Ooh! An episode which deviates from the standard Jigoku Shoujo-episodes. As usual with these kinds of episodes, it offers a very nice perspective. For the first time in the second season, we’ve got a cast of male characters, instead of the usual females. The victim this time is an otaku, who’s being bullied by the resident streetpunk. Still, for the first time, we actually see someone refusing the straw doll. He hates the guy, but he actually isn’t willing to go to hell for it.
Then it seems that the streetpunk has troubles of his own. There’s this high school girl he’s fallen in love with, though his superiors have taken her hostage, planning to rape her. Because of this, he sends the guy to hell. Still, the fact remains that he’s an idiot. The twist of the episode was a bit forced, though. He had to die right after his revenge was carried out.
Wanyuudo also got his moment in the spotlight, though in a different way from Ichimoku-ren and Hone Onna in the second and third episode. Wanyuudo behaves more like the resident old guy, who keeps complaining how people nowadays lack any sort of respect and dignity. While he is right about one point – some humans really need to get a smack in the head – he doesn’t look at the normal people, or the fact that evil in humanity has always existed.
