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Sep 18, 2023 7:33 PM

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Me thinking Yayoi was 5 steps ahead of the ghost, seeing her in such a state...
Lets be honest here, we all had this image of this tiny girl being badass to be put in danger.
Sep 18, 2023 9:12 PM

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All that retread of last episodes scenes, plus the opening was annoying... Episode didn't start until 4.5 minutes in. No wonder it felt so short.
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Sep 19, 2023 5:11 AM
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full of suspense and yayoi as cute as always
Sep 19, 2023 6:56 AM
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Legit dat old woman jump scared the fuck out of me.

Oh so the last ed woman spirit actually is the graduate spirit they were looking for, and it's used that elephant doll? Its fun to see once again Keitaro suffering from those s-rank spirit domain. Yayoi even after self-proclaim herself as an experience ghost buster, she still manage to let herself get caught off guard by that. But eh? Shameless narrative end-credit scene giving all the fun part of this episode and showing how they manage to break off the caught and try to catch the castle-ruin spirit with the monk-grizzly-bear-doll spirit. Oh well then, let's see next!
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Sep 19, 2023 8:57 AM
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Reply to effy
where is Eiko and her stalking tendencies? can´t wait for her to save the day. we all know Yaoyi is not dead, the badass girl!!!
also manga readers were not lying when they said more things are coming. I like the ghost stories. this one was horribly sad.
@effy_ The ghost stories are what entertain me. To say they’re not messed up is an understatement. They are messed up. They are dark.
Sep 19, 2023 9:40 AM

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Well damn their situation became a mess fast. How are they gonna get out of this?
Sep 19, 2023 12:06 PM

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Keitaro correctly assumed that everything he saw was an illusion, but when it comes to Yayoi hanging that's real?
Sep 19, 2023 2:01 PM

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Finally somewhat creepy episode. I hope it continues in this manner.
Sep 19, 2023 2:01 PM
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This—is getting kind of boring. Now that there's more of an established arc to what's going on, it's been nonstop action, and what made the earlier episodes good, the people and their interactions and motives, is gone. I do appreciate that Dark Gathering has made its spirits fairly unpredictable, but this kind of action isn't enough to sustain a show by itself. This particular episode needed to dwell more on Yayoi and Keitaro's relationship; it should've had them talk and argue more, not just yoink Yayoi away. Though we as the audience know they'll get through it, Keitaro does not (even if Yayoi does); Yayoi was already reckless to exhaust Keitaro having him bike them for hours to confront a spirit, and it was really Yayoi's fault they were separated. All the episode needed to do was have Keitaro complain to her for a couple minutes that this wasn't the best way to go about things; then that would have foregrounded their relationship. Instead we keep getting these too-long recaps at the beginning.

Eiko knows: everything goes to shit without her.
@auroraloose Im sure we'll get more characterization throughout still. I do agree that Yayoi and Keitaro relationship needs to be developed more as for now it just feels like Keitaro is force to play along with Yayoi shenanigan's. At least she respects him more. I Just hope Keitaro gets a decent amount of progression to be more confident in tough situations as it would get annoying for him to constantly panic (even though dealing with this kind of stuff is stressful). Hopefully these tougher areas gives him a good wake up call and realize that actions are louder than just self confidence boosting words.
Sep 19, 2023 6:51 PM
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Easily the best episode so far and it’s not even a remote contest.

Wonder when the whole “Keitaro actually loves the feeling of fear” shtick will come into play again. Bro needs to be more crazy to handle this shit.
Sep 20, 2023 5:49 AM

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Holy the level of this has improved. This episode was the most thrilling of them all. We got to see different type of illusions that hints
about the suicide of the women from the late 1500s invasion, it was definitely a creepy episode starting from the intro of that old women to Yayoi’s being hanged
Sep 20, 2023 9:50 AM
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Sep 2023
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a bit trippy but nice overall
Sep 20, 2023 7:53 PM
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Nov 2019
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This show just keeps on giving and getting better each week! Dare i say it that this is the best anime this season??!

This is the first episode thats horror from start to finish. S Class living up to its rank
Sep 20, 2023 10:13 PM

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I think it’s safe to say that this was, at the very least, the creepiest episode so far.
Sep 21, 2023 1:38 AM

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After so many episodes we finally got a full horror episode. Easily the best ep of Dark Gathering till now.
Sep 21, 2023 2:12 PM

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After so many episodes we finally got a full horror episode. Easily the best ep of Dark Gathering till now.
@trampler8324 I mean, the series does take it's time building up everything, which is way better than it throwing the horror right in your face from the very beginning. Also, this arc is good but future ones are waaaaay better. Cour 2 will pop off.
Sep 21, 2023 6:24 PM

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Wow. The horror displays the state of hopelessness so well. It’s so sad to see them defeated (temporarily) so completely. Yayoi was tricked easily, so I hope it’s just a façade and she’s got something up her sleeves
Sep 21, 2023 6:26 PM

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I remember back in 2010s, watching animes with sensitive topics and gore was always hard because of the bad censorship. I was very surprised to see no censor in this episode, which I'm not complaining, I love it. I love the vibe of this show, and how much it can make me scared and have chills or simply be shocked by the images it shows, like Yayoi's bedroom covered in blood.
I hope this show gets very popular and studios bring back this kind of horror with gore genre, I missed it a lot!
Sep 22, 2023 9:18 AM

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w0w! just hunting an S-class is already this extreme difficult! damn! looks like final b0ss would be a spectacle!!
5/5.


Sep 22, 2023 10:53 AM

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Whoa for the first time Yayoi-chan got fooled by a ghost.
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True, I was surprised too. That's uncharacteristic of her considering how she's often steps ahead when it comes to dealing with spirits.
Sep 22, 2023 8:18 PM
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Wow, I was starting to lose interest in this series but this episode really caught my attention.

I know they've discussed dark themes in the past but his one was pretty damn WILD. Looking for to Episode 12!
Sep 23, 2023 12:27 AM

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@trampler8324 I mean, the series does take it's time building up everything, which is way better than it throwing the horror right in your face from the very beginning. Also, this arc is good but future ones are waaaaay better. Cour 2 will pop off.
@CrimsonTome I agree, a good build up is always a plus. Glad to hear future arcs are even better.
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Sep 23, 2023 1:43 AM

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I can't wait to see what the graduate spirit can do. Also, when Yayoi chan said that this spirit might be harmless, I had an idea. It would be really nice if there was a friendly ghost/god/yokai that would join them and help them.
Sep 23, 2023 2:46 AM

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So happy i decided not to watch it at night xD
Sep 23, 2023 2:49 AM

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I can't wait to see what the graduate spirit can do. Also, when Yayoi chan said that this spirit might be harmless, I had an idea. It would be really nice if there was a friendly ghost/god/yokai that would join them and help them.
@Mr_Fudgee That's a nice idea. I was thinking that maybe the spirit is doing it all just to scare them so they never come back, so it's might be all just an illusion. But then Yayoi said they can be trapped there forever, or get a curse forever, right? It doesn't match.
So maybe this S-rank is just super lonely spirit?
Sep 24, 2023 5:03 PM
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damn shit aint sweet no more, they fuckin with the big dawgs now

3.5/5
Sep 27, 2023 5:24 AM
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"s rank" but it feels like a regular ghost. kind of boring episode
Sep 28, 2023 10:42 PM

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That was a confusing episode. I guess the next episode will go into it more. Not my favorite episode.
Oct 9, 2023 1:32 PM
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Well, I didn't expect the ending, but no way, to go around Tokyo to beat the gym leaders one by one...
Dec 14, 2023 11:50 PM
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Dec 2023
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Epic battle for tamatan and the best epic episode of dark gathering
Dec 26, 2023 3:06 PM

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Despite general attraction to the premise and the setting or fairly interesting lore, the number of gags in the early episodes made me skeptical that this anime is for me (comedy is my no-go genre).

But this ep has sold me on the show and the next ones are just as decent so far :) I don't regret this slight suffering to get here.
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Jan 2, 8:43 AM
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Yeah that's definitely a creepy place, the image of hanged Yayoi is definitely scary to see :S
Feb 18, 5:42 PM

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S Ranked ghosts are quite the different breed. Keitaro and Yayoi can't tell up from down thanks to all of these hallucinations! If this is supposed to be a benevolent ghost, then I'm quite worried for our crew for when they run into a malevolent S Ranked ghost.
Apr 11, 3:16 PM

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Wasurenaide Yayoi-chaaaaaaaaan
Apr 15, 2:55 AM

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Eh, another one of the boring episodes. Not much happened, especially after over 4 minutes of recap and opening. I guess I like the ghost collecting, but not the ghost catching.
Jun 6, 1:05 PM
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That old Woman looked suss, i would have walked past her.
Aug 2, 5:01 PM
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MC is getting so unbearable and tiresome with his freaking out. The constant fear noises he makes is so irritating.
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