It's been about 1 week since I discovered the Yesterweb. One thing that I quickly notice is that an anime girl called Lain is everywhere. I guess that anime resonate with most people here or something.
As I have not seen Serial Experiment Lain, I will attempt to predict it's plot before watching it for your collective enjoyment.
The only things I know about SEL is the following:
So here's my predictions for the plot:
I am sure this is all wrong but this was fun to write regardless. Will probably update this thread when I will watch the real thing.
As I have not seen Serial Experiment Lain, I will attempt to predict it's plot before watching it for your collective enjoyment.
The only things I know about SEL is the following:
- Lain is a girl that likes computers
- There is some kind of protagonist that can physically interact with her to some degree.
- In Lain's world the internet is called The Wired because reasons.
- Entering the internet is considered "becoming as a god" (I assume something related with omniscience)
So here's my predictions for the plot:
Lain is a highschool student that lives somewhere in Japan. Lain likes computers. The show is seen in an alternate version of the 90s. In this world, the internet (called The Wired) is seen as a fad by most people.
Lain lives in a rich family. Her parents think she is weird for liking computers but dismiss it as some teenage fad, but they still give her money to support her hobbies. This allowed her to create some sort of mini-lab in her bedroom where she has plenty of computers. That being said, her parents have high expectation for her, especially since her brother is studying to become a lawyer.
The story begins with Lain strugguling in high school. She fears the wrath of her parents due to her poor performance. In order to relax a bit, she go to a nearby computer parts shops. After some shopping she find a flyer on the ground. It advertise a "cyber-sanctum" called the Cave of Spiders. An url is printed on the flyer. This attract the curiosity of Lain and she decides to keep the piece of paper.
Back home, she go goes to her lab. She is visited by her brother. He mock her for liking the computer fad. Lain believe The Wired will change the world but her brother think that such belief is silly.
Once he leaves, she goes on The Wired and go to the URL inscrived on the flyer. There she arrives on a gothic-styled website with a chatroom. After hanging there a bit, she discover that the people there seek to "transcend their flesh" by uploading their consciousness to The Wired. Lain thinks that those people are weird and go do something else.
Next morning, she go to highschool. There, she say good bye to a childhood friend that his moving a way to a faraway place. Lain is sad as she now as no friends. As she goes home, she decides to go back to the Cave of Spiders to change her mind. She sees an advertisement for a headset device called the "Translator". Most people in the chatroom has ordered one already. The device supossedly allow one to transfer your consience to The Wired at the cost of relinquishing your body.
Next morning, Lain start to become depressed. She has hard time connecting with others and start to feel "empty". Her grades are only getting worse with each days. Once back at home, she contemplates getting the Translator. She start to talk in the chatroom. She eventually get into contact with Dyos, the creator of the Cave of Spiders. He encourages Lain to purchase the Translator. He thinks that the cyber world is better than reality. He promises Lain utopia, frienship and love.
The next day, she hears other students claim that a house near the school is the home of a cult leader. Once the classes are finished, she makes a detour to see the house for herself by pure curiosity. Once there, she find a manor with gates ornated with a gold spider - the logo of the Cave of Spiders. Lain decides to knock at the door. She meets with Dyos in person.
Dyos elaborate on his belief that humans should abandon their bodies and enter the cyberspace. Lain ask him why he has not "translated" his consiousness yet. Dyos frame his situation as one of self-sacrifice to allow others to reach Utopia (as he need to host the website and make advertisements). Before Lain leaves, she get gifted a Translator.
Once back home, Lain contemplate using the Translator, but she still has reservations about the whole thing. For now she is just contempt with analyzing the device.
Next day, she sees her parents watching the news before leaving to school. There is a news stories about people myusteriously losing their lives. Lain notice that the Translator is lying next to the victim. Once she is back from school, Lain returns to the website.
When chatting in the chatroom, she can see that many members have transfered their consiousness to The Wired. Dyos appraches lain and encourage her to translate her mind. She notices that he seems anxious and decides to get off her computers.
As the days go on, more members decides to translate her consiousness. They claim entering The Wired is to "become as gods". Dyos start to talk to Lain in a less seductive manner. He claims to know where she lives. He threaten to use violence if Lain does not translate. It is becoming quite obvious that Dyos fear that Lain will report him to the police.
Lain decides to put the headset and she activates the translation process. While doing so, she see a pile of hard drives in her room. She realize that translating her consiousness would likely trap her within the confines of Dyos' harddrive. As the translation process begins, she quickly remove the headset and interrupt the process. Lain realizes that she was charmed by a cyber cult and decides to go outside.
The show ends with Lain going to the police with the Translator in her hands. The informations she gives lead to the arrest of Dyos and the termination of the Cave of Spiders website. A credit sequence implies that she got some kibd of cyber security job at the local police department due to her knowledges with computers.
Lain lives in a rich family. Her parents think she is weird for liking computers but dismiss it as some teenage fad, but they still give her money to support her hobbies. This allowed her to create some sort of mini-lab in her bedroom where she has plenty of computers. That being said, her parents have high expectation for her, especially since her brother is studying to become a lawyer.
The story begins with Lain strugguling in high school. She fears the wrath of her parents due to her poor performance. In order to relax a bit, she go to a nearby computer parts shops. After some shopping she find a flyer on the ground. It advertise a "cyber-sanctum" called the Cave of Spiders. An url is printed on the flyer. This attract the curiosity of Lain and she decides to keep the piece of paper.
Back home, she go goes to her lab. She is visited by her brother. He mock her for liking the computer fad. Lain believe The Wired will change the world but her brother think that such belief is silly.
Once he leaves, she goes on The Wired and go to the URL inscrived on the flyer. There she arrives on a gothic-styled website with a chatroom. After hanging there a bit, she discover that the people there seek to "transcend their flesh" by uploading their consciousness to The Wired. Lain thinks that those people are weird and go do something else.
Next morning, she go to highschool. There, she say good bye to a childhood friend that his moving a way to a faraway place. Lain is sad as she now as no friends. As she goes home, she decides to go back to the Cave of Spiders to change her mind. She sees an advertisement for a headset device called the "Translator". Most people in the chatroom has ordered one already. The device supossedly allow one to transfer your consience to The Wired at the cost of relinquishing your body.
Next morning, Lain start to become depressed. She has hard time connecting with others and start to feel "empty". Her grades are only getting worse with each days. Once back at home, she contemplates getting the Translator. She start to talk in the chatroom. She eventually get into contact with Dyos, the creator of the Cave of Spiders. He encourages Lain to purchase the Translator. He thinks that the cyber world is better than reality. He promises Lain utopia, frienship and love.
The next day, she hears other students claim that a house near the school is the home of a cult leader. Once the classes are finished, she makes a detour to see the house for herself by pure curiosity. Once there, she find a manor with gates ornated with a gold spider - the logo of the Cave of Spiders. Lain decides to knock at the door. She meets with Dyos in person.
Dyos elaborate on his belief that humans should abandon their bodies and enter the cyberspace. Lain ask him why he has not "translated" his consiousness yet. Dyos frame his situation as one of self-sacrifice to allow others to reach Utopia (as he need to host the website and make advertisements). Before Lain leaves, she get gifted a Translator.
Once back home, Lain contemplate using the Translator, but she still has reservations about the whole thing. For now she is just contempt with analyzing the device.
Next day, she sees her parents watching the news before leaving to school. There is a news stories about people myusteriously losing their lives. Lain notice that the Translator is lying next to the victim. Once she is back from school, Lain returns to the website.
When chatting in the chatroom, she can see that many members have transfered their consiousness to The Wired. Dyos appraches lain and encourage her to translate her mind. She notices that he seems anxious and decides to get off her computers.
As the days go on, more members decides to translate her consiousness. They claim entering The Wired is to "become as gods". Dyos start to talk to Lain in a less seductive manner. He claims to know where she lives. He threaten to use violence if Lain does not translate. It is becoming quite obvious that Dyos fear that Lain will report him to the police.
Lain decides to put the headset and she activates the translation process. While doing so, she see a pile of hard drives in her room. She realize that translating her consiousness would likely trap her within the confines of Dyos' harddrive. As the translation process begins, she quickly remove the headset and interrupt the process. Lain realizes that she was charmed by a cyber cult and decides to go outside.
The show ends with Lain going to the police with the Translator in her hands. The informations she gives lead to the arrest of Dyos and the termination of the Cave of Spiders website. A credit sequence implies that she got some kibd of cyber security job at the local police department due to her knowledges with computers.
I am sure this is all wrong but this was fun to write regardless. Will probably update this thread when I will watch the real thing.
