Jigoku Shoujo

well now, the art is pretty gorgeous, to start off. the ost can be really pretty at times too, especially the ep and op.

and the rest of it..well, depending on how you look at it, it could be very tedious, or...let's say morbidly fascinating. there's a revenge of the week thing going on the entire season. and you pretty much understand what's going on and what's going to happen and what she's gonna say lol. i'd say if you liked things like requiem from the darkness or pet shop of horrors, well, the premises of this series is a little bit like those.

that said, i think pet shop of horrors is extremely tedious and while requiem was a little bit better, the art style was really hard to watch. but this series, heh, somehow i'm still watching, and somehow, i still like it. there's a little similarity to vampire princess miyu too i think, tone-wise. some of the stories are pretty dull, but some are pretty touching and there are even some that are twisted. and the story picks up later as we take a dive into enma ai's (main character) background and she actually shows emotion. and i was in absolute tears at the end. so it's a pretty good progression from bleh to awesome. hehe.

Jigoku Shoujo is a series of short stories which all revolve around one case , revenge . The episodes are all based on the same type of grudge but all based in different situations.

To me, Jigoku Shoujo has one of the most original storylines with some of the most appealing character designs, i would clearly like to make a warning that if you dislike anime with a girl saying the same thing for most of the episodes then try one the first few\.
But if ur willing to bear this for an anime with a good storyline go for it,