Enma Ai is the Jigoku Shouji (Girl from hell) and is the main character of the series. She tend to wear a black and red trimmed school uniform except when she is ‘working’ when she wears a black kimono with colored flowers (looks a little different in the second series).
She receives request for vengeance through a website which can only be accessed at exactly midnight and only by those who truly was revenge. After getting a request she gives the person a doll with a red string indicating that by pulling the string a contract is agreed to take the target of revenge to hell in exchange for that person going to hell when they die. Enma is assisted by three people Ichimoku Ren, Hone Onna and Wanyuudou.
Each of these assistants can turn into the dolls she gives to the persons requesting revenge. During the first series it is always Wanyuudou that turns into the doll but in the second series it varies between the three of them. She has some strange link to the girl called Tsugumi resulting in what she is seeing being transmitted to her sometimes. Enma has a tragic history that turned her into the hell girl revealed in the later episodes of the series.
Enma appears to have some very strong powers creating complex illusions, teleporting people and in some rare cases fire large bolts of dark energy. Her most powerful ability is to send people to hell, however she only ever uses this when she has a confirmed
request from someone.
Hone Onna is a beautiful woman who assists Enma Ai, normally dressing in a kimono. When someone is seeking revenge she often goes into disguise to find information about the person or target often feeling very emotional about the decisions of the people.
Her feminine charms means she has little problem getting information or assistance from people. Like the other two assistants, she can turn into a doll when required. It is not until the second season that she is actually used as the doll given out for a revenge contract. As a female attraction in the anime she is perhaps largely upstaged by Enma.
Prior to someone being sent to hell she, along with Enma and the other assistants, take part in scaring and punishing the person, sometimes trying to get them to confess there sins. To this end she sometimes makes herself turn bony making a scary apparition to a person
Wanyuudou is an older man who is one of three assistant of Enma Ai normally wearing a brown hat and old fashioned Japanese clothes. He tends to speak very politely but occasionally provides some comic relief to anime.
When going out to send someone to hell he takes the form of a burning wheel on the flying coach taking Enma and the other assistants to the location. During the first series of the anime he is main person who is turned into the doll and given to people as a contract for revenge.
Similarly to the other two assistants he infiltrates areas and investigates people when related to the revenge. As a kind old man he comfortably fits into many common roles without raising much suspicion.
Ichimoku Ren is one of Enma Ai’s assistants a young man with is hair always covering one of his eyes. He is quite handsome problem meant to be the heartthrob of the series acting very cool in many situations having a strong sense of what is right.
A special ability of his is to project is eye appear where ever he wants allowing him to see things through walls. While the eye actually appears on walls it does not seem that any normal people can see it. When required he can turn into a doll for Enma to give as an indication of contract to those requesting revenge. Before turning into a doll he kisses a necklace around his neck.
When someone is requesting revenge Ichimoku along with the other two assistants often go in disguise to keep and eye on the target. They sometimes debate the merits of the persons revenge and speculate as to what there actions are, occasionally they even effect the decision the person will make, all be it in a indirect way.
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