Kyoufu Jigoku Shoujo
Hell Baby
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Kyoufu Jigoku Shoujo

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Terror of the Hell Girl
Japanese: 恐怖・地獄少女
English: Hell Baby
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 1
Chapters: 13
Status: Finished
Published: 1982
Genre: Horror Horror
Serialization: None
Authors: Hino, Hideshi (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 6.941 (scored by 16051,605 users)
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Ranked: #97092
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Popularity: #5488
Members: 3,591
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Synopsis

On a stormy night, twin sisters are born. One of the girls is healthy and normal in every regard—the other is hideously deformed and craves blood rather than milk. The father of the girls is unwilling to accept the deformed twin into his family and so he places her in a sack and disposes of her at a rubbish dump. The baby subsists first on carrion and earthworms and then, later, by hunting the dogs, rats, crows and other animals that inhabit the dump (something she must do regularly since she begins to decompose when she doesn't get a regular supply of blood). After seven years, she leaves the dump and heads for the distant lights of the city—there she will discover that human blood tastes best of all and maybe find out something about the family that abandoned her.

(Source: ANN)

Background

Kyoufu Jigoku Shoujo was published in English as Hell Baby by Blast Books on January 12, 1995.

Characters

The Girl
Main
Doctor W
Supporting
Girl's Sister
Supporting

Reviews

Nov 9, 2010
This is a truly unique manga. At first it seems like your typical horror manga, but near the end, it actually turns very sad. I really enjoyed reading this manga {and to be honest, I did cry a bit near the end}. Again, if you can't handle gore, then this still really isn't for you. But it is a very good manga, and I recommend it :3 This one is alot easier to find then most Hino Hideshi works.
Aug 18, 2019
The synopsis might be a little misleading. I went in expecting a full-on violent, hate-ridden revenge story but that wasn't exactly what I got. And this is a good thing.

I grew fonder of the baby by the page, and her motivations shown in the synopsis differ a little from what they really are. You can feel sympathetic for this character regardless of her appearance.

The story is, as weird as it may sound, sweet. Amidst all the terrible things she experienced and did, the life she had to lead, and even having the concept of revenge in her mind, she kept her innocence and good nature ...
Apr 9, 2024
Mixed Feelings
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Basically Frankenstein, but if the monster was born as a human. Initially there were slight feelings of empathy for the baby, but then it became a cannibal… enjoying feasting on human flesh. Essentially at the end it was sort of like there’s a limit to how bad you can be as in she did not sink fully into "depravity". By the end there is a feeling of neutrality towards the girl. It was a good concept though and was well done for 13 chapters but not completely original due to Frankenstein which was leagues better at drawing an emotional connection to the inhuman being. I ...

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