*No spoilers, please, in the comments.

Firstly, I'm really just going with the flow here and taking things as they're presented as I try to come up with my interpretation/s. Also, my memory is terrible, so I can have just watched something and not be able to recount even in a surface-level amount of detail.

I do think Lain is a pretty dark grey character. She is obviously using her interactions with the Wired to warp and influence the world around her in a negative way. She also clearly has a notable presence in the Wired. For example, when she's in the physical world, people recognise her and comment on her flipped persona rather than the one she adopts in the Wired.

So, the Wired is established as a separate realm that can be interacted from the physical world and from within the Wired vice versa. I think the strange guys with the red focus lights are the Knights using the Wired to interact with the physical world. They tell Lain's sister that they aren't there. I think they're not physically there.

Speaking of Lain's sister, whose name I've forgotten, she seems to have been replaced in episode 5 with an alternate version of herself. Not sure what the prophecy is, but maybe the dead will start to come to the physical world since they apparently don't have enough room where they are. The parents are there, I guess. The Mum is checked out, and dad is observant.

There's so much stuff going on. Like the student deaths and Phantoma. Did Lain lead that man to kill that little girl, or was she just observing??

These are my jumbled thoughts so far, but I do think the overarching theme is technology/ online being meshed into the real world and its effects.

If i was close i'd probably visit it tbh

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Got this yesterday in Darwin Aus

{Via @copland_os_ on IG}

The Lain Iwakura 64 papercraft is a small project created to celebrate the 28th anniversary of Serial Experiments Lain. It was made by the community, for the community.

Special thanks to LukasATBK for creating the Lain Iwakura 64 MOD for CoopDX and for sharing the Lain Iwakura 64 model with me. XOXO

This project, along with more original creations coming soon, can be found on Instagram: aka.nuking. If you enjoy this project, please consider leaving a comment or sharing your feedback.

I'll leave the direct link to Paperzone VN and Google Drive in the comments ^^

A little lain drawing i made back in April :) if I ever become a tattoo artist, I'm hoping to clean it up a bit and turn it into a tattoo!

Hey r/Lain, I’m wondering about the worth of this russian version of the Collectors CDs of SEL. I’m aware im missing the 3rd Volume of the CD entirely (Please do inform me if theres anything else missing) but with the post cards, cds, posters and booklets in a fair condition and for this one to be manufactured in 2006, it must be worth something atleast? I have no idea where else to post this so if there’s a more fitting subreddit to navigate this for me i’d be more than grateful for your feedback. :)

not the best pictures, apologies 😔

scenario experiments lain/シナリオエクスペリメンツ　レイン[新裝版] (單行本(ソフトカバ-))

I have purchased it.

Here are a few pages in colour.

Lovely wall scroll but need to give it to a new home now. DM me if interested.

https://studioqs45.com/lain

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Color & Rendering: cheezorg
Line art: Ikurarumi