Elfen Lied

Anime • 2003 • Horror  

Report
The Diclonius, a mutated homo sapien that is said to be selected by God and will eventually become the destruction of mankind, possesses two horns in their heads, and has a "sixth sense" which gives it telekinetic abilities. Due to this dangerous power, they have been captured and isolated in laboratories by the government. Lucy, a young and psychotic Diclonius, manages to break free of her confines and brutally murder most of the guards in the laboratory, only to get shot in the head as she makes her escape. She survives and manages to drift along to a beach, where two teenagers named Kouta and Yuka discovers her. Having lost her memories, she was named after the only thing that she can now say, "Nyuu," and the two allow her to stay at Kouta's home. However, it appears that the evil "Lucy" is not dead just yet...
This anime contains 64 potentially triggering events.
Filter to only show:
Both
Yes
No

Your Triggers
Does the dog die?
365 supporters
Yes
75
No
0
17
jackparker
[EPISODE 8] SKIP (20:24-22:30) [EPISODE 9] SKIP (19:15-19:40)
6 comments | Add comment
Unanswered Triggers
Is an animal sad?
71 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Yes
0
No
0
Are there end credit scenes?
35 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is there throat mutilation?
33 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Are there anti-abortion themes?
31 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is there misophonia?
31 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is there blackface?
30 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is someone crushed to death?
30 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Is autism misrepresented?
30 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
0
Abandonment
1
VictorRing
A child suffering from DV and CSA at home is essentially disowned by their parents and they become homeless because of it.
2 comments | Add comment
Is an animal abandoned?
82 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
2
Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
44 supporters
Add comment
Yes
6
No
0
Is someone stalked?
23 supporters
Yes
17
No
2
3
DeadguyKillz
Young Lucy stalks Kouta and his cousin at the carnival
2 comments | Add comment
0
VictorRing
yes, a character endures graphic abuse by family, and another character is shown to beat up a woman and a little girl. characters are also slapped a few times by their friends.
1 comment | Add comment
1
OtakuNonGrata
Extremely prominent throughout the show. The diclonyius (who are almost all young girls) are put through horrible situations repeatedly, largely to heighten the emotion of the story.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone gaslighted?
36 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
7
Is a child abused?
91 supporters
Yes
26
No
1
4
Boop
One if the main characters is strongly implied to have been repeatedly raped by her father. Her mother assaults her when she tells her about it. Neither are shown on screen.
2 comments | Add comment
Addiction
0
VictorRing
Sort of. It's medication, but someone abuses it in a way to develop a "disease".
1 comment | Add comment
Is there addiction?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Does someone abuse alcohol?
15 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
13
Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
120 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Does a horse die?
83 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
151 supporters
Yes
17
No
24
1
Boop
The question asks if an animal other than a dog, cat, or horse dies. The dog is the only animal that dies.
1 comment | Add comment
Are animals abused?
174 supporters
Yes
46
No
0
0
ForrestCheffre
A main characters dog is kicked several times by multiple antagonists and they are worried he has died each time. This dog does not die. (Named Wanta)
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
25
Is there a dead animal?
96 supporters
Add comment
Yes
27
No
0
Are rabbits harmed?
56 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
4
Does a cat die?
149 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
29
Does a pet die?
140 supporters
Add comment
Yes
9
No
0
Does a dragon die?
28 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
22
Are there spiders?
42 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
22
Are there snakes?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Are there bugs?
27 supporters
Add comment
Yes
14
No
2
Assault
Is there pedophilia?
107 supporters
Add comment
Yes
8
No
0
Is rape mentioned?
75 supporters
Yes
6
No
0
2
CSA is a major part of one characters backstory
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
10
No
0
1
VictorRing
yes. several characters are used as test subjects and have to be restrained during them, or while being transferred across the facility. there is also a restraint scene before an SA attempt, but the SA itself never happens.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
23
No
5
3
canidaeTrot
Mayu is sexually assaulted by her step-father, multiple times.
3 comments | Add comment
1
halcvvon
a child is forced to undress for an adult, though any further assault is not shown.
1 comment | Add comment
Bodily Harm
Yes
22
No
0
1
VictorRing
someone is shown with scissors and it's implied at first that she may cut her throat for dramatic effect but she ends up just cutting her hair.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
13
No
1
0
FranBunnyFFXII
One character attempts to choke another, with the victim saying they can't breathe. However, this does not end in death or trauma.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
5
No
0
0
In the first minutes of the show, frequently. In pretty much every fight scene.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there cannibalism?
30 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Is someone choked?
15 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
0
Yes
0
No
18
1
VictorRing
technically no, but characters die after a bomb goes off. only the explosion is shown.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone buried alive?
25 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
11
Is there body horror?
47 supporters
Add comment
Yes
5
No
0
Is there amputation?
25 supporters
Yes
24
No
0
2
FranBunnyFFXII
Gratuitous amounts of amputations and beheading in the series.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
28
No
0
3
canidaeTrot
this is a fairly recurring theme.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a hanging?
32 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
2
VictorRing
no. a character is meant to be castrated so he can't reproduce, but he ends up escaping right before the procedure. so it never happens.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone break a bone?
21 supporters
Add comment
Yes
25
No
0
Does someone have a seizure?
6 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Are any teeth damaged?
48 supporters
Add comment
Yes
18
No
0
Yes
30
No
0
5
Liam McNaught
The experiments done on the Diclonius can only be described as such.
Lucy also has a tendency to play with her victims, cutting off limbs one at a time.
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone tortured?
72 supporters
Add comment
Yes
29
No
0
Does someone fall to their death?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
13
No
0
Yes
25
No
0
0
VictorRing
yes, a character is rendered blind after their eyes are mutilated. it's shown in pretty graphic detail.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there excessive gore?
81 supporters
Add comment
Yes
15
No
0
Children
Does a kid die?
44 supporters
Yes
35
No
0
4
Liam McNaught
Many.
Lucy/Kaede slaughters the bullies who kill her puppy, and later Kouta's little sister.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
11
No
0
2
EmeraldHotGarbageGale
Constantly. All of the female main cast are sexualized & sexually harassed, their ages ranging but all below 18. A child is sexually abused, as well. There's a lot of blank-baiting done by the series, involving the underage cast.
2 comments | Add comment
Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
0
Does a major character die?
22 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
Yes
3
No
0
0
Some dicloni die though canonically they’re the next generation of humans so it’s up to debate whether or not you consider them human
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone die?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
5
No
0
Disability
Yes
1
No
2
Is the r-slur used?
29 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
2
VictorRing
yes, the slur is used against a young girl who only knows a few words and can't verbally communicate well.
2 comments | Add comment
Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
14 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Family
Does a family member die?
21 supporters
Add comment
Yes
4
No
0
Does a parent die?
20 supporters
Yes
31
No
0
1
Liam McNaught
A young Lucy/Kaede kills Kouta's father.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
7
4
VictorRing
not exactly. a seashell, a very sentimentally important gift from someone's childhood, is broken accidentally.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
2
No
7
0
EmeraldHotGarbageGale
A young girl is kidnapped & held against her will. She is seen calling out to her friends as they are separated, then later crying as she is tied up in a basement by her kidnapper.
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone cheat?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
7
Fear
Are there ghosts?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Are there jump scares?
53 supporters
Add comment
Yes
22
No
2
Is there a shower scene?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
22
No
0
1
EmeraldHotGarbageGale
The ocean is featured often.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there clowns?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
17
Is someone possessed?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
11
No
4
Yes
3
No
2
1
doubletrea
There are several mannequins in the opening to every episode.
2 comments | Add comment
Gross
Does someone vomit?
89 supporters
Yes
7
No
9
3
tedsy
no visual, only audio. episode 9 from 19:44 to 19:50. triggering regardless
1 comment | Add comment
2
lucy pees on the floor sometimes and it’s very uncomfortable
1 comment | Add comment
Is there on-screen pooping?
37 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Does someone spit?
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
11
Is there audio gore?
39 supporters
Add comment
Yes
13
No
0
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
8 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
26 supporters
Yes
0
No
7
3
OtakuNonGrata
The protagonist routinely expresses the idea that the police can not be trusted, and is often shown as justified in this believe.
1 comment | Add comment
LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
43 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
0
No
3
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
30 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
2
No
12
Yes
24
No
0
2
ForrestCheffre
Several Dicloni are injected with undisclosed drugs, throughout.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a mental institution scene?
25 supporters
Add comment
Yes
15
No
2
Is there a hospital scene?
11 supporters
Add comment
Yes
17
No
2
Yes
3
No
16
2
sevenroses34
Kurama's wife is said to have cervical cancer and her uterus is removed as a result.
1 comment | Add comment
Mental Health
Yes
3
No
11
3
ForrestCheffre
It is implied a woman is going to cut her own throat with scissors for dramatic affect, it results simply in her cutting her hair.
1 comment | Add comment
0
EmeraldHotGarbageGale
The main character who struggles with violent thoughts eventually succumbs to them, harming & killing many throughout the entire series.
1 comment | Add comment
1
EmeraldHotGarbageGale
I'd argue that the main characters could be interpreted as having D.I.D., although the series explains it as being a result of a head injury. She frequently switches between two drastically different folks.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there autism specific abuse?
38 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Yes
3
No
0
Are there anxiety attacks?
23 supporters
Add comment
Yes
13
No
1
Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
Add comment
Yes
11
No
2
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
9
Does someone have an eating disorder?
35 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
15
2
FranBunnyFFXII
It is heavily implied that a main character dies of Suicide by Police.
In the manga specifically there is a direct depiction of a diclonius committing suicide with a knife.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
9
No
1
0
VictorRing
yes, more than one character has "flashbacks", moreso to explain plots and backstories, but these all mostly contain traumatic memories. 2 main characters in particular have suffered memory loss as a result of trauma and remembering them causes them obvious distress.
1 comment | Add comment
Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
35 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Does a baby cry?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
5
Is there screaming?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
0
VictorRing
A certain character uses curse words and slurs very heavily throughout the show.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there flashing lights or images?
42 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Paranoia
Is the fourth wall broken?
12 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
23 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Does someone miscarry?
21 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Are there babies or unborn children?
13 supporters
Add comment
Yes
5
No
0
Is there childbirth?
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
9
Are there abortions?
14 supporters
Yes
12
No
2
4
ForrestCheffre
Abortions are implied for women having horned children.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
8
1
VictorRing
no, but a woman dies after complications from giving birth.
1 comment | Add comment
Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
39 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
11
2
2headedboy
in episode 3 of the subbed version, the r-slur is used as an insult.
2 comments | Add comment
Are there usages of the n-word?
30 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
8
3
AndyF
There is heavy imagery from people having "horns" to genocide.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
33 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
6
Yes
3
No
13
4
FranBunnyFFXII
Sort of. One female character has a fascination towards female anatomy and grabs breasts, and another female character kisses a younger version of the previously mentioned character. It is shown lightly that these female characters care for each other.
Both of these characters die before the end of the series.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there fat jokes?
50 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Does the black guy die first?
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
12
Is there hate speech?
26 supporters
Yes
14
No
6
1
sfisher923
Towards Diclonius
1 comment | Add comment
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
34 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Sex
Are there nude scenes?
40 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
0
Is there bestiality?
80 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Is someone sexually objectified?
41 supporters
Add comment
Yes
6
No
0
Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
82 supporters
Yes
24
No
0
5
ForrestCheffre
Two of the main characters are cousins and have romantic and sexual themes together, this is treated very nonchalantly as part of the culture, though the culture has changed considerably since the release.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there sexual content?
52 supporters
Add comment
Yes
27
No
0
Social
Are there fat suits?
28 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
3
Yes
6
No
1
2
VictorRing
yes, a character runs away and experiences homelessness with her dog due to abuse at home. it is shown that she has trouble getting food and is looked down upon for her homelessness. she is welcomed into a household eventually.
1 comment | Add comment
Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
3 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
18
No
2
3
ForrestCheffre
The anime finished before the manga, leaving an open ended story with loose ends. Read the manga for closure, I would consider the anime ending unhappy and unfulfilled.
1 comment | Add comment
Vehicular
Does a car crash?
19 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
11
Does a plane crash?
10 supporters
Yes
3
No
10
1
ForrestCheffre
Helicopters are destroyed
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone hit by a car?
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
12
Violence
Does someone drown?
16 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
14
Is there blood/gore?
53 supporters
Yes
28
No
0
4
Pugg
Too much to count..
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
3
No
11
2
Plumgirl
No. There is a relatively small explosion late in the show that kills some people.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there gun violence?
23 supporters
Add comment
Yes
16
No
0