Internal Diagnostic: About Lain

This section is about Iwakura Lain -- who is this girl, and why was she such an important character in Serial Experiments Lain? As the protagonist, Lain evolves from her weak and isolated self to a powerful and symbolic character. However submissive she may be, there is something profound about her presence. Just who is Iwakura Lain? Read on, and you will learn.

((x)) Visions Of The Girl: Iwakura Lain
An introduction to the protagonist of Serial Experiments Lain.

((x)) Layer One: Start Up
Our first glimpse of Iwakura Lain in SEL. She seems to be so timid and weak; how could such a person be the protagonist?

((x)) Layer Two: Evolution
After being introduced to The Wired, Lain's personality begins to change. But what are the consequences of being in The Wired...?

((x)) Layer Three: Conflict
"Lain of the Wired" throws everything into chaos. Desperately, Lain fights for her own existence, and for Alice...

((x)) Layer Four: Creation
Stripped away of identity and humanity, Lain struggles to find proof of herself. What was the truth of her creation?

((x)) Layer Five: Deletion
In the end, Lain knew what went wrong. And because she loved Alice, she tried to make things right again...

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