Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae 04 ~Elder Brother~

Goddamnit, I didn’t need to see this after watching Junjou Romantica!

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Dude Sent To Hell:

Nishida Shin. He is a university student who saved Takeru from a bunch of bullies. He studying law with dreams of becoming a prosecutor. He gets Takeru into kendo and making him stronger. One time in a bus, he got really terrified when some weirdo started harassing one of the passengers. He was terrified when he was being stalked by Enma Ai and claimed that he will atone for it when he becomes a prosecutor and didn’t understand whyhe ws the only one being sent to hell when everyone else in that bus didn’t do anything like him.

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Dude Who Sent Him To Hell:

Yukawa Takeru. He looks up to Shin ever since he saved him from a bunch of bullies. He even became dedicated to improving himself because he wants to be like him. But he felt betrayed after Nishida refused to help some poor sap in the bus from some temperamental weirdo. After Hishida was sent to hell, he reverted back to his pathetic self, claiming that even though he has changed, society hasn’t.

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Thoughts:

I really find this show really weird and the yaoi connotations had nothing to do with it.

The first time I saw this, I didn’t understand the reason why Nishida was sent to hell. The second time, I was like, “Shallow WTH!?” But yeah, I still have problems figuring out Takeru. I mean, I understand what it’s like when you’re betrayed by a person that you look up too so much. But so muhh that you’d send him to hell??? Also, I don’t understand how, even after getting a more confident, tougher image at school, why Takeru would revert back to his pathetic bullied self. Was it because he viewed everything Nishida did for him a lie? Ergo, everything that he has been living is considered false? I don’t know, this episode was just a little too extreme in terms of storyline, but weak kinda weak (and confusing) in explanation.

Also, I am starting to notice that with the exception of episode 2, everyone who are being sent to hell are people who are not really innocent but are not that evil. I can’t think of the right term, but they seem to be the physical, extreme tormentors. I wonder if this is being done deliberately. Or is the world just getting more and more fucked up? I think it’s the latter.

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