Karakter & Staf — Hell Girl: Three Vessels

Ai Enma

Utama

Female

The primary protagonist of the series. With long, flowing hair and red eyes, she is a spiritual entity with a tragic past, who lives in a world of eternal twilight with her grandmother, and is the one who receives and delivers vengeance on her clients' behalf. She normally wears a black seifuku, or sailor uniform (which is usually worn during winter months), but always wears a kimono with floral designs when delivering the vengeance of a client. Ai started her career as the Hell Girl by her own act of vengeance on the villagers who sentenced her to a sacrificial death. Her eyes turned red arguably at the point where Sentaro (her childhood soulmate who gave in under the villagers' pressure to bury her alive) gave the first shovel of soil onto her face. She broke out of her grave after a while, and took revenge on the entire village with her wrath, burning it to the ground. Her task of fulfilling other people's vengeance and ferrying people to Hell is her punishment, a task which she has performed for the better part of 400 years. Although this task is presented as atonement, it is unknown whether she will ever be freed of it. Since she has done this for so long, she initially seemed to have become emotionless, numbed, as is shown by her expressionless face. Wanyūdō noted she still had feelings, though, although she did not express them strongly, and it was later revealed that Ai had been ordered to close her heart by the Spider. The experiences she has with the Shibatas reawakened her discontent with her terrible fate and later apparently reawakened other emotions, or at least Ai's ability to express them. When enraged, Ai demonstrates the ability to hurl great blasts of energy, as well as the power to create elaborate illusions and the ability to teleport. It is ironic that Ai's name actually translates as: Ai (love) and Enma (the Judge of the Underworld). A second translation of Ai, however, is accomplice, denoting Ai's role as Enma's assistant. Because her first name is never written in kanji, the actual meaning remains ambiguous.

Mamiko Noto

Ren Ichimoku

Utama

An assistant of Enma Ai who appears to be a handsome young man with one eye covered by hair. He can manifest a single, very large eye that can be directed anywhere, allowing him to see through walls. This manifests as an eye on a wall. The large eye can also be used as a weapon, by projecting intense flashes of light. When so required, Ichimoku Ren becomes a blue straw doll by kissing a pendant he wears around his neck. He is sometimes referred to as "Moku" or "Ichimoto Ren". (Source: Wikipedia)

Masaya Matsukaze

Hone Onna

Utama

Assistant of Enma Ai, and appears to be a beautiful woman in a kimono with its obi tied in front--the trademark of a prostitute. She becomes the red straw doll when necessary by tossing her red obi strap over her neck. Hone Onna, along with Ichimoku Ren, researches the people who make a contract and the ones they have a grudge against. Hone Onna usually infiltrates human society in casual clothing to investigate cases, on these occasions she tends to use the psudonym "Sone Anna". On certain occasions, she uses throwing knives as weapons; Hone Onna is apparently extremely skilled with these weapons. Her knives seem to carry some mystic charge, since they can be used to quickly dispatch supernatural enemies. Hone Onna also seems to have some skill as a contortionist, which allows her to squeeze into very small places. Getting out of those same places, however, is an area she is less talented in. Hone Onna seems to suffer from mild vanity; she can be quite offended when she is addressed as obaasan ('old lady' or 'auntie'; a Japanese form of address for any woman of middle age and above). She can expose the bones in her body, scaring the target of the grudge; the name Hone Onna actually means bone woman. In episode 8 of Futakomori she jokingly reveals that she is "200 years old". A flashback scene revealed that she was a Geisha originally named Tsuyu who was betrayed by a fellow Geisha Kiyo when attempting to escape. She was drowned to death under the eyes of Kiyo, a samurai, and her mama-san. (Source: Wikipedia)

Takako Honda

Wanyuudou

Utama

Assistant of Enma Ai, who becomes the black straw doll with a red string around its neck, the string probably originating as the red scarf he wears in human form. He also frequently takes the form of a burning wheel on Ai's coach when she goes to the human world to claim a soul. The coach incidentally bears the same black flame-crest that appears on the chest of those people who contract with the Hell Girl. At all other times, Wanyuudou appears as an older man whose eyes remain mostly shut, wearing a fisherman's hat and fairly old-fashioned Japanese clothing. Despite appearing quite mild-mannered at most times, Wanyuudou possesses considerable skills in martial arts. Wanyuudou's name means "A wheel entering the road" a reference to the flaming wheel form he most commonly assumes. In episode 12 of Futakomori it is revealed that he is from the Samurai era and had been the driver for a princess' entourage, and failed to save them with all dying in the process. As a result, he became a yōkai terrorizing people in the form of a flaming wheel. It is Wanyuudou who first states he and his two colleagues owe Ai a grave debt because she saved them from falling into Hell. (Source: Wikipedia)

Takayuki Sugou

Kikuri

Utama

An enigmatic little girl introduced in season two, episode 4 and then starts to reappear in season two. Little is known about her except the fact she is not an ordinary human as she can wander freely between the mortal plane and Ai's house in the sunset world, sometimes interfering with her and her companions' job. Her appearance is often accompanied by a lullaby-like background music. In stark contrast to Ai, Kikuri has completely blue/purple eyes (including most of the sclera) and her personality is far more childish (yet much livelier as she has the tendency to pull pranks) than Ai's. She has stated that she likes Ai, but her actions and use of powers seem to serve causing the greatest amount of suffering and fear possible. It is as yet unknown whether this is due to true malice or not. Occasionally, she seems to take delight in acts of low-level destruction, such as chopping off flowers or destroying anything that Ai cares for. She has shown incredible skills with her loincloth, using to catch or hit objects. Despite the fact she appears to wreak havoc on her, she takes orders from Ai and Ai alone (in one episode, she shows this while going to touch Ai's grandmother's spinning wheels despite the woman's protests).

Kanako Sakai

Yuzuki Mikage

Utama

Yuzuki is a girl who has blue eyes and brown hair. Although she has the appearance of a normal everyday girl, she has deep relations to the Hell Correspondence site. Ai chose her to be her temporary body, like a temple. She wants to warn people of contacting the Hell Correspondence, yet, she can't do anything. She can sense the person who will soon contact The Hell Correspondence and she can also see who is contacting Jigoku Shoujo. Yuzuki has a fate to be the next Jigoku Shoujo. First appearing in season 3, Yuzuki is a 9th grader schoolgirl who currently studies at Saigawara 4th Junior High School. Although a normal everyday girl, she actually has deep relations to the Hell Correspondance website. While Yuzuki is in the bathtub one night, Ai appears before her, suddenly kissing her. After that event, Ai possesses her and uses her as a human vessel to carry out her duties as Hell Girl. When a person forms a contract with the Hell Correspondence, Yuzuki will become Ai to send the victim to Hell. Much like Tsugumi in the first season, she is able to see visions of those who have called upon Hell Girl; although it should be noted that many of the people are acquaintances of her. About halfway through the series, Ai releases herself from Yuzuki during The Six-script Lantern ceremony in her town in which the gate to hell is temporarily open. After her friend, Akie, is sent to Hell, Yuzuki's eyes were seen to flash red for a moment, foreshadowing future events. After Akie is sent to Hell, she tries to keep Ai's clients from sending their tormentor to Hell. Despite the fact that the cycle of hatred is human nature and a part of life, she never stops trying to end it. Even after being shown visions by Ai proving that there's no way to stop revenge, she continues to try. Later, Ai reveals that she is destined to become the next Hell Girl. Later on, Yuzuki's existence begins to fade away. She becomes unable to contact her mother and finds her herself not being able to find personal possessions of her own, such as a student ID card that disappears into thin air. Furthermore, she finds that Tsugumi and the members of the Hell Correspondence are the only ones who can recognize her. Later, Tsugumi tells Yuzuki that she should just accept what is happening to her, just as she had done when disappeared from the world long ago. Yuzuki cannot accept this and desperately runs back home to her apartment, which is shown to be in terrible decaying condition. Upon entering her apartment room, she discovers the skeleton of a child hugging a stuffed animal. Ai appears with the Hell Correspondence, and confirms that this skeleton is indeed Yuzuki. Enma Ai tells her in the first episode of Mitsuganae, 「あたしはあなたの中に入る。」("atashi wa anata no naka ni iru"), which can be translated as "I'm going inside you."

Yamawaro

Utama

A hell creature commanded by the new Hell Girl in season 3, who takes on the look of a young boy, though he can also become a yellow/green straw doll. In human form, he calls himself by the name of Huang (黄). Often quiet and having a gentle demeanor, not much is known about him. He follows Kikuri on their assignments in the real world, refering to her as "Hime". His name is derived from the same name given to a legendary mountain-dwelling creature in Kyūshū from Gazu Hyakki Yakō, an illustrated book on Japanese folklore demons. In Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae, he was used as an experiment for this doctor that tried to make a medicine to make people young again. Then he was filled with a fungus. from Wikipedia

Hekiru Shiina

Tsugumi Shibata

Pendukung

Hajime's daughter who often refers to him as "Hajime-chan". She sees Ai one day and has had a mysterious connection with her ever since. At first, she reports everything she sees through Ai to Hajime, but as the series progresses, she becomes more reluctant to do so as she begins to disagree with her father on whether they should try to stop Ai or not. When first introduced, Tsugumi a 7 year old girl with brown hair and brown eyes. During this time, she would often braid her hair into two ponytails, with black hair bands and a red clip holding her bangs. (Source: Wikipedia, Hell Girl Fandom)

Nana Mizuki

Mioi Hatsumi

Pendukung

Only appearing as a minor character in episode 8, Mioi is wealthy, dense (yet kind and sweet) and obsessed with her chihuahua Momo. She becomes the victim of some terrible harrassment due to her self-centered, extremely dense and rude run-ins with her neighbor Shintani. With the Jigoku Shoujo plot device in place it becomes obvious what happens next.

Yuuko Gotou

Tomohide Matsuda

Pendukung

The boy who bullied Fumio in episode 23 of mitsuganae.

Junji Majima

Akie Tugasuki

Pendukung

Yuzuki's best friend since childhood, also a 9th grader schoolgirl at Saigawara 4th Junior High School. Unlike Yuzuki, Akie possesses an outgoing and broaded-mined personality. Her father is the commander of Saigawara Metropolitan Police. Akie employs a private teacher, Azusa, to help her with her studies. After Akie becomes emotionally intimate with Azusa, Azusa brings Akie home to show Akie her father, who had become paralyzed and bedridden due to a traffic accident, that was ordered to not be investigated further by Akie's father. Akie gets mad and moves out from her father, but then Azusa reveals her true intention, to bully Akie with rape and use the Hell Correspondence to send Akie to Hell to torment her father. Azusa finally chooses to send Akie after the Six-script Lantern ceremony. In the later episodes, Akie turns back from the Hell and to come to the aid of the new Hell Girl, Yuzuki. In the final episode of the third season, it is revealed that Akie was indeed in Hell and did not turn back and come to Yuzuki's aid. The Akie that supposedly turned back from Hell to aid Yuzuki was an illusion created by The Spider to tempt Yuzuki into trying to send Azusa to Hell.

Kanae Oki

Usagi Shinohara

Pendukung

Rie Kugimiya

The Spider

Pendukung

An oddly-colored spider with three eyes upon its abdomen, which appears in the sunset world where Ai and her assistants reside between assignments. It speaks with the voice of a man and is apparently Ai's superior, having been the one to pronounce sentence on her after she killed the people of her village.

Hidekatsu Shibata

Nozomi Bitou

Pendukung

Seiyuu: Izumi KITTA

Izumi Kitta

Nawa Akihiro

Pendukung

Appears in 16 ep. He sends his friend to Hell because he is lolicon.

Tomokazu Sugita

Itsuko Hiraishi

Pendukung

Female

Ep1. A friend of Yuzuki, a really stubborn student who hates her teacher very much.

Aki Toyosaki

Mitsuko Yamaoka

Pendukung

Ep 2. She works at Yamaoka Eletricity and is abused by her jealous husband. seiyuu: Aya Hisakawa

Aya Hisakawa

Seiji Yamaoka

Pendukung

Ep 2. He bullies his wife to "protect" her from other man. seiyuu: Yasuyuki Kase

Yasuyuki Kase

Akira Kitayama

Pendukung

Ep 2. Another friend of Yuzuki, he is in love with Mitsuko and wants to release her from her husband. seiyuu: Reiko Sasakawa

Tamako Nohama

Masako Momota

Pendukung

Female

Ep 3. She was at the same agency as Jun durent middle school and used to be bullied by Jun. Although she wanted Jun to help her debut, she refused because Masako is a terrible singer.