Chance Meeting - Begegnung

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An unknown girl with "invisible hands', or vectors, and telepathic powers escapes from a secret facility. The next day two cousins, Kouta and Yuka, find her. But she is different from before. She can only say one word, "nyuu". Not knowing anything about her, the two cousins take her in. But is it safe? Kurama, the head scientist from the facility where she escaped, has sent a merciless man, Bando, after her. With Bando tracking Nyuu, and Nyuu herself, will Kouta and Yuka be safe?moreless
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  • Could you ask for a better attention-grabber?

    9.3
    "Superb"
    By AriSky, Nov 12, 2007
    If there's one way to draw an audience of today's age to a show, it's to pack the first episode with violence, blood, and nudity. I think this episode succeeded at such.

    Having heard a lot about the series itself, majority being good reviews, I thought it was time to watch it myself. While at first the exploding bodies seemed a bit over-the-top, it was worked in quite well and even mellowed down by the innocence the multiple personalities brings forth. I never thought that a horror anime such as this would utilize the 'stick a guy in a house with a bunch of girls' cliche, but it worked out well. 9/10 for this first episode.moreless

  • bloody bloody show

    10
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    By CancerTheCrab, Mar 13, 2007
    oh. my. gosh!!! that is the most i can possibly say about this show. it was horrible, good yes but horrible too. what a freakin blood bath!!!!! she was tearing heads off!!! and that poor woman!!! she tore her head off too! and she hadnt even threatend that thing! thats what i'll call her! thing! crazy thing! and i dont know why she didnt hurt that one guy! any hoo when she came up on the beach i was afraid she would rip off teh peoples heads too! lucky she didnt, she is pretty funny now and a little weird but way better than a phyco killer!! i dont really know what is going on with that girl. i thought she was going to tear off their heads when kouta started to yell at her for breaking his shell! and that guy that is now hunting her is wacko!! almost as bad as phyco killer without powers! i wanted to freakin slap him when he hit that assistant!! butt hole!!! and all that nudity was a bit much. but it was an interesting episode and i will so watch the next one!moreless

  • Episode 01 of Elfen Lied focuses on Lucy violently escaping the facility where she is held, then meeting up with two college students named Kouta and Yuka. After coming across Lucy, they decide to take her to Kouta's home the Maple Inn.moreless

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    By chaos619, Aug 14, 2006
    It is in this episode where Lucy escapes the confines of her prison, and stumbles upon our young hero, Kouta. The episode begins showing Lucy bound and suspended in some kind of prison chamber, with a few fear stricken guards around her. This is where it all begins; she kills one of the guards and takes the key to her prison, letting herself out using her vectors. For those not familiar with the anime, "vectors" are kind of like telekinesis, they're invisible arms that can manipulate objects; Lucy has 4 of these, each with a reach of 2 meters (6.56 feet). Now the fun starts, she quickly finishes off those remaining in the room and leaves her cell twisted and completely disfigured. More guards are alerted to her messy escape via the alarm systems, arming themselves with what appear to be SMG's (Submachine guns). Lucy now makes her way through the base's many hallways and elevators; naked as the day she was born, painting the various rooms with the blood and body parts of the guards trying to stop her. The vectors she has appear to act as a shield as well, blocking the bullets from the small caliber weaponry of the security teams. When she reaches one of the final elevators to the base, she is "greeted" by Director Kurama, one of the head honcho's of the facility, and about two dozen armed security guards all waiting outside the elevator. After killing an unlucky receptionist and using her body as a human shield, Lucy makes her way through the guards, who only stopped shooting because they ran out of ammo. The guards scatter, but Lucy manages to kill a few of them before they all get away. The director, however, does not move. He can only sneer and growl at Lucy as she walks by him, a bloody hand print on his back from her vectors suggest that Lucy could have killed him, but for some reason or another, changed her mind. It is at this time the director radios for the base to lock down the base and seal her up, naturally they follow orders, but someone in the control room has opened one of the exterior gates, allowing Lucy to slip out of the base towards the sea. Kurama can't take any chances, he has to take Lucy down, and so he calls in a sniper. This sniper is not armed with one of the pea shooters the other guards were armed with, but a .50 caliber sniper rifle, the kind they use on tanks. The sniper fires on Lucy as she walks out onto the rocks, but the bullet doesn't hit properly. It does however; make contact, a blood trail confirming the bullet's entrance into Lucy's head, forcing her to fall into the cold water below.
    This is when we meet Kouta and Yuka, two college students. Yuka is Kouta's cousin and she has a huge crush on him, even when they were little. After meeting up with him and reintroducing herself (They haven't seen each other in years) Yuka suggests they head to the beach to catch up on old times. After reaching the beach and reminiscing about Kouta's dead sister, he and Yuka notice a nude, under aged girl standing out in the water, Lucy. After a quick personality change, Lucy notices the duo looking at her with rather confused faces. She quickly tries to run away, but falls face first into the sand. After turning on the waterworks, Lucy gains the sympathy of Yuka, who forces Kouta to surrender his shirt so Lucy has something to wear. The two quickly conclude that Lucy does not speak their language, the only thing she's said so far being "Nyuu". Once they notice her horns, one of Kouta's childhood memories begins to come back, but before he can fully recover it, he is interrupted by Yuka suggesting that they take Lucy to Kouta's place, the Maple Inn. Upon reaching the Inn, Yuka and Kouta decide to give Lucy the name Nyuu, because that's the sound she's always making. Now each of her personalities has a name, there's Lucy the deranged killer, and Nyuu, the carefree, childish teenager.
    Back at the facility where Lucy escaped, they are assessing the damages that she caused, and this is where Director Kurama makes it clear that he wants Lucy found and killed, not captured. He decides to call in the Special Assault Team, or SAT. This team of specialists is quickly assembled, one of its members, Bando, being on the unstable side. Bando is a weird kind of guy, he's really unpredictable and gun-ho about things (he even hits women without a moment's notice) and he seems really eager to go out and kill Lucy. Back at the Maple inn, where Yuka, Kouta, and Nyuu (AKA Lucy) are enjoying dinner, things take a turn for the worst then Kouta decides to take a stroll down memory lane. He shows Nyuu and Yuka a seashell his sister found and gave to him when they were kids, right before she died. Nyuu takes note of how unhappy Kouta looks as he's holding this sea shell, so she takes it from him and breaks it into pieces. This makes Kouta lose it; he flips out on Nyuu, calling her every name in the book and demanding that she get out. Yuka tries to calm him down, but is unsuccessful as the sobbing Nyuu runs out of the Inn, and into the night. She runs back to the beach where Kouta and Yuka found her, feeling terrible for what she did to Kouta's sea shell. She now stands looking out into the water, the rain pouring down on her, and the SAT ready to being its search to find and kill her. This is the end of episode one. (Chaos)
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  • What a way to start an anime. I perosonally love gore, so starting it off with a severd arm, is perfect.

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    By xxlemon, Jul 29, 2006
    The scene starts off with a nude test subject/experiment wearing a helmet, Lucy, who is escaping from a secret lab. Along the way, people kept getting torn apart, and it had me confused for a bit. It turns out, Lucy is a diclonus, the next stage of evolution of human. The lab goes on lockdown and it seems that she won't be able to get out. However, some idiot forgot (or died) to lock a door, she walks out. She stands over a cliff(I have no clue what she is thinking), and is shot with a sniper. She falls off the cliff and into the ocean. ( I thought she was dead.)Cousins, Kouta and Yuuna, find her on the beach without her helment and she seems a little...lost. The only word she can say is Nyu. Kouta just recently bought a hotel with 10 rooms(I think 10?)and is starting college. Yuuna, his cousin and long-time best friend, is going to attend the same college as her cousin. Why do I think that Yuuna looks at Kouta as more than just a friend/cousin? Anyways, they take Nyu in, not knowing of the dangers that lie ahead.

    So far, this anime is great. I couldn't wait for the next episode. It definitely leaves you on the edge of your seat, staring wide-eyed at the screen, and wanting more.
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  • Lucy, an experimental subject, escapes from a research facility. A sniper attempts to take her down, but only manages to take off her head container, and she falls into the ocean. She is found by two cousins Kouta and Yuuna, who take her in.moreless

    9.5
    "Superb"
    By BeautifulAkimov, Jul 06, 2006
    The opening sequence is enough to get anyone hooked. 5 minutes of complete gore. Who knew such a cute girl could rip you limb from limb. The relationship between Kouta and Yuuna confuses me. But it's a great show, and I love the opening song. This is going to be one of those shows that I don't toss aside.
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    • In the English dub, when the two girls are talking to Kisaragi in the kitchen, one of them calls her "Kisagari" by mistake.

    • The Head Restraints worn by Lucy when she was shot by the sniper was made into an item named "4x Helm" on Gaia Online.

    • Elfen Lied means "Elf Song" in German and Dutch, but the spelling in German would be "Elfenlied", pronounced [ˈɛlfən liːt].

    • In the manga, Diclonius are never stated to have a limited amount of vectors. However, it depicts Lucy having over twelve vectors, Nana possessing approximately six vectors, and Mariko controlling up to fifty vectors. They are rarely shown being physically attached to the body (the anime shows them extending from the back, while the manga has them simply appear levitating).

    • In the manga, Lucy/Nyuu was originally meant to have lighter pink hair and emerald green eyes. In the finished, colored versions, however, it became the dark pink hair-dark pink eyes combo.

    • In the manga, Lucy is depicted even more sadistic and murderous. She actually enjoys inflicting both physical and emotional pain on her victims and aggressors.

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    • (Next Episode Preview) Narrator: The hunter, the hunted. The situation takes a sudden turn, and is reversed. Pure action led by unwavering instinct. A purity that exists to please. Next time on Elfen Lied, episode two: Cleaning Up.

    • (after a long description on how the seashell was a gift from Kohta's sister, Nyuu breaks the seashell) Kohta: What the hell are you doing? Didn't I just say it was a memento from my sister?!

    • Lilium Lyrics: Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam Et lingua eius loquetur iudicium Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem Quoniam cum probatus fuerit accipiet coronam vitae Kyrie, Ignis Divine, Eleison O quam sancta, quam serena, quam benigna Quam amoena O castitatis lilium Translation: The mouth of the Just shall meditate wisdom And his tongue shall speak judgement Blessed is the man who endureth temptation For once he hath been proven, he shall receive the crown of life Lord, Fire Divine, have mercy O how holy, how serene, how benevolent How lovely, O lily of purity

    • (About Nyuu and the seashell) Kouta: What the hell was she thinking? Yuka: It was probably because...you were...looking so sad. She must have thought that seashell was something bad. You always get sad when you think of Kanae, Kouta. Don't you think that makes Kanae sad too?

    • (refering to gun shooting practice) Bando: What's the point in shooting if they don't scream or bleed? This is pointless! I should be doing this with real people!

    • Kouta: Is this the house you're lending me? Yuka: It used to be an inn, but it is not in business anymore. Mom said that cleaning it everyday will be enough. Kouta: Umm, one thing... Yuka: What? Kouta: How many rooms are in this place? Yuka: Hmm, I think there are ten... Kouta: And I have to clean them all by myself? Yuka: The garden too. Kouta: So what you're saying is that I've become the inn's caretaker? Yuka: Hmm, well...

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    • International Airdate: - Denmark: May 6, 2008 on Anime TV

    • In the very first scenes, when Lucy goes through the empty hall, we can hear her singing Lilium.

    • "Begegnung" is German for "Meeting"

    • General Note on Airdates: The airdates for this guide are the Japanese airdates. Elfen Lied does not air on American TV, except for on ADV's the Anime Network (TAN). Furthermore, it will most likely never air on general cable TV due to the extreme violence and nudity.

    • Lucy never actually refers to herself as such. This name was probably given to her by the Director. A possible reason why he chose Lucy may be because,in real life, the human bones that were found that traced the farthest back to the first human was decreed "Lucy".

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    • Nyuu resembles Chii from Chobits. In Chobits, Hikedi found a persocom and took her home. When he got her running, the persocom was innocent and child-like, and could only say one thing, "Chii". Hideki named her "Chii" because of that. Sound familar?

    • Yuka: I brought onigri. Onigri are riceballs wrapped in seaweed.

    • About the memorial stones shown about halfway through the episode; believers of the Koushin pray there for health and prosperity on one night that occurs once every 60 years.

    • The images of the opening theme are images from the paintings of Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). Most are from his most famous painting, "The Kiss" (1907-1908).

    • The text of the opening theme is "Beatus vir", an excerpt from the Latin Vulgate edition of the Bible. The passage is from James 1: "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."

    • The opening theme's lyrics include: Psalm 36:30 - "Os iusti meditabitur sapientiam et lingua eius loquetur iudicium" or "The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment" "Kyrie Fons Bonitatis" (also known as the trope chant) - "Kyrie, ignis divine, pectora nostra succende, ut digni pariter proclamare possimus semper, eleison" or "Lord, divine fire, inflame our hearts, so that together we may worthily proclaim forever: have mercy" "Ave Mundi Spes Maria" (also known as the medieval sequence hymn) - "Oh, quam sancta, quam serena, quam benigna, quam amoena esse virgo creditur" or "Oh how holy, how serene, how benign, how delightful is this maiden who believed!" All three pieces can be found in the album "Chant" by the famous Benedictine Monks of the Santo Domingo de Silos Monastery.

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