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[[File:TSUKI banner.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The TSUKI Project front page]]<br />
The '''TSUKI (月) Project''' (systemspace.link) was a website created by an individual called ''Tsuki'' that professed a belief system largely based on the simulation and multiverse hypotheses. It borrowed heavily from [[Serial Experiments Lain]]'s aesthetics and some lore details, as well as other media, used [[Lain]] as its mascot, and has managed to attract a large community of followers through its lifetime. The website offered information about the Project, as well as hosted community services such as an imageboard and a chat. It came under immense pressure after a mainstream news outlet investigated a link between a real-life suicide and the website, and the rather wide online coverage of this incident, along with mismanagement, ultimately led to it shutting down.<br />
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It originated on 4chan's /r9k/ board in early 2017, quickly acquiring a large community which gathered on its imageboard and Discord server. On July 1, 2017, an attempt to create an indigenous chat system failed, and shortly thereafter Tsuki disappeared. The community survived on various Discord servers, until Tsuki returned in December. A second, more successful, chat system was created in March 2018, and on November 10 registration of new migrants stopped and large parts of the site ceased to be accessible. The site shut down completely on December 22, 2019. By that time, it had amassed over seven thousand registered migrants.<br />
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Owing to its /r9k/ antics and Tsuki's young age, the Project and its community have suffered many technical and social incidents due to many instances of mismanagement. The less-strict stance on suicide proved controversial in the mainstream discussions, and lent much ill fame to it, with some even labeling it a suicide cult. Hosting a troubled community, its history was rife with friendships as much as it was plagued by violent feuds. Despite this, the Project was a source of hope and a home to many. It remains a staple of unconventional web design, and could possibly be credited with spurring the renaissance of the Lain fandom.<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
The website claimed that our current world is just one of many other ''systems'', existing together in a multiverse called ''Systemspace''. It purported that our system, called ''Life'', is about to be "recycled" due to its enormous energy usage, and that the ''TSUKI Representative'' (also known as simply ''Tsuki'', or ''Rep''), a person from Life who could communicate with the outside systems, was called upon to facilitate the transfer of "souls" of Life inhabitants into another, much larger and diverse system, called ''LFE''. Tsuki claimed to represent a consortium of corporations and other groups, responsible for Systemspace itself and some of the largest systems in it, who had an interest in preserving Life culture and knowledge. Through the website, a person could sign up to become a ''migrant'', allowing themselves to transfer to LFE after their death by any cause. Suicide was believed to be destructive to the soul, but its discussion was not largely restricted. Belief was not required to participate, but a migrant's hostile actions towards the Project or its community could lead to the revocation of their status.<br />
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== History ==<br />
=== Origins (Jan-Feb 2017)===<br />
On January 15, 2017 a 4chan user began a thread on its /r9k/ board anguishing about his "daydream world telling him to die before August 28"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34157760/</ref>. Other anonymous posters asked him questions about his situation, which he answered, remarking that "they're comfy and it feels good to have others talk about your daydreams".<br />
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He made two other threads on January 20 and 26 respectively. In both threads, he was mocked by doubters<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34427161/#q34428439</ref> and asked questions by believers<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34305385/#q34306529</ref> - themes that would repeat throughout the history of the Project. It was in the latter thread that he first began to call himself Tsuki<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34427161/#q34435689</ref>.<br />
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The first thread in which Tsuki asked for others to "leave your world behind for a better one" was on January 29. When a user expressed interest in doing so, Tsuki instructed the user to draw a picture which included a code<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34492368/#34492510</ref>. Tsuki declared that all users who signed up would "be transported as long as you die any time after 1st of Jul, 2017. Dying of old age included, but suicide also included. Dying before the set date will cause your EID to be reset, cancelling the transfer"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34492368/#q34495633</ref>, and stated that he was "hoping for maybe 25-50 people in total, and we [he and the corporations he represented] have until Jul 1st to recruit."<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34492368/#q34502119</ref> He was pleasantly surprised that there were "so many requests it doesn't fit on one A4"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34492368/#34518205</ref>, and the thread closed with over 400 replies.<br />
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The phenomenon continued through February. The anons of /r9k/ derided it<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34681102/#q34687443</ref>, debated it<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34681102/#q34700023</ref>, and clung to it as the only thing that made life worth living<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34681102/#q34699578</ref>. But, it remained a hit-and-miss thing: two threads failed to receive any replies<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34756738/</ref>, one of which was made by Tsuki himself<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34803507/</ref>. By the second week of the month, Tsuki had begun to make a website<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34814602/</ref>. The stories continued to pour in: of ordinary people, struggling with mental health and poor surroundings, finally finding acceptance<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34814602/#q34824968</ref>.<br />
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As progress on the site proceeded apace, an anonymous poster claimed that there would be "closed systems", but was ignored<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34864787/#q34869980</ref>. Two days later, Tsuki made multiple threads seeking advice on /r9k/ about what "communication technology" he should add to his website: forum, imageboard, or IRC<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34915245/</ref>. Fatefully, Tsuki considered and rejected IRC<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34915245/#q34918106</ref>, but did decide to have an imageboard<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34942168/</ref>.<br />
===The big week (February 19-26, 2017)===<br />
The website opened partially on February 19, 2017<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34978041/</ref>. While Tsuki continued to talk about "looking into" IRC<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34978041/#q34979305</ref>, events forced his hand as the first Systemspace Discord (later named Firstspace or Oldspace) was announced in that very same thread<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34978041/#q34992076</ref>. He had also made a thread on Lainchan about it<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34978041/#34983509 If you have the archive, please say so on [[Talk:TSUKI Project]].</ref>.<br />
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The 4chan thread where Tsuki announced the website received over 500 replies; but nothing lasts forever, and an anon made a new thread which, in its turn, received almost as many as the thread it continued. The new thread hosted a firestorm of controversy: pro- and anti-Tsuki posters called each other "normies"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34992666/#q34994036</ref> and otherwise insulted and mocked each other<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34992666/#q34994359</ref>. There was, however, serious debate about whether to believe or doubt Tsuki<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34992666/#q34994359</ref>. Tsuki welcomed such debate at this point, because the Project was "also an experiment on human doubt"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/34681102/#q34681985</ref>.<br />
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Another thread brought two new features which would endure throughout the lifespan of the Project; people self-identifying by numbers that showed the order of their registration (which would later be referred to as "migrant numbers")<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35029598/#35039219</ref>, and thinking about what they would be or do in LFE<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35029598/#35033796</ref>. By late February posters had begun to fear "movement of redditscum and other shite" who would "most likely follow us right until" the new imageboard<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35074140/#q35074586</ref>; but they were hopeful that "good moderation" could keep it "a new home for 'robots' [users of /r9k] and lainons (from lainchan)"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35074140/#q35075557</ref> and prevent it from devolving into "/r9k/ lite normie central"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35074140/#q35075612</ref>. <br />
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By 5 March, prospective registrants could upload their pictures with codes on them to the website instead of posting them in successive Systemspace threads<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20190701195440/https://wiki.systemspace.link/wiki/History_of_the_TSUKI_Project#Apr_2017</ref>. Even though Tsuki did not post at all in one of those threads, it continued to be abuzz with activity as a nascent Systemspace community was quickly growing; an anon received a hand-drawn picture for their birthday<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35093479/#35095864</ref>, another spoke about how they couldn't "stop thinking about LFE"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35093479/#35096089</ref>, and others enthused over the possibility of seeing "otherworldly landscapes" "in person"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35093479/#35096208</ref>.<br />
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Debate also raged about whether Systemspace was preferable to traditional religions like Christianity, or whether it was compatible with them after all. For example, a user compared the Christian requirements to go to church every Sunday, pay a tithe, and believe in Jesus or else go to Hell for eternity to the Systemspace requirements to draw and photograph a picture with a "simple code" and stay alive until the 1st of July, and found the latter much more preferable<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35114044/#35116956</ref>. The imageboard opened on February 26, 2017<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35136951/#35140953</ref>.<br />
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===Glory days (February 26-April 22, 2017)===<br />
''"Glory days, they'll pass you by..."''--Bruce Springsteen.<br />
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The epicenter of the Systemspace community quickly shifted to the new imageboard (boards.systemspace.link) and the Discord once they were created. The young community was unaware of how ephemeral they would be, and so did not archive them well. The 4chan archives now become a side window on the Systemspace community, not the main source.<br />
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A thread was made on 4chan's "/x/" (Paranormal) board about the Project where it was greeted with interest<ref>https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/18703428/</ref>.<br />
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By March 7, 1,500 slots had been made available<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20170705074337/https://systemspace.link/news.php</ref>; the Project also fell under criticism for gathering its people together on Discord<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35352666/#35352742</ref>.<br />
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Through March, recruitment for the TSUKI Project began increasingly to focus on the comforts (or as they would call it themselves, "comfy") of the community rather than the inherent merits of transferring to another System with memories intact<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35432936/#35433831</ref>. Of course, they, chief among them NYPHVR, "one of the 4-5 (I'm pretty sure it's 5) mods we've chosen", also had to refute certain arguments supporting the opinion that it was a "suicide cult"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35592705/#q35595981</ref>. He had to point out that only death after July 1, 2017, could transfer a soul to LFE, thereby allowing people who joined at least a few months more to find new reasons to live on<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35493271/#35496059</ref>, and counter the idea that Tsuki ever encouraged suicide in any way<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35592705/#35596299</ref>.<br />
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While the number of dedicated Systemspace threads decreased once the new imageboard was started, Systemspace-related content began to spill over into unrelated threads, like dating threads<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35821819/#35826756</ref>, game threads<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35802446/#35813709</ref>, and threads about hoping to be reborn in a different body<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/35669096/#35673133</ref>.<br />
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Despite minor hiccups, things seemed to be on the up and up through March and April. The number of registrants reached four digits<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20170317111608/https://systemspace.link/</ref> and increasing numbers participated in the community. Then the dam burst.<br />
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===The floodgates burst (April 22-May, 2017)===<br />
On April 22, 2017, a video about the TSUKI Project was made by ScareTheater, a well-known YouTube channel<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGu7RYI3TjI</ref>. The result was an utter flood of new people into a community that was ill-prepared to handle their influx and hostile to their culture. There was one way to quickly differentiate between the ones who had come from Lainchan and /r9k/ and those that had come from the ScareTheater video: registrants in the TSUKI Project received a number that showed the order in which they had signed up. Thus, those who had joined earlier mocked and insulted mercilessly those who bore numbers around that range<!--2k?-->.<br />
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On April 24, the Compendium, a compilation of the answers of Tsuki to the questions asked him in relation to the Project, first appeared on GitHub<ref>https://github.com/SystemSpace/Compendium/blob/691e57781d4e75c08a99112e58999801d18640e2/compendium.rst As this is "version 5.5", there must have been earlier versions on Pastebin or privately circulated which have not survived.</ref>. It would be continuously updated until February 2018.<br />
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The demonym "migrant" for those who signed up for the TSUKI Project and the term "migrant number" for the number each was given at registration were not used in the earliest threads, before the boards were created; their first extant use is found in the Compendium<ref>"Will us migrants get a special status in LFE? You migrants will definitely be seen as some sort of elite group."</ref>.<br />
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To top it off, two incidents occurred which would sow the seeds of internal dissent to the TSUKI Project. <br />
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The first was a brief article entitled "The Burden of Truth". This was an attempt by Tsuki to explain why he did not provide proof for the existence of Systemspace. He stated that "if there were absolute truth of Systemspace being real, everyone would edge towards signing up" but "if there were truth of Systemspace being fake, everyone would edge towards calling me off as a schizophrenic." He therefore reasoned that "a balance of real and fake" was needed "to make a choice that truly represents what you wish to believe." To do that, he stated that he had "given tiny hints of proof, which are easily warded off by people who do not believe" and "slightly 'lied' to the community of sorts" and "'slipped up' as you may call it, which can also be warded off by people who believe."<ref>https://classic.systemspace.network/dataverses/Thoughts/Truth/?old</ref>. This ignited a furor.<br />
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The next day, he altered the text of this article by replacing "slipped up" with "instilled doubt" and adding a new section declaring that "I try to (and believe to have succeeded to) never lie."<ref>https://classic.systemspace.network/dataverses/Thoughts/Truth/</ref>. Yet the damage was done. A group named the Apollo Society had struck while the iron was hot and made much hay of the change<ref>https://apollobase.neocities.org/images/burden_change.png</ref>.<br />
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The second was the appearance of a mysterious "void file" on the systemspace.link website. The void file was in the form of binary data, mostly consisting of garbage data that changed with each download, but within which were embedded "payload sections" containing human-readable files that was nevertheless extremely corrupted. For several days, the "payload sections" contained test transmissions of first a video and then an image. Then, the "payload sections" changed to a picture of [[Lain Iwakura]] in her [[bear suit]], captioned with "DO NOT SHOW THE CONTENTS OF THIS IMAGE TO ANYBODY AT TSUKI, INCLUDING THE REP". This stated that eNdymioN, one of the companies that were behind the TSUKI Project, had reached a deal with the Hyakanghen, an organization opposed to the TSUKI Project. "They will leave migrants alone until Aug 1st", promised the image, "They believe killing self before then will make you worthy"<ref>https://classic.systemspace.network/dataverses/Compendium/voidfile.php</ref>.<br />
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Due to the technical difficulty involved, only a few, among whom was Fox, managed to extract the payload. The few decided to maintain radio silence, and contacted staff for help enforcing it. However, in doing so, Tsuki was informed of the picture's existence. Fox got into contact with Tsuki, and agreed, in his words, to "claim that I made it, invent some bullshit story about putting it in the void stream to test if someone's trustworthy, done - to avoid non-believers (aka people who believe that Tsuki made the void stream) saying Tsuki asked people to commit suicide."<ref>https://github.com/SystemSpace/Compendium/blob/master/voidfile.rst</ref> <br />
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By May, emigration of old members was common. Appeals were posted on 4chan calling for new members to prevent the boards from being "flooded with normies"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/36746573/#q36747626</ref>.<br />
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===Buildup to the opening of the Gates (May - July 1, 2017)===<br />
By May 5, 2017, lainchan.jp (later known as Arisuchan), which had split from [https://lainchan.org Lainchan.org] earlier that year, became affiliated with the Project<ref>https://legacy.arisuchan.jp/x/res/2.html#q20</ref>.<br />
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On May 10, eNdymioN announced the liquidation of a developer System, in order to gain more Aurora (fundamental energy of Systemspace) for the mission of the Project. This Aurora could "be used either as slots for users (28K) or time (560 days)"; hence, every 20 new migrants would bring the unlink, for which it was feared Tsuki would have to kill himself, one day forward<ref name="news">https://classic.systemspace.network/news.php</ref>. The increase in migrant slots was not universally popular; some complained that the new slots would only go to "normies"<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/37055891/#q37064407</ref>, but Tsuki reasserted that "Robots are still the higher priority for us."<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/37055891/#37058468</ref>.<br />
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On May 15, a survey was taken asking the community whether they wanted to advertise on 8chan or not<ref name="news" />.<br />
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Around that time, the sale of "file space" began in order to raise money for the Project. At the price of 0.0015 bitcoin per gigabyte, migrants could buy space to upload files to which they would have access in LFE<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/37527215/#q37530250</ref>. While it was suspected to be a scam for Tsuki's personal benefit, he denied it, saying that the revenue received was only enough to pay for the actual needs of the Project, such as server space<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/37527215/#q37534075</ref>.<br />
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On June 11, 2017, a "Pre-Gate" survey was taken<ref name="news" />. Of the 1,286 migrants that responded to it, 82.97% believed in the TSUKI Project<ref>https://classic.systemspace.network/</ref>.<br />
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An unofficial Project BBS was in existence by June 26<ref>https://desuarchive.org/qa/thread/1421402/#1423096</ref>.<br />
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The event anticipated by all was the opening of the Gates on the 1st of July, for souls would be transferred to LFE only if their bodies died after that date<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/37527215/#q37529307</ref>. <br />
===A long, hot summer (July - Sep, 2017)===<br />
When the Gates opened, a countdown to a few days later appeared on systemspace.link<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/38093044/#q38093175</ref>. What would happen when the countdown expired was not stated<ref>https://legacy.arisuchan.jp/x/res/2.html#q42</ref>. Some assumed it counted down to the time when all migrants would kill themselves<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/38193473/#q38193909</ref>; others, that the whole Project was an alternate reality game<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/38193473/#q38198093</ref>. The truth was far more mundane.<br />
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The countdown expired to reveal the homepage of systemspace.link with a new button, "Join Chat", prominently displayed<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/38209530/#q38211959</ref>. Less than half an hour later, the chat was inaccessible due to overload by the torrent of users<ref>https://desuarchive.org/r9k/thread/38209530/#q38212194</ref>. Still, as a separate chat system independent from Discord, it continued to possess a hold on the migrant psyche far out of proportion with its limited lifespan. <br />
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What happened a week or two later, however, was anything but mundane.<br />
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In 2018 the website came under fire due to the suicide of a seventeen year old boy directly influenced by the TSUKI Project.<br />
The TSUKI Project website has since been taken down and the last few users migrated to INITIATE or left completely.<br />
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Much of the website was later debunked, and/or explained by Apollobase.<br />
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== Serial Experiments Lain ==<br />
Many theories from users about the TSUKI Project made link with the anime TV series Serial Experiments Lain. In fact, the website itself made it clear by having the protagonist on its banner. Many users believed that the Tsuki project was based off the anime, however it turned out it was based on a visual novel.<br />
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Lain herself became the mascot of the website and gained great affections from the users. As the website worked as a forum around the TSUKI Project, it was a prevalent place for sharing Serial Experiments Lain pictures. Some subscribers used the website as a fansite for the TV series without believing in the claims made about Systemspace, though a survey of over 1,000 users had results indicating that most claimed to believe it was real.<br />
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== Credits ==<br />
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmt4d0u7mBQ&ab_channel=Ahiga The Cult of Systemspace] (youtube; by Initiate)<br />
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[https://apollobase.neocities.org/ Apollobase] (apollo)<br />
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[https://initiate.space/ INITIATE.SPACE] (initiate)<br />
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20170519000546/https://systemspace.link/ TSUKI Project website] (archived)<br />
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[https://systemspace.network/ TSUKI Project website] (mirror)<br />
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[https://www.reddit.com/r/ARG/comments/7bifgj/the_tsuki_project_explained_part_1_of_2/ The TSUKI Project explained] (reddit)<br />
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[https://kikyou.space/ Systemspace Compendium archive] <br />
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Thought Experiments Lain is owned by Lawrence Eng aka Lawmune. It was started as a place to collect information for a paper the webmaster was writing.<br />
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It includes, among other things, a review, fanart contest and glossary. It is perhaps best known for the list of [[Apple Inc. References|Apple references]] in Lain.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [http://www.cjas.org/~leng/lain.htm Thought Experiments Lain]<br />
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[[File:Thewired.info.png|right|thumb|500px|Taken on June 15th, 2010]]<br />
thewired.info was an imageboard running Kusaba X 0.9.1, loosely based on and related to [[Serial Experiments Lain]] and was operated by Redial and Bismarck. Although the same people, the owners used the aliases Copland and Bloodberry, after an unknown hacker took advantage of a flaw in Kusaba X 0.9 to delete original accounts. It featured several boards on various topics, including a few international ones.<br />
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==History==<br />
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The domain thewired.info was purchased in January of 2009 with the actual board going online in March of 2009. The board has undergone many changes since its creation, including deleting the NSFW and unpopular boards, writing stylesheets, and changing providers from godaddy.com to omegahosts.net. In July 2010, thewired.info is expected to move to servage.net.<br />
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In early 2010, a minor hacking attempt was staged; this failed. However, some hosting problems have been had, resulting in downtime.<br />
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In Juny of 2011 the site was finally shut down by Copland after several problems with the host and a general lack of a userbase.<br />
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The site's admin BloodBerry has scanned the first half of the [[Serial Experiments Lain Ultimate Fan Guide]]; this project is currently halted due to scanner-related problems.<br />
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''“But then where is the real me after all is said and done? Ah there is no real me, I guess that’s it. I only exist inside those people aware of my existence. But what about the me that I can hear talking right here and now, it’s me isn’t it? This me that’s talking . . . who is me, who’s me?”''<br />
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[[Serial Experiments Lain|Serial Experiments: Lain]] is a revolutionary anime series from director [[Nakamura Ryuutarou|Ryutaro Nakamura]]. The story follows [[Lain Iwakura|Lain]], a thirteen-year-old student living in Tokyo. This visually stunning anime tells a story in which the lines between the ‘real world’ and the ‘[[The Wired|wired world]]’ (the world that exists in computers, through networks) are beginning to blur. But the series also asks serious questions that reflect the anxieties of modern Japanese living in the digital era. In Nakamura's version of modern-day Japan, Lain struggles to exist within the vastness of the digital age while trying not to loose her identity. These themes are a direct result of the tensions that have been building up for centuries in post war Japan. When Japan opened its doors to Westernization there was a huge collision between traditional Japanese culture and the ‘modern’ industrialized West. Like Pandora's box, this collision gave birth to serious issues, issues that stem from the Japanese need to reevaluate their position in the world and to consider what toll their rapid industrialization has taken on themselves. Japan today is the world leader in technology development, but at what cost?<br />
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At the beginning of every episode the viewer is met with the same distortions of modern Tokyo. Busy streets, bright lights, tall buildings, and the silhouettes of power lines all serve to emphasize the incredible industrialization of modern-day Japan. In addition, every episode contains countless frames of power lines looming over the city – the hum of their electrical current a constant reminder of the technological revolution and the existence of the wired. In this Tokyo a world has been created that functions much differently from the ‘real’ world. This world is referred to as ‘the wired’ and it is the world that exists in the flow of information across the worldwide network. In Serial Experiments: Lain a consciousness is forming on the wired and that consciousness is beginning to affect the events of the real world.<br />
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In the first episode, the viewer is introduced to [[Chisa Yomoda|Chisa Yomoto]], a shy classmate of Lain's. Our introduction to Chisa consists of Chisa's swan dive from the top of a downtown skyscraper, leading to her quick and rather messy end. A few days later many in her class start receiving emails from her, including Lain. In the email sent to Lain, Chisa says that, “I have only given up my body, you see by sending you email I can use this system to explain to you that I am still alive.” This notion of being able to exist solely as a consciousness through technology is a fairly common theme in Japanese animation. Other series like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Bebop Cowboy Bebop] also explore this theme, in addition to features such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell Ghost in the Shell]. This theme speaks directly to the bizarre and complicated relations between what we consider ‘reality’ and the reality of the wired. Given the Japanese's cultural history this theme also relates to their notions of self and social interaction.<br />
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First consider the practical differences between the physical world and the world of the wired. In the wired there are no distinctions of social position, race, gender, age, level of education, etc. that are very important aspects of the Japanese social atmosphere. Dorinne Kondo speaks about these interpersonal relationships in her book Crafting Selves. Kondo points out that the Japanese have a system of interacting that is based on a hierarchical model. Ruth Benedict also asserts this in her book, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword in which she writes,<br />
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''Any attempt to understand the Japanese must begin with their version of what it means to ‘take one’s proper station.’ Their reliance upon order and hierarchy and our faith in freedom and equality are poles apart and it is hard for us to give hierarchy its just due as a possible social mechanism. Japan’s confidence in hierarchy is basic in her whole notion of man’s relation to his fellow man and man’s relation to the State. (43)''<br />
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Within the wired, there are no distinctions between individuals with which to base a hierarchical system on. It is there, on the wired, that the Japanese therefore are forced to exist outside of what they are comfortable with. Their identities, without having to conform to the tight social constrictions of the hierarchical system, become more individualized, more based upon a person's ‘true self’. Both Takeo Doi and Erving Goffman speak about this concept in their books. Goffman, in The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, calls attention to the fact that whenever a person is forced to interact with another person, that person is putting on a performance, carefully analyzing every move they make in terms of how the other person will react or how the other person's image of them might change. This concept is related directly to the Japanese in Takeo Doi's book, The Anatomy of Self. Doi writes of the difference between the Japanese omote and ura. Loosely translated they can mean ‘façade’ and ‘inner truth’ respectively. As to the Japaneseness of these concepts Doi writes, “I think omote and ura correspond to the distinction between soto (outside) and uchi (inside) that is often prominent in the Japanese consciousness of human relations” (24). These concepts of façade and inner truth are intertwined heavily into the theory of the Japanese hierarchical social structure. But as we will see, the hierarchical structure dissolves when faced with the world within the wired. The wired then exists as a world in which identity is relative – where the need for ‘masks’ is nonexistent.<br />
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One of the stereotypes of the Japanese is their group-oriented mentality. We have already been introduced to this kind of mentality through the discussion of the Japanese social structure where all social interactions are based on a person's relative position in the larger social hierarchy. But there are other aspects of this group mentality that are also represented in Serial Experiments: Lain. The Japanese term amae is discussed in Takeo Doi's essay, Amae: A Key Concept for Understanding Japanese Personality Structure: “Amae is the noun form of amaeru, an intransitive verb that means ‘to depend and presume upon another’s benevolence’” (121). While this concept is perhaps not completely foreign to Americans, the fact that the English language lacks a word for such a concept shows that perhaps it is not as important a concept in the West than it is for the Japanese. Amae implies a natural and deep need for and reliance upon others, which is the backbone for all of the Japanese's interpersonal relations. This concept of amae is represented in many ways in Serial Experiments: Lain, namely in the family atmosphere, in Lain's relations to her peers, and in Lain's presence on the wired.<br />
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In his essay, Takeo Doi asserts that amae originally arises out of what a small child might feel toward their mother (123). It is therefore important to look at Lain's family situation. Lain is the youngest of two daughters in her family. [[Yasuo Iwakura|Lain's father]] is a career man who probably works with computers. [[Miho Iwakura|Lain's mother]] is a housewife who seems to be rather bored with life. The structure of the family is very typical of the Japanese household, while the relations within that structure turn out to be very atypical. While some of the stereotypical family dynamic is sacrificed for plot development and the representation of themes, there are still aspects of it that serve this argument. Lain from the beginning has been very shy and independent. As we see her relations to her parents, it is clear that she has very little if any feeling of amae for anyone in her family. Lain appears like a stranger in the family, doing her best to pretend to be her parents daughter. Lain's mother is perhaps the best example for our purposes here. She is seemingly in a state of detachedness from the world. She hardly ever speaks, and spends most of her time staring off into space. Her movements are very mechanical and her face is always expressionless. She seems to be so devoid of energy that often is the case that when she is spoken to she will not reply. It would be hard for anyone, especially a thirteen-year-old girl, to have a meaningful relationship with someone who lives this kind of non-existence, almost as if in a coma. What this means is that Lain has grown up in a household in which she was unable to develop her understanding of the hierarchical form of socialization. The small bit of understanding of this system that she may have had, she slowly looses as she dives deeper and deeper into the world of the wired where that kind of socialization is nonexistent.<br />
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Another result of Lain's dysfunctional family life is that she has also never felt part of a group. For the Japanese who define themselves by their relation to the group, Lain is lonely and searching for a group that she can belong to. At school, the place one might expect most receptive to the formation of groups, Lain is shy and awkward and does not have any close friends. Lain therefore finds it easier to ‘fit in’ in the world of the wired, a world not controlled by the hierarchical socialization system. Lain therefore becomes a representation of the Western notion of individualism as she is alone in a world that functions within the parameters of a hierarchical group model of socialization.<br />
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Takeo Doi writes of this theory of individualism and its origins in his book, The Anatomy of Self, in which he says that, “the importance of the individual was generally recognized in the West only after the beginning of the twelfth century, and that until that time, the word individuum itself did not have the meaning it has today” (54). Doi then goes on to say that the so-called ‘discovery of the individual’ occurred “because of massive and rapid social change during this period. No longer able to seek behavioral norms outside of themselves, people in the West began to privilege personal experience” (54). This is the exact same situation that faced the Japanese at the onset of Westernization. The social norms of the Japanese were changing swiftly due to outside (i.e. non Japanese) influences, and many Japanese, unable to keep up, sought comfort and stability by turning to themselves and to individuality. Lain then seems to represent the individualistic result of the mass Westernization after the war. The question then arises of what will become of Lain (or of Japan) as the technological revolution sweeps through the country?<br />
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The issues dealt with in Serial Experiments: Lain are issues that arise from the emergence of technology in Japan. As John F. Embree writes in his book, Suye Mura: A Japanese Village, the Japanese have “a remarkable docility” (3). This ‘docility’ is understandable when one considers the Zen, Confucian, and Shinto influences on Japanese life. The lives of old men are often good representations of what we in the West might refer to as ‘the good life’. The old, freed from many of the social, economical, and political responsibilities they may have had in their youth, are freer to live life how they choose, at a slow and leisurely pace. This is clearly illustrated in many anime series, including Cowboy Bebop and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranma_%C2%BD Ranma ½]. This desire to live a ‘peaceful’ existence has clear roots in Confucianism and has become a social ideal of the Japanese.<br />
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This ideal is reflected in the slow pace of Serial Experiments: Lain. The story unfolds slowly, carefully, going for minutes at a time with no dialogue. The stillness of life is represented to the fullest. But this has another purpose besides the naturalistic expression of real life. This slow-paced world of the real also stands as a blaring contrast to the fast-paced world of the wired. The wired is a world of high-speed communication, of confusion, hysteria, chaos, bright lights, and loud music. This is perhaps best illustrated by the club that Lain is brought to in [[Layer 02|the second episode]]: [[Cyberia]]. This club, as the name suggests, is a good representation of the technological boom in Tokyo. The club is populated with hackers and techno-punk teenagers. They dance to the loud sounds of electronic synthesizers and distorted noises with multi-colored flashing lights making the room glow. On top of this it is also here that we are introduced to the drug ‘[[accela]]’. Accela is a nano-mechanism that is said to stimulate the secretion of a synthetic neurotransmitter that speeds up the rate at which the brain can process information by a factor of 12. In this world technology is the fast-paced road to the future.<br />
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But one of the more important things to take note of in this contrast between the high speed world of technology and the slow-paced world of everyday life is the relevant importance of identity in each. Cyberia, as well as the wired are very crowded places, with an innumerable amount of people sending and receiving information. In some instances, when Lain enters the wired, her voice is practically drowned out by the other voices around her. In Cyberia, she is small and quiet in comparison to the loud music and the packed dance floor. It is in the world of technology in which Lain begins to loose her identity. In Lain's case, the fast-paced world of technology is quickly encroaching upon her rather dull life, and before long she is caught up in the tidal wave, with no way of escaping.<br />
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And this is exactly the problem that faced, and faces, Japan in the post-war era. When Japan was opened to the West, an insurgence of culture and technology flooded the country. There were now new Western ideas to challenge Japan's traditional modes of living. Besides the obvious issues of struggling to maintain a cultural identity, the Japanese also had to deal with the attacks on their culture made by Western individualism. The Japanese group oriented social structure found itself being questioned and reanalyzed by the very people that had supported it before Westernization.<br />
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A lot has changed in the fifty plus years since the war. Today, Japan is the world leader in the development of new technology. Since the bust of the early 1990s, the optimistic economy of Japan has been almost forgotten. But as Chris Anderson writes, “there is another Japan: Japan-as-metaphor. This is the Japan that represents hyper-modernism in all its dimensions, from advanced technology to individual alienation to urbanization run amok”. Technology, whether we like to admit it or not, minimizes real human contact. It is this ‘individual alienation’ that is the result of the digital era. Serial Experiments: Lain addresses these issues of technology and its effects upon the Japanese social structure. As Lain dives deeper into the world of wired, she slips away from the few real people in her life. She becomes increasingly alienated from her friends and the already pathetic relationship she has with her parents quickly dissolves. In the end, when Lain has fully embraced her technological pursuits, she has completely lost the ability to relate to and interact with her fellow humans.<br />
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The blurring lines between the physical world and the world of the wired in Serial Experiments: Lain are representative of the move from a rigidly organized hierarchical social system to one of almost chaotic individualism as a result of the Westernization of Japan. These are issues that the Japanese have had to deal with for decades now, either on a subconscious or on a conscious level. Through the example of Lain we have seen how concepts of self and group, omote and ura, and the individualization effect of technology, have affected and changed modern day Japan. The anxieties of the Japanese in the digital era become apparent when Lain asks, confused and alone, “Who is me, who’s me?”<br />
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By [http://mitchelltribbett.wordpress.com/ Mitchell K. Tribbett] | [http://www.corneredangel.com/amwess/papers/lain_essay.doc Source]<br />
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Winamp is a desktop media player application developed by Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev for [[wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]]. One of its best known features is its customization, allowing users to change every visual detail about the player. Over the years, a number of Serial Experiments Lain fans have created Lain-themed Winamp skins for use with the program.<br />
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A collection of these skins that have been saved on the Internet Archive have been included below.<br />
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==Serial Experiments LAIN by Nasgar0th==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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!colspan="2"| Winamp Skin Information<br />
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|colspan="2"| [[File:Lain Winamp Skin by Nasgar0th.png|thumb|center]]<br />
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| Name<br />
| Serial Experiments LAIN<br />
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| Author<br />
| Nasgar0th<br />
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| Internet Archive Link<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/winampskin_lain lain : Nasgar0th : Internet Archive]<br />
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| Original Source<br />
| [https://www.deviantart.com/nasgar0th/art/Serial-Experiments-LAIN-21116258 DeviantArt - Nasgar0th]<br />
|}<br />
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==Serial Experiments Lain by Unknown==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="2"| Winamp Skin Information<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="2"| [[File:Serial Experiments Lain Winamp Skin by Unknown.png|thumb|center]]<br />
|-<br />
| Name<br />
| Serial Experiments Lain<br />
|-<br />
| Author<br />
| Unknown<br />
|-<br />
| Internet Archive Link<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/winampskins_Serial_Experiments_Lain_1 Serial_Experiments_Lain.wsz : Internet Archive]<br />
|-<br />
| Original Source<br />
| Unknown<br />
|}<br />
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==Serial Experiments Lain by Unknown==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="2"| Winamp Skin Information<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="2"| [[File:Serial Experiments Lain winamp skin by Unknown.png|thumb|center]]<br />
|-<br />
| Name<br />
| Serial Experiments Lain<br />
|-<br />
| Author<br />
| Unknown<br />
|-<br />
| Internet Archive Link<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/winampskins_serial_experiments_lain serial_experiments_lain.wsz : Internet Archive]<br />
|-<br />
| Original Source<br />
| Unknown<br />
|}<br />
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==Serial Experiments Lain - You Don't Understand by Unknown==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="2"| Winamp Skin Information<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="2"| [[File:Serial Experiments Lain - You Don't Understand Winamp Skin.png|thumb|center]]<br />
|-<br />
| Name<br />
| Serial Experiments Lain - You Don't Understand<br />
|-<br />
| Author<br />
| Unknown<br />
|-<br />
| Internet Archive Link<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/winampskins_Serial_Experiments_Lain_-_You_Don_t_Understand Serial Experiments Lain - You Don't Understand.wsz : Internet Archive]<br />
|-<br />
| Original Source<br />
| Unknown<br />
|}<br />
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==Serial Experiments Lain - A Rainy Day==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="2"| Winamp Skin Information<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="2"| [[File:Serial Experiments Lain - A Rainy Day Winamp Skin.png|thumb|center]]<br />
|-<br />
| Name<br />
| Serial Experiments Lain - A Rainy Day<br />
|-<br />
| Author<br />
| Unknown<br />
|-<br />
| Internet Archive Link<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/winampskins_Serial_Experiments_Lain_-_A_Rainy_Day Serial Experiments Lain - A Rainy Day.wsz : Internet Archive]<br />
|-<br />
| Original Source<br />
| Unknown<br />
|}<br />
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==Serial Experiments Lain - Staring Into Darkness==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
!colspan="2"| Winamp Skin Information<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="2"| [[File:Serial Experiments Lain - Staring Into Darkness Winamp Skin.png|thumb|center]]<br />
|-<br />
| Name<br />
| Serial Experiments Lain - Staring Into Darkness<br />
|-<br />
| Author<br />
| Unknown<br />
|-<br />
| Internet Archive Link<br />
| [https://archive.org/details/winampskins_Serial_Experiments_Lain_-_Staring_Into_Darkness Serial Experiments Lain - Staring Into Darkness.wsz : Internet Archive]<br />
|-<br />
| Original Source<br />
| Unknown<br />
|}<br />
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[[File:Mebious.mobi.png|right|thumb|500px|Taken on November 11th, 2020]]<br />
Started in 2011 as an improved version of [[Mebious.co.uk]] by a person affectionately referred to as "Mobi-sama", sometimes "emotikun". This person sometimes posts in yellow text.<br />
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Mebious.mobi features 6 colour schemes, an image gallery, wordfilter, a [http://www.weusecoins.com/ Bitcoin] donations link, a music upload function(music player at /sound/assembly.html), a private area and an auto-refresh function. It displays 20 posts of up to 512 characters at a time and the URLs are clickable. To match the style of original mebious.co.uk sometimes URLs become corrupted and impossible to follow.<br />
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The text posts on Mobi are generally more coherent than the ones on Mebious.<br />
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In the early days, the image uploader was flooded with images of Bernkastel from Umineko no Naku Koro ni. As a consequence, Bernkastel is almost always visible.<br />
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In 2012 several users suggested meeting up in London, England sometime in 2014 and named the event mobicon/mebbycon. A blackboard and green chalk were mentioned.<br />
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==History==<br />
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In late September of 2013 www.mebious.mobi starting redirecting to www.mebious.co.uk. The reason is unclear and as of October 10th mobi is down.<br />
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In mid of February 2014 mebious.mobi wasn't reachable over the DNS address. It was still accessible over http://162.243.45.33/classic.php .<br />
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As of May 10th, 2015 most of the public facing pages result in 404 or 403 errors following the admin's decision to close the site on the basis of "moral dilemma" regarding operating the site as an open forum for perceived malignant discussion.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [http://www.mebious.mobi Mebious.mobi]<br />
* [http://www.mebious.co.uk Mebious.co.uk] ([[Mebious.co.uk|article]]), the original Mebious.<br />
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Launched in May 2015 as a clone of [[mebious.co.uk]], '''mebio.us''' is a site with a similar focus to the original, though it was created in response to the closure of [[mebious.mobi]].<br />
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It has several unique features, such as:<br />
* All traffic is encrypted via SSL to prevent eavesdropping.<br />
* The code is completely open source and it's encouraged that users create their own instances of it to create a decentralized community.<br />
* The site has an ongoing effort to protect the anonymity of its users.<br />
* It has a REST API which allows anonymous reading, and with an API key, posting to the site.<br />
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==Other Features==<br />
* 512 character limit as opposed to the original site.<br />
* Image support is planned, along with the possibility of audio. There is, however, no ETA on when these features will be complete.<br />
* Actively monitors for and censors abusive/illegal content.<br />
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==Anonymity==<br />
In the interest of preserving anonymity, the site takes the following precautions:<br />
* All webserver logs disabled completely.<br />
* User IPs are hashed immediately as SHA512 and the plaintext representation of the IP address is discarded. The hashed IP is stored only for banning purposes. This is vulnerable to comparing the hash against a set of all hashed IPv4 addresses, if an alternative to this system is not found, the site will disable banning in the interest of user anonymity, thus no IP logs in any form at all will be kept.<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* [https://mebio.us mebio.us] - defunct<br />
* [https://github.com/mebio-us/mebio.us Site source code, MIT licensed.] - deleted<br />
* [https://github.com/rein/mebious Barebones source code, without some "useless" additions made for .us] - deleted<br />
* [https://twitter.com/mebio_us Twitter account, posts notices if the site is unavailable, as well as other content.] - deleted<br />
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[[File:Serial Experiments Lain Anime English Dub Voice Talents.png|thumb|right|The English dub cast roles, as shown at the end of [[Layer 01]]]]<br />
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In the English language dub of [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Serial Experiments Lain]], the credits of the show do not assign specific character roles to each English dub voice actor. Instead, all cast members were grouped into a single credit, "English Dub Voice Talents".<br />
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Because of this, fans of the show have attempted to guess or ask voice actors for the role they played in the show. Since the information/undertaking is considered unofficial and a fan project, it has been separated from the main [[Layer 01 Credits]] page.<br />
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Note: Many of the voice actors credited in the English dub of the show were not credited under their real names, and instead used a variety of aliases. In these cases, their birth name has been included in parentheses after their credited name. For more information on voice actors and their use of aliases, you can read [https://moonlightingvoice.com/why-do-voice-actors-use-aliases/ Why Do Voice Actors Use Aliases?], posted by the website Moonlighting Voice.<br />
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=Cast Roles=<br />
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{| style="text-align: left;"<br />
! Credit !! Name !! Source<br />
|-style="background-color:#4C4D4D;"<br />
|| [[Lain Iwakura]] || Ruby Marlowe || <ref name="misceLAINeous">misceLAINeous - Basic Info, https://www.cjas.org/~leng/basic.htm</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[Yasuo Iwakura]] || Gil Starberry (Barry Alan Stigler) || <ref>Behind the Voice Actors - Barry Stigler, https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Barry-Stigler/</ref><ref>IMDb - Barry Stigler as Yasuo Iwakura, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0967273/characters/nm0823048</ref><br />
|-style="background-color:#4C4D4D;"<br />
| [[Miho Iwakura]] || Celeste Burch (Petrea Burchard) || <ref name="misceLAINeous" /><ref>IMDb - Petrea Burchard as Miho Iwakura, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500092/characters/nm0120838</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[Mika Iwakura]] || PJ Lee (Patricia Ja Lee) || <ref name="misceLAINeous" /><br />
|-style="background-color:#4C4D4D;"<br />
| [[Alice Mizuki]] || Emily Brown (Emilie de Azevedo Brown) || <ref>Behind the Voice Actors - Alice Mizuki, https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Serial-Experiments-Lain-TV/Alice-Mizuki/</ref><ref>IMDb - Emilie de Azevedo Brown as Arisu Mizuki, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500092/characters/nm0113518</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[Reika Yamamoto]] || Lenore Zann || <ref>Behind the Voice Actors - Reika Yamamoto, https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Serial-Experiments-Lain-TV/Reika-Yamamoto/</ref><ref>IMDb - Lenore Zann as Reika Yamamoto, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500092/characters/nm0952801</ref><br />
|-style="background-color:#4C4D4D;"<br />
| [[Juri Katou]] || Alexis A. Edwards (Dari Lallou MacKenzie) + Gracie Poletti (Gracie Moore) || <ref>IMDbPro - Dari Lallou, https://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0249741/</ref><ref>AniList - Dari Lallou MacKenzie, https://anilist.co/staff/267272/Dari-Lallou-MacKenzie</ref> + <ref name="weird">IMDb - Weird - Full Cast & Crew, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0824736/fullcredits/</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[Chisa Yomoda]] || Lia Sargent || <ref name="misceLAINeous" /><br />
|-style="background-color:#4C4D4D;"<br />
| [[Keiko Yoshii]] || Dorothy Melendrez (Dorothy Elias-Fahn) || <ref>IMDb - Dorothy Elias-Fahn as Keiko Yoshii, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500092/characters/nm0253528</ref><ref>Dorothy Elias-Fahn - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Elias-Fahn</ref><br />
|-<br />
| [[JJ]] || Christy Mathewson (Eddie Frierson) || <ref>IMDb - Eddie Frierson as JJ, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0967276/characters/nm0295579</ref><br />
|-style="background-color:#4C4D4D;"<br />
| [[Myu-Myu]] || Sandy Fox || <ref name="misceLAINeous" /><br />
|-<br />
| [[Cop]] || Devon Michaels (Michael McCarty) || <ref>IMDb - Michael McCarty as Cop, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500092/characters/nm0565419M</ref><ref name="society">IMDb - Society - Full Cast & Crew, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870059/fullcredits/</ref><br />
|-style="background-color:#4C4D4D;"<br />
| Delivery Man || Dylan Tully (Michael Lindsay) || <ref name="society" /><ref>IMDb - Michael Lindsay as Delivery Man, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500092/characters/nm0512278</ref><br />
|-<br />
| Narrator || George C. Cole (Paul St. Peter) || <ref name="protocol">IMDb - Protocol - Full Cast & Crew, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt00967276/fullcredits</ref><ref>IMDb - Paul St. Peter as Narrator, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0967276/characters/nm0170555</ref><br />
|-style="background-color:#4C4D4D;"<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| <br />
|-style="background-color:#4C4D4D;"<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
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==Unknown Credits==<br />
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These credits are unknown, unsorted, or need peer review. If they can be paired to a matching credit in the Japanese version of the anime, or confirmed to refer to a specific character, they could be moved to the table above.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Credit !! Name !! Confusion !! Source<br />
|-<br />
| Lain's Friend / Lain's Friend 2 || Selece Zann || What character are they referring to? || <ref name="misceLAINeous" /><ref>Serial Experiments Lain (TV) - Anime News Network, https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=166</ref><br />
|-<br />
| Little Girl || Katie Ashley || What character are they referring to? || <ref name="misceLAINeous" /><br />
|-<br />
| Miscellaneous voices || Melissa Williamson || What voices are they referring to? || <ref name="misceLAINeous" /><br />
|-<br />
| Miscellaneous voices(?) || Richard Epcar || What voices are they referring to? || <ref name="misceLAINeous" /><br />
|-<br />
| Additional Voices || Bebe Elam (Cecilia Elam) || What voices are they referring to? || <ref>IMDb - Cecilia Elam as Additional Voices, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500092/characters/nm0252913</ref><br />
|-<br />
| Voice on Wired || Carol Stanzione || Which "voice on wired"? (From [[Layer 03]], Psyche) || <ref>IMDb - Carol Stanzione as Voice on Wired, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0500092/characters/nm0662630</ref><br />
|-<br />
| Additional Voices || Elliot Reynolds || What voices are they referring to? || <ref>Crystal Acids - Elliot Reynolds, https://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/3624/elliot-reynolds/</ref><br />
|-<br />
| Additional Voices || Gracie Poletti (Gracie Moore) || What voices are they referring to? || <ref name="religion">IMDb - Religion - Full Cast & Crew, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870058/fullcredits/</ref><br />
|-<br />
| || Heather Ashton || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Horace Muckle || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Ian Hawk || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || James Lyon || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Jimmy Theodore || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Katie Ashley || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Marie Danielle || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Paul Stephen || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Robert Wicks || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Rona Bellini || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Sean Mitchell || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Susan Chavez || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Syd Fontana || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| || Ty Webb || This credited VA does not yet have a listed role. || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Takuyoshi Masuoka|Middle-aged man at Avec]] || || This character does not yet have a credited VA || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| Young woman at Avec || || This character does not yet have a credited VA || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| Oyaji || || || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| Girl's voice || || || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| Man || || || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[S]] || || || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[Morizumi Ali|DJ]] || || || [[Layer 01 Credits]]<br />
|}<br />
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On 2012-12-15, several users of [[Mebious.co.uk]] decided to make a visual novel based on [[Serial Experiments Lain]].<br />
<br />
It will consist of a collection of short stories and use the Ren'Py visual novel engine.<br />
<br />
==Staff==<br />
*[[user:Amysteriousgal|Amysteriousgal]] - Writer, possible artist<br />
*[[user:bytor|bytor]] - editor, maybe writer<br />
*[[user:アラベスク|アラベスク]] - audio stuff, Japanese translation, general enthusiast<br />
*[[user:Ahania|Ahania]] - tentative writer and programmy-stuff-do-er<br />
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==Plan==<br />
*The text used for the VN will be collected here in a page in the next section. Each page represents one short story idea that will be included. Feel free to add your own ideas or to choose an existing one to write up.<br />
<br />
*Music will be Creative Commons (any non-ND license). Possible source: http://archive.org/details/nineinchnails_ghosts_I_IV<br />
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*Backgrounds should mostly be made from anime screencaps. Some specific ones may need to be drawn or adapted from photos.<br />
<br />
*Character sprites will need to be drawn. (I'll try to draw some if she has time, but I can't guarantee quality. -Amysteriousgal)<br />
<br />
*Everything will then be assembled into a visual novel. (I'll try my best to do this, but I'm really not capable of anything beyond the basics at the moment. It's fortunate that Ren'Py has been around for long enough for there to be guides to practically everything. -Amysteriousgal)<br />
<br />
*Ideas should go on the relevant story's discussion page- the article is for agreed-upon plans and draft text for the story.<br />
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==Stories==<br />
<onlyinclude><br />
*'''[[Come to the Wired]]'''<br />
** Chisa's story, leading up to her suicide. Also sort of like a prequel.<br />
** First draft completed<br />
<br />
*'''[[Let's all love Lain]]'''<br />
** Reality slippage causes people to become obsessed with Lain. Told in first person as one of the other characters - could be anyone, but perhaps Alice or Taro are easiest to use. Concurrent with Layer 12.<br />
** In progress<br />
<br />
*'''[[Visual Novel Experiments Lain]]'''<br />
** Visual novel adaptations of the text snippets found in [[Visual Experiments Lain]].<br />
** In progress<br />
<br />
*'''[[A day in the life of Lain]]'''<br />
** A light comedy where you go to school, explore the Wired, flirt with Alice, hallucinate, fulfill the prophecy, fend off your other self and try not to be too socially awkward.<br />
** '''Writer needed'''<br />
<br />
*'''[[Becoming God | Becoming God(Title to change at a later date.)]]'''<br />
** The conspiracy from the perspective of a nameless Tachibana Labs Employee, covering the modification of Protocol 7 and the incarnation and conditioning of Lain. A prequel to the anime.<br />
** '''Writer is Lazy'''<br />
<br />
*'''[[Love Experiments Lain]]'''<br />
** A dating sim with Lain, where the player plays as himself. Possible choice of which of the 3 Lain personalities to date?<br />
** '''Writer needed'''<br />
<br />
*'''[[Rumours in the Wired]]'''<br />
** You play as yourself - you can enter your name or handle at the beginning. Voices are whispering things in the Wired. They're mostly random things, but when you speak to the Wired, it listens and begins responding, allowing you to collect information. Possible topics of investigation: Knights, Lain, some sort of conspiracy theory? And if you say the wrong things, the speakers become increasingly chaotic and perhaps attack you by spreading rumours until you can't stay on the Wired anymore.<br />
** '''Writer needed'''<br />
</onlyinclude><br />
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==Art==<br />
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===Character sprites===<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width=50%<br />
|[[File:Lainschoolstandard1lightfar.png|thumb|50px]]<br />
|[[File:Lainschoolstandard1lightclose.png|thumb|100px]]<br />
|Lain in school uniform, standard pose, 1st (default) expression, light atmosphere.<br />
|-<br />
|[[File:Lainschoolstandard1darkfar.png|thumb|50px]]<br />
|[[File:Lainschoolstandard1darkclose.png|thumb|100px]]<br />
|Lain in school uniform, standard pose, 1st (default) expression, dark atmosphere.<br />
|}<br />
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Small suggestion from somebody who would like to be a part of this project: don't indicate which Lain the player is actually interacting with, but let them deduce this from her behavior. I hope this kind of edit is okay. (Xanadu)<br />
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(For now, written in Alice's POV. If it doesn't work, it could change to someone else's- Taro's, Yasuo's, maybe just an unnamed stranger's? This is Alice narrating Layer 12.)<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
''And now, the following message:''<br />
<br />
''Let's all love Lain.''<br />
<br />
''Let's all love Lain. Let's all love Lain. Let's all love Lain.''<br />
<br />
''Lain Lain Lain Lain Lain Lain Lain LainLainLainLainLainLainLainLainLainLainLain''<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I love you, Lain.<br />
<br />
Stay there, OK? I'm coming to find you right now. It's lonely being in the real world, right? Don't worry, I'll be right there for you.<br />
<br />
Then, you won't have to connect through the Wired anymore.<br />
<br />
Then, you won't have to connect with all those other people, all those strangers who could be dangerous, just to heal your loneliness.<br />
<br />
After all, I'm your friend, right? This is what friends are for.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
It's only halfway through the school day, but I really can't concentrate. What am I doing sitting in this classroom, staring at 'Lain', when I know that she's a fake and the real Lain has been missing for days?<br />
<br />
Look at her, smiling and laughing and disgustingly fake. Look at her. That can't be Lain. That thing can't be the shy and quiet and surprisingly strong Lain who I know. It can't be.<br />
<br />
...And yet, nobody noticed. Nobody else knows that she's a fake, just like nobody remembers that rumour about me. There's nobody I can talk to.<br />
<br />
Maybe Lain actually did change everyone's memories. Maybe she left me alone with the truth just so I could suffer. I'm sure Lain is watching me right now - I don't know how, but I can feel it. What did I do to deserve this? What did I do to make Lain hate me?<br />
<br />
...Maybe I'm just going insane.<br />
<br />
I have to find Lain. I need her. She needs me. I have to find her.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
It's such a relief when the bell signals the end of school. I try to summon hope again and speak to Reika and Juri. They were Lain's friends, too, right? Maybe they noticed...<br />
<br />
'''Alice:''' Reika! Juri! Have you seen Lain?<br />
<br />
'''Reika:''' What are you talking about? She was sitting right there in class.<br />
<br />
'''Juri:''' Yeah, we talked with her, remember?<br />
<br />
'''Alice:''' No, that's not what I meant...<br />
<br />
''Where are you, Lain? That wasn't the real Lain. Where is the real Lain?''<br />
<br />
Reika and Juri aren't Lain's real friends, after all, so I ignore them and leave school on my own, heading home quickly to change into casual wear - something bright and pretty and might make Lain happy and then maybe my torture would stop...<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Taking a deep breath, I press Lain's doorbell.<br />
<br />
<br />
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= Second Draft (ain) =<br />
==Scene 0.==<br />
''Black screen. Words, center, type in''<br />
<br />
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'''「死ぬ時？」'''<br />
'''“What was it like when you died?”'''<br />
<br />
''Fade out.''<br />
<br />
==Scene One, Classroom, Day.==<br />
''Ambient hushed whispers. Image, sheet of paper with class play, in moonspeak. [Can be legitimate, like Love-Suicide at Amajima, or we could just stick text from scenario experiments lain in].''<br />
<br />
I don't know why, but I can't seem to do anything right.<br />
<br />
It was only a minor role in a class play. I had one line. Just one.<br />
<br />
But I couldn't say it. My time came to say my line, but I couldn't make a sound. <br />
<br />
Everyone was staring at me. Waiting for me. The play couldn't go on until I gave the main character his cue.<br />
<br />
I started shaking. My heart raced.<br />
<br />
I wanted to cry.<br />
<br />
Why did this have to happen to me, at such a crucial moment? I just needed to say this simple line. They needed me to—<br />
<br />
The next line came without me saying anything. They moved on somehow. The play continued without me.<br />
<br />
They all left me behind.<br />
<br />
''Black''<br />
<br />
'''At that moment, I understood.'''<br />
<br />
''Montage of scenery of Chisa highlighted alone in various scenes of her being isolated, being bullied, perhaps, sitting by herself at Cyberia, walking home alone, perhaps entering an empty house, loop until ending of text in bold below.''<br />
<br />
'''It's always been like this.'''<br />
<br />
'''They don't need me.'''<br />
<br />
'''The world doesn't need me.'''<br />
<br />
''Fade to black, while still looping. After black, stop looping.''<br />
<br />
'''Chisa:''' “I’m sorry…”<br />
<br />
==Scene Two, Bedroom, Night.==<br />
''Image, Chibi-Navi login screen. Ambient noise from computer fans.''<br />
(「だれ？」<br />
“Who are you?”<br />
四方田千砂<br />
ｃｈｉｓａ ｙｏｍｏｄａ)<br />
<br />
I have another life. On the Wired.<br />
<br />
I can talk to people there. It's easy, hiding behind a screen. I don't get nervous. I can find people who are like me, and even make friends with them. <br />
<br />
On the Wired, nobody knows who I am. I don't need to stay silent, afraid of saying something wrong. There are no consequences to my mistakes. Nobody hates me there.<br />
<br />
''Image, screen, perhaps some BBS or Futaba-based imageboard.''<br />
(名無しさん Ｎｏ． ７８<br />
Anonymous<br />
＞＞７３<br />
すごい！乙！！<br />
You're so cool! Thanks!!<br />
名無しさん Ｎｏ．７９<br />
Anonymous<br />
＞＞７３<br />
神！大きにありがとう！<br />
You're amazing! Thanks so much!<br />
ヨモ田さん Ｎｏ．８０<br />
Yomoda-san<br />
＞＞７８<br />
＞＞７９<br />
どういたしまして。喜んで手伝った。＾_＾<br />
It's nothing. I'm glad I could help. )<br />
<br />
I was useful there. <br />
<br />
''Image, screen, imageboard''<br />
(ヨモ田さん Ｎｏ． ３２<br />
Yomoda-san<br />
誰もあたしのことわからない。クラスにいる少女たちにクラッブへ連れて来られたけど、あたし、踊れらないから取り残された。<br />
あたしの存在は惨めね。<br />
Nobody understands me. I was taken to a club by some girls in my class, but I can't dance, so they left me behind.<br />
My existence is wretched, isn't it?<br />
名無しさん Ｎｏ． ３３<br />
Anonymous<br />
＞＞３２<br />
ひどい！かまわない、ヨモ田さん！そう言った人々は友達じゃないよー<br />
How mean! Don't worry about it, Yomoda-san! People like that aren't friends!<br />
名無しさん Ｎｏ． ３４<br />
Anonymous<br />
＞＞３２<br />
ワイヤードに来ればいいの。私たちはヨモ田さんがわかる！<br />
You should come to the Wired. We understand you, Yomoda-san!<br />
ヨモ田さん Ｎｏ． ３５<br />
Yomoda-san<br />
＞＞３３<br />
＞＞３４<br />
そう？聞いてくれて本当にありがとう。<br />
Is that so? I really appreciate you listening to me.)<br />
<br />
They care about me there.<br />
<br />
They want me there.<br />
<br />
I can be myself in front of them, and I don't need to worry about them hating me at all. I can speak my mind without freezing up or wanting to cry.<br />
<br />
I belong there.<br />
<br />
==Scene Three, Streets, Late Afternoon.==<br />
''Image, streets, include bloody shadows. Ambient waan waan waan 50MHz hum.''<br />
<br />
There's a girl from another class. <br />
<br />
Lain Iwakura. <br />
<br />
She never talks to anyone. That means she's quiet, like me. I think she might be lonely, too. <br />
<br />
Like me.<br />
<br />
I walked home with her today. We never said a word to each other, but I felt somehow connected to her. <br />
<br />
Even though she and I never spoke, I felt comforted. It was a familiar feeling that I couldn't place at first, but then I realized—<br />
<br />
For some reason, being with lain felt just like being on the Wired.<br />
<br />
''Image, lain profile view from her left, expression rather blank and forlorn.''<br />
<br />
I feel like she belongs there too, just like me. I don't know how, but I feel like she would be happy there.<br />
<br />
I want to be her friend. But I can't talk to people in a place like this.<br />
<br />
If only she was on the Wired, we could be happy together. We could connect, and we wouldn't have to hide or walk home in silence.<br />
<br />
...But I’ve never seen her use a NAVI before.<br />
<br />
I wanted to tell her, ‘Come to the Wired as soon as you can,’ but I didn't say anything.<br />
<br />
I don't know why, but I can't seem to do anything right.<br />
<br />
==Scene Four, Bedroom, Night.==<br />
''Image, screen, closeup of some words on the screen. Ambient computer noises.''<br />
(ここに神様がいるよー)<br />
<br />
Today, I heard something interesting on the Wired.<br />
<br />
'''God is here.'''<br />
<br />
The Knights say that God lives in the Wired. He is omnipresent, just like the Wired. He sees everything and knows everyone. He connects all of us by being connected to all of us Himself.<br />
<br />
He loves all of us.<br />
<br />
...I wonder...<br />
<br />
If he truly can love someone like me.<br />
<br />
Someone who is useless and awkward and unable to talk to anyone.<br />
<br />
''Image, screen, some sort of group chat client. IRC or similar chat client.''<br />
([02:04:01] バイトル：ワイヤードへ来さえすれば神様があなたを愛する。<br />
[02:04:44] ヨモダ：それじゃ、永遠にここにいたい。)<br />
<br />
'''Knight:''' He will love you as long as you come to the Wired.<br />
'''Chisa:''' I want to be here forever, then.<br />
<br />
''Image, screen, details on the Psyche processor, maybe a close up of part of ab# layer 03''<br />
<br />
They told me about the Psyche processor.<br />
<br />
They said it would let me enter the Wired without needing a NAVI.<br />
<br />
...They told me about abandoning the flesh.<br />
<br />
''Image, screen, chat client again.''<br />
([04:23:43] ヨモダ：本当にただ一つ方法？怖そう・・・<br />
[04:25:01] 大正電氣娘：うん。他の方法無い。何しろ、リアル・ワルドにあなたは必要ないって言ってたね。<br />
[04:31:23] ヨモダ：そう・・・必要ない。)<br />
<br />
''Chisa:'' Is that really the only way? It sounds scary...<br />
''Knight:'' Yeah. There's no other way. You said that the real world doesn't need you, anyway, didn't you?<br />
''Chisa:'' Right...it doesn't need me.<br />
<br />
==Scene Five, Empty Corridor, Late afternoon.==<br />
''Silence''<br />
<br />
Even knowing what I had learned last night, I went back to school as usual. <br />
<br />
I was alone, as usual.<br />
<br />
Waiting.<br />
<br />
I didn't talk to lain today, either. I just couldn't. I was too afraid.<br />
<br />
I'm pathetic. Here I'm nobody at all.<br />
<br />
But there I can be somebody. I can work to my fullest potential. I can become someone worthy of God's Love.<br />
<br />
I belong there, in the Wired.<br />
<br />
''Black, words, centered.''<br />
(「あたしは――こんなところにいなくてもいいの――」)<br />
<br />
'''Chisa:''' “I…would be better off not being in a place like this…”<br />
<br />
==Scene Six, Front hall, evening==<br />
''Image, open package with a Psyche processor nearby. Should be something like an envelope.''<br />
<br />
It arrived today. I found it on my desk when I got home.<br />
<br />
There was a note.<br />
''Image, typed note.''<br />
(早くワイヤードに来てー<br />
待ってる。)<br />
<br />
“Come to the Wired as soon as you can.”<br />
“We’re waiting.”<br />
<br />
''Fade to black''<br />
<br />
==Scene 0.2==<br />
''Slowly fade in words from before.''<br />
<br />
'''「死ぬ時?」'''<br />
'''“What was it like when you died?”'''<br />
<br />
''Below, type in slowly.''<br />
<br />
'''「痛かった（笑）」'''<br />
'''“It hurt. Heehee.”'''<br />
<br />
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Chapter 1<br />
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“UNTITLED (VISUAL NOVEL EXPERIMENTS LAIN) (WIP)”<br />
By: Anonymous<br />
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INTRODUCTION<br />
The scene opens with the main character waking up. He is staring at the room's ceiling. There is the hum of a fan motor and the flowing air. <br />
<br />
MC: Another unfamiliar ceiling?<br />
No...<br />
<br />
This is my room.<br />
<br />
Why...<br />
<br />
---<br />
An Alarm Begins to sound and the view changes to a loft room from behind a Kotatsu. A monitor with Copland OS running can be seen on a desk.<br />
---<br />
<br />
NAVI: Good morn- (The NAVI's greeting is interrupted.)<br />
<br />
MC:I'm awake!<br />
<br />
Not sure if I'm alive though.<br />
<br />
Messages!<br />
<br />
NAVI: There are no messages for- (The NAVI is again interrupted)<br />
<br />
MC: Wonderful, I can step into the office without losing an ear or two.<br />
<br />
FACELESS VOICE: <br />
>SE:white noise in the background<<br />
<br />
“It is such a nice day to serve God isn’t it?”<br />
<br />
MC: Huh?<br />
<br />
NAVI: There are n-<br />
<br />
MC: Shut up!<br />
<br />
I’ve got no time to lose my mind before work. I'm behind as it is!<br />
Working for Tachibana Labs is enough!<br />
<br />
Now where did I put my keys...<br />
<br />
---<br />
There is a quick shot of the door and the sound of it creaking open and closing. <br />
---<br />
The scene is now in a grey cubicle. A monitor running Copland OS is seen on the desk along with office stationary. The occasional phone can be heard ringing in the background, Distant keys click profusely.<br />
---<br />
<br />
TGL EMPLOYEE: Good morning!<br />
<br />
MC:Good morning.<br />
<br />
I didn't get any messages, what happened? Did Eiri-san descend from Paradise and finish all the late commits?<br />
<br />
EMPLOYEE:<br />
Haha, that's a little too soon. The nutcase only killed himself last month. We could’ve really used him though. We’ve got more problems than solutions lately.<br />
<br />
Anyways, Lead says he cleared your plate. You've really dodged a bullet. He's been forcing us to drink ‘Coffee’ as punishment all morning. <br />
He said something about you doing a special assignment, Wetware division. Didn't you get a message?<br />
<br />
MC: I haven't heard a thing.<br />
<br />
EMPLOYEE:<br />
Well you better see him before Lead thinks you're back on the job.<br />
<br />
MC: Yeah, will do.<br />
<br />
:The scene fades a bit:<br />
<br />
MC (IN THOUGHT):<br />
<br />
The boss? I’ve never so much as seen him since my interview 7 years ago.<br />
<br />
Even weirder, Wetware? A special assignment? Am I being transferred? No, I’ve never even dissected a frog. How could I work in Wetware?<br />
<br />
Whatever, I'll get some answers.<br />
<br />
But first, coffee.<br />
<br />
---<br />
The scene opens in a luxurious office, a deep brown mahogany decorates the walls and furniture of the office, a couch is upholstered a dark green and a lamp sits atop the desk. A holographic interface running Copland OS floats on the desk.<br />
The silhouette of a tall intimidating blonde man with an executive cut and a jet black American cut suit stands behind the desk glancing out the window. He stands at attention and his hands are behind his back at his waist. His back is facing the ‘camera’<br />
The perspective is from a seat in front of the desk.<br />
---<br />
<br />
MC:I’ve been told to see you about an assignment sir. I haven't received any kind of message...<br />
<br />
BOSS: Take a seat.<br />
<br />
Yes, I'm transferring you to Wetware, I'm told there's a task that suits someone of your... Competence.<br />
<br />
MC: I don't know the first-<br />
<br />
BOSS: You don't have to. I don't know the details. This comes from even higher up. I'm just responsible for a little paperwork.<br />
<br />
MC: When is this supposed to happen? Where is the Wetware division?<br />
<br />
BOSS: Tomorrow, a car will pick you up from your apartment in the morning. <br />
<br />
---<br />
The scene is in the MC's loft again.<br />
The screen on the desk is dark. <br />
:SE:Cicadas stridulate in the background. <br />
---<br />
FACELESS VOICE:<br />
>SE: White noise in background<<br />
<br />
Waaake up.<br />
<br />
<br />
MC: *Yawn*<br />
<br />
I must be dead...<br />
<br />
Nothing can hurt this much in the morning and still be considered alive.<br />
<br />
---<br />
There is a knock at the door.<br />
>:SE: Knocking<<br />
--- <br />
<br />
MC: The reaper is so much more polite than my landlord.<br />
<br />
WAIT A MINUTE!<br />
<br />
What time is it?! I must have slept in.<br />
<br />
Oh NAVI... You have failed me for the last time.<br />
<br />
I'll be out in a minute!<br />
<br />
---<br />
Two men sprites of the MIB's stand in the foreground. The background is the front of a Black Toyota Century. They're wearing strange eyepieces with a laser-sight. (They can be recognized as the MIB; Lin Sui-Xi and Karl.)<br />
---<br />
<br />
MC: You're my ride right? <br />
<br />
MIB (KARL): Yes, we’re here to escort you. Step into the car.<br />
<br />
---<br />
Scene opens with the sounds of wheels passing over gravel.<br />
A landscape of Sakura trees passes by; the perspective is from the right rear passenger behind a black tinted window.<br />
---<br />
<br />
MC: How far is this place?<br />
<br />
Do I have to get there everyday?<br />
<br />
MIB (LIN): We'll be there soon.<br />
<br />
I don't think that will be expected of you.<br />
<br />
---<br />
The car stops with the sound of the brakes bringing the car to a halt. <br />
>SE<<br />
---<br />
<br />
MIB (KARL): We’re here. We’ve been instructed to bring you back with the package or not at all.<br />
<br />
MC: Whoa, what package?<br />
<br />
MIB (LIN): Don't ask too many questions. It's bad for your health. *He takes a drag from a cigarette*<br />
<br />
MC: Right.<br />
<br />
---<br />
The scene stands before a 3 storey tall concrete and glass office complex, it stands solitary and there is no one outside.<br />
A few footsteps are heard as the scene fades into a reception area. It appears very sterile. Like a doctor's office.<br />
In the Foreground: A very professional looking young woman sits at a desk typing on a small NAVI monitor. It partially obscures her.<br />
---<br />
<br />
MC: Hello?<br />
<br />
RECEPTIONIST: She speaks in a dead tone: Tsubaki-san will see you now.<br />
<br />
*She glances past him*<br />
<br />
MC: Uhh...<br />
<br />
---<br />
A black-haired man in a white lab-coat quickly enters the foreground. He bears a neutral expression.<br />
---<br />
<br />
TSUBAKI: You must be the transfer.<br />
<br />
MC: That's correct, I'm supposed to work in Wetware?<br />
<br />
TSUBAKI: That's not entirely correct, for the time being...<br />
<br />
*He glances at the receptionist*<br />
<br />
Let's continue this on the way shall we?<br />
<br />
---<br />
The scene changes to a hallway and the sound of footsteps is heard.<br />
>SE<<br />
---<br />
<br />
TSUBAKI: Now, that's better.<br />
<br />
Officially, you're under employment of Tachibana Lab's Wetware division. You'll receive the same payroll as our specialist technicians while you carry out your task.<br />
<br />
MC: My task?<br />
<br />
TSUBAKI: Yes of course, better to show you.<br />
<br />
---<br />
The ding of an elevator call is heard<br />
And the scene briefly switches to the inside of the elevator<br />
---<br />
<br />
---<br />
Tsubaki inserts and turns a key into the panel while pressing a button below the rest without a number.<br />
<br />
The same ding is heard and the scene resembles a wide Operating Room. Gurneys line the walls and beside them are IV stands. Numerous medical paraphernalia can be seen.<br />
<br />
In the center of the room stands a large vat of green fluid. It bubbles and this can be heard. Inside the tank is the silhouette of a slim humanoid figure.<br />
---<br />
MC: Whoa.<br />
<br />
TSUBAKI: Impressive isn't it? It is the culmination of years of work by Eiri and The Knights, The most valuable project in human history.<br />
<br />
MC: What?<br />
<br />
Who? I...<br />
<br />
Who again?<br />
<br />
How?<br />
<br />
I'm in the dark here.<br />
<br />
TSUBAKI: None of that's really relevant to you. I'll brief you and the specimen will be released to your custody.<br />
<br />
MC: Okay but... Wait, wait, what exactly do you do here?<br />
<br />
I thought I was picking up a package. What is this “specimen?”<br />
<br />
TSUBAKI: This is Wetware. If it can be done with biology we make it happen. Anything.<br />
<br />
MC: So, that thing in there... That's a cyborg? A clone?<br />
<br />
TSUBAKI:The specimen is an synthetic lifeform bonded to the form of a human being.<br />
<br />
It was but an anomaly drifting in the Cyberspace of the Wired and saved by Eiri. He gave it form. <br />
<br />
We brought it to life.<br />
<br />
To call it by some ridiculous science-fiction moniker does not do our work justice.<br />
<br />
We prefer to call her... Lain.<br />
<br />
MC: When did I step into wonderland...<br />
<br />
Lain, Like rain?<br />
<br />
TSUBAKI: No, I take it you have never studied Russian before?<br />
<br />
MC: Of course not.<br />
<br />
TSUBAKI: It means Online. She was discovered in Russian networks and found among their domains and thus she is named.<br />
<br />
MC:You expect me to deliver that thing?<br />
<br />
TSUBAKI: No, you are to be her Handler.<br />
<br />
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List of things to include:<br />
*Reality-warping<br />
*Messaging Alice in school<br />
*Cyberia option<br />
*Plenty of exploration of the Wired<br />
*Working on her NAVI<br />
*Ridiculous bad endings<br />
*Bear suits<br />
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Plot:<br />
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Reality is broken. Only Lain notices at first, but gradually, everyone starts talking about it. Lain has to work out how to fix everything using the Wired and by exploring her own potential.<br />
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<br />
<br />
Points:<br />
*Social: Increased by talking to people in school. Allows Lain to do friend things.<br />
*NAVI: Increased by upgrading the NAVI and by doing some things on the Wired. Allows Lain to advance the plot by finding things on the Wired.<br />
*Weird: Increased by accidentally using her powers. Allows Lain to advance the plot by making strange things happen. As this increases, people start talking to Lain about it. Yasuo or Mika might be the first. Alice should be the last.<br />
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==Day 1==<br />
<br />
===Scene 1===<br />
<br />
'''Mum:''' "Lain!"<br />
<br />
'''Mum:''' "Lain, wake up!"<br />
<br />
...Huh? Isn't it the middle of the night?<br />
<br />
...No, it isn't. I just forgot to open my eyes again. No wonder it was so dark.<br />
<br />
...The time... I have to get up now. The teacher will be mad at me if I'm late for class.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I walk to the train station as usual and soon arrive at school.<br />
<br />
Huh? What's going on?<br />
<br />
I'm sure my school should be full of people at this time of day... But I can't see anyone. I can't hear anyone. Shouldn't there be crowds of students walking through the gates? Shouldn't there be noisy chattering?<br />
<br />
...Oh, I can see someone.<br />
<br />
...I can see everyone.<br />
<br />
I wonder why I didn't notice them there before.<br />
<br />
Well, never mind. It must be nothing. I'll just head to my classroom.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
There's still some time before class starts.<br />
<br />
What should I do?<br />
<br />
*Talk to Alice<br />
**[[A_day_in_the_life_of_Lain#Scene_2|Scene 2]]<br />
*Go on the Wired<br />
**[[A_day_in_the_life_of_Lain#Scene_3|Scene 3]]<br />
*Doodle in my notebook<br />
**[[A_day_in_the_life_of_Lain#Scene_4|Scene 4]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===Scene 2===<br />
<br />
(Social +1)<br />
<br />
'''Alice:''' Good morning, Lain!<br />
<br />
'''Lain:''' Good morning...<br />
<br />
'''Alice:''' Hey, have you heard? This girl in the next class saw a UFO this morning! Isn't that cool? I wonder if the aliens will be nice to us.<br />
<br />
'''Lain:''' ...Huh...? Really?<br />
<br />
'''Alice:''' Maybe if we go outside today, we'll see a UFO flying around and we can make friends with aliens! What do you think, Lain?<br />
<br />
'''Lain:''' ...Sure.<br />
<br />
'''Alice:''' It would be awesome if the aliens came to our school, right? What do you think the teachers will do, Lain?<br />
<br />
'''Lain:''' ...I don't know...<br />
<br />
'''Alice:''' Maybe class will be cancelled, or maybe the aliens will be our teachers today! Doesn't that sound like fun?<br />
<br />
'''Lain:''' Yeah.<br />
<br />
(Lain will get less socially awkward as Social increases)<br />
<br />
*[[A_day_in_the_life_of_Lain#Scene_5|Scene 5]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===Scene 3===<br />
<br />
(NAVI +1)<br />
<br />
I open my HandiNAVI and check my usual sites.<br />
<br />
...Huh? There have been UFO sightings everywhere this morning.<br />
<br />
"I was birdwatching and then suddenly I saw this weird yellow thing zigzagging everywhere!"<br />
<br />
"Ehhhh? But I saw one and it was pink!"<br />
<br />
"Who's been making all this stuff up?"<br />
<br />
"It's real! It almost crashed into my house!"<br />
<br />
"Pics or it didn't happen lol"<br />
<br />
"I took a picture of it on my phone. Here's the link."<br />
<br />
I clicked the link and waited for the image to load.<br />
<br />
...Huh? This image looks kind of familiar, somehow...<br />
<br />
*[[A_day_in_the_life_of_Lain#Scene_5|Scene 5]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===Scene 4===<br />
<br />
(Weird +1)<br />
<br />
I take out my notebook and doodle some random lines in it. Circles. Hey, it kind of looks like something.<br />
<br />
...I turn it into a UFO.<br />
<br />
Maybe I should draw aliens in it. Cute aliens who wear bear suits. Maybe also striped sweaters. Striped bear suits?<br />
<br />
Yeah. These aliens like teddy bears. They're here to import our teddy bears.<br />
<br />
I kind of like this drawing. It would be nice if these aliens were real. Maybe they'll be friends with me.<br />
<br />
*[[A_day_in_the_life_of_Lain#Scene_5|Scene 5]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
===Scene 5===<br />
<br />
''The screen shakes. A loud rumble is heard.''<br />
<br />
What was that?<br />
<br />
Everyone's rushing over to the window. I can't see a thing.<br />
<br />
'''Alice:''' Is that...? Yes, it is! It's the UFO!<br />
<br />
I squeeze through the wall of people to get to the window. Outside is... a banana?<br />
<br />
A yellow UFO, bent into the shape of a banana. Okay.<br />
<br />
Suddenly, the banana peels itself!<br />
<br />
There's someone inside. Actually, there are two - two aliens in striped bear suits.<br />
<br />
'''Alice:''' They're friendly, right? We should make friends with them!<br />
<br />
'''Juri:''' Wait! It could be dangerous!<br />
<br />
'''Alice:''' It'll be fine, don't worry. Let's see, we should give them something as a gift, right? What do you think we should give them?<br />
<br />
*Keep quiet<br />
**[[A day in the life of Lain#Scene 6|Scene 6]]<br />
*Ask the aliens<br />
**[[A day in the life of Lain#Scene 7|Scene 7]]<br />
*"...a textbook." (Social=1)<br />
**[[A day in the life of Lain#Scene 8|Scene 8]]<br />
*"...a teddy bear." (Weird=1)<br />
**[[A day in the life of Lain#Scene 9|Scene 9]]<br />
<br />
<br />
===Scene 6===<br />
===Scene 7===<br />
===Scene 8===<br />
===Scene 9===<br />
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==Websites==<br />
===English===<br />
* [http://www.cjas.org/~leng/lain.htm Thought Experiments Lain] ([[Thought Experiments Lain|article]]) is owned by Lawrence Eng aka Lawmune. It includes, among other things, a review, fanart contest and glossary. It is perhaps best known for the [http://www.cjas.org/~leng/apple-lain.htm list of Apple references in Lain].<br />
* [https://lainzine.org lainzine]: a lain-themed online magazine about hacking, art, culture, and related topics.<br />
* [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/ Omnipresence] is full of information about SEL and includes episode transcripts, screencaps, a fanlisting and a very outdated list of links. It is impossible to navigate. Content is [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/wired.html here].<br />
* [http://asphyxia.su/ asphyxia.su] is a collection of every background image from mebious, going back over a year.<br />
* [https://mebi.wirechan.org/ Wirechan Mebious] clone of [[Mebious.co.uk]] hosted on wirechan website.<br />
* [https://mebious.neocities.org wired.entry.neocities] Fansite under constant occasional development.<br />
* [https://lainchan.org lainchan] Anonymous lain-themed imageboard that mainly focuses on programing, technology, and other things. It has a lain board that isn't as active and mainly uses the lain name to attract people interested in technology and coding.<br />
* [https://wirechan.org/ wirechan] Anonymous lain-themed imageboard centered around technology, with its own mebious instance.<br />
* [https://initiate.space/ initiate.space] Spiritual successor to systemspace. Themed around Lain, has an anonymous imageboard and discord server.<br />
* [http://www.konaka.com/ konaka.com] the english version of a site made by [[Chiaki J. Konaka]]. It has interview, info, links, and images about the show. You could also download the font used in the anime.<br />
* [https://fauux.neocities.org/ fauux] fan website (note: contains rapidly flashing images)<br />
* [https://blackwings.neocities.org/ blackwings] fan website, inspired heavily by fauux (note: contains rapidly flashing images)<br />
* [http://lain.sk/ lain.sk] slovakian lain fan website, originally published in 2006<br />
* [https://lain.church/ lain.church] services offered by lainchan users<br />
* [https://lain.la/ lain.la] - services offered by lainchan user<br />
* [https://lainon.life/ lainon.life] lainchan radio with songs similar to that of serial experiments lain's OST<br />
* [https://re.wire.zone/ re.wire.zone] wirechan group<br />
* [https://distortiongallery.tripod.com/distortion.htm distortiongallery] displays a private collection of lain cels and other merchandise<br />
* [https://www.angelfire.com/anime/lainpage/index.html angelfire] just another lain fan site<br />
* [https://cff.ssw.net/forum/ old-home-bulletin-board] the name is a reference to haibane renmei and they mainly discuss the show as well as [[Yoshitoshi ABe| ABe]]<br />
* [https://ain-and-lain.tumblr.com/ ain and lain] a fan blog site run by ain with various scans and unofficial translations of ABe and Konaka's works.<br />
* [https://modesofdesign.wixsite.com/explained expLAINed] a fan site dedicated to "finding the complete 'true answer' of serial experiments lain."<br />
* [https://mebious.net mebious.net] another mebious.co.uk clone.<br />
<br />
===Japanese===<br />
* [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/lain/ konaka.com], a site by Chiaki J. Konaka, has interviews, information about [[Books|books]], and links related to Lain, as well as a font that was used in the anime.<br />
* [http://www.geocities.jp/zatugakubeya/lain/index.html Deep Researches Lain] has a glossary of terms from the anime and a quiz game.<br />
* [http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/grifonsgarden/garenwarehouse.htm Grifon's Garden] has pictures and descriptions of at least 6 homemade Lain figurines.<br />
* [http://page.freett.com/boondock/lain/ LAINてんぷら] is a website used to start Lain threads on the 2channel BBS. Has links to many Lain threads on 2ch and many other obscure and edifying Lain-related links. てんぷら (tempura) is slang for template.<br />
* [http://page.freett.com/m_utsumi/ Protocol of lain's world] has lots of great and rare info, but mostly in Japanese, because the English portion of the site is unfinished. (Click lain's face to access the content.)<br />
<br />
===Russian===<br />
* [http://boards.haruhiism.net/abe/ Old Home], an image board that is primarily for discussions related to ABe.<br />
* [http://lain.ru/index.php lain.ru]<br />
* [https://lain.in.net/ lain.in] Russian speaking, lain themed forum.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010405072957/http://lain.narod.ru/ lain.narod] old website with lots of lain related information.<br />
<br />
===French===<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051027100229/http://serialain.ifrance.com/ serialain.ifrance.com], a site that stores a lot of lain related, info and images.<br />
* [http://supagil.chez.com/sitehtmlain/laintml.htm supagil.chez] a lain fan site made in pure html with pics, videos, glossary and links to other lain sites.<br />
* [http://memelaraison.chez.com/serialexp-intro.htm memelaraison.chez.com] is a lain fan site, with pictures of the anime and lain magazines as well as lyrics.<br />
* [https://disboard.org/server/1346124609874825306 Le Net] French speaking, lain discord server.<br />
<br />
===Spanish===<br />
* [https://wired-7.org wired-7] Spanish speaking, lain themed imageboard.<br />
* [https://disboard.org/server/695054294604447885 SELWP] Spanish speaking, lain discord server.<br />
<br />
===Korean===<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051018025112/http://www.lain.pe.ky/ lain.pe.ky] Korean speaking, lain themed imageboard.<br />
<br />
===German===<br />
* [http://www.lain-disconnected.de/phpBB/index.php lain-disconnected] is a german forum board based around lain which is ran on phpBB.<br />
<br />
===Polish===<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070108042514/http://experimentslain.ovh.org/index2.php experimentslain.ovh] Fansite, with fanart, cyberpunk, and other lain related info.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081023233154/http://lain.klub.mylog.pl/ lain.klub] Polish speaking, lain themed imageboard.<br />
<br />
===Chinese===<br />
* [https://geocities.haggenso.org/Lain/ Haggenso Lain Geocities] One of the only Chinese-language Lain fansites, created by Dr. Haggen So.<br />
<br />
===Portuguese===<br />
* [https://discord.gg/yDzx55tX A Wired] Portuguese speaking, lain discord server.<br />
<br />
==Defunct websites==<br />
* [http://www.mebious.co.uk/ Mebious.co.uk] ([[Mebious.co.uk|article]]) comes from a URL that appears briefly on a pressure gauge. Sometimes called "Mebi" or "Mebby". Allows anonymous text or image posting. The most recent 10 lines of text are displayed. It has been inactive since November 11, 2020.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100515000251/http://thewired.info/ Thewired.info] ([[Thewired.info|article]]) just another lain related image-board<br />
* [http://per.hedbor.org/lain/ Serial Experiments Lain: Root] ([[Serial Experiments Lain: Root|article]]) had a collection of Lain media for download, including cover scans and soundtracks.<br />
* [http://misslain.homestead.com/index.html Lain - Alive in Cyberspace] included reviews, screencaps, poetry, and a rather intriguing [http://misslain.homestead.com/cyberqs.html dialogue] on Lain. Site has been disabled.<br />
* [http://hr.deadgods.net/hr/index/ Wakachan's ABe board], R.I.P.<br />
* [http://cerealexperiments.com cerealexperiments.com] Website that had an imageboard that was barely Lain-related. <br />
* [http://easterncalcul.us/ ahania's boards] are available intermittently. /ec/ is for general discussion and /l/ is for all things Lain. Feel free to start or join in a discussion.<br />
* [http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/9755/ serial experiments lain - Unnoficial Homepage in the Wired]<br />
* [http://www.mebious.mobi/ Mebious.mobi] ([[Mebious.mobi|article]]), sometimes called "Mobi", is inspired by Mebious and notably includes features such as music upload and auto-refresh. (defunct as of May 10th 2015)<br />
* [https://mebio.us Mebio.us] ([[Mebio.us|article]]) was another clone of the original .co.uk site, created after the closure of Mobi.<br />
* [[VisualWired]]<br />
* [https://legacy.arisuchan.jp/ arisuchan] anonymous lain-themed cyberpunk imageboard with a dedicated /lain/ board, it has since been archived.<br />
* [https://discord.gg/Zwe6v35WRv lainland] Was a biggest lain discord server at one point, currently archived.<br />
* [https://systemspace.link/ systemspace.link] Religion lightly themed around SEL. Has an anonymous imageboard named TSUKICHAN and a Rocket.Chat server.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061208075509/http://www.cyberia-anime.com/ cyberia-anime] Cyberia Cafe - one of the first Lain fansites, started on 1999-04-18.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030330214322/http://kokujin.members.animeirc.com/ kokujin] Kokujin<br />
* [http://www.lainspotting.com/ lainspotting] images of lain in different places<br />
<br />
==Essays==<br />
* [[VKK 320: Decoding Virtual Culture in the Media - a case-study of Serial Experiments Lain]]<br />
* [[Serial Experiments: Lain as a Reflection of Modern Japanese Anxieties in the Digital Era]]<br />
* [[The Role of Technology in Modern Society according to Serial Experiments Lain]]<br />
* [[The Problem of Existence in Japanese Animation]]<br />
* [[The Sight of Your God Disturbs Me: Questioning the Post-Christian Bodies of Buffy, Lain, and George]]<br />
* [[Give some examples of cybernetic systems at play in specific visual texts. What metaphors of the body in contemporary society do they suggest? And to what commodity end are they marketed?]]<br />
* [[To What Commodity End are Concepts of the ‘Post-Human’ and the ‘Cyborg’ Marketed? Give screen and theoretical examples of each.]]<br />
* [[The Real Verses the Virtual]] [sic]<br />
* [[All I Ever Needed To Know In This Fragile Layer Of Existence We Call The Real World I Learned From Serial Experiments Lain]]<br />
* [[Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole: An Essay on Serial Experiments Lain]]<br />
<br />
==Scholarly articles and books==<br />
*"Topologies of Identity in Serial Experiments Lain" by Craig Jackson, published in ''Mechademia'', Volume 7, 2012, pp. 191-201 [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/mec/summary/v007/7.jackson01.html]<br />
*"The Signal of Noise" (manga) by Adèle-Elise Prévost and MUSEbasement, published in ''Mechademia'', Volume 3, 2008, pp. 173-188 [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/mec/summary/v003/3.prevost.html]<br />
*"When the Machines Stop: Fantasy, Reality, and Terminal Identity in Neon Genesis Evangelion and Serial Experiments Lain" by Susan J. Napier, published in ''Science Fiction Studies'' vol.29, No. 3, Japanese Science Fiction (Nov. 2002) pp. 418-435 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241108]<br />
*"The Problem of Existence in Japanese Animation" by Susan J. Napier, published in ''Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society'', Vol. 149, No. 1 (Mar., 2005), pp.72-79 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4598910]<br />
*"Screening Anime" by Steven T. Brown, an essay published in the 2006 book ''Cinema Anime'', a collection of essays by various authors, edited by Brown. [http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781403970602]<br />
*''Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture'' by Steven T. Brown. This time the whole book is by Brown. [http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9780230103597]<br />
<br />
==Games==<br />
* [[://signal.]] is an official derivative game based on the Serial Experiments Lain franchise. It is notable for being the first fan-made game to receive official recognition.<br />
* [https://laingame.net/ Lain Game] contains files from the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|Serial Experiments Lain PSX game]], extracted using jPSXdec. It also includes a playable web-version of the game.<br />
* [[Lain Visual Novel Project]], a project to create a Serial Experiments Lain visual novel, started on [[mebious.co.uk]] and worked on here.<br />
<br />
==Software==<br />
* [[Serial Experiments Lain Winamp Skins]] contains a collection of Lain-themed skins that have been created for the audio playback software Winamp<br />
<br />
==Analysis==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjaG8gqE7uY&feature=g-u-u Youtube video] Analyzing exactly what happened in the anime.<br />
<br />
==Fan fiction==<br />
<br />
===English===<br />
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2196634/1/Stopped Stopped], a short story that concisely captures the essence of Serial Experiments Lain.<br />
"Lain's watch stopped..."<br />
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6974007/1/The_Gods_Themselves The Gods Themselves], an odd crossover between SEL and Puella Magi Madoka Magica in which Lain and Madokami are indistinguishable and [[Alice Mizuki]] discusses [[God]] with Homura.<br />
""Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.*" Lain. Madoka. Homura. Arisu. I am uncertain what genre to classify this under."<br />
(*Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.)<br />
<br />
===Japanese===<br />
* [http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=14756418 せりあｌ えｘぺりめんｔｓ ぁいｎ], a manga by Gomennasai on Pixiv, probably inspired by [[Chibi Chibi Lain]].<br />
* [http://ifs.nog.cc/i25127.at.infoseek.co.jp/281/rakkatan.html Ganbare Rakka-tan], a Lain/NieA/Haibane crossover manga in the style of Abe, drawn by a user of the 2channel board "hankaku nijigen ita" who went by the name ''281''.<br />
* [http://elephant.2chblog.jp/archives/52044575.html One], [http://elephant.2chblog.jp/archives/52064879.html two], [http://elephant.2chblog.jp/archives/52067572.html three] threads archived from news4vip at 2ch.<br />
<br />
==Music==<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/keif_mesa_earth_brain_waves Earth Brain Waves], A concept album. The theme imaged the world of the network by the Schumann resonance in serial experiments lain.<br />
* [http://3x6x.com/discography.html SUBHUMAN], serial experiments lain image album<br />
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Here are the main characters and secondary characters of the Serial Experimental Lain anime series and video game installments.<br />
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{{CharacterHeadList}}<br />
{{CharacterRowList<br />
| name = [[Lain Iwakura]]<br />
| name_jp = 岩倉 玲音<br />
| image = [[File:Lain_headshot.jpg|200px|Lain Iwakura]]<br />
| age = 14<br />
| va_jap = [[Shimizu Kaori]]<br />
| va_eng = Bridgett Hoffman<br />
| description = She is the main protagonist of the series. She is female, 14 in the anime, 11–14 in the game, and of an unknown age in other works. Visually, she is characterized by her short, brown, asymmetrical hair, one lock of which is secured by a hairclip. Masami Eiri, in his desire to conquer reality, uses her as a pawn.<br />
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{{Signal}}<br />
This page lists all Extensions featured in ''[[://signal.]]''. Extensions are the main story segments of the game, each containing unique events, choices, and outcomes.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Extension Name<br />
! Characters<br />
! Unlocks<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sunlit Funeral]]<br />
|[[Alice Mizuki]]<br>[[Chisa Yomoda]] (mentioned)<br>[[Julie]] (mentioned)<br />
|Unknown: Lingering Dizziness, Cold Wound<br>Extension: [[Shattered Night]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Shattered Night]]<br />
|[[Chisa Yomoda]]<br>[[Deus]] (mentioned)<br />
|Extension: [[Dust of This World]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dust of This World]]<br />
|[[Deus]]<br>[[Bike-chan]] (mentioned)<br />
|Demo ending<br />
|}<br />
==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
UnopenedExtension.png|thumb|Unopened extension (Mysterious Extension).<br />
ExtensionsMainPage.png|thumb|Lain's NAVI desktop with all extensions (demo).<br />
</gallery><br />
[[Category://signal.]]</div>L1948Lhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=List_of_fanworks_based_on_Serial_Experiments_Lain&diff=5480List of fanworks based on Serial Experiments Lain2025-09-20T04:03:28Z<p>L1948L: </p>
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of fanworks based on ''Serial Experiments Lain''}}<br />
This is a list of notable fanworks based on ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'', which includes (but is not limited to) derivative websites, fan projects, forums, and academic research dedicated to the series. The list is '''perpetually incomplete''', since it is updated based on notability.<br />
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'''If you have any suggestions for sites to add or if any of the links stop working, write so over [https://lain.wiki/wiki/User_talk:Prince here]. The site will be added or updated with Wayback Machine links.'''<br />
<div style="float:right; font-size:100%; border:#A2A9B1 solid 1px;">__TOC__</div><br />
==Websites==<br />
===English===<br />
* [http://www.cjas.org/~leng/lain.htm Thought Experiments Lain] ([[Thought Experiments Lain|article]]) is owned by Lawrence Eng aka Lawmune. It includes, among other things, a review, fanart contest and glossary. It is perhaps best known for the [http://www.cjas.org/~leng/apple-lain.htm list of Apple references in Lain].<br />
* [https://lainzine.org lainzine]: a lain-themed online magazine about hacking, art, culture, and related topics.<br />
* [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/ Omnipresence] is full of information about SEL and includes episode transcripts, screencaps, a fanlisting and a very outdated list of links. It is impossible to navigate. Content is [http://lain.angelic-trust.net/wired.html here].<br />
* [http://asphyxia.su/ asphyxia.su] is a collection of every background image from mebious, going back over a year.<br />
* [https://mebi.wirechan.org/ Wirechan Mebious] clone of [[Mebious.co.uk]] hosted on wirechan website.<br />
* [https://mebious.neocities.org wired.entry.neocities] Fansite under constant occasional development.<br />
* [https://lainchan.org lainchan] Anonymous lain-themed imageboard that mainly focuses on programing, technology, and other things. It has a lain board that isn't as active and mainly uses the lain name to attract people interested in technology and coding.<br />
* [https://wirechan.org/ wirechan] Anonymous lain-themed imageboard centered around technology, with its own mebious instance.<br />
* [https://initiate.space/ initiate.space] Spiritual successor to systemspace. Themed around Lain, has an anonymous imageboard and discord server.<br />
* [http://www.konaka.com/ konaka.com] the english version of a site made by [[Chiaki J. Konaka]]. It has interview, info, links, and images about the show. You could also download the font used in the anime.<br />
* [https://fauux.neocities.org/ fauux] fan website (note: contains rapidly flashing images)<br />
* [https://blackwings.neocities.org/ blackwings] fan website, inspired heavily by fauux (note: contains rapidly flashing images)<br />
* [http://lain.sk/ lain.sk] slovakian lain fan website, originally published in 2006<br />
* [https://lain.church/ lain.church] services offered by lainchan users<br />
* [https://lain.la/ lain.la] - services offered by lainchan user<br />
* [https://lainon.life/ lainon.life] lainchan radio with songs similar to that of serial experiments lain's OST<br />
* [https://re.wire.zone/ re.wire.zone] wirechan group<br />
* [https://distortiongallery.tripod.com/distortion.htm distortiongallery] displays a private collection of lain cels and other merchandise<br />
* [https://www.angelfire.com/anime/lainpage/index.html angelfire] just another lain fan site<br />
* [https://cff.ssw.net/forum/ old-home-bulletin-board] the name is a reference to haibane renmei and they mainly discuss the show as well as [[Yoshitoshi ABe| ABe]]<br />
* [https://ain-and-lain.tumblr.com/ ain and lain] a fan blog site run by ain with various scans and unofficial translations of ABe and Konaka's works.<br />
* [https://modesofdesign.wixsite.com/explained expLAINed] a fan site dedicated to "finding the complete 'true answer' of serial experiments lain."<br />
* [https://mebious.net mebious.net] another mebious.co.uk clone.<br />
<br />
===Japanese===<br />
* [http://www.konaka.com/alice6/lain/ konaka.com], a site by Chiaki J. Konaka, has interviews, information about [[Books|books]], and links related to Lain, as well as a font that was used in the anime.<br />
* [http://www.geocities.jp/zatugakubeya/lain/index.html Deep Researches Lain] has a glossary of terms from the anime and a quiz game.<br />
* [http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/grifonsgarden/garenwarehouse.htm Grifon's Garden] has pictures and descriptions of at least 6 homemade Lain figurines.<br />
* [http://page.freett.com/boondock/lain/ LAINてんぷら] is a website used to start Lain threads on the 2channel BBS. Has links to many Lain threads on 2ch and many other obscure and edifying Lain-related links. てんぷら (tempura) is slang for template.<br />
* [http://page.freett.com/m_utsumi/ Protocol of lain's world] has lots of great and rare info, but mostly in Japanese, because the English portion of the site is unfinished. (Click lain's face to access the content.)<br />
<br />
===Russian===<br />
* [http://boards.haruhiism.net/abe/ Old Home], an image board that is primarily for discussions related to ABe.<br />
* [http://lain.ru/index.php lain.ru]<br />
* [https://lain.in.net/ lain.in] Russian speaking, lain themed forum.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010405072957/http://lain.narod.ru/ lain.narod] old website with lots of lain related information.<br />
<br />
===French===<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051027100229/http://serialain.ifrance.com/ serialain.ifrance.com], a site that stores a lot of lain related, info and images.<br />
* [http://supagil.chez.com/sitehtmlain/laintml.htm supagil.chez] a lain fan site made in pure html with pics, videos, glossary and links to other lain sites.<br />
* [http://memelaraison.chez.com/serialexp-intro.htm memelaraison.chez.com] is a lain fan site, with pictures of the anime and lain magazines as well as lyrics.<br />
* [https://disboard.org/server/1346124609874825306 Le Net] French speaking, lain discord server.<br />
<br />
===Spanish===<br />
* [https://wired-7.org wired-7] Spanish speaking, lain themed imageboard.<br />
* [https://disboard.org/server/695054294604447885 SELWP] Spanish speaking, lain discord server.<br />
<br />
===Korean===<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051018025112/http://www.lain.pe.ky/ lain.pe.ky] Korean speaking, lain themed imageboard.<br />
<br />
===German===<br />
* [http://www.lain-disconnected.de/phpBB/index.php lain-disconnected] is a german forum board based around lain which is ran on phpBB.<br />
<br />
===Polish===<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070108042514/http://experimentslain.ovh.org/index2.php experimentslain.ovh] Fansite, with fanart, cyberpunk, and other lain related info.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081023233154/http://lain.klub.mylog.pl/ lain.klub] Polish speaking, lain themed imageboard.<br />
<br />
===Chinese===<br />
* [https://geocities.haggenso.org/Lain/ Haggenso Lain Geocities] One of the only Chinese-language Lain fansites, created by Dr. Haggen So.<br />
<br />
===Portuguese===<br />
* [https://discord.gg/yDzx55tX A Wired] Portuguese speaking, lain discord server.<br />
<br />
==Defunct websites==<br />
* [http://www.mebious.co.uk/ Mebious.co.uk] ([[Mebious.co.uk|article]]) comes from a URL that appears briefly on a pressure gauge. Sometimes called "Mebi" or "Mebby". Allows anonymous text or image posting. The most recent 10 lines of text are displayed. It has been inactive since November 11, 2020.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100515000251/http://thewired.info/ Thewired.info] ([[Thewired.info|article]]) just another lain related image-board<br />
* [http://per.hedbor.org/lain/ Serial Experiments Lain: Root] ([[Serial Experiments Lain: Root|article]]) had a collection of Lain media for download, including cover scans and soundtracks.<br />
* [http://misslain.homestead.com/index.html Lain - Alive in Cyberspace] included reviews, screencaps, poetry, and a rather intriguing [http://misslain.homestead.com/cyberqs.html dialogue] on Lain. Site has been disabled.<br />
* [http://hr.deadgods.net/hr/index/ Wakachan's ABe board], R.I.P.<br />
* [http://cerealexperiments.com cerealexperiments.com] Website that had an imageboard that was barely Lain-related. <br />
* [http://easterncalcul.us/ ahania's boards] are available intermittently. /ec/ is for general discussion and /l/ is for all things Lain. Feel free to start or join in a discussion.<br />
* [http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Gulf/9755/ serial experiments lain - Unnoficial Homepage in the Wired]<br />
* [http://www.mebious.mobi/ Mebious.mobi] ([[Mebious.mobi|article]]), sometimes called "Mobi", is inspired by Mebious and notably includes features such as music upload and auto-refresh. (defunct as of May 10th 2015)<br />
* [https://mebio.us Mebio.us] ([[Mebio.us|article]]) was another clone of the original .co.uk site, created after the closure of Mobi.<br />
* [[VisualWired]]<br />
* [https://legacy.arisuchan.jp/ arisuchan] anonymous lain-themed cyberpunk imageboard with a dedicated /lain/ board, it has since been archived.<br />
* [https://discord.gg/Zwe6v35WRv lainland] Was a biggest lain discord server at one point, currently archived.<br />
* [https://systemspace.link/ systemspace.link] Religion lightly themed around SEL. Has an anonymous imageboard named TSUKICHAN and a Rocket.Chat server.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061208075509/http://www.cyberia-anime.com/ cyberia-anime] Cyberia Cafe - one of the first Lain fansites, started on 1999-04-18.<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030330214322/http://kokujin.members.animeirc.com/ kokujin] Kokujin<br />
* [http://www.lainspotting.com/ lainspotting] images of lain in different places<br />
<br />
==Essays==<br />
* [[VKK 320: Decoding Virtual Culture in the Media - a case-study of Serial Experiments Lain]]<br />
* [[Serial Experiments: Lain as a Reflection of Modern Japanese Anxieties in the Digital Era]]<br />
* [[The Role of Technology in Modern Society according to Serial Experiments Lain]]<br />
* [[The Problem of Existence in Japanese Animation]]<br />
* [[The Sight of Your God Disturbs Me: Questioning the Post-Christian Bodies of Buffy, Lain, and George]]<br />
* [[Give some examples of cybernetic systems at play in specific visual texts. What metaphors of the body in contemporary society do they suggest? And to what commodity end are they marketed?]]<br />
* [[To What Commodity End are Concepts of the ‘Post-Human’ and the ‘Cyborg’ Marketed? Give screen and theoretical examples of each.]]<br />
* [[The Real Verses the Virtual]] [sic]<br />
* [[All I Ever Needed To Know In This Fragile Layer Of Existence We Call The Real World I Learned From Serial Experiments Lain]]<br />
* [[Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole: An Essay on Serial Experiments Lain]]<br />
<br />
==Scholarly articles and books==<br />
*"Topologies of Identity in Serial Experiments Lain" by Craig Jackson, published in ''Mechademia'', Volume 7, 2012, pp. 191-201 [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/mec/summary/v007/7.jackson01.html]<br />
*"The Signal of Noise" (manga) by Adèle-Elise Prévost and MUSEbasement, published in ''Mechademia'', Volume 3, 2008, pp. 173-188 [http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/mec/summary/v003/3.prevost.html]<br />
*"When the Machines Stop: Fantasy, Reality, and Terminal Identity in Neon Genesis Evangelion and Serial Experiments Lain" by Susan J. Napier, published in ''Science Fiction Studies'' vol.29, No. 3, Japanese Science Fiction (Nov. 2002) pp. 418-435 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241108]<br />
*"The Problem of Existence in Japanese Animation" by Susan J. Napier, published in ''Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society'', Vol. 149, No. 1 (Mar., 2005), pp.72-79 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4598910]<br />
*"Screening Anime" by Steven T. Brown, an essay published in the 2006 book ''Cinema Anime'', a collection of essays by various authors, edited by Brown. [http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781403970602]<br />
*''Tokyo Cyberpunk: Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture'' by Steven T. Brown. This time the whole book is by Brown. [http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9780230103597]<br />
<br />
==Games==<br />
* [[://signal.]] is an official derivative game based on the Serial Experiments Lain franchise. It is notable for being the first fan-made game to receive official recognition.<br />
* [https://laingame.net/ Lain Game] contains files from the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|Serial Experiments Lain PSX game]], extracted using jPSXdec. It also includes a playable web-version of the game.<br />
* [[Lain Visual Novel Project]], a project to create a Serial Experiments Lain visual novel, started on [[mebious.co.uk]] and worked on here.<br />
<br />
==Software==<br />
* [[Serial Experiments Lain Winamp Skins]] contains a collection of Lain-themed skins that have been created for the audio playback software Winamp<br />
<br />
==Analysis==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjaG8gqE7uY&feature=g-u-u Youtube video] Analyzing exactly what happened in the anime.<br />
<br />
==Fan fiction==<br />
<br />
===English===<br />
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2196634/1/Stopped Stopped], a short story that concisely captures the essence of Serial Experiments Lain.<br />
"Lain's watch stopped..."<br />
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6974007/1/The_Gods_Themselves The Gods Themselves], an odd crossover between SEL and Puella Magi Madoka Magica in which Lain and Madokami are indistinguishable and [[Alice Mizuki]] discusses [[God]] with Homura.<br />
""Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.*" Lain. Madoka. Homura. Arisu. I am uncertain what genre to classify this under."<br />
(*Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.)<br />
<br />
===Japanese===<br />
* [http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=14756418 せりあｌ えｘぺりめんｔｓ ぁいｎ], a manga by Gomennasai on Pixiv, probably inspired by [[Chibi Chibi Lain]].<br />
* [http://ifs.nog.cc/i25127.at.infoseek.co.jp/281/rakkatan.html Ganbare Rakka-tan], a Lain/NieA/Haibane crossover manga in the style of Abe, drawn by a user of the 2channel board "hankaku nijigen ita" who went by the name ''281''.<br />
* [http://elephant.2chblog.jp/archives/52044575.html One], [http://elephant.2chblog.jp/archives/52064879.html two], [http://elephant.2chblog.jp/archives/52067572.html three] threads archived from news4vip at 2ch.<br />
<br />
==Music==<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/keif_mesa_earth_brain_waves Earth Brain Waves], A concept album. The theme imaged the world of the network by the Schumann resonance in serial experiments lain.<br />
* [http://3x6x.com/discography.html SUBHUMAN], serial experiments lain image album<br />
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==Current Websites==<br />
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* https://www.nbcuni.co.jp/rondorobe/anime/lain/ - Official website for the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Serial Experiments Lain anime]].<br />
* https://www.nbcuni.co.jp/rondorobe/anime/lain/ttl/ - Official website for the [[lainTTL]] event.<br />
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==Historical Websites==<br />
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Websites listed here are no longer active, but may have previously held Lain-related content before URL changes, etc. Many can still be viewed using the Internet Archive.<br />
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The Lain anime and game websites used to be hosted on the pldc.co.jp domain, which was the website of [[Pioneer LDC]]<ref name="pioneerldc2009">https://web.archive.org/web/20090118111145/http://pldc.co.jp/, 2009-01-18</ref>. In 2003, Pioneer LDC was acquired by Dentsu and renamed to [[Geneon Entertainment]]. With the merger and re-naming, Geneon also started a new website, geneon-ent.co.jp, which became the new home of Lain on the internet.<br />
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Despite the move to Geneon's website, the now-inactive Pioneer LDC website remained available until May of 2009.<ref name="pioneerldc2009"></ref> This date coincides closely with the merger of Pioneer LDC/Geneon Entertainment with [[Wikipedia:NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|NBC Universal Pictures Entertainment]].<ref>https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-11-12/geneon-to-merge-with-universal-pictures-japan, 2008-11-12</ref> This likely lead to the permanent closure of Pioneer LDC's website.<br />
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The new Geneon Entertainment website listed the Lain anime and game within the [[RONDO ROBE]] section of the website. This designation has persisted, with the latest NBC Universal website still using "rondorobe" in the URL path for Lain.<br />
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* http://www.pldc.co.jp/plag/anime/a-lain-n/index.html - Pioneer LDC official website for the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Serial Experiments Lain anime]].<br />
* http://www.pldc.co.jp/plag/game/lain/index.html - Pioneer LDC official website for the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|Serial Experiments Lain game]].<br />
* http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/anime/a-lain-n/index.html - Geneon Entertainment official website for the Serial Experiments Lain anime.<br />
* http://www.geneon-ent.co.jp/rondorobe/game/frame_lain.html - Geneon Entertainment official website for the Serial Experiments Lain game.<br />
* http://www.t-staff.co.jp/ - Official website of [[Triangle Staff]]<br />
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==Historical English Websites==<br />
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Websites listed here held official Serial Experiments Lain content from English-based publishers and licensors.<br />
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* http://www.pioneeranimation.com/titles/lain/index.htm - Pioneer Animation official website for the Serial Experiments Lain anime.<br />
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==References==<br />
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|image = File:Cyberia Layer 06 Cover.jpg (700 × 700).jpg<br />
|released = December 21, 2024<br />
|format = CD, Album<br />
|artists = [[Chikada Wasei|Chikada "J.J" Wasei]], [[Shimizu Kaori]], nekonoyounamono<br />
|related = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]<br />
|genre = House, Techno, Soulful House, Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Synthwave, Afrohouse, Electronica, Nu Disco/Indie Dance, Jackin House, Melodic / Progressive House<br />
|length = 45:23<br />
|publisher = studio eyebrow Records<br />
|availability = [https://waseijj.bandcamp.com/album/new-album-cyberia-layer-06 Link]<br />
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The sixth entry in the [[Cyberia Layers]] series, '''''Cyberia Layer:06''''' was released on December 21st, 2024 with it's jacket illustration drawn by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|yoshitoshiABe]], who was in charge of character design for lain. There is a guest artist, ''Shimizu Kaori'', who played [[Lain Iwakura]] in the original anime series. In the song "killer tune kills me", JJ himself raps in Korean using House, Techno, Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Synthwave, Afro House, and more as JJ's entire career has been poured into the 12 tracks that rocks the floor at Cafe & Club Cyberia.<br />
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==Tracklist==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! style="background-color: #484848; text-align: center; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | No.<br />
! style="background-color: #484848; text-align: center; color: #C1C1C1" | Tracklist<br />
! style="background-color: #484848; text-align: center; color: #C1C1C1" | Musicians<br />
! style="background-color: #484848; text-align: center; color: #C1C1C1" | Genre<br />
! style="background-color: #484848; text-align: center; color: #C1C1C1"| Length<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 1.<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Ocean of Code<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei, Shiziku Kaori<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Techno<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 5:51<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 2.<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Denshi No Umi (Sea of Electrons)<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei, nekonoyounamono<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Soulful House<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 5:58<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 3.<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Take Time<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Nu Disco / Indie Dance<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 4:13<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 4.<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Copland OS<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | House<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 5:44<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 5.<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Power of Mind<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | House<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 5:03<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 6.<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 1998.07.13<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Electronica<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 4:31<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 7.<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Juri<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Jackin House<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 5:07<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 8.<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | The Rain<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Nu Disco / Indie Dance<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 6:00<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 9.<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | killer tune kills me<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei, nekonoyounamono<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Miscellaneous<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 5:10<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 10.<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Where Am I?<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Melodic / Progressive House<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 7:12<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 11.<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Deus<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Electronica<br />
| style="background-color: #585859; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 5:52<br />
|-<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1; padding-left: 10px;" | 12.<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Kodoku Na Tamashii No Echo (Echoes of Lonely Souls)<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Chikada Wasei, Shiziku Kaori<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | Afro House<br />
| style="background-color: #696969; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | 4:57<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="4" style="background-color: #484848; text-align: right; color: #C1C1C1" | ''Total Length:''<br />
! style="background-color: #484848; text-align: left; color: #C1C1C1" | ''65:49''<br />
|}<br />
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==External Links==<br />
*https://waseijj.bandcamp.com/album/new-album-cyberia-layer-06 - Album's Bandcamp page<br />
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<div>{{Construction}}<br />
{{Signal}}<br />
This page lists all messages received through [[WMail]] in ''[[://signal.]]''.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Sender<br />
! WMail<br />
! Unlocks<br />
|-<br />
|Unknown Sender<br />
|<br />
|[[Yasuo Iwakura|Yasuo]]'s WMail<br />
|-<br />
|[[Yasuo Iwakura|Yasuo]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Sunlit Funeral]]<br />
|}<br />
==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
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</gallery><br />
[[Category://signal.]]</div>L1948Lhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=//signal._Extensions&diff=5290//signal. Extensions2025-05-04T15:45:51Z<p>L1948L: </p>
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<div>{{Construction}}<br />
{{Signal}}<br />
This page lists all Extensions featured in ''[[://signal.]]''. Extensions are the main story segments of the game, each containing unique events, choices, and outcomes.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Extension Name<br />
! Characters<br />
! Unlocks<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sunlit Funeral]]<br />
|[[Alice Mizuki]]<br>[[Chisa Yomoda]] (mentioned)<br>[[Julie]] (mentioned)<br />
|Unknown: Lingering Dizziness, Cold Wound<br>Extension: [[Shattered Night]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Shattered Night]]<br />
|[[Chisa Yomoda]]<br>[[Deus]] (mentioned)<br />
|Extension: [[Dust of This World]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dust of This World]]<br />
|[[Deus]]<br>[[Bike-chan]] (mentioned)<br />
|Demo ending<br />
|}<br />
==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
UnopenedExtension.png|thumb|Unopened extension (Mysterious Extension).<br />
ExtensionsMainPage.png|thumb|Lain's NAVI desktop with all extensions.<br />
</gallery><br />
[[Category://signal.]]</div>L1948Lhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=//signal._Extensions&diff=5289//signal. Extensions2025-05-04T15:43:43Z<p>L1948L: </p>
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<div>{{Construction}}<br />
{{Signal}}<br />
This page lists all Extensions featured in ''[[://signal.]]''. Extensions are the main story segments of the game, each containing unique events, choices, and outcomes.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Extension Name<br />
! Characters<br />
! Unlock<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sunlit Funeral]]<br />
|[[Alice Mizuki]]<br>[[Chisa Yomoda]] (mentioned)<br>[[Julie]] (mentioned)<br />
|Unknown: Lingering Dizziness, Cold Wound<br>Extension: [[Shattered Night]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Shattered Night]]<br />
|[[Chisa Yomoda]]<br>[[Deus]] (mentioned)<br />
|Extension: [[Dust of This World]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dust of This World]]<br />
|[[Deus]]<br>[[Bike-chan]] (mentioned)<br />
|Demo ending<br />
|}<br />
==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
UnopenedExtension.png|thumb|Unopened extension (Mysterious Extension).<br />
ExtensionsMainPage.png|thumb|Lain's NAVI desktop with all extensions.<br />
</gallery><br />
[[Category://signal.]]</div>L1948Lhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=//signal._WMails&diff=5288//signal. WMails2025-05-04T15:42:10Z<p>L1948L: </p>
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<div>{{Construction}}<br />
{{Signal}}<br />
This page lists all messages received through [[WMail]] in ''[[://signal.]]''.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Senders<br />
! WMails<br />
! Unlocks<br />
|-<br />
|Unknown Sender<br />
|<br />
|[[Yasuo Iwakura|Yasuo]]'s WMail<br />
|-<br />
|[[Yasuo Iwakura|Yasuo]]<br />
|<br />
|[[Sunlit Funeral]]<br />
|}<br />
==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
[[Category://signal.]]</div>L1948Lhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=//signal._Extensions&diff=5287//signal. Extensions2025-05-04T15:40:09Z<p>L1948L: </p>
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<div>{{Construction}}<br />
{{Signal}}<br />
This page lists all Extensions featured in ''[[://signal.]]''. Extensions are the main story segments of the game, each containing unique events, choices, and outcomes.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Extension Name<br />
! Characters<br />
! Unlocks<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sunlit Funeral]]<br />
|[[Alice Mizuki]]<br>[[Chisa Yomoda]] (mentioned)<br>[[Julie]] (mentioned)<br />
|Unknown: Lingering Dizziness, Cold Wound<br>Extension: [[Shattered Night]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Shattered Night]]<br />
|[[Chisa Yomoda]]<br>[[Deus]] (mentioned)<br />
|Extension: [[Dust of This World]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dust of This World]]<br />
|[[Deus]]<br>[[Bike-chan]] (mentioned)<br />
|Demo ending<br />
|}<br />
==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
UnopenedExtension.png|thumb|Unopened extension (Mysterious Extension).<br />
ExtensionsMainPage.png|thumb|Lain's NAVI desktop with all extensions.<br />
</gallery><br />
[[Category://signal.]]</div>L1948Lhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=//signal._Dialogues_%26_Choices&diff=5286//signal. Dialogues & Choices2025-05-04T15:33:09Z<p>L1948L: </p>
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{{Signal}}<br />
This page lists all dialogue sequences and choices featured in ''[[://signal.]]''. Player decisions can alter scenes, character relationships, and lead to different narrative outcomes.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Extension Name<br />
! Characters<br />
! Dialogues & Choices<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sunlit Funeral]]<br />
|[[Alice Mizuki]]<br>[[Chisa Yomoda]] (mentioned)<br>[[Julie]] (mentioned)<br />
|[[Sunlit Funeral Dialogues & Choices]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Shattered Night]]<br />
|[[Chisa Yomoda]]<br>[[Deus]] (mentioned)<br />
|[[Shattered Night Dialogues & Choices]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dust of This World]]<br />
|[[Deus]]<br>[[Bike-chan]] (mentioned)<br />
|[[Dust of This World Dialogues & Choices]]<br />
|}<br />
==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
[[Category://signal.]]</div>L1948Lhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=//signal._Extensions&diff=5285//signal. Extensions2025-05-04T15:29:03Z<p>L1948L: </p>
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<div>{{Construction}}<br />
{{Signal}}<br />
This page lists all Extensions featured in ''[[://signal.]]''. Extensions are the main story segments of the game, each containing unique events, choices, and outcomes.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Extension Name<br />
! Characters<br />
! Unlock<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sunlit Funeral]]<br />
|[[Alice Mizuki]]<br>[[Chisa Yomoda]] (mentioned)<br>[[Julie]] (mentioned)<br />
|Unknown: Lingering Dizziness, Cold Wound<br>Extension: [[Shattered Night]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Shattered Night]]<br />
|[[Chisa Yomoda]]<br>[[Deus]] (mentioned)<br />
|Extension: [[Dust of This World]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dust of This World]]<br />
|[[Deus]]<br>[[Bike-chan]] (mentioned)<br />
|Demo ending<br />
|}<br />
==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
UnopenedExtension.png|thumb|Unopened extension (Mysterious Extension).<br />
ExtensionsMainPage.png|thumb|Lain's NAVI desktop with all extensions.<br />
</gallery><br />
[[Category://signal.]]</div>L1948Lhttps://lain.wiki/index.php?title=File:UnopenedExtension.png&diff=5284File:UnopenedExtension.png2025-05-04T15:14:17Z<p>L1948L: </p>
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<div>{{Construction}}<br />
{{Signal}}<br />
This page lists all Extensions featured in ''[[://signal.]]''. Extensions are the main story segments of the game, each containing unique events, choices, and outcomes.<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! style="text-align:left;"| Extension Name<br />
! Characters<br />
! Unlock<br />
|-<br />
|[[Sunlit Funeral]]<br />
|[[Alice Mizuki]]<br>[[Chisa Yomoda]] (mentioned)<br>[[Julie]] (mentioned)<br />
|Unknown: Lingering Dizziness, Cold Wound<br>Extension: [[Shattered Night]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Shattered Night]]<br />
|[[Chisa Yomoda]]<br>[[Deus]] (mentioned)<br />
|Extension: [[Dust of This World]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dust of This World]]<br />
|[[Deus]]<br>[[Bike-chan]] (mentioned)<br />
|Demo ending<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="3"|<gallery>ExtensionsMainPage.png</gallery><br />
|}<br />
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