Dark Gathering
14 primary works
Book 1
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
Keitaro is ready to stop living as a shut-in. He’s starting university. He’s reconnecting with his childhood friend. He’s taking a tutoring job. And he’s not messing around with ghosts anymore. At least that’s what he thinks, until he finds out the elementary schooler he’s tutoring is an occult-obsessed genius who’s hunting down dangerous spirits and won’t stop until she’s found the one that took her mom!
Book 2
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
Hunting ghosts with Yayoi might give Keitaro a chance to lift the curse afflicting both him and his childhood friend Eiko, but is he willing to dive back into the world of the supernatural to do it? Of course, that question might not even matter when a cursed video causes his chance at a peaceful university orientation to go up in flames!
Book 3
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
It’s official—Keitaro and his childhood friend Eiko are an item! Unfortunately, there isn’t much time to celebrate their new relationship status as Yayoi sets her sights on a new spirit and Keitaro takes on a new pupil—an accident-prone high schooler with her own haunting secret.
Book 4
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
The encounter with Ai’s ghastly groom may have devastated Yayoi’s defenses, but it also triggered the birth of a terrifyingly powerful new spirit. With this “graduate” in hand, Yayoi unveils her plan to capture the god. The only question is whether Keitaro can handle a whirlwind tour of Japan’s deadliest haunted sites.
Book 5
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
Having captured the spirit of the H Castle Ruins, Keitaro, Eiko, and Yayoi next set their sights on Tokyo’s infamous Old F Tunnel. But before they can brave their first Danger Rank S location, Yayoi takes them on a detour to collect another one of her Graduates—the ghost of a soldier who, even in death, could not escape the pain of war.
Book 6
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
With Keitaro still feeling the effects from his close encounter with the Hellbound Sergeant and Eiko shaken by her brush with death, the team takes a much-needed break from their spirit hunting. While Keitaro recovers, Eiko and Yayoi set off to face their deadliest enemy yet—the real estate market!
Book 7
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
Before they can tackle their next haunted site, Keitaro, Yayoi, and Eiko need to collect another of the sealed Graduates—a vengeful courtesan who’s eager to escape Yayoi’s control. However, things turn even more dangerous when Keitaro is drawn into the spirit world, forcing him to face the horrors of a haunted love hotel all on his own.
Book 8
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
Otogiri, the Soul-Stealing Courtesan, has taken center stage in the battle against a cannibalistic child spirit. Will her assortment of deadly curses be enough to overcome his raw power, or will she become nothing more than food to sate his unending hunger? Worse, even if she does win, will the weakened Keitaro, Yayoi, and Eiko be able to reseal her before she turns her curses on them?
Book 9
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
Yayoi and her friends have been trapped in a deadly game of dream tag by a sinister spirit wearing the body of an elementary schooler! With only a single plushie at her disposal, will Yayoi be able to help everyone escape from the deranged teacher who’s hunting them, or will they all end up as nothing but food for the crows?
Book 10
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
With Keitaro fully under the spirit of the A Dam’s parasitic spell, his only hope for survival lies with Eiko, Yayoi, and the ghost of a long-dead warrior. In this battle between fearsome martial prowess and pure, uninhibited love, the winner will take all!
Book 11
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
Keitaro’s life once again hangs in the balance as Yayoi and Eiko hunt down the source of the fungal curse afflicting him. Will they be able to exorcize this vile curse before it fully takes hold, or will the undying wrath of a man betrayed drive Keitaro to do the unthinkable?
Book 12
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
With the spirit of F Park defeated, only one haunted site remains to be conquered before Yayoi, Eiko, and Keitaro are ready to face off against Ai’s divine groom. But first Yayoi must find a way to und the F Park spirit’s soul-stealing curse. Will the arrival of a mysterious occult item dealer give her the answeres she needs?
Book 13
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
With Yayoi incapacitated by a deadly curse and the streets swarming with beastly spirits, Kei and Eiko have no choice but to unleash the terrifyingly powerful Black Asura in Lunar Umbra. However, while his sketchbook is more than enough to make short work of the massed spirits, will it be enough to overcome the demonic puppet master who’s pulling their strings?
Book 14
After a dangerous encounter with a malevolent spirit, Keitaro Gentoga wants nothing to do with the supernatural. Unfortunately for this reluctant ghost magnet, he’s stuck helping Yayoi Hozuki—a strange young girl who’s intent on capturing Japan’s most terrifying ghosts and ghouls.
With the conquest of Route 1 complete, all the pieces are in place for Operation Bellflower Regicide to enter its final stages. Now that the battle against Yin Jiao is only a day away, just one question remains: will Yayoi’s planning and preparation be enough to overcome a malevolent god of disaster and misfortune, or is a gruesome death all that awaits her and her friends?