Elfen Lied — Episodes, Where to Watch & Characters

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#1A Chance Encounter: BegegnungAn unknown girl with invisible hands, or vectors, and telepathic powers escapes from a secret facility. The next day two cousins, Kouta and Yuka, find her. But she is different from before. She can only say one word…2004-07-25 · 25m

#2Annihilation: VernichtungAfter breaking Kouta’s seashell, Nyuu runs way. Kouta finds her later at the beach, but he isn’t the only one. Bando and Satou, two members of the SAT who are after Lucy, are there as well. With Lucy acting more like an…2004-08-01 · 25m

#3Deep Feelings: Im InnerstenIt’s the calm after the storm... but the calm won’t last long. Kurama and the secret facility are sending two people after Lucy. One is the newly healed and stronger Bando. The other is a diclonius just like Lucy. At…2004-08-08 · 25m

#4Attack: AufeinandertreffenAfter alerting the soldiers and Kurama to Lucy’s whereabouts, Nana confronts her and the two begin to fight in a cemetery. Can Nana hold Lucy off long enough for Kurama and the others to arrive? Meanwhile, hearing loud…2004-08-15 · 25m

#5Receipt: EmpfangMayu’s tragic past is revealed. She remembers back to when she ran away from home. At school, Yuka and Kouta’s new professor is none other than Yu Kakuzawa, Chief Kakuzawa’s son. He instantly notices Nyuu as Lucy and…2004-08-22 · 25m

#6Innermost Feelings: HerzenswaermeWith new, stronger hands, Bando searches for Lucy hoping to gain revenge. But, Lucy is still missing, because after killing Professor Kakuzawa, she runs away again. Kouta and Yuka set out to look for her, but cannot find…2004-08-29 · 25m

#7Confrontation: Zufaellige BegegnungAfter fighting, Bando and Nana realize that they are allies and not enemies. Nana agrees to bring Lucy to the beach when she senses her. Meanwhile, at the temple, Mayu meets Nana. The two become friends and Mayu agrees…2004-09-05 · 25m

#8The Beginning: BeginnAfter Lucy is knocked out by Nana Kouta tends to her. She sleeps and relives her childhood in a dream, revealing many things about her. Meanwhile, Nana tells Mayu about Lucy and the diclonius and Arakawa is called in to…2004-09-12 · 25m

#9Reminiscence: Schoene ErinnerungMore of Lucy's past is revealed: Her meeting with Kouta, their friendship that will end in tragedy, and the reason why Lucy became the killer she is today.2004-09-19 · 25m

#10Infant: SaeuglingLucy and Nana start to fight, but Mayu stops them and Lucy turns back to Nyuu, hugging Kouta and telling him she likes him. Later, Kurama's past is revealed and so is more about the dicloniuses.2004-09-26 · 25m

#11Complication: VermischungNumber 35, Mariko, is released and immediately kills the soldiers around her. The professors, who were prepared for this, set off one of the explosives inside her, destroying her arm. Later, they fly her to where Nyuu…2004-10-03 · 25m

#12Quagmire: TaumelnMariko is torturing and playing with Nana like an insect while Kouta runs to her to protect her. Mariko temporally looses her vectors, thanks to Nana, and has to be sent back. Nyuu follows Kouta, but when the soldiers…2004-10-10 · 25m

#13No Return: ErleuchtungYuka informs Mayu of Kouta's past. Meanwhile, Lucy and Mariko find each other and face off in a fight. Now, Nana and Kurama have to find Mariko because Kurama needs to kill her...2004-10-17 · 25m

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Quick facts

Episodes13

Seasons1

StatusFinished

Aired2004

Japanese title: エルフェンリート
Also known as: Elfen Song, Elfic Song

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. \[Written by MAL Rewrite\]