The Island Where Death Blossoms
Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku unfolds in a brutal era where mercy is rare
and death is inevitable. Criminals condemned beyond redemption are given one final chance:
journey to a mysterious island rumored to hold the Elixir of Life.
Those who return will be granted freedom — but no expedition has ever succeeded.
The island of Shinsenkyo is a paradox of beauty and horror.
Lush vegetation and divine-looking flora conceal creatures born from decay.
Corpses litter the landscape, feeding the land itself, as if death is the price
demanded for paradise to exist.
Gabimaru the Hollow
Among the condemned is
Gabimaru,
once feared as the strongest ninja assassin.
Though sentenced to death, he repeatedly survives execution,
earning the title “the Hollow” — a man seemingly incapable of dying.
Beneath his emotionless exterior lies conflict.
Gabimaru wishes to die, yet clings desperately to life for the sake of his wife,
the only person who ever treated him as human.
The island forces him to confront whether someone forged in blood
is allowed to desire peace.
The Executioner’s Doubt
Assigned to oversee Gabimaru is
Yamada Asaemon Sagiri,
an executioner struggling with her own sense of justice.
Raised to kill without hesitation, Sagiri questions a system
that demands death while denying meaning.
Together, Gabimaru and Sagiri form an uneasy partnership,
their philosophies colliding as survival becomes increasingly uncertain.
Their bond becomes the emotional core of the expedition.
The Immortals of Shinsenkyo
Deeper within the island reside the Tensen,
godlike beings who have transcended death through mastery of a mysterious force
known as Tao.
Their immortality reveals a horrifying truth —
eternal life erodes identity, emotion, and purpose.
Hell’s Paradise challenges the belief that survival is victory.
It asks whether life without meaning is truly living,
and whether death can sometimes be the final act of freedom.
What It Means to Live
More than a battle for survival, Hell’s Paradise is a meditation on existence.
Criminals, executioners, and monsters alike are stripped to their core,
forced to confront the weight of their past actions.
In a land where flowers bloom from corpses,
the series asks a haunting question:
Can something beautiful grow from a life stained by sin?
