Elfen Lied
Elfen Lied Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | ||
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| S1 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 6.8 |
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About
"Gore-soaked tragedy about a monster who feels"
A horned, seemingly harmless girl named Nyu washes up near a Japanese coastal town and is taken in by two young cousins, unaware she's actually Lucy, an escaped mutant experiment capable of shredding people with invisible limbs. The show swings hard between gory body-horror violence, exploitative fan-service, and genuinely mournful melodrama about outcasts and cruelty. It's uneven and often tasteless, but the mix of splatter, tragic backstory, and a haunting choral theme song gives it a strange emotional pull that lingers well after the shock value fades.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Encounter | 7.8 | 788 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Wipe Out | 7.7 | 683 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Within Heart | 7.3 | 660 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Meeting | 7.9 | 649 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Reception | 7.7 | 619 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Inner Feelings | 7.6 | 604 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Chance Meeting | 7.3 | 593 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | The Very Beginning | 8.1 | 613 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Reminiscence | 8.4 | 657 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Suckling | 7.6 | 579 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | Complication | 7.5 | 576 | 27 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Quagmire | 8.3 | 645 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | No Return | 8.5 | 757 | 27 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | In the Passing Rain | 6.8 | 339 | 25 min |