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I FINALLY finished it.

I had this manga on hold for such a looooong time, OVER A YEAR.

As for the ending I thought it was pretty good, I don't understand why people are opposed to a happy ending after all the misery of the first 106 chapters.

Kohta and Yuka getting married was nice but also predictable, oh and BTW, people need to stop with this cousin nonsense, in Japan things are a lot different than America and the rest of the western world, I don't find it disgusting or wrong that he would marry his cousin.

Bandou coming back was plain and simply BULLSHIT!!!

and finally the twins who people say are the reincarnations of Lucy and Nyu, this is something else that nor do I care and I don't find it that relevant or important, Mariko had 4 clones, so now Lucy and Nyu come back as reincarnations or clones....WHO CARES, Kohta is already old and he's married to Yuka and they have a daughter, IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING.


OVERALL:

I found the manga to be slightly better than the anime, honestly when I saw the anime I instantly thought it was great and one of the most unique anime out there. I finally decided to read the manga so I could see how it ended.

I enjoyed the manga thoroughly, I thought it was one of the most DISTURBING but at the same time great mangas I have ever read.

8.5/10...........since MAL is stupid and they don't allow .5s, I'll round it up to a 9.

lol badou survived?? I thought he should be dead coz lucy cut his body in half which cut his spinal cord... and also, Lucy and Nyuu reincarnated??

I don't know bout you guys but the ending was a bit forced to "happy/good" ending imo :P I mean it seems to me that the writer wants to finish the series quickly and hence creating this forced ending to satsfy the readers -_-;;

Nevertheless, the manga was good and pretty satsify the way plot finished and leading to happy ending ^^

The ending was similar to that of the Anime, with hopes instilled, and leaving the question of "What the heck just happened"
But it was depressing, as all logic would define, it just can't be a good ending... The story, mostly revolving around Kaede's misery, ended with her never getting what she wanted... Her doubts being proven. This ending made the end of the Anime look like the cheeriest thing ever. In fact, thanks to this, I now HAVE to re watch the Anime just to clear my mind.

You know, actually... Thinking about the ending of the Manga... I expect those two girls were hallucinations, which changes my perception of the Anime. Perhaps... the ending of that was just, an illusion of the mind? Although someone obviously had arrived, could the shadow, the clock, and the music box be illusions?

Despite Lucy getting resurrected, I still found the ending to be extremely sad. But overall definitely the best manga I've ever read.
Plus I just got all twelve volumes shipped over from japan. Can't wait to reread.

This was such a depressing manga that I actually had to stop after certain times and do something else.
The ending was a bit to happy ever after, but after 106 chapters of depressing stuff, I honestly didn't mind it. I was actually glad that Bandou is still alive. He was a jerk at first but he grew on me and he doesn't seem like the type to die so easily.
As for the reincarnation of Lucy and Nyu, I hadn't thought about that at first, but now it kind of made sense.
This was a pretty good manga, but I doubt I would ever read it again.

For those of you who would like a minor genius bonus on Elfen Lied's name and the poem, look up Der Erlkoenig. Then look up the Elf King and his daughters.

I FUCKING LOVE THIS MANGA!!! this might be my first and last manga to read since i dont like to read but i just had to see the real ending after the anime. one of the best anime/manga i have ever seen.

I'm not saying that I disliked the ending (and overall, I loved anime and manga), but for the last 20-30 chapters epicness was building, building and it came to a point where it is just TOO epic. It became similar to Dragon Ball Z, where a character is killed 10 times, but then comes back to life, reaches Super Saiyan level X and kicks everyone's ass.

the anime was much better that this

after a certain point, people were "dying" and "resurrecting" so often i could care less about side characters.

the anime was much more compact, more "emotional" and had a great great ending. the manga felt like it dragged on because the writer wanted to get more money on a weekly basis, LAME!

7/10...

i know its counting as a reincarnation but dear god that doesnt make lucy's death any less depressing

I thought the Bandou/ Kurama were just mayu/nana's memories of them... they both were like fathers to them I guess... And at that it wouldn't be too large of a leap to think the twins were a figment of his Imagination, he came to that sight after all to see Kadae/Nyuu

...And I bawwwled when Kohta read Lucy/Nyuu/Kadae's letter.

Much better than the anime, which I loved, the series wasn't perfect but it's a 10/10 for me.

I loved and hated the ending. I'm really happy Bando survived cause he's pretty B.A. and it's nice to see that a character doesn't have to die to save someone else. I'm not sure why everyone keeps saying that he's a figment of Mayu's imagination, I don't know how he survived but it shows that he's half robot now so. I also don't know why everyone believes Kurama is imaginary he's carrying ashes to a grave and talking about cleaning up the aftermath, sounds alive to me lol. I don't like that Kouta married Yuka because while I know things are different in Japan the fact that they're cousins bugs me, but other than that it makes me mad because she really isn't given much of a personality, this is partly because she's given so few parts in the story, and partly because the manga is pretty short which causes a couple of problems, one of them being that some characters didn't develop enough (although Bando has fewer parts to play than her and he still has an interesting personality). My final complaint is that the ending did seem kinda forced and I would have rathered Nyu/Kaede survive thn be reincarnated. Speaking of which how did she come back? Some things point to Buddhism like the fact that she didn't originally expect to come back while other things point to the possibility of her psychic powers somehow bringing her back like the fact that the twins were waiting for Kouta and I don't believe people remember being reincarnated, or things from their past life clearly if at all.`Sigh all in all I wish Nyu/Kaede could've been with Kouta instead of reincarnated. Sorry for the wall of text I just finished the manga and felt like I had to wright or talk about the ending somewhere, cause I don't usually cry, and this series almost brought me to tears, but instead of crying I held it in so I didn't look like a sissy to every one, and I think it's making my stomach hurt lol.

Man... Those last chapters were so sad. I'm glad that Nana, Mayu and Yuka/Kouta will finally live happily (I’m more happy for Nana thought). The happy ending felt a bit too forced. The spy shouldn't have live (there was a panel will a huge splatter of blood and her screaming), Bando gets chopped in two (no problem I’m a terminator) and Anna (not sure how she could have live inside that monster). Those three characters should have stayed dead in my opinion. Chief Kurama could also have been a candidate (so many bad decision, but hey he got the manga going), but if he did die all those death would have been in vain. The story was great and the end feels satisfying especially when Kouta find the bottle, such a sad/happy moment. 10/10!

agree in every possible way with this statement ahaha. xD

lol i was soo late in reading this and i was just able to finish it... well for me its really really sad even though she killed to many people i still pity here..but it really made me shred some tears when kouhta read her letter saing "I will always, cherish this stone .Ah, I want to wear a wedding ring" but they were reincarnated and LOL ITS SOO NICE they are twins now and not just a split personality but they're still child its like around 5yrs old....

I wonder how can they marry each other ^.....,^

mehh, that was too sugarsweet for me, it would have been fine if they had such a ending, but only if they had it done differently.
they could have let lucy live somehow, but they souldent reincarnate her.
also, they should have let that dude who was sure to be dead stay dead, if they did not want him dead then they shouldent "kill" him in a manner that makes us sure that he is dead. and at last, that daughter suddently becomming human again..... that chick who helped the scientist and afterward's got "killed" oh w8 ofc not.....
besides from all that i really liked the manga, but kinda lame ending.

Well, I liked the story on the manga more than the anime version (considering it was longer and complete) but I still liked more the anime ending (the reincarnation was nice and all but I didn't quite feel it).

9/10 for me, I love Elfen Lied it's such a good story but sad as well.

It was alright, but not my favorite. I've heard hype of it for years, and decided to give it a whirl. Meh. Lots of death, lots of regret, and lots of nudity. Yep, sounds like it's more for teen boys than me.

While the series still gets a 10/10 from me, I felt the ending was somewhat anticlimactic in the sense that it simply didn't turn out how I wanted it to be.

Lucy reincarnating? I'm not feeling it.

Tearful ending with an older Kouta.

After coming from the anime, I didn't expect Lucy to end up like that on the lighthouse, christ that must have been awful for everyone to see. I'm not sure how Bando and the spy guy survived but whatever, I'm glad Anna is back to her human form and that Nana is happy with Papa.

Not a big fan of Kouta x Yuka anyway but its lovely that he did eventually get closure at the meeting spot in the form of those twins. What a moment there.

Hugely different from its anime counterpart but I'm very glad I read this.