Top 5 Badass Women of Anime – Lucy/Nyu!

It took five weeks to get here, but finally we’re at lady number 1! I had to think so hard to decide on all of the girls on list, and am happy with the choices I made. The number one slot was a hard choice, but I had her picked from the beginning. So ranking at #1 is Lucy from Elfen Lied.

Elfen Lied was my first bloody/violent anime. When I started watching it my eyes were wide due to this cute, naked girl that was ripping peoples heads off (Literally). As the first episode unfolded and I watched Lucy annihilate everyone she came across, I fell in love with her character.

All kinds of questions were filling my head about her. When I figured out her what exactly her weapons were (which didn’t take long) I realized how badass she was. Lucy had been isolated for so long that she has regained her passionate hate for humans, and had no qualms about killing them either. I was so shocked by the violence in the anime that I didn’t even begin to realize how awesome Elfen Lied was, and how Awesome the Lucy/Nyu character was.

The reasons why I love Lucy best are infinite, but the simple explanation is that she fills all of the characteristics it takes for me love an anime girl. First is her hair. I love anime girls with pretty pink hair, as I have stated multiple times. I don’t know why, but characters with pink hair just tickle my fancy, and if you add it ears of any kind, it just gets better. (Well, horns in this case)

Another reason is her duel personality. I believe I have mentioned that before as well. I love characters that have two sides to them. When I found out that badass Lucy had a cute, sweet side name Nyu, I was nearly dieing of happiness. Characters with two sides to them are just cool to me, and Lucy is my favorite one out of them all. And as I just love the hell out of cute things, finding out that someone so badass could be so cute made squeal with delight. Nyu is cute…seriously cute, unbelievably cute. And when Lucy is out she is seriously badass.

Fight scenes are of course a requirement for badass girls. If the fight scenes aren’t good, then they don’t make the list. Lucy’s fight scenes are amazing. Like in the first episode, when she beats the crap out of Bando. She let him have it in so many different ways that he didn’t know what was going on. Of course, he couldn’t see her pretty little vectors, but it’s safe to say that she beat the sh*t out of him. He deserved it too, cause I really hate that guy, and as he as no problems with killing or hurting people, it was time he got his. He was an idiot for not listening and staying out her radius, so it was his own fault he lost a couple of limbs.

I also enjoy how Lucy uses simple things such as pens for weapons, and how she uses nearby bodies for a shield.

Other mentionable fight scenes are the one’s between Lucy and Nana, and the one at the end when Lucy takes on everyone in the vicinity and goes out a hero.

The first fight between Lucy and Nana was amazing. A fight in broad daylight between two diclonius using weapons that no one else can see was one of the best ideas ever. I was grossed out and entranced at the same time. I had never seen limbs go flying through the air before. Though Nana was supposed to be at the advantage in the fight, Lucy still managed to take her down. If Nana had been smart and followed her orders, she wouldn’t have been so badly injured. These people just didn’t seem to realize how vicious Lucy really is.

Even though Lucy is a vicious killer, I can’t place any of the blame on her for turning out that way. Granted, it was partially her choice, but if she had been shown more kindness in the past, it might have been different. The only person who ever showed her true kindness was Kohta, and it was something Lucy had never known. She fell for Kohta when they were young, but misunderstood the situation between Kohta and his sister. Lucy didn’t realize she felt jealous and just wanted the other girl out of the picture, so she got rid of her. I can’t blame Lucy for being naive and doing something that was in her true nature. So Lucy just gets more points for her traumatic past.

Lucy put up a really big front through out the entire anime, until toward the end. I knew all along how truly sad and guilty she felt, which is why she tried her hardest to avoid contact with Kohta. She subconsciously had Nyu come out whenever she was near Kohta because she felt to guilty for killing his family, and even more guilty that he couldn’t even remember it and showed her such kindness. It was obvious how much she still loved him through her avoiding him and her constant desire to hide her killing sprees from him. She tried so hard to make up for the past in her own way, and accomplished it somewhat in the end.

And if I had been locked up in a facility that liked to do experiments on me, I’d be in a blind rage as well. Those idiots shouldn’t have captured her if they couldn’t keep her locked up, she reeked so much havoc and killed so many of their guys.

Lucy also held her own against Mariko. Four vectors vs twenty-six vectors is not a fair fight at all, so it if Lucy wasn’t truly badass she would have been killed off almost instantly.

I truly admired how Lucy defended Kohta in the end, out of love as much as guilt. All along Lucy only wanted someone who would accept her and care for her. Kohta always did, even after discovering the truth about the past and what Lucy did to his family.

I was a little upset when Nyu decided that she could just go and cut off all of Lucy’s hair (It feels funny talking about two people in the same body. O.O). I know Nyu did it because she too, was sorry for what had happened to Kohta and wanted to comfort him….But come on, Lucy looked so good with that long pink hair! She looked good with short hair too, but I just loved it long more. T.T

Lucy managed to steal my heart so completely within the first episode, that I was annoyed by a lot of the other characters. Yuka got on my nerves to no end, because her annoying fits of immature and wrongful jealousy took away from my Lucy/Nyu screen time. I wanted to hit Yuka most of the time.

Nyu is supposed to be an manifestation of Lucy’s good side, but does Lucy’s good side enjoy grabbing boobs? Cause Nyu sure does, and it always made me laugh my ass off. XD

The picture above just describes completely why Lucy is my #1 badass anime girl. Look at her, in all of her perfect glory. (With a gun, no less ^.^)

I intended to make this post a lot longer, but I’m tired from work and life, so it’s coming to an early close. I might update it a bit more in the future, but who knows. XD

So in short, reasons why Lucy is #1 are…

• Pink Hair
• Cute Horns
• Split Personality
• Sad Past
• Wicked Fighting Skills
• Boob Groping Abilities
• Living her life the only way she knew
• Going out a hero
• Loving Kohta irrevocably, even though he’s an idiot.
• Cuteness
• Committing so many violent acts that there isn’t a number high enough…

I’m gonna end the list now, cause it will just get longer and longer. I have far too many reasons floating around in my head for why Lucy is amazing and made #1. I probably didn’t do her much justice in this post, due to tiredness, but there it is! The last girl on the Badass Women of Anime countdown!

Love her or Lucy will punish you!!!! XD

Side Note – I really have to mention the amazing opening song to Elfen Lied. The song Lillium is one of the most beautiful openings I’ve ever heard, it’s very touching. Due to a blonde moment, I totally forgot to put on my anime openings list. *Head Desk*

I’ll be beginning another Top 5 next week! XD Look forward to it!

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