Hell Girl

[Mankin]

I just started watching this anime. It has a very interesting premise to be sure. Basically at midnight, people go onto a website and type in the name of the person they want to take revenge on. Then the Hell Girl appears before them and tells them that she will kill that person and take their soul to hell. However in exchange, their soul will also go to hell when they die.

Has anyone else watched Hell Girl?

 

[Bryant the Believer]

I saw it, it was good at first, then it kinda got old.

 

[Gale]

I saw the first episode, maybe the second - it's been a while. An interesting premise - but is there an actual plot that develops, or is it basically the same thing all the way?

 

[Mankin]

A reporter and his daughter are introduced at around episode 8 and they attempt to figure out what is going on and they attempt to stop Hell Girl.

 

[Admiral Kirk]

I do find the premise interesting, but one thing I don't get is why anyone, even if looking for revenge, wouldn't mind going to hell for that to take effect. It defies logic... I don't know, maybe I'll scout out the first episode of it on YouTube.

 

[Mankin]

Sometimes the people's reasons are illogical, but for many of them, that seems like the only way out of the situation.

 

[Staccato]

I watched it all the way through. The "X wants revenge on Y because of Z" formula gets repeated a few too many times for my liking: there must be a good 18/24 episodes that are stand-alone repetitions of the same basic premise.

So it's an interesting series, and some of the animation is wonderful, but it does drag rather. The ending sort of makes up for it though. There's a second series apparently, but I don't think it's been dubbed yet.

 

[shirono]

I watched the series straight through in about 4 days when I had the flu about 3 years ago. The story had some dull parts where the plot was the same in every frakkin' episode, but the plot did get more engaging toward the end.
The art was magnificent and the premise was interesting. The opening song "Sakasama No Chou" by SNoW is my absolute favorite anime opening ever.

 

[xxPhilxx]

I just started watching this anime. It has a very interesting premise to be sure. Basically at midnight, people go onto a website and type in the name of the person they want to take revenge on. Then the Hell Girl appears before them and tells them that she will kill that person and take their soul to hell. However in exchange, their soul will also go to hell when they die.

Has anyone else watched Hell Girl?

That's horrible...

 

[Donald77]

Sounds boring with a sensationalist concept to be honest.

 

[anjh_marie]

I saw the two seasons both before but never really got into it except the OSTs..I mean, the concept is not really something we should be involving ourselves with, even if it's just for entertainment, I hope I didn't offend you guys, I also watch anime.. =)

 

[Riddik7]

*blind post*


sounds like another death note style anime.... this kind of anime is surprisingly common.... seems alot of anime authors want to kill someone without doin it themselves........*crash bang crash* *curses in the background*........... wait oh no they found me!!! i gotta go..... *bzt*

 

[shirono]

That's horrible...

Most of the premises of the episodes are about revenge on terrible people, keep that in mind. It's been a while since I watched it, but one of the episodes was about a high school girl with a homicidal stalker, no one would take her seriously and protect her so she turned to Enma Ai, the Hell Girl, who was the only person who would help her.

She held off till the last moment, not wanted to go to hell herself, but she was going to be raped and murdered so she had no other option.

Personally I think that only the last half of the series really had an interesting plot.

 

[xxPhilxx]

Most of the premises of the episodes are about revenge on terrible people, keep that in mind. It's been a while since I watched it, but one of the episodes was about a high school girl with a homicidal stalker, no one would take her seriously and protect her so she turned to Enma Ai, the Hell Girl, who was the only person who would help her.

She held off till the last moment, not wanted to go to hell herself, but she was going to be raped and murdered so she had no other option.

Personally I think that only the last half of the series really had an interesting plot.

If I was her I would rather be murdered than sent to an eternity of rotting decay in hell.
Do you have a link to an episode or two by any chance?

 

[shirono]

If I was her I would rather be murdered than sent to an eternity of rotting decay in hell.
Do you have a link to an episode or two by any chance?

The Japanese version of hell is significantly different than the Christian version from what I understand.

I don't have any links, I watched the show by borrowing it from a friend, lol. She got her episodes online, but I don't know where and it's been years since I watched it.
I would check youtube, they might have a few episodes...

 

[xxPhilxx]

The Japanese version of hell is significantly different than the Christian version from what I understand.

I don't have any links, I watched the show by borrowing it from a friend, lol. She got her episodes online, but I don't know where and it's been years since I watched it.
I would check youtube, they might have a few episodes...

Oh cool.
I wonder what the Japanese version of hell is. Hmm... Interesting.

 

[cwolf20]

I prefer City Hunter
and its sequel Angel Heart (the creator changed it to "alternate dimension" due to idiot fans)

 

[cwolf20]

from what little I could tell before never watching any more episodes. Everyone involved. Both the sendee, and the sender, would eventually be reborn on earth to start the cycle over. there were a couple of episodes that supported that.

Oh cool.
I wonder what the Japanese version of hell is. Hmm... Interesting.

 

[shirono]

from what little I could tell before never watching any more episodes. Everyone involved. Both the sendee, and the sender, would eventually be reborn on earth to start the cycle over. there were a couple of episodes that supported that.

That would make sense, considering the majority of Japanese people are Buddhist. The river Sanzu that Enma takes the sendee down in show is a part of Shinto mythology, but Shinto and Buddhism don't REALLY have a concept of hell. Only karma and rebirth.