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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]]''.

The '''''Looker'' illustrations''' are a series of 7 one-panel humorous illustrations by [[Yoshitoshi ABe]]. They were drawn to accompany [[Chiaki J. 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]]''. Most of them contain text by Abe (signed あ or アベ).

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|Lain squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono. Text reads "Goldfish... scary."

|[[Lain Iwakura]] 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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|Title: "Birth! No-good experiments."

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

|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."

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|[[Alice]] teases a cat with her scarf. Lain stands in the far background, peeking out from behind a utility pole.

|[[Alice Mizuki]] 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~~.

Abe: "In the world of Lain, Alice represents the so-called "life as usual." I believe that in order to portray the unusual, Alice's relative normalcy was essential. In pictures, unaffected spontaneity is the hardest thing to portray.

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|Title: Lain's manners lecture

|Title: "Lain's manners lecture"

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

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?"

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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"

| Lain in her [[Bear suit|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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| 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.

| Alice is in the foreground looking at the viewer. In the background is Greyn peeking out from behind a UFO, saying "Alice~." Abe writes something similar to his note in C.

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== See Also ==

* [[Chibi Chibi Lain]]

* [[Layers (illustrations)]]

* [[Weather Break]]

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