Dark Gathering (ダークギャザリング)

CAUTION HIGH ACCIDENT PRONE ZONE

Even if you try to hide in the bathroom...

I will find you.

One and two

Burn it into your eyes and live

Lurking spirits, those without shadows They are all here

Tormented by the regrets in this world

Searching for meaning in the increasing Spiritual sense to the afterlife

Because the resounding signs Cannot be found

No, not enough, not enough Still not enough

In this room full of patches

Stay by my side

Curses upon the grating white noise

An inviting voice within the darkness

One so deep with no salvation

Curses upon The reverberating rapping noise

A hunter that chases and catches you

Remember how it feels to be possessed

One and two

Burn it into your eyes and live

Live with the curses

REIO UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE CEREMONY

And now, a greeting from a representative of the freshmen, Keitaro Gentoga.

The speech is done by the one with the highest score on the exam, right?

Wow!

I hate occult stuff.

I knew it. It ended up becoming a ghost picture.

I'm sorry for forcing you to do this!

KEITARO'S CHILDHOOD FRIEND: EIKO HOZUKI

It's okay, don't worry about it.

It's not your fault, Eiko.

This is what happens when I take a picture 100% of the time.

Spirits are attracted to me.

In junior high, I ran into a spirit incident.

A friend of mine got dragged into it.

After that, for around two years,

I was so scared of hurting others I love that I became a shut-in.

But my childhood friend Eiko and my family were there for me.

All the people close to me supported me,

and I started to work to become part of society once again,

and somehow made it back to my normal educational year.

By the way, did it go well with your part-time job?

Oh, the place that you recommended?

I've been hired.

Actually, my cousin is also in Private Tutor Square.

-She's a student, though. -Is that so?

That's why you recommended it to me.

You're the rep for the new students and a tutor.

Seems like your first step back in society is a huge success.

And besides...

We're actually going to the same school again.

I'll be in your care once again.

Yeah.

After spending years avoiding people, I became bad at interacting with them.

PRIVATE TUTOR SQUARE

I have to train myself to survive my spiritual attraction

so that I can become a normal person.

All right, you will tutor this child starting today.

Yes, sir!

-Try to relax a little bit. -Yes.

Well, I don't blame you.

After all, that girl is our most promising student now.

AMAZING RESULTS IN ALL FOUR SUBJECTS

A real prodigy.

Come here.

Come here.

Come here.

They requested us to send you, the freshmen rep.

Good luck.

HOZUKI

She has the same family name. Could it be...

Kei? Why are you here?

I'm here for my job.

There must be some mistake.

You're an only child, right, Eiko?

Oh, you must be here for my cousin! She moved in last year.

So the kid I'm tutoring is...

YAYOI HOZUKI

It has to be! What a coincidence!

I didn't expect you to be her tutor!

Hey, your tutor's here!

Eiko, what kind of being are you living with?

Huh? What do you mean?

She's my cousin, Yayoi Hozuki.

She has two pupils in each eye.

You have a really nasty one on your right hand.

She can see it.

This...

This awful feeling...

Is it because of that thing?

You! Throw away that doll right now!

Sorry, it was being naughty.

I'll choke it out.

There's no mistaking it, she's also spiritually sensitive.

Not to mention, much stronger than me.

Kei, what's wrong?

That's right.

I...

I will be your tutor starting today.

My name is Keitaro Gentoga. Nice to meet you.

Mr. Keitaro.

-Let's go to a haunted spot. -What?

-Wait, I'm here to tutor you! -I know.

You have a high chance of making them appear.

You look like you'd be popular, after all.

Yeah, but not to humans!

Wait, no!

No, we should study!

Hello, Square?

Your Mr. Gentoga asked innocent little me,

"Hehehe, what kind of panties are you wearing?"

No! That is not true!

Eiko, stop her!

We're ready to go!

This is absolutely not what I expected.

I really want to run away right now.

Eiko, what are you doing?

You know how dangerous this is, right?

Yayoi often asks me to go as well.

I always refuse, though.

In that case...

But I thought it'd be okay if we were with someone who knows about it like you.

I can only sense, not see them! And I definitely can't exorcise them!

Okay, if it looks really bad, then stop us.

Maybe this will end up just a fun little drive.

I'm already getting the chills.

What? We're still, like, a whole kilometer away.

This cold from that far? Shouldn't we turn back right away?

He's scared. That's all it took to get Keitaro.

She's dropping the "Mr." already!

Eiko!

There's no problem.

What is this girl thinking?

So, this is the place.

The phone booth in H city.

Right, I haven't told you what's happening here, have I?

I don't want to hear it.

It is rumored that this public telephone is haunted by the ghost of a woman.

I just told you I didn't want to hear it!

You're good at building the tension, Eiko.

According to one story.

Once, a popular hostess was assaulted and murdered here.

She had her customers shower her with gifts until they ran into debt,

and then blocked them the moment they didn't have money.

Because of that, some of her customers stalked her.

She ran into the booth to call help but was cornered instead.

And then...

Ever since, unreasonable as it may be,

she doesn't want to be the only one who experiences such an unfortunate end.

She will make others feel what she felt

if they enter this phone booth, or call its number.

But nobody knows the number of a public phone, right?

Somebody posted it online.

Hey! What are you doing?

Didn't you just hear that it's dangerous to enter?

Are you okay? Did anything happen?

I didn't see anything.

Well, maybe the rumors got twisted, or were a total lie in the first place.

That's impossible.

This chill I'm feeling is definitely real.

Time for the last resort, then.

I just told you, no!

Give it back.

Strong! She's so strong! What the heck?

I'll try calling it, then!

Were you listening to me?

You know how dangerous this place is, right?

Not at all. I have zero spiritual sense, after all.

What would I do if anything happened to them?

Damn it.

Fine.

I'll make the call.

If nothing happens, we're going home, okay?

Hurry...

Come here...

Hurry and...

come here.

Hurry...

What are you do...

Oh, crap! Oh, crap! Oh, crap!

That thing's going to kill us!

No.