Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori, ep. 14: “The Peaceful Lakeside” (Shizukana Kohan) Kikuri interacts a lot with a possible client for the Jigoku Tsushin. A family tries to cope with the apparent harassment from their neighbors, but things turn violent. Will young Takuma use the Jigoku Tsushin? Summary and thoughts following the pics (click to [...]
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Jigoku Shoujo Live Action, ep. 9, “False Recompense” (Nise no Daishou) This is an interesting episode as two people access the Jigoku Tsushin. Who will pull the string first? Summary and thoughts following the pics (click to enlarge): Summary: The show begins with a pretty girl named Natsuko, and she’s getting copies of college [...]
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Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori, ep. 13: “The V Tragedy” (”V no Sangeki”) Amidst some peculiar serial murders, Enma Ai and her Sanwara investigate a possible client whose target seems to have no connection to him. Summary and thoughts following the pics (click to enlarge): Summary: A frightened young man runs into an abandoned structure, but he’s grabbed [...]
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I almost forgot that this series returns on air this week. Unfortunately, this is a rather disappointing episode and is quite ridiculous as well in terms of the grudge. I'm not sure which one is worse this one or the one where someone sent another person to hell just for spilling coffee. At this rate, someone is really going to send another person to Hell just because that person took the toilet paper that the first person wants. I think the interesting thing about this episode is actually the revelation of Kikuri's power. It's kind of strange to know that her power can be used for good but when I think about it, it's debatable whether or not what she did it with good or bad intention. If none of those interest you, this episode also features a completely irrelevant but amusing scenes of Ai and Kikuri stuffing their stomach with Oden.
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And here’s part two of the favorite character polls, this time featuring the guys, again, limited to the shows I’ve been blogging. Please vote after the pics: Ah! Megamisama Ayakashi Ayashi Blood+ D.Gray-man Death Note Jigoku Shoujo Ki-ba Shakugan no Shana Simoun Souten no Ken Witchblade / Zero no Tsukaima Who's your favorite 2006 Anime Guy? Keiichi • AMG Yukiatsu • Ayakashi Ayashi Ogasawara • Ayakashi Ayashi Edo Gen • [...]
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I can now exclusively reveal that the reason my blog is so HARD GAY is because I have Lui chained up in my basement.   As the days became depressingly short and winter tightened its grip upon the land, I had the great idea of summarising all the 2006 series I watched in one great ‘Annual Round-Up’; [...]
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Jigoku Shoujo Live Action, ep. 8: “The Miracle of Christmas” (Seiya no Kiseki) This is very similar to the anime version (episode 13, “Rengoku Shoujo”) in the first season. It’s Christmas season but Hajime is busy investigating a man who’d written a story about the “Rengoku Shoujo” (Purgatory Girl). Summary following the pics (click [...]
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Sorry for delaying this post until today but I thought this episode would have been perfect for a Christmas Jigoku Shoujo episode. Yeah, I realise that 'Christmas' and 'Hell' don't go together but this is one of those rare episodes where the story ended happily. Well, as happy as any Jigoku Shoujo story can be. Unfortunately the setting is a bit dull this time around. The story simply relies on two location: inside an old house and a truck. It feels as if the animators try to minimise the amount of money that they must spend on the episode. Thankfully there is a nice twist towards the end of the episode which leads to the happy end I mentioned above. This episode also reveals some information about Wanyuudou's past although it does not explain how he became one of Ai's helpers.
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Its been a long time since I updated this Groovin’ Music Section. So today … I bring you the ED Single of Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori (地獄少女 二籠): Aizome ~ Futakomori (あいぞめ ～二籠) This single is sung by savage genius … it says so on the cover I actually didn’t know that All along I thought it was sung by the seiyuu [...]
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I just love Christmas and have decided that as usual, I will be taking a brief hiatus. I’m sure it won’t last long (I think last year it lasted less than a day, due to an episode of Jigoku Shoujo calling me to blog about it) but I’d like to just relax and enjoy the [...]
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