as far as the story goes, the message seems to be to "live life to the fullest"
a simple message, with a not so simple story line.
the art is phenomenal. if your a fan of conventional art you may find it a bit difficult to adjust to this sort of "mixed-media-esque" style of anime art.
it reminds me, to an extent of the animes like Kare Kano and Paranoia Agent which don't mind straying from the conventional anime drawings and feel free to try something new and fun
the music works incredibly well with the entire anime! i would even go as far as putting it
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Aug 11, 2008
Jigoku Shoujo
(Anime)
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Okay, so i reeeaally wanted to like this anime.. i really did.
it made it hard to do so when i couldnt' make it past episode 4. why couldn't i make it further you ask? every episode followed the same skeletal structure of the prior. namely the summoning of the "hell girl" (reminiscent of some power ranger suit-up cut scene) herself and the expectant gossip one would hear about the "hell girl website" or whatever. the characters were far too unreal (extreme) to relate to or even believe for that matter--everything was terribly predictable in my opinion. i believe if i watched the anime thru the entire ... |
