Sage (VO): While the anime itself is fuzzy about the details, Diclonius born from humans are sterile. (Beat) It's that kind of anime. The puddle being given the Censor Kaiser treatment again, as Sage can only look on in awkwardness. (Bando then punches Mayu in the face. He likes to kill people. Then it cuts to the Tropic Thunder clip. And there you'd be (Sobs) with mommy, and waiting to take me home, so we could be a real family. Sage: Now I know what you're all thinking: "How in the world is the anime going to try to justify Lucy killing all these kids?" No matter how overboard the anime presents said abuse. That's how Mariko came to being, and how Kurama's wife died the most melodramatic death I've ever seen in anime. Sage (VO): So, Lucy is capable of conceiving, that I get. (Sighs) It's.... You know what? She has a few moments with Bando, which I suppose helps to paint him in a better light.... Bando: I came a long way to this shithole town for one reason: I'm gonna put a bullet in that fucking bitch!

(The kids then trip Lucy up with an umbrella and laugh at her while jumping and dancing like stereotypical mocking idiots.). And the comparison to wild animals continues as not only does she have stubby horns, she's not even housebroken. (Clips from Elfin Lied are shown as Sage begins the review proper). And curious enough, for an anime that is predicated upon extremes.

She's groggy and lost thanks to her head wound, and her Nyuu personality taking over is like "a drunken man" with very little sense of where she is. Although his genes have been watered down through the generations. She's routinely kept shackled to a wall, naked as the day she was born, and bloodied from unknown wounds, and yet....she's bubbly and eager.

(Lucy then tears apart the bully holding her as Tomoo looks on in shock seeing his insides splattered across the room. Elfen Lied is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same title by Lynn Okamoto.Produced by Arms Corporation and directed by Mamoru Kanbe, it premiered on TV Tokyo's AT-X satellite channel on 25 July 2004 and concluded on 17 October 2004.

Never go full retard.

So, seems that Diclonius can spread their infection like genes through human males and, that is how the reproduce. Mariko: Oh I see.

I'm sure he has other interests. A massacre happens. The others minus Woolie all pull out their own bats and the door opens up behind Bennett, Chris Zito from Team Four Star gaming coming out and bapping him behind the leg with another plastic bat. (Another monologue now showing clips from Blue Velvet, Dirty Flamingoes, and Battlefield Earth). Hell, the opening of the very first episode is legendary, because the song creates this surreal contrast, between itself and the violence on screen. Making matters worse is that the manga has, numerous side characters that have their own stories, that are explored in the manga. (Sage clears his throat as a screencap of the kissing cousins moment appears in the upper right corner). (Cut to a clip of Troll 2 as an example of that very notion). Sage: So I can certainly see the appeal of Elfen Lied from an aesthetic point of view. Not to say that their aren't high budgeted cult films, but they became cult films in spite of their budget, not because of it.

No matter who you try to impregnate, they're only going to give birth to sterile Diclonius, and if you're genetic history is any indication, all you're gonna have are watered down Diclonius that don't have any vectors. The sheet music for Hugo Wolf's song made from this poem may be found here : Sheet Music. Sage: (Holding the DVD case) Even though I find myself on the (Makes gesture) "Thumbs down" side of Elfen Lied, I think that's more on me than on the anime itself. Sage: It's unnecessary really. This one aria plays throughout the entire 13 episode run, and goddamned if it isn't the most effective piece of music. (The explanation briefly cuts to a clip from The Majestic before going back to the show). All of a sudden, the thought of a two-faced psychopath has some novelty to it. Especially since the aesthetic that the mind's eye conjures when you hear the term (Finger quotes) "Cult Film", doesn't really figure into the anime aesthetic? (The apparatus then fires a cannonball at Nana with enough force to splatter blood on the side as Kurama looks on in horror), (Cut to a clip of "Ask Mr. Lizard" from Dinosaurs). Especially since it's this guy, (Director Kakuzawa), who's the actual honest-to-god antagonist of the series. (The anime then shows Tomoo beating the puppy to death with a vase, while the other bullies hold Lucy and force her to hear the whimpering death throes for herself. (Pause) I took a lot of blows to the head. Which is yet another hack writing crutch, and one that doesn't come out nearly as well as the bonk on the head, but we'll get more into that later. Not only is that delicate Aria used to contrast the violence, but the set design and environments are peaceful and feature old-world beautiful architecture. But towards the last act, it's revealed that Kouta met Lucy when they were both young and befriended her when, shocker of shocks, he's not a complete dickhole to her! Someone from the lab finds her. Sage: But the reason why Bando sticks around is simply because, the story doesn't have a lot of meat to it. And yet from a young age, it seems that Lucy is also haunted by some kind of spectral inner force, that goads her into acting violently. And, I got to respect it. Sage (VO): He's sent along with a platoon to recapture Lucy, but nearly dies in the process. All the more shocking when they both become drenched in blood. Lucy learned this song from Nozomi. Sage (VO): How we define a cult film follows a few simple guidelines that depend on an amalgam of content and audience reaction. Look no further than Dragon Ball, Attack on Titan, and Neon Genesis Evangelion for proof positive of this. I'm scared, I don't want to do it anymore, please stop! (The usual Anime Abandon opening has been replaced with a title card with narration by Marc "The Engineer" Swint). Because you want to bone him! The song as sung by Elizabeth Schwarzkopf. (A typical dream sequence wipe with accompanying harp sound effect plays as it flashes back to Bennett entering a private room at the convention center. It was posted to both YouTube and Benthesage.com on July 14th, 2016. I'm begging you to save her, she's our daughter. Misbehaving little shits, the lot of them. (Bennett shows a clip of the opening act to emphasize his point, showing Lucy in the fetal position finishing off a poor mook scared and begging for his life, before a bloody vector opens up the shutter to her cell while the choir harmonizes in the background.). Sage: So, does this mean that, even if Lucy had lived a happy and idyllic life, she'd still turn out to be a violent murderer? Kaede is the main anti-heroic protagonist of the Elfen Lied series. Characters thumb their noses at authority or the status quo by embracing that which is considered perverse or taboo. Our only chi-, (Hiromi then falls dead, face first onto Kurama's chest as blood is dragged down on his suit while her corpse falls to the ground.