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bakayaroconoyaro said: SouthRzVa said: As for Alice, the poor girl sure was about to have a mindbreak moment with such bizarre visit from Lain. That part and the following sequence at the school gates were kinda confusing tho. I mean, didn't Lain already reset everyone's memories a few episodes ago?... Unless it was some sort of flashback from Alice's POV, perhaps? I think you're referring to the end of episode 8 but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'm pretty sure that entire sequence was Lain's hallucination. I'll include a wordy recap in case you don't remember what happened: I'm pretty sure that scene was just Lain's mind playing tricks on her and showing her something she feared, which was the idea that there was more than one of her and that she's not entirely in control of the other Lains. She wanted to believe that she had successfully erased her friends' memories and that they had forgiven her, but in reality, she was just hallucinating. I hope that helps clear it up a little, sorry it was long. Yes, I was referring to that same scene and though I already have the series downloaded, I truly appreciate the effort you put into that brief recap. And yeah, I guess it makes sense if it was just Lain playing tricks on herself and didn't actually use the option of resetting people's memories until this episode. Sorry, for some reason I decided to watch this series at 3 am so I guess some details simply went over my head lol. |
| Hmmm... So what was the first half? A new way to recap the series up till now? |
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| Im still super confused. so, Lain can change the past now, huh? |
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| So basically a recap episode with an upbeat guitar riff, huh. When Lain went popped out of Alice's door and talked to her, for some reason, it reminded me of Freddy Krueger (the attire). I guess it was referring to the alien that we saw in the previous episode. I kinda understand; I kinda don't. At this point, which Lain are we following? It seems like we are following the original Lain, but didn't she get removed by evil Lain? |
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| Just noticed the Apple reference. Probably best """"recap episode"""" possible |
| if the border between wired and real world is gone now then it means, its the same world now.. damn then it means lain is like the most powerful person in that world now.. like this episode she literally undo something that it seems like it never happened.. (not really undo but like manipulated them except arisu) now i wonder what arisu would do. |
| jazz music during that recap was great, and I guess lain can just undo stuff now? two episodes to go |
| First half was unnecessary but the second half was again confusing. The only thing that I understood was that Lain is a software. |
Maxtronex said: First half was unnecessary but the second half was again confusing. The only thing that I understood was that Lain is a software. Consider back then they watched it weekly so it wasn't completely unnecessary, it is today that we can watch it in a matter of days |
| Interesting episode for a refresh after so many things happened, so it wasn't as confusing as I thought, if it were better directed, I'm sure the content and the summary in this episode will be much clearer and consistent. 2 more to go. |
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| SO CLOSE TO THE END IT IS AMAZING |
| Wow, like ppl said, a recap. A 10 fuckin min recap. At least i liked the music with the recap but having watched this for the past week, i didnt need a fuckin recap. I need answers. Also, really thought we'd see alien again and not lain. Like the alien idea ppl had about her alienation but dont see the connection to the alien and Roswell unless alien magic helped make the Wired. |
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| The first half of the episode was the most disturbing pseudo recap I've ever seen. THe latter half was simply as weird as the anime is at this point. |
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| Well thanks for a recap I guess. At least it's still better than the last two episodes of evangelion |
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| This is kinda starting to make sense now |
How can you keep moving forward if you keep regretting the past? |
| i remembered lain to be confusing but its way more confusing than i remember im so lost |
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| I felt like I was on some heavy heavy drugs, my nga but damn This is prolly the only episode in all of anime you can rewatch over and over and it will always feel cracked and spinning. To think it has forced my third eye to open. |
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| I did really like the recap sequence. It felt like we were taking a peek into Lain's mind, frantically flashing from one memory to the next as she processed everything. And from a pure audience perspective, it scratched a good itch in my brain. Recaps are usually boring for me, lol. |
| Man i'm gunna have to take some adderall to get through this show xD |
| ^^^^ damn bro me too. things seemed to be making sense but then i came to read the comments in this episode thread and it feels like there's TONS of things that i'm missing or that are going completely over my head. seems that i'm back at square one re: not understanding anything that's going on |
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| And everything is back to being confusing. |
| She smiled...... it's over, she won. Pack it up, give up everyone else has lost. |
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| Thoughts upon Rewatch: |
| Its not even smart at this point. I legit had to go read an explanation for this, since everything is random at this point lol 10 mins of actual recap then the last part , I think I understood a lil bit then we’re back to the schizo moments |
| so cryptic and edgy |
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| these edibles ain't shit |
slice of life anime, my beloved. 2D>>>>>> |
| very abstract kind of sick groove on that recap |
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