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Meronpan_Chan said: same with meI can't stop watching this. I don't understand much yet, but it's strangely interesting. |
| I really shouldn't watch this in the middle of the night with the lights off. That "girl" with the weird face really, REALLY creeps me out. |
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| "the wired shouldn't interfere with the real world" heh |
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| i like shows that give me the creeps. and this is one of them. UnoPuntoCinco said: "the wired shouldn't interfere with the real world" heh everytime they say "the wired" i cant help but think of the wire though. |
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| dat bear suit |
| I swear, at the end of this series I'm going to just kill my self |
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| "no matter where you go, everyones connected" huh? interesting episode, lots of questions |
| Lain's got a double personality, whether it's a conscious change or not. Sorta confirmed at this point with the multiple hints from her friends and the obvious change to her voice at the end of the episode. She's also incredibly involved with the suicides, which we now know are related to the Wired infiltrating the real world. She may even be the one causing people to kill themselves, hence the almost guilty hallucinations she has about them. But her regular self has little knowledge of this, especially with the way she acted towards the mail from Chisa-chan. Really interesting so far. Still many questions to be answered. Hope the series will deliver. |
| Whoa... Much better episode, but still mind-boggling. I have to agree that it sure seems like Lain has two different personalities. So strange, and yet, I'm enjoying it and can't wait to find out where it all leads! ★ 4/5 |
| Amainzing amirite. Very hooked! |
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| This is so exciting! I love how everything's so mysterious! *~* And omg, I really need that nano particle. My exam's are almost here, it might accelerate my brains xD Just kidding. Like this episode a lot. Things just got more twisted! B| |
| And wait, Asian parents don't usually kiss that passionately in front of their child e.e In fact, they don't even kiss in front of their kids. I grew up and knew from my friends how kids arrive on this planet. My parents...well, let's leave 'em xD |
| This was better than the first episode . |
| I'm guessing Lain is more than who she appears to be. There's a guy who keeps saying "present day" in the beginning. I guess that Lain is part of a bigger organization and that guy was fucked over. |
| 臭い- |
| ok, i think i kinda get it...i think in this post futuristic world the dead are sent to that wired thing, and somehow alive people can be contacted by them through it...it kinda made me curious 5/5 |
Sayonara,papa! "Just how a mirror reflects you,people will also reflect your heart." ~Athena Glory,Aria "Whatever happens,happens" ~Spike Spiegel's thoughts on dying(Cowboy Bebop) |
| This is a dark series, it was interesting and different. Though, I don't understand that man that Lain keeps seeing and what's going on there. And also, why do we need the voiceless text for on a different background? |
| Numbuh 3, you've got to get off the couch, you cannot sit in that tree house, girl you like Rainbow Monkeys so grab your little shit and then swing! Hand tracks be tracking me to different doorways. In a maze, and I don't know what to do. Guaranteed though, Ima find the emeralds. "TURN THAT JAPANESE SHIT OFF OR I'LL PUT YOU THROUGH THE FUCKING WALL!" |
| Better than the first episode but that's not saying much. Lain seriously needs to get some better friends, most of their conversation consist of talking shit about her RIGHT IN front of her. |
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| WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?? Tyestor said: This series is fucking retarded. I second that. |
| Eh I don't like how the tech looks. In the first place, I'm not a tech person. But it can't be helped, it's an old series. Only a year older than me. Man the characters are annoying me already. Lain is always staring at stuff, too. That bothers me, tho she's still better than others. Lol that reminded me that I need to upgrade my pc soon, too. As slow as ever. I just hope I remain interested in it until it gets a bit more exciting. I don't like Lain's friends. The last few seconds were interesting. Also I hate the ED song, the singer sounds dead. |
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| I essentially have no idea what's going on, but the presentation and surreality is strangely attractive. It draws you in somehow. |
| Multiple personality or is Lain a clone? |
 Novels I have read/am reading pending approval: since November 10 2022 |
| Even more freaked out by Lain that's for sure. I'm wandering if it really was her, thou it wouldn't make any sense (is it useful or even possible to talk about sense within this series?) it was her cause i don't think she's dealing with memory loss issues. Still, loved how out of everything she was when compared to her friends, kinda reminds me of myself in a sense. I can't believe the last minutes of this episode, i was like WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?!? MOOOOVE!?!?! i was so worried and having the guy commit suicide was wicked. On to the next one. |
 SEIZON SENRYAKU: Hungry 100% of the time.Vzla-IT |
| Still so many questions but I think I understand more than I did after ep 1. Lain is somehow connected to the Wired and she seems to be unaware of the fact. These Accela pills also are related to the Wired. Maybe it allows you to see how everyone is connected like Lain said at the end of the episode. Lain seems to have two different personalities and may be the same person their friends saw. I'm really interested. I hope I'll be able to understand it without looking it up. |
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| What was I supposed to be doing writing all that? ... Was he "chatting" with "someone" ... maybe with his "imaginary friend"?  Or maybe it was just the computer trying to find Mails. (Although he was heard typing) |
FireCrauterApr 2, 2018 1:25 AM
| Wow what an episode! Lots of mind fuckery. Some of the animation really does remind me of the original Ghost in the Shell. Lain getting that top of the line Navi at that time. It's like getting a GTX 1080ti in current days. It's amazing how technology has evolved in the last 20 years. So now Lain may have unconsciously doing stuff?! Could it be that by the end of this show. She will be the goddess of the net world! Lots of speculations!! Can't wait for the next one! |
| Probably the most weird show i've ever seen and will see... But first i've to finish the season. |
| This episode was so strange and ambiguous that it left me with the intrigue to know what will happen later. This series shows that it will be a bit difficult to understand, but still I will continue to see it. Strangely it catch me. |
| amongst everything, Lain is sure cute in her bear suit. |
| I don't seem to understand this anime, just like the OP song xD Everyone are connected indeed, but he died though.. Does this mean he's still connected like the first episode girl who suicided? |
Rayl1ghtApr 14, 2019 3:49 AM
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| Liking this episode better than the first. Still not sure what is going on, but the wired world seems to have an AI or something that is affecting the real world...maybe? 4/5 |
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| No idea what the f**k is going on still ;w; but sticking with the series in hope of a plot revelation soon. |
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| I.am.so.confused. Lain's eyes were quite creepy. And that guy hiding in the pole is scary. So the girl that looks like Lain, is another person pretending to be her or is it really Lain? Lain's mother and sister are very odd. |
  ★━━─ 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺? |
| She's being followed by strangers and her first visit to Cyberia was a very unpleasant one indeed but at least she has her own top-of-the-line Navi to enjoy her virtual experience in the Wired even more now. It's really weird how she just casually talked to that guy who's probably mistaken her for her lookalike even when he had a gun pointed at her head like that. It somehow worked though so it's good kek I agree with how strange Lain's mother and sister acts towards her. It's as if they don't want to have anything to do with her most of the time. It's probably because of how aloof she is but they're not helping in improving the situation by doing the exact same thing on purpose. |
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| "No matter where you go, everyone is connected." Disturbingly accurate. Well, things sure didn't take their time in getting confusing already. Still a rather intriguing episode tho. Particularly wondering how relevant this Accela "drug" will be for the plot. Guess by now that Lain has become some sort of "bridge" between the real world and the Wired and that's why those creepy-ass men in suit are following her. Pretty sure she was also at that club the night before but for some reason (her entering the Wired and being a different persona there, maybe?), she can't remember having gone. |
| why so quiet? why so serious? |
| “Life is a constant process of dying.” |
| "HE'S GOT A GUN" ( everyone panics ) Those last few minutes went straight Walmart Avoid-Deny-Defend training. Lain evidently never paid attention despite having to do the training every 3 got dang months. And yeah, I still have no idea what's going on. |
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