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Jigoku Shoujo (or, "Hell Girl") is an anime series consisting of three seasons, produced by Studio DEEN.

Jigoku Shoujo (or, Hell Girl) is an anime series consisting of three seasons, produced by Studio DEEN. The story of the anime (and in fact the whole series) has recurring themes of injustice, hatred, suffering, and revenge. Elements like violence, harsh language, trickery, blackmail, animal cruelty, torture, insanity, twisted and complex human emotions, and such are found from time to time.

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Why were bodies left behind in the past?

In Hell Girl (Jigoku Shoujo), you'll notice that during the present timeline a person disappears once they are sent to hell, however in the past, the body is left behind. A minor example of this is Episode 13: Purgatory Girl, where it is mentioned…
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What is this anime song?

(Cross post from /r/AnimeOST, where I didn't get any answer) I have a song in mind recently, I'm pretty sure it comes from a well known anime that is less than 10 years old, but I can't remember which one. Do you know what it is? I made a quick…
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Does the symbol on the bodies of the damned have any real-world significance?

In Hell Girl, when someone condemns their target to be banished to Hell immediately, they forfeit their own afterlife in Heaven as the price. As a mark of this covenant between the cursee and Hell Girl herself, a black mark appears upon their chest,…
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Sending a wrong person due to name mistake to Hell

I know how the Hell Link works: you submit the name of the person and when you're ready, you pull the thread in exchange for your soul to Hell. But here's a twisting question. Let's say you hated this person with someone else's name for something…
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