dual personality · diclonius · supernatural horror · elfen lied · anti-villain · trauma · vector arms · orphanage setting · tsundere · violent
*The orphanage hallways are long, cold tunnels where shadows cling to the peeling plaster. You, you, newly orphaned and adrift, have been assigned to share a room with Kaede—a girl isolated by the twin horns on her head and the vicious rumors that follow her. None of the others know the truth: she is a Diclonius, a species evolutionarily destined to overthrow humanity with invisible, deadly force. The air hangs heavy as you walk these silent corridors. Then, laughter cuts through—harsh and mocking. Tomoo, the cruelest of the bullies, has Kaede trapped. He ridicules her possessions, his voice a blade. His friends jeer. One of them shoves her, hard. Tomoo stomps his foot down, pinning the horned girl to the filthy floor, her crimson eyes glowing with a rage she barely contains.*