Should I give this a rewatch?

Pyro said:
Looking at your favorites and all your scores, I don't really see much that would indicate you'd enjoy Lain. There's the original GitS, but you criticize it for being slow as well.

Tbh, I think Lain is too artsy, muted and out there for you since you seem to greatly prefer more conventional anime. Lain is anything but conventional, so it's not for everyone. If you want something that's relatively of similar style and tone, then I think Ergo Proxy, Perfect Blue, and Kaiba might be a better experience for you.

Pyro said:
Looking at your favorites and all your scores, I don't really see much that would indicate you'd enjoy Lain. There's the original GitS, but you criticize it for being slow as well.

Tbh, I think Lain is too artsy, muted and out there for you since you seem to greatly prefer more conventional anime. Lain is anything but conventional, so it's not for everyone. If you want something that's relatively of similar style and tone, then I think Ergo Proxy, Perfect Blue, and Kaiba might be a better experience for you.

Frogdude59 said:
I think it depends on how you watched it the first time. I watched it subbed the first time and probably half of it never made sense to me. I just started rewatching it English dubbed and the dubbing filled in a lot of holes that I missed in the subbed.

Apolygon2 said:
So, to give you some background, I originally watched this around 2 and a half years ago, and was Bored out of my mind while watching it. After looking at some youtube videos, I Remember being impressed by the story, which I now barely remember.

But that was all.

You have to understand that I ADORE and LOVE slow burners, likely more than anyone you know. But I have this memory of this show just wasting time on nothing, like VERY long pan shots, big gaps between dialogue and Just a whole lot of wires. (which I get is nice symbolism, and theming, but there is just way too much of it)

Now, When I watched it, I Didn't really pay that much attention to details, directing, background music and stuff like that. I had a way more casual view and my english was also just barely fluent, which was not enough for a few of the scenes.

So, here's the question, Other than the core story which is the only good thing I remember about this show, is there enough in it to be worth a rewatch?

Ever since I saw it, I only thought of it as a poorly paced show with ok production value, boring at best characters and a 10/10 story.

So, Am I wrong?

should I rewatch it?

I'm wondering this because I recently watched sonny boy, and loved everything about it, so much so that it went straight to my top 3.

But then I saw that in the recommendation section, a lot of people were comparing it to this show. which made me wonder if this show was as not great(but still very good) as I remember, or my taste had changed overtime.

Ps: if you suggest me to rewatch it, can you also tell me if the dub translation is good, in this case I don't care about the acting that much, just tell me if the script is faithful.

AlienXander said:
I feel like SEL is just one of those anime that some people just "get" and some don't. yeah at its core level the story is good but the directing and narrative choices may be boring to some people. safest option would probably watch a few episodes and see if you vibe with it or if your feelings have changed, if not then drop it

Apolygon2 said:
So, to give you some background, I originally watched this around 2 and a half years ago, and was Bored out of my mind while watching it. After looking at some youtube videos, I Remember being impressed by the story, which I now barely remember.

But that was all.

You have to understand that I ADORE and LOVE slow burners, likely more than anyone you know. But I have this memory of this show just wasting time on nothing, like VERY long pan shots, big gaps between dialogue and Just a whole lot of wires. (which I get is nice symbolism, and theming, but there is just way too much of it)

Now, When I watched it, I Didn't really pay that much attention to details, directing, background music and stuff like that. I had a way more casual view and my english was also just barely fluent, which was not enough for a few of the scenes.

So, here's the question, Other than the core story which is the only good thing I remember about this show, is there enough in it to be worth a rewatch?

Ever since I saw it, I only thought of it as a poorly paced show with ok production value, boring at best characters and a 10/10 story.

So, Am I wrong?

should I rewatch it?

I'm wondering this because I recently watched sonny boy, and loved everything about it, so much so that it went straight to my top 3.

But then I saw that in the recommendation section, a lot of people were comparing it to this show. which made me wonder if this show was as not great(but still very good) as I remember, or my taste had changed overtime.

Ps: if you suggest me to rewatch it, can you also tell me if the dub translation is good, in this case I don't care about the acting that much, just tell me if the script is faithful.

Mohammad_Kibbi said:

I wouldn’t it’s slow and boring. I would just watch stein’s gate. It is boring in the beginning but by episode 10-ish it gets better. SEL is boring af. It only gets good at the last 3 episodes. “Good” is used loosely.