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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Interesting... a very different side of Lain is appearing. And she's not a 'kid'? I definitely can't wait to watch more of this. |
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| Definitely feeling that there's just one other Lain in town. |
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| Wow. It's getting better and better. This thing is not only psychodelic trip. It has its own religion. |
| I guess there is other Lain... |
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| Very interesting so far. And I think It's gonna get even better later on. |
| Just wow... and what are those guys? Argh, need to watch next. Oh and it's official, SEL has th ebest OP and ED ever, as well as outstanding soundtrack. |
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| Her personality really changed, .__. |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
| Lain is already so different from the personalitity she showed in the first episode. I'm curious to see the other Lain, though. |
 If you don't remember something, it never happened. If you aren't remembered, you never existed. <3 |
| MY BRAIN OUCH |
| What the hell happened with the fragile super shy Lain??? does she have multiple personalities?? And who are those guys in black??? whats their business with Lain?? What exactly are the "Wired"?? ARRRG so many questions need to watch more!! |
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| Interesting how Lain's personality is actually revealing/developing instead of "receding". What happened to all the delusions? |
| I think this series is getting progressively more interesting for me. Not to say the first three episodes weren't interesting, but I really liked this episode. I have a theory as to what's going on, but I don't really have enough evidence. Maybe I'll be more or less convinced by the end. |
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This episode was great. Probably best so far. So Lain's other personality is starting to show. And what the hell was that power in the end? O_O |
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| Wow, It's getting more and more interesting, though I have to say I prefer the autistic Lain. Who are those Men-In-Black guys, anyway? Great series so far. |
| It's not letting me down so far. |
| This keeps getting weirder and weirder and more and more questions are popping up, especially that ending, dafuq does she has some kind of super powers, who are those man in black and what's up with her personality changing so fast, really keeps me thrilled and filled with questions! |
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| Knights of the Eastern Calculus huh? This should be good. |
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| She literally went 180 on us. |
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| The English Dub isn't so bad. Her parents act strangely towards her |
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| Worst dad ever that's for sure... Step 1: Give young daughter a super-computer Step 2: Dont give a shit what she does with it (even though she acts really creepy) Step 3: ????? Step 4: Profit Although i do love every other aspect of the show - The Lynch-esq bizarre imagery, the Matrix foreshadowing, the amazing OP and an interesting storyline that keeps changing! Also, we're living in 2013 and my PC still doesn't do any of the cool shit hers does! No fair xD |
who_dat_ninjaMar 12, 2013 11:17 AM
| So it looks like the suicides are really murders or otherwise connected to a hacker group? Also, I can't tell if Lain's personality is changing rather than switching. She seems more talkative and stern. I'm really amused by the super computer she modified that now has taken over her bedroom, though xD Also, was there some telekinesis involved, or was that an ability from The Wire? It seems the theme is that everyone is connected to it regardless of it being on the computer. I guess we are expecting to see increasingly blurred lines of reality and "online" as the show progresses. |
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| Things have gotten even more weird. And Lain's personality changed a lot in this episode. And what exactly is this Wired. What was that supper power of Lain? Too many damn questions. Need to watch more. |
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| this has been boring so far |
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| I'm liking Lain's second personality so far. Though I can't tell if that's her real personality or just a personality she gained from being in the Wired... Also, this show keeps getting weirder with each episode. O_o |
 "And if, there were so many people in the world, there had to be someone living an interesting life that wasn't ordinary. I was sure of it. Why wasn't that person me?" - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part V [/center] |
| Lain's probably only getting scarier and scarier. |
| Damn, judging how that episode ended, guessing Lain Is fully wired now? She wanted to scare those two anonymous guys away, and by shouting, she broke one of the dudes eyepiece (Nothing happened to the window, so guessing only wired stuff get influenced by her? Her second personalities getting way more interesting, her conversation with her father shows that he's a surprised with her new persona. I'm just wandering how she changes her personalities... Does it change with how she changes her computer? First it being a timid child's computer (her attitude at the beginning) and now, its more vast (her computer being a basically a super computer) REALLY am enjoying this, so many questions are arising, and i'm guessing this is just the beginning. |
| Still makes no damn sense, yet i still am liking it lol :) |
| Lain got dem hax. |
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| maybe lain's father didn't say to her what the chip was to see if she would have discovered it on her own? or was just trying to avoid lain to discover it he and the mother seems to already know something about wired lain, but wonder why the sister is so clueless then :| creepy loli chase in the night.. (dunno why but seeing the guy running away and say "shit" every second made me laugh instead.. :/ the big guys is scared of lolies xD) still wonder who did send that psyche chip to lain in the first place, not her father, not the cyberstalkers guys, wonder who |
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| I think this was my first anime series on DVD that I bought as a set in that format. Now it's on Blu-ray and I'm debating whether to invest in the high def format for this series. Love the music, too. BoA is a versatile, talented singer, and LAIN's music lead me to her other albums over the years. The end theme, "Toh-i Sakebi" by Chabo, opens with the most incredible guitar amp distortion. As an amp builder, I consider that the ultimate overdriven sound. The Japanese have a gift for making music that I enjoy. And BoA's 'remix' version of the LAIN opening theme is bass pig heaven. This series has some unique plot development and is definitely a little strange in several ways. The use of technology signals that this is a change of era anime: the internet is coming on strong in 1999, and LAIN's version of it, as I gather, is "The Wired". Where it gets weird is the concept of souls transitioning from the physical organic world to the electronic world of electrical impulses in microchips. It takes quite a leap of imagination to go along with this, but it IS entertaining. |
| So this episode was kind of boring but needed, it marks the line between the shy lain and the godlike lain. Still a few point to notice this episode. Lain's parent denying she is acting weird to mika, they are definitely acting strange themselves. Lain is learning about the wired sytem more and more, she's really interested about it. We learn about phamtoma, the game is supposedly causing the dead of several people, which for some reason lain is involved, but I personally think that lain is trying to help these people from the wired in her house. She's also communicating with someone through the wired, we don't know with who yet. At the end of the episode Lain notice about Karl and Lin Sui-Xi outside her house, so she still doesn't know who are these guys, she felt threatened and use some kind of psyche power to scared them away, she's mixing the lines between the wired and the real world. PS: this show needed more fanservice for sure... so much potential http://i.imgur.com/mHDjcOx.jpg |
TyrantRCDec 6, 2013 12:35 AM
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| I'm guessing the "power" Lain used when breaking the suited man's mask is thanks to the Psyche which is letting her go beyond the boundaries of the Wired. She is really changing a lot. This is getting so interesting! |
| Wow. I dropped this series twice after 1 episode. Glad I decided to give it a third chance. Now I dont want to stop watching it. |
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xxshiawase said: Lain's probably only getting scarier and scarier. |
Anitnelav said: Her personality really changed, .__. |
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| okay I want to know.. should I have a idea about what is going on already ? because.. i don't. wtf are the wired? why does she see things ? why did her personality changed that much ? why does she suddenly know the dude at the club ? wtf is wrong with her parents ? I like mysteries but I can't put tougether absolutely anything from what I've seen so far :| |
| So lain went from 2 computers to a 200? Welp alright then. |
| I think Lain's personalty begun to develop indicating she is getting deeper into the Wired, it was hinted in the earlier episode that, in the Wired, people's personality were changed/different, and Lain will become one with it if it continues. Still, there are many mysteries/questions that I have yet to find the answer. The buzzing sound in each episode creeps me out yet I'm enjoying a lot SEL. Does anyone notice the game is really similar with Minecraft? Lel. |
ImpalaDec 20, 2014 1:46 PM
| So damn interesting. I love the development with Lain's family, her father in particular. So hard to believe this aired in 1998. I have my own theories as to what is happening, but wouldn't be surprised if SEL destroyed them. |
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| ..at least Lain is making good use of her room now. Before, it was almost empty. And she doesn't need the regular heating anymore. Might also be one of the reasons she gets out of most clothes.. That game also doesn't look like Minecraft, but like the Windows 98 "Maze" screensaver. Itself a reference of the old maze games like Maze War. Besides that, i have no idea whats going on. |
| the fuck is goin on |
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| So now its confirmed that the wired and the real world are connected and they're connected a lot at that. -It seems that games acquired through the wired can also sink into reality - that game reminded me of Arena and Daggerfall from the TES series - That little girl was probably the embodiment of the "religion" of the wired a.k.a the knights. - Lain seems to have a hand in the knights some how because it showed her in that game chasing after that kid just like the little girl was. - I feel like the idea of how characters act different in their wired version of themselves like Lain in Cyberia is kind of parody of how people act online in the real world with trolls and people who act differently. - A lot of the characters remind of people from Texhnolyze. The DJ bar guy reminds me of Shinji and the yellow afro guy. Lain reminds me of Ran. Some of the moments in the Cyberia remind me of aspects of Lukass. It's all very interesting. |
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