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Jan 8, 4:42 PM

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Now we made it to the conclusion.

Serial Experiments Lain is not what i expected(to put it mildly it was definitely NOT). Kind of poor anime that had the veiled reviews and the idea that dragged along turned out to be nothing more than a simple low-budget serial in which the idea is presented in the form of "here's a saucer for you, and you'll figure out the rest yourself".

So yea, there are no catchy characters that we'll remember later. As such, there is almost no plot, there are a lot of holes, they still haven't explained to us what "Wired" is, how everything was erased at the end, I thought it was a little strange to show God in this guise, besides what happened to him at the end of episode 12, everything looks pretty poor, the idea itself is pretty cool by itself, and in principle, perhaps even a remake could be watched, but in fairness, all this can be contained in 5-6 episodes (despite the fact that perhaps the effect of the Ominous Valley will be lost in some way due to the cutting of many moments where there is no music or where just a glance or cuts of incomprehensible scenes, this is better for me, times are not the same anymore, anime feels like it's "the old way", take the same Cowboy Bebop that still feels "fresh" to this day)

Due to my kindness and some episodes that i found ok/fine i will put light 4/10. See ya' later👋🗣️
Jan 9, 10:25 AM

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Now we made it to the conclusion.

Serial Experiments Lain is not what i expected(to put it mildly it was definitely NOT). Kind of poor anime that had the veiled reviews and the idea that dragged along turned out to be nothing more than a simple low-budget serial in which the idea is presented in the form of "here's a saucer for you, and you'll figure out the rest yourself".

So yea, there are no catchy characters that we'll remember later. As such, there is almost no plot, there are a lot of holes, they still haven't explained to us what "Wired" is, how everything was erased at the end, I thought it was a little strange to show God in this guise, besides what happened to him at the end of episode 12, everything looks pretty poor, the idea itself is pretty cool by itself, and in principle, perhaps even a remake could be watched, but in fairness, all this can be contained in 5-6 episodes (despite the fact that perhaps the effect of the Ominous Valley will be lost in some way due to the cutting of many moments where there is no music or where just a glance or cuts of incomprehensible scenes, this is better for me, times are not the same anymore, anime feels like it's "the old way", take the same Cowboy Bebop that still feels "fresh" to this day)

Due to my kindness and some episodes that i found ok/fine i will put light 4/10. See ya' later👋🗣️
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I can see why Code Geass is your favorite anime.
Jan 9, 5:07 PM

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I can see why Code Geass is your favorite anime.
@JoeChip who said so and does it change something?
Jan 11, 4:47 PM
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Jan 18, 9:27 AM
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LET'S ALL LOVE LAIN!!!
Jan 20, 2:10 AM
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Really difficult to rate this anime... It feels like a 6 and an 8. I guess it's feel rooted in psychology and shit so you gotta think a lot and watch more than once. I spent the whole night watching and my brain is mush.


A lot of it made no sense whatsoever but I tried to put the pieces together. In the end I understand that Lain manipulated people's memories and that's how she existed in the real world. Quite fascinating... The ending felt a bit sad, the fact that she erased herself... almost like a suic.. kinda sad.

One interesting meta aspect is that we all saw it, we all will remember her, so for us she exists. This is fun. Quite something else!
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Really confused half way through the show but I really liked it still for some reason.
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