Serial Experiments Lain Official Guide/Q&A
This is the translation page for the Q&A section of the guide to the game. It doesn't make any earth-shattering revelations, but it might be useful to a Lain fan who is trying to play through the game. The same can be said for the entire guide, to be honest.
This is a free translation by fans, for fans. If you notice errors, feel free to edit it. Please don't use it in a scanlation or for making money somehow.
Italicized text indicates a tl note.
Q's are all done, A's coming soon, maybe.
A guide to the mysteries of "lain" for the especially inquisitive player
This Q&A, divided into "game system part" and "game story part," attempts to explain things you might be unclear about once you've played the game. Though the "game story part" does not offer solutions to the mysteries interspersed throughout the story, the utmost has been done to provide something that can be taken as an interpretive example. In addition, there are supplementary notes on relevant data that may be beneficial to refer to.
Game system part
Q: Why can't I play back this data block?
Q: Why won't the number of data blocks increase?
Q: I saw the ending but I don't really understand the story.
Game story part
Q: Why did Kyouko become estranged with Lain?
Q: Are Lain and her family related by blood?
Q: Where did Lain's father go off to?
Q: How good is Lain's visual acuity?
Q: What triggered Lain's internal transformation?
Q: Why does Lain wear only her left sidelock long?
Q: Just who exactly is this "Mr Rabbit" character?
Q: Did Misato not really exist after all?
Q: What is the reason for the extraordinary evolution speed of the "father" Lain made?
Q: Why are data related to Lain so incomprehensible?
Q: What caused the malfunction of "RML"?
Q: What kind of facility is "Tachibana General Laboratories"?
Q: Why did Yoshida and Takeshi drift away from Touko?
Q: Why did Professor Takashima have to commit suicide?
Q: Why did the high school girl(s) attempt suicide?
Q: What was that "other me" that appeared in Lain's hallucinations?
Q: What is the meaning of the corpse that was discarded in the street?
Q: What is the secret of the man in the sub-audio insert cuts?
"Sub-audio insert cut" is the term used in the guide for the audio files that play automatically when the player idles without touching the controller for a while.
Q: Is there a Site C in the game?