Episode 01 - From Beyond the Twilight
The one to be avenged: Mayumi Hashimoto
The one to be damned: Aya Kuroda
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. But after one particularly violent run in with Aya and her cronies, Mayumi submits her classmate's name to the fabled HellCorrespondence.com. At wit's end between her continued suffering and the lack of immediate retribution, the young girl's resolve finally breaks just as Hell Girl arrives...
Will Aya's final prank send Mayumi over the edge and damn them both to hell?
Episode 02 - The Possessed Girl
The one to be avenged: Ryoko Takamura
The one to be damned: Her Stalker (Detective Kisaragi)
A nightly stalker has left Ryoko no alternative but to seek assistance from HellCorrespondence.com. 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 ask for patience as they painstakingly piece the evidence together, little do they know that young Ryoko's already taken action of her own...
As the nightmare takes a dark twist, will Ryoko have any choice but the supernatural?
Episode 03 - The Tarnished Mound
The one to be avenged: Daisuke Iwashita
The one to be damned: Mamoru Hanagasa
When their high school baseball team's all-star turns out to be not quite upstanding, Iwashita can't quite shake it off though his friend's willing enough to take the beating. But as their silence is rewarded only with death, the young man confronts Hanagasa to no avail. As police attention spotlights the wrong team member and his classmates and family turn on him, Iwashita flees the scene. Guilt and desperation finally drive him to seek out the rumored HellCorrespondence.com...
Is Hanagasa inviting more than just Hell Girl's attention when he taunts the tormented Iwashita?
Episode 04 - Silent Cries
The one to be avenged: Junko Kanno
The one to be damned: Doctor Honjo
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 HellCorrespondence.com, her fear of the ultimate consequence will give her cause to reconsider. But when revenge cannot be accomplished on her own...
Will Doctor Honjo's heartlessness cause young Junko to give voice to his silent victims?
Episode 05 - The Woman in the Tall Tower
The one to be avenged: Misato Urano/Tamura
The one to be damned: Riho Kaifu
A request ignored, HellCorrespondence.com 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. And that's not the only dirt under this corporate rug. When Hell Girl's companions take an interest, there may be a turnover...
Even if vengeance is sought for good purpose, is Misato truly worth saving?
Episode 06 - Early Afternoon Window
The one to be avenged: Haruka Yasuda
The one to be damned: Namiko Todaka
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 HellCorrespondence.com for understanding, revenge is offered forth instead. And while some things are better left unseen, others should definitely be left so. For with knowledge comes hatred, and with hatred damnation. As a single person looks to unravel a family, the youngest will strike back...
Through parted curtains, will lust and hatred damn Haruka and Namiko both?
Episode 07 - Cracked Mask
The one to be avenged: Ayaka Kurenai
The one to be damned: Midori Kurenai
The one to be avenged: Kaworuko Kurushima
The one to be damned: Ayaka Kurenai
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 HellCorrespondence.com for inspiration. Dreading to damn her own soul as well as Midori's, the teenager tries a new stage act to inspire maternal love. But when she finds herself her own second, Hell Girl drops by to check out the new plot twist...
Will Ayaka's fall from grace drag two rising stars off the stage?
Episode 08 - Silent Friendship
The one to be avenged: Chie Tanuma
The one to be damned: Goro Ishizu
A tabloid reporter takes an interest in HellCorrespondence.com just as Hell Girl takes a rather 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. In time to catch up with the young woman but not in time to stop her from exacting revenge, father and daughter will play witness as the damned finds himself thrown straight into the depths of hell, just as he threw one other...
Judge not lest ye be judged, and yet Hell Girl's final verdict will fell all. Can vengeance save?
Episode 09 - Sweet Trap
The one to be avenged: Yuka Kasuga
The one to be damned: Shinya Morisaki
Unable to forget what he has witnessed, Hajime's day job is suffering from his growing obsession. And he's not the only one obsessed. Yuka and her sister Hiromi have shared a lifelong dream inherited from their father, to open a bakery. But as their dreams look to finally come to 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. And Hajime just can't turn down a potential scoop...
A sweet tooth can come in many flavors. Will Mr. Morisaki's bankrupt them all?
Episode 10 - Friends
The one to be avenged: Minami Shibuya
The one to be damned: Shiori Akasaka
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and it doesn't matter what age the woman. When Minami's friend and mentor left her alone and forlorn on a stairwell after school one day, the young girl just couldn't get over it. Wanting nothing more than to get even, Minami contacts Hell Girl in order to send Shiori straight to hell. But 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...
Will Minami and Shiori be friends forever, both in this world and the next?
Episode 11 - Broken Threads
The one to be avenged: Masaya Kataoka
The one to be damned: Takashi Inagaki
Hajime visits an old co-worker about an employment opportunity, stumbling without knowledge into Hell Girl's domain. It seems Mr. Chief Editor Inagaki's a dirty journalist, who's willing to create a scandal even where one doesn't exist. Of his recent articles numbers one that ruined not just a man but an entire family, and the son has a taste for revenge. When Hajime realizes what Masaya has in mind, he tries to convince the kid that an expose would do the trick. But when retribution's in order...
Is Masaya willing to get his hands dirtier than ever Inagaki did, to seek revenge?
Episode 12 - Spilled Bits
The one to be avenged: Akane Sawai
The one to be damned: Yoshiki Fukazawa
A student misunderstood hides alone in her room, cut off from a world that she can no longer stand. Akane's only companions: Cheppo, another student she met online, and her teacher who comes daily, demanding that 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, no longer sure of what to do. Decisions made in the shadow of an abandoned house...
Will pity stay Akane's hand, or will pity damn both the girl and Mr. Fukazawa?
Episode 13 - Purgatory Girl
The one to be avenged: Fukumoto
The one to be damned: Ohkouchi
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, the constant reminder of the damned's fate. But his activities and interference have now brought the reporter to the attention of Ai's companions...
A tale from the past. At the end of life's journey, will Fukumoto regret his vengeance upon Ohkouchi?
Episode 14 - Beyond the Dead End
The one to be avenged: Saki Kirino
The one to be damned: Ryouzo Kusunoki
Hajime's off again, this time to a town rife with political misdealings. Tracking down the daughter of a man whose suicide had several mysterious circumstances, the freelance reporter offers his services to get to the bottom of things. But the deeper he digs, the less black and white things become. Discovering two sides to the coin, despite the truth, Hajime begs Saki not to enact her vengeance upon Mayor Kusunoki. But when one is no longer interested in the truth...
Whether or not the past still rings false, will Saki seek revenge upon Mayor Kusunoki and damn a city?
Episode 15 - Island Woman
The one to be avenged: Mina Minato
The one to be damned: Fujie Minato
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 to be free of such maternal mistake. But where love will stay the hand, love will also twist reality...
In saving herself, does Mina have any choice but to end Fujie's nightmare?
Episode 16 - A Night Among Traveling Entertainers
The one to be avenged: Yumi
The one to be damned: Yuki
Once again on the hunt, this time to visit a circus, and Tsugumi gets an unexpected treat as they search out Hell Girl's next victim. But their repeated interference has drawn some dangerous interest indeed. 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, as he realizes there was not one, but two...
Yumi, damned to hell on earth. Yuki, reveling in the limelight. Will sibling rivalry know no bounds?
Episode 17 - Glass Scenery
The one to be avenged: Nina (Nina's Doll)
The one to be damned: Nina's Daddy
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. As the fog rolls in and things grow ever stranger, Ai's companions are forced to step in to save the reporter and his daughter, but from what...
Just as people can feel abandoned, so too can other things. But can "Nina" seek to hurt her father, for Nina?
Episode 18 - Bound Girl
The one to be avenged: Miki Kamikawa
The one to be damned: Meiko Simono
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. But Tsugumi may understand more than her father, as she struggles with the idea of vengeance...
Forced to suffer as no child should, will Miki condemn Ms. Simono? And will it be too late?
Episode 19 - Bride Doll
The one to be avenged: Inori Ujiie
The one to be damned: Kyougetsu Ujiie
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. But for the simple cost of her soul, she can make all her problems vanish. Oh, the life of a living doll...
Will Inori's desire to be seen as more than a pretty possession be enough to damn Kyougetsu?
Episode 20 - Hell Boy vs. Hell Girl
The one to be avenged: Esper Watanabe
The one to be damned: Gilles de L'Enfer
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. Setting the stage so as to summon Ai herself, it's a battle royal you won't want to miss! Too bad none of it got filmed...
Will Gilles de L'Enfer's arrogance damn both himself and the half-wit Watanabe, all for fame and glory?
Episode 21 - The Kind Neighbor
The one to be avenged: Yuko Murai
The one to be damned: Ryosuke Sekine
Tsugumi's next vision hits eerily 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 dead, having drunk himself into that state. 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. While his daughter is starting to see justice in vengeance, Hajime will stay his course to the end...
When Mr. Sekine takes all that is dear from the young Yuko, will she seek to return the favor?
Episode 22 - Rain of Remorse
The one to be avenged: Goro Suetsugu
The one to be damned: Noriko Hayashi
It's the anniversary of Ayumi's death, and both husband and daughter will honor her passing, each in their own way. 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. Rushing to the scene of the soon to be crime, one will be too late to save another from the same regret...
Will Suetsugu's passion for Noriko, once loved, now spurned, burn as hot as the pits of hell?
Episode 23 - The Light of the Hospital Ward
The one to be avenged: Unknown
The one to be damned: Kanako Sakuragi
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 the vengeance soon to be delivered. As lead after lead yields no results, Hajime finally finds an embittered old man who holds both Kanako and the hospital responsible for his wife's death. But with no knowledge of the internet, he couldn't possibly be suspect...
What sense is there to be found in the senseless, ending a young and beautiful life such as Kanako's?
Episode 24 - Home in the Twilight
The one to be avenged: Ai Enma
The one to be damned: The Shibata's
As Tsugumi works to come 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. But they are baffled when Ai keeps asking for Sentaro. The reporter investigates the Seven Child Temple, where he learns of the gruesome local lore and legend, and possibly of Ai's past as well...
What is this mysterious connection between Ai and the Shibata's? And who is Sentaro?
Episode 25 - Hell Girl
The one to be avenged: Ai Enma
The one to be damned: The Village
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. One night, desperate and starving, a handful of villagers follow Sentaro into the mountain forest and the deceit is revealed...
Will the wrath of a vengeful spirit prove far more damning than that of a mountain Kami?
Episode 26 - The Ephemeral
The one to be avenged: Tsugumi Shibata
The one to be damned: Hajime Shibata
En route to Hell, Ai eludes eternal damnation to complete her revenge upon the Shibata's. Separating Tsugumi from Hajime, she shows the young girl the truth behind her mother's death, the happenings of that one awful night. As Ai hands Tsugumi the straw doll, she urges the daughter to damn the father. But with help from Ai's companions, Hajime bursts in before Tsugumi can pull the red string, releasing Ai's vengeance upon them both...
If regret is truly meaningless, then will Hajime, Tsugumi and Ai all be damned beyond salvation.
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