12 hours maybe ? <| sep |> What are you prattling on about ? <| sep |> Who knows ! <| sep |> To me , it was a story about the fragility of the human psyche when isolated and rejected from society . Lucy was ultimately someone who just wanted to be treated like a normal human being , but who got ostracised for her differences to the point where her spirit broke and she felt nothing but hatred for society . It ' s not an uncommon sentiment , particularly amongst younger people who are still struggling to cope with their emotions and especially in cases where they ' ve experienced abuse or bullying . However , unlike Lucy most of those people don ' t have a superpower or the means enabling them to express their pentup negative emotions . Unfortunately you still sometimes have those that do and they usually end up in the news for shooting up a school or something . The fact he still loves her despite what she did speaks to his own guilt for not staying true to his word . Feelings aren ' t something people can always control , and people end up loving people despite what they might have done . Most people criticise it for its use of nudity and for it ' s shock factor . I think they have places in the story , though . The only thing I really didn ' t like about the show was the split personality element with the moeblob version of Lucy , although you could argue that was a metaphor for somebody escaping from reality and embracing adolescence . It has flaws , sure , and some of the execution is a little dumb , but then no show is perfect . It just baffles me that so many people overlook similar criticisms in other shows whilst jumping on the Elfen Lied is edgy trash bandwagon .