[[File:Sel-lain-friends.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Photo of Lain's school friends]]
In the Serial Experiments Lain anime, there are 4 people in [[Lain Iwakura]]'s school friend group. She also, has 4 other friends that she met
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[[File:SEL95.png|right|thumb|250px|Lain's Home]]
A two-storey house located in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo. [[Lain Iwakura]] lives here with her [[family]]: her father [[Yasuo Iwakura]], her
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...p_from_VEL_cover.jpg|thumb|Lain's hairclip as seen in [[Visual Experiments Lain]].]]
...eriments Lain (anime)|anime]] and [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]], Lain is never seen without this hairclip.
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[[File:Lain's new navi.jpeg|thumb|Lain's new NAVI as of Layer 02.]]
[[File:Lain's navi layer 03.jpeg|thumb|By Layer 03, Lain's NAVI has already shown extensive modification.]]
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It was an item in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)]].
...ownload the full diary here [http://www.mediafire.com/file/3u7qeer91t49c0u/Lain%2527s_Diary_B.pdf/file]
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[[File:Evil-lain.png|right|thumb|300px|SMUG FACE]]
...oing to kill him. She has no fear of death either, finding it amusing when Lain is “committing suicide”.
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...4 ([[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]), 11-14 ([[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]])
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...ill in production. We have also, compiled any and all [[Serial Experiments Lain (news)|news]] related to the show.
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...bious.co.uk]] decided to make a visual novel based on [[Serial Experiments Lain]].
*'''[[Let's all love Lain]]'''
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...g the original script for the Serial Experiments Lain [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]] by [[Chiaki J. Konaka]] with many informative footnotes, as
...ript of an [[interviews|interview]] titled "''Lain'' 12 years later" (12年目のlain).
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[...Lain.]
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...somebody who would like to be a part of this project: don't indicate which Lain the player is actually interacting with, but let them deduce this from her
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Thought Experiments Lain is owned by Lawrence Eng aka Lawmune. It was started as a place to collect
...s best known for the list of [[Apple Inc. References|Apple references]] in Lain.
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#REDIRECT [[Lain Visual Novel Project]]
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...is a book of illustrations and information about the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] anime. It does not have a single author, but a production staff headed by
|style="text-align:center;"|What is " lain " ....?
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...coverart.jpg|thumb|Strange events begin to occur as a withdrawn girl named Lain becomes obsessed with interconnected virtual realm of "The Wired".|right]]
...from July to September 1998 and has 13 [[episodes]]. [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|A PlayStation game]] with the same title was released in November 19
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[[File:Lain_PS1.jpg|thumb|Serial Experiments Lain is a video game release for the PlayStation on November 26, 1998, two month
...tion collected in a random order that allow the player to piece together [[Lain Iwakura]]'s story.
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...s. It's an April Fools Joke for the 25th anniversary of Serial Experiments Lain. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230401000342/https://en.serialexperimentsl
...and playable on web browser ([https://www.otaquest.com/serial-experiments-lain-ps1-game-english/ source])
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[http://per.hedbor.org/lain/ Serial Experiments Lain: Root]
...chive.org/web/20160723215151/http://per.hedbor.org/lain/ Serial Experiment Lain: Root (Wayback Machine)]
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|related = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
...ents Lain OST''''' is the official soundtrack for the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]. It includes the [[Tooi Sakebi|closing theme]] by [[Reichi
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...nchbox_1_front.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Front of the first Serial Experiments Lain lunchbox]]
...lunchbox_1_back.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Back of the first Serial Experiments Lain lunchbox]]
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|related = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
...soundtrack for the ''[[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Serial Experiments Lain]]'' anime. It features the ambient score for the series, composed and perfo
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There are many releases of Serial Experiments Lain on DVD. Many of these releases are official, but a multitude of bootleg and
==Serial Experiments Lain DVD Box Set - 2001==
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Suicide is a common occurrence in [[Lain Iwakura]]'s world. The first suicide the viewer sees is the death of [[Chis
...onsidered to have committed suicide at the end of the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]. She erases her own existence, including her past, in order
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...ore. Over the years, a number of Serial Experiments Lain fans have created Lain-themed Winamp skins for use with the program.
==Serial Experiments LAIN by Nasgar0th==
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Guidebook for the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|Serial Experiments Lain game]], released in December 1998.
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|chapter 1: connect to "lain"
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|related = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
...e second soundtrack for the Serial Experiments Lain ''[[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]''. It acts a soundtrack for the fictional nightclub Cyberia
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| colspan=2 | [[File:Serial Experiments Lain 2020 eXhibition Advertisement.jpg|thumb]]
...with NBC Universal's own "#lainTTL" event, which encouraged the posting of Lain-inspired fan works with relaxed copyright enforcement from a period of 2019
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The [[Serial Experiments Lain]] Ultimate Fan Guide is an guide to the anime written by Lucien Soulban and
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...e are multiple instances of Paranormal occurrences in [[Serial Experiments Lain]].
...nstance of a paranormal occurrence the viewer sees is in [[Layer 01]] when Lain is in class, the board becomes blurry, and outlets open in her fingers with
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...of Layer 1 (depicting Chisa’s suicide) do not matter for our purposes, as Lain is not immediately revealed or known to the audience at that point.</ref>
...king her email regularly.<ref>Is getting to know the Wired good or bad for Lain? This is a manifestation of the philosophical question “was civilization
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...ly Lain notices at first, but gradually, everyone starts talking about it. Lain has to work out how to fix everything using the Wired and by exploring her
*Social: Increased by talking to people in school. Allows Lain to do friend things.
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...chondrialAdam/tumbling-down-the-rabbit-hole-an-essay-on-serial-experiments-lain/ essay] was made by [https://rateyourmusic.com/~Saturnis Saturnis]
...s spoilers... sorta. It is impossible to really 'spoil' Serial Experiments Lain. Experiencing the Anime is more contingent on witnessing how things piece t
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...mfortable with communicating by normal means. For example, the protagonist Lain, who was “unable to develop her understanding of the hierarchical form of
...ba and van Heerden (2007) examine SE: L as a visual medium. They note that Lain’s computer, called a “Knowledge navigator” or “Navi” in-setting,
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...ese living in the digital era. In Nakamura's version of modern-day Japan, Lain struggles to exist within the vastness of the digital age while trying not
...flow of information across the worldwide network. In Serial Experiments: Lain a consciousness is forming on the wired and that consciousness is beginning
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...the animé produced by Yasuyuki Ueda for Triangle Staff (Serial experiments Lain – Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 2007).
...central character Lain's search for identity in this unstable environment. Lain struggle with the realisation of the self in this dystopian vision of reali
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...g the 13 layers of the anime, the American release of [[Serial Experiments Lain: Cyberia Mix|Cyberia Mix]] and extra content: upgrades for TV and cd, openi
[[File:Lain_Collector's_Edition_poster.jpg|thumb|Lain poster]]
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''Let's all love Lain.''
''Let's all love Lain. Let's all love Lain. Let's all love Lain.''
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...ayer of Existence We Call The Real World I Learned From Serial Experiments Lain"''' is a page from the anime fansite "The Home for Infinite Losers". The we
...things the author feels are "definitive laws" regarding Serial Experiments Lain. The list uses a humorous tone throughout, and the author invites users to
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...ples, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Joss Whedon 1997-2002), Serial Experiments Lain (Ryutaro Nakamura 1997), and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (Ge
In each of the texts I will shortly discuss – Buffy, Lain, and Attack of the Clones – the common factor is what I am referring to a
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...rDisc and VHS releases of the Serial Experiments Lain [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]. The second strip was not included, mentioned as a "deleted
...RE. Also included in the RESTORE booklet were two entirely new chibi chibi lain strips in color. They can be viewed [http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/193495
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[[File:Kyoko and Mayu.png|thumb|Lain watching Kyoko and Mayu walk the halls.]]
...ounselor [[Touko Yonera]] meets with Kyoko to find out more about Lain and Lain's friend, [[Misato]].
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[[File:Sel-lain-friends.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Photo of Lain's school friends]]
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...p_from_VEL_cover.jpg|thumb|Lain's hairclip as seen in [[Visual Experiments Lain]].]]
...eriments Lain (anime)|anime]] and [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]], Lain is never seen without this hairclip.
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...Kyoko]], and attends Lain's junior high school in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]].
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|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|Serial Experiments Lain PSX game]]
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[[File:Lain's new navi.jpeg|thumb|Lain's new NAVI as of Layer 02.]]
[[File:Lain's navi layer 03.jpeg|thumb|By Layer 03, Lain's NAVI has already shown extensive modification.]]
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[[File:Bearsuit.png|thumb|Lain in her bear suit]]
...n using a [[NAVI]] for the first time in a long time. It also functions as Lain's pajamas.
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[[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
'''Yamamoto Reika''' (山本 レイカ) is one of [[Lain Iwakura|Lain]]'s three known [[Lain's Friends|friends]] at [[school]]. Reika's other friends include [[Juri Kat
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[[File:Evil-lain.png|right|thumb|300px|SMUG FACE]]
...oing to kill him. She has no fear of death either, finding it amusing when Lain is “committing suicide”.
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...ill in production. We have also, compiled any and all [[Serial Experiments Lain (news)|news]] related to the show.
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|featuredin=[[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
'''Kato Juri''' (加藤 樹莉 ''Kato Juri'') is a [[Lain's Friends|friend]] of [[Lain Iwakura]] at [[school]]. Juri's friends include [[Reika Yamamoto]] and [[Al
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|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|Serial Experiments Lain PSX game]]
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'''E-mail''' is an important method of communication in [[the Wired]]. [[File:Lain's Pokat Mailer.png|thumb|The "Pokate Mailer" e-mail client on a HandiNAVI]]
* In [[Layer 01]], [[Lain Iwakura|Lain]], among other girls at her [[school]], receives an email from the deceased
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[[File:Oldnavi.jpg|frame|Lain's old navi]]
...al references to Apple Inc. and their products in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]. Most of the effects were created on Macintosh computers an
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...nchbox_1_front.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Front of the first Serial Experiments Lain lunchbox]]
...lunchbox_1_back.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Back of the first Serial Experiments Lain lunchbox]]
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|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
...the same [[school]] as [[Lain Iwakura]]. She is also one of Lain's best [[Lain's Friends|friends]].
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|family=[[Yasuo Iwakura]], [[Mika Iwakura]], [[Lain Iwakura]]
|featuredin=[[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]], [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|Game]]
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...sive focus during the writing and voice acting of the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]] for both writer [[wikipedia:Chiaki Konaka|Chiaki Konaka]] a
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[[File:Lain-dolls.jpg|400px]]
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==Serial Experiments LAIN by Nasgar0th==
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...kahiro Kishida made before they started production on [[Serial Experiments Lain]]
Proto-ft.jpg|Lain and her teacher alone in a classroom
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..., a girl from her [[school]] who committed [[Suicide in Serial Experiments Lain|suicide]].
Lain specially puts on a [[Bear suit|bear suit]] when logging in to this NAVI.
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...re of Fabrication|manga]] and the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]]. Lain has reportedly owned it since birth, although there is no way of knowing ho
...appears in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]; it is dropped at Lain's feet by a young girl in [[Shibuya]].
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...t being, much like [[Lain Iwakura]] at the end of the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]].
...Lain is interviewed. The relevant portion of the interview, beginning with Lain's mention of God, is reproduced below:
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...Iwakura]]'s friend she meets on [[the Wired]] in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]]. He helps her learn about the Wired and hacking.
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|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
...[[the Wired]] (e.g. Lain) to further his own reputation among other users. Lain finds him annoying.
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Thought Experiments Lain is owned by Lawrence Eng aka Lawmune. It was started as a place to collect
...s best known for the list of [[Apple Inc. References|Apple references]] in Lain.
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...ct, they use the same model, according to ''[[Visual Experiments Lain]]''. Lain's HandiNAVI becomes heavily modified as the show progresses. Alice's featur
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...g the original script for the Serial Experiments Lain [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]] by [[Chiaki J. Konaka]] with many informative footnotes, as
...ript of an [[interviews|interview]] titled "''Lain'' 12 years later" (12年目のlain).
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''Let's all love Lain.''
''Let's all love Lain. Let's all love Lain. Let's all love Lain.''
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|relationship to lain = Crush
...school class in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]]. While he and Lain were not close, it is implied that they may have had a mutual crush on each
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...caused to the real world and especially to her friend [[Alice Mizuki]], [[Lain Iwakura]] chooses to start the world over while erasing her own existence.
As a consequence, all the characters who were playing a role linked to Lain returned to their normal lives. The [[Men in Black]] became construction wo
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...rDisc and VHS releases of the Serial Experiments Lain [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]. The second strip was not included, mentioned as a "deleted
...RE. Also included in the RESTORE booklet were two entirely new chibi chibi lain strips in color. They can be viewed [http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/193495
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...irst time being in [[Layer 03]]. In the anime, crosstalk is used to convey Lain's forays into the Wired, when she does research or eavesdrops on conversati
...This suggests that the ability to hear net chatter is a passive ability of Lain's, brought to its full potential when she obtains the [[Psyche]] chip in La
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[[File:The_boss's_NAVI.jpg|300px|thumb|In [[Layer 07|''Society'']], Lain fixes the boss's archaic NAVI.]]
...he has been using for years and doesn't want to change due to nostalgia. [[Lain Iwakura]] helps him fix it.
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| featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
...nd [[Juri Katou]] but did not enjoy being there. She also walked home with Lain once.
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[[File:SEL95.png|right|thumb|250px|Lain's Home]]
A two-storey house located in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo. [[Lain Iwakura]] lives here with her [[family]]: her father [[Yasuo Iwakura]], her
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...g the 13 layers of the anime, the American release of [[Serial Experiments Lain: Cyberia Mix|Cyberia Mix]] and extra content: upgrades for TV and cd, openi
[[File:Lain_Collector's_Edition_poster.jpg|thumb|Lain poster]]
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|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
In [[Layer 07]], [[Lain Iwakura]] is brought to him and after she helps him fix his old [[NAVI]], h
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...ole in [[Serial Experiments Lain]], especially in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]].
.... If anything, all their family interactions - even the ones not involving Lain - seem forced from the very beginning. This foreshadows that her family is
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...cond is in [[Layer 12]]. The spires are completely unexplained, and even [[Lain Iwakura]] herself reacts to their appearance in a puzzled manner.
...a]] doesn't offer much by way of explanation in his [[Scenario Experiments Lain|Scenarios]], but what little he does say is roughly translated below for po
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...o, impeding her research. Touko hates him. He later commits suicide, but [[Lain Iwakura]] suspects that Touko had some involvement in his death.
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There are many conspiracies in the plot of [[Serial Experiments Lain]], as well as many conspiracy theories alluded to.
*Lain's "family", who are not really her relatives
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...game]] for the PlayStation 1. First it was an additional help for the psx.lain.pl PDF translation, which was hard to navigate while playing on an emulator
The website includes multiple lain related experiences:
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...e are multiple instances of Paranormal occurrences in [[Serial Experiments Lain]].
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[[File:Misato with Lain.jpg|thumb|Misato and Lain in school.]]
...to move away due to rumors spread by her classmates. Just before the end, Lain got email to her hidden site from Misato, however, it later turns out that
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|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
...om physical existence in [[Layer 13]]. According to ''[[Visual Experiments Lain]]'', her Wired handle is maruneko (まるねこ).
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...eme in [[Serial Experiments Lain]], especially in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]. A major means of communicating is [[the Wired]]; many peop
...be extremely isolated at the beginning of the anime, [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]] and [[manga]]. Through the anime, she gradually develops frie
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== Lain is actually God ==
==== There was some dialogue in [[Layer 12]] that leads me to believe that Lain may in fact be the 'Creation God' reborn. ====
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...e is often seen together with him and [[Myu-Myu]] at [[Cyberia]]. He gives lain advice on how to install the [[Psyche]] in [[Layer 03]]
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[[File:KIDS Prototype.jpeg|300px|thumb|Hodgeson explains KIDS to Lain in the [[Layer 06|similarly titled episode]].]]
...ears prior to the present day, present time events of ''Serial Experiments Lain''. After the Kensington Experiment's disastrous results, Hodgeson destroyed
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...ovides an alternative viewpoint to some events in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]].
...'s face appears on a large screen. It is likely to be the work of the evil Lain in [[the Wired]].
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#REDIRECT [[Lain Visual Novel Project]]
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...r the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]] and the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]] and enlisted the aid of other staff members, [[Chiaki J. Ko
* Serial Experiments Lain (1998), Original Concept & Story, Producer[1]
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|family=[[Yasuo Iwakura]], [[Miho Iwakura]], [[Lain Iwakura]]
|featuredin=[[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
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[http://per.hedbor.org/lain/ Serial Experiments Lain: Root]
...chive.org/web/20160723215151/http://per.hedbor.org/lain/ Serial Experiment Lain: Root (Wayback Machine)]
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|related = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
...ents Lain OST''''' is the official soundtrack for the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]. It includes the [[Tooi Sakebi|closing theme]] by [[Reichi
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Lain: It's too noisy. Can't you all shut up?
Alice: Lain?
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...th [[Masayuki]]. She becomes jealous when she witnesses Taro's advances on Lain in Layers [[Layer 03|03]] and [[Layer 09|09]].
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...[[Serial Experiments Lain]] (1998) anime as the Japanese voice actor for [[Lain Iwakura]]. She also played voice actor roles in Babel (2006) and Inuyasha (
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...achibana Laboratories''', is a fictional company within Serial Experiments Lain. They are mostly known for being the company that employed [[Masami Eiri]]
In the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]], [[Touko Yonera]] works at the Research center of Tachibana a
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Little of Taro's life before the start of the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|series]] is known.
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[[Lain Iwakura]]'s '''homeroom teacher''', is a minor character who appears in epi
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|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
...ars briefly in [[Layer 06]] to discuss his findings with [[Lain Iwakura]]. Lain strongly disapproves of his actions.
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Part of the plot of [[Serial Experiments Lain]] is exploring what is or is not real.
...the electrical impulses in the brain or on the Wired. However, in the end, Lain chooses not to believe him. She believes that there is value in the real wo
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|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
|location = [[Lain's House]], Shoko's House
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...k]] of SEL, and voice acted the part of [[JJ]] in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]. He has lent his voice to several anime, including ''NieA_7
In the credits of the English release of ''Serial Experiments Lain'' by Funimation, his name is incorrectly romanized as "Kazuo Chikada."
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|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
.... He claims to be omnipresent in the Wired. He also claims to have created Lain.
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'''Shibuya Ward''' is a prominent setting in Serial Experiments Lain. [[Lain Iwakura]] and her friends, [[Alice Mizuki]], [[Juri Katou]], and [[Reika Ya
[[Lain's House|Lain's house]] is in Setagaya, a ward adjacent and to the east of Shibuya. Minat
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Suicide is a common occurrence in [[Lain Iwakura]]'s world. The first suicide the viewer sees is the death of [[Chis
...onsidered to have committed suicide at the end of the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]. She erases her own existence, including her past, in order
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Taro: Lain, wait for a second. I'll just kill him.
Lain(w): What's so interesting about killing other players?
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Text: Lain is lain...
ManInTachibana: Iwakura Lain, are you the same person...
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|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]]
...ds for '''superimpose'''. In [[Chiaki J. Konaka]]'s [[Scenario Experiments Lain|scripts]], it was his way of indicating that a line was to be displayed on
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...e middle school. [[Alice's Teacher|Alice's teacher]] and [[Keiko Yoshii]] (Lain's Teacher) work here.
...ts that this was his own oversight in a footnote in [[Scenario Experiments Lain]].
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|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]], [[manga]] <!-- (unsure about the game) -->
...d on a railway, having seemingly committed [[Suicide in Serial Experiments Lain|suicide]]. It is his belief that the only way for humans to evolve further
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...identity was exposed in [[Layer 10]]. According to ''[[Visual Experiments Lain]]'', his net handle is '''DUKe'''.
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...) is to project a digital incarnation of one's personality into the Wired. Lain is highly admired in the Wired partly because of her ability to metaphorize
...ncludes a definition of metaphorize. [http://www.geocities.jp/zatugakubeya/lain/dictionary-layer.html]
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Lain: I see. I've never know it.
Lain: This world is so simple.
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...the Knights' identities are revealed. According to ''[[Visual Experiments Lain]]'', his Wired handle is CAT.
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...s. It's an April Fools Joke for the 25th anniversary of Serial Experiments Lain. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20230401000342/https://en.serialexperimentsl
...and playable on web browser ([https://www.otaquest.com/serial-experiments-lain-ps1-game-english/ source])
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...ng underage visitors. It is a pivotal location in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)]]. It is located in [[Shibuya]].
*The '''Cyberia Club & Café''' in Lain alludes to [[wikipedia:Douglas Rushkoff|Douglas Rushkoff]]'s book [[wikiped
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It was an item in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)]].
...ownload the full diary here [http://www.mediafire.com/file/3u7qeer91t49c0u/Lain%2527s_Diary_B.pdf/file]
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...three instances of source code being displayed in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]].
...'s fingertips begin to emit [[Paranormal Occurrences in Serial Experiments Lain|ectoplasm]]. It features a yen symbol instead of a backslash in an escape s
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|[[Lain Iwakura]] squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print
|Lain sits at her old NAVI and sneezes, "Hekuchin!" The NAVI responds, "So your n
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Guidebook for the [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|Serial Experiments Lain game]], released in December 1998.
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|chapter 1: connect to "lain"
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...argin:0; padding:.3em; color:#C1C1C1;">Welcome to the [[Serial Experiments Lain]] Wiki</div>
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Mika: Lain is acting strange. She was always strange, but...
Lain: Sorry, What?
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Lain: The only truth... God.
Eiri: Yes, me. Right, Lain?
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Father: Lain, I'm coming in.
Father: Lain?
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Lain: No, It's not.
Lain: I haven't received any mail...
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...riments Lain]], and transcriptions or descriptions of events attended by ''Lain'' staff, and supply sources for those interviews, digital or print.
*Lain talk live
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| colspan=2 | [[File:Serial Experiments Lain 2020 eXhibition Advertisement.jpg|thumb]]
...with NBC Universal's own "#lainTTL" event, which encouraged the posting of Lain-inspired fan works with relaxed copyright enforcement from a period of 2019
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...somebody who would like to be a part of this project: don't indicate which Lain the player is actually interacting with, but let them deduce this from her
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Lain: What is it?
Deus: The network. It's the Wired, Lain.
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They interact with [[Lain Iwakura]] in various ways, possibly trying to trick her into entering The W
...n Black]], or commit [[Suicide in Serial Experiments Lain|suicide]], after Lain leaks their membership list onto [[The Wired]].
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Memory is a major theme in [[Serial Experiments Lain]]. [[Lain Iwakura]] has the ability to affect [[reality]] through manipulation of peo
A popular quote by Lain about memory is as follows:
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|family = [[Miho Iwakura]], [[Mika Iwakura]], [[Lain Iwakura]]
|featuredin = [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Anime]], [[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|Game]]
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...ho had jumped off the roof his apartment building. When they try to tell [[Lain Iwakura]] about the news, she responds that she has already heard about it,
Later that day in [[Shibuya]], in response to Alice's questions, Lain further expounds that all the dead students had been hooked on some kind of
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Voice: I believe you've heard of Lain.
Voice: "Lain in the wired".
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