Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device having a display region including a plurality of pixels, comprising:

• a liquid crystal layer extending at least in said display region;
• first and second substrates affixed to each other so as to sandwich said liquid crystal layer therebetween;
• and
• a pair of polarization plates disposed so as to sandwich said first and second substrates therebetween,
• said first substrate being provided with a pixel electrode corresponding to each of said plurality of pixels,
• said second substrate being provided with a counter electrode so as to face said pixel electrode,
• a first alignment film being disposed on a surface of said pixel electrode, said surface being a surface facing said liquid crystal layer,
• a second alignment film disposed on a surface of said counter electrode, said surface being a surface facing said liquid crystal layer,
• said pixels each including a plurality of domains having different combinations of alignment directions of said first and second alignment films,
• said pixel electrode having a slit group along at least a part of an outline of said pixel electrode and in the vicinity of said outline, and
• of all sides of respective outlines of said plurality of domains, sides constituting the outline of said pixel electrode are domain sides, and said slit group is provided along said domain side toward which an end of a liquid crystal molecule is directed, said end of the liquid crystal molecule being an end thereof oriented toward said second substrate, by said first alignment film and said second alignment film, in a central region along a thickness direction of said liquid crystal layer.