Saturday, November 19, 2005

Jigoku Shoujo Ep 02: Miirareta Shoujo (The possessed girl)

Takamura Ryoko is startled when her handphone rings. She fumbles with her computer and manages to see the Jigoku Tsushin website at the stroke of midnight. Ryoko is flustered as the handphone keeps ringing persistently as she seeks help from the Jigoku Shoujo. At the same time, Ai's computer receives the request and her grandma tells her about it. Ai replies that she will attend to it immediately...

Ryoko is shivering in fright as the phone in her home rings. The caller sings a song for Ryoko and her parents hang up in anger. When her father rushes out to find the culprit, he finds someone driving away. Ryoko reaches for her ringing handphone again and sees an acknowledgement email from Jigoku Shoujo.

Ryoko's father, Takamura goes to the police and makes a complaint about their inefficiency to Akimoto. Just then, Kisaragi enters the room and tries to calm Takamura down. He then asks Akimoto to leave them alone and buy coffee for him. Kisaragi drops a bombshell by saying that Akimoto is the pervert who is pestering Ryoko and says that it's hard to catch Akimoto since he's also a policeman. Takamura is shocked at this revelation where Kisaragi promises that they will catch Akimoto soon and asks for his cooperation.

Takamura sends Ryoko to school and promises to fetch her later. Hone-onna comes to look for her and brings her to meet Ai. Ryoko is also surprised to see Ichimoku Ren and Wanyuudo there. However, when she knows that Ai is the Jigoku Shoujo, she reveals that she has been pestered for the past year where this person sent her disgusting gifts and seemed to know her whereabouts. No matter how many times she has changed her contact numbers, that person would still call her. Ai then explains how they work and gives her the straw figure. Ryoko is worried about the consequences that will befall her and decides to consider first.

After school, Takamura drives to the school to wait for Ryoko. However, he sees a suspicious character outside the gate and grabs a golf club to attack that person. He is horrified to see that Akimoto has been murdered. Before he can do anything, he is attacked by another man who has been hiding in the bushes...

Ryoko boards Takamura's car and apologises for being late. She is surprised to see Kisaragi in her father's car where he says that they have caught the culprit and he's here to send her to the police station. However, Ryoko spots the handphone strap from Kisaragi's pocket and is suspicious about him...

Kisaragi brings Ryoko to a secluded place and reveals his identity to her. He is the real culprit and had pushed the blame to Akimoto so that Takamura would not suspect him. Kisaragi professes his affection for Ryoko and this makes her feel disgusted at his behaviour. She even says that he is the reason for her agony which makes Kisaragi angry. Ryoko finally decides to untie the red thread on the straw figure which results in Ichimoku Ren appearing. This scares Kisaragi and he runs away immediately.

Ryoko goes to the hospital to visit her father who is injured. Unknown to them, Kisaragi has also entered the hospital secretly and prepares to take revenge. However, Kisaragi finds himself falling into the trap set by Ai and company which gives him a big fright. He is still unrepentant about his actions so Ai proceeds to send him into hell.

After the ordeal, life returns to normal for Ryoko and her family. However, she knows that she is not the same as before as there is a sign on her chest to indicate her agreement with Ai...

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