For anyone who has seen this series they should know what i mean, for those who havnt this is my basic description

ok, elfen lied is a very complex anime in that it has lots of differnt genres in it, horror, drama, romance, comedy, action and scifi (sorta). When i watched the first ep i was sorta taken aback by the huge amounts bloodshed that got thrown in your face right off the bat, then there was the blatent nudity that was in every other scene. However, once i got past the first episode i got really drawn into the story and grew really attached to its characters, especially nyew.

elfen lied is series which really got me emotional and that is something really rare in anime series for me. lots of series have the sad pasts and sob stories of their characters but this particular series really conveyed the emotions and feeling of its characters to me. anyone else want to share their views on this series? and if you havnt seen it i really recommend it, it's an excellent series.

yea its a very disturbing anime. After seeing Lucy's terrible childhood I guess you cant blame her for being that messed up.

Elfen Lied has a lot of violence, contains nudity, but after all the red walls you see, it's a good anime. The animeshows how humans can be stupid and such as well.

Elfen lied is a good anime, but i don't think is sad...every anime have a sad moment

yer i like this anime and it was one of the first series i watched and got me hooked ^_^ it was a bit short but the manga goes into a lot more detail about what happens

Never read the manga, i watch all the tv series+oav in a night abd i found very interesting.
But not sad-_-

Yea I really enjoyed this anime.

Gore [although it doesn't really bother me] and nudity aside, the plot is quite decent, the animation quality is pretty good.

The only problem for me in the anime is the ambiguity in the ending. =p I guess you can interpret it in different ways.

Im hopeing that the manga will explain the ending of the anime better =D since it was an annoying cliff hanger ending =p

what's not sad about it? lucy's whole past and how she turned from basically a normal girl into the psycho she becomes. There's also the fact that the other girl pretty much only wanted to be with her father but he ends up blowing himself up with his other daughter. And then lucy ends up dying. I see lots of sad in that series.

Ive seen the series just last week.I didnt like the 1st 5 min of the 1st ep.It almost turned me away from the series.But a freind wouldnt quit bugging me to finish the series.Im glad I watched the series.^^.

To, elfen Lied is an anime that you like or you hate, and there are scenes that if you manage to watch and keep watchingthe series, you will watch it completely. (like that one that Lucy fought with Nana.)

yea that was a cool fight scene until the fingers and arms started coming off

I just dont like senseless killing,*like Lucy was n the begining* even if its fake.

I'm really not sure of this series. I watched a amv from this series called "blood bath" and i've never seen so much anime gore in my life, atleast in one series (seriously)

Is the gore like that in every episode?

I haven't seen the whole series but one thing is for sure and that is that I have never seen as much gore and violence in this anime-then any anime series I've seen so far, combined! I can't say its sad because I might get messed up watching the whole thing!