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Hell Girl 1 Paperback – January 29, 2008

by Miyuki Eto (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
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SHE’S COMING FOR YOU. . . .

When you thirst for revenge, there’s a surefire way to get it: Simply go to the strange website that appears only at midnight, and enter the name of your enemy. The Hell Girl will appear to drag your tormentor to eternal damnation. But you will have to pay a price . . . your soul!
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  1. Print length
    208 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Del Rey
  4. Publication date
    January 29, 2008
  5. Reading age
    16 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    5 x 1 x 7.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0345497473
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0345497475
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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Enter your enemy's name at midnight on a special Web site, and Hell Girl takes revenge on them for you. Each chapter is thus a story of someone getting what's coming to them. The most fully realized, in both motivation and setup, is the first. Nerd Mari is set up to be caught shoplifting; popular Satsuki rescues her but blackmails Mari into buying her treats. Later stories cover a pastry student opening her own shop sabotaged by her jealous former teacher; an aspiring actress starring in the Hell Girl movie who's being stalked; an evil vet; and a girl sexually harassed by her teacher. As the book proceeds, the stories and resolutions become more perfunctory. It can be difficult to tell which character is speaking, given the lack of tails on the word balloons, since the voices aren't distinctive. The action is also unclear in key scenes, with too many shortcuts taken. Hell, by the way, looks like a shower of black chrysanthemums, the Japanese funeral flower. Those wishing evil are told that in return for their enemy's condemnation, they too will go to hell after they die, but that warning is little played up in this anime tie-in that probably plays better on TV. (Jan.)
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Del Rey; First Printing edition (January 29, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0345497473
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0345497475
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1 x 7.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
39 global ratings

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Taylor M. Shaw
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfectly presented
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2021
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The seller put love, into wrapping, and sending this little book. I rarely see such care, for the buyer, in mind. Great condition, for Used. Beautiful people. We got lucky. Thank you so very much!!
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Dechen Lhamo
5.0 out of 5 stars Creepy Fun
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2014
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I really enjoy the Hell Girl (Jigoku Shoujo) anime series. The manga is just as delightful. (My husband is also liking it as much as I do) I would recommend it to the age 15 and older crowd. This is not a "light" comic in any sense. The story presents a double-edged sword. Yes, you can send your tormenter to hell, but in return, you must surrender YOUR soul to hell when you die. I also appreciate that the format is presented like it is in Japan ... You start at the back of the book! Japanese books are the opposite of our books in North America.
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A Person
5.0 out of 5 stars PRETTY GOOD
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2015
I THINK THIS IS AN INTERESTING STORY. THE READ KEPT MY ATTENTION WELL. I LIKE HOW HELL GIRL IS INTRODUCED INTO THE STORY. I CANT WAIT TO FIND OUT MORE IN THE NEXT VOLUMES. I RECOMMEND THIS FOR ANY MANGA FAN. ITS NOT MORBID OR ANYTHING, MAYBE BETTER FOR TEENAGERS BUT IM 30 AND AM ENJOYING THIS READ. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN PREFENCES OF LIKING SOMETHING, BUT I SAY THIS IS A GOOD READ.
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Daniel Slack
3.0 out of 5 stars "Reminicent of Mishishi" but not as well done
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2013
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Jigoku Shojo or Hell Girl is an episodic manga that revolves around revenge. These people who have done a terrible thing to others can be send to hell by entering their names through an internet site. In exchange for this creepy service the senders own soul will also go to pits of hell once they die. Pretty damn terrible right?

That premise alone is ridiculous. I meant if the circumstances of the stories presented in the first volume had been written with a solid plot and had much more of a character development it could be intruiging but instead we get in each chapter different set of case that has flimsy plot of blackmailing peer, a baker who steals ideas of his student, a vet who cares about his own than the animal he needs to look after and other easy to resolve case without resorting to sending anyone to hell.

All of the tale contain in here were so easy to confront and deal with but instead the characters would eventually get their vengeance by summoning the Hell Girl. Not only that, once the hell girl appears to take the wrong doers she would keep telling the same line over and over again. The plot gets so repetitive and boring. It’s a pity.

Not only does all the character has no development but it also shows they’re weak to fight back. They are ok to go to hell as long as they get their sweet revenge. Leads me to wonder if they truly thought about the outcome of their action in the afterlife..
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ChibiNeko
3.0 out of 5 stars Has potential, but ultimately falls flat
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2008
I really wanted to like this manga. It's got a bit of everything I like. The artwork is cute, it's in an episodic format (each chapter is a different story), & the plotline is interesting. The idea of being able to send an enemy to hell by entering in their name on a hidden website is an interesting idea. While the idea of retribution via an outside party has been somewhat done before, this was a good approach. However, that's about where my admiration stopped.

The plotline revolves around Ai (Hell Girl), an ageless entity who collects names of the deserving (and sometimes undeserving) for retribution. The cost of sending your enemy or rival to hell? You eventually join them in eternal torment. While this format works for the first few stories, eventually I started to wonder if any of these characters actually thought about whether or not their revenge was worthwhile & if they'd really tried to solve their own problems themselves. After the first 2 stories I was struggling to really want to finish the manga or even care about the characters. Some of them really seemed to be at the end of their ropes, which made their desperate move of registering on Hell Girl's website somewhat understandable. However most of them just appeared to be rather whiny & unlikeable, as in the case of the would be girl chef. Her store was constantly trashed, robbed, & slandered, but did she ever think about leaving the area to get a fresh start in a new town?

Another flaw is that you never see any of the people actually fully realize their choices & their mistakes. None of the clients ever fully understand what "eternal suffering in hell" means, & as such they never appear to regret their actions or fear their deaths. They all assume that they'll live for a long time. It would have been refreshing to see that realization (and maybe it'll happen in future volumes), but at the moment the characters are all one sided & cliched.

If I see any future volumes in the stores I'll glance at them, but there would have to be some serious improvements before I'd consider actually buying this story. I gave the volume 3 stars due to the cute artwork & a novel idea for a manga. I've been told that the manga improves & I hope it does. Otherwise it's just another manga that pulls out every cliche in hopes of selling to the mass market goth & horror crowds.
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