~Elven Lied~


Kind of short, I finished it in about a day. And by "finish" I mean it said the end, it obviously isn't over cuz they left so damn much unanswered and unresolved. I mean I don't mean to sound so harsh, but what the hell was resolved? The research lab is still up and going with AT LEAST 31 more little girls with horns being tortured in the name of science (unless some of them are already dead) and the diclonius dude who owned the lab and wants to kill off humanity is still alive. Not to mention we don't know who the girl standing at the gate of the hotel was and there's still some random chick who got infected out there. (the one Lucy infected while she was wandering about.)

Now I know that leaving a story open ended for interpretation is awesome sometimes (Shadow of the Colossus FTW) but there's a bit of a difference between open for interpretation and leaving loose ends. If I'm missing something and there is a couple of clues that lead to a possible answer to those things then please tell me them.

However, I know it's not quite over, there's always the manga. However, I'm worried about what if there's other differences. See, they left a bunch of loose ends, but what they DID end I really liked. I liked that Nana and Mayu were able to live peacefully (they deserved it) and I really like the whole thing with Kurama and his daughter Mariko (#35). Actually that probably was my favorite part, I gots teary at it.>.> And I accidentally caught a bit of the Wikipedia article and that's not how it turns out.

Plus another thing I liked about it was the **** That amount of explicit nudity and gore is often looked down upon but I think they pulled it off in a very artistic manner. I mean sure some of the nudity was just fanservice but most of it was just supposed to make you feel utter pity and had nothing to do with getting boners. (unless of course you're sick you sick sicko) And well, I guess I should judge a book by it's cover but...



Just looking at this I kind of get the feeling that I'm not going to have the same respect when they have lots of nudity.>.> I just can't take boobs that large seriously. In the show they didn't make it all about their boobs, they were just naked for some sad reason. (once again, minus the fanservice.)

So I don't know, the manga seams like a bad idea at first glance, but I just need more depth. There weren't any major twists that made me gasp, it didn't really end and I just didn't have much to think about when it ended. It just seamed like it had all the potential in the world and was just kind of shallow IMO. I think part of it is my fault though, I have a feeling I emotionally blocked it out. I watched it fully intending to be depressed for a week. And it delivered, I really should of cried, but I didn't. I don't know why, but it didn't hit me as hard as it should of.

The exception is Kurama though, (guy with glasses) it seams like everything around him delivered. The three saddest things were the whole situation with Nana in ep 2-5 (I think), the part when his wife came into the room bleeding all over the place begging him to let her kid (#35) live, and the last part with him and #35 which started out sad then turned out sweet and sad. Also the one thing I latter went "oh that's why" while thinking back on things was the reason why Lucy didn't kill him. Seriously, it's like all the best parts had something to do with him.

Meh, I feel kind of like this is a random rant. Main question, do you think the manga is worth it or will it kill what little I have with the show?

PS: Is this a common theme in animes or did I just get lucky? It starts with some guy finding a naked girl and bringing her home to find out that she has no intelligence about anything. Latter you find out she's actually something quite big that can cause a crap load of problems so some people are hunting her down. She also has a second personality that knows what's going on and is thought to be evil at some point. I've only seen two animes, Chobits and Elven Lied. That fits them both.