The real, final, happy ending to Elfen Lied!
A lot of confusion about the conclusion of Elfen Lied has been expressed online. I will try to clear up the confusion. Please note that the Anime is different from the Manga! The anime is meant to stand alone and conclude without a second season. The basic point of this story is about the importance of Family, Compassion, Love and Forgiveness.
Yuka and Kouta are the Mother and Father of the group and Mayu, Nana, and Lucy/Nyu are the children. The children have never been in a loving family group before.
Lucy didn’t die! That was her silhouetted at the entrance returning to her new family. She was saved by Kouta’s forgiveness and love. She had returned after destroying all the people who wanted to hunt her and Nana down and kill them. This was the only thing she could do to save her new family who would never be safe otherwise.
What about Kouta and Lucy? Don’t they love each other? Yes, but as a Father loves his Daughter! There would always be the underlying issue of Lucy killing Kouta’s father and sister to make sexual love possible. Lucy knows this and is happy to be forgiven, accepted and loved as a family member.
Here are a few more observations and speculations.
Kouta and Yuka will get married. 1st cousins get married all the time. It is legal in the USA, Japan and most other countries, IT IS NOT INCEST.
The clock suddenly working symbolizes Lucy has fixed herself by merging the Nyu part of herself and is no longer a murdering mutant.
Lucys horns. They were what prevented her from blending into society and being accepted. When they were shot off it would allow her to appear normal.
There you have it, Happy Ending!!!! Feel free to comment yea or nay.
↧