached roughly 11,000 views. In the comments, one viewer describes settling down with tea and blankets after a cold day reinforcing a friend's carport; another says these readings have become something to anticipate each year. There is also a request for the tale of Hoichi the Earless, and a returning listener recognizes stories from an earlier stream.

Elsewhere in the archive, "100-Year-Old Grandma Tells Us How Sex and Love Really Worked in Rural Japan" remains the busiest individual upload, now beyond 200,000 views. Drawing on Emiko Ochiai's account of a centenarian's life, it supplies far more daily viewing than the new reading.

Subscribers held steady this week, while daily views are below Linfamy's usual level. The Rest Is History and History on Maps had much busier viewing weeks among nearby educational channels. For Linfamy, the distinctive new addition was the chance to spend an evening on camera, mug and microphone nearby, letting a ghost story unfold at reading pace.

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What viewers say

Thanks for giving me something to look forward to every Halloween
@LubJub0See it on YouTube
Perfect.
Spent a day out in the boonies, in the cold, helping my friend reinforce his car port.
Now, to drink tea, under serveral blankest, and listen to cozy ghost stories.
@mattisvovSee it on YouTube
Your style of reading is very nice.
@WoobeewuuSee it on YouTube

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This was great to listen to ❤
@mngirl5437See it on YouTube
I never leave comments on YouTube. But in this case I wanted to make an exception to express how happy I am to see your new uploads!! I enjoy the videos and the love and good energy you put into them. This is rare to find on YouTube 😊
Wishing you all the best
@pablov8399See it on YouTube
1:16:35 Did you mean to reread this story and the one before it, because I’m pretty sure you read these two in a previous Halloween stream.
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