Elfen Lied berkisar pada interaksi, pandangan, emosi, dan perbedaan antara manusia dan Diclonius, spesies mutan yang mirip dengan manusia dalam membangun tetapi dibedakan oleh dua tanduk di kepala mereka dan "vektor", lengan telekinetically dikendalikan transparan yang memiliki kekuatan untuk memanipulasi dan memotong benda-benda dalam jangkauan mereka. Serial ini berpusat pada gadis remaja Diclonius "Lucy" yang ditolak oleh manusia dan kemudian ingin membalas dendam.
Elfen Lied melibatkan tema-tema keterasingan sosial, identitas, prasangka, dendam, kekerasan, cemburu, menyesal dan nilai kemanusiaan [2] Seri ini mempekerjakan kekerasan grafis.. Sejauh ini, hanya seri tiga belas episode anime telah dilisensi di Amerika Serikat, oleh ADV Films dan di Australia, oleh Madman Entertainment. ADV Films mengatakan seri adalah salah satu laris mereka dan "paling terkenal" rilis tahun 2005.
Plot
Elfen Lied terjadi di Jepang, berfokus pada strain baru dari umat manusia - Diclonius, mirip dengan manusia biasa, namun berbeda pada tingkat genetik dan terkenal karena kelainan fisik, terutama sepasang tonjolan seperti tanduk-pendek. Satu Diclonius tersebut, Lucy, adalah karakter utama dari seri: awalnya diadakan di fasilitas dibangun untuk eksperimentasi, yang terletak di lepas pantai Kamakura, Prefektur Kanagawa, ia berhasil melarikan diri dan mendatangkan malapetaka, namun terluka dalam proses, peristiwa yang menyebabkan dia untuk mengembangkan kepribadian, sekunder anak seperti yang dikenal sebagai Nyu.
Dia ditemukan oleh dua warga setempat, Kohta, yang studi di universitas lokal, dan saudara sepupunya, Yuka. Mereka setuju untuk membawanya masuk, menjadi terlibat dengan banyak, seringkali brutal, upaya untuk merebut kembali Lucy oleh Tim Assault Khusus dan sejumlah Diclonius lain, yang beralih dari menyadari pembunuhan sering. karakter lainnya termasuk Bando, seorang polisi SAT yang dianiaya oleh Lucy dan terinfeksi virus, dan Kurama, pembawa virus.
Sementara serial animasi berakhir dengan Lucy menghadapi tim besar anggota SAT, setelah itu ia menghilang, manga terus dengan menunjukkan rencana gila Kakuzawa, pemimpin penelitian Diclonius ', dan kegagalan utamanya. Dunia itu sendiri sudah langka.
Characters
- Lucy (ルーシー Rūshī) is a Diclonius girl around eighteen years old. Lucy has developed strong emotions of hatred and vengeance towards regular humans mainly because of how she was treated by the majority of them as a child, making fun of her horns and giving her insulting nicknames such as freak. As a child, she bonded with a dog which was killed right in front of her by classmates, which triggered her first killing. She seems to lack empathy, kills without much concern, and acts somewhat sadistically, often torturing victims before killing (such as Bandou and Nana, though she did not actually kill them); however, towards the end of the series, she begins to show remorse for her actions, especially towards Kohta, whose father and sister were killed by her. She is aware of her "Nyu" state as revealed in the manga by her worries just before she reverts. "Lucy" is not actually her real name; the last chapter of the manga reveals that her name is actually Kaede. Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)
- Nyu (にゅう Nyū) is a split personality of Lucy that developed after a .50 BMG round ricocheted off the metallic helmet encasing her head.[5] Nyu has a childlike personality and infantile knowledge of the world, forgetting even that she is a Diclonius and how to use or manifest her vectors, leaving her as what is equivalent to a human with horns. She initially lacks spoken language skills; however, she eventually learns a handful of words and phrases until (in the manga) she can finally speak properly despite the fact she still uses the nonsensical phrase nyu as her catchphrase. Nyu is innocent and incapable of violent acts, a foil to the normally cold and sadistic Lucy; she is the manifestation of her "good side". Whenever Nyu hits her head or when she is confronted with violence, she reverts to her sadistic side, Lucy, though is unaware of her actions while in her "Lucy" state. Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)
- Kohta (コウタ Kōta) is around nineteen years old and enters the story when his cousin's family allows him to move in to their closed-down restaurant in exchange for maintenance while he goes to a local university. Kohta has repressed traumatic memories of his father's and sister's deaths during his childhood. Because of him repressing his memories, Kohta does not remember Lucy from when he met her earlier as a child, nor does he remember the child Yuka (which causes problems for him and Yuka due to Yuka's feelings for him; she is hurt at being forgotten). Due in part to his loss, he has a soft spot for girls in trouble and is extremely generous and protective of the girls around him. He constantly has flash backs, like many other characters, that do not make any sense to us. He is more forgiving in the anime, but when he gets his memories back in the manga, he is unforgiving towards Lucy for killing his father and sister. Even so, he also remembers the happy memories that he shared with Lucy, and loves her despite the horrible things she's done. Voiced by: Chihiro Suzuki (Japanese), Adam Conlon (English)
- Yuka (ユカ) is Kohta's cousin. She is around nineteen years old and attends the same university as Kohta. She last saw Kohta when they were ten, parting ways with him on the same night in which Lucy killed Kohta's family, completely oblivious to the events following their last meeting. She moves in with him at the inn after having not seen him in many years. She has had a crush on Kohta since childhood, and is uncomfortable with Nyu's attachment to him. Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese), Nancy Novotny (English)
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