Hell Girl

When a suspicious turn of events leaves the class goodie two-shoes indebted to a manipulative bully, Mayumi's peace of mind gets trashed as well as her reputation. After one particularly violent run in with Aya and her cronies, Mayumi submits her classmate's name to the fabled Hell Link.

A nightly stalker has left Ryoko no alternative but to seek assistance from Hell Link. After a year's investigation, the police have finally uncovered a suspect, but the case could not be more complicated. Not only is he one of their own, but Officer Akimoto comes from a very influential family. While the police investigate, little do they know that young Ryoko's already taken action of her own.

High school baseball player Daisuke Iwashita's friend and teammate Shinichi Muroi is being bullied by their team's ace pitcher, Mamoru Hanagasa. After Shinichi dies from injuries inflicted by Mamoru, Daisuke is framed for the murder and the town turns against him. In desperation, Daisuke accesses the Hell Link.

Amidst tears and heartbreak a young girl loses the last member of her family, her faithful canine companion. Days later, guilt compels the vet's assistant to confess the truth behind the recent death to Junko, the truth about the clinic and Doctor Honjo. While her own remorse and anger will drive Junko to Hell Link, her fear of the ultimate consequence will give her cause to reconsider.

A request ignored, Hell Link unresponsive. Even as a cruel and ambitious employer pursues virtual vengeance for profit and gain, her ill-used young charge seeks to turn the tables. Not only has quiet Misato been responsible for the company's many on-line successes, but President Riho has been putting the young woman to far darker and far more illegal uses.

A mother driven to suicide by relentless persecution, the accidental witness of an afternoon tryst. Her young daughter a silent associate to the suffering. When Haruka seeks out Hell Link for understanding, revenge is offered forth instead. As a single person looks to unravel a family, the youngest will strike back.

Rising talent adopted by the failing, Ayaka thought her life was made when the famous Midori adopted her, taking the young girl under her wing. But when her new mother turns into a taskmaster, exacting perfection yet extending no loving hand, Ayaka turns to Hell Link for inspiration. Dreading to damn her own soul as well as Midori's, the teenager tries a new stage act to inspire maternal love.

A tabloid reporter takes interest in Hell Link just as Hell Girl takes a strange interest in his daughter. Unable to access the site himself, Hajime finds another hit on the internet and unwittingly tracks down Ai's next target. It seems Chie was able to contact Hell Girl. Father and daughter bear witness as the damned finds himself thrown into the depths of hell, just as he threw one other.

Unable to forget what he has witnessed, Hajime's day job suffers from his growing obsession. And he's not the only one obsessed. Yuka and her sister Hiromi have shared a lifelong dream to open a bakery. As their dreams near fruition, a failed passion from the past looks to sour the future. Mr. Morisaki seeks to ruin all that they have worked for, so Yuka plots to ruin him in turn.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, no matter the age. When Minami's friend and mentor left her alone and forlorn on a stairwell after school, the she just couldn't get over it. Wanting to get even, Minami contacts Hell Girl to send Shiori straight to hell. When the karmic wheel turns and Shiori needs her former friend's help to get revenge, even Hajime won't be able to get there on time.

Hajime visits an old co-worker about an employment opportunity, stumbling without knowledge into Hell Girl's domain. It seems Mr. Chief Editor Inagaki is a dirty journalist willing to create a scandal even where one doesn't exist. One of his recent articles ruined not just a man but an entire family, and the son has a taste for revenge.

A student misunderstood hides alone in her room, cut off from a world she can no longer stand. Akane's only companions: Cheppo, a student she met online, and her teacher who comes daily, demanding she return. With Cheppo's encouragement, the young girl contacts Hell Girl to rid Mr. Fukazawa from her life, but a surprising turn of events and a betrayal leave Akane unbalanced, unsure of what to do.

Accidental witness to Hell Girl's doings, Tsugumi's vision sends Hajime scouring the city for a particular bookstore. There, within pages dated and rare, Hajime finds an account of Ai from the past, tracking down clues laid for him over fifty years before. His goal: An old man named Fukumoto, the story's author. Amidst desolation and ruin, Hajime learns of Ai and her seal.

Hajime's off again, this time to a town rife with political misdealings. Tracking down the daughter of a man whose suicide had many mysterious circumstances, the freelance reporter offers his services to get to the bottom of things. But the deeper he digs, the murkier things become. Discovering two sides to the coin, despite the truth, Hajime begs Saki not to enact her vengeance upon the Mayor.

Through Tsugumi's shared sight with Hell Girl, Hajime and his daughter have tracked Ai down to a remote island. Although at first the reporter finds little welcome, and even less information, he finally uncovers the tragic past of a young woman. Her mother having run off with a lover, returned in shame with the young Mina in tow. Now in the care of her aunt Fujie, Mina seeks Ai's assistance.

Once again on the hunt, Tsugumi gets an unexpected treat as they search out Hell Girl's next victim. But their repeated interference has drawn some dangerous interest. Unaware of his associates, Hajime meets with a young girl, one of the star performers. Convinced she was the one to contact Ai, he leaves disappointed after a bad interview. But a horrifying vision sends Hajime racing back.

Just as Tsugumi begins to worry about what lies ahead in the fog, the car comes to a stop at the foot of an abandoned sanatorium. The facility's only patient -- A sad young girl named Nina whose father abandoned her many years before. When Hell Girl comes to tell the girl she cannot exact the requested revenge, Nina decides to make Hajime and Tsugumi her new family.

Hajime's on another hunt, and this time he's sniffing around a recluse's mansion. Why would Ms. Simono, a retired school teacher who hates children, suffer one to visit her house daily? And why would Miki bother to visit such an ill tempered old woman? And which one contacted Hell Girl? The questions pile up as the reporter keeps watch, unaware of the young girl's loved ones suffering within.

The prestigious Uijie family has been known for generations as master doll makers. A young orphan girl named Inori has been married into the family, but too late discovers her mother in law's twisted obsessions and vicious intentions. The poor girl cannot go back to the sanctuary of her orphanage, as Uijie family funds are the institution's sole support.

While eavesdropping on the reporter, not only do Hell Girl's companions learn of Tsugumi's strange connection with Ai, but they are given a sneak preview of the coming attraction. A psychic publicly ousted by another of the profession, Watanabe wants nothing more than to get is revenge. But the victor, Gilles de L'Enfer has other plans in mind.

Tsugumi's next vision hits close to home, as the young girl sees her friend Yuko contacting Hell Girl. Driving out to the family's homestead, they arrive to find the farm in ruins and Yuko's father having drunk himself to death. Hajime soon learns of their neighbor, Mr. Sekine, and how with his assistance and advice the land and crops were steadily destroyed until there was nothing left.

It's the anniversary of Ayumi's death, and both husband and daughter will honor her passing. Tsugumi is busy making Ayumi's favorite dish, to leave at the gravesite. Hajime is busy self-medicating, but even strong drink cannot block out the memories, or the remorse. When he learns of Hell Girl's next victim, there is an eerie resonance between Suetsugu's situation and Hajime's.

A cheerful young nurse is Hell Girl's next targeted victim, but Hajime's investigations turn up no one who could possibly hold a grudge. Tsugumi's more than willing to mistrust Kanako though, convinced she must have done something to deserve vengeance. After many false leads, Hajime finally finds an bitter old man who holds Kanako and the hospital responsible for his wife's death.

As Tsugumi comes to terms with her father's view on vengeance, they decide to put Hell Girl and her happenings behind them. But Ai has other plans for the little family. Communicating repeatedly with Tsugumi, Hajime and his daughter are drawn out to a remote inn. The reporter investigates the Seven Child Temple, where he learns of the gruesome local lore and legend, and possibly of Ai's past.

Ages past, a remote village chose a seven-year-old girl to be sacrificed to the Kami of the mountain. But at the urgings of her family, Ai's cousin Sentaro takes the child away to live in hiding deep in the forest. For six long years, Ai lives in seclusion, her only company her cousin. For six long years the crops of the village fail, the peasants asking why.