| I, like many other people, don't have this show at a very high rating personally. But with mental health all across the news recently, I gave it another go and I genuinely believe this show could be a metaphor for bipolar disorder, specifically in the case of Lucy. People with this diagnosis have violent mood swings and are generally considered unstable (like Dyclonius) and, throughout the show, it's abundantly clear that she (not Nyuu) generally just wants to protect herself. When the other Dyclonius are introduced, she becomes extremely uncomfortable and dislikes them, which could almost be due to the fact that she sees a mirrored image of herself and becomes uncomfortable - a very common sign of mental illness. In general, as someone who has known people with this disorder, Lucy/Nyuu exhibit very similar traits to people with BPD. Now obviously the subplot with her amnesia and forgetting about Kota is cheesy as hell, but I think there are some really brilliant themes hidden here. Thoughts on this? |
| It's time you look inward and begin asking yourself the big question, "Who are you, and what do you want?" - Uncle Iroh |
| I’m a big fan of Elfen Lied but the anime is an incomplete adaptation with an anime original ending. I hope and dream that it’ll get the brotherhood treatment someday and get a real full adaptation that follows the manga all the way through. Your interpretation of what that story is trying to say is not a bad one but Elfen Lied is mainly a metaphor about race, racism, and discrimination. The struggles and adversity of being different than others. I think you can make a connection with that and the stigma of mental health problems. |
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jdlg782 said: Decent show. Bit of a heartthrob show but it’s something that always is gonna mean something personally to me. I definitely thought it was more about the dyclonises getting cast away and ethically if it was right or not despite there powers. The song Lillium though is inherently tied to what the series Is about, and that’s mostly all I have to say. Yeah, that's a solid take. I think that with all the flaws considered, the opening theme is probably the best thing about the show. |
| It's time you look inward and begin asking yourself the big question, "Who are you, and what do you want?" - Uncle Iroh |
| Dicloni are compelled to murder humans due to their very instinct. Inner voice in their head (DNA voice, which was represented by that bandage wrapped figure) literally compels them to kill humans. Not sure if that can be considered a mental illness, because that's literally a common Dicloni trait. Obviously, this instinct can be suppressed with kindness to some extent or as with Nana's example - entirely. Lucy has split personality, not BPD. Lucy us downright psychopath, who enjoys killing humans. Kaede is a regular dicloni, who kills due to her instinct. Nyuu is harmless child. Those three personalities are consistent whenever they are being manifested. All of them love Kouta. Lucy even tries to control her urges, to no avail. Damn, this needs a remake. |
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Piromysl said: Dicloni are compelled to murder humans due to their very instinct. Inner voice in their head (DNA voice, which was represented by that bandage wrapped figure) literally compels them to kill humans. Not sure if that can be considered a mental illness, because that's literally a common Dicloni trait. Obviously, this instinct can be suppressed with kindness to some extent or as with Nana's example - entirely. Lucy has split personality, not BPD. Lucy us downright psychopath, who enjoys killing humans. Kaede is a regular dicloni, who kills due to her instinct. Nyuu is harmless child. Those three personalities are consistent whenever they are being manifested. All of them love Kouta. Lucy even tries to control her urges, to no avail. Damn, this needs a remake. This is it mate's I would add also that the Anime presents the true nature of the human being also in the Form of the humans and what they do to these so called test subjects like girls Overall a great anime, I miss the darker tunes of older animes like this one |
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Philleotardo1954 said: Piromysl said: Dicloni are compelled to murder humans due to their very instinct. Inner voice in their head (DNA voice, which was represented by that bandage wrapped figure) literally compels them to kill humans. Not sure if that can be considered a mental illness, because that's literally a common Dicloni trait. Obviously, this instinct can be suppressed with kindness to some extent or as with Nana's example - entirely. Lucy has split personality, not BPD. Lucy us downright psychopath, who enjoys killing humans. Kaede is a regular dicloni, who kills due to her instinct. Nyuu is harmless child. Those three personalities are consistent whenever they are being manifested. All of them love Kouta. Lucy even tries to control her urges, to no avail. Damn, this needs a remake. That’s true but a lot of that is still up for debate due to the examples shown of Lucy’s kind killing humans. In almost every single example except one each dycloni are provoked before they unleash their vectors. But #35 is an absolute monster who is only made to kill humans agreed on that. Lucy too No, Kaede was murdering entire families just so she could use their houses as a temporary shelter. It was even in anime and those murders were completely unprovoked and this was happening before Kouta's "betrayal". |
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| more so a split personality |
| Don't try to find logic in elfen lied |
| split personality is more like it. at least thats the way i see it. |
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