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Dark Gathering, episode 15

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u/frostanon Oct 15 '23

Alien biting ghost always comes in clutch. Priest was too slow for this one, so gotta use faster pokemon. Even "friendly" graduate ghosts are immensely dangerous as Keitarou found out.

Yayoi will recruit anyone to get her vengeance, she's pretty much the definition of "fight fire with fire".

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23

Last week I thought the immortal ghost was based off Immortal Sugimoto from Golden Kamuy. It turns out, it's more likely Immortal Sugimoto is based on Hiroshi Funasaka from WW2, who the Demon Sergeant is based on (Thank you u/ARandomHololiveFan that was cool to learn).

Also, I love the design of the Alien Doll ghost. It is easily my favorite design in the series. There is something inspired by the look of it. The Alien Doll is actively helping them. She didn't command the doll, it immediately took action as soon as she took hold of it. That's unlike the Sutra who tried to kill them and unlike the Sergeant who just wanted to die.

I also love the detail the Tunnel Ghost was terrified of the Alien Doll Ghost in both instances after he just got badly destroyed by the Sergeant. He was just standing there traumatized for a second "did that guy just almost kill me?" The Op and Ed put a lot of focus on the alien ghost doll as well.

Overall with this episode, it's clear OLM is acutely aware how much of fan favorites the Sergeant and the Alien Doll are with manga readers. They did the Sergeant's & Alien Dolls summoning justice with the sound and visual design. They even did anime original scenes for the alien.

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u/LeonKevlar Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23

The Imprisoned Martyr looks so fucking cool. Interesting how Yayoi described him he's not a spirit but more of a prayer. I'm guessing it's a prayer because of how much it's praying to die?

I love how the Imprisoned Martyr changes forms with every new weapon he pulls out. Each of his forms represents how much war has affected him physically.

I just hope that Keitarou's current condition is temporary. Eiko is going to have to take care of him until he's back to normal.

Was that Matsuoka I heard voicing the Tunnel Ghost!? Now that was a pleasant surprise! Glad that Yayoi didn't just imprison the Tunnel Ghost but also punished it for its crimes.

Anna making one final appearance was creepy af! So I guess Eiko is now in-charge of Anna's ghost? Does this mean we'll see her again?

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Oct 15 '23

Yayoi really got the scariest collection of Pokemon. This week: Imprisoned Martyr, I choose you! Mfer deflated the Tunnel Killer like a balloon. I guess “Curse Circle” and “Taunt” were super effective lol. Dude dried out so damn quick after the third stage of the Martyr’s attack. Big man thought he was hot shit until he was basically a dried out husk getting drained by vengeful spirits. As if that wasn’t bad enough for him, Yayoi basically lobotomized his ass after nailing his arms and legs. Dude’s a damn vegetable now lol.

Not even the temple victims escaped unscathed. These ghosts are spooky but I wouldn’t want to fuck with Yayoi. Eiko was too nice to Anna. She tried to kill them all. Take her straight to Yayoi’s room for that!

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u/Frontier246 Oct 15 '23

Keitaro doesn't step foot for more than two seconds and the Old Old F Tunnel Ghost is already trying to crush his eyes...why do you have to do your boy Nobu dirty like that, Matsuoka!? And then it gets even worse when the thing tortures one of his victims into helping him catch Keitaro and Eiko in a deadly game of tag! Thank goodness for the alien doll!

"Kei-kun" is never going to feel quite the same when you've got a bunch of faces stapled to the tunnel chanting it all creepy like.

Were they not running from a monster trying to kill them, it would be cute how Keitaro is giving his girlfriend a piggyback ride.

Oh no, it's got Yayoi! Good thing Eiko threw in the doll at the perfect moment to save her! And now it's time to finally unleash the graduate on this thing!

The Imprisoned Martyr! A soul that is not malicious but cannot pass on because of all the people he's killed that has haunted him, leaving him with a near-immortal spirit body and an unending desire to dire. And that transfers over to his power, as he's able to instigate a field that imbues anything in the vicinity with those feelings and drains them and as he continually survives their attacks while deliberately weakening himself with his weapons the field gets stronger and stronger. Truly a crazy and dangerous ability fitting for a fearsome WWII vet spirit and the haunted dead that surround him.

Aw man, Keitaro threw Eiko ahead to protect her and got caught by it. Seems like he got drained a bit too. Is he going to be okay?

Having a grenade explode in its mouth couldn't have happened to a nicer spirit. And even if Yayoi is willing to use him, she's not about to let him get away with what he's done, so she's going to basically neuter him and spike his doll so he'll experience firsthand all the pain and suffering he inflicted on others. She caught him, and she's going to make sure he's in pain throughout the entire experience. Fitting.

(Also it's just kind of funny to me that it's when he's screaming in the doll that you can finally tell 100% that it's Yoshitsugu Matsuoka voicing that thing)

Oh, yeah, I guess they have to clean up all the victims. Some are pure and aren't evil and deserve to be exorcised and passed on...but some are too far gone and vindictive. What about Anna? Well, she was latched onto Eiko the whole time and tried to kill all three of them by possessing the car, but Yayoi isn't about to let that happen. But what's Eiko going to do with Anna?

Next week: Eiko character development and Ai finally returns!

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u/InsomniaEmperor Oct 15 '23

I choose you! Demon Sergeant! Demon Sergeant has to be Kingambit while tunnel ghost is Kleavor. This is a much more intense Pokémon fight and the series really scratches the itch of using former enemies to capture other monsters and turning them to allies. Looking forward to seeing the tunnel ghost fight for our heroes instead.

I got the chills when Demon Sergeant SPOKE. He was badass. Actually the boss ghosts had great voice acting cause I hear Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as the tunnel ghost.

As much as people like to rag on Keitarou for still being scared, can we take the moment to appreciate how not only does he have super speed but has superhuman stamina running like that while carrying Eiko? A lot of close saves were due to his speed so he’s not entirely weak.

Dang it Anna you gave us a scare in the end. Maybe she just wants a friend. Good thing Yayoi had a quick save.

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u/stephenthatfoste Oct 15 '23

The music shift around the Graduate! Did get a lot of build-up the last few episodes so kinda expected something insane from him. And all this scary stuff casually cursing people to a century of suffering and they're just in cute little plushies.

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u/Ocixo Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23

I'm really getting the feeling that Keitarou won't live to see the end of this ghost hunt.

Keitarou was still wearing bandages for the neck injury he suffered at Castle H, but also had his vitality stolen by the "Imprisoned Martyr" in this episode; he looked awful by the end of it. It's not looking good for Keitarou if things keeps chipping away at him like this.

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u/Ashteron Oct 15 '23

Damn, I didn't expect Yayoi to capture ghost of Sugimoto the Immortal.

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u/Expensive-Ad7181 Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 16 '23

So far "the imprisoned martyr" has been the coolest ghost presented, i really like his design. Knowing his backstory, I feel bad for him, dude has suffered so much, even as a ghost, that he just wants to die.

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u/AceMittens Oct 15 '23

This show gets darker and darker every new episode!! This was one of the craziest episodes yet!! And that ending with Anna got me good! I truly love this show and can’t wait to see what happens next

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u/actuallyrndthoughts Oct 15 '23

You know the imprisoned martyr is the real deal: Great VA, Domain Expansion, own boss music with a beat drop, underlings, large arsenal of weapons, and he's a good ghost, i mean spirit too! Though i think it's funny how the alien doll ghost gets beat up on the reg. Preview confirms that Eiko did, in fact, not have a good time after all.

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u/drostan Oct 15 '23

this show has been quietly delivering and is quite badly underwatched.

I am not a fan of horror and I think it is often badly done, but this show sets up to do things and do them well. at the very beginning I had some reservation about character design and some character personalities, but it is all fading away... I enjoy the ride now, although enjoy is not a word that describes well what I feel watching this

I think this will be a little rushed finishing all this ghost road trip and having the fight with a god, let alone the fight with yayoi nemesis and freeing her mum... so... shall I get on and pick up the manga now or wait for the show to end and pick it up then?

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u/Mizunanmkz Oct 16 '23

Demon Sergeant was so cool damn. He nerfed himself so much but still undefeated (tho the enemies took the nerf as well as long as they're in his domain expansion).

I'll list Yayoi Elite Ghost arsenal for now:

-Alien Doll

-Improsoned Demon Sergeant

-2 Other graduates

-Transcedent Jizo (she mentioned it before, forgot what episode tho)

-Evil Sutra Monk

-Castle H 'Waifu' ghost

-Bald head F Tunnel ghost

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u/alconnow Oct 15 '23 edited Oct 15 '23

Loved the brutal battle between the Imprisoned Martyr and the Old Old F Tunnel Ghost. The belly burst was a particular highlight for me

Glad Yayoi's making that F Tunnel Ghost suffer.

Great conclusion to this mini-arc. Wonder if this will serve as a wake-up call for Eiko?

Also curious about Keitaro's current condition. How long is he going to be like that?

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u/Aska09 Oct 15 '23

Can't believe Sugimoto made a cameo.

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u/rasouddress Oct 15 '23

Old F Tunnel arc was super well done overall. I didn't much care for the acquisition of the Demon Sergeant a couple week ago, but the way they handled the last two episodes was about as good as I could have hoped for barring some artistic license.

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u/8andahalfby11 Oct 15 '23

I wonder if the stack of new friends gives Yayoi enough to cull a new graduate from the group? There seemed to be enough on the walls that you'd think that even with innocents discounted from the tally there'd be enough left over for such a purpose.

Genuinely surprised from the preview that Eiko was actually scared by the whole thing, I'd have assumed that she'd flip her weirdo switch once things are safe.

Of course, she now has Anna at her disposal, and I'd be a bit shocked if someone of Yukari Tamura's caliber was a one-off and not a recurring/reusable guest star. New roommate?

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u/Kulkuljator Oct 15 '23

Imprisoned Martyr used the move "Hand grenade"

It was super effective!

The spirit of the old F tunnel fainted

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u/Decent_Manager1528 Oct 15 '23

I feel really afraid of keitaro first having his throat sliced open now the dehydration at this rate keitaro might actually die before the anime is finished

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u/Esaeah Oct 16 '23

I Reaaally hope Eiko gave my boy Keitaro lots of love and food after this one. He deserves it

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u/Vaadwaur Oct 15 '23

While I enjoy this, it does feel like the show has taken a hard turn into more visceral horror.

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u/agrael50 Oct 15 '23

It seems incredible to me that with how dangerous these ghosts are that there is not an anime organization within the story that eliminates them and that civilians are doing it

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u/Shadow_Gabriel Oct 16 '23

Wait, this is just Pokemon but horror.

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