And as the anime goes on, the audience realizes she can never get those days back. Instead of tormented and yearning for reprieve, she's peaceful, even smiling. The first shot of Lucy's face resembles not a work of The portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was commissioned by her husband Ferdinand, who loved Klimt's art and supported him monetarily and through praise. I really disliked the anime for a lot of reasons, but I did read part of the manga (and the rest in summaries forgive me) and I whole heartedly agree that it's a story centered on grief and redemption and the maturity of past wounds. Furthermore, when the picture is shown again, Lucy has taken the mannequin's place and Kouta is replaced by a mannequin. Lucy herself can never experience such a happy life without hurting herself and the person she loves most. Elfen Lied director, Mamoru Kanbe, wanted to imitate Klimt's paintings as a reflection to his liking of the artist.

Although a human, Kaede's mother was the beginning of the Diclonius virus; having given birth to the Queen Diclonius.It can further be concluded to in fact be Kaede's mother by the peculiar blemish in what appears to be a gaping hole on the doll's abdomen; probably an underlying reference to a manga-only plot.After Kaede's mother committed suicide, her abdomen was cut open and her ovaries and womb taken by Chief Kakuzawa.Moreover, many aspects of Lucy resemble those of Adam and Eve, thus the correlation of the above painting.In "The Three Ages of Woman", it can be deciphered which woman is tied to either Kaede, Lucy, and Nyu.Now remember, Kaede is the real birth name of the Diclonius Queen and who she was when she first met Kouta before she became rogue.Lucy is the split being that harbors the violent and ruthless behavioral tendencies of the Diclonius virus.And Nyu is the alternatively innocent and harmless persona hashed out after having lost her memory.Out of the three, the child holding the finger gesture is Kaede, as she is the only one asking for forgiveness.The young woman with closed eyes holding the child is Nyu, since she is oblivious to her surroundings and is a sort of comfort cushion to Kaeda, and the one holding her head is Lucy, as the old woman seems to be depressed, regretful, or ashamed. The dolls are presumed to signify death or even the dead, and could either mean Lucy is embracing her oncoming death or those she killed.Take a closer look at the image and you'll notice the peculiar position in which Lucy's fingers are drawn, where her middle and ring finger are held together while her pointer finger and pinky spread out to form a W. Throughout the opening, her fingers are held this way.

Typical of many young girls, her pose is confident and shows she knows who she is and what she's about, much like Nana herself does for the majority of the series. A good opening credit sequence with appropriate music will hook the audience like the introduction paragraph to any book, and keep you seated until you get to the memorable opening scene. Known for it's aesthetically artistic opening sequence and the haunting hymnal-like theme song, Lillium, the Elfen Lied opening remains one of the most recognizable and worshipped introductions to an anime.I'm not much of a fan of the anime, so though this might be common knowledge to others it's news to me and I thought it was pretty cool. Mentioned before, she likens her life to a nightmare in the anime's While the opening credits show us Lucy's remorse and inner turmoil, the ending credits leave us with a different view of her pain: one that makes her suffering sadder in a different way than showing her in pain.