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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- u would practically give your soul to the devil over a dog? well yeah maybe u are totally in love with it, but surely its rly extreme and the dog wouldnt have wanted its owner who it loved as well to suffer forever due to him/her? hmm |
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| i remeber this episode. the woman also killed her parents for the inheritance, I think it's more than the dogs,the fact that the woman blackmailed her and all he things she did made her go overboard. |
R_asuka said: i remeber this episode. the woman also killed her parents for the inheritance, I think it's more than the dogs,the fact that the woman blackmailed her and all he things she did made her go overboard. ermmm sorry but i think u got the wrong episode. it was a little girl, who had a pet dog who was all she had for family (orphaned). she gave it to a doctor, who replaced the scheduled drug treatment to playing golf with one of his friends. as a consequence, the dog died. his assistant (who is good), felt guilty, told the girl the truth, and she goes off to take revenge. personally, i think its a little extreme to sell your soul to the devil to see justice for the dog. not matter how much u loved it, and it loved u back, im sure it wouldnt want to see you put to harm or hell. |
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| She didn't use the doll for just the dog. It was the fact that the doctor didn't care about animals at all, and just ran the clinic for the money. When she used the site to avenge the dog she didn't know that the jigoku shoujo took your soul too. Her pulling the string was pretty much done reflexively, even though if she had left the doll at home, she probably wouldn't have pulled it. |
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| i wouldnt go to hell just to avenge my dead dog... i would try to settle it in an other way. eternal suffering, is a bit too much in this case... |
| I think that's the problem that I have with the premise although I really am enjoying the series. So what you are going through on earth is just unbearable right now? You get momentary relief until you die from that one person but have to spend the rest of eternity in extreme misery, pain, and suffering. This episode was really hard for me to watch because I'm such a dog lover. I didn't like the series the first time I saw the first episode, but I watched it over again in subtitles instead of dubbed and the series grew on me. I watch it subbed now (I'm not usually a subtitle snob) |
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| People need to think broader for this -__- She didn't just do it for the dog. When she originally looked at the site it was for that reason, but when she found out she would have to go to hell she decided not to. It's because the guy was rotten overall that made her pull the string. I probably wouldn't have done it, but he did deserve to die. I love how the end of this episode was done putting him in a hospital where they didn't give a shit about him. Istra said: I didn't like the series the first time I saw the first episode, but I watched it over again in subtitles instead of dubbed and the series grew on me. I watch it subbed now (I'm not usually a subtitle snob) Dubs for this are fine to me. I'm a dub and sub person. |
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It deserves the "doctor" right! He deserves to be punished more and feel the way he treated the animals. Bleh I say. |
| There were other ways to bring the guy down, it seems people are fairly impulsive in this series so far. Also, i'm wondering what happens if they repent. All the episodes have given the "bad" person a chance to confess that they were, in fact, wrong to do what they did and show they truly have remorse. P.S. I am hooked so far! |
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| Why would you give you soul for a dog? You could have just buy another one lol. Anyways, nice episode. I thought back there that the nurse was the real culprit. (You never know XD) I guess I was wrong. It was the doctor all the way. |
Istra said: I think that's the problem that I have with the premise although I really am enjoying the series. So what you are going through on earth is just unbearable right now? You get momentary relief until you die from that one person but have to spend the rest of eternity in extreme misery, pain, and suffering. This. I agree completely. |
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| meh, the real story can start now.. |
| It's the thought that counts, that doctor was an asshole and all assholes deserve to die. It doesn't really matter that he didn't break any laws, but still there are many socially acceptable people who would be better off dead. |
Predseln said: i wouldnt go to hell just to avenge my dead dog... i would try to settle it in an other way. Yeah, the girl was definately over doing it... :/ I'm an animal lover, but still...oo |
deadoptimist said: Though I think shit-flinging should also have standards - no personal, no behind the scenes. |
Moonfrost said: Why would you give you soul for a dog? You could have just buy another one lol. Lol. Yeah buy a bunch of dogs, train them to kill evil doctors =). Sorkalith said: There were other ways to bring the guy down, it seems people are fairly impulsive in this series so far. Also, i'm wondering what happens if they repent. All the episodes have given the "bad" person a chance to confess that they were, in fact, wrong to do what they did and show they truly have remorse. 100% agree. |
| It's a shame that the first half of each of these episodes are becoming stale and boring to watch. When the second half is just so amazing, I love the ways they come up with to try to get the person to admit what they had done wrong. The overly episodic nature is starting to get to me though. |
| I just watched this and scratched my head. I dont see why she would want to burn in hell over a dog. It's the way of the world that there are vets who do their job just for the money and not for the pleasure of saving animals. This may have been an extreme case but even then, Junko's meddling lost the nurse who was doing her job properly her job as well so I cannot really approve of the revenge she asked for. |
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| hmmm I won't do that over a dog for sure although I do love animals very much. Oh well, to each his own. |
| Is it bad that I'm more glad about the little girl going to hell? She was annoying as hell. She ended up getting someone fired and she used illegal means to get evidence. All this to rid the world of one asshole? Even she says at the end: "Mom, Dad, Candy, watch over me from above." She would give up an eternity with her loved ones to kill one asshole? With the ones before I had at least some sympathy because of what they did to the victim. But this....I'm glad she's going to hell.... |
| Strange how I thought this was the best episode so far. I think the scene where the doctor mocked the animal's inability to talk made me think "Ice the Bastard" And the hell sequence was fantastic in it's irony. |
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| gotta love how the doctor was put in the same situation . >_> the girl pulled the string because she was angry , when a human becomes angry he/she forgets a few things for the moment ... |
| Being a cat owner I kinda felt for this story more than the others. I even felt like crying in parts. And clearly those of you in here that say stuff like: "why care so much about a dog?" or "get another one" no offense, but i guess u've never been pet owners... :S House animals ARE family members and trust me it hurts quite the same when you lose an animal. It's like losing a good friend! I just loved the scene in this episode, although a little cruel, where they left him in that cage aching without paying him any attention. But still that guy was an asshole and brought it all to himself. Actions => consequences. it's all a matter of balance in nature. |
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| She pulled the string not just because of her own dog, IMO, or she would have done it to begin with. She did it because the ass hole had no remorse and would continue to do it to other animals as well. |
| Wow if you were a true animal lover you would die for your pet O.o I would have die for my dog. I almost did once when my dog escape from the leach and went to the street to upcoming cars. I jumped in front and covered my dog(Toy poodle). I don't care if i suffer, but if some bastard asshole vet is not treating my pet or animals right, i would suffer in hell and avenge my dogs and other pets to let him die. This is reason I am going to college to study to be a vet and help animals not for the money. And you people call yourself animal lover TSK TSK i will only label as animal likers if your not risking your life XD |
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| serves that doctor right >.< I want him to suffer more |
| Ms. Sekimoto needs to go to hell for sharing that kind of information with a child!! WTF was she thinking??? |
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| That bastard doesn't deserve to be a VET. |
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| This episode really made me think about my own dogs (two of them). They're pains in the ass sometimes, but I still love them, and, yes, they're both part of the family. |
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| Great episode. I swear, i was so sad. I think I tried a fake hell correspondence once. >_>; I pefer dubs. It's b/c I'm too lazy to read subtitles. xD;;; |
| I'm starting to get really frustrated with this series. Specifically the people in it who ask Ai for revenge. Nothing is worth damning yourself to Hell for all eternity! You know what's a better idea? Junko should've gotten a gun & shot the doctor in the head! Then he's dead & Junko doesn't have to go to Hell! She might have life in jail but at least when she dies she'd have eternity in Heaven! Life is nothing compared to an eternity in Heaven! It's so frustrating!!! |
| She's going a little overboard. |
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| I agree that it was probably a mistake to pull the string. But I have a feeling that's actually going to become the point of the series later on. Wouldn't it be amazing if this series turns back to these characters and follows them through their lives? Each of them would find themselves regretting what they'd done, and somehow they have to deal with the fact that they're going to burn in hell for all eternity. Couldn't this be the set-up for something amazing? |
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insan3soldiern said: Strange how I thought this was the best episode so far. I think the scene where the doctor mocked the animal's inability to talk made me think "Ice the Bastard" And the hell sequence was fantastic in it's irony. I agree. And it's also my favorite episode so far. If you asked Jigoku Shoujo to take you to hell for a day first so you can see what it's really like before making your final decision, would she let you? EDIT: It looks like she would, and in fact that is not just an option. It appears that she gives you a vision of hell after she hands you the straw doll. |
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| Like everyone here, I'm questioning the rationality of selling your soul to the devil over a dead dog. But then again...I think bending common sense will allow Jigoku Shoujo's premise to stretch itself out over more episodes. Otherwise, like OriginANIME said, you'd only have people pulling the string in life-threatening situations. Karasuchan said: gotta love how the doctor was put in the same situation . Yes! Retributive justice! After episode 2, I complained that the punishment in the first two episodes didn't "fit" the crime, but after seeing episode 3 and, to a greater extent, this episode, I have a lot more hope for this series. |
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Moonfrost said: Your no different than the doctor and Candy death itself, isn't the main point after the little girl + assistant was kicked out of the store.Why would you give you soul for a dog? You could have just buy another one lol. Anyways, nice episode. I thought back there that the nurse was the real culprit. (You never know XD) I guess I was wrong. It was the doctor all the way. She did not want to revenge her dog w/ her soul in hell, that's why she looked for an alternative, but it failed and she only pull it out of reflex. Anyone notice how the protagonist finds out about the site through random girls in the background? I feel its stage by those devils XD |
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| *Sigh* I was hoping for a change.. but it's the same ordeal in every episode so far.. I'm really disliking how all these good people are going to be punished when these revenges aren't really much different from warfare.. They're defending the people they love from vicious inhuman people..... But yeah, the mocking the doctor scenes were hilarious, I loved it meh.. I'l contenue to watch as just waiting for some sort of change on Ai's side of the story... |
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| I liked this punishment but it was not taking long this time and to be honest of course what he did was wrong but sending some one to hell is a bit to much + the person who asked for help will have eternal suffering him/her self. then again if it was a human that suffered this way would we all still try to solve it a different way I mean if it's family or something I think I would make the deal before she could finish her sentence of what will happen to me in return. so I kinda understand she sent him to hell the dog was her only family. |
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| The girl is so annoying and she seems to love her smelly dog even more than her parents. People kill rats every day and don't give shit about how those rats "feel". Why dogs should be any better. If dog dies then just buy another one. Dogs don't have a personality, and they can be replaced unlike your real family. |
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| Hmmm.. sadly enough there are actually people like this in the real world. That scene with Ai's face popping from above when she said "Ippen.. shinde miru?" priceless. \(^o^)/ |
| I thought that the sudden change in sensei's behaviour was forced. It's hard to sit through another episode of this.. -.- please do something else already. D: Shirai Kuroko (TAKnR) as the kid was annoying. Koyasu as the evil vet. |
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| Bad doctor... |
Forgetfulness said: Also didn't help that I've never had a pet and can't empathize with throwing away something so valuable for an animal... Yeah Ive never had a pet either, so I couldn't really understand her love for the animal. Honestly I feel it was more she didn't wanna be alone since her parents died, and the dog was all she had left of her family. Also she was only like 10 years old :/. |
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