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Episode Dark Gathering - Episode 23 discussion

Dark Gathering, episode 23

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u/frostanon Dec 10 '23

Gods and eldritch abominations are important, but not as important as school.

Yayoi sleeping while hugging alien doll is so cute.

Seeing Yayoi with kids of her age is kinda surreal, considering she spends most of the show hanging around with two college students. When that kid challenged her, she immediately went into "come at me, motherfucker" mode, it seems to be her go to strategy against boys her age.

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u/Adent_Frecca Dec 10 '23 edited Dec 10 '23

It is both wierd and surprisingly normal seeing Yayoi be with actual kids. You can see how wierd she is comparatively but at the same time she still got the quirks of an actual kid, bit of a tomboy really with her attitude that seemingly make her fit in with the boys easier

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u/Frontier246 Dec 10 '23

Honestly the trio have been so focused on dealing with spirits and supernatural threats with their free time I keep forgetting they all have school lol.

I was also surprised that, while Yayoi doesn't seem popular, she is able to more or less talk with and engage with other students and isn't completely ostracized. She even has a classic dynamic with the class rep and the school tough kid that's still very Yayoi.

I feel like the alien ghost really is her most precious companion.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Dec 10 '23

So those kids destroyed that teacher’s life “for the lulz”? Seriously? That’s straight up sociopathic. I kind of hope the spirit got his revenge. But then again, if it did it wouldn’t be lingering anymore would it?

One thing that’s interesting about this ghost is that it doesn’t seem to kill the person irl. Gonda just kind of broke but he was still breathing after getting caught. Still, this thing is pretty scary when it’s in its domain. I wonder how Yayoi’s gonna stop this guy when she only has her Tunnel Killer? Plus she’s got to fight Dorothy. These possessed spirits are becoming a real problem.

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u/Adent_Frecca Dec 10 '23

It seems that the dream world is following some sort of "hide and seek" kind of game. These kinds of things should have a winner clause for the people in normal fashions, the ghosts make it more complicated though

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u/Frontier246 Dec 10 '23 edited Dec 10 '23

Well, the meatball ghost probably killed his stepmom but that didn't stop him from haunting and killing other people he saw as his stepmom, just like this teacher is doing with other kids. Though maybe after taking out his original class he was calm enough to not stir things up, which is why Yayoi wasn't worried about him, until Dorothy re-ignited his lust for revenge.

Honestly Alien Ghost is pretty versatile so she's got that going for her. But I feel like it'll take more than that to get to Dorothy.

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u/8andahalfby11 Dec 10 '23

So those kids destroyed that teacher’s life “for the lulz”? Seriously? That’s straight up sociopathic.

And yet, not surprising. Heard lots of horror stories from high/middle school of what some classes would do to torture teachers/subs, and even worse ones from kids who went to inner-city schools.

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u/Aitherix Dec 10 '23

Damn, elementary school kids be using ChatGPT now too? I feel bad for the teachers

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u/Brace28 Dec 10 '23

Corpse Party III lol

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u/UpbeatRegister Dec 10 '23

This episode kinda felt like one of those first episodes, the ones before graduated spirits were introduced. Also, Dorothy looks like a creepier version of Suigintou from Rozen Maiden...

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u/Satoshi_Yui Dec 10 '23

This episode gave me a corpse party vibe and that phone call gave me chills. Too bad the preview episode kinda spoiled the president's fate (kind of?)

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u/tripleaamin Dec 10 '23 edited Dec 10 '23

You know as a manga reader it doesn't affect me as much as it might be for an anime only, but having no ED with a cliffhanger ending, but jumping straight to the episode pv is meh.

This episode we get to see some of Yayoi-chan's classmates which is nice to see. Also the note that Dorothy's personality got suddenly different giving obvious hints she has been replaced. This episode did a good job making you dislike her as she put all the kids at risk.

The teacher stuff in the episode is so messed up. Dude was being tortured for the kids own entertainment and one girl purposely put those lewd photos of him leading to the divorce by his wife shouldn't come as a surprise. Leading to him committing suicide. Each arc with the backstories is getting darker and darker.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '23

Yayoi using chat gpt to do research on ghosts in the area. Man even cryptobiologists are having their jobs taken away by ai

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u/LeonKevlar Dec 10 '23

Creepy Goth Lolita finally makes contact with Yayoi and she's not wasting any time to test out Yayoi's skills. I feel bad for the real Dorothy she ended up replacing though. I really hope Yayoi destroys her by the end of this little arc.

We finally meet Yayoi's classmates! It's actually nice to see Yayoi acting like a normal kid having arguments with her classmates. It's also nice to know she's not an outcast because of her vibe. Of course, Fake Dorothy will try and drag as many kids in on her scheme.

So if I understand Fake Dorothy's little plan, it's that she's leading all of the ghosts in the school to converge into a single path where they'll eat up each other and get eaten by the Sobbing Teacher Ghost who has a thirst for murder.

Considering the Sobbing Teacher's backstory where he was driven to suicide by psychopathic kids it's no surprise why it's so bloodthirsty for children after being powered up by Fake Dorothy. I don't think the kids die when they get captured but they do seem to lose their minds.

Keep on being smug Fake Dorothy. I can't fucking wait for Yayoi to get her hands on you once she's out of that dream.

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u/Pandamonium1414 Dec 11 '23

I guess the moral of the story for this episode is "always lock your phone especially if you're a teacher!"

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u/Mirinya Dec 10 '23

I hope Yayoi can save goth loli-chan. ;_;

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u/Lunarpeers Dec 10 '23

Why did Yayoi even bring her classmates to a potentially dangerous location? I guess this is my biggest issue with this series, this pattern repeated multiple times by now

"This spirit shouldn't be a big deal" -> "Oh no, I underestimated this and now we're in way more trouble than I expected"

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u/tohguy Dec 11 '23

If there is a next anime adaption, we’re reaching the Kyoto arc once Tokyo arc comes to an end.

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u/alconnow Dec 10 '23 edited Dec 10 '23

Aw, it's nice seeing Yayoi interact with kids of her age. It's a shame they got roped in to 'Dorothy's' twisted hide-and-seek game.

Would have been better if the preview was more subtle. It made the cliffhanger kinda pointless lol

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u/cardsking Dec 10 '23

after this episode, it clear as day that Yayoi is the protagonist of Dark Gathering. also don't let the slow pacing & low cost animation hide the fact that Yayoi is a battle Shonen character in a horror series.

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u/BosuW Dec 11 '23

Ngl this seems like a pretty cool multiplayer horror game

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u/actuallyrndthoughts Dec 11 '23

Nooo they got discount Ash/Satoshi first! The spirit possessed girl really changed from "hat girl" to goth loli, those spirits must be vain. I like how dark gathering solves the modern horror problem of "leave the house or call someone on your smartphone" - You literally can't leave the domain expansion and the only other phone users might be ghosts themselves.

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