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Jul 14, 2017 7:17 PM
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First off, sorry, cause this is probably in the wrong forum section, so dont kill me mk
now onto my question for anyone who has seen hell girl

does it ever get a plot? i watched like 4 episodes, but in every episode its pretty much the same concept over and over, sooo with the plot ever evolve beyond that orrrrr?
Jul 14, 2017 7:26 PM
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Season 1: No, not really it's episodic victim of the week stuff
Season 2: Yes, seems episodic but is all connected
Season 3: Yes, same as season 2.
Season 4? Don't know I haven't seen any of it yet.
KruszerJul 14, 2017 7:30 PM
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Jul 14, 2017 7:26 PM
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To the Hell Girl Forum Section!

It does have a plot, but it does take some time to get there...
Jul 14, 2017 7:39 PM
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Well, you will learn about Enma Ai's backstory. The 2nd season was the best so far imo, but yes... that's the concept of episodic shows. Episodic =/= bad.
Jul 14, 2017 7:50 PM
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There isn't a lot of over all story to them. From what I remember, season 1 has more story and mostly about Ai Enma's back story. One of the seasons (2 or 3, can't remember) does take place in one area, so is connected by location.
The appeal in the series isn't about an over arcing plot, but about the human stories and what lengths people will go to when they are under stress. Some of the stories are very messed up. I did feel a couple didn't go far enough. Nothing like Hell Girl to really make you hate people.
Sep 5, 2017 9:53 PM
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I just wanted to add to this post.

It gets a bit better after about the first 8-10 episodes. It becomes a lot less cookie cutter and more about the journalist trying to figure out who's trying to banish who.

In the past I'd tried starting this anime a couple times and dropped it because the first few episodes are very repetitive, and there's no real character depth. The writing changes in the way they present information and each episode's plot.

As people above have stated, it doesn't seem to develop an over-arching plot or problem to be solved. It gives a little background on Enma, but nothing substantial. I haven't watched the following seasons but plan to.
Oct 30, 2017 7:35 AM
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noynac said:
First off, sorry, cause this is probably in the wrong forum section, so dont kill me mk
now onto my question for anyone who has seen hell girl

does it ever get a plot? i watched like 4 episodes, but in every episode its pretty much the same concept over and over, sooo with the plot ever evolve beyond that orrrrr?


it gets to plot later like ep10 or ep15 where the plot starts same with season 3 i think S2 is about her companions, how they became Ai's companions & i think its mixed in not like s1 & s3 where plot starts later on, well in s3 plot starts sooner in a way, but u won't notice it until the end in the end u realize that plot started earlier, i think it even starts in S2 if u consider plot mane char showing up as plot start also that mane char tries to save ppl like s1 mane, but s3 mc story is different (the mc connection to plot is different) i hope the last part wasn't spoiler, i have dome some reading about it, watching s1 dubbed currently
Sugram22Oct 30, 2017 9:03 AM

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