Anyone else checking it out. Its in the Horror Genre but its not bloody like the show "Blood+" but the stories are intresting. Basically (at least in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd episode), each show has a person that being bullied, or beaten etc, and when they are at there wits end they are taken to hell to meet Enma Ai (Hell Girl). She gives them a straw doll and says that pulling the red string off the doll will take care of the person that she/he hates. However, pulling the string also means forfeiting your soul to hell when you die. If the string is pulled Hell Girl, along with her companions goes and mindfucks the victim before killing them. The cast has changed every episode, except for Enma Ai and her companions, but that may change, who knows.
Short Summary of the first Episode:
http://randomc.animeblogger.net/2005/10/04/jigoku-shoujo-01/
Short Summary:
Hashimoto Mayumi becomes the victim of bullying after she loses some fund-raising money and has to rely on another girl, Kuroda Aya, for help. While fetching drinks for Aya, Mayumi hears of a dangerous website called the 地獄通信 (Jigoku Tsuushin, or Hell Communication). Mayumi visits the site that night at midnight, and it prompts her to enter the name of the one she has a grudge against. She types in Ayas name, but is too afraid to click the submit button. The next day, after being physically abused by Aya, Mayumi actually submits the name. She immediately gets a confirmation message on her cell phone from the Hell Girl. Nothing happens to Aya though, and the bullying continues. Aya forces Mayumi to hit on guys for money, but Mayumi back away from it though not before Aya gets an incriminating photo. At wits end, Mayumi decides to commit suicide by jumping off a building. However, on the way down, she is met by a girl who takes her to an alternate red world. The Hell Girl identifies herself as Enma Ai. She gives Mayumi a straw doll, and tells Mayumi that pulling the red string off the doll will take care of the person that she hates. However, there is a price to pay: when the string puller dies, his or her soul will also go to hell, forever to be in pain and anguish. The next day at school, Mayumi experiences the final straw in the form of her teacher getting the picture Aya took of Mayumi the night before. Mayumi goes to the rooftop and pulls off the string. A strong wind immediately blows the doll out of her hand, and it disintegrates. That night, Aya, who gets called to school, sees Mayumi. She chases her inside, but loses sight of her. As she searches from room to room, she sees several horrors, from a faceless classroom to her friends being swallowed up by the wall. She finally ends in a classroom where she meets several creepy looking characters, including Ai. The flower pattern on Ais kimono knocks her out, and she wakes up in a boat, being rowed through the gates of Hell by Ai. The next day, Mayumi seems a lot happier, but she is forever branded with a symbol on her chest that serves to remind her of her eventual fate.
I liked the first episode and hope to see some conntinuation later on in the series
