エルフェンリート 12

Elfen Lied #12

by Lynn Okamoto

角沢長官の人類滅亡計画は島とともに崩れ去った。島からルーシーが流れ着いた地に待つのは、傷を負ったコウタ。この再会が、最後の悲劇のはじまりを告げた…。はかなく、弱く、小さなものたちの願いは、いま人類の存亡をも巻き込んで壮大なエンディングを迎える。今世紀最大の問題作、ついに、ついに感動のフィナーレ!!

Genres: Manga, Horror, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Comics, Seinen, Fiction

212 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 18, 2005

About the author

Lynn Okamoto (岡本倫 Okamoto Rin) is a Japanese manga artist and a former employee of Bandai. His most famous work is the series Elfen Lied, which was adapted into a 13-episode anime series by the studio Arms. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.

Reviews

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than the last two without any doubt, but after slogging through so many rough patches the good portions of this sort of felt like too little too late.

The idea of this series is top notch and some aspects of it are really awesome, but there are so many missteps in terms of characters, progression, and art that it veers towards clumsy.

[Tesutamento · Rating 3 out of 5]

Animesinin mangasından farklı bir sonu vardı ve pek iyi değildi. Gördüm ki mangada da durum farklı değil. Hikaye öyle ya da böyle bir şekilde son buluyor. Bir önceki cilt gibi bu da apar topar ilerliyor. En sondaki sahne güzel olsa da ve büyük ihtimalle o sahneyle aklımda kalıp seriyi güzel anacak olsam da bütün cilt son sahneyle iyi olamıyor maalesef. Elfen Lied serisinin özeti gibi bir ciltti. Güzel fikirler mevcut fakat uygulamada zayıf. Son bölümdeki her karakteri gördüğümüz veda turu fena olmasa da karakterlerin birçoğunun pek kayda değer bir şey yapmadığını görünce yine seriye dair memnun niye olmadığımı hatırlamış oldum.

[Grace, Queen of Crows and Tomes · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this series as a whole, such a sad story! The first few volumes are harder to get through with some unneeded fan service and the plot being pushed to the side. The later six volumes are where the plot really kicks in and the series starts to shine. The ending will leave a hole in your heart!

[Nicholas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elfen Lied, Volume 12 the final volume of the series. This volume is one of my favorite volumes on manga that I have ever read the amount of content and the emotional roller coaster that goes on during it makes it amazing. The manga unlike the anime goes into much greater detail about pretty much everything. (Since the anime was only 13 episodes and the manga is 12 full volumes.) I highly recommend this manga to anyone that is into action, dark, drama, horror, and supernatural manga. Since I decided to write a review about my favorite part of Elfen Lied the majority of this review with be packed with spoilers.

***SPOILERS***

This volume starts out with Kouta meeting Lucy on the beach after he had escaped from the hospital. Lucy had just also escaped from an island collapsing while she was being attacked by the Japanese military. Lucy notices that he is still injured from before (he was shot). Kouta snaps at her (Since he is still very upset about the fact Lucy killed his father and sister.) when she tried to touch him and says that he has something to show her. Kouta (still being in rough shape from being shot) collapses and Lucy ends up carrying him to the place he wanted to show her, a lighthouse overlooking the sea. He tells her that his sister loved the view from this lighthouse and asked "WHY DID YOU KILL MY DAD AND KANAE?" Lucy explains to him that she has multiple personalities, one that wants to destroy mankind and one that wants to coexist with mankind, furthermore, she explains that she had always wanted make up for the fact that she killed his father and sister. Meanwhile Nana is searching for Kouta and her father is searching for Lucy. Nana (being a Diclonius herself) feels a presence coming from the lighthouse and she tells her father. He then goes by himself to the lighthouse telling Nana not to interfere. Kouta rejects her apology and tells her "I CAN NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR KILLING KANAE AND FATHER. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU APOLOGIZE." He continues saying "What happened to Nyuu, Where did Nyuu go? (her other personality.) Lucy explains to him that the person they all called "Nyuu" was just the ideal self that she had mad unconsciously, the person she would be if she wasn't a Diclonius. He decides to make a promise with her "Not to kill anyone from now on. Not to use her power." Then Kouta coughs up blood. Lucy runs to call an ambulance while running down the stairs of the lighthouse she runs into Nana's Father. Nana's father is holding a gun to Lucy's head as she comes down the stairs. Lucy remembers her promise and thinks to herself "I think Kouta will be proud of me, for keeping my promise. Oh yeah In the end, I... still didn't say that I liked him.." Then Nana's father shoots her in the head.

Lucy's instincts took over right before she was about to be shot in the head and instead she rips off Nana's dads arm. At this point she is no longer herself. Kouta hears the gunshot and slowly goes to see what is going on below him. Nana's father is holding his bleeding arm when Kouta comes down the stairs. Kouta sees Lucy standing over Nana's father and says "What have you done.." Lucy snaps back to being herself pleading that she didn't do anything wrong. Kouta starts crying saying "You... in the end.. Just couldn't quit killing...? I was thinking that we could actually live together and be happy, but you just betrayed me so easily... I was stupid enough to believe you... I HATE YOU DON'T EVER SHOW YOUR FACE TO ME AGAIN." The other voice in her head starts telling her that she has no place among humans and she says that the real enemy is the voice that is telling her to kill humans. Nana's father had picked up his gun while Lucy was distracted and shot at Lucy. Kouta yells, "NYUUUUUUUUU!" and rather quickly (despite the fact he is bleeding out) jumps in front of Lucy. Kouta jumps in front of her at the perfect time and the bullet hits him right in his heart and he dies.

Lucy starts to FREAK out saying that, "SHE WONT FORGIVE THE PEOPLE THAT HURT THE ONES SHE LOVES!" Her power explodes from her and she is holding Kouta's lifeless body. She starts to float in the air with a storm of vectors flying around her. She exclaims, "I'VE HAD ENOUGH!! A world like this... a world... everything I have bared with, everything... It's all pointless... I WILL DESTROY IT!!" She starts to destroy everything, he power starts surging and her body becomes unstable, and her hand falls off. "Her power is unlimited, but her body is limited." She falls back onto the tower and starts screaming at Kouta to come back to life. Lucy remembers that she can use her powers to piece his cells back together to bring him back to life. She starts healing him to attempt to bring him back to life while she is doing so she says her goodbyes and starts singing a song where the manga's name comes from. (Elfen lied or elf song.) While she is singing and healing Kouta she is using her power to protect him from the military that mobilized while her power erupted killing most of them. She brings Kouta back to life.

Kouta wakes up and sees Lucy's arm on the ground in a pool of blood, then he sees the rest of her body melting in front of him. She asks him "Kouta... Why.. Why are you crying, Kouta.. Just as I finally meet with you.. this body of mine is embarrassing... please don't look at it..."
Nana walks up behind Kouta and says, "It was tot save you, Kouta. In order to protect Kouta.. Nyuu and Lucy used power that is beyond they limit. That's why her body melted." Yuka, Mayu, and Nozomi come up the stairs shortly after and are mad at Kouta for leaving the hospital in his condition. Yuka asks Kouta why there is a hand on the ground and he replies, "Its Nyuu's..." then she sees her disintegrating. They all want to take her to their home (The Maple Inn) and the hospital so she can get better and still live with all of them. They want to wait till she is fully recovered and they can all live happily together. The military storms up the stairs and tells Kouta to, "Hand it over. If you resist, you will be sentenced to death for treason." Kouta asks them all to leave and that he will stay with Nyuu alone and says, "You put your life on the line for save me.. I can't run away because I'm scared of the death sentence." The military operative tells them "For the sake of the thousands of people you've killed and the tragedies you've created. I'm here to kill you." then he says to Kouta, "If you interfere... I will kill you as well." Lucy says to Kouta, "Kouta, please go. That's enough. If you are sentenced to death, all that I did would be in vain. Because I already have killed lots of people...Though it's painful.. not being able to be with you guys again... Thanks for everything.. I had fun..."

Lucy's other personality takes over one more time as she is "about" to die. She kills all of the soldiers that have surrounded her and Kouta and begins to destroy everything once again, but this time she says, "A lot of people are gonna die... THIS WORLD IS MINE!! If I have to hand over the world to these apes... BEFORE THIS BODY MELTS... I WILL KILL YOU ALL." Kouta screams "STOP!! STOP IT ALREADY!!" then she tries to kill him. Right before her vectors are about to reach him they are deflected by something. Two illusions of her consciousnesses stand in front of him protecting him. She asks him, "What I said 8 Years ago... Do you remember? Kouta... IF I ever end up killing a lot of people...Kouta... Then please, Kill me." Lucy and Nyuu go on to explain that as long as she is alive a lot more people will end up dying and that Kouta must kill her, before the illusions that are protecting him disappear and she ends up destroying the world. There is a flashback of when the two were younger and Lucy says to Kouta, "I want Kouta to kill me. If so.. I can die without regrets.." he replies, "I won't. I won't do it. Because I wouldn't be able to see you again. Lucy starts crying and says, "Kouta...Do you remember that place where there's a huge block of stone? We always meet up there. Please, Come to that place on the last day of the summer festival. I will always be waiting. When Kouta grows bigger and marries someone... Has kids and becomes a grandpa.. and everyone gets along well and lives happily... Even if he has forgotten me...I will always remember Kouta... I will always be waiting for Kouta as this place... If someday I'm reborn then I'll be a good girl when that time comes. And it would be great if I could stay by Kouta's side forever... Please... Kouta kill me..." Kouta picks up a gun and points it at Lucy, but he cant do it. The illusions finally disappear and her vector is about to kill him. When her power fades, and he vector is holding up the gun in front of him. As the final line of the Manga says, "And then, I killed Nyuu."

Their lives go back to normal. The summer festival eventually comes and he tells everyone, "Just for a bit.. I'm going to see an old friend." He goes to the spot where the two would meet. He continues to go there every year for the next few years until finally him and his daughter go there. Kouta ends up marrying his cousin, Yuka, the two have a daughter together and name her Kaede/Nyu. (The spelling of her name can mean either Little Nyuu or Kaede.) His daughter says to him, Papa, Are you waiting for a friend here?" he says, "Yeah, your're right! We promised to meet here on the last day of the summer festival. We used to play here when we were little, I've been waiting for 10 years and Im waiting here today too..." she responds, "Nyuu has been playing around here with her friends, too. There are twin's that live around here" (She likes to talk about herself in the third-person.) He yells, "HEY!! YOU CANT PLAY IN THESE MOUNTAINS!!" she says, "Papa, you said you played here when you were small!!" then he says, ".... Hmmm, that's true." They wait there for awhile and eventually his daughter says, "Papa's friend isn't coming..." the he says "Then lets head back, Mama will be angry if we are too late.." While he is walking away his daughter moves the rock that's by the tree and says, "THERE IS SOMETHING BURIED HERE!!!!". There is a jar with a letter in it with the rock that he gave her when they were little and the letter says, "See you again!! I will always, always, cherish this stone, Ah, I want to wear a wedding ring... -To Kouta, From Kaede." Kouta starts crying and says, "Finally, I could meet... The friend I've always wanted to meet... I finally... Found you...". Two figures approach them while Kouta is crying and it turns out to be his daughters two friends and they ask what they are doing. His daughter says, "We are waiting for someone here. A very important friend." Kouta tears in his eyes turns around and smiles. The End.

***END SPOILERS***

The spoiler portion is less of a review and more of a summary of the last few chapters of the manga. I had a very tough time putting my feelings about it into words so i just decided to summarize the entirety of it. Most of the things I cover in the summary are the reasons why I really enjoyed this manga. If you did read that I still highly recommend reading the entire manga. This entire story is one of the reasons why I continued reading manga and enjoying anime (along with a few others.). Elfen Lied is one of those manga/anime that you have to watch, despite being overshadowed by others of the same genre. Even though to me none of its competition really pulls off what Elfen Lied was able to do. It was able to give you a story you could follow the entire time (Even though sometimes it can be a bit over the top). This manga will always be one of my favorites especially because of the end.

[Angélica Díaz · Rating 2 out of 5]

No estoy para nada conforme con la serie, fue algo ilógico e irreal todo lo sucedido, sin mencionar los huecos argumentales que hasta yo misma fui capaz de notar
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Básicamente Kouta perdono a Lucy por asesinar a su padre y hermana, tanto así que por diez años la estuvo esperando hasta que reencarno en un par de gemelas.

La pequeña Nana tiene una relación de ... ¿Pareja? A quien ve como su padre (quiere tener los hijos de ese hombre, vaya)

Y el sujeto que había sido cortado por la mitad, con sus viceras esparcidas por la playa hace unos cuantos tomos atrás no había muerto...sino que estába vivito y coleando
Como o quién lo salvo queda a nuestra imaginación, así como la relación que tendrá con la niña que beso en su "lecho de muerte"

¿Se me olvida algo?
Oh es verdad, por poco olvidó al personaje más insufrible de todo el manga, la incestuosa prima del protagonista: Yuka.

[Lina Olvera · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Alitzel Altamirano · Rating 2 out of 5]

La calificación general de todo el manga es de 2.5.
Leí Elfen Lied a mitad de año después del hueco que me quedó con Oyasumi Punpun, y fue porque tenía un buen recuerdo del anime (que vi como a los 12-13 años). Desde el inicio de la historia es un NO. No sé si es porque el manga incluye cosas turbias o porque no soy su público objetivo.
Llega un punto donde incluso se siente que la historia principal de las criaturas (que ya olvidé el nombre de la especie) se siente opacada por la cantidad de partes innecesarias que contiene. Sé que está supuesto a contener escenas "ecchi", pero algunas de ellas rayan en lo absurdo y en lo fetichista, restándole seriedad al argumento principal.
La prima, desesperante. Las escenas subidas de tono con una niña pequeña, fuera de lugar. A esto se le suma la "relación" que tiene con el soldado ese, ¿era necesario incluir un beso entre ella y un hombre que fácilmente le triplica la edad? Me asqueó esa parte, además de que queda implícito que esto continúa después del final. El harén que se fue construyendo poco a poco, absurdo. El final, meh.
Si en algún momento se me da por querer volver a ver esta historia recurriré al anime. El estudio de animación hizo buen trabajo en transformar fantasías eróticas con un poco de buena historia en algo decente.

[Jon · Rating 4 out of 5]

EL is a very odd series and is beyond inconsistent in quality. The story is pretty damn good, but some of the characters are confusing as hell. Nozomi does actually nothing to the story, and Bando should have stayed dead. The excessive nudity felt unnecessary, and I cannot think of a single instance in which it did anything important. The handling of traumatic experiences was extremely clumsy and could offend somebody very easily. Despite the blatantly perverted depictions of the girls, there was a lot to enjoy with the series as a whole. However, the happy ending seems reductive of the story’s messaging and feels unnecessary. If EL was polished, it could be very good. As it stands, though, it’s just there for entertainment. Trying to extract any critical thought from it is immediately reduced by the constant (and unnecessary) sexual content in the series.

[Nərmin · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.33 ☆
It finally ended. This manga was good in some aspects but also terrible in others. Let's review the pros and cons, will we?
Good sides of manga:
1. The idea itself. I picked up this one for its interesting idea: new human race, more developed and evolved than homo-sapiens, Diclonius race. Having the ability of telekinesis, with having extra unseen arms and having horns. It was so promising.
2. I liked Lucy. Black and white personalities, she was great representative of diclonii race. She was the queen, Eve of new species. She was tormented and lonely. She was the heroine of this story.
3. The ending was satisfying. In the end we got some character development for Kouta too. Even though Lucy died . The ending has some bittersweet tone. Though I am pissed of that Bandou didn't die. I hate him.
Bad sides of manga:
1. Firstly, fanservice. Lot and lots of fanservice and nudity! Irrelevant and out of nowhere! In every freaking chapter!
2. Bland characters. Kouta was supposedly a second important character but he was so one dimensional that I even didn't feel him his presence ntill the last chapters. The forced romance between Kouta and Yuka was not believable. Actually Kouta never loved her, he liked Lucy/Kaede/Nyuu.
Other side characters were not enjoyable to read about. I didn't care about any of them. Except Mayu and a bit Nana, just because they (a) have some emotion (b) have ideals and goals (c) are nice to people around them (d) helpful.
3. Artwork was terribly plain and boring.
I didn't cry at the end. I felt free. Free of this manga.

[Michael Vicencio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Victor Yu really made a wondeful job presenting this book to the whole class. Just his description of the story made me want to hear more. I finished this book during winter break I believe. It's very graphic and full of violence and head chopping off and exploding. I personally loved it, there was just far more than violence behind the whole story of people with horns sticking out of their skull. The ending was really really sad, also shocking, but definitely awesome! It was a heart striking story, it's hard to explain but it kind off relates to me alot in a different perspective. I'm not a big fan of violence but like what I said it was far more than just killing, it was a mixed of genre! All in one book! Awesome graphic novel!!

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

me gusto mucho la historia, lo único que no me gusto fueron todas esas escenas ecchi que tenia (sin eso hubiera sido perfecto)
y el final fue lindo, me gustó bastante.

no quería que lucy/nyu muera, era mi personaje favorito, era el único personaje que no quería que muera.

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great series overall! I enjoyed the end, although some parts of the conclusion chapter had too much of a "happy ending" vibe, especially given the dark, melancholy, bittersweet mood of the rest of the volume and story. That said, it was a great read and I definitely recommend it.

[Line Blue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Como un todo bastante decepcionante, da respuestas a lo que dejo el anime, pero tiene muchos contras como el exceso de fanservice, la falta de tiempo de algunos personajes, entretenida lectura, pero no tiene la fuerza que debió tener.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a dramatic and heartfelt series. I felt so bad for the characters. the author did a really great job pulling at the readers. the series was emotionally charged and action packed.

[Michael Sorbello · Rating 4 out of 5]

This review is for the entire series.

Synopsis: Lucy is a special breed of human referred to as Diclonius, born with a short pair of horns and invisible telekinetic hands that lands her as a victim of inhumane scientific experimentation by the government. However, once circumstances present her an opportunity to escape, Lucy, corrupted by the confinement and torture, unleashes a torrent of bloodshed as she escapes her captors. During her breakout, she receives a crippling head injury that leaves her with a split personality: someone with the mentality of a harmless child possessing limited speech capacity. In this state of instability, she stumbles upon two college students, Kouta and his cousin Yuka, who unknowingly take an injured fugitive into their care, unaware of her murderous tendencies. This act of kindness will change their lives, as they soon find themselves dragged into the shadowy world of government secrecy and conspiracy.

Review: A horrifically violent, gruesomely sexualized, shocking and depressing series that's further intensified by the horrific acts done to a group of young girls. The things we are forced to watch happen to them is sickening, which makes their bloody vengeance and murderous rampages almost justified, if it wasn't for the ridiculously high body count of innocent civilians and bystanders.

Everyone in this series is an extreme sadist, the type of people that would beat a puppy to death with a glass vase just to spite another person. I admit, the shock value can get tiresome and pointless in certain instances, but from the standpoint of a horror flick, it can be entertaining to see just how much you are able to endure. Reminiscent of old-school slasher movies with excessive splatter and gore. Shock value for the sake of shock value. It can get redundant, but it can also be entertaining if you're looking for simpler entertainment.

There are plenty of flaws in the series as well as very awkward and misplaced moments that drag down the overall serious tone, but it's something I feel happy having experienced. It's a great example of exploring the minds of very tragic and emotionally broken characters. These instances of incredibly sad, memorable and heart-wrenching moments are the saving grace of the series.

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[Voutthiphong Sourivong · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read all the volumes in one sitting so I’ll just leave a review for the final volume.

It’s interesting to see how this series would directly be one of the inspirations for Stranger Things. The Diclonii are essentially what the gifted children with telepathic powers are in the show even being labeled numbers to identify them. Themes of nature vs nurture and the whole allegory of othering and gifted children as a whole. Most of these things are great topics for anything sci-fi and given the time frame Elfen Lied was released you could even consider it a hallmark for the manga medium to be delving into such a serious topic.

There’s a lot of things you can praise it for in hindsight, but what are we are presented with is extremely sloppy in terms of execution. I would say the first 3-4 volumes are rather interesting especially with how this series opens. While the art style itself is screaming 4chan levels of quality (it improves drastically overtime) the added shock value of all the violence and chaos that occurs kept me reading. Anything past those volumes shows shades of good storytelling, but the writing specifically the characters outside of Lucy are all just so poorly written. I do not mind portrayals of awful people, but aside from Lucy/Nyu or any of the Diclonii, I find it really hard to sympathize with any of the “human” characters in this series ever aside from Mayuu. The biggest offenders being Bando and Kurama who are easily some of the most vile people in the entire series. They are given some awful redemptions and happy endings which is so actually absurd given what they do throughout the story.

By the last 3 volumes the pacing of it gets bogged down by a lot of exposition dumps. Dumps I feel could have been done a couple volumes back and before the final battles of the series. The revelation by Lucy about how Diclonii are just humans with a horn mutation was easily the most important and gratifying twist of the entire story showing how all of this could have just been prevented had it not been for human ignorance and our inclination towards prejudice. For all that’s worth everything just kind of ends happily ever after once Lucy dies and I end up feeling rather meh about it.

I would not say it’s good by any means, if anything it’s aged rather poorly given its reception. Though I would say it’s worth a read if want to see the things it would later inspire in its medium and outside.

[Bismah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This rating and review is for the series as a whole.

I really enjoyed the plot of the story and found that to be the series' strongest part. The lore behind the diclonii was super fascinating and tragic. And while some may not enjoy the happy ending, I actually found it satisfying considering how bleak the rest of the manga was.

As for the parts I didn't enjoy, the amount of fan service this series had especially in the beginning really took me out of the story. I also felt like certain characters just weren't necessary to the overall story and nothing would have changed much if they were removed. Yuka felt more like a plot device than anything and Nozumi just felt unnecessary; her storyline really didn't contribute to the main story at all. I also didn't really enjoy the art especially in the beginning but I do have to commend the mangaka because I could see that the art definitely improved by the end of the series.

Now that I finally read this series, I can see why Elfen Lied has continued to live in the hearts of anime/manga fans because it is a powerful story about humanity. It's just some of the other facets of the series that I really didn't enjoy that kept this from being a fantastic read for me.

[Morgan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just watch the anime if you want to experience Elfen Lied for some reason.
I feel like Lucy has out lived Elfen Lied. Elfen Lied I feel like is mainly just remembered for Lucy. Which isn't bad Lucy is definitely the best character, she's especially great in the anime! Except as Nyu, Nyu has some somewhat good or ok moments but just eeeeeh. And then the part where it's revealed that Nyu is Lucy's ideal self, and like aaah. Nyu sucks I hate how Nyu just like constantly gropes everyone, like Lucy *that* is your ideal self!?!????

I probably wouldn't have read this whole manga, I personally think I'm good at dropping series that I'm not enjoying. So, the day that I ended up binging a bunch of these volumes I had a long period of time where I was stuck somewhere or like a long waiting period I guess. And that day I had decided to read the 3rd volume of this series before departing. And I didn't want to start a new series or continue a different one so I just read the entire Elfen Lied manga, which I kind of regret I guess.
Really just watch the anime, I actually do like the anime. The anime is good. The manga is decent and maybe if you end up loving the anime maybe read the first two volumes of the manga they're at least somewhat decent.

[Lolo-lín · Rating 2 out of 5]

Me esperaba mucho más la verdad, y no me refiero en cuanto a demostración de fuerzas (de hecho de esto ofrece bastante) si no a la resolución de la trama. Es cierto que da mucha más respuestas que su adaptación al anime y no quedan tantas preguntas sin responder, pero dado este cierre final puedo decir ahora que prefiero el anime.
Y a ver, no es horrible de malo tampoco, pero no me gustó el final que le dieron tanto a Lucy como a Kouta. Se merecían más. Y el final este de Kouta -SPOILER ALERT- viendo a dos niñas gemelas sobreentendiéndose así que eran las reencarnaciones de las personalidades de Nyu y Lucy... No sé, no lo compro.

Aun así, que no me haya convencido el cierre no significa que en general la serie de mangas no me haya gustado. La he disfrutado y además, ha sido muy bonito retomar contacto con el primer anime que vi, y continuarlo por fin en el manga. Para mí Elfen Lied siempre tendrá un espacio en mi corazón.

[Donyae Coles · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the series for what it was. Of course I saw the anime first so noticed right away all the differences between them. The manga was better in many ways. The character of Nozumi (the singer) was pretty worthless to the story.

The downsides of this were all the fan service for no reason and the art was very . . . basic. I also became annoyed with many of the characters as 90% of their issues could be solved by just TALKING to one another. They also related to one another all in really strange manners. But then again, I suppose they all had survived significant trauma and were just trying to make it through.

Worth reading. Not my favorite manga but still pretty ok.

[Amara · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the whole series I would say I'd give it 3-3,5 stars. It had some weak moments and the story didn't feel entirely planned out. I also feel some characters looked alike too much. Some moments were too sudden and others too planned out. Character death was handled wish washily as Bandou survived everything. Also the manga pretended to be science-y but failed to explain a lot. Overall I thought the premise was interesting, but the execution failed in too many ways. I didn't really care enough about the characters and because we didn't get a lot of time to know them most of them felt lacking in personality.

[Irina Sarrió · Rating 3 out of 5]

Why? Este tomo me ha decepcionado muchísimo. Es el final, no hay duda, pero ¿quién termina un libro/manga dejándolo abierto? Bueno, abierto no, es un socavón enorme. En fin, en el fondo sabía que algo así pasaría. Lo estaba viendo venir por como ha ido avanzando la historia. Aun así, me molesta sobremanera. Yo no recuerdo el anime así, lo juro. De hecho, ahora tengo ganas de verlo de nuevo a ver cómo es, porque acabe así no me parece muy normal, la verdad. En fin, dejo esta reseña un poco triste, pero no puedo hacer nada. Aunque esto no cambia nada, la historia me ha gustado mucho.

[PrincessKonsvelaBananaHamek · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well I've read them all and I have only one thing to say. This series has a lot of deep meaning, philosophol meanings expressed in an extream situation, this concept made the manga so much fun to read and think about. But damn the author needs to tone it down with all the hentai! After 12 volumes I was like "Enough! I get it they have boobs!" XD The ending was shit btw.
Reviving fucks at the last minute<\spoiler>

[Panda Mother Supreme · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was upset that characters that died “magically” survived, like bandou-san whose death was tragically beautiful. I enjoyed Lucy and Nyu’s ending however I didn’t understand the twins that Kouta comes in to contact with in the end. I do feel the conclusion could have been polished in a better way, nonetheless I was deeply invested with this manga and enjoyed every bits of it.

[Alpernikus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite the fan service and everything, I enjoyed it very much. It starts slow and the visuals aren’t the greatest, but it gets better as the story progresses. It has its own charm, and even though some things were quite an asspull, especially in the last few volumes, I enjoyed the ending very much. It will have a special place in my heart.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

The series as a whole is pretty awesome and with this being quite a satisfying conclusion it would be a disservice not to give it a 5 star. This manga is still mentioned widely years after it was completed and I can see why. If you haven't yet you really should.

[Pape · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elfen Lied: End

Les frissons ce sont accaparés de mon corps, je suis content que l'auteur choisisse une telle fin car c'est parfaite mais terriblement triste.
Nyu, Lucy, Kouta, Yuka, Mayu, Nana ou même Bandou juste merci. L'amour et la haine ne sont pas si différent que ça

[Kurtis Burkhardt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Realllly love the anime, This is a really good interesting addicting series! The story is pretty good and great art😁👌❤️

[Mario · Rating 3 out of 5]

پایان بندی بدی نداشت اما اکثر شخصیت ها واقعا تا پایان هم مزخرف تر از اون بودن که بیشتر از این بخوام ارتباط بگیرم باهاشون

[Mickey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Damn this shit blows!!