Review of Hell Girl: Three Vessels

I've seen the 1st and 2nd seasons of Jigoku Shoujo, so upon learning that there was a 3rd, I immediately made sure that I get a copy... Unfortunately, it took me some time to get all the episodes... Main Characters: Enma Ai, Hone Onna, Ichimoku Ren, Wanyuudou, Kikuri, Yamawaro and Yuzuki Story: 6/10 - the ways on how people were put to hell were still interesting... however, it gets boring since the flow of the episodes are the same... it was not necessary to drag the story to 26eps... i think 12eps will suffice... this is the first time i had to fast-forward an anime just tosee the ending...

Art: 7/10 - i'd say the art/drawing is not too colorful but not really bleak... i guess they had to consider that this is a horror genre... 1 thing i noticed though, they focused too much on the eyes that sometimes you cannot see the mouth anymore... i think the story of the manga artist and how he was put to hell was uniquely funny...

Sound: 6/10 - BG is okay... eerie but not to the point of scary... not loving any of the OP/ED songs...

Characters: 6/10 - i love Enma Ai and her team (esp Ren)... i still love their bond and i'm all for the Hell Team... but for the 3rd installment, there was nothing new... Yuzuki's story was so slow that i lost interest in her until the last part...

Enjoyment/Overall: 7/10 - if not for the ending and the re-telling of Yuzuki's past, i would've rated this as 6...

I think this series was intended for the bullies, the corrupt, the selfish and the hopeless people... the bad guys get sent to hell by the hopeless ones -- well, one can dream, right?!

How I wish we have our own Hell Hotline... :)