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[[File:Aisatsu.png|right|300px|thumb|This is also S.]][[File:Metaphorlize.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is NOT S. (it's typographics)]]

[[File:Aisatsu.png|right|300px|thumb|This is also S.]][[File:Metaphorlize.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is NOT S. (it's typographics)]]

'''S''' stands for '''superimpose'''. In [[Chiaki Konaka|Konaka]]'s [[Scenario Experiments Lain|scripts]], it was his way of indicating that a line was to be displayed on screen as text rather than spoken.  

'''S''' stands 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 screen as text rather than spoken.  

For example, lines such as the following:

For example, lines such as the following:

Lain: Hello, Navi.<br>S: Hello, Lain.

Lain: Hello, Navi.<br>S: Hello, Lain.

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This second example is of particular note. The decision to emulate [[Apple Inc. references|John Sculley]]'s vision for Knowledge Navigator with the [[NAVI]]'s operating system meant that some lines marked S were spoken aloud rather than merely displayed on screen as originally intended. The result is that a mysterious character called S appears in the cast [[Layer 01 Credits|credits]] of some episodes, voiced by Mikiko Kurihara.

This second example is of particular note. The decision to emulate [[Apple Inc. References|John Sculley]]'s vision for Knowledge Navigator with the [[NAVI]]'s operating system meant that some lines marked S were spoken aloud rather than merely displayed on screen as originally intended. The result is that a mysterious character called S appears in the cast [[Layer 01 Credits|credits]] of some episodes, voiced by Mikiko Kurihara.