Hashimoto Mayumi was a class officer, yet the donations collected by her classmates vanished without a trace while in her care. Left with no choice, Hashimoto Mayumi had to borrow money from Kuroda Aya, who was always bullying her.
After that, because of that leverage... Hashimoto Mayumi was constantly blackmailed and threatened by Kuroda Aya, who even demanded that she strike up conversations with men. Mayumi endured the humiliation throughout it all... but eventually ran away. However, she never expected Kuroda Aya to have taken a photo of her with that man and use it to threaten her. Her failures at home and at school drove her to contemplate suicide.
Later, Kuroda Aya made that photo public. Seeking revenge, Mayumi logged into "Hell Correspondence" at midnight. In the world of twilight, she met Jigoku Shoujo, Enma Ai, and accepted the cursed straw doll.
In the end... Mayumi untied the red string on the school balcony.
Enma Ai appeared... and dragged the person she hated into hell. Likewise... by harming others and herself, Mayumi too went to hell.
After looking through some of the manuscript pages in his hands, Matsuda fell into thought. He had published countless manga and seen an untold number of outstanding manuscripts, but this work definitely qualified as excellent.
Although it was a horror story, it was not especially terrifying. Instead, it carried a great deal of the authors' expression and reflected many things that truly existed in society.
For example, school bullying, a topic that had long been discussed to death! And... when cursing someone else, one would also pay a price... and so on.
Moreover, Matsuda had a strong feeling about Enma Ai in particular—she would definitely win over many readers.
"Editor-in-Chief Matsuda, does this manga meet the requirements?"
Seeing Matsuda pause, Iida Ayano