[[File:SEL95.png|right|thumb|250px|Lain's Home]]
...ather [[Yasuo Iwakura]], her mother [[Miho Iwakura]] and her sister [[Mika Iwakura]].
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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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...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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[[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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...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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...ed 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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[[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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...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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...eme in [[Serial Experiments Lain]], especially in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]. A major means of communicating is [[the Wired]]; many peop
...that [[reality]] is unnecessary to her, she learns from Alice and [[Yasuo Iwakura]] that having a physical existence and being able to communicate face-to-fa
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...ole in [[Serial Experiments Lain]], especially in the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]].
...act, real. This is revealed in [[Layer 10]]. Even so, her "father" [[Yasuo Iwakura]] still expresses affection towards her.
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...ato 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 [[Alice Mizu
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[[File:The_boss's_NAVI.jpg|300px|thumb|In [[Layer 07|''Society'']], Lain fixes the boss's archaic NAVI.]]
...s been using for years and doesn't want to change due to nostalgia. [[Lain Iwakura]] helps him fix it.
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[[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 at [[Cy
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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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[[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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'''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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...peding 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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[[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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..., 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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...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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...ial Experiments Lain]] (1998) anime as the Japanese voice actor for [[Lain Iwakura]]. She also played voice actor roles in Babel (2006) and Inuyasha (2000).
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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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[[File:Lain Split Personalities.JPG|300px|thumb|right|
...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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...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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...[[the Wired]] (e.g. Lain) to further his own reputation among other users. Lain finds him annoying.
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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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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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...the same [[school]] as [[Lain Iwakura]]. She is also one of Lain's best [[Lain's Friends|friends]].
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...nd [[Juri Katou]] but did not enjoy being there. She also walked home with Lain once.
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In [[Layer 07]], [[Lain Iwakura]] is brought to him and after she helps him fix his old [[NAVI]], he questi
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[[Lain Iwakura]]'s '''homeroom teacher''', is a minor character who appears in episode 1 a
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[[File:Yasuo's NAVI hardware.jpeg|300px|right|thumb|Iwakura Yasuo's NAVI and hardware, featuring multiple screens and processing units.
...mployee he is very proficient with his hardware, though by the time [[Lain Iwakura|his daughter]] has become fully engrossed in [[the Wired]] and [[NAVI]]s hi
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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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...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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[[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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...go there to hang out and shop, and sometimes to visit [[Cyberia]]. [[Mika Iwakura]] also visits Shibuya to spend time with her boyfriend.
[[Lain's House|Lain's house]] is in Setagaya, a ward adjacent and to the east of Shibuya. Minat
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...ars briefly in [[Layer 06]] to discuss his findings with [[Lain Iwakura]]. Lain strongly disapproves of his actions.
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...t software. Its owner is killed by being pushed into its monitor by [[Lain Iwakura]].
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...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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|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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...d 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, on [[th
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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Memory is a major theme in [[Serial Experiments Lain]]. [[Lain Iwakura]] has the ability to affect [[reality]] through manipulation of people's me
A popular quote by Lain about memory is as follows:
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Lain: I see. I've never know it.
Lain: This world is so simple.
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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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...resulting in him shooting a young girl with an in-game weapon. When [[Lain Iwakura]] of [[the Wired]] asks [[Taro]] what is fun about the game, he responds wi
...ent psychic abilities of these children is used to create a giant image of Lain in the sky.
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[[File:Serial Experiments Lain Anime English Dub Voice Talents.png|thumb|right|The English dub cast roles,
...glish language dub of [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Serial Experiments Lain]], the credits of the show do not assign specific character roles to each E
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Suicide is a common occurrence in [[Lain Iwakura]]'s world. The first suicide the viewer sees is the death of [[Chisa Yomoda
...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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...identity was exposed in [[Layer 10]]. According to ''[[Visual Experiments Lain]]'', his net handle is '''DUKe'''.
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They interact with [[Lain Iwakura]] in various ways, possibly trying to trick her into entering The Wired or
...n Black]], or commit [[Suicide in Serial Experiments Lain|suicide]], after Lain leaks their membership list onto [[The Wired]].
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|location = [[Lain's House]], Shoko's House
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...re-appear in [[Layer 03]] in front of the Iwakura residence just as [[Mika Iwakura]] has returned, much to her confusion and anger. In response to Mika's thre
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...4 ([[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|anime]]), 11-14 ([[Serial Experiments Lain (game)|game]])
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Lain: It's too noisy. Can't you all shut up?
Alice: Lain?
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...second episode of the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Serial Experiments Lain anime]], [[Layer 02]].
...e been documented in the same order as they appear in [[Visual Experiments Lain]], translated and with occasional notes. Some names may be romanized incorr
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...first episode of the [[Serial Experiments Lain (anime)|Serial Experiments Lain anime]], [[Layer 01]].
These credits are in the same order as they appear in [[Visual Experiments Lain]], translated and with occasional notes. Some names may be romanized incorr
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|[[Lain Iwakura]] squats in front of a goldfish-scooping tank wearing a bear-print kimono.
|Lain sits at her old NAVI and sneezes, "Hekuchin!" The NAVI responds, "So your n
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Text: Lain is lain...
ManInTachibana: Iwakura Lain, are you the same person...
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Lain: No, that's not true.
Lain: I'm only looking.
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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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...Wired with [[reality]] through his equipment, imitating people like [[Lain Iwakura]] who can access the Wired device-less because of the [[Psyche]] chip. Howe
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...i Katou]], [[Reika Yamamoto]], [[Mika Iwakura]], [[Miho Iwakura]], [[Yasuo Iwakura]]
*Lain's classmates discuss receiving an email from Chisa
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Lain: The only truth... God.
Eiri: Yes, me. Right, Lain?
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Voice: I believe you've heard of Lain.
Voice: "Lain in the wired".
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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
...collected in a random order that allow the player to piece together [[Lain Iwakura]]'s story.
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...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
On November 12, 2021, the Serial Experiments Lain (PlayStation game) Discord released a recreation of mebious written in Comm
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*The police interrogate [[Lain Iwakura]]
*A voice speaks to Lain on the train
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*[[Lain Iwakura]] and [[Masami Eiri]] talk in exchanged bodies about [[God]]
*Lain is treated as nonexistent in school and [[Alice Mizuki]] tells her she is u
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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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*[[Lain Iwakura]]'s family talk about her recent behaviour
*[[Alice Mizuki]], [[Reika Yamamoto]] and [[Juri Katou]] comment on how Lain has changed
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*[[Lain Iwakura]] regrets how she always hurts [[Alice Mizuki]] and gives [[reality]] a [[r
...spicuous lack of Lain in her [[Lain's House|house]], although only [[Yasuo Iwakura]] notices
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...e Renmei''. [[Ueda Yasuyuki]], who came up with the original concept for ''Lain'', invited him to come work on the project after seeing his art online. Abe
...0s Japan, with a main character named Ain who looks very similar to [[Lain Iwakura]].
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*[[Deus]] speaks to [[Lain Iwakura]]
*Lain asks a doll to tell her a story that she doesn't know yet - but there is no
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*Someone on [[the Wired]] tells [[Lain Iwakura]] about [[Tachibana General Laboratories]] involvement in [[Protocol 7]]
*Lain tells her parents about someone questioning her [[identity]] and they stare
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*[[Lain Iwakura|Lain]] talks with the [[Knights of the Eastern Calculus|Knights]] online
...e Mizuki|Alice]], [[Juri Katou|Juri]] and [[Reika Yamamoto|Reika]] discuss Lain's social life and they go shopping together
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...iginal and has predominantly been copied from [https://lainwire.tripod.com/iwakura.htm lainwire.tripod.com] and needs to be updated with original text.</div>T
*[[Iwakura Yasuo's NAVI]]
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*[[Lain Iwakura]] sees the [[Men in Black]] stalking her
*[[Juri Katou]] and [[Reika Yamamoto]] think they saw Lain at [[Cyberia]], while [[Alice Mizuki]] disagrees
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...-Suicide at Amajima, or we could just stick text from scenario experiments lain in].''
Lain Iwakura.
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*An alien walks into [[Lain Iwakura]]'s room
*[[JJ]] gives Lain a mysterious chip
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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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*[[Lain Iwakura]] talks to her [[NAVI]] while [[Mika Iwakura]] watches blankly
*[[Alice Mizuki]] shows concern about Lain's recent quietness
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*[[Lain Iwakura]] tells [[Alice Mizuki]] about how memories can be rewritten
*Let's all love Lain
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*[[Lain Iwakura]] wires herself to her [[NAVI]]
*Various scenes asserting Lain's [[identity]]
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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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...ompaniment to narration or [[crosstalk]], or during scenes in which [[Lain Iwakura]] is diving in [[the Wired]]. Such scenes were created by [[Ueda Yasuyuki]]
...est. Reading the text probably won't contribute to your understanding of ''Lain'', because it's merely decorative or stylistic, having little to no relevan
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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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Several references to the anime TV series [[Serial Experiments Lain]] were present on the website and its multi-reality theories.
...then an image. Then, the "payload sections" changed to a picture of [[Lain Iwakura]] in her [[bear suit]], captioned with "DO NOT SHOW THE CONTENTS OF THIS IM
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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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...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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