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{{quote|''"Scholar, it seems we've to storm hell!"''|'''Yin Chek Hsia''', ''A Chinese Ghost Story''}}
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* The latter half of ''[[Monster Soul]]'' takes place in Hell, which for some odd reason, can be accessed rather easily.
* Son Goku went to Hell (AKA. Home For Infinite Losers) ''by accident'' in the ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' anime after falling from Snake Way. Since he was on a quest to receive training from King Kai at the time, he had no goal other than returning to Snake Way.
** Note the above was filler, just like the ''other'' times Goku goes to Hell. Included that one [[Non
* ''[[Black Rock Shooter]]'', the Otherworld has a Purgatory/Hellish feel to it. Mato/Black Rock Shooter enters it to save Yomi's soul from Dead Master.
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': One of Sesshoumaru's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] moments consists of him doing this for his [[Morality Pet]] Rin in one of the greatest [[Papa Wolf]] moments in the entire manga. {{spoiler|Not only does he kick the King of Hell's ass, but he also purifies every damned soul in Hell before heading back to have Rin resurrected by his mother, a youkai queen}}.
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== Myths and Religion ==
* Most certainly the oldest example in human storytelling/mythology is the Sumerian story of the goddess Inanna ([[I Have Many Names|in later mythology Ishtar]]), [[Inannas Descent to The Netherworld (Literature)|descending to the Underworld to steal her sister's throne,]] then getting herself captured and requiring a rescue from the Underworld by her "uncle" Enki, god of water and wisdom. Like many other stories, there is a catch -- [[Balancing
* Various [[The Metamorphoses (Literature)|sources]] from [[Classical Mythology]]:
** Orpheus, who entered Hades to rescue his wife Eurydice. Unfortunately, he was told that he might not look back upon her until both were out of Hades, and Orpheus was unable to follow this one command. As a result, Eurydice vanished back to the Underworld.
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** Its more killing his host in the first game.
* ''[[Soul Reaver]] 2'': Raziel says that he has been "dragged through hell and back, all it seems to reach this moment" (meeting Janos Audron, the last of the [[Ancients/Precursors|Precursors]]).
* ''[[Nethergate]]'' has the player characters go into [
* ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'' has the heroes storming the Castle Pandemonium, inside Hell, to defeat Emperor Mateus, who has [[Like a Badass Out of Hell|taken over]].
* ''[[Jet Moto]] 2'''s final track, Nebulous, is a [[Marathon Level]] that alternates between heaven and hell.
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