Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae (Hell Girl: Three Vessels)

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Synonyms: Hell Girl 3, Jigoku Shoujo 3

Japanese: 地獄少女三鼎

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Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 4, 2008 to Apr 4, 2009

Premiered: Fall 2008

Broadcast: Saturdays at 17:00 (JST)

Producers: Aniplex, Tokyo MX

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: Studio Deen

Source: Original

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Supernatural

Theme: Psychological

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.61¹ (scored by 41,525 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #1400²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #1960

Members: 101,211

Favorites: 272

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Following the events of Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori, Ai Enma, the Hell Girl, has disappeared. Her former companions decide to lead normal lives, until their absent mistress returns to them with a new companion, and in a way that none of them anticipated.

Yuzuki Mikage is a normal schoolgirl who soon comes to understand the Hell Girl on an intimate level. During a dream-like trance in the bathtub, Ai kisses Yuzuki and possesses her. So when Yuzuki's friend decides to type in the name of their teacher in the Hell Correspondence website, Ai makes use of Yuzuki's body to accomplish her own task of ferrying the teacher's soul to hell. Yuzuki is disturbed by her new circumstances and wonders why she was chosen to continue Ai's work. Unfortunately for her, the Hell Girl and her assistants resume operation of Hell Correspondence, and she is dragged along for the ride towards hell itself.

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Adaptation:	Jigoku Shoujo
Prequel:	Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori
Sequel:	Jigoku Shoujo: Yoi no Togi

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Characters & Voice Actors

Enma, Ai

Main

Noto, Mamiko
Japanese

Ichimoku, Ren

Main

Matsukaze, Masaya
Japanese

Hone Onna

Main

Honda, Takako
Japanese

Wanyuudou

Main

Sugou, Takayuki
Japanese

Kikuri

Main

Sakai, Kanako
Japanese

Mikage, Yuzuki

Main

Satou, Satomi
Japanese

Yamawaro

Main

Shiina, Hekiru
Japanese

Shibata, Tsugumi

Supporting

Mizuki, Nana
Japanese

Chizuru, Nishino

Supporting

Kitamura, Eri
Japanese

Shinohara, Usagi

Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie
Japanese

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Watanabe, Hiroshi

Director

Takamura, Yuuta

Episode Director

Jinbo, Masato

Episode Director, Storyboard

Kosaka, Harume

Episode Director

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Opening Theme

"Tsukihana -tsukihana-" by Nana Kitade

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Ending Theme

"Ichi Nuke" by Noto Mamiko

Reviews

Jun 29, 2009

naganje

Recommended

Maybe not as good as Futakomori, but still a must watch for every fan of Enma Ai.

The story is pretty much similar to what we have seen in the two previous seasons, people are being sent to hell and hatred is released, though this time hatred gives birth to more hatred.

Throughout the season it can be noticed that the creators have decided to use the ideas the fans found rather pleasing in the past. Once again someone tries to make a stand against the jigoku tsuushin, similarly to what has happened in the first season of the series. While new characters are introduced stories about ... their past are told to eplain their bonds with Ai, this has already been ecountered in Futakomori.

There is however something fresh about the series, the element of possesion. It is not only an interesting concept, but it plays a vital role in the story throughout the season and builds up the tension until the very last episode.

Unfortunately, what seems to be a great material has it's downside. Some of the grudges people hold against each other are simply speaking too typical and therefore boring. While watching some episodes I actually had the feeling that they were nothing more than mere fillers, which had to be squeezed in so that the series would be 26 episodes long.

Art-wise, we get the same old esthetic and mysterious animation as before, which perfectly fits with the nature of the show as well as the score playing along. In one episode though we get even more than that. While watching the finale one might say that the creators have implemented an inexplicably eccentric idea into the show. The effect is awkward, but it gives you something new to look at therefore adding value to the experience.

What I found the most pleasing aspect of season three is the sound. Although when it comes to opening themes I preffered SnoW, the music in Mitsuganae is outstanding! It fits the feelings which play a crucial part of the show more than ever before. Some of the themes are actually worth listening to even without the video and voice play.

The newly introduced chracters are great, they are intresting and as a viewer I was actually interested what was going on in their minds while watching the series. I was pleased to see how the bond between Ai and her companions thightens. The single-episode chracters were pretty well designed as well, some of them were pitiful, others scary. Several however were completely forgettable and tasteless like a bad meal.

On one hand, Mitsuganae combined all the best ideas of the first two seasons. On the other, some of the typical strictly grudge based episodes were not as entertaining as in the past.

Mitsuganae is a must watch for every fan of Emma Ai. For the rest, it's a good, or maybe even very good, way of wasting some spare time, while waiting for the next episode of your favourite series.

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Dec 20, 2011

DraconisMarch

Mixed Feelings

Ah... the final installment of Jigoku Shoujo. Sadly, all good things come to an end, but some ends are uglier than others.

*If you haven't seen Futakomori (season two), stop reading now and watch that first. If you haven't seen Jigoku Shoujo (season one), why are you even here?

Mitsuganae is like a monkey on a unicycle: At the beginning, it looks cool and interesting--until you realize it doesn't make much sense (plot holes and discontinuity issues). But then, the monkey starts throwing its poop at you. Then (starting at episode 13), it starts using its tail to try to clean the ...

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Oct 4, 2016

Raccoon_Citizen

Not Recommended

This is a review talking about all three seasons of Hell Girl. (There are some spoilers of the first two seasons and the main points of what this season has. And this is mixed with my opinion)

If you want to avoid spoilers, read the conclusion which gives you an advice.

This is my first time (and probably only time) writing a review.

First season is where the story started with some intriguing/interesting stories (As a bonus, there were 2 supernatural episodes) about revenge, then the Shibata’s make an entrance and the story will make you hooked to know what will happen. It introduced the Shibatas’ and ... Enma Ai’s backstories.

Second season is where it continues, again with some (but few that had quality) interesting episodic stories of revenge. This time, there wasn’t an opposite side who tried to stop Enma unfortunately, but it introduced her companions’ backstories (2 episodes hinting at them and 3 where they actually tell you about them). This season continues until one of the characters (involved in the episodic stories) starts getting the after-effects of Enma’s actions which eventually led Enma into reacting to the situation. This was followed by a conclusion to Enma’s story. Not a great ending but still good nonetheless, with a scene or two as a cliffhanger.

This is it. This is where you should stop. If there was something added to Hell Girl, it should be a movie, OVAs or a “Director’s Cut” version of the last episode to omit the cliffhangers to make it look like a proper conclusion. If there was any sequel, one would like to know who’s the Grandma? Will we see her? What did she say to Shibata that one time? Will we see that psychic guy from the 1st season? Will the spider stop from creating another Hell Girl? Did the Shibatas’ had a happy ending? Will Enma’s companions stay free?

Heck. I can ignore all these questions and be content with that ending. But guess what? Here comes the 3rd season which answers to all of those questions by a ‘No!’

Third season has, like, only 3 episodic stories that made me interested excluding the plot/main character related episodes (Yes, three. I counted them and this is just me). Oh you want to know about the main story? There was none, of course! This season introduced 2 new main characters, and, all it did was this:

> Introduce the backstory of the one of the new MCs (Yamawaro). (+)
> Tells you the situation of one of the returning MCs (Tsugumi), and it was (imo) a bad ending. (Not to the point of death or being sent to hell) (-)
All the information about their status was already implied in the last season (Tsugumi being alone which only means one thing), so nothing new apart from ruining her good ending from the first season. (-)
> Introduce the backstory of the second new character (Yuzuki) (+) and from here, it led to the ending that ruins Enma’s conclusion from the last season. (-)

… And, that’s it.

I don’t know what was the point of this season. Maybe they were planning on making another sequel which was cancelled? Even if it was cancelled. Couldn’t they release something (like I said before) to remove the bridge toward the 3rd season from the 2nd season’s last episode? Anyway, I’ll just pretend that this season doesn’t exist.

Conclusion: Hell Girl is a great series. I recommend watching the first 2 seasons and you have your complete story. You didn’t have enough of Hell Girl, maybe? It’s your choice, just lower your expectations and consider this season as a non-canon extra.

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