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'''Serial Experiments Lain''' is an anime first aired in 1998 which continues to enjoy a cult following today. | '''Serial Experiments Lain''' is an anime first aired in 1998 which continues to enjoy a cult following today. | ||
==Plot Summary== | ==Plot Summary== | ||
A middle school girl, Lain, receives an email from a girl in her class who committed suicide. She tells Lain that she has only "abandoned the flesh" and gone to a new plane of existence called the Wired. Later, Alice, her friend, and two of her friends take Lain to a nightclub called Cyberia. While there, one of the friends is shot. Lain seems to be paralyzed by the shock, but she bravely confronts the shooter, who shoots himself. | A middle school girl, Lain, receives an email from a girl in her class who committed suicide. She tells Lain that she has only "abandoned the flesh" and gone to a new plane of existence called the Wired. Later, Alice, her friend, and two of her friends take Lain to a nightclub called Cyberia. While there, one of the friends is shot. Lain seems to be paralyzed by the shock, but she bravely confronts the shooter, who shoots himself. Lain's father also helps her set up her new NAVI (computer). | ||
The next day at school, Lain finds a chip in her locker. At home, she asks her father what it is, but he doesn't know. | The next day at school, Lain finds a chip in her locker. At home, she asks her father what it is, but he doesn't know. She returns to Cyberia, where she asks a small boy what it is. He says it is an extremely powerful processor that will allow full access to the Wired for any device on which it is mounted. She installs the chip in her NAVI and continues to work on it. | ||
Lain and her family attract the attention of two mysterious men in black wearing laser pointer headsets. They shine their lasers on Lain's room. Lain tells them to go away, they refuse, and the NAVI destroys their headsets | As Lain investigates a computer game kids have been playing, she and her family attract the attention of two mysterious men in black wearing laser pointer headsets. They shine their lasers on Lain's room. Lain tells them to go away, they refuse, and the NAVI destroys their headsets. | ||
==The early era: 1998-2005== | ==The early era: 1998-2005== |