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| Ok this now feels like dramaturgy with Lain losing her real self and this other personas of Lain just taking over her life:( I despise this smile. It soo uncanny.  (I think this smile's a meme as well) It is absolutely true that you can pretend to be something you aren't on the internet. Damn this anime is so relevant. |
-Facktack-Jan 22, 2022 9:23 AM
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| damn did the thing that happened to her sister just happened to lain?? also it seems like lain got full control over wired, that she can do anything she want on it, so basically she's like the god of wired... or internet.. if you think about it, lain is really a dangerous individual, like what they said, they share a lot of information through wired, and if she has full control of it like we see, she can literally ruin a persons life.. but she got two personalities, the one in wired and the real world lain.. and wired lain is starting to takeover her real world life |
| that bit with all the dolls was creepy as hell, I feel like I'm starting to understand more kinda- still just plain confused by the whole knights thing tho |
| This episode felt a bit different. |
| What's the deal with her parents -- it's creepy. I also feel bad for Lain Lain's character predicted that everyone is always on their phones in class lol. So Lain is "god" and is able to delete people's memories, but by doing so she loses he identity. idk but that's what I'm getting. |
| "If I am still aware of my existence, then I'm still real" Portraying the feeling of loneliness, emptiness, and the feeling of betrayal, the use of camera shots and ambiance sound are wonderful. Lain "many personalities" could be metaphorical for people acting differently on the internet, when your fake personality got praised and your true self gets lost. While in Sayonara Eri, it's a movie in a movie, in SEL, It's just like living the real world in a simulation. A wonderful episode. |
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| SEL be like: Episode 1-3: No bread crumbs to the story, but it’s intriguing Episode 4-7: bread crumbs here and there Episode 8: Fuck it, here’s the whole loaf of bread XD Edit: I posted this before watching episode 9, but I’ll leave it up for everyone to laugh at lol |
ClaireBear86Aug 1, 2022 10:39 PM
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| 5 starts it was amazing |
| The wired world is real, and the real world is fake! What is real? Who is Lain? Who am I? Is it all the same? Are there no boundaries between the real world and the wired? Is everything not on fire, but fire is on things?? I'm guessing that by the end, everyone will be sharing all the information ever with everyone else, essentially making the entire human race as one collective mind, individual humans will cease to exist, this new hive mind will become 'god', and then make their own species to toy around with, making their own reality, in which the delivery guy finally gets it on with lonely housewife. Anyway, I'm cranking this sh*t up to 2x speed |
  NYANPASU  5700XT |
| I finally understand But the pacing is really slow and it's too boring |
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| Seems like lain has bitten more than she can chew, serves her right tbh. |
 Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
| very interesting. and more mistakes in the finnish sub "tiedo" instead of "tieto" |
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| This episode was a masterclass in creating an uneasy feeling of paranoia and schizophrania, the scenes of everyone staring at lain with disdain was so unnerving alongside the even more abrupt scene transitions to create a disorienting feel that made us really feel as confused as lain is especially with how they conveyed the information to us why everyone is so digusted with lain. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| This feels like a Matrix anime so far, I hope the end will be nice |
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| So, from what I could understand, Lain is being used as an alias by anonymous internet users to spew their own toxic bullshit (I could be 100% wrong here and I fully acknowledge it) And yes, the ending left me with even more questions. "Lain is Lain, and I am me.".... Maybe Lain has split personality disorder. Or the internet personas took the place of Lain in real life. I clearly don't know and just fidgeting with odds and ends. Let's see in the forthcoming episodes... |
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| Stuck in the backrooms. |
| I love that scene with the dolls. |
| is lain going through some kind of identity dissociation? |
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| Wooooow, it seems that in the 90s predicted the internet privacy issue... But turning back on the episode, damn it was creepy and unfair, it seems we are going towards some depressed and philosofical shit stuff. I like it |
| I got uncomfortable watching this episode, literally 24 minutes of people looking into your soul. |
| yes. |
| Yeah Lain is all gone in the head. I like the answer above ^ |
| This anime climaxs so hard. It has multiple interpretations for each episode. Watching Lain's "parents" deadazz stare at her when she jokes about someone saying something about them not being her real parents. CHillin. |
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waalex11Jul 24, 2023 11:34 PM
| 😢 i feel bad for lain |
三 刀 流 炎 无 |
| Dude what is going on |
| lain is lain and i am me |
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