Comments on: Jigoku Shoujo - 75 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/14/jigoku-shoujo-75/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:53:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Shounen A http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/14/jigoku-shoujo-75/#comment-12102 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:31:42 +0000 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/14/jigoku-shoujo-75/#comment-12102 I'd have to say that I couldn't feel any sympathy for the main bully. The bullied didn't actively act all superior over everyone else, and no one else seems to have been annoyed enough to even mention it (it would be hard to think of why Fumio would be so clueless of the reason he is being bullied otherwise). The bullied was being bullied by the main bully through no fault of his own, being bullied solely because he represents what the main bully can't have (that, and being a complete wuss who tries to bribe off his bullies instead of fighting back), and the main bully can't even give the courtesy of saying why. And the other two bullies look like they bullied Fumio just for the fun of it. I don't find this to be something that I can empathize with nor consider to be justified. Not that I have much sympathy for the bullied, either ("you're trying to send someone to hell, you don't think there should be a price?"). But I still felt the scenes with Tomohide as a nice guy tedious after the first couple of minutes ("yeah, yeah, so Tomohide isn't a one-dimensional bully and can be a nice guy, can we please go on with the episode?"). I found it more interesting to watch Yuzuki ignoring everything related to the Jigoku Tsushin as a strategy for denying her destiny as the next Jigoku Shoujo. Not that it looks like it's working ... I’d have to say that I couldn’t feel any sympathy for the main bully. The bullied didn’t actively act all superior over everyone else, and no one else seems to have been annoyed enough to even mention it (it would be hard to think of why Fumio would be so clueless of the reason he is being bullied otherwise).

The bullied was being bullied by the main bully through no fault of his own, being bullied solely because he represents what the main bully can’t have (that, and being a complete wuss who tries to bribe off his bullies instead of fighting back), and the main bully can’t even give the courtesy of saying why. And the other two bullies look like they bullied Fumio just for the fun of it. I don’t find this to be something that I can empathize with nor consider to be justified.

Not that I have much sympathy for the bullied, either (”you’re trying to send someone to hell, you don’t think there should be a price?”). But I still felt the scenes with Tomohide as a nice guy tedious after the first couple of minutes (”yeah, yeah, so Tomohide isn’t a one-dimensional bully and can be a nice guy, can we please go on with the episode?”).

I found it more interesting to watch Yuzuki ignoring everything related to the Jigoku Tsushin as a strategy for denying her destiny as the next Jigoku Shoujo. Not that it looks like it’s working …

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