The thing I remember most about Elfen Leid was that other girl, the one who kept losing limbs, who seemed to have been created just to be hurt over, and over, and over...
Yes. Lucy took out all of her limbs and left her like that. She comes back with prosthetics, and her not being used to controlling them with her vectors and dropping them sometimes was used as a gag, which... was pretty horrible/dark.
"All" Diclonius we saw were like, young-looking girls. Sure, people of all ages and genders died, but when Lucy faced other Diclonius, well. You see a lot of little girls die.Oh, and there was this rapist bounty hunter (?) guy too. There was a lot of horrible, cruel, repulsive people.
I haven't watched the anime, but I remember looking it up, wanting to find out the variations. I guess that if you want a simpler, cut-short version of the plot (tip of the iceberg), go for it. But I don't regret having read it, and if I had to choose, I'd probs still read it. Lucy is a really tragic character. As cringe and horrifying as it was to watch her slaughter so many (a lot of times they were innocent bystanders), she's probably the character I cared about the most. Sure there were others I hope wouldn't fucking die, but hnng... Lucy...
I remember when years later, I realised that her real name isn't even Lucy. Her actual name, the name she had when she was a child was Kaede. That fucked me up and made me feel so sad.
Tbh I still resent the death of that one friend she had for one day, when she was a kid. She gave up her freedom and went with the men because they said they'd save her (gunshot wound) and she still died.
Huh, I didn't realise she could send people flying without dismembering them. Well, she didn't often spare them I suppose. I didn't realise it when I was younger but there seems to have been subtext between the two, so I'm rereading that chapter, ouf, this is gonna hurt tho.
Edit: It hurt. It was way more dramatic and tragic than I had remembered. Also, seems like she vowed to kill off everyone in the life of the shooter/man responsible. That's kinda amazing, that among all that hate inside of her, there was also the desire for revenge for that girl. It was never previously mentioned, but she still clang to that memory. I suppose that it's super important tho, she traded everything she had for her life
There you have it. Remembering Elfen Lief p much consumes me.
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