#keitaro gentoga

[jadeazora]

Roasted by an 8yr old for the creepy stalker behavior 😂

Also, the way Keitarou realizes something's suspicious at the end and Eiko's face lmao

[zelskzerker]

[cloversdreams]

this cut shouldnt have been so funny to me but here we are fghjhgf

[prof-kenny]

[seiyuucrossovers]

When he's voiced by Shimazaki Nobunaga, blue is definitely his color

[curried-mermaid]

Special Edition - A Review: Dark Gathering Vol. 2

As the first volume didn't sit well with me, I decided to try the second volume and see how the author has progressed the story. My recommendation: If you can get passed the first volume, it's definitely worth a read.

Author: Kenichi Kondo Illustrator: Kenichi Kondo Publishers: Viz Media Age Group: Older Teen Genre: Adventure Horror Shonen

Content Warnings: Curses, Dark Entities, Parental Loss, Psycho Girlfriend

Spoilers ahead

Plot

Keitaro Gentoga couldn’t be unluckier. Not only can he sense ghosts, he’s a magnet for what lurks in the dark. After a horrible development with one such entity, he and his friend are cursed. Traumatized and re-entering society after a long sabbotical, Keitaro gets a tutoring job where he meets occult-obsessed girl, Yayoi Hozuki. Not only can she see ghosts, but she captures the most dangerous spirits as well. This unlikely duo set out on the quest (Keitaro reluctantly) to find her mom, who was taken by one such gut-wrenching monster. 

In this second volume, Keitaro joins a club to work on his social skills only to get caught up in a dark entities scheme that will kill him. When Eiko and Yayoi save him they decide to take him camping to forget what happened. Only now it’s Eiko’s turn! 

Character Development

This second volume does wonders for character development. Like I mentioned in my first post, Keitaro was a bit of a limp character and the author worked too hard to get us to relate to him. This volume flushed him out a lot more. He creates goals for himself, he works through his trauma (a little) and decides to face it. 

We also get to know Eiko a lot more. I wasn’t sure where the author was going with her in the first volume, but I love the twists in her personality. It makes her a lot more engaging as a sunny character (albeit dark as well). It creates a great yin-yang thing going on in her character. 

Yayoi is still a great engaging character that’s relatable and takes a back seat so we get to know more about Eiko and see Keitaro grow. We also see a lot more into their relationship and a developing dynamic between Yayoi and Keitaro that will help with future volumes of collecting and destroying ghosts. 

World-building

The world-building is a bit better in this if you’re watching the illustrations. Not only do we get common places that make it easy for the audience to infer things, ghost stories to give context for future fights, but also ways to deal with them. 

As a spiritual practitioner of the occult arts, myself. It was great to see poppet magic, salt cleansing, and libations with alcohol being used correctly. It adds to the authenticity of this world that’s created around Keitaro. 

Themes

While theme is always subjective, and this piece doesn’t seem to have one. There is one that I’d like everyone to consider. 

Truama must be dealt with head on. 

I mentioned in my previous review of this series (see recommendations for the link), that Keitaro wasn’t engaging and getting his curse lifted was him getting handed the solution. There wasn’t much growth there.

In this second volume, he works through enough of the trauma to make it a goal to undo this curse that affects him and Eiko. 

Observations & Predictions

Having read this volume of Dark Gathering, I can’t wait to read the rest. We should expect to see Keitaro begin to get over his fears of the supernatural. As such, the dynamic between him and Yayoi will get better as he learns protective techniques from her. The audience can also learn a lot about the occult arts and protective charms against dark entities outside of exorcism and holy water. 

I’m interested to see if there will be any conflict between Keitaro and Eiko if he ever finds out just how dark and twisted she is behind the sweetness he’s come to know. That will be interesting since Eiko is a bit of a psycho behind her sweet demeanor. 

Recommendations

Hell’s Paradise By: Yuji Kaku Horror Fantasys, M rating

Gabimaru the Hollow is a vicious assassin betrayed by his clan. Now he must attain the elixir of immortality or be executed. If he survives, he gets a pardon and a boon, he can live with is wife without his clan killing both of them. The island where this elixir lies may look like heaven but hell is just a breath away. 

[ljaesch]

HIDIVE to Continue the Simulcast for the Dark Gathering Anime on October 1, 2023

HIDIVE has announced that it will continue its simulcast for the Dark Gathering anime on October 1, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Dark Gathering is described as: A horrific encounter with a restless spirit traumatized Keitaro Gentoga to the point of becoming a shut-in to avoid further disasters. But no man is a haunted island, and he eventually rejoins society by taking a part-time job tutoring the…

[wotakugo]

Episode 5 preview of the Dark Gathering anime has been released. The fifth episode airs on August 6 at 25:05 (JST). Studio OLM is animating the series under the direction of Hiroshi Ikehata. Yayoi Hozuki attempts to tame a spirit they captured from a haunted cassette tape in episode 4, while Keitaro Gentoga attends a welcome party at college, but cannot make friends. All of a sudden, he gets connected with the class president, who invites him to an after-party to get to know each other more. Little did Keitaro know, the circle he went with was hiding a dark secret… Dark Gathering – Episode 5 Preview Shigeru Murakoshi is in charge of the series composition of Dark Gathering, while Shinya Segawa is the character designer. KOHTA YAMAMOTO, Shun Narita, Yusuke Ceo (Starving Trancer / Xceon) will work on the music. The opening theme song is “Yuyo” by luz while the ending theme is “Haiiro” by Kana Hanazawa, who voices Eiko Hozuki in the series. The cast for the anime includes: Nobunaga Shimazaki as Keitarоo Gentоoga Yu Sasahara as Yayoi Hоzuki Kana Hanazawa as Eiko Hozuki Rina Kawaguchi as Ai Kamiyo HIDIVE is streaming the anime and describes the plot as: After a devastating encounter with a restless spirit, ghost-fearing psychic Keitaro Gentoga became a shut-in to avoid additional spectral catastrophes. But no man is a haunted island, and Keitaro eventually reintegrates with society by getting a part-time job as a tutor to the child prodigy Yayoi Houzuki. Yayoi isn’t just an academic genius, though. She’s a talented psychic medium hell-bent on finding the malevolent spirit behind her mother’s disappearance, and she’s gravely determined to drag Keitaro into her terrifying world of grotesque supernatural phenomenon. The anime is based on a manga series by Kondo Kenichi. Shueisha’s Jump SQ manga magazine has been serializing it since March 2019. Source: Official Website ©Kenichi Kondo/Shueisha, Dark Gathering Production Committee After AnimeCorner

[teragames]

Los actores de ‘Dark Gathering’ prueban juegos de terror en VR

Los actores de voz del anime ‘Dark Gathering’ (@DG_anime) prueban su valor con varios videojuegos de terror en Realidad Virtual.

El estreno del anime de acción sobrenatural Dark Gathering está a la vuelta de la esquina y, para celebrarlo, se ha publicado un video promocional especial con los actores de voz Yu Sasahara (la voz de Yayoi Hozuki) y Nobunaga Shimazaki (la voz de Keitaro Gentoga) desafiando a varios juegos de terror de realidad virtual. Dark Gathering debuta en la televisión japonesa el 9 de julio de 2023 y la…

[thewonderofanime]

NEWS: HIDIVE Acquires Horror Anime "Dark Gathering" for Summer Season

With the 2023 Summer anime season a few weeks away, HIDIVE has announced it has acquired the horror anime Dark Gathering. The anime, based on the shounen manga by Kenichi Kondo, premieres in Japan in July and will simulcast exclusively on HIDIVE. After a devastating encounter with a restless spirit, ghost-fearing psychic Keitaro Gentoga became a shut-in to avoid additional spectral catastrophes.…

[cloversdreams]

shes wise beyond her years!

[prof-kenny]

[cloversdreams]

now im no expert but that could very well be because of the ghost in your shower

[prof-kenny]

[prof-kenny]

[prof-kenny]