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It surprised me to read that Alice had an affair with the teacher. I thought she just ''liked'' him and thought about him when she masturbated. I'll have to re-watch the episode and see if it was left ambiguous or not.--[[User:Cyber-the-password-forgetter|volatile memory]] 08:33, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
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So, after re-watching layer 08 I think there's nothing in the anime that explicitly says Alice had an actual relationship with the teacher pre-reset. The only thing that happens is
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'''Club Cyberia''', also '''Cyberia Café & Club''', commonly referred to as '''Cyberia''', is a nightclub with, oddly, no policy regarding underage visitors. It is a pivotal location in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)]]. It is located in [[Shibuya]].
*unspecified rumors going around the school
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*juri and reika think lain spread them
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==Trivia==
*they see the teacher driving home in his car
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*The '''Cyberia Club & Café''' in Lain alludes to [[wikipedia:Douglas Rushkoff|Douglas Rushkoff]]'s book [[wikipedia:Cyberia (book)|''Cyberia'']], published in 1994. It revolved, quite fittingly, around themes of technology, drugs and subcultures.
*alice has a lewd fantasy about the teacher
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*It's probably no coincidence that one of the real world's [[Wikipedia:Cyberia,_London|first internet cafes]] was also called Cyberia.
*evil lain is watching and says "hey did you know? who it is that alice mizuki thinks of when she's -"
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[[Category:Locations]]
*lain gets cold stares + email accusations at school, overwrites some memories
 
things that '''do not happen''':
 
*someone saying that alice and her teacher are in a relationship
 
*alice and the teacher interacting in any kind of relationshippy way
 
So it's my personal belief that the entire substance of the rumors was that alice admired the teacher and was sexually attracted to him. So i've edited the article to reflect that. However, I've worded it in such a vague way that it won't contradict those who believe that a relationship did occur.--[[User:Cyber-the-password-forgetter|volatile memory]] 15:41, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
 

Latest revision as of 18:16, 30 October 2021

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Club Cyberia, also Cyberia Café & Club, commonly referred to as Cyberia, is a nightclub with, oddly, no policy regarding underage visitors. It is a pivotal location in the Serial Experiments Lain (anime). It is located in Shibuya.

Trivia

  • The Cyberia Club & Café in Lain alludes to Douglas Rushkoff's book Cyberia, published in 1994. It revolved, quite fittingly, around themes of technology, drugs and subcultures.
  • It's probably no coincidence that one of the real world's first internet cafes was also called Cyberia.