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The unnamed teacher who is [[Alice]]'s heartthrob.
The young, handsome male teacher who is [[Alice]]'s heartthrob. Though he appears 3 times in the Serial Experiments Lain [[anime]], he has no name, and is referred to only as 教師 (teacher) in the [[Scenario Experiments Lain|scenarios]].
== Episode 8 appearance and fan misunderstanding ==
The first time he appears is in [[Layer 08|Episode 8]]. Fans of Serial Experiments Lain often misinterpret this scene as a real lovers' tryst between Alice and the teacher, but it was intended to be a fantasy of Alice's that wasn't really happening. The rumors about Alice that [[Evil Lain]] started were not about an affair between Alice and the teacher, but about Alice's crush on him.
Below is a translation of the scene as it appears in the Scenarios, including footnotes by [[Chiaki Konaka|Konaka]].
=== ''Scenarios'' script ===
<tt>INT. Alice's Room *<br>
<i>Alice sits before her desk.<br>
A tall, young teacher stands behind her, reaching his arms around to embrace her.<br>
Her face is flushed, eyes shut.<br>
With his palm on her cheek, the teacher turns her head back slightly.<br>
Alice's lips move invitingly with the expectation of a kiss.<br>
The teacher gazes at them.<br>
Alice opens her eyes and looks at the teacher with an uncertain expression.<br>
The teacher slides his palm along Alice's cheek to trace her lips with his fingers.<br>
Alice looks frightened.<br><br></i>
TEACHER <br>*
''(soft voice)'' Do you think it's right to do this kind of thing with your teacher?<br><br>
ALICE <br>
It's... not right...<br><br>
TEACHER<br>
If it's not right, why are you doing it?<br><br>
ALICE<br>
Because... I... want to... ''(gasps)''<br><br>
<i>Alice turns to look behind her. Quietly sitting on her bed, is Lain.*<br>
Alice is sitting in her own chair. There is no teacher behind her. <br>
He was never there in the first place.<br><br>
Alice's left hand was under the desk. She slowly raises it above the desk.<br>
Lain just stares intently.<br><br>
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ALICE<br>
So it was you... Lain...<br><br>
''Lain whispers close at Alice's side.''
LAIN<br>
''(whispering)'' Hey... Did you hear? Did you hear who Alice Mizuki likes? Did you hear who she thinks about while she does dirty stuff?<br><br>
ALICE<br>
... ''(Turns face away)''<br><br>
''Lain is still there in front of her.''<br>
ALICE<br>
So you were the one who spread the rumors.<br><br>
LAIN<br>
... ''(smiling)''<br><br>
ALICE<br>
Were you watching me like that all along!?<br>The things I do in secret, the times I don't want anyone to know about!<br><br>
''Lain smiles.''<br><br>
ALICE<br>
You're so...<br><br>
''Alice is enveloped by noise, and disappears.''
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=== Footnotes ===
* This is the only scene in the series that I personally called for revisions for, writing with a lot of uncertainy and doubt. The thing you least want others to see. The pain of it being seen, and the pain of the one who sees it. I concluded that this was the only way to write it, but it still took a lot of courage. And when I finally decided to write it, Alice's role in the story finally fell into place. At the after recording for episode 7, I said to Yoko Asada, "Alice's part is about to become much more difficult to play. Please do your best!"
* The scene was so deeply thought out, yet it contains lines that could never be broadcast on TV. We couldn't arrive at a good compromise. The end result was that, without changing the visuals, the conversation of Alice and her (imaginary) teacher was cut from the broadcast version. It was included in the home video release, so essentially the only difference between the broadcast and home video versions is this scene.
* [''TL note: In this scene, Lain's name is written as "lain," in alphabet letters.''] The writing of "lain" is merely a way of helping to tell the difference between the roles in the after recording script. At this point in the story, only three personalities have appeared: 玲音 (childish, late-blooming personality), レイン (aggressive personality, typified by Lain of the Wired) and "lain" (devilish personality). But of course these are not all that comprise the being "lain" (including Goddess "lain").
== Episode 11 appearance ==
The teacher appears briefly at the end of [[Layer 11|episode 11]]. Alice, [[Juri]] and [[Reika]] are standing by the [[school]] gates talking, and Alice sees the teacher talking to the gate guard. Reika says, "Oh, that teacher? Rumor has it that he's going out with a 9th grader!"
The Funimation release ([https://youtu.be/uVzCNdwuiqQ?t=20m34s YouTube]) has mistranslated Reika's line, saying the teacher is going out with an 8th grader.
== Episode 13 appearance ==
In [[Layer 13|Episode 13]] after the [[Reset]], Alice and Lain run into each other on a pedestrian overpass in [[Shibuya]]. The teacher is with Alice, and they appear to be a couple.
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