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Following a young man as he studies to become a Psychologist and his attempts to cure a beautiful young girl of her crippling depression, Shi ni Itaru Yamai is a Psychological drama with mild horror undertones. Be warned, it's a sappy romance.

As any Psychological series should, it gets you thinking about society, humanity and your own moral values. While it has it's errors (for one, the heroine's hair is whitish blue because she's stressed by her life), for some the manga may serve as educational on the topic of mental disorders, as the Protagonist explains each of the disorders the woman he is treating is ... afflicted by. Most of these facts are true.

Most of them.

I can't say I definitely recommend Shi ni Itaru Yamai for just anyone, because quite frankly it's cheesy, unrealistic at times, and reading it made me feel it lacked substance. I also must add that there are a few controversies following the hero's actions throughout the series, though I can't say what since they're so crucial to the story.

However, if you're a big fan of the Psychological genre (like me), I recommend at least checking it out. I have to say it was a decently pleasant experience, especially since there are not many series which don't paint therapy in an antagonizing manner.

Elfen Lied is a very confusing anime, to say the least. The characters were not very detailed, there was an excess of unnecessary fan-service and the animation was very poorly done. Still, it had an incredibly unique story that I don't think shared any similarities or tropes with other popular fiction of the time and It's worth a watch or two. I feel it would have been better if it had focused more on the Drama genre, rather than throwing in the completely out-of-place borderline sex scenes and Black Comedy values. I felt they could have taken it in a much better direction, maybe fleshed ... out the plot a bit better and maybe it wouldn't have been such a joke.