![]() It's certainly not an untouched subject in anime or other media, but SEL captivates well. Lain delves deeper into the Wired, exploring the tenuous gap between real life and the network. Online presences claim to be the deceased, and encourage others to free themselves of their material existence to run free in the rhizome of the collective consciousness. Things become more complicated with a string of suicides. She finds an outlet for her bottled up persona in the faceless world of online interaction. Her friend's introduce her to the Wired – an alternate internet – and she quickly becomes obsessed. Iwakura Lain is a young schoolgirl with little interest in technology. Perhaps part of the success was due to the stupendous NGE wave, but SEL is very good regardless. Critics point out a similarity to Neon Genesis Evangelion's later episodes, and do so with some foundation. SEL is cheaply made, somewhat poorly voiced (English dub), and was broadcast at 1.30am in Japan. There's something in this series that speaks volumes. Sounding pretentious yet? Well that's no big deal. ![]() ![]() There must be something about her that is enough to captivate herself, but for some reason it is too difficult to share it. ![]() Lain, the lonely little girl standing on the bridge watching those she knew better than was known by, removed from the memory of, is extraordinary. ![]()
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