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Post by ®onnie ®ude on Oct 15, 2008 9:32:22 GMT -5
Hate to say it, but I watch some pretty sick Anime, no pun intended. Check this one out called hell girl, because its theory is on the same level of craziness as Gantz, but no killing aliens involved.
Lets say you hate someone...done! Wanna get revenge?...sure! Welp, all you have to do is enter their name in a website called the Hell Hotline and this creepy chick named Enma Ai will visit you and make a contract with you. The contract is that she'll ferry the soul of your tormentor straight to hell if you fulfill your end of the bargain, because their always is a price. That price is simple; your soul will also belong to hell as well, but that won't happen till you die!
So, when she hands you the straw doll with the red string attached, think about the consequences of untying that string before you end up sealing your own fate. And if the doll is meant for you, your screwed, because there is no way to talk yourself out of a one way trip to hell...
Furthermore, I watched two seasons so far and the third was just released and is airing in Japan. They were pretty fuckin' awesome if you ask me and I guarantee I'll be watching the third when I get the chance and I suggest you all do the same, because you have no clue what your missing! This anime was fuckin' epic!
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Post by Benry on Oct 15, 2008 9:39:17 GMT -5
sounds more like death note to me with the name writings and all
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Post by Kaito on Oct 15, 2008 9:47:18 GMT -5
It's not really benry. The person whose name was put into the bar is tormented first so they confess their sins then they are sent to hell. My favorite guy is Ren Ichimoku , He's the emo looking dude Ronnie, I just started watching it and I'm on the first season still.
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Post by ®onnie ®ude on Oct 15, 2008 12:16:24 GMT -5
The person whose name was put into the bar is tormented first so they confess their sins then they are sent to hell. Nah, Kaito... At first I assumed the same thing, but as I continued to watch I started to get pissed, because people who confess or aren't even guilty of anything are still sent to hell. At first this confused me, because Wanyuudo, the prostitute chick (I forget her name) and Ren use to torture them and make them confess and when they didn't they'd say, "well you heard em". I figured they just did it to break away from the monotony of sending people to hell over anmd over again, because there really is no way out of goin to hell unless Hell Girl rejects the contract and that hardly EVER happens!
Wait till you see Hajime and his daughter Segumi (I think that's how its spelled) Their pretty fucking raw and their pretty much what got me interested.
Ren on the other hand is cool too, but he doesn't really start to shine until season 2. Its hard to explain, but imo I think he's the first to start realizing that sending people to hell in some cases are wrong and he really cares about the people who contact hell girl if their story is legit. He actually feels bad for em and often volunteers to serve as the doll.
The prostitute on the other hand is sexist, but she's pretty funny too...
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Post by Defectron on Oct 15, 2008 14:42:32 GMT -5
I thought this was alright, but it wasn't one of my favorites. A number of things kind of bothered me in this series.
One is just how dumb all of the episodic characters are. Sure they have problems, but they don't think through exactly what it means to rely on the Jigoku shoujo. It's essentially like taking out a billion dollar loan to pay off a 1000 dollar debt. But none of them really think this through properly, sure a few of them might be like woah, hell sounds kinda scary, but it can't be worse then whats happening to me now. But it will be because it'll be like whats happening now but worse for all eternity. But these people who get their puppies killed or their cars dinged up really don't consider that. Interestingly the only person in the series who really seemed to show any common sense here was the Otaku who figured it simply wasn't worth sending that punk to hell.
Another thing is I think they could've done more with the idea. I get the feeling that were never going to find out why the hell that weird fish in hell is making Ai collect peoples souls. It's just a plot device to move the story foreward so far which hasnt been expanded on. Whatever reason it is, I doubt its anything good since the hell hotline can be used indescriminately against both bad people and good. Though hopefully I'll be wrong about this and we will find out what the deal is with that.
I'm hoping Gil Du Ronfer comes back in the third season, he was a cool villain even though he was only around for 1 episode. It was sort of implied he could come back from hell.
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Post by ®onnie ®ude on Oct 15, 2008 15:04:42 GMT -5
Oh, your talking about hell boy! Hell boy was fuckin' awesome, but he got owned...lol
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Post by Defectron on Oct 15, 2008 16:48:10 GMT -5
He was sort of like a mirror to her own character since they both died under similar cercumstances.
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Post by ®onnie ®ude on Oct 15, 2008 17:20:10 GMT -5
To tell you the truth I sorta forgot how he died...all I remember is that he went to hell, came back, tried to start shit and got owned. End of that dude.
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Post by Defectron on Oct 20, 2008 2:09:49 GMT -5
Saw the first ep of the third season, this one looks like it might be a bit better then the last two if the first episode is any indication. The directing seemed to be better and the overall plot looked more itneresting too. I just hope they explain the motives of that big fish thing in hell making her collect peoples souls.
Anyway if you like horror anime, two other new series that look pretty good so far are Shikibane Hime and Chaos Head. So you might want to check those out.
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Post by ®onnie ®ude on Oct 20, 2008 14:19:48 GMT -5
Fish? I'm pretty sure it was a spider bro.
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Post by Defectron on Oct 20, 2008 14:21:35 GMT -5
the spider was just how it manifested in our world, I recall in Ais flashback its true form looked more like a giant 3 eyed fish.
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Post by ®onnie ®ude on Oct 20, 2008 15:00:32 GMT -5
lol i don't remember that one bro.
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