Every episode is a story on its own. But the same thing happens almost every episode. People get hurt by other people and they want revenge. They go to a website where a girl promises them revenge. She can send them to hell immediatly, but in return they too must go to hell once they die.
Its a sad story because it shows daily hardships that people experience, how selfish people are and how sometimes things dont become better.
It gets a little repetitive at the start and it takes a while before the main story unfolds, but I can garantee its worth it.
If you like mystery/slice of life and dont mind a sad story then I would deffinitly recommend this. (show less)

Characters in this anime are victims who can't stand any more pain and than they become desperate and seek help in jigoku shoujo, a girl from hell. But when they accept covenant wirh her, they become sinners. Some person who commits a mortal sin is one who knows that their sin is wrong. In this anime, direct and intentional killing is gravely sinful And because a life on earth seems unbearable to them, they are ready to suffer eternally in hell. I liked that main story and I liked the side stories (it's not a repetative to me). I also liked
the connection between characters, and psichology of the vicims and bullies. Shibata Hajime is a great positive person with a good, bright character traits and Enma Ai is a great in a negative and a sad, dark way. Hell girl is not be for people who love fast story line with action, but if you like tragedy and violence this is for you (show less)

It was okay. The main story was great, but I felt it took too long to emerge from the main storyline. On the other hand I think it was done very well because without the large ammount of episodes we wouldn't get to see the bond between Hajime and Tsugumi develop. Although the episode to episode format was a bit grating and repetitive, the interactions between the characters made it worthwhile and I can appreciate the ending more. (I wanted so many times to throw something at the screen going somebody just give Tsugumi a hug ; w ; )
Animation was OK, only the last few episodes really were 'entertaining' to me, but I'm still going to watch the next series anyway :3 (show less)