What did you think of this episode?
5Loved it!
35.6%
719
4Liked it!
40.1%
810
3It was OK
18.6%
376
2Disliked it
3.4%
68
1Hated it
2.3%
46
Average 4.0
2,019 votes
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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- This Anime is twisted... so so very twisted. And wrong on so many levels. But it's interesting too. ._. A whole lot different than what I thought it would be~ |
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| I like it that they don't talk much. |
| I seriously don't get this... I hope I will be able to bite myself through the first few episodes... |
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StabbyPWNS said: You just had to put that, didn't you?And wrong on so many levels. SoulAssassin said: Fix'd.I like it that you don't talk much. GreatS said: moar liek eat yourself.I seriously don't get this... I hope I will be able to bite myself through the first few episodes... |
wtfyourface said: MistaCloudStrife said: OVER 9000!!!From 100-1000, how much do you love LWL? |
| The 1st episode was, as someone said on another forums site, a MindF***. Really was....random and didn't make sense. I kinda see why she doesn't talk cause she's very shy, but Lain also just stands and stares too much. Kinda a Mystery so far why the students are committing suicide right now. I Hope it gets explained later and not at the last few episodes. I might lose interest by then. |
| This is so creepy and eerie. I'm a bit confused too. But hell, this looks really good. |
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| This series is confusing and creepy but for some reason I like it. Pretty curious to see what happens. |
| creepy and kinda surreal yet i'm drawn to it mysteriously... |
| I knew it wasn't going to be normal, but I didn't expect this much abnormal. |
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| I figured it would be a somewhat strange anime, but that first episode was... definately interesting. |
| Well, that was... weird. |
blackpag said: ender650 said: blackpag said: Rakka from Haibane Renmei?Lain's hair remind me other anime girl but I can't figure out who..... nope. Never saw it. I mean it is like de-ja-vu . Lain's hairstyle ,her eyes and shyness etc. She kind of reminds me of Kirika from Noir but maybe that's not who your thinking of |
| when I was watching the first episode the only thing i thought was WTF but it is interesting yeah definitely interesting ... |
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| yeah i kinda saw it the same way. First episode i was totally lost. but as the series progresses it adds upon itself. it made me want to keep watching to try and figure out what exactly was going on |
martin03345 said: blackpag said: ender650 said: blackpag said: Rakka from Haibane Renmei?Lain's hair remind me other anime girl but I can't figure out who..... nope. Never saw it. I mean it is like de-ja-vu . Lain's hairstyle ,her eyes and shyness etc. She kind of reminds me of Kirika from Noir but maybe that's not who your thinking of She reminds me somehow of the girl in Blood: The last Vampire (name forgotten... :x) I didn't liked this episode.... It's like nothing happens... But the second one really got me. |
Crochax said: She reminds me somehow of the girl in Blood: The last Vampire (name forgotten... :x) I didn't liked this episode.... It's like nothing happens... But the second one really got me. You mean Saya? hm... lol no way, she doesn't look anything like that! :O |
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| confusion! me like :) |
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| *sigh* -__- What a boring first episode. |
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| Whoah. |
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| The name of episode suits for anime. I hope next episodes would be more dinamic, more weird and more mysterious. |
| Having seen the show, this is probably my favorite episode of them all. The shots in this episode are just incredible -- Lain stepping out of thin air is a great shot. In some weird way, I think that this is the easiest episode to understand in the whole show. It makes way more sense on a rewatch though. |
| TRIPPY. Also, I knew something had to be up with the amt of shots of electrical wires we were getting. I mean yes I know those things are background essentials but they were getting way too much screentime LOL |
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Purpleguide said: Man, I've heard of Lain for a long time now (and also been wanting to watch it for a long time now), and now, I've finally got to watching it after years! =D Anyway, this is a lot like The Matrix, in many ways. Does anyone else get this same feeling? It is VERY much like The Matrix. Especially the ending. |
"I'm starting to think mal is run by Xinil generating electricity on a bicycle." - idklol |
| Storytelling slightly reminded me Boogiepop and that's good, will definitely continue to watch it. |
| I've tried to watch this anime 4 times already. The first and second episode are just too much to bear. Lets hope this time will be better. Even though its not looking so good since i've already xed out my browser in the middle of episode 2 twice. |
| What is this I don't even |
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| This is so oldschool. I kind of love it. Been meaning to watch this for years. This is definitely really effing weird. |
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| I thought it was an interesting episode, but of course it doesn't make much sense unless you watched through the whole series. It begins with Chisa Yomoda being the first one called out of the real world by the God of the Wired. The idea was, she began to disconnect more and more from the real world as she got more involved with the Wired. Lain has energy perception, and is in fact a psychic. She sees the psychic energy from her aura through her shadow. And has a psychokinetic effect on electrical devises. One might say she has EHS. Lain begins seeing that the real world is not as real as it seems. She begins losing touch with reality, including the reality of herself, from the very beginning. Her experiences with reality is a lot like derealization. Lain is not very good with computers, but after recieving Chisa's e-mail, she begins connecting more with the Wired, and becoming more technologically inclined with computers. You see that there are certain places on the streets that are obscured in colour. These symbolize the energy by which everything material is made from. One of Lain's first psychic experiences is when she sees blood dripping from the telephone powerlines. This is after the train crashes into a girl who deliberately jumps infront of the train as a suicide. Then in school, Lain has a vision of the girl who died by the train tracks. Overall, I loved this episode! So deep, mysterious, and entertaining! ^^ |
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| ---------------------------------- -- -- this anime is scary T_t...... creepy............. weird<<< T_t. |
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| To put it bluntly: This anime is not for kids. ... - Even though the DVD I bought said "Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over", Serial Experiments Lain is so deep that no 12 year old would get it. |
Naratchi said: To put it bluntly: This anime is not for kids. ... - Even though the DVD I bought said "Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over", Serial Experiments Lain is so deep that no 12 year old would get it. hey motherfucker when i first saw this anime i was 12 years old no joke that was like 2 years ago im 14 now... i loved it and it has been my favorite anime ever since and i understood everything(well not EVERYTHING i had to go to thought experiments lain.com to answer just a few questions i had) |
BLeakXBuRSTX19 said: Yeah, and there ya have it, I'm sure you're not the only one. Let me rephrase what I said: It's not likely that any person below 12 would get the picture, understand what's going on in Lain. Or even *how* the things happen. I'm also a kid, yet I'm saying that this anime is not for kids. Why is that, you think? It's a sensible statement.Naratchi said: To put it bluntly: This anime is not for kids. ... - Even though the DVD I bought said "Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over", Serial Experiments Lain is so deep that no 12 year old would get it. hey motherfucker when i first saw this anime i was 12 years old no joke that was like 2 years ago im 14 now... i loved it and it has been my favorite anime ever since and i understood everything(well not EVERYTHING i had to go to thought experiments lain.com to answer just a few questions i had) |
| I really, really like this, but I can tell it's going to be a difficult watch...that episode was intense and painful in such a subtle way...I can't even describe it. (oh god I sound so pretentious xDD) Why did this all make so much sense to me?! xD I mean..not ALL of it made sense, and it was weird and screwed up as fuck, yeah, but I didn't think it was that confusing, really. Although it is 3am in the morning where i'm at. Logic can get pretty screwed in the early hours of the morning. I love Lain. So, so much.<3 |
| One word: shit is fucked up |
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| I love it. One of my first animes I've ever watched. :) |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
| It's the first episode and I already have no idea what the hell's going on. This is more confusing than paranoia agent. But I still want to keep watching. |
| Wow. That was...weird. I'm intrigued. |
 If you don't remember something, it never happened. If you aren't remembered, you never existed. <3 |
| What a nice and refreshing thing in anime that they don't talk too much. But because of that I'm a bit confused. |
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| Extremely weird. But I MUST finish this for no reason. I just feel attracted to it. The OP is great. I love it. |
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