“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two
graves.” – Confucius
Ai is the
protagonist or even anti-heroine of the anime series Hell Girl. The series focuses
on various people who wish to send another person to hell. To do this, they
must access the Hells Corresponding Website at midnight and enter the person’s
name they wish to send to Hell. Ai will then proceed to accept the request if
she believes the hatred to be strong enough and will present to the client a
straw doll with a red ribbon. Following the Confucius saying, Ai must warn the
client that if they pull the red ribbon, not only will their selected person be
sent to Hell but a mark will appear on the client’s body as a permanent
reminder that they too will be sent to Hell.
Ai takes on a
very emotionless persona and proceeds with her work efficiently without any
remorse. She does not discriminate between her cases and does not bother to gauge
the morality of the act; whether or not it is deserving for a person to be sent
to Hell. It is for this reason she can be perceived as an anti-heroine since if
there is enough hatred against an innocent person, that person will still be
sent to Hell by the clients request.
It is important
to note that Ai was once a human who due to an unfortunate series of events
made a pact with the Master of Hell. She still has feelings that reside within
her however they are suppressed at the Master’s command. Due to the events of
her previous life, she holds a lot of anger and empathizes with some of her
clients for their need for revenge however she chooses not to show it.
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