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The Best Episodes of Dark Gathering

Every episode of Dark Gathering ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Dark Gathering!

The story centers on Keitarou Gentouga, who has the ability to be a spirit medium. In junior high school, he got someone else wrapped up...
Genres:AnimationComedyDrama
Network:Tokyo MX

Best Episodes Summary

"S-Rank Danger: Castle H Ruins" is the best rated episode of "Dark Gathering". It scored 8.2/10 based on 57 votes. Directed by Yasuo Ejima and written by Shigeru Murakoshi, it aired on 9/18/2023. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Castle H Ruins, Danger Rank S!".

  • S-Rank Danger: Castle H Ruins
    8.2/1057 votes
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    #1 - S-Rank Danger: Castle H Ruins

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/18/2023

    No happy tales remain within the castle’s forsaken ruins. The danger is unimaginable: Yayoi and Keitaro risk their doom, prepared as they may be.

    Director: Yasuo Ejima

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

  • The Castle H Ruins, Danger Rank S!
    8.1/1051 votes
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    #2 - The Castle H Ruins, Danger Rank S!

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/25/2023

    None who have encountered the castle spirit survived to tell the tale, but both the living and the dead should fear the High Priest; it is not salvation he prays for.

    Director: Hideki Takeda

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

  • Old Old F Tunnel
    8.1/1048 votes
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    #3 - Old Old F Tunnel

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/16/2023

    The Imprisoned Martyr is dead, but he cannot die. He longs for someone to grant him the death he desperately yearns for, and the F Tunnel ghost could be one such opponent.

    Director: Yoshitaka Nagaoka

    Writer: Yu Sato

  • The House of the Virgin Conception
    8.1/1044 votes
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    #4 - The House of the Virgin Conception

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/30/2023

    Yayoi and Eiko have found the perfect home for the Graduates, but they soon discover the dark history of the family haunting the house—as well as their plans for Eiko.

    Director: Shigenori Awai, Mao Yingxing

    Writer: Kazuho Hyoudou

  • Blasphemy
    8.0/1051 votes
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    #5 - Blasphemy

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/4/2023

    Terrifying enough to be victims in life; utterly horrific they remain so in death.

    Director: Keisuke Warita

    Writer: Yu Sato

  • Old F Tunnel
    8.0/1049 votes
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    #6 - Old F Tunnel

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/9/2023

    Abandon all hope ye who enter here. There is nothing for anyone in this tunnel, save for the depravity of a sadistic spirit.

    Director: Masato Uchibori

    Writer: Kenichi Yamashita

  • The Old I Watergate: Resplendence
    7.9/1041 votes
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    #7 - The Old I Watergate: Resplendence

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/27/2023

    She was beautiful once, but scorn burned her soul until nothing but spiteful ashes remained. Now, her wrathful fury is the only thing that can defeat a child’s rageful grudge.

    Director: Kentarou Fujita

    Writer: Kazuho Hyoudou

  • Keitaro Gentoga
    7.8/1072 votes
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    #8 - Keitaro Gentoga

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2023

    Keitaro was cursed years ago and receives exorcisms at his grandmother’s shrine. She once warned him not to enter the basement; she locked them away in the dark for a reason.

    Director: Yoshitaka Nagaoka

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

  • Betrothed to Divinity
    7.8/1049 votes
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    #9 - Betrothed to Divinity

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/28/2023

    The girl’s eyes shine with stars, but two spectral presences haunt her future.

    Director: Kazuho Kunimoto

    Writer: Kenichi Yamashita

  • Yayoi Hozuki
    7.7/1091 votes
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    #10 - Yayoi Hozuki

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/2023

    A glamorous woman met an unglamorous end inside that phone booth. She's still in there calling for help, but one shouldn't answer her. Keitaro is about to find out why.

    Director: Sotsu Terada

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

  • Friends
    7.7/1065 votes
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    #11 - Friends

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2023

    Yayoi and Eiko head to the psychic spot Mizuko Memorial Temple which holds its own sad secrets. And what does Yayoi want with Keitaro’s fingernails?!

    Director: Hideki Takeda

    Writer: Kenichi Yamashita

  • Eiko Hozuki
    7.7/1065 votes
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    #12 - Eiko Hozuki

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/31/2023

    Keitaro had a bad feeling about the Urban Legends class at the university. His instincts were correct: the professor should never have played that cursed videotape.

    Director: Takashi Kobayashi

    Writer: Kazuho Hyoudou

  • The Old I Watergate: An Innocent Grudge
    7.7/1042 votes
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    #13 - The Old I Watergate: An Innocent Grudge

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/20/2023

    A little boy shows Keitaro his drawings as the trio explores an old watergate with a famous spiritualist. To his growing horror, he realizes they are all in imminent danger.

    Director: Fumio Maezono

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

  • The Old I Watergate: Pleasure District in Flames
    7.7/1039 votes
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    #14 - The Old I Watergate: Pleasure District in Flames

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 12/4/2023

    The trio walk a dangerous path fraught with peril. Otogiri will not return to her prison willingly, and the spirit that replaced Nagiko is still out there somewhere.

    Director: Michita Shiraishi

    Writer: Kenichi Yamashita

  • S Tunnel
    7.6/1055 votes
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    #15 - S Tunnel

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/2023

    The car had three passengers when it entered the tunnel. A phantom hitchhiker demanded to be the fourth. Let. Her. In.

    Director: Masashi Tsukino

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

  • Across Japan
    7.6/1048 votes
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    #16 - Across Japan

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/11/2023

    One does not defy a god lightly. If Yayoi, Keitaro and Eiko wish to save Ai, they must embark on a perilous journey across a country teeming with malevolent ghosts.

    Director: Kiyotaka Kantake

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

  • Within the Brothel
    7.6/1043 votes
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    #17 - Within the Brothel

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/13/2023

    They’ve arrived at an old love hotel to find a Graduate, but Keitaro must locate her in a hidden room while avoiding other ghosts. Dire consequences await if they catch him.

    Director: Kiichi Ueki

    Writer: Yu Sato

  • Dark Gathering
    7.6/1041 votes
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    #18 - Dark Gathering

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/25/2023

    They now have 7 Graduates, but fighting a god also requires an ambitious, daring plan. With Ai’s time running out, the trio prepare for their next journey; Kyoto awaits.

    Director: Kiichi Ueki

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

  • The Freshmen Welcome Event
    7.5/1058 votes
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    #19 - The Freshmen Welcome Event

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/7/2023

    Keitaro was looking to make new friends. But he should avoid certain friendships; there’s a reason people warn children to never talk to strangers.

    Director: Takuya Wada

    Writer: Kazuho Hyoudou

  • The Promise
    7.5/1055 votes
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    #20 - The Promise

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/14/2023

    Camping was to be a reprieve, but the bridge is calling, the bridge is calling, the bridge is calling, the bridge is calLING, THE BRIDGE IS CALLING, THEBRIDGEISCALL-

    Director: Yoshitaka Nagaoka

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

  • Emancipate
    7.5/1046 votes
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    #21 - Emancipate

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/2/2023

    The tunnel is dangerous, and they must keep the High Priest in check. It is for that reason the trio need reinforcements; they need another Graduate.

    Director: Mitsuo Hashimoto

    Writer: Kazuho Hyoudou

  • Morning Twilight
    7.4/1041 votes
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    #22 - Morning Twilight

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 11/6/2023

    The god who branded Ai takes an interest in the entity that abducted Yayoi’s mother. That can only mean one thing: a dangerous threat now brews on the horizon.

    Director: Haruka Yabuuchi

    Writer: Kenichi Yamashita

  • Scary School Stories: Hide and Seek
    7.3/1038 votes
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    #23 - Scary School Stories: Hide and Seek

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 12/11/2023

    Children can be cruel, that much is quite clear. Poor Sakashita lost all he held dear. He plays a game now, the rule is right here: don’t let him find you or you’ll disappear.

    Director: Masashi Tsukino

    Writer: Yu Sato

  • Scary School Stories: Nightmare
    7.3/1038 votes
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    #24 - Scary School Stories: Nightmare

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 12/18/2023

    Dorothy has a plan that Yayoi needs to know about, especially since it involves the Spectre of Death.

    Director: Keisuke Nishijima

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi

  • House Hunting
    7.2/1043 votes
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    #25 - House Hunting

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/23/2023

    Eiko did not leave the tunnel unscathed. She experienced the true terror of death, and must now ask herself if her horror obsession is worth risking her life.

    Director: Masashi Tsukino

    Writer: Shigeru Murakoshi