The anime Jigoku Shoujo is an intelligent and inspiring story of pursuing vengeance, compassion and chase for survival. It depicts the tale of the beautiful Hell Girl, a prisoner of her own fate and sin. Her job is to send souls to hell by request of a victimized person. Ai Enma is the Hell Girl, who will ask for a non-negotiable bargain: a soul ( Read more... )

(An OOC UPDATE: I would very much like to present to you the first two episodes of the drama adaptation series of Jigoku Shoujo. The actors and actresses who played the roles of Ai and her servants were also the ones who voiced them in the anime so you will still feel very much familiar with the characters. And to be quite honest, the series is ( Read more... )

I missed the days with her.

I missed every single of event in our lives, even the bad ones that rarely come. But to avoid reality is to lie to yourself. Well, boredom is a prisoner's biggest enemy. And so with a heavy conscience (though I perceive the question of one's moral values should be ignored) I practiced such form of whim: avoiding reality ( Read more... )

"Delay in vengeance gives a heavier blow..."

I repeated the words as carefully and as firmly as I could. His empty stare remained vacant. I smiled bitterly. It truly has been a long time. The glances speak of his unresolved questions that he often asked me secretly when we are isolated from the other two. I avoided the arguement by not opening my ( Read more... )

Incapacitated by an unknown cold rush of tension, I found myself lying face flat on the hard wood of our cottage. The sky is as always a bright neon orange and the stillness of the whole place provided sinister thoughts more than comforting ones. I had sighed for more than once or twice now, running my fingers through my hair several moments of ( Read more... )

I am Ai Enma.

I am your servant and I am an object.
I am reduced to a heap of flesh which can be attained and owned.
I do not complain of the responsibility you give me.
I do not judge you.
I do not condemn you for your acts of revenge.
I am around you in your darkest despair and blinding fury.
I am in the midst of your only choices in a situation ( Read more... )

Had people been a little more careful revealing themselves...had they chose the people to strip them off from the multitude clothing they wear to hide a heartbroken pride...had their facades never crumbled right when the midnight curtain falls off...then things wouldn't have to be such a sad song to be sung.

I am awake from the apparent ugliness and ( Read more... )

The winds in the cottage where I live in were warm with a delightful scent and crisp that fills the air. My long dark hair moved with the wavelength of the winds restlessly and with my amber eyes looking at the scenario that unfolds before me, I tried to contemplate all the things that had happened to me for the last four centuries. I had not slept ( Read more... )