Hell Girl

Season 3: Three Vessels

Episode 2: A Bird in a Cage

Yuzuki continues to be troubled by the experience involving Ai, Tange, and Itsuko's recent transfer to a new school. On her way home, Yuzuki passes by Akira Kitayama, a middle schooler, who is rushing to an electronic appliance store in order to see the shopkeeper, a middle-aged woman named Mitsuko, with whom he is in love unbeknown to her. Their short conversation is cut short when her husband appears in the doorway, furious. Akira later sees him beating Mitsuko and wrongly accusing her of romantic involvement with Akira. That night and the next, Yuzuki receives a vision of Akira accessing the Hell Correspondence website twice, a second time due to not having known the husband's first name, Seiji. He later consults Yuzuki about Seiji's abusive actions towards Mitsuko for advice who suggests that he tell Mitsuko to cut her connections with Seiji. The next day, Akira tries persuade Mitsuko to leave her husband, and he prevents her from answering the phone. An angry Seiji appears and attacks the both of them. Akira sends him to hell. Mitsuko tells Akira to come to the store the next morning; however, Akira finds the shop abandoned. He finds under the phone a photo of one of the couple's happy memories together. The phone rings.