Elfen Lied (2004–2004)

1. S01E01A Chance EncounterJuly 25, 2004 6.8An unknown girl with invisible hands, or vectors, and telepathic powers escapes from a secret facility. The next day two cousins, Kouta and
2. S01E02AnnihilationAugust 1, 2004 7.0The offshore facility, headed by the scientist Kurama, sends a special task force, headed by the ruthless, cold-hearted assassin Bando, to h
3. S01E03Deep FeelingsAugust 8, 2004 7.5It’s the calm after the storm... but the calm won’t last long. Kurama and the secret facility are sending two people after Lucy. One is the
4. S01E04AttackAugust 15, 2004 8.1After alerting the soldiers and Kurama to Lucy’s whereabouts, Nana confronts her and the two begin to fight in a cemetery. Can Nana hold Luc
5. S01E05ReceiptAugust 22, 2004 6.6Mayu’s tragic past is revealed. She remembers back to when she ran away from home. At school, Yuka and Kouta’s new professor is none other t
6. S01E06Innermost FeelingsAugust 29, 2004 7.9Bando escapes from the hospital, still trying to find Lucy to satisfy his grudge against her. Professor Kakuzawa Yū's decapitated body is fo
7. S01E07ConfrontationSeptember 5, 2004 7.7After fighting, Bando and Nana realize that they are allies and not enemies. Nana agrees to bring Lucy to the beach when she senses her. Mea
8. S01E08The BeginningSeptember 12, 2004 7.8After Lucy is knocked out by Nana Kouta tends to her. She sleeps and relives her childhood in a dream, revealing many things about her. Mean
9. S01E09Season's bestReminiscenceSeptember 19, 2004 8.1More of Lucy's past is revealed: Her meeting with Kouta, their friendship that will end in tragedy, and the reason why Lucy became the kille
10. S01E10InfantSeptember 26, 2004 6.7Lucy and Nana start to fight, but Mayu stops them and Lucy turns back to Nyuu, hugging Kouta and telling him she likes him. Later, Kurama's
11. S01E11ComplicationOctober 3, 2004 6.7Number 35, Mariko, is released and immediately kills the soldiers around her. The professors, who were prepared for this, set off one of the
12. S01E12QuagmireOctober 10, 2004 6.8Mariko is torturing and playing with Nana like an insect while Kouta runs to her to protect her. Mariko temporally looses her vectors, thank
13. S01E13No ReturnOctober 17, 2004 7.1Yuka informs Mayu of Kouta's past. Meanwhile, Lucy and Mariko find each other and face off in a fight. Now, Nana and Kurama have to find Mar

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