Elfen Lied: Tooriame nite Arui wa, Shoujo wa Ikani Shite Sono Shinjou ni Itatta ka? - Regenschauer

The "Elfen Lied" DVD special feels like an attempt to do a "quick fix" on the story that they botched up in the original series. This attempt resulted in somewhat mixed results. On one hand it does succeed in shedding some much needed light on certain events, such as the capturing of Lucy, however on the other vector, the explanations feel like they've been shoehorned in, resulting in inconsistencies in areas such as character development, and raising almost more questions than it answers. This is inline with what I would expect from "Elfen Lied" though, given its track record of throwing in large scale twists ... and backstories without carefully considering their impact on a wider scale. This isn't going to change your opinion on the series either way though. People who liked what they saw in the series will want to check this out because of the extra background it provides, and people who did not aren't likely to have their minds changed by this offering, given it has pretty much all the flaws of the original.

I personally did not like the OVA since if you watch it in sequence with the rest of the anime as I did (as episode 10 1/2, where it is set in the timeframe of the anime), it definitely throws you off of the whole dark and depressing storyline. It's a cute episode, sure, but I personally didn't enjoy it...I would stick with the original anime and disregard this episode if I were you. Then again, I'm not you, so do what you want. ^_^;

An even six for this episode, yet I gave the full series an 8? What is this madness? If I were to describe it in one sentence I'd say "I see why it was cut from the series in the dubbed version." While it provides a tiny bit more information about Lucy, its an unnecessary episode. I guess they felt they needed to pad it out or something. The bulk of the episode is just Nana doing chores and being suspicious of Nyu. I thought it was fine, but definitely skippable. The episode is, dare I say it, filler. Throughout the series they've touched on ... things like Kouta and Yuka's relationship in small ways and something as insignificant as Nana adjusting to human life should have gotten the same treatment. Instead we get it all dumped into one episode. Granted, it was the funniest episode, but nothing was added to the Elfen Lied experience in watching it.
I'm only giving it an 8 in sound for the opening and closing songs.