User blog comment:CNBA3/Fairy Tail Zero 6 review/@comment-25111584-20141217170017/@comment-7418318-20141217202658

If you've seen the anime, the violence won't be a problem in the manga. Unlike the almost traditional way of reducing violence in the anime, the Elfenlied anime actually upped the violence a bit.

For example when Lucy mutilates Nana, in the manga she "only" cuts her limbs off in a split second, made quite clear from the way they fly off and the blood trail. In the anime on the other hand you hear ripping sounds and see how the limbs get stretched, small gaps rip into the skin until the whole thing comes off. Still less than 3 seconds, but it comes across as more brutal than the manga way.

But the story will make a lot more sense from the manga. Like that friend of Lucy's that was killed when she was captured that was only shown in the OVA. Apart from being shortened as a whole, it was also changed slightly to the original in a way that I think is detrimental to the story. In the anime it's a face-less policeman who fires the shot, while in the manga it is Kurama himself who does it. That makes Lucy's deep-seated hatred for Kurama and her need to make him despair before killing him a lot more understandable.

And that scene when Nyu learns to sing is sooooo adorable :3