Jigoku Shoujo

Hell Girl
地獄少女
Girl from Hell

Manga7.13226 votes9 volumes · 40 chaptersFinished

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Synopsis

Does hell exist? Only those who have met the Hell Girl, Ai Enma, know for sure. It is said that if someone accesses the Hell Correspondence website at midnight, they can type in the name of the person they hold a grudge against—and, subsequently, Hell Girl will take that person to hell. However, what most people do not know is the price of such an act: in order to send someone to hell, the requester's soul is damned as well. But is any price worth paying to see vengeance exacted on one's enemies? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Publication notes

Jigoku Shoujo was published in English as Hell Girl by Del Rey Books from January 29, 2008 to October 26, 2010. The first 6 volumes were published separately, while the final three were collected and published as a 3-in-1 volume.

Published

Oct 3, 2005 to Aug 2, 2008

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Sequel

Shin Jigoku Shoujo

Adaptation

Main characters

Ai Enma3452 fan favorites
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Ai Enma is the primary protagonist of the series. With long, flowing hair and red eyes, she is a spiritual entity with a tragic past, who lives in a world of eternal twilight with her grandmother, and is the one who receives and delivers vengeance on her clients' behalf. She normally wears a black seifuku, or sailor uniform (which is usually worn during winter months), but always wears a kimono with floral designs when delivering the vengeance of a client.
Kikuri86 fan favorites
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An enigmatic little girl introduced in season two, episode 4 and then starts to reappear in season two. Little is known about her except the fact she is not an ordinary human as she can wander freely between the mortal plane and Ai's house in the sunset world, sometimes interfering with her and her companions' job. Her appearance is often accompanied by a lullaby-like background music. In stark contrast to Ai, Kikuri has completely blue/purple eyes (including most of the sclera) and her personality is far more childish (yet much livelier as she has the tendency to pull pranks) than Ai's. She has stated that she likes Ai, but her actions and use of powers seem to serve causing the greatest amount of suffering and fear possible. It is as yet unknown whether this is due to true malice or not. Occasionally, she seems to take delight in acts of low-level destruction, such as chopping off flowers or destroying anything that Ai cares for. She has shown incredible skills with her loincloth, using to catch or hit objects. Despite the fact she appears to wreak havoc on her, she takes orders from Ai and Ai alone (in one episode, she shows this while going to touch Ai's grandmother's spinning wheels despite the woman's protests).
Tsugumi Shibata29 fan favorites
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Hajime's daughter who often refers to him as "Hajime-chan." She sees Ai one day and has had a mysterious connection with her ever since. At first, she reports everything she sees through Ai to Hajime, but as the series progresses, she becomes more reluctant to do so as she begins to disagree with her father on whether they should try to stop Ai or not. (Source: Wikipedia)