User Recommendations for DARLING in the FRANXX

Though one is a mecha anime and the other takes place in the present day, both are love stories about an ordinary young man and a mysterious pink-haired girl with horns. Both girls are formidable monsters from a research facility who are a threat to humanity. As the series go on, the main characters' backstories seem more and more similar.

- Despite the very different exterior persona, inside, Zero Two is very similar to Lucy from Elfen Lied in many ways. If you related to or liked Zero Two, you will probably find comfort in the character of Lucy too. - Both characters also go through a lot of trauma and pain due to standing out, not fitting in - Both are powerful and have amazing fighting scenes - Both animes represent a deeply rooted dystopian world in symbolic and thought-provoking ways However, beware that Elfen Lied is a gore horror, and so takes a more directly drastic approach than Darling in the Franxx in representing their dark themes

Both animes are about violent pink haired girls with horns who only care about one person and have no regard for anyone else