Analyzing Lain: A Complex History of Japanese Identity

[@Meekalefay]

I know I pronounce Baudrillard wrong but IDC i’m just badass like that!

[@maxtassy1384]

actually thug

[@premodernist_history]

Your pronunciation was fine. Only one sound off.

[@limb-o7180]

woah gigachad

[@ihavenojawandimustscream4681]

Baudrillard Mentioned

[@delicheese6774]

Another KZbinr I watch called him >bau-DRILL-erd< so I'd say you're fine

[@yokothespacewhale]

It’s hardly as poignant as lain but the movie Summer Wars more directly deals with the traditional vs the internet. And it has an evil Mickey Mouse metaphor

[@chocobomaster210]

Summer Wars is so good. I love that movie.

[@snottea]

IM OBSESSED WITH SUMMER WARS GAJDGAJFHF ITS SO GOOD

[@xevelio]

summer wars is one of my fav movies ever

[@labanhendricks7053]

What's the Mickey mouse metaphor 👀

[@snottea]

@@labanhendricks7053 the evil mickey metaphor I think refers to how love machine looks before he gets all the stolen accounts, he's got an evil looking mouse head

[@lopesj6670]

“And you don’t seem to understandddd, it’s a shame because you seemed an honest maaaann” I watched this anime when I was stationed in Japan and thought it was horror based then things got all philosophical and what not

[@womplad9864]

I think the ultimate post/meta modern takeaway is that late millennials and zoomers grew up with parents that rejected pop culture and tradition yet failed to establish a new one, thus leaving their children little structure for their influence. It's been very easy for them to build a completely new culture and society that, despite having access to infinite information, lacks any context or cohesion that someone with lived experience could provide.

[@nostalgicpie]

How in gods name has a youtube comment so concisely described something I've been struggling to articulate for years? This blew my mind.

[@womplad9864]

@notrustyshackleford True, I should've distinguished between pop and mono culture. There was a very strong pop culture but it detracted from anything more substantive

[@softpetal]

this is moronic, Gen X had an extremely distinct culture along with sub cultures (GRUNGE HELLO???)

[@tlaloqq]

yup, family was Buddhist and catholic. Both were rejected and replaced with neo-liberalism american BS. My wife and I meditate, we pray to the gods, we see the divine in every living being, we are part of the faiths our ancestors were for thousands of years and now we feel more intune with the world. I hate the corpo-capitalist world we got

[@ballmunch6714]

​@@womplad9864why do we need a mono culture if there's hundreds of smaller ones that are more accurate to what someone might want to be

[@Shinji735]

I was too young to realize there was anything deeper to Lain than weird and edgy cyberpunk-y imagery when it first came out. I'm definitely overdue for a rewatch of it, but I own half the series on VHS (half on DVD) and haven't had a tape player for a decade. ...and typing that out made me feel old. Also the image on the top monitor used to be my wallpaper for awhile!

[@floproro4]

How old were you when you watched it?

[@Shinji735]

@@floproro4 Like early teens at most. I just remember the train tracks dream scene scaring the hell out of me.

[@lunasllenas1997]

I am in the same spot. I remember being in a sort of weird trance while watching it, liking how it looked and how weird it was. Specially because I was a really big loner back then.

[@jordantrumble9213]

wow that’s so cool! are they original vhs tapes?

[@Shinji735]

@@jordantrumble9213 Yup. I guess it makes for nice decoration now, but I don't miss having to pay $30 USD for 2-3 episodes a tape.

[@legoboy-ox2kx]

My opinion is that the ending is basically just telling the viewer that it doesn't matter whether or not the ending is a good or bad one, but rather that ultimately we are all just observers of the world and that there isn't just one correct way of seeing things.

[@IMMAOILMAN]

It’s even more fascinating when you consider that by the time Lain first aired in Japan (1998), the country had only had widespread internet access for about 4-5 years. In 1999, only 13% of the population even had internet access. Considering Konaka and co. wrote the show before 1998, that means they had only a few years prior to think about the impact of the Internet on a post-economic collapse Japan. Pretty amazing when you think about it that way. That’s a big piece I feel is missing from your analysis, actually: The Lost Decades. Japan’s rising economy on the world stage during the 80s and 90s (which you do mention in your video) uplifted Japan’s perception of itself following its rise from postwar destitution through the 50s-70s. When the bubble popped, though, it gave rise to those flourishing subcultures that you mentioned. In a way, they were a response to yet another loss of Japanese prowess in the world stage. Those subcultures, both offline and online, represented thousands of people searching for new identities in the stew of global imports and loss of national identity that Japanese people faced at the time. If you’re interested in another philosopher who could fit easily into a Lain analysis, Bruno Latour is another great read. His work primarily concerns the ways in which we shape our technology and how it shapes us in return, and he’s more relevant than ever I’d say.

[@FredMaverik]

"In 1999, only 13% of the population even had internet access. " which means like 100% of Americans and japs had it. What are you smoking bro

[@MelTheMuppetslayer]

I have loved Lain since I saw the series back on New Year’s Eve 2001. She’s always had a permanent spot in my heart and her experience lives rent free in my head. As I’ve gotten older (I will be 40 next year) I’ve come to realize that I am more like Lain than I ever understood previously. So many people slept on this masterpiece and seeing it get the respect it deserves does my soul good. Great video and I thoroughly enjoyed your analysis. Instant sub

[@huberthumphry280]

I'm not so sure it is neglected. (though it definitely is with regard to the arbiters of mass culture, maybe that what you meant) I'm 55 and have always loved animation as a medium. Obviously this means I consume a lot of anime, as well as discuss it with others. I first saw Lain 20 years ago (I was in college when it came out, so had no time) and it was well known to that era's 20 somethings. Almost 10 years later it was still referenced by the young crowd and now my 18 year old niece has brought it up as one of her favorites. I cannot think of any other anime like this. One that every 5 or 6 years goes by and it is still referenced by young adults as being a great show. Not even the well liked Cowboy Bebop, which is more a title recognition. Meeka may have given us insight into why this is so. Since the show is about identity crisis and early adulthood is the time of concretizing personal identity

[@TheMightyPika]

The part in ep. 2 where the classmates stop Lain on the sidewalk is the most accurate depiction of the neurodivergent experience ever.

[@tacituskilgore80]

Great video. After seeing SEL for the first time I could hardly understand it because it was just so visually abstract at first glance. But now with the help of your video and some thinking I finally understood and formed my understanding of the series. It is about losing grasp on your own self when everyone has a different perception of you than what you really are. SEL is not just an anime. It is a WARNING. Also your Lain cosplay is too cute.

[@tacituskilgore80]

I believe anime often greatly interprets things wrong with Japanese Society.

[@hydelover75]

Lain is one of those animes that literally messed me up so bad. It was emotional and mentally exhausting

[@KITTYMANYA]

same here. I watched it during a period of my life where i was in a pretty bad mental health episode. On one hand it absolutely did not help my mental state, on the other hand, the state i was in also felt like it allowed me to connect deeper with it and understand it even further. It was a weird time. An exhausting time, but a good one still

[@FulgrimDragon]

Serial experiments Lain is one of my favourite animes, love seeing everyone's interpretations of it. this video was very insightful, I learned a lot from it.

[@ShamankingZuty]

I think if I saw Lain when it aired when I was a teenager, it would have been incredibly impactful on my growth. Instead, FLCL took that spot and it's yet another anime about identity which helped shape me into who I am today. Great video. Very informative.

[@gregoryb6]

Used to be that social mobility gave people an opportunity to change identity. From slum dweller to suburbanite, like that. Now we change our identity like stage actors, writing our own scripts, shifting scenery around and changing costumes for every act. And there's no social mobility.

[@monkeeee]

This is one of the best video essays I've seen in awhile. You did a great job of tying each of the topics back to Lain too. I also really liked the dedication with your Lain costume/set. Seriously, great job, now I have to go re-watch Lain again lol

[@seveneyedlamb]

The resemblance between Lain's Knights of the Calculus and Seele from Evangelion, particularly in their shared ambition to restore humanity to a primordial state of "oneness" through the conduit of the Human Instrumentality Project, is nothing short of striking. Both narratives are steeped in an intricate tapestry of Masonic symbolism, leaving one to contemplate the potential trajectory of our species. Could it be that the future of humankind lies in a digital, cybernetic utopia, a solid-state simulacrum of reality, destined to evolve inexorably from utopia to dystopia? The gradual awakening of individuals to the unsettling revelation that they have unwittingly bartered their very souls, relinquishing their free will and agency to partake in an experiment orchestrated by technocratic minds of an aberrant nature, seemingly intent on wielding omnipotent dominion over every facet of existence, including the very thoughts of their subjects.

[@heeroyuy13]

This comment is better than the video its posted on. Thank you for seeking and learning

[@shadowof7662]

Geeky ahh explanation

[@setofreakinkaiba8553]

The faking yourself and making yourself appear something you aren't isnt purely on social media, people do that in reality which makes you question what is reality.

[@rushnerd]

Fantastic work. I greatly respect anyone who puts this kind of effort and work into these projects and of course Lain. I've never heard anyone else say "Lain is the best piece of media ever" but to this day after watching it on Tech TV's Anime unleased block in 2001, I still agree. Watching how the world has unfolded since has only cemented the sentiment for me and clearly others as the series is now way more popular than it ever was. Fantastic costume/set work as well!

[@robto]

You just gained a new subscriber 🙂 You're touching on a topic that I always wanted to learn more about since I'm a long-time fan of Japanese pop culture (including serial experiment Lain), but also a modern history graduate. It always boggled me how Japan during wartime imposed on its population a "death cult-like" mentality, but quickly changed into a "capitalist-consumerist" one during the high-growth post-war period. Hope to see more content.

[@demgreens]

I watch a lot of Whatifalthist's content and he did an episode about family structures earlier this year - Japan belongs to the "Authoritarian Family Structure" which is characterized by the oldest male in a family inheriting everything from their elders while the other brothers go into being warriors and priests, thus instilling an irrational aggression in their cultures, a belief that inequality is a natural thing and a desire to preserve their honor to even a suicidal extent. Such a system requires a lot of societal discipline to keep in place, so when a radical change happens at the top, the rest of society changes immediately. This not only explains Japan's post-World War II transformation but also its rapid industrialization following the Meiji Restoration. Perhaps not surprisingly, Germany has the same family structure, and they both ended up adopting fascistic political systems in the mid-20th Century.

[@georgepanicker61916]

​@@demgreens stop watching whatifalthist. The guy is more of a fiction writer than a real historian

[@demgreens]

@@georgepanicker61916 I don't agree with everything he says but he creates quality videos that I never miss - Why exactly should I stop watching him?

[@lacedemonio]

another analysis that speaks touching the surface of the iceberg and that could be summarized in 5 minutes. wow.

[@d3rjan152]

"SYMBOLS ARE MORE MEANINGFUL THAN THINGS THEMSELVES" - Jenny Holzer, Truisms

[@hopicekenally63]

Meekas style making me feel like im watching this video on myspace.

[@mootytootyfrooty]

I see Lain review, I click like. This is part of a whole era of really unique anime that explored cybernetic post-imperial/post-identity angst in the emerging networking based society. The 90s was a lot newer to this experience so the differences were a lot more stark. Even lesser known is Boogiepop Phantom, but it's even more depressing lol. Lain felt like Ghost in the Shell as a bad acid trip lol, in a good way.

[@huberthumphry280]

Boogiepop Phantom, now there is one that fell through the cracks

[@zombiesun44]

This was so good! I’ve seen more than a few video essays on Lain but this was such a refreshing and interesting take on it. I love how much I learn from you and your videos. Keep up the good work! I love all of the topics you cover.

[@normanclatcher]

It's one thing to find a good Lain essay. It's another thing to find one deconstructing parasociality and the female perspective thereof as an integral part of that. This is excellent. _And_ she's pretty.

[@Zavorio]

I have yet to watch this but I'm a bit disappointed the video didn't start with Bôa - Duvet, lol

[@spempo]

copyrighted song, mate 😢

[@int0x80_]

I got a quick shock at 9:33 when she said "[...] but first". I thought she wanted to continue with "a word from our sponsor".

[@Cipriboris]

Postmodern culture and art its the theme of my postgrad. I really love how you did an accesible but still throught dive into this topic

[@quietlysurfing]

i love that you used baudrillard for this because I watched this during my second year in college and coincidentally we were reading some of baudrillard's works and it kinda helped me make sense of the show despite multiple people telling me it was a bit obscure!

[@mariuszwisla3230]

It's scary to face those people in RL, once you realise how much of their avatar they are pretending to be, while they are fully aware of it, and how it distorts their morality, lying is OK as first step.

[@davidtollefson8411]

I’m just getting ready to watch Lain for the first time. Thank you for your analysis and perspective, as Japanese concepts of individual and cultural identities are very complex and intriguing to me.

[@withthecam]

A fresh genuine analysis from a fresh genuine film nerd (can’t believe you’re a history major and not a film student). Love it. Smart and insightful analysis. The show is unique and obscure yet powerful with important and relevant themes. Great topic choice. Thanks for your contribution to the study of this show!

[@fruckles]

@3:30 All I heard after that was: "Identity crisis, but I can't buy this, reality bytes but that's what life is." Replacing "bites" with "bytes" because talking about the wired... Didn't think Limp Bizkit could be referenced in a video essay on Lain, but such is life. Thank you for making this by the way. ☕🥰🇺🇸 [Solo]

[@fruckles]

Woah, 3 videos, I'll check the other two in a bit, have to get my son to school. You're doing awesome! [Solo]

[@avakazoo6039]

I am really picky when it comes to watching these kinds of videos and I just want to say that I absolutely love you! Thank you!

[@Reptar227]

I absolutely love how you explain things! I have loved your last two videos and this one. Seriously I’m so glad I found your channel you’re so unique and detailed in your topics and explanations. I appreciate you!! And you convinced me to resub to funimation to watch this anime❤❤❤

[@deathscythe767]

sploosh. gonna pick up my hung pirate hat this october.🏴

[@Meekalefay]

That means a lot thank you!

[@micosstar]

thankyou! came from youtube recommend on the sidebar to the right of the video player; i did sub now! @@Meekalefay - mico, a man.

[@davidtollefson8411]

@@Meekalefaymy band Paint and Copter has a new video called For Lain, a love letter/tribute. Thank you.

[@goyoelburro]

Really glad you are making more videos! I came across your other two by accident, and was really *really impressed by the content!*

[@FriedHeggis]

I've been hoping for more since I found your channel through the hikikomori and eugenics video. Yours is a truly solid and unique content, keep up on the good work! Cheers from Brazil

[@totallynotadiscoball5745]

Thank you for citing all your sources! I found myself reading them before I even watched the video lol

[@notleavingmyroom]

I really like Serial Experiments Lain, loved the video and the analysis!!! Keep it up, it seems like I’ll be watching all of your videos ☺️

[@gunnasintern]

this channel is fire, i loved the Hikkikomori video so it was great to see one exploring about Lain. hoping to see this channel blow up more in the next few months

[@PrincessGloomychan]

I grew up watching it and rewatched it as an adult. It really is an interesting and complex show that touches on many things that are still pretty relevant today. I really think your analysis is refreshing!

[@jitensha700]

I think lain’s theme is more influenced by 90s tech/internet boom and economic history of Japan rather than ww2, you don’t really need to go that far just focus on what matters the most.

[@Khwerz]

You mean the anime with the girl that is obsessed with computers is about the internet and not WW2? I'm not making fun of you, but the entire premise of the video, its reaching for views and it shows. next up steins gate is not about time travel but ww2, actually all japanese media is actually about ww2. :S

[@isyourguy2934]

great work! i haven't seen too many people coming at lain from this angle. feels like a gnostic interpretation is more common. looking forward to seeing more of your videos!

[@retro-ronin]

Oh hell yeah, a video about Lain on KZbin was long overdue.

[@goodboi42]

Let's all love Lain!

[@cityflk01]

serial experiments is genuinely one of favourite animes , i really resonate w/ lain but also the plot and her identity crisis. i’m actually planning on writing an essay on technology and referencing lain and this is extremely helpful !

[@LetoIllac]

This was a really cool breakdown of SEL and how it relates to the historical context of modern Japan. I look forward to what you put together next! It could be cool to look at the flip side of this and look at the change from utopian futurism to dystopian futurism within English literature and media through the lens of the historical context of the atomic revolution, the cold war, and the progression of capitalism within America/Britain/etc.

[@inevitabliss]

I followed you on tiktok a while ago and thought you would be a great youtuber. Im so glad you’re making videos now !

[@cannedbeans8689]

Finally lain video

[@deathscythe767]

no lie, been seeing some random 911 video guy talking about conserving weird moments like that [911 message offering condolences to the tradgedy that happened earlier that week] that overlayed over a PBS station showing my serial experiments lain. also one other guy simping over the anime recently, but that's a separate thing.

[@t-liminal]

This video was a long time coming. For someone who only uses KZbin and despises Facebook and Twitter, this was an excellent review. You earned a sub.

[@JC-jz6rx]

You’re articulate, subscribed. In an age of short form brain dead tik tok content. I appreciate these sorts of videos on topics I find interesting.

[@emiliosanchez7061]

Great vid! Lain has always been very special to me and I really liked how you analysed it. Also as a fellow history major I appreciate the effort of citing your sources in the description :)

[@ThunderSmell]

These videos are far too good for you to have only made 3 of them!! Nice work on all of them 👏👏👏👏👏

[@leonacont6150]

I liked the video. You are very well spoken, I am interested in seeing what you post next. Cheers!

[@The_Chosen_Heretic]

Good video, though I will say that many people tend to forget that Pre-War Japan (and even Japan during the war) was capitalist, was integrated with global markets, and did allow for private ownership of capital (so long as it fell in line with the desires of the state). Its just a little detail since people tend to frame post war Japan as having been introduced to capitalism by the US when in reality the US just made Japanese Capitalism work for US interests. Just a nit pick, still a great video!

[@MegaFire800]

Very enjoyable watch, thank you for the insight. I've anyways had a grasp on the messages that Lain expressed but having real theory to connect to it was a huge help for extra comprehension

[@RtheDoost]

Nice to see a new video up! Im really enjoying what you're producing so far.

[@Dyrwen]

I think I first experienced this anime from a Napster-era download. Really changed my ideas about what sci-fi and postmodernism could be afterall. Barthes would've enjoyed this anime. Thanks for covering it.

[@sebastianhama5624]

watching lain made me add 4 monitors to my setup

[@The_Broddha]

Lain is without a doubt one of the best anime, although I tie it with Ergo Proxy as both take on similar themes but through artistically stark contrast. While EP nails a lot of Gnostic theology/Neoplatonic philosophy, Lain's focus on the interconnectedness of technologically advancing societies with the distortion of what is "real", down to Lain's ephemeral disconnect with her sense of Self, really shows that the more connected we're becoming there's a paradoxical parallel growth in the fractals of layers of identity. I'm inclined to think it's the lack of understanding simulacra that allows them to develop in between the cracks of these layers of reality Thank you so much for this video, it's refreshing to see SEL get this depth of analyses it deserves, can't wait for more of your vids!

[@nimhard]

Meeka. I could listen to you talk all day. Your mind is fascinating. Well done.

[@jamesomeara2329]

It's always interesting when I find something new to seek out. You have given me homework I guess, but it sounds like I will be learning something.

[@feistygheisty]

I didn't realize you were the the one who made that eugenics video i had in my watch later. Nice.

[@anonartificial]

Hi Meeka, have you seen Haibane Renmei? I think this anime would make an interesting discussion video on many topics.... Also Yoshitoshi ABe's work always cheers me up when I see other people analyse it and give some more context of the period. I enjoy watching your videos.

[@salem4301]

haibane renmei is so good, i wish it was more popular

[@damnyouallgotohell2875]

i love haibane renmei, it made me so devastated and it felt so impactful, despite the (imo) simplicity of it

[@edizgunes]

Reki and Rakka's relationship is like Misato and Shinji's

[@anonartificial]

@@edizgunes Uhmmm not really but I can see the point

[@mcziggydelamcmuffin5016]

Only discovered Lain a month ago, I finished the show and am now working throught that wild psx game. I feel like I'm exploring my own sub-concious somehow. I dunno, but yeah thanks for giving me another chance to engage with this weird world

[@MichaelRenteria]

Thank you for sharing your love for SEL. It's bar none the best animated show ever created. I hate when people write it off as pretentious and overly complex, but it's a purposely ambiguous and esoteric masterpiece. A lot of the themes and predictions it made about the future came true in a very surreal and meta-modern way. The tag-line itself takes liberties in assuming the way things are right now are exactly how SEL portrays it and they were spot on. People are so overloaded with information and have so many different cultures they can embrace online that they can simply make their own world and experience it the way they want it; and if that wasn't enough, they become obsessed with specific people and become caricatures of themselves. The lines between the wired and the world get more blurred every passing day. The only thing we're missing is augmented reality and little avatars following us around for people to see right through their sunglasses. This show was so ahead of it's time that we haven't completely caught up yet. Great video! If you haven't seen it already, go watch Texhnolyze, same creators of SEL, it makes predictions about the very distant future.

[@therealforestelf]

this is an insanely well made video. loved it. very thought provoking (though I can't say I am able to properly process evoked emotions) - just my cup of tea!

[@onomee130]

One of the reasons i was so deep in lain, such a good anime

[@likehell5803]

Just finished this show for the first time in the last week. This provided some great thoughts & context. Thank you!

[@Robin447]

Now that’s good stuff, very interesting takes on SEL, pretty enlightening too. Lain having a degree of omniscience really doesn’t help if most of the informations we generate are in service of creating alternative historical narrative/reality. Is a post-modernist reality perceived through approximations, convenient lies, myths, and self-aggrandizing tweaking of facts really any less artificial than the wired? In the end, as long as her good -ship- friend Alice is well and truly real there is some truths that simply cannot be emulated online ^^ Also I don’t imagine actually doing research in the collective unconscious is a very pleasant experience. It’s most likely not indexed if even categorized at all. Might as well try to pick a good book in the library of Babel. No wonder she got lost...

[@Luudite]

The sock pop filter is clutch. Fascinating video essay

[@MultiTaskJohn]

Your channel is going to glow up fast. Loving these videos

[@StudioEmpirah]

Thank you for making this, it was super informative. Keep going, you have a lot of potential!

[@timfriday9106]

I absolutely love your video's and your vige and how obviously interested you are in your topic(s). Cannot wait for more! thank you!

[@rhizomaticantcolony3086]

thank you Lain girl

[@Pandabreadie]

Commenting to boost the algorithm and also because i want you to make more content! I feel like this video's editing is much cleaner than the first two and i feel like the audio quality has gotten better, keep it up Meeka!

[@MuteCircle]

I always love how uniquely insightful 'Lain' (and other work like 'Pulse', 'Videodrome', and 'Perfect Blue') is about online life, partly because of how they're looking towards it from an anxious past. If anyone has any other recommendations that fit into that loose canon, I'd love to hear 'em!

[@fletchdad8755]

Waiting patiently for the next video !

[@nathanopare-addo8856]

You are better at presenting a topic than any teacher I had growing up in school ha. Keep it up, your videos are great!

[@tabryis]

Jean didnt deserve his theory to be trampled like this 😭

[@CasperGee]

For real, it sounds like she read Cliffs notes version of the book😂

[@turbovirgin4841]

Let's all love lain!

[@thisisAshtar]

It’s so frequency it’s so real about the way the online and we connect with our higher selves and the illusion of ascension the way we are so many different things i like to think of it in an esoteric way esp the fact that ain is also a character who even in her times is in touch with this connect of something greater

[@thisisAshtar]

Despera and sel both show the mysticism of the human soul and what we were meant to do that why I feel it’s very esoteric

[@thisisAshtar]

I also think that’s why lain sees an alien

[@vagueratcooltrain4266]

While seeing new things and ideas, you made me have fun. I had fun. The show you did on clowns was delightful too.

[@kuka4082]

Hey, I remember your tik tok about Kazakhstan some time ago and I got recommended this video. Glad you're doing well

[@hotsauceandchill]

This was really great! Liked and subscribed! :3

[@jesterspit]

loooved this video!!! i get so excited when anybody talks about lain

[@glowerworm]

Nice timing, I'm gonna be dressing up as Lain for Halloween this year. Can't find her coat/hat like you did though, so I'mma find a bear pajama onesie

[@levifleecs1406]

Thanks for vids, especially the ones focused on differently abled folks in history! Please make more videos for us all!

[@n30gn0sis9]

Great stuuuuf! Just carried on to this vid from your Hikigomori one. Keep up the good work, and be mindful of the burnout.

[@CashMoneyGold]

DAMN!!! Another video out already!??! Keep fightin the good fight, sister!

[@smoketears6874]

Yo dude I love your vids you have to keep making more you’re style is unique and captivating

[@wizardozark2735]

What if the creators had a glimpse of our current times, seeing people actually doing this, downloading themselves to the internet while authorities keep people from finding out what they've done. while I consider all your points very valid and definitely in the creators minds when they made it, I feel that the plot was a perfect outlet for exploring all these things. Most importantly it poses the question for people to ponder well before the events we have now. I'll not bore you with the true crime scenarios that match perfectly with this anime. IYKYK This is simply food for thought ^_^

[@Lynx-rfs]

new favorite youtube channel 🤩

[@czr-valdez-truhero]

I know this might be random of me, but if possible,and if it seems like a good idea for a video, a history of Christianity in Japan and how it is viewed by modern day Japan would sound great

[@bitsoflit]

Just watched Serial Experiments Lain last month. Pretty cool. This video is cool too~

[@danielberkowitz3524]

I absolutely loved your video and your explanation of Baudrillard. Have you considered interpreting SEL through the lens of Hegel by seeing Lain's journey as a metaphor for the evolution of spirit?

[@danielhutchinson6604]

We were delivered the Cartoon Image of Boris Badinov, by Bullwinkle and Rocky the Flying Squirrel. The content may seem crude, but the Messages similar. Your point is apparent as Commercial Media presents what we were told would be delivered in 1984. But there we are.....

[@austinmitchell2652]

Your writing and editing style are great!

[@Ketamized_Lain]

New lain video!? Let's go, I'd watched like every video on Lain in English, KZbin started recommending me videos about Lain in Russian

[@SasafrasYT]

Three interesting videos in a row, keep it up!

[@phillipchavez1321]

4:07-4:30 falling in love with a person’s persona 14:10-14:38 alienation from each other