ELFEN LIAD!!!!! BLOODY action with Romance.....

Elfen Lied takes place in Japan, focusing specifically onto a new strain of the human race - a species known as Diclonius, creatures almost entirely similar to ordinary human beings, yet greatly different at the genetic level and notable due to physical abnormalities, the most notable being a pair of short horn-like protrusions located on both sides of a Diclonius' head. One such Diclonius, a girl named Lucy, takes role as the central plot and main anti-heroine of the series: initially held in a facility built for experimentation on the Diclonius race, located off the coast of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, she manages to escape and wreak havoc in the compound, though she's injured in the process, an event which help develop a secondary, child-like personality known as Nyu, her name being the very first word she ever spoke.

Brought by the sea to Kamakura's coast, she is then found and rescued by two local residents, Kohta, who just moved in to study at the local university, and his cousin Yuka. They both agree to take in Nyu (they're the ones who give her the name), though in doing so they become involved with the numerous, often brutal, attempts to recapture Lucy/Nyu, which counts among them a Special Assault Team and a number of other Diclonius, who shift from completely oblivious of everything to murderous killer frequently, often driven by a primitive, violent instinct bent on survival of her species over the human race, deemed both inferior and extremely savage. Also, several characters who were apparently untied to the plot becomes entangled in it, from Bando, a SAT trooper who was mauled by Lucy and infected with the Vector virus, to director Kurama himself, a carrier of said virus.

While the animated rendition of the series ends with the violent fight between Lucy and Mariko, Kurama's daughter, after which Lucy disappears while fighting the military sent to capture her, the manga continues on by showing the mad plan of director Kakuzawa, leader of the Diclonius' research, and its ultimate failure due to its own inconsistency. Nevertheless, said plan still brings about a great crisis upon the world, whose side-effects the surviving protagonists witness in the years after the conclusion of the story.

The story is rarely completely action-packed, and while there are instances of brutal fights, they often end abruptly in massacres perpetrated by Lucy or the other Diclonius, or even the humans themselves. Also, humanity is often portrayed as extremely immoral or cruel, with instances such as the experiments the Diclonius constantly endure or the racist view humans and Diclonius give at each other. In fact, it is often confusing to assert who of the two factions is truly evil, given the fact that while humans are demonized through their cruelty over Diclonius, the latter are depicted as bloody murderers since a very young age - in fact, most of them are young children or teenagers at most.


If ur in for some blood sucking action and with a little twist of romance i recommend this anime...

I've watched this before but didn't quite like it except for some touching scenes in the final moments.A lot of viewers love Elfen Lied though,good for them.But did you like it?

hinata2007 wrote:

i admit that it has boring episodes, but overall its good

I wont even take a look at this

boring episodes not my type of anime .

You know there were some who proclaimed this anime will changed your life after watching or something of that extent.

I wasn't into anime yet when Elfen Lied came out in 2004 but I read plenty reviews about it and a few mentioned Elfen Lied being ultra popular like how Suzumiya Haruhi was one or two years back.Sadly,I failed to see what is so extraordinary in these two.

Suzumiya Haruhi is still going strong though with its season 2 premiere earlier in April and their fanbase is staggering.Not heard much of Elfen Lied since.

Many love the tragic romance within but yup,fictions in anime.Lucy was pretty cool in my opinion.