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We aren’t meant to view these clips and diary entries as part of a linear story in the same way the anime uses non-linearity to further push the core themes of the series: as described in an interview with series creator Chiaki J Konaka in Animerica in 1999, by interacting with these fragments ‘users can actually feel the Lain who exists inside the web’. We browse and slowly piece together who Lain is supposed to be. Rather than simply following these clips in order, however, we view these diary entries and audio and video clips in fragments. We see how her social isolation both at home and at school sends her into a depressive spiral and how technology is for her a means of escape.
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The player is placed in control of Lain’s PC as we explore the files she has saved on her computer, from recordings of meetings with her therapist and diary entries to clips from Lain’s life.
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To call Serial Experiments Lain on PS1 a game is perhaps overselling the experience somewhat, since the reality of this ‘network simulator’ is that of a non-linear visual novel and interactive file manager. While the anime is about exploring how humans connect and interact with one another, and what role the internet and technology has to play in that discussion, the game takes the opposite approach: it gives further backstory on who Lain was when she was younger.
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The Serial Experiments Lain game for the PS1, released a few months after the anime finished on Japanese TV on 26 November 1998, acts as somewhat of a prequel to the events of the anime by exploring a younger Lain. In essence, the Lain anime is a series about understanding human connection, which can only come by understanding the self. The show is weaponizing techno-futurism and philosophical discussions to explore the essence of how humans connect with one another and how technology plays a rapidly changing role in this fundamental aspect of humanity. The show depicts the battle between the internal and external through the lens of technology by showing Lain slowly disregard the real world for greater immersion into Wired (a sort of immersive internet), where she is heralded as a myth and a god. Further tossed into the mix is how technology intersects with our lives and how the influence of technology can change our relationship with the world around us. Entering the Wired, and Lain’s Pastįor those who have seen the anime, the core component of the series is the intersections between the real world and the online world, and how our personalities are split between the internal and external self, personified through these two versions of Lain that exist in these realities. It’s an interesting play, even if the game has more than its fair share of problems. The fact that these broader aspects of the multimedia project have been overlooked is unsurprising, considering the manga was short and Japan-only and the Serial Experiments Lain PS1 game sold low numbers upon its release, making it a rare commodity today.Īnd yet this is somewhat of a disappointing outcome, since this game does a great job in expanding upon Lain as a character and the ideas of the show, as it tackles mental health, our reliance on external coping mechanisms, and where we root our sense of self in the age of computers. Meanwhile, the content of the show, which at the time could be interpreted as a warning against the growing digital intrusion in our lives, feels more like a prophecy and a way to re-examine our fraught relationship with the internet and the way it influences our lives today. Yet the other elements of what was once a Serial Experiments Lain multimedia project featuring a one-shot manga, a PS1 game, and music have been forgotten to the sands of time.
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For Serial Experiments Lain, time has lifted the anime to cult classic status within the medium that’s still remembered through pop-up shops, online Club Cyberia music broadcasts and more.
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It’s sometimes interesting to note how time can often change our understanding of certain cultural touchstones.