i have see that the reviewer sebkedos mention if you like evangelion and you will have fun with elfen lie . well and mr. seb and you be right . elfen lie be the most brutal and violent and sick and twisted and bloody and gory anime ever . and i love it . parent and get the away from this one if you want sanitized entertainment . it have everything to corrupt the youth ( nudity and gore and extreme graphic and psychological violence ) . the story be about as straightforward a anything . diclonius be mutant who possess vector ( invisible hand ) and have the power to exterminate humanity . trouble begin when one such diclonius and name lucy and escape from the research facility off kamakura ( and we be treat to a gruesome scene in which she disembowels and kill 23 guard ) . the rest of the series be about how the research people and the special armed force and the police try to retrieve the diclonius and and fail but they set the stage for a lot of bloodshed . straightforward . yeah and i think so . however and it be like nge represent it have it share of hidden meaning . it treat subject such a human psychology or the nature of violence either directly and or through allegory . it have it character with tragic back story and and the use of flashback to reveal these . it also look into the mind of character and who have their own emotional and psychological problem ( example represent lucy or nyu suffers from split personality disorder ) this also go for it stunningly realistic artwork while i be talk especially about it background ( they remind me of old painting somehow ) . trivia fact represent in the intro and the outro and painting by gustav klimt be reproduce ( ofcourse and use character from the series ) . overall and one of the best series i have ever see . highly recommend for fan of psychological or progressive anime . advice represent stay away from the ovum . it take place between episode 10 and 11 and add nothing to the story and to add insult to injury and have comedic undertone . what the bloody hell be with the comic part in the ovum and whereas the series have an unmistakeably serious tone and i do not know . this have annoy me .