Elfen Lied.... Going to make a very short review.

With such a great start, it seems to only go downhill.

Story- Had a ton of potential but nope, flush it all down the toilet. The last chapter didn't feel rewarding at all; it made me feel as though I was wasting my time rooting for Lucy and Kouta.

Art- Nothing to brag about, sometimes the characters look amazing. And others they just look mediocre. Can't complain much because I loved Lucy's character design and Kouta's. Nana and Mayu both look compelling as well most of the time. I however wasn't a fan of Nyu's design, but that's just a personal taste. It was drawn very well. Most of the time it just felt... So empty. That's why I gave it a 6.

Characters- Characters well all around fleshed out and believable. This is where Elfen Lied excels. At least with the main characters. The side characters on the other hand, hell I don't remember one of their names (except for Anna and Wanda), not even Kouta's cousins name. On a sidenote, I doubt many people care but they literally started calling him Kohta at the end of the manga.... Did I miss something? His name was Kouta for like 80+ chapters then they just start calling him Kohta?
Translators come on.

Enjoyment- It was alright, I think it's just the nostalgia that's making me give it a 6, otherwise it'd be lower. [spoiler] I felt like I was reading it to see Lucy and Kouta end up together. I probably was, and when that didn't happen it just made me feel sick. I feel as though I hate the fact that I wasted my time, on the other hand I'm glad I actually got around to reading it. [/spoiler]

Overall- I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I was told the ending is sweet but sad. No, it's just fucking sad. It makes you want to forget you ever read the damn thing. [spoiler] All we wanted was for Kouta to somehow forgive Lucy and end up with her and we got nothing close to it. [/spoiler]

I wouldn't recommend this to anyone sadly because of how.... Appalling the ending was to me. Did the writer think that's the ending that we wanted? That we deserved? Man... I just wish it could have been different. If I had to describe it, I'd say very very bitter, hardly sweet.

I honestly don't care if anyone finds this helpful, I just needed to get that off my chest.