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| Scary as ever. The Eiko rescue went by so fast, but it was actually 7 minutes. And the Graduate Battle was really cool. I like the Matyr a lot and hope he will find peace at some point. After helping Yayoi kill the Final Boss! Speaking of Yayoi: She's just the best. I love how she got revenge for all the victims of the Tunnel Ghost. Kinda wish she had ripped of the doll's face there. The most interesting character moving forward is Eiko. The preview says she's traumatized - but is she? Or is she actually enjoying it? And what will she do with Anna, who's even more messed up than Eiko herselfr? I really wanna see where this goes! |
| A ghost hanging a other ghost using a gut. me:  |
Jonas-KOct 15, 2023 7:31 PM
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| Good episode. Although not being a perfect adaptation(pretty close though since it's 99% faithful to the source material) and not on the same level as the manga, the anime is being really nice and definitely better than what many fans initially thought due to how the industry usually don't make a good job with horror themed works. They did well with the battle between the Imprisoned Demon Sergeant Who Died For His Country(that for some reason is called Imprisoned Martyr in the anime... I'll blame Hidive's weak translation) against Bleached Head. Things only get better and better so we're in for a ride for the rest of the second cour. Really hoping that they announce a season 2 at the last episode or after it to surprise us all. |
| Isn't Imprisoned Martyr a little too op? Dude's got immortal body and broken ass abilities. |
| This episode was fking intense, the tunnel adventure was really hardcore. Can't wait for them catch some more OP spirits. |
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| Why did Eiko regain her ability to walk only after Keitaro made all that effort to carry her???? |
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Reply to MadanielFL
Why did Eiko regain her ability to walk only after Keitaro made all that effort to carry her????
| @MadanielFL He carried her because they were in a life and death situation so she would not be able to run due to her injured foot, now walking slowly after the danger ended is a different matter. |
| lmao that axe murderer spirit was GOBSMACKED! Bet he was like who tf is this guy lol. Yayoi waaaay too sinister man! I am like shocked a child could come with different levels of torture techniques, I feel sorry her enemies regardless of if they are spirit or human. |
basskillerOct 15, 2023 9:24 PM
| This episode wasn't much creepy but still the fight was good. |
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| I think that Anna girl should be taken to Yayoi's room. If she has a strong enough will, she'll survive. If not, then too bad. Or on the other hand, purify Anna and send her to a temple. Other than that, she has no place on the team. |
Reply to Hiro_Ayuzawa
Damn, was that Yoshitsugu? Kirito's Voice Actor
| @Hiro_Ayuzawa Yes!!! I couldn't tell last episode (probably because he didn't really talk?), but I definitely heard him this time, and when the credits started, I saw his name next to F Tunnel Ghost. He did a great job, and I'm surprised they got him for a ghost :') Although I guess that just means he will show up in the future to help out, since they also got MikiShin for the Martyr. |
| You absolutely don't mess with Yayoi. She took that insane spirit with her like it was a new Pokémon for her collection. |
| I feel like there needs to be a better explanation of how Yayoi can control the murderous intent of a ghost but only does so on that one. Anna is such a shithead. I sort of empathize with her motive while also despising her mentality of dragging others down. I guess Eiko with her being shook she is having some Stockholm syndrome going. Mr_Fudgee said: Isn't Imprisoned Martyr a little too op? Dude's got immortal body and broken ass abilities. A bit but I assume he can be killed in the third stage. He did say he was weakening himself. So anyone against him has to survive that much and overpower him unless i assume wrong. |
| This was the most 'horror' episode so far I think but for some reason was quite... boring at the same time |
| That fight scene between the 2 graduate level spirit was insane. So satisfying to watch and visually pleasing... |
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Reply to Lanz
This was the most 'horror' episode so far I think but for some reason was quite... boring at the same time
| Weird impression but to each their own. It was pure fun to me. |
CrimsonTomeOct 16, 2023 6:24 AM
| Well, that's ghosts that both Yayoi and Keitaro were not expecting to see, though a game of tag, that's riskier than saving Eiko. Sure, Eiko is finally saved out of the Old Old F Tunnel, but they're not out of danger yet as ghosts come and kill them mercilessly, and even worse, without spare dolls to help take damage. All they can do is to sprint to the opening gate, and as the ghost grabs Yayoi, she is saved by Eiko throwing the used doll to her. Once the ghost is out, Yayoi can finally use her Graduate against it: The Imprisoned Martyr. How Yayoi caught it is that he's trapped within the confines of his past parrying in the war in a grave, and he's the perfect suited ghost to fend against the Old Old F Tunnel's ghost. More of prayer than a curse, the Imprisoned Martyr is not all fallable as its powers are still raging in distance from its weakness in immortality, passed onto other ghosts once the effect has been dealt. The ghost has been quelled, and he'd rather live as a spirit...that Yayoi tricked him into becoming their protector for the future. But Yayoi's not done gathering spirits from the tunnel and sorting them out into good and bad spirits, they're also for good measure. As for Anna, she had to disguise herself in Eiko's spirit after killing her once, and Yayoi at least lets her handle that herself. With that, the S-Rank in F Tunnel, conquered. What fearsome spirits, that this is not even a blimp of what's considered frightening yet. |
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Reply to LuisSV23
Thank goodness death isn't like that, right?, RIGHT?!!!
Lately I feel like the episodes are very good, I hope the anime continues this trend.
Lately I feel like the episodes are very good, I hope the anime continues this trend.
| @LuisSV23 From the moment Ai's plotline is introduced, the series only goes uphill, never downhill. |
Reply to CrimsonTome
Weird impression but to each their own. It was pure fun to me.
| @CrimsonTome Maybe it was just me being sleepy while watching this and not the other way around lol |
| I feel really afraid of Keitaro, first having his throat sliced open now the dehydration. At this rate keitaro might actually die before the anime is finished. |
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| This got even creepier and they had some real close calls. This soldier graduate is opaf. Yayoi continues to impress with her methods of handling spirits lol. |
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| Knowing Eiko she probably will do something so messed up to Anna's spirit that even Yayoi-chan would avert her gaze. |
| Imprisoned Martyr easily top 3 graduates in Yayoi's possession so far. If not, then I need to know immediately what other three graduates top him. |
| Okay finally they're done with the Old F Tunnel. That was a good battle with the graduate spirit soldier. |
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| F tunnel ghost with the AXE was the strongest of all the ghost that happened...and will Keitaro go back to normal or he will look like this lol. |
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| Poor Anna. Little did she know, her true suffering is about to begin. Lol |
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| That felt like the most dangerous spirit yet. |
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| this is just battle between summoner = pokemon LOL not scary overall .. the reason i keep watch because eiko and the loli purple hair... |
Reply to NirvashX1
this is just battle between summoner = pokemon LOL
not scary overall ..
the reason i keep watch because eiko and the loli purple hair...
not scary overall ..
the reason i keep watch because eiko and the loli purple hair...
| @NirvashX1 No anime is scary tho. Dark Gathering, besides the characters, has an interesting story and really cool ghost system, and although I also don't find it scary, it does manage to be creepy, even more so in the manga, the art is just *chef's Kiss* |
| The graduate one that wants to die because He's so strong and like immortal is really OP :) |
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| Another great episode and graduate vs. graduate level fight. With two s-rank haunted areas conquered I wonder what's next but before that I believe Keitaro needs to be cured from that dehydration (or whatever it is) curse that he got by being inside of the boundary w/ that imprisoned martyr graduate's ability. Btw, it looks like Eiko actually got traumatized so I wonder if she'll be more careful of what she wishes for. Lastly, I completely forgot about Ai and it looks like she's returning based on the preview. |
| Scary and creepy as always, but I love it! |
| I cant be wrong because im pretty sure that martyr was fujimi no sugimoto |
Reply to InNeedOfAName
traed said:
I feel like there needs to be a better explanation of how Yayoi can control the murderous intent of a ghost but only does so on that one.
Anna is such a shithead. I sort of empathize with her motive while also despising her mentality of dragging others down. I guess Eiko with her being shook she is having some Stockholm syndrome going.
A bit but I assume he can be killed in the third stage. He did say he was weakening himself. So anyone against him has to survive that much and overpower him unless i assume wrong.
I feel like there needs to be a better explanation of how Yayoi can control the murderous intent of a ghost but only does so on that one.
Anna is such a shithead. I sort of empathize with her motive while also despising her mentality of dragging others down. I guess Eiko with her being shook she is having some Stockholm syndrome going.
Mr_Fudgee said:
Isn't Imprisoned Martyr a little too op? Dude's got immortal body and broken ass abilities.
Isn't Imprisoned Martyr a little too op? Dude's got immortal body and broken ass abilities.
A bit but I assume he can be killed in the third stage. He did say he was weakening himself. So anyone against him has to survive that much and overpower him unless i assume wrong.
When a spirit possesses something, they feel whatever the thing they're possessing feels. In this case, the Old Old F Tunnel spirit possessed a doll that had nails driven in. This means that the spirit felt those nails and was in pain. Yayoi drove a nail to the doll's head, and the spirit felt that nail being driven into its head. It lost its desires because of the pain it felt.
| @InNeedOfAName How I interpreted it wasnt pain it was only the nail she drove into the head which is suggesting a nail through the brain implying she lobotomized it. I was basically saying it kind of needs better explained why she could do that with this one but not the others that might also be difficult to control. |
| Kohta Yamamoto music when Martyr appear was FIRE!! Damn, Yoshitsugu never failed to amazed me with his INSANE range. also Shinichiro as Imprisoned Martyr? Perfect casting. Dark Gathering just keep getting better and better. |
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Reply to BlichoBoy
This episode gone full Pokemon battle. Yayoi throwing the Martyr like a pokeball, Martyr had a special ability that affect the battle field, have a attack that harm the user and raise their attack, Yayoi say the phase after catching it.
Sugimoto the Immortal WWII version.
Sugimoto the Immortal WWII version.
| @BlichoBoy Yes!! He really reminded me of Sugimoto |
| Big sad for the soldier. Eiko seems to be very dangerous. Not only does she give backstabbing vibes, but also stockholm-esque behaviour. Feel like she might prove to be lethal or close to it to the team someday. |
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Reply to MadanielFL
Why did Eiko regain her ability to walk only after Keitaro made all that effort to carry her????
| @MadanielFL asking the real questions. |
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