>>7179997The essence of Elfen Lied lies in the disclosure of male sexuality-a fundamental problem, eternal, to say at least. Look: the story is full of allegories and symbols almost to the brim. And the main character here is Lucy / Nyu, the personification of the main character's libido.
Even in childhood Kouta reached actual puberty as a result of acceleration - this is evidenced by the appearance of Lucy (the disclosure of libido, metaphorically), and the number of images that are easily interpreted by Freud`s system: giraffe, elephant, train - a direct reflection of phallic symbols in the system of associations of Kouta`s - of the child; to this is added the scene of bathing, directly showing the nature of the issue.
But what do we see next? Kouta suddenly loses his family - and all this because of Lucy. Consider this situation from the point of view of family psychology:
Early maturation and the hormonal explosion led to characteristic changes in the behavior of Kouta - he's not a teenager, but not a boy that gives rise to new contradictions in relations with others, and hence characteristic of his age rebellion. After analyzing the content of the episode of the death of the family, we see that the parents were killed Lucy-i.e. libido hero, and therefore the scene should be taken allegorically: Kouta broke off relations with loved ones and went early into an independent life. But the guilt did not leave him - feeling guilty, he subconsciously suppresses his sexuality, which is expressed by the authors as the disappearance of Lucy from his life.
But years pass and at the time of the first episode Kouta again meets Lucy. But Lucy who? Sublimation and mental trauma of childhood caused a number of sexual deviations - his libido is now manifested in its perverted form, and , worst of all, he resigns to it.
