Just finished Lain after hearing people hype it up for god knows

>>157041517
And you don't seem to understand.

>>157041517
>muh singularity
>muh series of tubes
>muh I didn't understand it but I must pretend I did to be the cool kid

>>157041517
Maybe try to rewatch the entire show knowing what little you know now, and you might actually get it.

>>157041517
Autism the post

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anischeral

>>157041517

A shame you seemed an honest anon.

>>157041517
It's dense writing. Full of subtlety and ambiguity and allegory and metaphor. Things that are very appreciated in literature, but most people don't read books anymore because they don't have the attention span for that so it makes sense that they also wouldn't have the attention span for something like Lain which does have those elements very heavily.

>>157041517
She's god, she can do as she pleases. Easy enough I thought.

>/v/
You should go and stay go.

I want to fuck Lain.

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>>157041517
OP is shitposting, disregard his existence.

>>157042727
I wish I was but I really didn't care for it and want to hear other people's views on it and so far there's only been one meaningful post.

2deep4u

Lain was intentionally made to be open to interpretation. That's why there is no consensus of what it represents.

>>157043624
Thank you anon

>>157041517
>/v/
Fuck off, cunt.

>>157042598
>>157043680
Really don't know what you talking about.

>>157044058
>>157041517
>Why is this so loved /v/?
>/v/

Get out.

>>157044165
Oh fuck me, how did that happen, I don't even go on /v/ all that much. Okay I'm leaving.

Lain was the prophecy of where tech, humanity, and the net was heading at the birth of the internet.

20 years later commercialization has derailed such notions.

>>157041517
Just look up a summary online and delete this eyesore of a thread.

>>157044656
I've tried, too late.

>>157041560

Underrated post.

>>157041517

This is normal, OP. Watch it again.

>>157044616
>>20 years later commercialization has derailed such notions.
Hasn't it stayed on track in a way, in regards to social media and shit like that.
>We are all connected
>Close this world Open the next

But yeah as a previous Anon said, Lain was made with the intention of different possible interpretations, so you're probably not likely to find a definitive meaning to it.

>>157041517
It's mostly liked because the lead is a loli lesbian and the random snippets of philosophy 101 as told through random visual metaphorical technobabble makes them feel deep and clever.

It's one of those anime that let's teen girls feel smart and deep.

>>157041560
PRESENT DAY

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This sums up the Lain experience nicely.

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Girl becoming a woman. Puberty, etc...

Paralleling the growth of the internet age.

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have you worshipped your god today?

you can only really enjoy lain to its fullest if you've gone through a psychotic episode, it's not a coincidence all lain fansites tend to pander to drug abuse and sleep deprivation

read up on capgras syndrome and pay attention to one of the plot lines if you want to start going down the rabbit hole

>>157046674
I can relate to this unfortunately

>>157041517
It's a religious experience.

To me the most important theme/thread has been identity and great paralel with how people use the online services today, where they bend reality to create a perception of themselves that actually isn't them, creating a whole different person that somehow lives a life on its own.

In most cases it's exaggerated, however, I find the analogous nature in the Lain universe to real world quite interesting.

>>157046674
I hate lain my arms are covered in track marks I suffer from insomnia horribly and have had my fair share of psychotic eposides

its badly written cyberpunk and yes I watched it like 4-5 times

>>157041517
One of the big memes is that it was written so that it used certain themes that only Japanese people would understand. However, when it was viewed by Japanese and Western audiences, it pretty much invoked the same wtf? response from most people.

It's interesting precisely from the point you mention, different people will interpret it differently.

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>>157046674
I don't really agree with that. On the other hand, the fear that your relationships and connections with other people, even those close to you, aren't earnest or 'real', or the thought that others perceive you in ways you don't agree with, especially in this age where we like to keep them at a distance through technology, is very relatable.

I also thought it was interesting to see seemingly tech-illiterate Lain be introduced to computers and slowly become an Internet (Wired) addict, reminding me of myself growing up during the years when the Internet truly started becoming mainstream.

>>157041517
If you didn't understand Lain you must have severe mental problems.
It's no Tenshi no Tamago for fuck's sake.

>>157047227
Spoon feed me then, what is it about?

>>157042049
Yea

>>157047345
Lurk more.

>>157047345
girl becomes computer god but becomes an hero to save her bff

Even if you don't like 2deep4u, the silent atmosphere and that "early internet" tone make Lain an amazing experience.

>>157047419
Why would that help, haven't seen a Lain thread in months.

>>157047345
About the meaning of love.

What happened to her sister? She was normal and just disappeared and never came back.

>>157047345
It makes fun of the hegelian idea of spirit. Watch the scene where Lain makes the wired "God" go insane.

>>157047622
This is one of the few things explained by the creators. She was supposed to represent someone who had an existential crisis.

>>157041517
>/v/

Here's that (You) that you were so desperately after, cuckold.

>>157048148
herp derp derp

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There's a friend of mine who usually likes cyberpunk stuff and has alright taste but refuses to watch Lain because he's a twitterfag who hates anime, what can I do to convince him that it's worth watching?

>>157048349
People that discount entire mediums in this way aren't worth the time spent to convince. It's like people who won't watch something if it has subtitles.

>>157046298
PRESENT TIME

>>157048349
>likes cyberpunk
>hates anime

this is heresy

>>157048641
HAHAHAHAHA

>>157047227
>Tenshi no Tamago
>wached it a couple of days ago
>Instant became my favourite movie

What a fucking masterpiece

>>157041517
Read Marshall McLuhan

>>157041560
I thought you were an honest man

I actually finished watching this today and immediately dove into theories trying to parse what happened. It's definitely something I need to rewatch the earlier sections of because I made the bright decision of starting the show two months ago then forgetting it existed and hopping back in on opisode 7.

>>157043624
Ok, so my thoughts that all of the story takes place in a simulated reality where humanity has locked itself away after the Technological Singularity can work? I found the idea of people having their memories erased as a result of hacking to stick out and I wasn't buying the whole "god program able to hack actual reality".

>>157046922
Why would you watch badly written stuff 4-5 times?

>>157041517
>feel like I've just wasted several hours of my life

You have, probably. This is the sort of show that people derive their own meanings from. Chock full of metaphor, allegory, and symbolism, you'll either form your own distinct understanding of it or decide its 2deep4u garbage with no actual substance. Both answers are correct.

Personally, I didn't know what the fuck was going on the first watch either. On the second watch most of it seemed to fall into place.

>>157041517
I thought it was hard to get because a lot of Lain relies on visual metaphors to get its message across, since the dialogue is so sparse and doesn't really become a thing until the later episodes.

God, it's been a year or two since I've watched it, I don't remember many details. I know it was hard for me to get through because of how much emphasis there was on scenery, and the lack of dialogue or audio made me lose focus quickly. Couldn't stomach more than two episodes in one sitting.

Before watching it myself, I recall a lot of people calling the show revolutionary and ahead of its time because of how well the Wired parallels with the internet. I guess I latched on to that statement, and I thought that Lain was about the confluence of the Wired and the real word (as seen by those weird "shadows" with a purplish hue), how Wired rumors started affecting reality, and what I found really "revolutionary" was the concept of Wired personas vs the personality of people in real life (recall the multiple characters saying that Lain is really wild in the Wired, and they were wondering why she was so inhibited in real life).

My reading was really influenced by Jean Baudrillard's Simulation and Simulacra theory. What I failed to grasp was why Lain's Wired persona gained this sort of God status. Many will probably disagree with me, but I hope I cleared some things up for you and your interpretation.

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>>157041517
Its a loose retelling of "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. Read it you haven't already.