Talk:Purgatory/@comment-4547267-20160706214106/@comment-76.117.169.123-20170701031149

Well, in most contexts, Hell is actually just the hotter, more tortured part of Purgatory. Looking at how the terminology is this anime is highly based on the context of biblical legends and christianity/catholicism, it could be assumed that this is precisely a context where that's the case. In short, if Crunchyroll said it's hell, it's really just a more specific term of saying hellish purgatory. There's (relatively) easy purgatory, where people simply pay for their typical forgivable sins before going to the afterlife. On the other hand, there's Hellish Purgatory, which is hell. It's filled with torment for people who fell to the seven deadly sins their entire lives. Those people find afterlife IN purgatory. The basic purpose of purgatory is to make one pay for their sins by suffering and repenting. Melodias got out of Hell mostly because he was already a demon, and humans are the ones tormented in hell.