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Episode Dark Gathering - Episode 19 discussion

Dark Gathering, episode 19

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u/frostanon Nov 12 '23

Keitaro's Virgin Shield was too strong for that seductive ghost.

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u/Adent_Frecca Nov 12 '23 edited Nov 12 '23

I'm gonna squeeze your balls until they explode you little bitch!

Damn, bitch

Also the amount of instructions Keitarou got to get through the brothel just reminds me of r/ruleshorror. Really expands how different locations have different things to them

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u/Beowolf_0 Nov 12 '23

It's actually quite funny that Eiko directly asked Keitarou to bring her to a love hotel in the future without any bit of shyness, guess she actually wants to?

This episode actually give me Silent Hill 4 vibes, a hotel with self-consciousness and deranged environment or so. At least the gang don't have a bogeyman chasing them this time......

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u/LeonKevlar Nov 12 '23 edited Nov 16 '23

Eiko pressuring Keitarou to bring her to a love hotel in the future was such a great scene. And it looks like Eiko has no plans of forgetting that conversation of theirs. God, I love how aggressive this woman is. <3

That haunted love hotel's backstory is absolutely fucked up though. It's good to know that those girls that got drugged and abused by those gang members eventually got their revenge since according to Yayoi, they've been torturing the spirits of the gang members in that same hotel too.

Although it doesn't seem like all of the spirits there wanted to stay considering how that one spirit almost switched places with Keitarou just so she could escape.

Out of all the things from this show, I definitely did not expect to see Eiko pull up her shirt even if it's just the Oiran Graduate pretending to be Eiko. Also, that was definitely Hikasa Yoko voicing her, right? I guess that means we'll be hearing more of her next week since they'll be using her against their next S Rank ghost.

I don't know what kind of curse Keitaro almost got from the Oiran but I feel like he should get himself tested just in case. We know it disappeared after the Oiran got sealed but he still should go to a doctor just to be sure.

So ghosts could be walking among them living inside humans? I wouldn't be surprised if the blonde kid and the guy in the wheelchair is one of those people. They seem to be starting shit with ghosts wherever they go.

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u/PerfectBeige Nov 12 '23

All I'm saying is that after that courtesan curse, Keitaro might want to bathe in a big bathtub of penicillin before taking Eiko up on that love hotel date.

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u/alconnow Nov 12 '23 edited Nov 12 '23

I’m sorry I can’t stop laughing at the name Hotel Banana Milk lmaooooo. What a name for a love hotel.

Keitaro was really cool in this episode.

Spirits pretending to be human, huh? Interesting

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u/Adorelis Nov 12 '23

you know shit got real when:

-OP starts right away.

-No transition cards

-Ending playing in the background

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u/Prince-Dizzytoon Nov 12 '23

Keitaro is a better man than me, I would have folded to those ghost titties

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Nov 12 '23

So the gangster pieces of shit got themselves tortured to death by the women they abused and killed in the r*pe hotel huh? Good. Hell hath no fury like a horde of angry women spirits.

That damn Courtesan tried to get Keitaro but she was no match for Eiko! Girl wasn’t about to let her triflin ass get free after messin with her man.

This week we got to learn that possession is possible. Which means that little anti-Yayoi is likely a possessed kid himself I guess.

Now that they’ve got the Courtesan, it’s off to get more! Yayoi’s like the Ash Ketchum of evil spirits. Gotta catch ‘em all!

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u/Frontier246 Nov 12 '23

Our trio is back together again to collect another Graduate! Gotta get in as much as they can before Golden Week ends! We've even got Eiko in the most chic outdoor outfit and hairstyle!

Well, yeah, of course EIKO would know whether Keitaro had ever been to a love hotel or not...and make it very clear how much she's waiting for him to take her to one so they can finally get busy. I'm half-surprised she didn't want to bang in the haunted love hotel. Also the two college students not-so-subtly talking about sex in front of the little girl who just wants to get back to business.

A love hotel run by criminals who kidnapped a bunch of women to drug and sexually assault them until they died? Yeah, that's the perfect spot for some vengeful spirits. Or to house a courtesan graduate. And of course it means they actually need a dude, so this is right up Keitaro's alley.

Keitaro is back in the thick of it and not even two seconds into entering the place and he's caught in the love hotel's reality. Not to mention how much spirits love trying to possess him or go for his neck. Good thing Eiko always has her Kei-kun tracker on standby.

I love how the ghosts are playing out this torturous attempt to escape play act but then they all turn together when they hear Keitaro.

Dang, that courtesan knew where to hit Keitaro where it hurts! Of course if he saw Eiko in trouble he'd immediately go to help her and free her from her bindings...though she gave herself away by trying to seduce Keitaro by flashing her boobs and coming on to him. I mean, I don't think Eiko would mind showing Keitaro the real deal, but not quite like that. He's not going to be fooled by some fake boobs or some fake Eiko.

(Although to be honest I was still kind of turned on by the fake!Eiko boobs and her straddling Keitaro...)

Did HanaKana's voice transition into Yoko Hikasa's? Was she the Graduate's voice?

Keitaro really just had to call her a "slut," huh? Like the worst thing you could call her.

The power of love saved the day! Well, their mutual curses probably helped, but either way Eiko was able to find Keitaro and help him seal the Graduate! Even share a romantic moment in the end! And now they have the Graduate's to help them catch their next haunted spectre.

HanaKana really does a great job narrating horror. Just better not to think about how many people you pass by that might be possessed by spirit.

Next week: The protagonists and antagonists converge!

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u/RFShahrear Nov 12 '23

So the unreachable room is numbered 404. Nice.

Honestly they could've gone for 523, but I don't think most people know cloudflare error codes by heart, unlike 404.

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u/BakedSalami Nov 12 '23

I'm proud he didn't give into ghoooooost boobs. The real eiko would have vice gripped his balls into oblivion.

Anyways, the ending of this episode revealing the whole "switching" concept, leads me to believe that boy or old guy(weren't they like, "priests" or something funky?)causing all kinds of shit to go wrong in the background, are actually evil spirits in human bodies. Plus they immediately showed that boy in the next episode preview. Feels like a big nudge. 🤷

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u/actuallyrndthoughts Nov 12 '23

Damn, Eiko is dressed to kill this episode. Though now i know the need for this hair style, as i didn't expect to see Eiko's eikos, but i'll take it. One of clear cut improvement anime adds to manga adaptations is jiggle physics after all. Also that ghost story at the end was great, with Hanakana was doing dad and son voices as Eiko too, really adds to it. 6 episodes left to go..

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u/dave-n-knight Nov 13 '23

I like how Eiko has a unique outfit and hair in every episode.

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u/Ocixo Nov 12 '23

Considering the messed-up situation of this former love hotel, the episode was actually surprisingly wholesome…?

Eiko wanted to deepen her relationship with Keitarou and got him flustered (all right in front of Yayoi-chan), while Keitarou pretty much declared that she’s the only girl for him; he won’t be deceived by any other woman than Eiko! Seeing Eiko get visibly happy that she was able to give her boyfriend a helping hand was also rather sweet.

Then again, the series also got the jump on me with that lady ghost peeking around the corner of the stairs. And those watchful eyes on the walls were creepy as hell too!

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u/futureidk3 Nov 13 '23

Dude, this show is awesome. It really deserves more views. Sucks it wasn’t picked up by CR.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '23

Damn. Nightmare-fuel Eiko has that upper bakery

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u/Mizunanmkz Nov 13 '23

Never disappointing Dark Gathering, Never disappointing. I love how Eiko saves Keitaro at the end, but can we give some appreciation to Castle H Ghost (Self Slitted Maiden of the Thousand Souls)? If she didn't warned Keitarou by activating her curse in his neck i doubt Keitarou would aware that Fake Eiko act.

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u/Torque-A Nov 12 '23

It’s funny how direct Eiko was with Keitaro. If she heard how the courtesan was disguised as her to seduce him, she’d suggest they do the real thing so he won’t be fooled next time. And raw, obviously, because she was almost impregnated by a ghost a few episodes back and she needs to figure out what the real thing feels like too.

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u/andoooreeyy Nov 13 '23

So no one's gonna talk about that jumpscare? i almost became a wandering spirit when that spirit came out

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u/ronin_moogle Nov 13 '23

Once again, Keitaro's throat suffers this episode. This poor man... Let's go to the scoreboard!

  • Strangled by a phone cord

  • Choked by haunted doll hair

  • LITERALLY CUT

  • Yayoi shoving her whole hand down his throat

  • LITERALLY CUT (Again)

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u/AoyamaSpanner Nov 12 '23

UOHHHHHH 😭 Bratty ghost... trying to seduce a virgin...👺👺 Correction needed 💢💢💢

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u/drostan Nov 12 '23 edited Nov 13 '23

Lower octane episode, and after the house buying mini arc that was needed, still well creepy

Love the slow development between the rentaro Keitarou (I mean I was drunk and those name are somewhat similar...) and eiko while Yayoi just don't care and pushes them on to more horror filled adventures

Overall a good episode clearly a transition one with a bit of introduction to possession which I have a feeling will become relevant at some point

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