6/23/2023 0 Comments Serial experiments lain![]() Are the events centered around her, or not? Are those creepy dudes in black with dot-sight VR vision goggles really stalking her, or not? We doubt alongside her everything’s identity, everything’s definition within the universe. Ten more questions seem to come with every revelation. To make things worse, after encountering the Wired, she’s constantly plunged into mysterious, unsettling events. It deepens her virtual connections and catalyzes her newlyfound addiction to hardware upgrades.Īfter she becomes able to do full dives, the line between physical and virtual realities blur staggeringly and her perspectives are repeatedly turned upside down. This only serves to draw her further into the Wired, away from the “real life” she’d barely started to build. Have you ever had a day of web browsing where you feel like you manage to stumble upon all of humanity’s bizarreness? That is to say, when you finally close your browser, have you ever been unable to sort out whether you’re delighted, disturbed, empty, or fulfilled–simultaneously having your curiosity piqued while being weirded the hell out? Lain begins to have those days every day. The once isolated girl begins to form her first meaningful connections with other people in both physical and virtual realities. That brief encounter tweaks something in the fourteen-year-old, and, urged by her father, she dives in to explore the vast digital world that awaits. Although she’s an awkward technophobe, that curiosity drives Lain to boot up her ancient Navi (it’s a computer) and she eventually connects to the Wired (cyberspace network…the internet). Lain Iwakura, a friendless and introverted girl, gets curious about Chisa after hearing that her classmates had received a message from the dead girl. It opens with a teenager serenely committing suicide. Do we need bodies if technology’s capable of allowing us to shed our meat and live free-range in cyberspace? Lain’s weird, and wonderful, and frustrating. It manages to be bluntly vague (or is it vaguely blunt?) as it explores our need for a physical body along with its delights and detriments. You see, this complicated series succeeds in leaving a hugely positive and equally bizarre imprint on the mind. Serial Experiments Lain demands a conversation rather than an overview. I’m writing to you, instead of at you, for this review. US Distributor: Funimation Production Studio: Triangle Staff Was this provided by the publisher? Yes More Info: Anime News Network
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