7.2/1043 votesLoading...#1 - 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
7.3/1038 votesLoading...#2 - 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
7.3/1038 votesLoading...#3 - 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
7.4/1041 votesLoading...#4 - 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
7.5/1058 votesLoading...#5 - 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
7.5/1055 votesLoading...#6 - 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
7.5/1046 votesLoading...#7 - 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
7.6/1055 votesLoading...#8 - 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
7.6/1048 votesLoading...#9 - 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
7.6/1043 votesLoading...#10 - 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
7.6/1041 votesLoading...#11 - 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
7.7/1091 votesLoading...#12 - 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
7.7/1065 votesLoading...#13 - 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
7.7/1065 votesLoading...#14 - 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
7.7/1042 votesLoading...#15 - 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
7.7/1039 votesLoading...#16 - 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
7.8/1072 votesLoading...#17 - 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
7.8/1049 votesLoading...#18 - 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
7.9/1041 votesLoading...#19 - 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
8.0/1051 votesLoading...#20 - 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
8.0/1049 votesLoading...#21 - 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
8.1/1051 votesLoading...#22 - 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
8.1/1048 votesLoading...#23 - 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
8.1/1044 votesLoading...#24 - 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
8.2/1057 votesLoading...#25 - 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 Worst Episodes of Dark Gathering
Every episode of Dark Gathering ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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
Worst Episodes Summary
"House Hunting" is the worst rated episode of "Dark Gathering". It scored 7.2/10 based on 43 votes. Directed by Masashi Tsukino and written by Shigeru Murakoshi, it aired on 10/23/2023. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Scary School Stories: Hide and Seek".