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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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{{CharacterInfo
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|image=File:Taro.jpg
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|gender=Male
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|age=11
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|family=Unknown
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|affiliation=[[KIDS]]
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|navi=[[Taro's NAVI]]
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|debut=[[Layer 02]]
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|featuredin=[[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
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|location=[[Cyberia]]
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|voiceactors=Keito Takimoto (Japanese),
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Ian Hawk (English), Hernán Bravo (Spanish)}}
  
Mebious is known to have inane comments, random numbers and, periodically, text in Russian.
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'''Taro''' (タロウ ''Tarō'') is a boy, aged 11, who frequents [[Cyberia]]. Although not a formal member, he often works with the [[Knights of the Eastern Calculus]]. He is a PK in [[PHANTOMa]].
  
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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==Biography==
  
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". He is notoriously difficult to find information about in comparison to Internet users.
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Little of Taro's life before the start of the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|series]] is known.
  
==Input fields==
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At the age of around ten, Taro began to frequent the Cyberia nightclub; it is assumed that it is here he met his girlfriend [[Myu-Myu]] and best friend [[Masayuki]]. He met [[Lain Iwakura]] upon her asking him about the [[Psyche|Psyche processor]], but knew her previously in the [[The Wired|Wired]]; he asks her out, and subsequently dates her. In her room, Lain uses psychological warfare(Track 44) in order to extract the fact that he is in contact with the [[Knights of the Eastern Calculus]]. After the [[Reset]], Taro is seen playing with Masayuki, Myu-myu, the Cyberia suicide and a female victim of PHANTOMa; he does not recognize Lain.
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.
 
  
===Text===
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Pre-Reset Taro shows some signs of obsession with Lain, having watched her "always" in the Wired, and calling her an "angel" when breaking the news of their date to Masayuki and Myu-myu.
10 lines of text are displayed at a time. Each row can have a maximum of 48 characters.
 
  
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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==Personality and private life==
  
Text may eventually reappear as part of the background image (bg_out).
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Taro is very fickle with girls; despite being Myu-myu's boyfriend, he asks out both Lain and [[Mika Iwakura]] in the same short time. However, the only girl that he is known to have kissed is Lain.
  
===Images===
 
Those new to Mebious often have trouble with image uploading.
 
  
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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{{AnimeCharacters}}
  
To be confirmed:
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[[Category:Characters]]
*What is the file size limit?
 
*Which filetypes are supported?
 
 
 
Images are randomly distorted, turned green and placed in the background.
 
 
 
Like text, images may eventually reappear as part of the background image.
 
 
 
==Past events==
 
In the middle of 2010, the first of now-familiar russian spam waves appeared.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
In early 2011, a troll who posted in ALL CAPS spammed Mebious. This incident has since been resolved.
 
 
 
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)
 
 
 
In October 2012, someone decided to start frequently posting the word "lewd", for apparently no reason.
 
 
 
==Projects==
 
[[Lain visual novel project]]
 
 
 
==External Links==
 
* [http://www.mebious.co.uk Mebious.co.uk], the site in question
 
* [http://www.mebious.mobi Mebious.mobi] ([[Mebious.mobi|article]]), a website inspired by Mebious.co.uk and has additional functions such as music upload.
 

Latest revision as of 16:51, 29 June 2022

Taro
Taro.jpg
Information
Gender Male
Age 11
Family Unknown
Occupation
Affiliation KIDS
NAVI Taro's NAVI
Debut Layer 02
Featured in Anime
Location Cyberia
Voice Actor(s) Keito Takimoto (Japanese),

Ian Hawk (English), Hernán Bravo (Spanish)

Taro (タロウ Tarō) is a boy, aged 11, who frequents Cyberia. Although not a formal member, he often works with the Knights of the Eastern Calculus. He is a PK in PHANTOMa.

Biography

Little of Taro's life before the start of the series is known.

At the age of around ten, Taro began to frequent the Cyberia nightclub; it is assumed that it is here he met his girlfriend Myu-Myu and best friend Masayuki. He met Lain Iwakura upon her asking him about the Psyche processor, but knew her previously in the Wired; he asks her out, and subsequently dates her. In her room, Lain uses psychological warfare(Track 44) in order to extract the fact that he is in contact with the Knights of the Eastern Calculus. After the Reset, Taro is seen playing with Masayuki, Myu-myu, the Cyberia suicide and a female victim of PHANTOMa; he does not recognize Lain.

Pre-Reset Taro shows some signs of obsession with Lain, having watched her "always" in the Wired, and calling her an "angel" when breaking the news of their date to Masayuki and Myu-myu.

Personality and private life

Taro is very fickle with girls; despite being Myu-myu's boyfriend, he asks out both Lain and Mika Iwakura in the same short time. However, the only girl that he is known to have kissed is Lain.


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