i do not know what to expect from elfen lie and just by chance i come across the first episode and countless hour later i have watch the entire 13 episode and the ovum and know i have just see something special . so what be it all about . it start a a girl with what seem like psychic power escape from a facility and a an indication of thing to come it very violent . yes be warn there be graphic violence and nudity all the way through and but look past this and you will find something unique indeed . it a series that have element of several genre represent psychological horror and romance and drama and comedy and it probably shouldn not work and but somehow it do . it slip between cute and viciousness and between humour and cruelty . needless to say without go into too many detail there be a lot more to this girl lucy than first appear a her split personality nyu be find by a young man and his cousin who take her in . thing aren not easy for them a her vocabulary be limit initially to just repeat her own name . of course the scientist send others to apprehend the dangerous girl but if all this be sound a little too familiar and be assure all be not a it seem . over 13 episode ( plus the ovum ) i get to care about several of the character and this series manage to have more impact than many other anime series that have a far longer running time . the graphic violence do not bother me to that extent but like other comment have state this be not for everyone . there be cruel and upsetting scene involve the young female character and it would take a hardened heart to not to flinch or be move by what the character have to endure . brtual scientific experiment and limb be tear off and there be scene of implied sexual abuse . but this be not some misogynistic experience of sadism and at it centre it be about character who do not belong and who be try to be accept and be look for some peace . ultimately isn not that what most of u be long for . will they find happiness . what be the thread that connect these character together . watch elfen lie and it unforgettable .