Elfen Lied

LocoJoe78 · Post by **LocoJoe78** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 3:42 pm

Lyrs wrote:If you look closely at the relationship possibilities in this "harem" anime, you see a lot of moral and culture barriers being expressed. Lucy and Kouta represents the xenophobic nature of humanity along with humanity's fear of the "other", beings who are not of the same group, be it the clan or the culture heritage. Lucy's case forces the issue of "is it okay for one species to breed with another?" even if both partners are nearly identical in everything except for a few physical abilities. If we used another fictional example, would it be okay for a Klingon to interbreed with a human or vice versa? However, for the most impact, you'll have to consider or judge if you find it acceptable for a human to interbreed with an Neanderthal?

Myself, I say live and let live so long as both agreed to it. If you want to have sex with an alien, I don't give a damn. I dont' know any person who wouldn't want to have sexual intercourse with Nagato Yuki, except some girls and a few gay guys, but we can work that out. At this point, I'd like to say that I'm on the intellectual boundary of adding a "burden to society clause". Should mandatory physical exams be made to assure that no disease is likely to jump the genetic gap and potentially devastate the human population or vice versa? When you get this point, if you opt for society, you have to add a layer of diagnostics that can interfere with a person's freedom. What are your thoughts?

Speaking of Yuki, the relationship between Kouta and Yuki is obviously one which represents the moral and sexual barrier of incest, at least in the USA...well, I'll say parts of the USA. I can't all of the USA considering what we hear about red states. Anyway, my own position on it is I don't care. Again, there is the question of society's burden as both inter-species and incest are more likely to produce defective or sickly children.

Next, with Mayu, we see the depiction of the sexual barrier between an adult and a child. Clearly, the anime draws a distinct line and that is that any relationship of such nature is one of abuse. I agree. Irregardless of the consent of the minor, such an act is not morally acceptable. Kouta makes a good example of being a respectable father figure.

As for Nana, it's the whole package minus the incest.

Not to mention animal cruelty. That was the saddest point in the whole anime for me. I wanted to jump into the story and kill all those kids for what they were doing. But then Lucy kills them all and i laughed. I had to.

Falconone · Post by **Falconone** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:17 pm

some days befor i saw the last episodes of Elfen Lied and it was great. But i dont like the end, can it be that there come some new episods? damn end

Kevmaster · Post by **Kevmaster** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:55 pm

Falconone wrote:some days befor i saw the last episodes of Elfen Lied and it was great. But i dont like the end, can it be that there come some new episods? damn end

I agree on that. I wish the end would be different. I heard the manga has more than the anime, but dunno if thats true, but I guess I'll check it out someday O.o

Lyrs · Post by **Lyrs** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:45 pm

I think the anime only went half ways through the manga.

Illwilledmarine · Post by **Illwilledmarine** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 8:33 pm

LocoJoe78 wrote: Not to mention animal cruelty. That was the saddest point in the whole anime for me. I wanted to jump into the story and kill all those kids for what they were doing. But then Lucy kills them all and i laughed. I had to.

Same here, after watching alot of anime like these I thought nothing would affect me anymore, but when that was happening I was like "Kill those punks!"...Then I laughed too when she did lol

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:26 pm

aniforever wrote:I loved elfen lied and btw there is an episode 14??

creativname · Post by **creativname** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:41 pm

Personally it's my favorite ending of any anime series I've seen... it's not like all the other animes out there

creativname · Post by **creativname** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:42 pm

post-it wrote:
aniforever wrote:I loved elfen lied and btw there is an episode 14??

there's an OVA but it really takes place between episode 10 and 11

post-it · Post by **post-it** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:08 pm

creativname wrote:
post-it wrote:
aniforever wrote:I loved elfen lied and btw there is an episode 14??

there's an OVA but it really takes place between episode 10 and 11

.. doesn't matter where it belongs; it is fitting that the Anime ends with 13 episodes.
( 13 as being the norm' ... like for a sequel ... maybe

)

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:45 pm

No sequel. Read the manga.