Doctor Nousou was a minor antagonist in the series Elfen Lied, appearing only in the later manga chapters. An expert and genius in genetic engineering, he worked at the island facility of Director Kakuzawa, and at his orders, bred over one thousand clones of the most powerful Diclonius, Mariko Kurama. Only four of these were viable. Most were horribly deformed and disfigured, and led horrid short lives before being harvested for body parts. The four who met his standards were fitted with control devices and were under this influence devoted to him. An arrogant, cold, smart-ass, he had the odd (and probably dietarily unrealistic) habit of eating only pocky candy sticks. But Director Kakuzawa called Nousou to account, first sacrificing one of his four perfect clones as a test, then sending h