"No matter where you go, everyone's connected." Serial Experiments Lain has many memorable quotes - which ones stand out to you? Let's rank the best quotes with your help. These can be from any character, like Lain Iwakura, Yasuo Iwakura, or Masami Eiri. This avante-garde science-fiction series inspired works like The Matrix. It follows Lain, a teenager pulled into the "Wired" after a classmate's email. In the "Wired", memories and psyches interconnect, blurring reality and cyberspace. Serial Experiments Lain introduced Yoshitoshi ABe's artwork and style, inspired a game and manga, and aired 13 episodes from July 6 to September 28, 1998. Vote for your favorite quotes and downvote those you didn't like.
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"People only have substance inside the memories of other people. That is why there were all sorts of mes. I was just inside all sorts of people; that is all."
-Lain Iwakura
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"There was no..."I had no reason to stay in the real world. Being there or not did not matter. Realizing that made me stop fearing losing my body.I did not need to stay in the real world any longer. In it, my presence did not matter. Once I saw this, I lost fear of losing my body.
-Chisa Yomoda
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Iwakura, Yasuo warns, "Let me give you one little warning."
Lain Iwakura asks, "Huh?"
Iwakura, Yasuo states, "When it is finished, the Wired is just a way to send messages and move data. You must not mix it with the real world. Do you get my warning?"
Lain Iwakura replies, "You are wrong."
Iwakura, Yasuo asks, "Huh?"
Lain Iwakura says, "The line between the two is not that clear. I will enter it soon. Full range. Full motion. I will change myself into it."
Iwakura, Yasuo says, "Even with a top-tier civilian Navi, you could not."
Lain Iwakura states, "I can do it. I changed mine."
Iwakura, Yasuo asks, "A Psyche processor, huh? But..."
Lain Iwakura says, "Do not worry. I am still me."
Iwakura, Yasuo wonders, "Sometimes I wonder."
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Lain Iwakura gasps.
Miho Iwakura states, "The Wired might actually be seen as a very advanced layer of the real world. Physical reality is nothing but an illusion, a hologram of the data flowing to us through the Wired."
Lain Iwakura says, "But ma..."
Miho Iwakura explains, "This happens because the body, physical movement, the human brain's activity is just a physical event. Synapses send electrical signals to cause it."
Lain Iwakura says, "But mom, I..."
Miho Iwakura states, "The physical body exists on a lower level just to confirm existence in the universe."
Lain Iwakura asks, "Are you really, truly my mother?"
Miho Iwakura disappears.
Lain Iwakura asks, "Are you?"
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