Comments on: Hell Girl (Jigoku Shoujo) Vol. 1 - Manga Review

By: kilawinguwak

kilawinguwak — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:48:27 +0000

I never really got into this. I was more interested in reading Tsutoumu Takahashi’s “Skyhigh.”

By: Postindustrialist

Postindustrialist — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:33:43 +0000

Watch the anime, especially the second season, in order to get the whole point of the series. It’s not always the “victim” that enacts vengeance, nor is it always a clear cut case of right and wrong. The second series goes more in depth wit the overall theme of vengeance, regardless of the reason being wrong. The way the series goes about it, rather than they typical idealistic happy girl whom is a defender of justice for the sake of all good, powered by the belief that “Friendship is the answer!!!!”.

Instead, Enma Ai is simply, to quote Boogiepop, “mechanical” in nature. She simply gives people their “vengeance” at the cost of going to hell at a later point themselves.

Watch the second series and you’ll understand.

By: Pexe

Pexe — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:17:29 +0000

yeah I agree with the “dont like the shoujo-ish style”
I’ve seen the anime and the art was just brutal (in some parts…. in others they really let me down) and when I saw the manga I was like “WHAT THE HELL?!” I really didn’t like the shoujo style. not only in the characters but in the frame style too….
And I agree it get’s pretty predictable after a little

By: May

May — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:39:50 +0000

The point is,is dis hell correspondence thing true or just a make-believe? just curious. And if it’s real…so how could it be? Pls tell me if it’s true or not.

By: Ronin

Ronin — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:58:43 +0000

And that shoujo-y look is the appeal of this manga, to second Hung. It kinda disorients your from the uncertainty that a ghoulish being will be the one to send you straight to Hell.

By: Spyhunter

Spyhunter — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:37:51 +0000

I’m not usually into manga, but this seems like a really interesting one to check out. Keep up the good work

By: Hung

Hung — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:50:24 +0000

I like the shoujo look. It’s sorta like, this super cute girl turns out to be the one to send you to hell! It’d be kind of obvious if she was, say, some girl with see-thru skin.

By: Son Gohan

Son Gohan — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:40:39 +0000

I agree with the previous comment, this kind of shoujo-ish character design is not suited for Hell Girl.
I think that it’s not that easy to take revenge by yourself. You should master the will to kill another human being. And you risk getting caught and spending the rest of your life in jail. Hell Correspondence is definitely a better solution.

By: boatswain

boatswain — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:23:08 +0000

As opposed to the anime character designs, I actually don’t like the manga’s that much. Everyone else is fine, its just Enma Ai that’s the problem. In the anime her eyes are blank and her demeanor is cold. The design just gives you this sense of cool elegance. Compared to the glitery shoujo-y loli of the manga? Oh Haruhi, save me.