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Based on the best-selling manga and anime. The series begins with her memorably violent escape from the research facility that held her captive, and how she is subsequently taken in by two college-bound cousins, Kouta and Yuka. A bullet wound to the head sustained during her escape creates a split personality for her, and in this childlike persona she is found and taken in by the cousins and named Nyu (or Nyuu). Though Nyu is often the dominant personality, Lucy still emerges again at different times, especially when Nyu feels threatened. Lucy's escape prompts the research facility to send out forces, both human and Diclonius alike, to recapture her, which puts a strain on the otherwise peaceful life she comes to find the cousins and their growing "family." As the series goes on, new characters get introduced and past connections, which are often tragic, are revealed among the main characters, especially Lucy and Kouta.

Elfen Lied: The Novel Series

Kouta has a hard time believing that the killer Kanae describes could be his friend. Survivors at the fair speculate that a bomb was responsible for the deaths, staring in horror at the carnage, while a satisfied Lucy slips away with the knowledge that no one can see her 'arms,' enabling her to kill with ease.


Back at the home of Yuka's mother, Kanae continues to insist that a horned girl killed the twelve people and that she could see Lucy's vectors, but Kouta repeats the assertion that it was a bomb explosion. Both he and Yuka express disappointment about the murders accelerating the choice of Kouta and Kanae's father to end their vacation and go home. Yuka and her mother see them off at the train station, unaware that Lucy is lying in wait. She breaks down in tears, demanding that he remember her and come back next year, which he promises along with a confession that he likes her too. A jealous Kanae kicks her twice and insults her as Kouta wonders why he confessed to her and regrets that his friend is not there to see him off as well. 


The last peaceful moment for Kouta's family.


As the family rides home aboard the train, Kouta thinks of Yuka while Kanae is still bitter and wishes that the horned girl she described would kill him as well. He is harsh with her and says that (what he considers) her constant lying will make him hate her. Tearful, Kanae begs him not to hate her but reacts badly to his continued assertion that she is lying about the horned girl. Stalking off angrily while still insisting her story is true, Kanae, to her horror, notices Lucy seated nearby.


Kouta is at first delighted to see her, and she says she wished to surprise him. Still able to see the vectors as they form around his legs, Kanae pushes her back, demanding she not murder her brother and urging him to run. Angry, Kouta slaps her and tells her that he hates her for her incessant lying. As a heartbroken Kanae pleads for him to believe her and not hate her, she's torn in half right before his eyes.
