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A SHAME YOU SEEMED AN HONEST MAN
>>712643216 (OP)i remember having a crush on Lain back when i was 13.
>>712645443I had a crush on Rei when I was 12.
>>712643216 (OP)PRESENT DAY. PRESENT TIME.
>>712645443first time i watched Lain I was 14, getting drunk on some cheap beer lmao
cereal experiments lain is kinda bad
>>712645639Both the game and the show were bad but it was a reflection of its zeitgeist, which gives Lain a special kind of charm.
>>712645639It's like 10 episodes long. It doesn't even have the time to go and stay bad. It stays its welcome and goes on its way.
>>712645896I made it to the 7th episode and couldn't finish it until 10 years later.
>>712645896i tried watching it with my friend last year and he refused to keep going after the 7th episode even though we were almost done
>>712643216 (OP)How did the weebs name a series Lain if they can't pronounce L
>>712646168no just a coincidence
using troon as an insult is ironic for someone shilling lain though
>>712643216 (OP)AND ALL THE FEARS YOU HOLD SO DEAR
WILL TURN TO WHISPER IN YOUR EAR
I watched Lain some weeks ago for the first time and it was quite shit. Basically proto millenial meta except nothing made sense at all. It's like if you tell a tech illiterate what videogames and internet are in 98-99 and he makes an anime. The only good things were the mood and style.
>Nothing is explained
>More questions by each episodes
>Only the internet is futuristic, everything else is 90s
So the whole planet is wired. How? Those guys with the laser pointer googles. What were the laser pointers for? If the ""god"" liked Lain why does his followers wanted to kill her? If being on wired is such a good thing why didn't it spread faster? Why did Lain remove herself at the end? What was the point of that?
>>712643216 (OP)>everyone hates lain nowtheir loss
>>712646468You're a hylic
I had no idea this existed
>>712643216 (OP)>Builds the most powerful rig know to man>Probably illegal under NATO regulations>Justs uses it to shitpost to deathTruly /ourgirl/
>>712645896This is such a stupid post
>>712646957Yeah people say it's some kind of religious metaphor but it's still done extremely poorly. A media has to provide more than that. Like NGE is religious metaphore too but even if you aren't into that shit, it provides entertainment. And actual world explanation helps with immersion. In Lain everything just happens without explanation.
>Where does the Wire connect to>You don't want to know
>Present day
>Present time
I had a hard time finishing lain first time I watched it. it has 12 episode and the two last episodes felt like a chore to me
Today I will remind them that there's more than one good song on that album.
https://youtu.be/wPAjvd0Co-Q?si=K6vx47M0sTLNhLwm
https://youtu.be/HUnnxRicDwM?si=NPi02ejjFUNJBO-9
https://youtu.be/kCyfgSw3ups?si=oyT_wu4UCTN-xC-M
https://youtu.be/J5IDd-F90k0?si=pVDTGKfkgA1ooHGX
https://youtu.be/EpOQMehVRnA?si=DPj51OPLmPMyLGfg
>>712646468>>712647731Retard.I don't know where you're copy pasting these posts from but next time try to pay attention.
>>712646957This.
>>712648438It's honestly such a good album. Duvet is still the best song but all the others are pretty close. The OST is also kino
>>712646468I liked it but its super Lynchian as in: shit happens, nothing is explained, its slow with surreal visual imagery but its kinda cool I guess and you kinda have to come to your own conclusion, my experience with anime in general is super limited though and I only really watched it because the dude who worked on this did Digimon Season 3 that I watched as a kid so I was using that as a jumping off point, so yeah the tech element and philosophical jargon to it was something I expected going in where I knew it would be a heavy emphasis.
I have yet to finish the vn. I was about 60% done before quitting
>>712646468>why does his followers wanted to kill her?Drooling retard. Stop posting.
>>712648438twilight and get there are 10/10 albums. the new album, whiplash, has few goood songs and the rest are boring/shit songs
Only /v/ is pretentious enough to have a Lain general.
>>712649610How is Lain pretentious?
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>>712643216 (OP)AND ALL THE FEARS YOU HOLD SO DEAR
>>712646957>hylicwhy are you calling him based
let's all love lain
>>712645443I wanted to be lain when I was 13
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why is there so little Lain media?
>>712649926the anime was very open and close about the whole thing, and starting from where it left off is both almost an impossibility and a bad starting point (writing wise)
that's why you either see a "reliving" of Lain's life as the only projects made, and its why Konaka and Abe moved on to Despera
Where were you when you first lained? The thread
>>712643216 (OP)why do troons love this tranime so much?
.hack//sign is the superior melancholic snoozer
>>712646468>Those guys with the laser pointer googles. What were the laser pointers for?This question alone shows that you missed the point of the show.
Your other questions show that either you didn't pay attention, or that you're unable to figure things out for yourself by putting two and two together. Go watch shonen, you'll have a great time.
>>712649809> I wanted to be lain when I was 13when did you transition?
I know that lain was infested with trannies to a degree that started to get annoying starting from 2020, but it seems like the fad had died out. Is it okay to like lain again?
>>712643216 (OP)nu-Lain is pretty sex
>>712643216 (OP)I AM BALLING
I AM FADED
>>712648438>>712650678>>712649175>>712646957Lain niggers are seriously so pretentious it's unreal. I watched and liked the show, but it isn't for everybody, and not every single part about it is flawless. It is slow, and tedious, and sometimes very boring. You can fill in a lot of the gaps yourself with your own interpretations on it. Not everybody who dislikes it is retarded or an NPC.
>>712650509Lain is anti-tranny anime.
>>712643216 (OP)Overrated, 2deep4u, DUDEWEED, what was the fucking point, trans shit.
>>712651575So, troons have no media literacy?
>>712650509>why do troons love this anime so much?Vibes. They think it's about a transgirl going through her hecking gender dysphoria anxiety instead of a deeply cerebral and BORING, YES SOMETIMES VERY BORING show about a terrifying cyberpunk future.
>>712643216 (OP)My issue with the anime is that for the first few episodes you just had one plot going on and somewhere during the half-way point the anime started introducing 50 plotlines and worldbuilding pieces that contributed nothing to what the anime began on. It felt extremely padded for no reason. For example, the K.I.D.S Project? What the fuck is that for? Maybe it's because the anime was forced to run for 12 episodes and the original vision didn't have enough material to last that long, hence the worldbuilding padding.
Hence I prefer the PSX version. The story here is way more concise and doesn't branch off into several places that don't happen in complete isolation away from the main plot.
>>712650509>>712651725Also, sewerslvt hopped on the Lain aesthetic and sampled the show several times in xer music. And Duvet became a tiktok song. And, at the end of the day, it's an anime. Anime, like all geek-adjacent interests, attracts trannies. All of these contributed to the lain fandom becoming trooned.
>>712648438https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBv_rN9gw34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yj2sj9JYyU
>>712645617I think I was like 16, but at the time I binge watched a lot of anime, pretty sure I watched it in a single day and didn't pay enough attention, although it's not very hard to follow, but maybe at the time I didn't get all of the themes. I'm rewatching it now and it's quite straightforward. At a least the anime is. I've never tried the game.
>a whole episode literally dedicated to Lain digging up what the KIDS Project was and talking with the main fucking researcher about what it was and what the consequences of it were
>"but like waht for???"
Everytime I think the 2deep4u shit is simply a meme, I stand corrected
>>712652197yes. what relevance does it have to the main plot?
You can say "none", I'll understand it. My issue is I'd rather have it had some.
>>712651417>It is slow, and tedious, and sometimes very boringIf you seriously think Lain is slow you're a lost cause, go watch Marvel movies and browse tiktok, you'll have more fun
>>712646468I watched it years ago so I'll probably get many details wrong, but I think the synopsis is that a crazy programmer guy wrote himself into IPv7 network protocol and then committed suicide in order to become a god. The end goal of the protocol was to connect the consciousnesses of every human being on the planet into one super-consciousness and he wanted to use Lain to achieve that goal. Lain only "exists" by modifying other people's memories as the shared consciousness starts to take over, she has no physical form. The fusion is almost done by the end, but Arisu convinces her to stop it and leave humanity as it is through the power of yuri. Lain erases herself because she has no reason to exist and can't exist if the world remains "normal." It's a pretty nice and simple story, it's just steeped in layers (heh) of schizophrenia.
>>712650509good morning, saar
>>712652670It LITERALLY says right there in the fucking wiki article (lol), staring at you right in your dumbass face. The Knights redesigned it so that it could be used without Outer Receptors.
In other words, so any retard could project their dormant psi, like making a fountain overflow by throwing coins into it. The whole Wired and everyone is connected thing that the show keeps beating you over the head with. The KIDS project is part of the explanation for how two Lains can exist at once you fucking dunce
>>712652848This is what I mean. I must be an NPC because I point out what people might consider a weakness of the show. Also, you will never be a woman, I am sorry to burst your bubble.
>>712649890are u a foid or a tranny
>>712649926wasn't this game LLM proompted or something
>>712653223ok, then. thanks
I DONT HAVE THE MONEY YET
>>712653492And to beat you over the head further, the Knights of the Eastern Calculus are LITERALLY grooming Lain to be the deity they want it to be.
forgot the retarded image.
>>712653603Yeah that was fucking weird but when your reality altering program is an introverted teenage girl yeah it makes sense in the grand scheme
>>712648438>Retard.I don't know where you're copy pasting these posts from but next time try to pay attention.You a free to answer any of my questions. if something got answered and I missed pls let me know.
>This question alone shows that you missed the point of the show. Yet NGE explained everything. They just pulled shit out of their ass in Lain.
>>712652961What about the next protocol that they mention once and never bring up again?
>>712653609wait what real?
>>712654024https://x.com/GoodSmile_US/status/1933699973645766661
>>712653453i dont know, i haven't heard anything about that. i know that the people who made it have only made lain themed music until the game.
....and you don't smme to understand~~~ hiiiiyya
>>712653869>Yet NGE explained everything. They just pulled shit out of their ass in Lain.They literally frontload the explanations in several episodes.
https://files.catbox.moe/m98f13.mp4
https://files.catbox.moe/h5d1dm.mp4
If you can't put one and one together then that's your fucking problem. It's not even that hard to comprehend.
I've tried watching it on 2 occasions and never made it past the half way point
I'm convinced I can't watch anime anymore
>>712653362I didn't know at the time but I turned into a gigatranny later
I don't understand it either but I like the aesthetic of late 90s/early 00s Japan
>>712643216 (OP)I am gooning
I am mewing
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>both NGE and Lain have an entire episode dedicated to explaining worldbuilding
>nuuu their too confusing!!!
what causes this?
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>both Lain and NGE have an entire episode dedicated to explaining worldbuilding
>nuuu they're too confusing!!!
what causes this?
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>>712655791He's mindbroken when people he doesn't like enjoy something.
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>>712655839the sharty hacker was an anime avatarfag. Never forget. Now it's time for you to go back
>Present Day, heh... Present Time! Hahahahahahaha
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>>712655758>>712655839>>712656237>>712656654I look like this and like all of those things
>>712651417>not every single part about it is flawless. It is slow, and tedious, and sometimes very boring. You can fill in a lot of the gaps yourself with your own interpretations on it. Not everybody who dislikes it is retarded or an NPC.sounds like a certain book i insert into every conversation possible
>>712656654>>712656237>>712655839>>712655758Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.
seething so much, he gotta whip out his babyjaks images to cement that he is retarded sharty lost nigga
>>712657105The novel that filtered millions...
>>712645896Still long enough that I dropped it before it concluded. After the first couple episodes I felt like I had a general idea of what was going on, but it felt like the show was just spending all its airtime stalling on revealing the next progression of the plot. It's hard to explain, but I I was left somewhere in the intersection of bored and annoyed by it.
>>712655758>>712655839Sharteens should go back to their site
>>712655758>>712655839>>712656237>>712656654Go back to your spyware cucksite, retarded election tourist
Pretty good anime. A shame it got renewed interest lately and retards are obsessing or hating over it in their culture war.
>>712657105having just finished reading All The King's Men, I have more tolerance for this kind of writing, but it's still a headache to get through if you've never seen something like it
>>712643216 (OP)gay Alanis Morisette-ass song
>>712646468too deep 4 u obviously
>>712657759It's more The Cranberries/The Sundays.
>>712646468I had the exact same thoughts. I was hooked until chapter 3 and the exposition borefest in chapter 8 destroyed the mystery while at the same time being a vague retarded fantastical explanation. What a dogshit anime, people really just enjoy it because of the "aesthetics"
https://youtu.be/kvUfoDH_1w0
>If I don't understand it, that means it's bad.
why are people so confident in their ability to understand something with zero critical thought involved? Why persist in that confidence when you've been proven to be inattentive?
>>712646468>Nothing is explainedaliens
>More questions by each episodesyes
>Only the internet is futuristic, everything else is 90swill you stay behind in the comfortable present or will you grasp the future?
>>712658265I wish i could experience this back then, born a little too late
>>712648997Japan loved Twin Peaks so much it's not a coincidence everything they made in the 90s and early 00s and Lynchian elements to it. They would hold fake Laura Palmer funerals. I wish there was more footage of it but this is all I could find besides the coffee commercials. It was fucking great.
https://youtu.be/RX4OhvkkHR4
Anyways anon got LYNCHED
too much butthurt trannies
>>712658480I did a double take when Lynch showed up at the end of Sonny Boy.
>>712658558I wish I could do that to a qt tranny...I want a under the desk puppy girl to suck me off when I game.
>>712658465I totally missed it to either because it didnt air in Canada or I was too young and just missed it. My first anime was the typical 90s shit like Sailor Moon DBZ and Samurai Pizza Cats and the weirdest one was probably Galaxy Express 999 movie because it aired on tv for some reason. I have this memory of a flying train landing on that planet the guy gets a hat and gun on burned into my brain
Jesus, you people are too dumb understand shit.
>>712646468>If the ""god"" liked Lain why does his followers wanted to kill her? Why do people troll knfluencers?
>If being on wired is such a good thing why didn't it spread faster?If the internet is so good, why are people worried about addiction and deteriorating social morals?
>Why did Lain remove herself at the end?Why does anyone quit the internet? Why did PewDiePie move to Japan and start making family Vlogs?
>>712657548>obsessing or hating over it in their culture war.Its fucking weird because in 2021 Konaka got cancelled on twitter for making fun of cancel culture (it was a thing that attacked Digimon lmao) and being a murderer for being critical of vaccines so finding out -those- kind of people grafted onto Lain was bizarre. Especially since one sperged out at me for mentioning Lain when I was talking about Digimon.
>>712646468>If being on wired is such a good thing why didn't it spread fasterBecause back then not everyone had internet access or a computer, believe it or not. So it was just a reflection of the times.
>>712645639It's just so fucking boring man. I love the intro but it felt like a 30 episode show with the depth of a 4 episode one.
>>712643216 (OP)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVx8L7a3MuE&list=RDDVx8L7a3MuE&start_radio=1
>>712646468I agree. The plot makes no sense. ABe's style is good, but it's ultimately wasted when you can watch the whole series and go "So... that was a thing... I guess...?"
>>712659206You had like dozens of replies explaining why he was wrong and you still chose to out yourself as an idort
>>712657729what are you reading now?
Im the only one who cares but they gave this digimon the bear from Lian's bear hat because Konaka did the season before this one and I just think that's neat.
>>712659634Fug
>>712658465Here is another PBS classic you missed out on
>>712643216 (OP)Lain I love you and all but your video game was abysmally horrible
>>712653609she looks kinda odd and more like game Lain than the anime version
>>712652670Events don't have to feature direct correlation to the plot if it's still illustrative of the core themes. Don't be a pleb.
>>712658448>will you stay behind in the comfortable present or will you grasp the future?Both but usually technological advances are beneficial. Like flat screen over CRT and mediaplayer over cable TV.
>Why does anyone quit the internet? Why did PewDiePie move to Japan and start making family Vlogs?I mean in 1998-99 no one did these but internet wasn't even that huge. Or is your point that the whole Lain universe is the internet?
>>712658465For fucks sakes fuck auto post
https://youtu.be/CNCTvXpXtMw
>>712659807i feel like the 1992 show gets the point across a little clearer
https://youtu.be/oRIyw-pJkUk
>>712655758this doesn't even really make sense because it's youtube essay videos that make them popular this way.
>something 4chan has talked about forever>gets a viral tweet>gets a youtube essay>algorithm picks it up>normalfags ruin it
>>712660779It really was a different time
and you don't feel a thiiiing
>>712661174i recognize the price tag, there's one of these shops in nippombashi, these stores are completely price fucked because of tourism and EXPO. You can now only get good deals by going to a hard off or another thrift store in a middle of nowhere town. the cities are done.
>>712661174>$700 The market is so insane nowadays. I remember great anime cels being >$100 on ebay now even shitty ones are horrible expensive.
>>712660779Seriously what the hell did furfags even do before it was easier to post and share art on the internet. Its not like they made furry Playboys
>>712661174The game is abandonware and free to download from a myriad of websites, you're purely paying for a collector's item to put on a shelf, and/or resell later to another sucker.
>>712659525waiting for The Thousandfold Thought to come in the mail and after that either Naked Lunch or something else
i remember REALLY wanting a gf like lain until i realized girls like that literally dont exist and even if they did they wouldnt talk to me
The video essay about the game was more fun than the game itself desu
>>712646468This is why you can't take anything a zoomed says seriously. It's not that you don't understand, it's that you can't understand because you've grown up in a technological hellscape that is so far removed from the pre 2000's era of technological advancement.
why trannies and anime are so interconnected?
>>712664001>Why does media that emphasizes pedophilia and feminimity attract so many tranniesTruly a mystery.
>>712663783I'm millenial and I grew up with XP. And I thought I can't understand because I'm not religious. Like I said even by 98-99 tech standard it's dumb af. People see videogame content in a different videogame. It's like if it's made by someone who has no idea how videogame works. I believe I don't understand Lain because everything is metaphorical shit instead of tech anime.
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>>712646468>>712651417>>712645976>>712645639>>712651619>>712651730This is the website that loved Twin Peaks TheRreturn, saying this shit now.
When did 4chan become so fucking brainlet as to not understand surreal, symbolic shows that don't explain everything out?
You want to UNDERSTAND LAIN?
You played STALKER right? Replace THE ZONE with Lain and C-Consciousness with Eri.
That's it, that's the plot is.
>>712664001A big part of the AGP fantasy is going from being a gross loser to being a sexy nerd with absolutely no changes in lifestyle
>>712662410>Naked LunchBased book. I strongly recommend everyone try Burroughs' cut-up method for themselves.
>>712661174>17 fucking thousand yen for sanic gems collectionwhat the actual shit
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>Imagine being a LAIN poster
Couldn't be me
Literally not a single Anon ITT explained what happened in the anime. They just got butthurt.
>>712666591>mfw don't have to imagine
>>712666979there's a gazillion garbage video essays spoonfeeding you the plot on teh youtubz, chillum
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I will wait until the end of time