History Characters / DarkGathering

* FairPlayVillain: Despite vastly overpowering both Yayoi and Kuubou in his first encounter with them, he lets both of them walk out unscatched so that they can get stronger and prepare for a rematch, seemingly itching at the chance for someone to actually challenge him.

!!!'''Yuzuki is voiced by:''' Sayaka Kikuchi\\
'''Akari is voiced by:''' Shuri Miyumi

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaHisakawa

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoriKusunoki

!!!'''Mei Kamiyo is voiced by:''' Miho Hayashi

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaikiMatsuno

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakuYashiro

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasashiEbara

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaHisakawa

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MiyuriShimabukuro

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisakoKanemoto

* BitchInSheepsClothing: She pretended to be polite and respectful towards Otogiri until she poisoned Otogiri's lover and framed her for the crime. After Otogiri lost her job and beauty, Kurenai taunted her over having stolen everything from her.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: His underling couldn't report to him the existence of Yayoi's group and how they stole the artefact due to being drowned and killed.

* WaterTorture: Used this to punish the ghost responsible for looking after the cursed artefact.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Pissed that the guard watching over the artefact failed, he killed her before she could actually report what happened.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Tries to test out what Yayoi and her friend's identities and knowledge, was fed false information while giving away that they created Kuubou and there was a whole group of ghosts taking over bodies, setting Yayoi on their trail. Not to mention Yayoi was having trouble with the lack of time due to school, which due to Dorothy's plan causing the school to close temporarily, the former has now all the free time to enact her own plans.

* UnlimitedWardrobe: She rarely wears the same outfit twice. In fact, the author actually has fans submit different outfits for Eiko to wear, meaning that most clothes she wears are decided by audience participation.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuSasahara

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobunagaShimazaki, Aino Shimada (child)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaHanazawa

* TheFashionista: Eiko wears highly fashionable clothing and rarely wears the same outfit twice. In fact, the author actually has fans submit different outfits for Eiko to wear, meaning that most clothes she wears are decided by audience participation.

* PeerlessLoveInterest: Eiko is famous at college for her achievements and beauty, and has multiple friends and an active social life. As such, most of the people around her tend to be baffled at the idea of Keitarou being her boyfriend.
* PsychologicalProjection: She believes Keitarou is as much of a [[NightmareFetishist lover of horror]] as she is, just in denial.

* TheSmartGirl: She plays this role for the main trio. Eiko is the expert in technology, computers, and information gathering of haunted places.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Rina Kawaguchi

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FumiHirano

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Yurika Hino

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Kujira}}

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoheiAzakami

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsukiSaiga

* TheHero: The story is told from Keitarou's perspective, but revolves around Yayoi's mission to save her mother.

* SupportingProtagonist: While the story is mostly from his point of view, Yayoi's mission is the central plot and the only one who knows how to fight ghosts. It could be said that Keitarou is TheWatson to Yayoi's Holmes.

* NightmareFetishist: Her obsession with the supernatural borders on lust, outright blushing and panting after an encounter, though she hides it around people. She believes Keitarou to be the same, just in denial.

* SupportingProtagonist: While the story is mostly from his point of view, Yayoi's mission is the central plot and the only one who knows how to fight ghosts. It could be said that Keitarou is the Watson to Yayoi's Holmes.

* BookDumb: It's why she needs a tutor in the first place.
* BornUnlucky: Her luck is just the worst. This is due to the god haunting her attracting negative energy and bad spirits.

!!'''Mei Kamiyo is voiced by:''' Miho Hayashi

* WeirdnessMagnet: Besides his natural ability to attract ghosts, the girls in his life are just as weird. His childhood friend/girlfriend Eiko is a supernatural fanatic with really creepy stalkerish habits, his first student Yayoi is a CreepyChild ghost hunter, and his second student Ai is a super unlucky and clumsy soon-to-be "bride" of an evil god.

* RedheadsAreRavishing: Eiko has orange hair, is the love interest of the protagonist, and has a well-endowed figure that makes her very attractive.

* AngstySurvivingTwin: {{Defied|Trope}}. She laments hearing the news that her twin sister was replaced by an evil ghost and then killed. However, she refuses to cry over Nagiko's death and instead swears to get revenge on the spirit that stole her sister's body.

* WickedStepmother: She cruelly abused her stepson. She beat him, neglected him, starved him, and locked him in a cold balcony as she forced him to watch her eat all the food and have sex with her lover. After he saw her killing her lover, she killed her stepson.

* StupidEvil: Kurenai succeeded in framing Otogiri and stealing her lover from her, but she couldn't resist doing major EvilGloating in front of Otogiri by admitting that she ruined her life over petty jealousy. Unsurprisingly, taunting a woman who had nothing left to live for and giving her a perfect reason to kill her didn't end well for Kurenai.

* UngratefulBitch: While Ayako knew who was her biological father all along, her mother's husband raised her and cared for her as she was growing up, yet Ayako made very clear he meant nothing to her when she was quick to uninvite her stepfather from her wedding and basically cut him out of her life completely without hesitation.

[[folder:Mrs. Houzuki]]
!!Mrs. Houzuki

* UnnamedParent: Her given name is unknown.

* BringIt: When Yayoi claims she has the means to take him down, he welcomes her challenge

* CuteAndPsycho: While Eiko acts like a sweet and loving girlfriend to Keitarou, she is ecstatic at the chance of meeting the supernatural and almost gets turned on by the mere idea of her and Keitarou getting almost killed by ghosts on a nearly daily basis. There's also the various stalker-ish things she does, like a filling her room with photos of Keitarou and numerous spying equipment.

* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Downplayed. Her dark, glossy eyebrows are heavily emphasized when she's making questionable decisions (although those decisions are not evil bu most standards).

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Wants nothing to do with ghosts and doesn't want danger to befall the people around him, but realizes that he wants to lead a normal life, he has to know how to defend it, because ghosts aren't going anywhere and he's going to meet one whether he likes it or not.

* AudienceSurrogate: Being an otherwise average person, he is the one who gets delivered the exposition on how ghosts work.

* SupportingProtagonist: While the story is mostly from his point of view, Yayoi's mission is the central plot and the only one who knows how to fight ghosts.

* ThrillSeeker: She eagerly joins Yayoi and Keitarou in the ghost hunting because she absolutely loves the thrill of throwing herself into life-or-death situations.

[[folder:Keitarou Gentouga]]
!!Keitarou Gentouga
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobunagaShimazaki, Aino Shimada (child)
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Keitarou is a first year college student, born with the ability to sense ghosts, as well as being SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious. After an incident two years ago, he became cursed to have nerves grow out of his right hand, which he has to regularly get surgically removed to prevent it from hurting him. Due to this incident also causing his ChildhoodFriend Eiko to be cursed, he shuts himself away in his room, believing he would bring disaster for others. After being convinced by Eiko that he could lead a normal life, he studied hard to enter college along with her. To get back his social skills, Eiko suggests becoming a tutor to gain confidence, not knowing it was a plot to make him work together with Yayoi on her mission.

* TheAce: He is the top scorer in his college's entrance exams, above even Eiko (who represented Japan in the Informatic Olympiad).
* ActionSurvivor: Besides his sensing ability, he is pretty much a normal human, barely surviving against multiple mass-murdering ghosts all aiming to eat him.
* AffectionateNickname: Eiko calls him "Kei-kun," while his grandmother Touko calls him "Kei-chan."
* AllLovingHero: He often expresses sympathy towards ghosts when he sees their past, even after they tried killing him.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: He vows to protect Eiko and stay by her side, as well as Yayoi, who he promises to join in on her mission for as long as she desires and fight along side her.
* AudienceSurrogate: Being an otherwise average person, he is the one who gets delivered the exposition on how ghosts work.
* TheBait: Since he's the target for the ghosts most of the time, his role is to draw the ghost out and use the items Yayoi gave him for self-defense to survive until Yayoi figures out a plan for capture.
* BigBrotherInstinct: In spite of his fear of ghosts, when he hears Yayoi is endangering herself to find a way to break his curse, he uses himself as bait so that Yayoi could escape.
* BlessedWithSuck: His sensing abilities means he can usually avoid any haunted spot and detect the presence of ghosts nearby, which allows him to warn others. However, those with spiritual abilities are those who are usually targeted by ghosts in the first place, and Keitarou is exceptional in that regard; it's a 100% certainty he would meet one in a haunted spot, where it's one third of a chance for Yayoi and even less for normal humans.
* BodyHorror: He has nerves growing out of his right arm that need to be regularly removed.
* BornUnlucky: He was born with his powers, only surviving to adulthood because of his grandmother's advice. Even at a random social gathering with zero involvement from Yayoi, he still nearly got killed by a ghost.
* ButtMonkey: His teammates push him around pretty easily, whether by making him put up their camping tents or (secretly) commentating stressful events in his life.
* TheChampion: There isn't much he won't do for Eiko, whether it's bungee-jumping off a bridge at night or taking classes he hates.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He's been friends with Eiko since elementary school. They become boyfriend and girlfriend early in the story.
* ClassicalAntiHero: He starts the story as a former {{Hikikomori}} who struggles in social situations due to the aftereffects of his social isolation and ability to attract ghosts. He initially doesn't want to partake in Yayoi's ghost hunting because he doesn't want to get himself and those around him in danger, but soon grows out of it as he accepts he has to learn to protect himself and Eiko from ghosts to avoid becoming cursed again.
* ConspicuousGloves: He wears a glove to cover his cursed right hand.
* CooldownHug: After Eiko is shellshocked in chapter 45, he hugs her and tells her they're safe now.
* DistressedDude: In most of the ghost cases, Keitarou gets captured and/or cursed, needing Yayoi and Eiko to rescue him from the evil spirit.
* TheDulcineaEffect: He was willing to risk his life to help Ai, the student he was tutoring for a few hours at best.
* ExtremeDoormat: At the start, he was dragged along by Yayoi and Eiko, not being able to refuse because he was worried about their safety.
* EyeScream: Nearly suffers this by the spirit of the old F tunnel. He only avoids it because a substitute doll took the damage.
* HeroicWillpower: When he gets cursed by the ghost of the Kubizuka Daimyojin Shrine that orders him to kill Eiko, Keitarou is able to fight off the curse and stop himself from hurting Eiko.
* {{Hikikomori}}: After an incident in middle school resulted in him and Eiko getting cursed, Keitarou felt so guilty and terrified that he locked himself in his room. Thanks to Eiko staying close to him no matter what happened, he was able to get over his fear of going outside and reintegrated into society.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Wants nothing to do with ghosts and doesn't want danger to befall the people around him, but realizes that he wants to lead a normal life, he has to know how to defend it, because ghosts aren't going anywhere and he's going to meet one whether he likes it or not.
* InTheBlood: His grandmother also has messy hair and a tendency to yell.
* LadyAndKnight: The Knight to Eiko's Lady. Before asking her out for the first time, he holds her hand to his head and vows to always protect her.
* LovableCoward: His fear of ghosts is completely rational and held in check by his concern for Yayoi's life.
* MagneticMedium: Because of his especially strong spiritual sensitivity, Keitarou attracts ghosts to him like a magnet.
* MyGirlIsNotASlut: He taunts Otogiri, who has taken Eiko's form to seduce him, with the fact that the ''real'' Eiko would never treat sex so cheaply.
* MyGreatestFailure: Involving Eiko in the incident that led to him being cursed. His primary motivation to help Yayoi is to find a way to get rid of said curse.
* NaiveNewcomer: Before meeting Yayoi, he avoids haunted spots as much as possible and protects himself with advice from his grandmother, the owner of a shrine. It's not until he finally decides to willingly help Yayoi in her ghost hunting that he finally starts learning more of the world of ghosts.
* NonActionProtagonist: His role is to support Yayoi by baiting the ghosts and gathering information; the combat role is given to the {{Deuteragonist}} Yayoi.
* NoSocialSkills: His social skills deteriorated when he became a shut-in, so he's awkward when he needs to converse with strangers his age.
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Despite having his face in "Eiko's" rather sizable bosom, he was able to realize it wasn't Eiko and was more creeped out than anything.
* NothingButSkinAndBones: Keitarou was briefly caught in the Demon Sergeant's curse and ended up looking like he didn't eat for a week.
* OfficialCouple: He gets together with Eiko pretty early on in the story.
* OlderSidekick: Yayoi makes him her sidekick in her ghost hunting. Yayoi is in elementary school and Keitarou is in college.
* OnlySaneMan: Compared to CreepyChild Yayoi and {{Yandere}} NightmareFetishist Eiko, he's the only one who is scared of ghosts like a normal person.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Knowing Eiko isn't the type to be so openly seductive, he becomes suspicious of her imposter once she tried to seduce him into doing what she says.
* PowerIncontinence: He can't turn off his spiritual sense, meaning he is always shivering in the presence of ghosts, and constantly their target for attacks.
* PowersViaPossession: [[spoiler:Abe no Seimei possesses Keitarou's body to release Zenki and Goki's true forms as Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi, and fight against Taisui's shikigami at full strength. Abe no Seimei also notices that the especially high spiritual energy in Keitarou's body makes the onmyoji techniques even stronger than when Abe no Seimei was at his prime.]]
* ThePowerOfLove: His unwavering love for Eiko, which enables him to throw off a violently misogynistic ghost's possession long enough to alert Yayoi.
* PrivateTutor: To improve his social skills, he got a job as an academic tutor for younger students. So far, his two students are the elementary schooler Yayoi and the high schooler Ai.
* RedStringOfFate: His and Eiko's curse, which takes the form of many white strings on their hands, may be considered a variant of this trope. Romantic scenes often emphasize the motion of their hands.
* SensorCharacter: He can identify the number and positions of ghosts almost perfectly, regardless of darkness or distance.
* ShrinkingViolet: Even before he became a shut-in, he seemingly lacked any friends beside Eiko, and currently lacks self-confidence in talking with people.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: A gender-inverted example. He loves Eiko because not only did she not blame him for her curse, she remained friends with him afterwards and helped him recover from his trauma.
* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: Generally anybody with spiritual powers are considered targets by ghosts, but Keitarou is especially so, with a 100% rate of encountering ghosts should he go to a haunted spot, compared to Yayoi, where it happens a third of the time.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: Keitarou's family are the caretakers of a shrine and have so much experience with magic that they accepted and were able to alleviate his curse.
* SupportingProtagonist: While the story is mostly from his point of view, Yayoi's mission is the central plot and the only one who knows how to fight ghosts.
* TheSymbiote: The huge amount of spiritual energy he possesses means spirits can feed off of him indefinitely (provided they stay intangible). The shikigami readily agree to protect him because they can do the former.
* TheWatson: Due to his lack of knowledge regarding ghosts and exorcising them, he is the one who Yayoi explains to how it works as well as tell him the plan to take them out.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Besides his natural ability to attract ghosts, the girls in his life are just as weird. His childhood friend/girlfriend Eiko is a supernatural fanatic with really creepy stalkerish habits, his first student Yayoi is a CreepyChild ghost hunter, and his second student Ai is a super unlucky and clumsy soon-to-be "bride" of an evil god.
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[[folder:Yayoi Houzuki]]
!!Yayoi Houzuki
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuSasahara
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Yayoi is an elementary student who lost her parents in a car accident. Unbeknownst to most, her parents were killed by the demon fetus Kuubou, who took her mother's soul. Swearing on their grave and her father's ghost, she vows to bring her back. She has polycoria, as well as a skull-shaped symbol in her eyes, which allows her to see both physical and spiritual objects.
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* {{Deuteragonist}}: The story is told from Keitarou's perspective, but revolves around Yayoi's mission to save her mother.

* SympathyForTheDevil: Has showed sympathy towards ghosts who only became evil due to horrible circumstances when they were alive, especially ones who went insane from the desire to avenge their family.

[[folder:Eiko Houzuki]]
!!Eiko Houzuki
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaHanazawa
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Eiko is Yayoi's older cousin and Keitarou's ChildhoodFriend, being the one responsible for them meeting. Knowing about Yayoi's interest in ghosts (though initially unaware that she captures them) and Keitarou's need to readapt to society, she tells Keitarou to be a tutor, then tells Yayoi of his ability so that they can choose Keitarou for the job. Initially she was just the driver for them as she owns a car and license, but later joins them actively on their missions. She's maintained a crush on Keitarou since they were kids.

* CoolOldLady: The head of a shrine and experienced Shinto priest, she is responsible with helping Keitarou for his ghost problems before Yayoi.