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02-27-2008, 05:18 AM
This series demonstrates a relentless and unbounded magnitude of gore, violence and sadism in its rawest reality; shoving into our systems, without any vestige of warning, a harsh sense of truth - insinuating life's mental maturity and preparation.
Its shear atrocity in its merciless attitude toward self-alleged primary and secondary characters, by their distinctive features is indifferent; no other anime of simlar genre can even begin to compare. Undeniably, an anime that accentuates the very core of what anime, in general, stand for. It isn't abnormal not to perceive it as a cartoon, since the detailed graphics and alternatives add up to its realism. I think I'll be able to learn much from it, bracing myself for any prior future occurrences in real life and perhaps nobly taking responsibilities to eliminate all risks, for those vague but potential situations. Although admittedly, there are a rarity of, for some of us. Instead of Elfen Lied being an innocuous matter of interest (as it feasibly fulfills every criterion for an anime), it leans more in substantial inclination to a matter of facing and living up to the acceptance that such a brutal society exists. Oh well, this what little vacuous comment I can provide, since I've only watched two episodes of it. Lucy aka Nyu has me intrigued on a regular basis. How did she end up at that facility centre? What is her motive for destroying? What is her source of vector-generating power? Do the horns mean any significance - probably the devil's descendent? Are there more of her species? Will she one day unintentionally/intentionally kill Kouta? Why didn't she mutilate Chief Kurama like she did to the rest? Aside from being appalled that she tore off the head of a female sub-protagonist 'could-have-been', I'm also particularly interested in the way in which Lucy has a dark alter-ego and doesn't seem to possess her initial abilities when she converts to her innocent personality. It can be observed that her mind transforms back to its original state when she has been physically struck or emotionally threatened. I gather it was probably due to the earlier accident in episode 1, when the sniper failed to assassinate Lucy but in the process, caused a degree of damage to her brain. In spite of her ruthlessness, the producers are experts in the field of willing people to subconsciously sympathize with Lucy/Nyu. The first impression that they likely wanted to impact upon viewers was naturally effective. Unfortunately, the second episode failed to maintain the same intensity as the first, despite the fact it proves Elfen Lied comprises its own variety on its dish: Humor, romance, gore, etc. I guess first impression counts for a whole lot. Kinda makes me wonder if they wasted a potential climax. I've heard many people cried during the anime, and hopefully, it will rise to the bloody and teary occasion for me. Definitely too early to say its gonna take a high place on my priority list though, so I'm gonna move on to > episode 2. ^_^ Edited: Watched ep 3 just now... Diclonius? Inborn mutation & prowess? Reproduction by infection? Evolving mankind? Totally kickass plus badass XD~! Edited2: Almost had me crying at the end. Oh, it's so prominent on my priority list now. On a side note, I sorta formed my own mature hypothesis of the show. Lucy or Nyu, who is supposedly one Kouta's childhood friend, apart from Yuka, somehow embarked on her murderous spree at one point. Simultaeneously, it appears there was a 'shoulder demon' manipulating Lucy, and I'd like to think of Nyu as her 'shoulder angel'. In another words, Lucy's true self could be an in-between personification albeit her over-dominant alter-ego was first founded by her desire to avenge the puppy and accumulated from a lie told by a boy she loves, completed with subtle ill-treatments. The perpetuation of these killings formed the being that is Lucy. Kouta, in a subconscious attempt to forget the incident, suffers from amnesia. Subsequently, what Lucy'd perceived, be it tangible or intangible, she learned as Lucy. Thus, Nyu's inability to express herself or her knowledge. Their mentality and mannerisms may differ, however, there are congruent fundamental characteristics that can be observed from the nature of her split personalities - such as liking Kouta. Overall, Elfen Lied is a deeply emotional series emphasizing on humanity issues - courage, forgiveness, sadism, alienation, parenthood, love, friendship, cold rationality and logical ethics, morals, sacrifice, desires, vengeance, gallantry, etc. As for the excessive blatancy in gore and nudity, they're mere enhancement to the gloomy atmosphere; the right mindset should suffice in handling the theme. On a personal level, the anime strikes a balance between everyone who resides in this world, because it portrays the ideals of both the young and old holding an equivalent amount of extraordinary significance to them, regardless of age. We're all the same, we have our wants, our needs, our goals of the past, present and future. The dicloniuses depict children living in one kind of poverty or another. It implies that they live solely for the sake of achieving their hearts' desires: Mariko, her parents; Nana, a home; Lucy/Nyu, Kouta. Their wishes aren't unjustifed. The trouble comes when their naiveness overtakes them, as a result of undergoing daily experiments akin to torture and never gaining the opportunity to be educated, consequently working on 'the ends justify the means' principle. Their own happy ends. All their empathy for others abandoned. Haha, promoting rights to education possibly.  Ultimately, one of the boldest and most cognitively profound anime I have ever had the priviledge to witness yet, with a touch of mystical Latin dithyramb.  *downloads song* XD~! There's no such thing as happy endings, for when you find true love, happiness is everlasting.
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02-27-2008, 05:46 AM
I honestly loved Elfen Lied. The story was great and very sad. The anime contains nudity and gore..a LOT of blood..but I still liked it. It's really cool and interesting. I watched it in English and Japanese. I seriously recommend it.
♥ 愛 ♥ Searching..Feeling..Waiting.~*  "My eyes reflect your image Even though the day when losing sight of you will come You‘ll always stay right in front of my eyes." ♥♥♥ ..Oh and life is precious and so is music. So we have to treasure every day, every moment, so we will never regret anything. Tis my philosophy or whatever. PEACE. LOVE. MUSIC.
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02-27-2008, 05:49 AM
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♥ 愛 ♥ Searching..Feeling..Waiting.~* "My eyes reflect your image Even though the day when losing sight of you will come You‘ll always stay right in front of my eyes." ♥♥♥ ..Oh and life is precious and so is music. So we have to treasure every day, every moment, so we will never regret anything. Tis my philosophy or whatever. PEACE. LOVE. MUSIC.
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03-02-2008, 02:17 AM
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BTW can anyone tell me if this is worth rewatching in Japanese.
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03-02-2008, 06:11 AM
The manga is even better. Lucy is far more cruel in the manga. Nana is much more charming... The story has less comedy in manga of course,
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03-03-2008, 01:32 AM
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Personaly I liked the anime much better but the manga was pretty good.
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