Dark Gathering

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Japanese: ダークギャザリング

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

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Status: Publishing

Published: Mar 4, 2019 to ?

Genres: Horror, Supernatural

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Jump SQ.

Authors: Kondou, Kenichi (Story & Art)

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Dark Gathering

Vol. 1
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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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Dark Gathering has been published in English by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint since May 16, 2023.

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Jun 10, 2025

GathererOfPain

Recommended

Preliminary (60/? eps)

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 chunks of taking on various locations and spirits. The spirits and entities they face are varied and always presenting new horrors, new stories, and interesting new occult magic. I don’t get “scared” from media so I don’t find this or any manga “scary” in that way, but this manga is genuinely disturbing at points. It’s very graphic at times and it pulls no punches with disturbing and violent events. I really like that there ... is an element of traditional Shonen battle manga with the spirits being raised and battled, but the stakes always feel high and it is balanced against the disturbing and mysterious plot elements to truly feel like horror and not just Shaman King with more blood. I’m constantly engrossed by the stories, eager to find out the backstory of the new spirit, or see what tricks the main characters will have to use to get out of a bind. There is genuine tension and a sense of unease running throughout the manga that sets a really delightfully foreboding mood for horror fans.

Characters: The characters are all interesting and have unique, defined, and different personalities. I was skeptical when I saw Yayoi’s design, as the aesthetic is a little Hot Topic or goth Steam game-esque in a manga that for the most part has fairly grounded characters and realistic character design (realistic in terms of clothing, design, and general demeanor of the characters). However, I find her character charming as the strange outsider while Keitarō plays the everyman (including being rightfully terrified to death of these horrible spirits and entities), and Eiko… has her own thing going on. The main trio contrast with one another in terms of goals and reactions to situations, which makes them feel defined and differentiated.

Art: The art is fantastic. The locations feel deep and lived in, and the design of the spirits is often horrifying and disgusting in new and surprising ways. The art captures a lot of disgust, horror, violence, and kinetic energy that makes the scenes feel dynamic, important, tense, and engaging.

Another small thing I appreciate while reading: the author sprinkles in pages at the ends of chapters where a page or panel is redone but with absurd and comedic dialogue replacing the original to reinterpret the scene as something ridiculous, funny, and off the wall. I think it’s a great little way to inject some comedy without putting it in the main story and interrupting the tense and serious mood.

9/10 - One of the best manga I’ve read in the last few years. It’s really a refreshing delight, and fans of horror, the supernatural and occult, and violent manga will surely find something to love about this comic.

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Feb 24, 2023

Nil_uwu

Recommended

Preliminary (30/? eps)

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 the trope with most manga these days and each chapter averaging 40 pages leads to a satisfactory conclusion but still wants one to keep reading that next chapter. Dark Gathering has good art and I mean VERY good art combined with grotesque horror that sends chills down your spine. The ghosts are pretty well designed. Most of the stronger ghosts have their own backstory so you can kinda sympathize with how ...

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May 12, 2021

AsianG

Recommended

Preliminary (14/? eps)

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: YOU TOTALLY SHOULD

Dark Gathering might be one of my favorite hidden gems I've found in a while. If you are looking for an action occult manga like jujutsu kaisen and still have the sour/disappointing taste of phantom seer in your mouth I HIGHLY rec. starting this manga. The fun twist is that non of the main characters actually have 'super powers' its all done within the rules ...

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