After the suicide of a student named Chisa Yomoda, her schoolmates start receiving strange posthumous emails from Chisa on the web - or Wired. A truly complex character and an incredible example of a character who goes through their own unique struggles and develops from it. I thought of her other selves as maybe the different facets of the human soul, though Lain's emerging ego narrowed her personality to 3, shy Lain, Wired Lain, and Dark Lain, and finally just one personality by the end of the story. She even reminds Lain that Lain herself has a body by making her bleed (even though it was unintentional). Her physical body has been completely neglected and her home has turned to ruin. Hey everyone, back again with a more serious article this time, looking at the character of Lain in Serial Experiments Lain. My understanding is that she is basically a collective representation of the humanity. Enraged, Eiri manifests the power he has in the real world and attacks. It lets you into the mind of Lain and lets you understand more about her. Eiri identified her existence on the Wired and gave her a true physical body. Evil Lain is the one that smiles and laughs diabolically. She is the true God who came to replace Eiri once he was revealed to be the false god – the placeholder god for the true god (goddess in this case). These kind of works are more transcendant than narratives existing outside of your perception. (These rumors are untrue, but they're particularly hurtful because Alice does have a serious crush on this teacher. EDIT 2: Thank you everyone for your support. The writers even had to write her name 3 different ways to avoid any confusion. Whatever people remember to have happened is what actually happened. If you wanna discuss Lain with me more here I'd be more than happy to as well. I don't know that SEL is polarizing but I know no matter what there are going to be people that don't like a show for whatever reason (even for a show like Legend of the Galactic Heroes or Ping Pong). Open in app; Facebook; Tweet; Reddit; Mail; Embed; Permalink Serial Experiments Lain predicted the direction our society was heading back in 1998. In the end she commits the ultimate selfless sacrifice (which ironically is also selfish in a way) by making herself permanently lonely. throughout the entire series. This reasoning is achieved through understanding that Protocol 7 was achieved through the Earth’s own electronic resonances and that Lain herself is a product of Protocol 7, or a manifestation of it. Because in the end Protocol 7 caused more problems than it solved and Lain decided to rectify that. His goal, using the Knights as his tools, is to merge the Wired with the real world. My opinion is that Lain is a manifestation of Protocol 7, though I am still unsure of whether to think she was created by Eiri or came into existence of her own accord. Right now I am going to look at the most important people in Lain’s life, specifically. (Topic ID: 1430915) That said, well done, I look forward to reading more! Most of the things you saw that "made sense" in the anime are what exactly happens but the concepts and derivative themes of the show go through a much bigger rabbit hole that do not necessarily tie themselves to any events. With the invention of the Wired, she was awakened. She uses his image as a comforting thing. This is my first in hopefully many articles so I hope you enjoy it. Lastly I feel like it’s important to look at the relationships Lain has to some of htr friends and family and the other less noble characters in the show (to put it lightly). Commenting because I can't save posts on mobile. After the suicide of a student named Chisa Yomoda, her schoolmates start receiving strange posthumous emails from Chisa on the web - or Wired. See, that’s what the app is perfect for. Shōnen has Neon Genesis Evangelion, Shōjo has Revolutionary Girl Utena, and seinen has Lain.Directed by Ryūtarō Nakamura and written by Chiaki Konaka, the show takes an … Thank you very much! Except Alice. Thanks for reading, and remember to love Lain. But we’re not exactly done with defining who she is; we still have to look at her personality(s). My friend told me that a lot of those long shots in the AMV were pretty much what the show was like. Lain is a curious anime. Lain Iwakura suffers from Dissociative identity Disorder (aka Multiple Personality Disorder) in the show as evidenced by her appearance in Cyberia as well as the switch when she is talking to the Men in Black’s Boss – the explanation for this is that the Wired is breaking into reality thus making it easier for Lain of the Wired (and Evil Lain) to take over Lain Iwakura’s body in times of extreme stress. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, http://myanimelist.net/animelist/zerojustice315, http://www.anime-planet.com/users/shutaro, http://myanimelist.net/animelist/hangedre, http://myanimelist.net/animelist/RamblinRichard, http://myanimelist.net/animelist/academician. So that’s it. Since she is made of the human mind, her ability to alter memories is completely explained. These are Eiri's former employers and they continue to maintain the code running the Wired. Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Her father was a worker for the creator of the wired(Eri), and once he finished his job with taking care of Lain, they just left her. We also have keep in mind that "altering memories" is, in terms of Lain's setting, the same thing as altering reality itself. With the game’s continuity of Lain being 11 years old and aging into a 14 year old girl it’s even harder to pin down an exact date that Lain may have been created; it’s also possible that she has always been, but has not always existed in a human form. Might get downvoted to hell for this, but just putting this out there, I watched the whole thing, was one of the most boring animes I have watched, only Naruto/Bleach have really made me more bored. This means pretty clearly that Lain at least shares some THOUGHTS with Evil Lain, if not the outright desire to cause chaos. Lain demonstrates this by playing track 44 … This is my first in hopefully many articles so I hope you enjoy it. Lain Iwakura is the main protagonist of Serial Experiments Lain. I've only watched the show once and didn't do much research into the show for various reasons but most important; its a piece of art. After introducing Lain to her potential, he strikes the biggest blow: He tries to get Alice to turn on Lain. Nonetheless, its interesting to read others perspectives once you've created your own. This version of Lain is horribly cruel and Lain’s voice actress even purposely voiced her like an evil villain. However later on Masami Eiri calls her a “human of artificial ribosomes”. Human flesh, human friends, human family. Lain is such a dense character that you could write papers on her alone even completely ignoring the show’s other messages. I apologize if this sounds completely unrelated. Some of this is to forward their plan of raising consciousness of the Wired as something just as real as the offline world. That and trying to pad out the episodes. We see her early on in episode 4 manipulating reality around her by breaking the Men in Black’s scanners only by shouting at them to go away. See, that’s what the app is perfect for. 08.23.2018 10.17.2018 TWWK Anime anime, Lain, lain20th, Serial Experiments Lain 3 thoughts on “ Serial Experiments Lain Revisited: Episode 05 ” JeskaiAngel More importantly she’s the one who loved Lain without worshipping her. She struggles with this to an extreme degree, however. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Press J to jump to the feed. But you need a lot of patience and the ability to accept that not everything will be clearly explained. Lain also struggles with several problems beyond loneliness. Eiri has the same basic goal as the Knights, merging the Wired and the real world, but is more focused on Lain. Looking for information on the anime Serial Experiments Lain? It's really hard to explain. She has no fear of death either, finding it amusing when Lain is “committing suicide”. As was stated before most of Lain’s family isn’t very supportive. They are working to remove Eiri's code from the Wired, and the Men in Black keep Lain under observation. I’ve said everything I can think to say on Lain in… quite a lot of words I think. At first it may seem like her father is a supportive character; he seems to be the only one that Lain has any interest in talking to in the family and even warns Lain against the dangers of mixing the Wired and Reality. Still haven't finished this yet, so I should get to watching it again before I read this. He even breaks the rule of not saying good bye to Lain when the family is supposed to leave her. I think there is a good argument for comparing this show to Jesus Christ. I watched Lain anyway and was hooked. This also brings up several interesting questions about religion, but that should be saved for a later article. It's sort of hinted at that wired/Lain is in some ways her "ideal" personality - a reflection, maybe, of how she wishes she could be stronger and more willing to act in her own life. Since the wired contains and supports the sum of human communication, it became like a medium of the human unconscious itself. Eventually the Men in Black execute all the members of the Knights, but are betrayed by their employer, who seems to have wanted the Knights removed but is interested in the potential of Eiri's long-term goals. Which particular works generate followings, how dedicated those followings are, and how long they persist for tends to say a lot about the current cultural climate of the Internet at any given time, as does the perception of a particular fandom by it’s non-members. Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna But much like NGE and Utena, it's a show with many questions and few complete answers. She craves human contact. Serial Experiments Lain isn't science fiction, but Magical Realism. For the first anime of the series, I brought Serial Experiments Lain.. Also crossposted to my LJ, here: moronokimi.live... My first entry in this blog will be the standard of figure blogs--a detailed figure review. This is her online personality – in the real world she would be hiding behind a username or an anonymous tag and using this persona to live out her desire to act in a way she never could in real life. If Lain is software like Eiri stated then she would be the actual embodiment of Protocol 7, which came about due to the human unconscious trying to become the active human conscious. By the end of the show it’s pretty clear that she is a God in some way shape or form. If he is to be believed (which is up for debate) Lain was his own product. I love the show and love the character. Follow along as fourteen year old Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly looses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected … In the video game, when Lain’s father went on a business trip, she built a robot replica of him because she didn’t know when he was coming back. Alice, Eiri and all the others now live in a world where Lain never was. But more importantly there are tons of diary entries written by Lain and you get to see how she acts within the context of that particular setting. In the end of the show it turns out that he did love her even though he never enjoyed “playing house”. Just in case that sort of thing bothers you. thank you for your explanation my appreciation for the series has increased now that it's a lot clearer. There's been a true God behind this all along. Only a few episodes into the show, she has a gigantic computer and knows exactly what kinds of parts she needs to install to make it more powerful (even if it is a jury-rig, as Tarou suggests when he visits). Extremely intriguing read! The bad girl, the wild child, the bossy and sassy Lain. She is much more adult than Lain Iwakura as well – she appears well dressed for a club and talks to people probably twice her age as if she is their superior. Lain also gets extremely attached to Alice, getting distraught when Alice suggests that Lain may not be having fun. Hey everyone, back again with a more serious article this time, looking at the character of Lain in Serial Experiments Lain. It’s important to also look at her other personalities, first with Lain of the Wired. Another part of what I loved about Lain was the atmosphere - how the show used silence and space to great effect. I believe she is Protocol 7 though because she is part of the collective unconscious and her powers are more easily explained when you take into account the breakdown of reality and the Wired merging together. This is the exact opposite of Lain Iwakura. Before I saw Lain, someone showed me this AMV of it which won the AMV award for comedy at Anime Expo back in 2002. This personality is, as said before, a complete opposite of the shy introverted girl known as Lain Iwakura. I don't want to seem as though I only respond to positive feedback either so I will say that I while I don't necessarily agree that Lain is BORING to watch I do find it pretty difficult at some points. So Lain removes herself completley from everyone’s memories, even Alice’s. While the story gives us a lot of hints as to what might be going on, nothing is ever explicitly explained. For fans of more fast-paced or straight-forward series, it may not be the right show for you. Hello everyone, I'm /u/zerojustice315. Everyone is cold and distant to each other and the interactions are mostly at face value, as you would see on the internet in real life. The purpose of this article will be to explain who Lain is as a person and go over her personality, her strengths, her flaws, her goals, and relationships within the show. An analysis of the philosophy embedded in the cult classic, Serial Experiments Lain. However thanks to the blurring of the lines between reality and the Wired it’s hard to say how much of Protocol 7 is actually a machine and how much is the actual human mind. It really means a lot to me. Eiri had previously been an engineer on the technology foundational to the Wired, and he included special code to integrate his personality and memories into the network. See how the machinery breaks through the house's wall in the later episodes, and how new wires spontaneously attach themselves to the house to provide electricity for it all. This event awakens Lain's interest in computers. She’s a compulsive liar, especially in the video games. His physical body committed suicide. We also see evidence of Lain’s omnipresence from episode 1 where she leaves the train and ends up in her house, her school, a subway station, and the train tracks (which may also be indicative of her time travel). STM32F072V8T6. MCU: ARM CortexM0. Mid acrylic layer is divided into two, left and right. When the Lain duplicate's interference is revealed, Alice believes Lain has betrayed her trust and Lain is emotionally devastated. She’s also extremely depressed when she is lonely or if she feels like she is causing trouble for someone. Head over to r/lain and you can download the diary entries from the video game as a pdf. As I wrote that post I was filled with joy for knowing Lain will soon be available in Blu-ray form in the U.S. At the same time I was also worried of the pos?ibility that FUNimation will just slap the very old Geneon Entertainment DVDs onto a Blu-ray disc. Which leaves us with… her father. 1 History 2 Serial Experiments Lain 3 Credits 4 Citations In January 2017 … But at some point it almost seems like Yasuo Iwakura is more interested to see what Lain will do with her Navi. The way to look at the video game is taking Lain Iwakura and dropping her into some completely different circumstances - she has a therapist, she starts at age 11 as opposed to age 14, and the layout of her house is different. Episodes are called “levels.” Warning… the opening scene of episode one is a girl committing suicide by jumping from a building. :). This is why I love SEL. No need to solder components! Edit: I appear to have replied to a comment, not made an entirely new comment. Lain’s personality is also extremely hard to define. (Lain's parents were revealed to be actors, hired either by Eiri or Tachibana Labs to care for her temporarily.) It's intentionally a bit ambiguous and open to interpretation. She eventually realizes that she has more power than him and defeats him and his own ideals because he became too greedy and tried to go against Lain’s massive power. This duplicate is a feared hacker on the Wired and has at least some capacity to alter memories. Evil Lain could manifest in Cyberia because of the music played that alters the perception of reality. She constantly rushed to Lain’s side when Lain was in a touch position while Reika and Juri stood by on the side. The Knights, partially on behalf of Eiri and partially for their own motivations, create a virtual duplicate/aspect of Lain and use it as a tool for furthering their goals of pushing the Wired into the real world. This was an awfully interesting read! The most important thing to note about Evil Lain is Lain Iwakura’s line of dialog in which she states that Evil Lain is “all the parts she hates about herself”. Some of the entries are only one line. I'm too tired to give a full write up, but I would suggest read a few of the "Theories of Lain" and watch the show again. Details File Size: 1550KB Duration: 1.600 sec Dimensions: 494x498 Created: 3/12/2020, 11:39:11 AM EDIT: Thank you for the gold! Serial Experiments Lain Acclaimed artist Yoshitoshi ABe (Haibane Renmei, Texhnolyze) brings to life the existential classic that paved the way for blockbuster films such as The Matrix. 1 Summary 2 Introduction 3 Synopsis 4 Gallery 5 Trivia Lain is ready to give her entire physical being and become one with the Wired itself.
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