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| I cant wait for the final episode |
| Lain and Arisu didn't kiss. 1/10 anime. Was hoping for some hot steamy action when "god" told them to "connect" Next and final episode probably: Lain becomes "god", dominates the entire world and rewrites history, probably |
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| confusion upon confusion |
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| Let's all love Lain. |
| i still dont understand this lol |
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| god didnt know about God , yikes |
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waalex11Jul 25, 2023 1:16 AM
| The most understandable episode of Lain yet lmao |
| eerie and unnerving at least theres no jumpscares |
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| oof, classic obstinate atheist rage |
| In a way it is correct to think we're all data. We're all just memories making memories of each other. In that sense it made sense for there to be so many different Lain's as they're the Lain's people remember her as. |
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| Stellar episode, a lot more easier to understand imo and honesty that made the ep feel a lot more hooking and exciting for me. Well, the first segment was a bit of a mind fuck, Eiri Masami's monologue had a lot to unravel. What i took away was something to do with human evolution being stunted, and him creating the 7th gen as a means to push humanity's evolution again? Which equates to creating a collection consciousness? I liked the Black suits scene, shame it feels like it's their last scene and still feels like a number of unanswered questions about them. So they're "client" pays them but the entire time they interpreted their relationship as mutual and not a service, feeling like they got backstabbed from it. They then ask, "What happens next" since it was clear they were cutting ties, and this client gives the most down to earth prepare for actual nuclear fallout dystopian response ever, "I suppose a place with no power lines that isn't covered by a satellite." This line right here i think made it crystal clear just how fucked the situation was, and like the Black suits response, it would be almost impossible to find such a place since EVERYTHING on earth has probably got a man made signal going through it in their universe. The question the other member proposed answered many more questions about the show, "What are you planning to do, by connecting the Wired to the real world without any devices?" Pretty much confirming Eiri Masami's work has gone into full effect and the client was helping cultivate Eiri's original work to break the barrier between the Wired and the real world. The next scene is probably one of the most Kino scenes in the show by far imo, the first member having a fit and the second member zooming into his eyes to see Lain herself IN his eyes, then what follows is the first dude looking drier then a raisin and the second one start panicking and only to see fucking cyber ghost spectres walking towards him probably giving him the same fate as the first guy. Fucked up end for the two but man imo it's such a cool horror sci fi idea, just cyber ghost spectres from the internet breaking into reality, such a wild dystopian idea that i fuck with hard. Arisu takes matters in her own hands, I'm honestly curious how Lain's how house got so trashed since Lain herself was probably hooked up to the Wired for months. Mika still(?) being in the house is worrying and sad, still no real concrete answers to what happened to her, and the idea that her parent's just ditched her there while they ran away to prepare for doomsday feels fucked. I really liked some of the dialogue between Arisu and Lain in this ep. Lain clears the misunderstanding and says she really wanted to help Arisu as, "You were my friends, even without connecting with me, Arisu." and one thing leads to another and Lain gives Arisu a big, "I love you." which i couldn't help but aww at. The next scene of Arisu despite everything she's been through, still put some faith in Lain and their friendship and show her some compassion was so so sweet. So besides the heart-warming reunion between the two, this scene also felt like it had a boat load of answers with it. Lain reveals all humans at one stage were, "connected at an unconscious level" and she herself "reconnected" them all saying she is a program designed to destroy the barriers. This explains so much shit about what Lain actually is and her essence, i think it's safe to say she's akin to an A.I and Eiri Masami was her creator. I really liked her explanation of people being "applications" in this process, it kinda gives me the mental image of how people are starting to blend into the Wired because they're loosing their "barriers" that keep them contained as separate applications. And we have Eiri Masami come in to fuck everything up but get royally denied which was great to see. Lain talks back to him and hits him with a, "Who gave you those rights?" and starts questioning his authority which strikes a nerve, "Did you really come up with the idea by yourself?" making Eiri slowly admitting that there might be a God, before fucking forcing himself into the real world. Some other quotes like "You're just an acting God, standing in for someone who was waiting for the wired to reach its current state." are interesting since they can imply Eiri's place in the Wired, or even the world in fact, was that of a place holder and planned by either another organisation or a high consciousness. I also found it interesting how Lain said, "The Wired isn't an upper layer of the real world." which could be interpreted as her saying the Wired isn't Heaven or what come's after the real world, which can make a lot more of the context of the show a bit more interesting. The next scene was pretty fucking cool, Eiri becoming this abomination of human flesh and machine giving me Akira vibes before Lain uses her powers to stuff him back into the pocket dimension. What i've mostly taking away from this episode is, Lain's true essence, how the world's doing (it's not looking good) and Eiri Masami end Goal besides trying to become a God. Eiri, from my understanding, essentially wants to push human evolution and create this End of Evangelion global Instrumentality joint consciousness esc situation centred in the Wired, he created Lain's programming to break that barrier but now Lain' is becoming self aware of herself and rejecting his authority. |
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| “Let's all love Lain” I can agree with that but with the good Lain tho. Sorry dude but you were merely covering for the real god. |
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