Month: September 2004

嬰児
Eiji
Infant ~ Säugling (lit. Infant)

Kurama’s past is explained in this episode. He was a good friend of Professor Kazukawa, who invited Kurama to work with him and his father on the diclonius project after leaving university. He reluctantly agrees, however, as he is performing research, he is infected with the diclonius virus via transmission through their vectors, and as a result, his daughter Mariko is born a diclonius. He decides to kill her, however as his wife dies from complications after giving birth, begging him to spare her, Kurama chooses to let her live under Kazukawa’s condition that bombs must be planted inside her to kill her in case she turns aggressive. Meanwhile, as both Lucy and Nana are now part of Kohta’s household, the facility decides to send “the most powerful” diclonius, known only as “No. 35”. Continue reading “Elfen Lied – Episode 10”

追憶
Tsuioku
Reminiscence ~ Schöne Erinnerung (lit. Beautiful Memory)

Lucy’s past links with Kohta are uncovered – after her dog was killed, she began to show contempt for humans, until Kohta briefly befriended her. Kohta plays the series’ opening theme “Lilium” in a music box which he bought in Kamakura. They go to the zoo and later play in the water, where she thanks Kohta for the most fun she’d ever had in her life. Her hope in being re-acquainted with humans is briefly regained. However, when she discovers Kohta’s cousin (Yuka), who he claimed to be a boy, is actually a girl, she loses hope and begins her future murderous path. Continue reading “Elfen Lied – Episode 9”

嚆矢
Kōshi
The Beginning ~ Beginn (lit. Beginning)

As a result of living her entire life inside the facility, Nana is found to be naive and sensitive about the events surrounding her. Mayu discovers the real Lucy behind Nyu as Nana tells her of their diclonius powers. As Lucy is recovering from being hit in the face by Nana, she goes through a flashback of her childhood, where she was raised in an orphanage all her life where her peers constantly bullied her. Feeling lonely and ignored, she begins to develop her hatred for humans. When her peers discover that she has made friends with a stray dog, (discovered when a girl pretended to be Lucy’s friend) they force her to watch as they beat it to death with a vase, and in her despair, Lucy activates her vectors and commits her first murders against her schoolmates. Continue reading “Elfen Lied – Episode 8”

際会
Saikai
Confrontation ~ Zufällige Begegnung (lit. Coincidental Meeting)

Nana is released with brand-new artificial limbs and enough money to last her for a while on her own. Kurama, his second-in-command Shirakawa, and his assistant are all reprimanded by Kakuzawa for letting her escape and letting Kohta enter the facility to find Lucy. Meanwhile Nana, not knowing of anything outside the facility, does not know what to do with the money and begins to burn some. Soon, she is found by Mayu at the cemetery where she was almost killed by Lucy and they become friends with each other. Nana is then brought back to Kohta’s home. Discovering that Lucy (actually Nyu) is in the home, Nana attacks her. Continue reading “Elfen Lied – Episode 7”