“Spirit-averse tutor Keitarou helps ghost-seeking prodigy Yayoi hunt her mother's spirit while battling his own supernatural trauma.”
Dark Gathering
ダークギャザリング
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Synopsis
Spirit-averse tutor Keitarou helps ghost-seeking prodigy Yayoi hunt her mother's spirit while battling his own supernatural trauma.
Keitarou Gentouga is a college freshman who hates ghosts. Unluckily for him, he has a knack for attracting spirits. Two years ago, this connection had led to him receiving a spiritual injury on his right hand, with his friend getting caught in the crossfire. The event caused him to become a shut-in, leaving him with very poor social skills. Fortunately, Keitarou is slowly starting to mingle with society, thanks to the help of his childhood friend, Eiko Houzuki. As part of his rehabilitation, Keitarou takes on the part-time job of a private tutor, and his first pupil is none other than Eiko's cousin, Yayoi Houzuki. Besides being a child prodigy, there is another peculiarity regarding Yayoi—she has a spiritual constitution, just like Keitarou. However, in contrast to Keitarou, she yearns to encounter spirits, hoping to find the ghost that took her mother away. As Keitarou is dragged along by Yayoi and Eiko to haunted spots, his part-time job seems to be straying further and further away from its original purpose.
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What 3 readers settled on.
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σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.33
Running avg · May 2021 → Jun 2025
- 8 “Dark Gathering unlike most other horror manga starts off very strong and keeps the reader on their toes through each chapter. There's rarely any big cliffhangers at the end of each chapter as is...”
- 9 “I'm so sad to see that there aren't many people who know about this manga but this review will be for those who happen to stumble across this page and are wondering if they should pick up. Answer:...”
- 9 “This really is one of the gems of currently publishing manga. Story: The overarching story is compelling, with the main character’s curse serving as a long term plot driver while offering episodic...”
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A Manga Publication
- Published Mar 2019 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M50209 catalog