Elfen Lied

[Quailboy]

Originally Posted by Guigoo

when they're @ the bridge and lucy starts to whisper and all the memories come up to his mind of the slaughtering of his sis and dad by lucy...dude, it scares the crap out of me. one of the best scenes

Oh yeahhh, that scene is nuts. >.<
The whole series is friggin insane actually lol

[Ryzorian]

I liked it. Although for me I think the moral of the story was relatively easy to see. The children just wanted to be loved. Leastways that's how I saw it.

[Engineeringserver]

I also like elfen lied a lot, especially all the gore and blood

[Guigoo]

Originally Posted by Ryzorian

I liked it. Although for me I think the moral of the story was relatively easy to see. The children just wanted to be loved. Leastways that's how I saw it.

actually the moral of the story is to show how cruel humanbeings can be even more than lucy, since they made her into the monster she became

[Quailboy]

Originally Posted by Guigoo

actually the moral of the story is to show how cruel humanbeings can be even more than lucy, since they made her into the monster she became

I found it to be more about overall discrimination than just the pain Lucy.Nyuu had to go through.

[Ryzorian]

Wich is why I stay with my orginal idea. If they had just loved them instead of mistreat them, it wouldn't have ended as it did. I think that was the primary point made when number 35 was with her dad, all she ever wanted was to be loved by her father and mother. Wich probably goes with the base idea that humans in general want to be needed.

I'm not discounting the other aspects/moral ideas being sent with the show. I'm simply sateting how I came to understand it.

[Quailboy]

Originally Posted by Ryzorian

Wich is why I stay with my orginal idea. If they had just loved them instead of mistreat them, it wouldn't have ended as it did. I think that was the primary point made when number 35 was with her dad, all she ever wanted was to be loved by her father and mother. Wich probably goes with the base idea that humans in general want to be needed.

I'm not discounting the other aspects/moral ideas being sent with the show. I'm simply sateting how I came to understand it.

What your saying is true, it just goes a lot deeper then that xD

[Deviruu]

Goodness, I adore this anime. The music, the animation, the characters (most), the story...

I enjoyed the series a total of six times and plan to enjoy it again soon.

[JasonTakeshi]

Originally Posted by JasonTakeshi

Elfen Lied gives you an exaggerated and fantisied illustration of discrimination and the consequences of it. I will try to compare it or illustrate it onto RL.:

- Lucy, who was a Diclonius (A possible evolution of Homo Sapiens) was threatened as a monster and descriminated by most of the society. Had only 1 friend, who was a dog - was beaten to death by Lucy's classmates simply because she was friendly with the dog.

Since she couldnt handle the torment anymore, and since she was just a child (Resembles innocence) WITH a weapon (her vectors, the "invisi-tentacles"), its more then obvious she would use them because of her own insecurity. Thats why she started hating humans in general. (There is one other deep reason for it, but would take to long to explain and i would spoil the fun for those who didnt watch it yet )

Comparing it to a possible RL issue.:

- Gerson was a 9 year-old Afrikan boy who lived in Spain. He was the only black person in his class, and was bullyed everyday for being black, to the point of beating him and stealing and breaking his stuff.
Gerson's father used to have several guns, since he used to hunt at the weekends. So, 1 day, little Gerson took his father's loaded shotgun to school and killed 4 of his classmates and injuring 5 more. He commited suicide at age of 24 @ in prison. (He became a murderer after that, being condemned to perpetual jail)

And that is how i can illustrate it onto real-life. Now if it is worth it to be on the toplist of best animes? Depends from person to person. It surely is on my top.

"Treat someone like a monster and he'l turn into one."

[Sblegach]

The beginning of this show was... disturbing >_< she just killed them all like it was nothing, no emotion... nothing just death and silence...