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In the [[Serial_Experiments_Lain_(anime)|anime]], a website whose url appears on a pressure guage on [[Iwakura_Lain|Lain's]] computer. In the real world, it is the website that is arguably the central hub on the Lain online community; several websites, including this one, have come from its visitors.
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The '''''Looker'' illustrations''' are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe|Yoshitoshi Abe]]. They were drawn to accompany [[Chiaki Konaka]]'s articles in ''Looker'' magazine. Two of them were never published in ''Looker'' magazine, but all seven of them can be seen in the original edition of ''[[Omnipresence in Wired| Omnipresence]]''.
  
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Mebious is known to have inane comments, random numbers and, periodically, text in Russian.
 
  
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Despite the challenges such a chaotic environment poses, several people have managed to make contact through the site, and interact more in other places on the internet (to the annoyance of some of them).
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''Looker'' was a monthly anime magazine launched in August 1998 with the October issue. It ceased publication after only 8 issues. [http://www.geocities.jp/mamamamarchan2010/DATA/book3_anime.html]
  
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It is a hobby of Mebious users to attempt to track down the website's creator, who is known to be called "Tadzio Troman-Taylor" (aka monkiesnake). He is notoriously difficult to find information about in comparison to Internet users.
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== List of ''Looker'' illustrations ==
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! No.
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! ''Looker'' issue
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! Description
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|A
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|style="text-align:center;"| 98/09
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|Lain squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono. Text reads "Goldfish... scary."
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|B
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|style="text-align:center;"| 98/11
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|Title: "Birth! No-good experiments."
  
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==Input fields==
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[[Lain]] sits at her old NAVI and sneezes, "Hekuchin!" The NAVI responds, "So your name is Hekuchin?"  
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There are input boxes for text and images, labeled "in_txt" and "in_img", respectively. When an input fails, the "in_txt/img" button turns from green to red.
 
  
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===Text===
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A note from ABe reads: "If I had drawn something like this from the start... I shudder at the thought."
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10 lines of text are displayed at a time. Each row can have a maximum of 48 characters.
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|C
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|style="text-align:center;"| 98/12
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|[[Alice]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole.
  
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Some characters in each line of text randomly turn into symbols that look like the character in question. This only affects lower-case letters. This allows text to remain legible but makes it difficult to follow URLs.
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The text is too small and my eyes hurt from squinting, so I'll translate this one later.
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|D
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|style="text-align:center;"| 99/01
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|Title: Lain's manners lecture
  
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Text may eventually reappear as part of the background image (bg_out).
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[[Greyn]] peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly ''atozeki''!"
  
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===Images===
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A note from ABe reads: "I heard that ''atozeki'' is the term in Kumamoto dialect for when you remember to close a door after opening it. Amazing. Do people in Kumamoto never shut their doors?"
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Those new to Mebious often have trouble with image uploading.
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|E
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|style="text-align:center;"| 99/05
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| Lain in her [[bear suit]] with the hood down looks at the viewer and waves. Text reads "Thanks for everything -Abe" "See you later"
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|F
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|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished
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| Title: "This thing called fear"
  
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It is possible that there is a limit to the total file size that one user can attempt to upload per day. This means that if the limit is exceeded on the first attempt, then no images can be uploaded that day.
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Lain reaches for a roach motel with a pair of chopsticks. The roach motel reads "Serial Motel." The roaches are saying "Lain... Lain..." and one of them is saying, "my leg tore off." Lain is saying, "something's moving..."
  
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To be confirmed:
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Text in the background says, "they're in there they're in there they're in there [etc]... in droves." (That last part is a pun because if you say ''iru iru'' enough times it will begin to sound like ''rui rui''.)
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*What is the file size limit? (From the source code: name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="262144")
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*Which filetypes are supported? (I believe jpg/png)
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|G
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|style="text-align:center;"|Unpublished
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| Alice is in the foreground looking at the viewer. In the background is Greyn peeking out from behind a UFO. I think the text says something similar to that of C.
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Images are randomly distorted, turned green and placed in the background.
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[[Category:Media]]
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Like text, images may eventually reappear as part of the background image.
 
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==History==
 
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In the middle of 2010, the first of now-familiar russian spam waves appeared.
 
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Sometime in 2010, a suicidal person appeared on Mebious. Several people (or perhaps just one, it is impossible to know for sure) encouraged him or her to commit suicide, and some other group tried to convince them not to. This caused much controversy amongst the users. Someone claiming to be the same person appeared about a year later, stating that they had entered therapy and was doing better.
 
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In early 2011, a troll who posted in ALL CAPS spammed Mebious. This incident has since been resolved.
 
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On the 8th of November 2011, a spammer appeared, posting a URL amongst nonsensical combinations of English words. This incident has not yet been resolved. (May have cleared up now - Feb 2012)
 
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In October 2012, someone decided to start frequently posting the word "lewd", for apparently no reason.
 
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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.
 
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Since October of 2012 to October of 2013, Russian spam overwhelms the site. Many people find the site prior to watching SEL resulting in less than relevant posting. In addition, the site was linked to several forums and imageboards across the internet during the year, compounding the issue.
 
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In late November 2016, the site went down for several days due to extreme spamming exceeding the site's allocated resources. This spamming also occurred on [[mebio.us]], posted by a mentally unstable former community member that posed as a woman in Finland.
 
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==Projects==
 
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*[[Lain visual novel project]]
 
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==External Links==
 
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*[http://www.mebious.co.uk Mebious.co.uk], the site in question
 
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*[http://www.mebious.mobi Mebious.mobi] ([[Mebious.mobi|article]]), a website inspired by Mebious.co.uk and has additional functions such as music upload.
 
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[[Category:Themes]]
 

Revision as of 01:39, 8 November 2016

The Looker illustrations are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by Yoshitoshi Abe. They were drawn to accompany Chiaki Konaka's articles in Looker magazine. Two of them were never published in Looker magazine, but all seven of them can be seen in the original edition of Omnipresence.


Looker was a monthly anime magazine launched in August 1998 with the October issue. It ceased publication after only 8 issues. [1]

List of Looker illustrations

No. Looker issue Description
A 98/09 Lain squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono. Text reads "Goldfish... scary."
B 98/11 Title: "Birth! No-good experiments."

Lain sits at her old NAVI and sneezes, "Hekuchin!" The NAVI responds, "So your name is Hekuchin?"

A note from ABe reads: "If I had drawn something like this from the start... I shudder at the thought."

C 98/12 Alice teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole.

The text is too small and my eyes hurt from squinting, so I'll translate this one later.

D 99/01 Title: Lain's manners lecture

Greyn peeks around a door. Alice holds a pointer, indicating a poster that reads, "Properly atozeki!"

A note from ABe reads: "I heard that atozeki is the term in Kumamoto dialect for when you remember to close a door after opening it. Amazing. Do people in Kumamoto never shut their doors?"

E 99/05 Lain in her bear suit with the hood down looks at the viewer and waves. Text reads "Thanks for everything -Abe" "See you later"
F Unpublished Title: "This thing called fear"

Lain reaches for a roach motel with a pair of chopsticks. The roach motel reads "Serial Motel." The roaches are saying "Lain... Lain..." and one of them is saying, "my leg tore off." Lain is saying, "something's moving..."

Text in the background says, "they're in there they're in there they're in there [etc]... in droves." (That last part is a pun because if you say iru iru enough times it will begin to sound like rui rui.)

G Unpublished Alice is in the foreground looking at the viewer. In the background is Greyn peeking out from behind a UFO. I think the text says something similar to that of C.
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