Short Synopsis: A scientist calls Jigoku Tsuushin
Episode Rating: 8,5/10 (Awesome)
This was definitely the best episode of the third season yet in terms of solid storytelling. Now this is EXACTLY why I’ve become such a big fan of the franchise: it’s nearly always entertaining to see the different revenges, but the real goodness pops up once the story starts touching the main storyline, which is purposefully saved until near the end.
In the third season, where most of the revenges simply looked like each other, this episode stands out as a really unique one, in which it attempts to combine technology with the supernatural. Faking a grudge with the help of a machine. Most of the time, magic is something… magical that no technology can touch, and here we have a very practical example of how technology can manipulate the human body, and so affect the magic in this series. And of course, any episode in which Ai appears for more than three minutes is nothing short of awesome.
And yeah, it’s AWESOME to see Tsugumi back again. To think that it’s been twenty years since the first season. Now all that’s left is for Hajime to make his reappearance with more than that very short cameo in the second season, and I’ll be really happy. It’s also interesting how Tsugumi doesn’t address him with “father”, “dad” or any other Japanese equivalent, but instead addresses him with “Hajime-chan”. That just signifies how extraordinary the relationship between the two has become (well, okay I know nothing about how this goes in the Japanese society, but at least it’s pretty rare for anime; I can only recall one other series which did the same: Arusu in Mahou Shoujotai, which immediately makes it something awesome).
Is the scientist really Megumi’s father, I mean that man who had such values and living according to his moral principles , who tried by all means to stop the flow of revenges and who wanted to protect Megumi, is that the same man, I just can’t believe it, what’s in the world got into him, if you have an explanation, it would be so welcomed cause watching it in raw doesn’t help, but why did he want to kill his daughter, to carry his experience, but why? How come he became like that, I don’t even recall he was a scientist in the past, I had the impression he had gone nuts, has he been possessed by some evil spirit, but maybe I got it wrong, isn’t he Megumi’s father?
where do you watch this for this episode and the next ones i can only find raw and i’m having withdrawal symptoms!
BTW ur reviews are ace!
the extent of my japanese: 123 teacher what then human idiot cute town pleased to meet you fine thanks thankyou good morning coffee beer and ai’s speech i dont think i will get that far
Well, Tsugumi has always address her father as Hajime-chan, even in season 1. I don’t think that has change.