Nov 12, 2020
This is my first review here, so I'll make it quick.
I've just finished watching the first 3 season's of Jigoku Shoujo. By only watching 2/3 episodes a day, I was able to go throw 75+ episodes of this show without having to drop it mid way.
I must say, I'm surprised that I was able to last this long, considering this was a huge disappointment for me.
Story : 2/10
- Basically, a girl known as the "Hell Girl" allows people to send someone they hate to hell. And apart from that, there is no main story. Every episode, apart from maybe a couple of ones, centers around
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new character's that were just introduced in the same episode. Only the main character and her gang appear on almost every episode, repeatedly for the same reason, addind nothing new to the show.
Art : 3/10
- I can't ask for something much better, considering this show is pretty old. But even then, it shouldn't be this bad.
You will find yourself viewing the same scene and the same animation on every single episode. Same character pose, same reactions, etc.
Sound : 4/10
- There is maybe one or two soundtracks that aren't really that bad, I can say that at least. Now for character's voices, I can't say the same.
Across every single episode, you will hear the same lines of text, with the same tone as well. It gets really, really boring, and I ended up skipping it plenty of times.
Character : 2/10
- Now, you have heard a lot of bad things till now,and you might be asking if at least the character's can same the show. But nop, they really can't. Every episode features a new set of character's that will be irrelevant to the rest of the show. Since those are just supporting character's, I'm not able to judge those. So I will mainly focus about the main character of the show, Enma Ai (Hell Girl).
She is the type of character that doesn't show any emotion at all. Add that to the repetitive dialogues and the same tone across every word, and you get a really boring character. It's a disappointment, considering she is the main character of her show and doesn't really get any development at all during it. And when asked a question, she just stays there with a dead look in complete silence, not even speaking at all. She is more of a doll or a machine rather than an "ex-human".
Overall: 3/10
- So what saves this show?
I've started watching because I found it interesting to see what reasons someone would have to send someone to hell. It could be anything from bullying and physical/mental pain, to something really poor like "meh I just don't like seeing his face". And considering that every episode featured new cases, there were more opportunities to create more scenarios.
But sadly, all the previous stated points didin't contributed in order to make this show a good experience.
And that finishes it. Overall I found this to be a pretty boring show, with nothing that really helps making it even watcheable for some people that just don't have the patience for it. I will advice you to see a couple of episodes if you are really interested to try it, and that would be enough for you to know the answer, since every episode is the same thing, over and over again.
This was my honest review on the show, and many will disagree with me on this one. But I just wanted to point it out anyway.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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