

In special episode 10.5 of Elfen Lied anime, there was a scene where Lucy was
together with a girl in a school. Who was that girl? A friend? And why did she
want to protect her? I thought Lucy hated all humans and wanted to kill them!

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5Vnp3.jpg)


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Who was this girl by Lucy in special episode 10.5?


She is [Aiko Takada](http://elfen-lied.wikia.com/wiki/Aiko_Takada).

Five years after murdering Kouta's family, Lucy (or Kaede as her original name
was) went around killing and infecting humans. Aiko Takada was responsible for
inadvertently stopping Kaede from going on another rampage when she was
accidentally hit by a soccer ball.

Aiko is the second girl after [the unnamed Orphanage Girl](http://elfen-
lied.wikia.com/wiki/Orphanage_Girl) who befriended Kaede. In the anime, when
Kaede revealed her horns to Aiko, Aiko found them cool, like how Kouta did
back then. She is also a pivotal point in Kaede's/Lucy's life as

> Kurama shot Aiko by mistake when she tried to protect Kaede. Kaede then
> agreed to go with Kurama to the Diclonius Research Institute because he
> promised that Aiko could be saved. Later in the facility, he reported to her
> that Aiko died, leading to Kaede/Lucy hating Kurama for breaking his words
> and planning to kill all his loved ones while leaving him alive like what he
> did to her with Aiko (as Kaede/Lucy considers Aiko a loved one of hers).


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