Elfen Lied is So Gory... I Love It!

Mood: I just feel like writing review today. So yeah.. :) Warning, might contain spoilers.

It's really gory with cute girls and lots of violence and rape scenes. I haven't got a clue why I like this kind of story but it makes me wanna scream of the unfairness of the world. I am not a passionate person and most people would say I'm a boring person (I think). So I guess that's why I love stuff that can makes me feel strongly about something.

The arts are easy on the eyes with lots of suspense, violence and blood in every chapter. I love it!

However I really don't understand something. I'd like to think that the artist just exaggerating things in this manga but I don't know for sure because I have limited experience about violence and nastiness. It seems to me, most people in Elfen Lied are incredibly hateful and hostile or very nice.

*spoiler alert*

Bullying

The main character, Lucy, is an orphaned girl born with small horns on her head. She used to live in an orphanage and got bullied daily because of her horns. She was unhappy but retain her sweet self until one day, she found a pet cat. She kept the cat in secret because she was afraid of what the other kids might do to the cat but someone found out.

The girl however promised Lucy to keep the secret from the other kids. They became best friend. Lucy (and I) didn't expect the girl to betray her at all because the girl was shy and really nice to Lucy and her cat. They even spent time and take care of the cat together.

When the other kids found out, they TORTURE the cat in front of Lucy. Of course Lucy tried to stop them but they restrain her, and hit her. After they are done torturing the cat and torturing Lucy mentally and physically, the kids actually KILL the cat!!! Okay, so on that day, Lucy lost control and unleashed a hidden unnatural power and KILL all the other kids.

So what I don't get is how the kids can be so cruel to others? How can they have such hateful intention at such a young age? How can they torture and kill without mercy? Excluding Lucy in rage, kids during wartime or kids that live in unusually dangerous living area, is it possible for kids to be THAT nasty? It's hard for me to process that because I used to be a bully and be bullied too but it certainly not that serious.

I mean, we were just kids and from what I can remember, we do not have such underlying cruel motive for ganging up on others. It just happens that we're teasing at the same time. We don't even physically hurt each other, okay, actually we do but it's just a poke here and there, pulls hair, things like that. So like I said, it was not serious.

True Experience #1 (I was the bully)
I had this female friend in primary school. She was tall and awkwardly big, does not talk very much, always staring at us and wiping her nose. So whenever she picks up her nose, or walk too slow, or does anything that is weird, I call her on it because I want her to stop it. She never talks back and I never talk to her as friend. We just don't walk in the same circle. I don't hate her at all.

True Experience #2 (I was bullied)
I had this female friend in kindergarten. She's very clever, beautiful and the teachers adore her. She's the star pupil. For some reason, she always tug on my hair or pinch me for no reason at all. Even if the teachers saw her do this, I'd be the one they're mad at. It still confuses me to these days. Anyway the point is, I did not sense any malicious intention from her. Nor does she have any such evil face when she's bullying others. It's more like she's trying to attract attention and test her boundary. She does not hate me.

I get how teenager's bullying is different from the kiddies' one but that exactly it. Lucy and her friends look younger than 13 years old, maybe about 7-10 years old? So are kids really capable to feel that much hate just because someone look different compared to them?

Is kids' bullying level in Malaysia that different from Japan's? Or am I just happen to be very lucky to have such innocent and nice kids surrounding me?

Rapes

It seems like rapes and violence to women are normal things to happen in Elfen Lied. It's everywhere and almost every character has at some point or another been tortured and raped. I'm like, are you serious? Are most guys really that sick? It seems very very unbelievable to me. Or am I just lucky for being born in Malaysia?

In conclusion

Elfen Lied is way too unrealistic for me to connect it to the real world and that's one of the main reason Elfen Lied is very interesting to me. Otherwise, I think I'd be depressed after reading it instead.

Oh, I love the fight scenes in the manga too. They're AMAZING!!! 8D