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| |gender = Female | | |gender = Female |
| |age = 14 ([[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]), 11-14 ([[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]]) | | |age = 14 ([[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]), 11-14 ([[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]]) |
− | |family = [[Iwakura Yasuo]], [[Iwakura Miho]], [[Iwakura Mika]] ([[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]); [[Father]], [[Mother]] ([[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]] and [[manga]]) | + | |family = [[Yasuo Iwakura]] (Father), [[Miho Iwakura]] (Mother), [[Mika Iwakura]] (Sister) |
| |affiliation = [[Knights of the Eastern Calculus]], [[Tachibana General Laboratories]] | | |affiliation = [[Knights of the Eastern Calculus]], [[Tachibana General Laboratories]] |
| |navi = [[Children's NAVI]], [[Handheld NAVI]], [[Lain's NAVI]] | | |navi = [[Children's NAVI]], [[Handheld NAVI]], [[Lain's NAVI]] |
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| |location = [[Lain's House]], [[Shibuya]] | | |location = [[Lain's House]], [[Shibuya]] |
| |voiceactors = [[wikipedia:Kaori Shimizu (voice_actress)|Kaori Shimizu]] (Japanese), | | |voiceactors = [[wikipedia:Kaori Shimizu (voice_actress)|Kaori Shimizu]] (Japanese), |
− | [[wikipedia:Bridget Hoffman|Ruby Marlowe]] (English)}} | + | [[wikipedia:Bridget Hoffman|Bridget Hoffman]] (English), Lucila Gómez (Spanish)}} |
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− | '''Iwakura Lain''' (岩倉 玲音 ''Iwakura Rein'', also rendered as レイン, lain or れいん) is the main protagonist of the series. She is female, 14 in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]], 11-14 in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]], and of an unknown age in other works. Visually, she is characterized by her short, brown, asymmetrical hair, one lock of which is secured by a [[hairclip]]. [[Masami Eiri]], in his desire to conquer reality, uses her as a pawn.
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| + | '''Iwakura Lain''' (岩倉 玲音 ''Iwakura Rein'', also rendered as レイン, lain or れいん) is the main protagonist of the series. She is female, 14 in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]], 11-14 in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]], and of an unknown age in other works. Visually, she is characterized by her short, brown, asymmetrical hair, one lock of which is secured by a [[Lain's Hairclip|hairclip]]. [[Masami Eiri]], in his desire to conquer reality, uses her as a pawn. |
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| == Personality == | | == Personality == |
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| == Anime Biography == | | == Anime Biography == |
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| At the beginning of the anime, Lain is technologically illiterate and extremely shy. She hardly even checks her email and is visibly uncomfortable when doing so. While operating her old [[children's NAVI]], she puts on a bear hat. This, like her [[bear suit]], provides comfort to her and helps her face situations that she is intimidated by. | | At the beginning of the anime, Lain is technologically illiterate and extremely shy. She hardly even checks her email and is visibly uncomfortable when doing so. While operating her old [[children's NAVI]], she puts on a bear hat. This, like her [[bear suit]], provides comfort to her and helps her face situations that she is intimidated by. |
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| Lain's behaviour changes when she gets a proper [[NAVI]]. When online, she behaves much more confidently and assertively. Another Lain, commonly referred to by the fandom as "evil Lain", already exists in the Wired and, according to Lain in [[Layer 08]], acts like the part of Lain that she hates. | | Lain's behaviour changes when she gets a proper [[NAVI]]. When online, she behaves much more confidently and assertively. Another Lain, commonly referred to by the fandom as "evil Lain", already exists in the Wired and, according to Lain in [[Layer 08]], acts like the part of Lain that she hates. |
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− | Lain appears to be highly intelligent and has a range of skills. The anime shows her learning extremely quickly how a NAVI functions and can even help the [[boss]] of the [[Men in Black]] repair his extremely old NAVI. Also, the [[manga]] shows some of Lain's skills in programming, as she modifies her plush dog, [[Bike-chan]], to be able to bark. In the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]], Lain becomes interested in psychology and is able to use that knowledge on [[Yonera Touko]], her therapist, when she becomes unstable. | + | Lain appears to be highly intelligent and has a range of skills. The anime shows her learning extremely quickly how a NAVI functions and can even help the [[boss]] of the [[Men in Black]] repair his extremely old NAVI. Also, the [[manga]] shows some of Lain's skills in programming, as she modifies her plush dog, [[Bike-chan]], to be able to bark. In the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]], Lain becomes interested in psychology and is able to use that knowledge on [[Touko Yonera]], her therapist, when she becomes unstable. |
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− | She is quite distant from her [[family]] and rarely speaks at home. At [[school]], she is similarly quiet, although she begins to hang out with [[Alice]], [[Reika]] and [[Juri]]. Of the three, only Alice seems to have any real emotional connection with her. | + | She is quite distant from her [[family]] and rarely speaks at home. At [[school]], she is similarly quiet, although she begins to hang out with [[Alice Mizuki]], [[Reika Yamamoto]] and [[Juri Katou]]. Of the three, only Alice seems to have any real emotional connection with her. |
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| Lain is revealed to be the product of the human collective unconscious that took form in the Wired. This means that there is a different image of Lain in each person's mind, represented by the chattering Lain mannequins in [[Layer 08]]. This led to Lain's [[identity]] crisis that forms a major plot point in the anime. | | Lain is revealed to be the product of the human collective unconscious that took form in the Wired. This means that there is a different image of Lain in each person's mind, represented by the chattering Lain mannequins in [[Layer 08]]. This led to Lain's [[identity]] crisis that forms a major plot point in the anime. |
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| Lain considers herself to be a being that exists only in the memories of others, so when she edits herself out during the [[reset]], it is almost a form of suicide - although the Wired itself still retains her data, there are no people who truly remember her. | | Lain considers herself to be a being that exists only in the memories of others, so when she edits herself out during the [[reset]], it is almost a form of suicide - although the Wired itself still retains her data, there are no people who truly remember her. |
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