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Jigoku Shoujo
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Serial Experiments Lain
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Jigoku Shoujo incorporates similar psychological thriller elements, along with more dark philosophical themes. It is less cryptic than Lain, but that can be said of nearly all anime. It goes more into individual stories than the story of the protagonist and explores the question of "what could any one person possibly do to another that would make the victim choose to sacrifice their soul in order to get rid of their antagonist?" The philosophical themes focus around revenge, the human soul, and suffering instead of technology, its implications for humanity, and the human consciousness; however, the dark and philosophical nature remains.
Both animes have really dark and disturbing topics and seem to focus mainly on female characters. The overall atmosphere of Hell Girl is very alike to Lain
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Recommended by luna_sailor
both focus on the fucked up side of the internet and strange young girls as well too.
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Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost
Jigoko Shoujo and Serial Experiments Lain have similar dark and psychological elements. Both anime mainly focus on female characters. Both are related to Internet and another realm. Main characters are alike too. Background themes and animation is also similar. Overall both give quite similar vibes.