Do you still like Serial Experiments Lain?
>>287592500Nah
i haven't watched lain yet
レインを好きになりましょう！
It's a great anime, the messaging was ahead of its time
>>287592500lain is cute
Lain will be with us forever.
Let's all love Lain
>>287592500>NGO for boomerslol lmao even
Let's all love Lain!
>>287592500I don't seem to understand
I like the gay bar amv
Everyone shill it to me since I was born nearly 40 years ago, never watched it
still waiting for a jp vhs dump for a proper larp experience.
>>287595425fuck off we're full
Didn't this show literally predict Anonymous or were the random housewife and NEET just regular wired users?
>>287592500Kind of but it's not something I want to feverishly talk about itI'm overdue for a rewatch but just kind of don't want to, maybe some other time
>>287592500Never did. It's pretentious slop for people who think they're too good for DBZ.
>>287598185>after watching 5 minutes of SEL
WHERE'S DESPERA ABE
>>287592500I didn't understand anything to be honest and so dropped like five episodes in. The anime has its niche, and it's certainly not for me. I don't understand why it's so popular though.
>>287593634Why yes, I do want to make love with Lain. How can you tell?
>>287598018bbbzzzzzzttttttthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc3bhtRzwOk
>>287598333Trust the process
>>287592500i love lain, always did so and always will.i've always been impressed by how accurate the messages are considering the early state of the internet at the time, i know japan was ahead from most of the world in that aspect and they already had anonymous textboards for example, but it's still so impressive.truly ahead of its time.
>>287598852>I didn't understanda shame, you seemed an honest man
>>287593616non-governmental organization?
How did lain manage to have a good ending then japs forgot how to do them?
>>287592500I don't just like lain, I love lain!
>>287592500I have to post this masterpiece https://youtu.be/yq0_ApTwNH4?is=nQNa_Xs_PApmWuVM
>>287593611I found this written next to the window on the bus yesterday. Not something I expected to find in a small town in New Zealand.
>>287602152Should have written something next to it
>>287593616Lain is a far better character than that drug addicted slut.
>>287602189I don't tend to carry permanent markers with me.
>>287592500the series was great, the fanbase was trash. it encapsulated the anxiety people would've felt about the internet at the time. the "fanbase" is an online cult who built the cult around the offhanded and ironic depiction of an online cult.
>>287601758Ahahahahah omg this is hilarious
>>287592500I didn't like it in the first place.
>>287601758
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>>287593616
do you know Lain, they call her.. Lain of the wired.
>>287603857Would
>>287604080its missing Hyperion
Many of these images look like they’re from Reddit.
>>287604579the posters are
>>287604579it's a bot spamming images, this website is dead
>>287604972Not a bot
>>287604579>>287604924>Muh redditSo i can't post images on the imageboardOk
Im still waiting for despera, bros...
>>287601758 It’s the kind of video you start watching ironically and then 3 minutes later you’re unironically nodding along like “yeah… yeah this *is* peak.” The editing is pure 2007 AMV brainrot energy too. All it needs is some cranked up Evanescence and it’d be historically accurate.
>>287606220You're right
>>287592500The website is still onlinehttps://mebious.co.uk/
>>287604972>spammers are botsSpotted the 2024 election tourist
>>287608039>I'm too low IQ to notice increased bot presence on this site so I'll call him a newfag instead bizzare cope on your end
>>287608321>I was in diapers when image dump boards like /c/ where relevant so any image dumping is botting to meKnow your place, zoom-zoom
i know it's not lain related but nowhere else to ask, how does /a/ feel about Ranma 1/2?i'm 50 episodes in and don't want to watch anymore because the old master with the underwear obsession is ruining all the episodes now.should i continue?does it get better?is there an ending or is it essentially a slapstick/sketch comedy bit show forever?
>>287592500Ergo Proxy is better
>>287608384and what purpose does dumping 100+ images with zero text to incite any kind of discussion serve?if you supposedly have been here for longer, you should know that this kind of dumping serves no purpose to a thread, bot or not. If he wanted do do this, he should have just opened a lain /c/ thread and ruling out the possibility of botting entirely is being too charitable considering the current state of things, if you ask me
>>287608660nta but those are android file names, most likely just a phoneposter autist not a bot
>>287592500I recently rewatched it and I still really like it.
>>287592500Finished rewatching it last night. Love Lain.
I liked it enough to 'play' the PSX 'game'. What a shame that it gets hyped as a hypercomplex 2deep4u series which it really isn't, and has been hijacked by trannies for its aesthetics
>>287605007You're spamming garbage reddit/twitter image macros. go back and kill yourself normalfag. stop ruining lain with your trash spam
>>287611480They're not all that bad Don't be such a dramatic baby
>>287611581They're even worse and should die for almost ruining Lain during COVID. Fuck you, them, and this normalfag spammer
>>287608559>how does /a/ feel about Ranma 1/2?I like the series but that applies more the manga.>i'm 50 episodes in and don't want to watch anymore because the old master with the underwear obsession is ruining all the episodes now.No it doesn't really get better since they keep spamming him in a bunch of episodes especially the filler. The old anime had a hard on for him even though he is not as prominent in the manga. You are also at the point where the show becomes largely filler. You can just skip around and watch only the canon episodes (see https://www.animefillerlist.com/shows/ranma-%C2%BD). After that if you are a fan of any other characters you can use the wiki to find the filler episodes that includes them. >is there an ending or is it essentially a slapstick/sketch comedy bit show forever?No real ending for the show, only the manga. Even then the series is really more of a sitcom and that doesn't ever change. There is little to no resolution for anything. But the material from the manga (adapted by the show) is still enjoyable since the writing is much better and it is very comfy. I would drop it unless you love the characters
>>287606220Wow there are seriously chatgpt AI posts on this board now. I thought the dead internet theory was a meme.Abandon ship.
>>287611956
>>>/mu/
>>287592500yeah though i prefer its sister series Haibane Renmei
>>287592500Yes and even rewatched recently. Series has a great 90s early internet atmosphere
>>287592500Excellent show about real and online identities.
Yes, it's got one of the greatest EDs of all time.
>>287602387that is a very based take on this series, perhaps /a/ is the only place to take someone's opinion on lain at face value. Go figure the pseud takes you'll see any site outside of here where you can have your own cult of personality is exactly the type of thing the series was critiquing.....imohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq0_ApTwNH4the best thing the internet has produced from lain
>>287619134epic upvote fellow redditor
>>287592500Sure>>287593616>Anon still doesn't seem to understand
>>287619134it's crazy how people saw the dystopian enactment of esoteric idolatry by lonely people online and thought wow.. I identify with this so fucking hard. the internet truly runs on poe's law
>>287592522Fpwp
Lain thread, h?I'd like to share two artists who seem to have a hard-on for Lain. As in, they're making fresh Lain content even now in 2026:https://x.com/pmyuichi2https://x.com/Eiry694056I'm sure there are others, but these two were the first to catch my eye.
>>287592500I woud say Haibane Renmei is the way better work by the same author.Everybody can relate to the story of haibane renmei, its way easier to diggest.And way easier to approach to.Even the ost feels warm and welcoming, or sad and soothing.Meanwhile, lain is...lain.Its hard to pitch it to someone, everybody will have a different opinion on it.Even if you only discuss the opening of the series, you could do it for hours.
>>287611856I love this one.
>>287598219>when phantoma was S4League
>>287592500I know I watched it but I barely remember what it was about.Has she gone schizo and lost the ability to distinguish reality and fiction, was the "real world" not real all along and is just another layer or can sufficiently powerful internet tulpas just physically manifest for some reason.I guess it's a thing that a lot of this brand of philosophical/existential sci-fi novels also did where they throw in a blatantly supernatural element to make it seem like it's asking some profound question. I don't want to call it immature, but I don't think I'd appreciate it now.
>>287624906https://youtu.be/SEs3V0969Ks
>>287620199updooted mah dood, r*ddit gold>>287621709i truly despise ironic weebs, yet I feel like a place like /a/ meme'ing the fuck out of lain is probably the most sincere form of appreciation one can give for this series in a digital landscape without proving the point it was making. but ig if someone wanted to be pseud about it, at least do it irl, with your own alice.
>>287624913It's both, it's the real world at first but then it gets fused with the wired.
>>287603582Holy kek
>>287624913>or can sufficiently powerful internet tulpas just physically manifest for some reason."consensus is reality" is something that becomes increasingly literal in Lain due to new age psionic shit that is less important than the chaos it results in. tl;dr it's about the noosphere
>>287603582damn, it's actually all there
need lain daughteru
>>287619134 >/a/ meme'ing the fuck out of lain is probably the most sincere form of appreciation Honestly this. The second someone starts writing a 4k word essay about how Lain predicted NFT cult leaders and VTuber worship you know they missed the point. The show wasn’t saying “omg internet bad,” it was saying “watch how easily you’ll build a god out of pure signal noise if it reflects you back at yourself.”People outside /a/ turn it into this hyper-intellectual badge of honor. Meanwhile here it’s just: comfy schizo bear girl, cool ED, wired screencaps, and the occasional genuinely autistic discussion about the noosphere. That balance is unironically healthier than trying to form a personality around “understanding” Lain.Also yeah that bear onesie pic is peak. Soft, lonely, slightly off. It nails the vibe better than 90% of video essays ever will.
I hope I'm not too late for the Lain thread
>>287592500I love Lain. Let's all love Lain.
>>287624746>Haibane Renmei>same authorYou are very confused.Original author and screenwriter of Haibane Renmei - Yoshitoshi ABEOriginal author of Lain - Yasuyuki Ueda (also the producer for Lain and Haibane Renmei)Screenwriter of Lain - Chiaki J. KonakaBy the way, Yoshitoshi ABE is the original character designer for Lain.
>>287638539you're never too lain for the lain thread>>287633522>Also yeah that bear onesie pic is peak. Soft, lonely, slightly off. It nails the vibe better than 90% of video essays ever will.absolutely, feels like i'm in bizarro /a/, not just because this is a high quality bread, but because all the anons itt seem genuinely appreciate the series, it is quite the sight to behold
>>287592500I only watched the anime once, but I'm still looking for more of her content.So yes, I still love her.
>>287598185>>287598219Lain solos Goku
>>287599087>>287601399I WANNA IMPREGNATE LAIN
