Hell Girl
Title: Hell Girl
Type: Anime
Status: Complete - dubbed/subbed
Genre(s): Horror, Mystery, Supernatural
Anime: 26 episodes
Summary: Hell Girl focuses on the existence of a supernatural system that allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the services of the mysterious titular character and her assistants who implement this system. Revenge, injustice, hatred, and the nature of human emotions are common themes throughout the series.
Review: I happen to catch a couple of episodes of this series on cable the other day. To be honest, I really disliked the plot. The artwork was good though. Basically it's about various people logging onto this special revenge website that will only link at exactly midnight. Hell Girl shows up and hands the user a voodoo doll thing w/ a string wrapped around it, and then when the avenger pulls the string off then than the person or people will get judged. Once they get judged then they get ferried to hell by Hell Girl. The only catch is that the person who initiated the contract w/ Hell Girl will also loose their own soul to hell once they die.
Kids getting bullied and seeking revenge is a pretty horrid plot to begin w/, but if everyone had their revenge wish fulfilled than there really wouldn't be any people left. What is one of the weaker plot devices is that Ai, the Hell Girl only shows up to give the doll and then to pretty much ferry the wrongdoers across the river. Her assistants are the ones that set up ellaborate nightmares for the participants. However, you never really see what happened to them in real life, nor does the original person who submitted the contract get real resolution or happy ending to their problems.
Overall, it’s a weak plot, and I can’t quite recommend it as I don’t feel motivated enough to finish watching the rest of the series even though the artwork is nice. Each episode appears to be episodic so the viewer never really can build any connection w/ any of the characters. Even the Hell Girl does nothing but bath, say a couple of lines, and put on her kimono to ferry the souls.
Rate: 5/10
Type: Anime
Status: Complete - dubbed/subbed
Genre(s): Horror, Mystery, Supernatural
Anime: 26 episodes
Summary: Hell Girl focuses on the existence of a supernatural system that allows people to take revenge by having other people sent to Hell via the services of the mysterious titular character and her assistants who implement this system. Revenge, injustice, hatred, and the nature of human emotions are common themes throughout the series.
Review: I happen to catch a couple of episodes of this series on cable the other day. To be honest, I really disliked the plot. The artwork was good though. Basically it's about various people logging onto this special revenge website that will only link at exactly midnight. Hell Girl shows up and hands the user a voodoo doll thing w/ a string wrapped around it, and then when the avenger pulls the string off then than the person or people will get judged. Once they get judged then they get ferried to hell by Hell Girl. The only catch is that the person who initiated the contract w/ Hell Girl will also loose their own soul to hell once they die.
Kids getting bullied and seeking revenge is a pretty horrid plot to begin w/, but if everyone had their revenge wish fulfilled than there really wouldn't be any people left. What is one of the weaker plot devices is that Ai, the Hell Girl only shows up to give the doll and then to pretty much ferry the wrongdoers across the river. Her assistants are the ones that set up ellaborate nightmares for the participants. However, you never really see what happened to them in real life, nor does the original person who submitted the contract get real resolution or happy ending to their problems.
Overall, it’s a weak plot, and I can’t quite recommend it as I don’t feel motivated enough to finish watching the rest of the series even though the artwork is nice. Each episode appears to be episodic so the viewer never really can build any connection w/ any of the characters. Even the Hell Girl does nothing but bath, say a couple of lines, and put on her kimono to ferry the souls.
Rate: 5/10