i dont know how i could have missed reading this manga.
stumbled upon the trailer on you tube by chance and got so hooked on it, been glued to the comp since thurs evening, watching all 13 episodes and then reading all 12 books of it.
jimbo, you'd like this.
this pretty much shows you what you're in for : gore and nudity
the style is... v. diverse. think eva + chobits + love hina or perhaps kill bill, anime style
The Diclonius are a species of evolved humans with two horns and vectors, transparent arms that have the power to manipulate and cut objects within their reach. they are mainly held in an experimental facility, but one, Lucy, escapes.
she loses her memory and meets Kohta and Yuka and they call her 'Nyu' and live together.
A Diclonius named Nana and a soldiers, are sent to hunt down Lucy. However, Lucy and her cold characteristics have not yet faded away; whenever she hits her head or is confronted with violence, she reverts to her sadistic side and makes transitions between her two personalities throughout the series.
there's so much more to the story line which touches on human sadism, casual beatings, child sexual abuse, animal cruelty, cruel experimentation and outright killing
One of the most prevalent motifs of the series is the humanity of the Diclonius, especially contrasted against the inhumanity of ordinary people.
One reviewer described the series as "devoted to quite a few of the darker, more callous factors of human nature"
trailer of the 2005 anime using the theme song Lilium
Lilium is sooo beautifully, gothicly, solumn~
as in most cases, the manga and anime have v different endings. manga having more closure and anime being more cryptic. its a tough fight for this one cos both are beautiful endings.
this is what great manga/anime is. no offense but naruto, bleach, etc. cant come close to the sheer art of Elfien Lied.
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