| | Alternate title : Hell Girl Second Cage
Studio : Studio DEEN
Length : 26 Episodes
Year : 2006
Genre : Mystery - Drama - Horror
Synopsis :
Is there a particular person in which you'd damn to hell? Someone you loathe so much that you'd even risk your own fate? People say that if you enter "Hell Girl's" website - only available at 12:00am - Enma Ai (Hell Girl) will act on your revenge. However, once you have entered the contract, you will not be able to enter heaven at the time of your death.
While executions to hell run smoothly as normal, a wide eyed girl deemed Kikuri appears. Kikuri schemes against the Hell Girl operation; her objectives are more than questionable.
Notes :
sequel of Jigoku Shoujo
prequel of Jigoku Shoujo: Mitsuganae
Added : 2006-10-22
Synopsis by : Himitsu
Last update : 2009-08-02
Last update details : Link added
Score : 7.2
Number of reviews : 5
Link(s) :
Official #1 : Official Jigoku Shoujo Website (Japanese)
A-Source #1 : Jigoku Shoujo
Song(s) :
Opening #1 : SNoW - NightmaRe
Ending #1 : Mamiko Noto - Aizome
Release(s) :
2007-11-18 -- Episode(s) 26 by Ayu. BT Link
2007-11-13 -- Episode(s) 25 by Ayu. BT Link
2007-10-22 -- Episode(s) 24 by Ayu. BT Link
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Posted by : Himitsu 
Posted on : 2008-11-30 
The second season of Jigoku Shoujo has the same feel as the first, and I love it. I cannot pinpoint a single entity that makes this show so enjoyable because I think it's a mixture of many things. Depicting the extreme acts of human emotions. The marvelous dark colours, plain/simple but gorgeous character designs, and of course the psychological horror. Actually, the one genre I read (for fictional novels) is psychological horror.
I did not hesitate to watch the next episode. It wasn't an addicting factor since most episodes were one-shots. The stories and character portrayals were simply that good. Cases were less predictable, and not everyone gets what they deserve. There were definitely more twists and turns. The ending can leave you feeling empty or a feel of poetical justice. Either way, the ED song Aizome wraps things up nicely.
So things are almost the same. The more fun part is that we get some glimpses of some character histories. There are some explanation of Enma Ai's assistants: Ren, Wanyuudo, and Hone-Onna's. Their origins. Unfortunately, it lasted only an episode at most. It seemed to be a poor explanation, more of an excuse.
I think the voice work is great. Mamiko Noto fit Enma Ai's China Doll staple perfectly. I never really got tired of her voice even though the lines were evidently recycled. The assistants (Wanyuudo, Ren, Hone Onna) also had lovely seiyuu work. You really know what they're thinking from how they voice things.
The real complaint I have is Kikuri. She was an annoyance. She is made to be a very important character but all she does is bulge her creepy insect-like eyes and give an evil giggle. It's creepy. Kikuri did little for the series till the very end. Even then, not much was explained. She was given a big role, but did not match up to it at all.
Scroll down a bit to read Chikage_Shampoo's review. I think she sums up what I feel quite nicely. It's quite difficult to say why I enjoy the Jigoku Shoujo series, but I simply do. It has great aesthetics, characters, and mood.
Posted by : ErwinRommel
Posted on : 2008-11-22
Jigoku shoujo: Futakomori did not improve significantly from the previous season and is content to give strings of mediocre episodes one after another. There were a few changes that gave this series a bit of charm but it's outweighed by 22 consecutive episodes that are poor. One storyline is good but the quality of the finale should be the standard one would expect by now. Were it not for Enma Ai I would be giving my first 1/10 rating. Do not watch this season. Just skip it and pray the third one is good.
There were minor changes added to the series. We can see the repercussions from the previous season finale here. Enma Ai now seems to care about her clients as she would actively investigate the cause of the hatred. It's also interesting that Enma Ai gives the clients the opportunity to withdraw the straw dolls when in the past such an option was unthinkable.
Hence the only thing worth looking forward to is Enma Ai. She's quite funny at times since she's starting to revert back into her more playful self seen at the end of season one. A certain amount of moral is also developed in the show due to the softer nature of Enma Ai. Because the previous season revolved around her the show is able to limp to a good end. Enma Ai can carry the show but she can only do it if the individual storylines had allowed her to shine.
A new addition is the background story of Enma Ai's assistants but they look more like an afterthought. It doesn't convey the anger that each felt but instead the episodes feels like an article on Wikipedia. There are practically no emotions. For instance the episode involving Hone-onna showed us how she died but her vengeance as a ghost against other people is not shown. This anime is about vengeance wrought on people so to skip Hone-onna's tragedy while as a ghost is not only contradictory to the theme of the series but makes the episode pointless.
I feel like a broken record but it has to be said again. The episodes are dirt poor for the entire first half and a majority of the second half. If you want good one-shots go watch Paradise Agent. Jigoku shoujo: Futakomori made changes but no improvements. It is very disappointing therefore Jigoku shoujo: Futakomori can go to hell even if I have to send it.
4/10
Posted by : Chikage_Shampoo
Posted on : 2007-05-03
Though the first season lacked clarity and storyline, Jigoku Shoujo's second season, Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori, managed to fill in some gaps that opened during the first season.
Throughout the series, Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori remains generally the same as the first season - a series of one-shots, with the exception of the ending, which consists of an arc of several episodes. The scenarios presented in this season seem much more outlandish than the first, yet, somehow, accomplish the task of presenting how fragile, how selfish, how simply ridiculous human nature can be. After the first wave of shock that came after the end of each episode, each victim or culprit, or whoever ripped the string off of or was the victim of Enma Ai's voodoo doll, seems real and understandable. This was all brought to both a head and a spectacular finish in the ending, which masterfully brought the series to a close. It did not disappoint me.
The series finally offers glimpses of characters' pasts, such as Ichimoku Ren, Hone-Onna, and Wanyuudou. However, these are only included in one or two episodes, and are not really explained in full detail. However, other characters, such as Kikuri and Ai's grandmother, were not explained at all: in fact, Kikuri seemed as an annoying attachment: the series presented her as a necessity, but her role throughout the series was ambiguous. Sometimes it seemed like she had a purpose, but at other times, she seemed like she was just another annoyance factor, like the journalist and his daughter in the first series.
The character designs stay as simple and beautiful as ever, especially Enma Ai. She mostly shows herself as an emotionless china doll who submits to any request she receives, but when she finally shows some emotion, the stark contrast really brings out her beauty.
Voice acting, though somewhat redundant for Ai and her partners in crime, (though fitting because of their depressing jobs) was very realistic for each of the one-shot episodes (and the several episode ending).
The ending song, Aizome, always retained its position as the "calm after the storm". After each suspenseful episode, its soft yet invigorating tune always washed out the negative feelings that gathered inside of me.
Perhaps what made this series stand out was, yet again, its psychological impact. The scenarios jump to and from somewhat understandable to more and more seemingly outlandish, although they truly depict the ugliness and fragility of mankind. Again, this series makes one ponder about the nature of humans: how their hatred and negative emotions can consume them, how, even after doing something they thought was necessary (aka pulling the string off of the voodoo doll), they were lambased with regret. It's a never-ending cycle.
My complaints lie with the ambiguity of certain characters, such as Kikuri, Ren, Hone-Onna, and Wanyuudou. Their roles and past histories (especially Kikuri's) are not wholly explained, and viewers may have to interpret the characters. Also, the mystery of the voodoo doll and other workings of Enma Ai's job and perhaps the existence of the Hotline to Hell (being it a computer that receives clients' requests, though in past years it was done through letters, sent by who knows how) was, again, not explained. Some questions that popped up with the first series were only partially answered, others were left blank, and still more questions popped up.
All in all, this series finally strayed from the repetitive patterns of the first series and enhanced it, especially with the removal of certain characters.
Posted by : PolyGuru
Posted on : 2007-05-02
Season two is far more interesting then season one. You do not need to watch the first season as there is a brief recap in episode one.
Season two basically follows the same formula as the earlier season but with more variety in how it tells the tale as well as more twists. It also gives a lot more background to Ai's support staff of Ren Ichimoku, Hone-Onna and Wanyuudou. Their stories were woven wonderfully into the stand alone stories of Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori.
The ending of the series is an exception as the final story arc covers several episodes. The last arc had the best story and was told masterfully.
I would recommend this series as it tells a good tale and is generally different from most other anime. However do take note that due to the very nature of Jigoku Shoujo in that it deals with grudges, vengeance and hatred there is always someone going to hell; there is not much variety in the ending of the tales it can tell.
I feel that the best was done with the scope that was available and with a little bit of patience; you will be rewarded with a good series. Hence Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori is rated as an eight.
Posted by : Gravija
Posted on : 2007-03-22
Review based on 16 episodes.
If you have watched the first season, you'll recognize everything in a blink of an eye, and you'll know that that season was so damn repetitive. The second season, Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori is a lot less repetitive and does it far better than the first season. If you haven't watched the first season, DO NOT watch it, as you'd get more out of the second season.
Story: Hotline to Hell is a website for people with death wishes to people, if they have enough anger, that is. When someone writes the name of the person s/he wishes to die and send it, Jigoku Shoujo (Hell Girl) will appear before them and give them a straw doll. Pull it, and the victim will instantly be sent to Hell. As constitution, you will also end up in Hell, when you die, that is.
This time, you'll be introduced to a new character, and also the past of the three helpers of Hell Girl.
Overall: An interesting anime, little repetitive and appeals to most people. - 8/10
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