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| - Elfen Lied has a dangerous race of mutants as protagonists. They are, while somewhat sympathetic, just plain Ax Crazy. However, the most despicable beings in this series seems to be the Humans themselves.
* The Unknown Man from the manga is indisputably one of these. In order to find our protagonist, he crafted a radar system made from a silpelit who was still alive. In order to make sure that she wouldn't use her powers against him, he also built a tank for her which would keep her in a constant state of excruciating pain. He also felt it would be a shame to let said diclonius' body go to waste, so he, in no grey terms, raped her. Finally, just when you think this guy couldn't get any more repulsive, he attempts to rape Mayu. Needless to say, when Bandou shows up and kicks his ass, followed by Lucy unceremoniously tearing him in half, it's quite satisfying.
* Director Kakuzawa was the head of the research facility that experimented on the Diclonii. Kakuzawa was defined by his extreme hatred of humanity, and his wishing to become a god. In order for this to happen, he had planned on having Lucy mate with her half-brother, the result of his rape of her mother and having offspring through her. He would then use said offspring to wipe out the entire human race, and he would ultimately recreate the world in his own image, thus becoming a god. It's also shown that he commits several vile acts on his fellow man and is extremely callous to the suffering that he throws onto them. He's also shown as being a terrible parent to his children. He was shown expressing apathy over the death of his eldest son, and he also sees nothing wrong with using his children to extend his goals, as noted above with his younger son. While Kakuzawa does arguably show affection for his daughter, Anna, to the point of having ensured her survival from the experiment he turned her into back in the day, it's ultimately shown that he's so far gone and inhumane in the present day that he views her as a prized experiment and nothing more.
* Mayu's stepfather qualifies big time. He is a child molester who loved to sexually humiliate her, and it's shown he went as far as to sodomize her. He gets no comeuppance for this, as it's only shown in flashbacks.
* Nousou narrowly escapes this category due to seemingly showing regret for his actions and then getting an Alas, Poor Villain moment when he is killed before he can atone for what he did. However, whether or not that regret came from actual remorse towards his victims or just curiosity over the benefits of a different approach is left ambiguous, so him bordering on this trope's territory even at the moment of his demise is a possibility.
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