Ai Emma was originally a human girl that had became a ritual harvest sacrifice for her village over 400 years ago. As per tradition, she was to have been left out to die from exposure and starvation. However, her cousin and only friend Sentaro Shibata tried to save her. But just as the two were reunited, the villagers discovered the two. This time, it was decided that Ai was to be buried alive – with Sentaro forced to shovel earth on top of her! But not long after that, Ai broke out of her grave and destroyed the village, burning it to the ground.
It was the decision of the God of Hell, who took the form of a spider, had decided that Ai should atone for her deed. She was forced to numb her emotions and become an observer – or otherwise the souls of the ones she loved would be forced to wander in Hell forever.
As the Hell Girl, Ai lives in a world of eternal sunset, her only company is her unseen grandmother, and her assistants Wanyūdō, Ren Ichimoku, and Hone-Onna, all in their forms of straw dolls. Her access to the living world is an old Macintosh computer, where she operates her web site, 'Hell Correspondence', which can only be accessed after midnight.
As soon as someone with a grudge petitions her – and she feels their grudge is legitimate – Ai would appear to them and give them a straw doll with a scarlet thread tied around the neck. Usually, this doll would be Wanyūdō, who is the back doll, but sometimes it would be Ren, the blue doll, or Onna, the red doll. With it, Ai would tell the petitioner that, if they truly wish vengeance against their foe, to pull the string off the doll, which would bind them to a contract with Ai, and she and her associates would ferry that soul to Hell. But she also makes it clear that, should the petitioner wishes vengeance, that they too would be ferried to Hell following their deaths – the sign of the contract a black flame mark on their chests.
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