Taking the Dive: Elfen Lied 1-5
By Catolf 36 Comments
Elfen Lied is one of those anime's that you'll love it or hate it.
I'm rather on the fence.
I haven't wanted to watch this anime, but I was kinda pushed into it, strangly not long after having an argument with a Giant bomber whom loved this anime to high heaven and thought of High School of the Dead as trash. And had even made a thread on how the image was innapropriate (half naked girls) and I've just watched five episodes of this cat eared/horned chick with invisa-hands run around naked and demand her breast be grabbed with "Myyuuuu~<3" pleasure.
So yeah.. pot calling kettle black.
Anyway five episodes in and I kinda don't wanna finish, Voice acting is kinda nehhh... or MEWWW~.. XP The characters are interesting.. somewhat. A girl who ran away from sexual abuse, a girl whom is in love with her cousin (WTF...) a guy whom lost his sister and his father and refused to return after so many years and is now in college, his...cousin... was in love with him (got he was a little asshole when he was young) and is now jealous of nyu and myu(sp?) whom are now living with Khota(lead male in a weird kinda harem set up here)
At the best of times you get some great action and some messed up ways to kill people and torture them closely resembling a torture porn anime in a sense. In the worst you get some awkward animation and bad voice acting that rips you out of it.. if that cousin thing didn't already rip you out of things.
Nyu is cute and usually naked, Lucy is a badass and I'd rather watch her through the entirety of the anime than Nyu. I understand people like this anime but I just can't get into it, I plan to try and finish this and see if my thoughts change but in the end I think these types are just not for me.
Is it because of the weird incest? No I've watched incest (and it's usually WINcest) anime before but this one the girl just seems selfish in her desire and thoughts toward Nyu and Myu and wanting Khota for herself. And.. I kinda want her to die..XD
So hell I might keep watching so I can hope she does.. cause I'm not a fan.. XP
Last thoughts, the Opening theme is beautiful, gorgeous representation and it's just really soothing.. after you watch the end theme your like WTF is that doing here and whats wrong with you.. way to pull you out of an anime after something dramatic happens. XP
After you listen to this and then you reach the end of an episode your ears and smacked with this:
What the fuck right? It would be great for a perky anime but this? Where girls are getting raped and limbs are thrown and everything is just.. I don't know. XP