Elfen Lied (Japanese: エルフェンリート, Hepburn: Erufen Rīto) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was serialized in Shueisha 's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young …

Elfen Lied involves themes of social alienation, identity, animal cruelty, revenge, child abuse, jealousy and the value of humanity, with some implied criticism of Japanese culture.

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The "Elfen" part is a reference to her horns which resembles sharp ears. The "Lied" part (though actually meaning "song" in German) is symbolic to the English term "lie," meaning deception, a fitting …

Elfen (auch Albe, Elben) sind eine sehr heterogene Gruppe von Fabelwesen in Mythologie und Literatur. Elfen sind Naturgeister, die ursprünglich aus der nordischen Mythologie stammen. Auch in der …

More than just an unsettling mix of cute little girls and intense gore, Elfen Lied is a series about nature vs. nurture, love vs. hate, the future of humanity, and similar themes.

Unable to speak or function as a normal human being, she is named Nyu by the duo, and taken into their home in an effort to save her. But what neither teenager knows is that this innocent young girl is …