Dark Gathering

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Dark Gathering (Japanese: ダークギャザリング, Hepburn: Dāku Gyazaringu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenichi Kondo. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump Square since March 2019. An anime television series adaptation by OLM aired from July to December 2023. A second season has been announced.

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Dark Gathering
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yayoi Hozuki
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Manga
Kenichi Kondo
Shueisha
NA: Viz Media
Jump Comics SQ.
Jump Square
March 4, 2019 – present
19
Anime television series
Hiroshi Ikehata
Shigeru Murakoshi
Kohta YamamotoShun NaritaYūsuke Seo
OLM Team Masuda
Sentai FilmworksSA / SEA: Muse Communication
Tokyo MX, BS Asahi, Kansai TV
July 10, 2023 – present
25

Dark Gathering (Japanese: ダークギャザリング, Hepburn: Dāku Gyazaringu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenichi Kondo. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump Square since March 2019. An anime television series adaptation by OLM aired from July to December 2023. A second season has been announced.

By January 2026, Dark Gathering had over 2.65 million copies in circulation, including physical and digital copies.

Following a terrifying spiritual encounter, Keitaro Gentoga became a shut-in. With the help of his childhood friend Eiko Hozuki, he decides to rejoin society by attending college and working as a private tutor. His first student is Yayoi Hozuki, Eiko's cousin, an intelligent elementary schooler who is obsessed with the occult. She is hunting down and capturing dangerous ghosts in order to find the perpetrator who abducted her mother.

Keitaro Gentoga (幻燈河 螢多朗, Gentōga Keitarō) Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki (Japanese); Clint Bickham (English) A young man with a cursed right hand and a natural predisposition to attract ghosts to himself. As a young boy, Keitaro experienced a spiritual encounter that resulted in both him and his friend Eiko Hozuki being cursed by an unknown spirit, resulting in nerve endings growing from their hands. This traumatic event resulted in him becoming a shut-in until he was rehabilitated by Eiko. As a way to resocialize himself, he took upon Eiko's suggestion and was introduced to Yayoi as her private tutor. At present, the curse is being suppressed with the help of his grandmother, who is a shrine priestess. Eiko personally believes that although Keitaro is terrified by the supernatural, he is also enamoured by the dread that it brings. He has a mutual affection for Eiko, which he has expressed on multiple occasions. Yayoi Hozuki (寶月 夜宵, Hōzuki Yayoi) Voiced by: Yū Sasahara (Japanese); Natalie Rial (English) Keitaro's first student. She was initially a normal child, but had developed polycoria in both eyes for some unknown reason. Originally, she only saw ghosts as hazy figures. However, after an accident that left her an orphan, she was able to see ghosts clearly. During the accident, she witnessed her mother's ghost being abducted by an embryo of ghostly origins and has made it her goal to get her mother back by capturing ghosts to defeat the perpetrator. Post accident, her IQ was evaluated to be greater than 160 and her intelligence has saved herself, Keitaro, and her cousin Eiko more than once in their search for the embryo ghost. Eiko Hozuki (寶月 詠子, Hōzuki Eiko) Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese); Karlii Hoch (English) Eiko is the childhood friend of Keitaro who possesses a cursed left hand as a result of being caught up in the same ordeal as Keitaro. Being in love with Keitaro since a young age to the point of a dark twisted obsession, she is immensely over-protective—wiretapping, placing hidden cameras and GPS tracking devices to stalk and monitor his vitals without his knowledge. Although Eiko has a strong foundation in computer science from her wiretapping and excellent grades at school, she opts to study folklore so that she can better understand Keitaro's struggles with the occult. She does not have a spiritual sense like Yayoi or Keitaro. Ai Kamiyo (神代 愛依, Kamiyo Ai) Voiced by: Rina Kawaguchi (Japanese); Alyssa Marek (English) Keitaro's second student. An energetic girl with star-patterned pupils as a sign that she had been marked by a god as his bride. Due to the god's energy leaking out from the star-shaped seals in her eyes, wandering ghosts are attracted to Ai. At first, Ai appears to be a clumsy girl whose misfortune always ends up involving people around her, including her brother who died as a result of pushing her away from falling steel pylons. However, it is later revealed that this was due to the malevolent god deflecting all of Ai's misfortunes to people surrounding her to prevent his bride from being harmed. Ai is destined to die and become the god's bride on her 20th birthday.

Written and illustrated by Kenichi Kondo, Dark Gathering has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump Square since March 4, 2019. On December 4, 2024, it was announced that the manga would enter a four-month hiatus to conduct research and prepare for a new story arc; it resumed on April 4, 2025. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on June 4, 2019. As of February 4, 2026, 19 volumes have been released.

At New York Comic Con 2022, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

In July 2022, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation. It was produced by OLM and directed by Hiroshi Ikehata, with scripts written by Shigeru Murakoshi, and music composed by Kohta Yamamoto, Shun Narita, and Yūsuke Seo. The two-consecutive cours series aired from July 10 to December 25, 2023, on Tokyo MX and other networks. The opening theme song is "Kakuriyo" (幽世; 'Afterlife'), performed by Luz, while the ending theme songs are "Haiiro" (灰色; 'Gray') for the first cours, and "Intaglio" (インタリオ, Intario) for the second cours, both performed by Kana Hanazawa.

Sentai Filmworks licensed the series, and produced an English dub, which premiered on December 10, 2023. Muse Communication licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.

In October 2025, a second season was announced to be in production, with the main staff and cast returning to reprise their roles.

No.TitleDirected byWritten byStoryboarded byOriginal release date
"Yayoi Hozuki"Transliteration: "Hōzuki Yayoi" (Japanese: 寶月夜宵)Moto TeradaShigeru MurakoshiHiroshi Ikehata &Dai FukuyamaJuly 10, 2023 (2023-07-10)
"Keitaro Gentoga"Transliteration: "Gentōga Keitarō" (Japanese: 幻燈河螢多朗)Yoshitaka NagaokaShigeru MurakoshiWataru NakagawaJuly 17, 2023 (2023-07-17)
"Friends"Transliteration: "Futari" (Japanese: ふたり)Hideki TakedaKenichi YamashitaMasatoshi HakataJuly 24, 2023 (2023-07-24)
"Eiko Hozuki"Transliteration: "Hōzuki Eiko" (Japanese: 寶月詠子)Takashi KobayashiKazuho HyōdōHiroyuki FukushimaJuly 31, 2023 (2023-07-31)
"The Freshmen Welcome Event"Transliteration: "Shinnyūsei Kangeikai" (Japanese: 新入生歓迎会)Takuya WadaKazuho HyōdōHiromasa AmanoAugust 7, 2023 (2023-08-07)
"The Promise"Transliteration: "Yakusoku" (Japanese: 約束)Yoshitaka NagaokaShigeru MurakoshiHiroshi IkehataAugust 14, 2023 (2023-08-14)
"S Tunnel"Transliteration: "S Tonneru" (Japanese: Sトンネル)Masashi TsukinoShigeru MurakoshiMakoto NakataAugust 21, 2023 (2023-08-21)
"Betrothed to Divinity"Transliteration: "Kami no Hanayome" (Japanese: 神の花嫁)Kazuho KunimotoKenichi YamashitaHiroshi IkehataAugust 28, 2023 (2023-08-28)
"Blasphemy"Transliteration: "Tokushin" (Japanese: 瀆神)Keisuke WaritaYū SatōMakoto NakataSeptember 4, 2023 (2023-09-04)
"Across Japan"Transliteration: "Nihon Zendo" (Japanese: 日本全土)Kiyotaka KanchikuShigeru MurakoshiYoshitaka MakinoSeptember 11, 2023 (2023-09-11)
"S-Rank Danger: Castle H Ruins"Transliteration: "H Jōshi Kiken-do S" (Japanese: H城址-危険度S)Yasuo EjimaShigeru MurakoshiAkira NishimoriSeptember 18, 2023 (2023-09-18)
"The Castle H Ruins, Danger Rank S!"Transliteration: "H Jōshi Sotsugyōsei" (Japanese: H城址-卒業生)Hideki TakedaShigeru MurakoshiAkira NishimoriSeptember 25, 2023 (2023-09-25)
"Emancipate"Transliteration: "Shutsugoku" (Japanese: 出獄)Mitsuo HashimotoKazuho HyōdōTetsuya KawaishiOctober 2, 2023 (2023-10-02)
"Old F Tunnel"Transliteration: "Kyū F Tonneru" (Japanese: 旧Fトンネル)Masato UchiboriKenichi YamashitaYoshitaka MakinoOctober 9, 2023 (2023-10-09)
"Old Old F Tunnel"Transliteration: "Kyū Kyū F Tonneru" (Japanese: 旧旧Fトンネル)Yoshitaka NagaokaYū SatōMasatoshi HakataOctober 16, 2023 (2023-10-16)
"House Hunting"Transliteration: "Bukken" (Japanese: 物件)Masashi TsukinoShigeru MurakoshiHiroshi IkehataOctober 23, 2023 (2023-10-23)
"The House of the Virgin Conception"Transliteration: "Jutai Kokuchi no Ie" (Japanese: 受胎告知の家)Shigeki Awai &Mao YingxingKazuho HyōdōAkira TsuchiyaOctober 30, 2023 (2023-10-30)
"Morning Twilight"Transliteration: "Asa no Tasogare" (Japanese: 朝の黄昏)Yū YabuuchiKenichi YamashitaTetsuya KawaishiNovember 6, 2023 (2023-11-06)
"Within the Brothel"Transliteration: "Tōrō" (Japanese: 登楼)Yoshikazu UekiYū SatōYoshitaka MakinoNovember 13, 2023 (2023-11-13)
"The Old I Watergate: An Innocent Grudge"Transliteration: "Kyū I Suimon / Muku no Onnen" (Japanese: 旧I水門/無垢の怨念)Fumio MaezonoShigeru MurakoshiMeigo NaitoNovember 20, 2023 (2023-11-20)
"The Old I Watergate: Resplendence"Transliteration: "Kyū I Suimon / Kairei" (Japanese: 旧I水門/瑰麗)Kentarō FujitaKazuho HyōdōYoshitaka MakinoNovember 27, 2023 (2023-11-27)
"The Old I Watergate: Pleasure District in Flames"Transliteration: "Kyū I Suimon / Honō no Kuruwa" (Japanese: 旧I水門/炎の廓)Michita ShiroishiKenichi YamashitaHiroshi Ikehata &Yasuo EjimaDecember 4, 2023 (2023-12-04)
"Scary School Stories: Hide and Seek"Transliteration: "Gakkō no Kaidan / Onigokko" (Japanese: 学校の怪談/鬼ごっこ)Masashi TsukinoYū SatōTetsuya KawaishiDecember 11, 2023 (2023-12-11)
"Scary School Stories: Nightmare"Transliteration: "Gakkō no Kaidan / Akumu" (Japanese: 学校の怪談/悪夢)Keisuke NishijimaShigeru MurakoshiMasatoshi HakataDecember 18, 2023 (2023-12-18)
"Dark Gathering"Transliteration: "Yami ni Tsudō" (Japanese: 闇に集う)Yoshikazu UekiShigeru MurakoshiHiroshi IkehataDecember 25, 2023 (2023-12-25)

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By January 2026, the manga had over 2.65 million copies in circulation. In 2020, the manga was one of the 50 nominees for the sixth Next Manga Awards in the print category.

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