Serial Experiments Lain (1998) s01e08 Episode Script
Rumors
1
Do you want to be hurt, too?
Do you want your heart to feel like
it's being scraped with a rasp?
If you do, don't look away,
whatever you do.
Nobody knows if there is or not.
It doesn't matter to the user
if God exists in the Wired.
Just a second, Lain.
Let me take out this guy first.
What's so fun about this?
All you do is kill other players.
Nobody knows what's fun and why.
"Tachibana General Laboratories"
was written on the door plate.
A company as big as Tachibana General
Labs wouldn't do anything illegal.
I've heard some rumors, though
Rumors?
Do you know how we're able to exchange
information in the Wired like this?
Oh, so you're testing me, huh?
You're talking about the IP.
Sorry. You're right.
We aren't usually aware of
the protocol's existence.
But the current 6th-gen protocol has
reached its data throughput limit.
The 7th-gen protocol
Yes. The 7th-gen protocol.
Big companies are the ones that are
making it into the new infrastructure.
To control the protocol is to
control the economy of the Wired.
I hear there's constant
sabotage attempts going on.
And the party behind it is
Tachibana General Labs.
Sis?
Mom? Dad?
I
A while ago, somebody
asked me something.
"Are you Lain Iwakura? Are your
parents really your parents?"
Isn't that funny?
It's funny, isn't it?
People say the funniest things, huh?
Right?
-Good morning!
-'Morning!
Arisu
Good morning.
W-What's wrong?
I don't believe it, but
W-What?
LainYou didn't do it, right?
D-Didn't do what?
She's just playing innocent!
Reika! You don't know that!
Lain, seriouslyIt wasn't you?
Whatare you talking about?
Lain, in the Wired, did you
No, forget about it.
It couldn't have been you, Lain.
I trust you. Okay?
Arisu!
Arisu!
It's too dangerous. Avoid
approving any more bills.
I can't believe it! How can such a
nice guy be into such weird stuff?
There's an extremely
serious bug in Protocol 6.
Damage caused by this may prove
disastrous in the Wired
Every night, a small,
child-like person in a
red and green striped
sweater appears in her room
When she was in high school,
that pop singer hit someone
with her boyfriend's
car and fled the scene!
It's gotta be true!
I heard it firsthand!
That building's a
famous haunted spot.
If you look at a terminal at night,
internal e-mail shows up,
but there's nobody there!
The Knights don't exist! Some American
students started it as a joke!
Shut up! Who cares
about any of that?
Don't you find it interesting?
Who's there?
You're looking for me, aren't you?
So God makes His
grand entrance, huh?
How do you define "God"?
If it's the creator of the
world, that's not me.
The all-powerful ruler of the world?
You give God too much credit.
Where are you?
But if you define God as one who
exists everywhere in that other world?
If that's what you mean, then yes.
I suppose you could call me that.
I have only a slight influence on
the workings of the world, however.
Who the hell are you?!
I am you.
You must have realized that another
you has always existed in the Wired.
You are merely a hologram
of that other you.
You are just a body.
Youexpect me to believe that?
That's impossible. It's crazy.
But you don't think that the
you in the real world
is the same as the one standing
here in the Wired, do you?
But I'm me
Peeping Tom
Arisu?
Arisu? Where are you?
Arisu?
Arisu!
Arisu! Where are you?
Arisu!
Arisu, where are you? Arisu!
What did I do?
What did I do in the Wired?
What's the other me doing?
Is it all right for you to
do this with a teacher?
N-No, it's not
Why do it, then?
BecauseI want to.
"Hey, do you know who
Arisu Mizuki likes?"
"Do you know who she's thinking
of when she plays with herself?"
It was you who told everyone!
The rumors were true?!
Lain!
You've always been sitting
there quietly, watching me?!
You saw what I didn't want anybody to
know! When I didn't want anybody to see!
And when I
Tell me it isn't true, Lain!
Lain!
You
Who are you?
You're not me.
I'd never do what you do.
I
Stop it! Why are you acting like
the part of me that I hate?
You
I'm committing suicide!
Why? Why are you warm?
Why do I have to feel
your body heat?
Hey, I'm Lain, aren't I?
No!
No!
What are these things?
They're all you.
I said that you've always existed
in the Wired, didn't I?
You're the same as me.
You're omnipresent in the Wired.
Wherever anyone is, wherever they go,
you have always been there.
You've watched what they
didn't want others to see.
You've told everyone
about it, that's all.
It was the right thing to do.
The Wired's information should
be shared, shouldn't it?
Everything you say is a lie.
Why is that?
Arisu and the others said that they
saw me in the Wired when I wasn't there.
As long as I'm aware of myself
my true self is inside of me!
You're telling me that
these dupes are me?
What a load of garbage!
I
If I'm really what
you say I am, then
Then what, Lain?
Their memories of being seen by Lain
I could delete that information!
That's true. Give it a try.
You were born with
that kind of power.
-Good morning!
-'Morning!
Lain!
Hey, Lain!
They forgot?
They really forgot?
Lain!
They did!
Arisu!
W-What?
Arisu!
Hey, I wanna go to Cyberia today!
C'mon, let's go!
I second that!
Wow, this sure is unusual
Sure. We can get changed at my
place again and go from there.
Great!
Hey, what should I wear?
Stop it! I'm me!
I'm over here!
-Come on, hurry up!
-Hey, wait for me!
That's right!
Lain is Lain, and I'm me.
Hello, Navi.
Hello, Lain.
II'm me, right?
There's no other me but me, right?
I thought I was innocent,
but I'm being punished.
I didn't start this, but I
have to finish it somehow.
I can't say I didn't know about it,
but I don't remember taking part in it.
I get the feeling my
freedom cost me dearly,
but I don't remember
selling my soul cheaply.
Hey, hey!
Until I die and say goodbye
Hey, hey!
no one will ever catch me.
You probably don't know
the eternal outlaws
who wander the distant night.
Do you want to be hurt, too?
Do you want your heart to feel like
it's being scraped with a rasp?
If you do, don't look away,
whatever you do.
Nobody knows if there is or not.
It doesn't matter to the user
if God exists in the Wired.
Just a second, Lain.
Let me take out this guy first.
What's so fun about this?
All you do is kill other players.
Nobody knows what's fun and why.
"Tachibana General Laboratories"
was written on the door plate.
A company as big as Tachibana General
Labs wouldn't do anything illegal.
I've heard some rumors, though
Rumors?
Do you know how we're able to exchange
information in the Wired like this?
Oh, so you're testing me, huh?
You're talking about the IP.
Sorry. You're right.
We aren't usually aware of
the protocol's existence.
But the current 6th-gen protocol has
reached its data throughput limit.
The 7th-gen protocol
Yes. The 7th-gen protocol.
Big companies are the ones that are
making it into the new infrastructure.
To control the protocol is to
control the economy of the Wired.
I hear there's constant
sabotage attempts going on.
And the party behind it is
Tachibana General Labs.
Sis?
Mom? Dad?
I
A while ago, somebody
asked me something.
"Are you Lain Iwakura? Are your
parents really your parents?"
Isn't that funny?
It's funny, isn't it?
People say the funniest things, huh?
Right?
-Good morning!
-'Morning!
Arisu
Good morning.
W-What's wrong?
I don't believe it, but
W-What?
LainYou didn't do it, right?
D-Didn't do what?
She's just playing innocent!
Reika! You don't know that!
Lain, seriouslyIt wasn't you?
Whatare you talking about?
Lain, in the Wired, did you
No, forget about it.
It couldn't have been you, Lain.
I trust you. Okay?
Arisu!
Arisu!
It's too dangerous. Avoid
approving any more bills.
I can't believe it! How can such a
nice guy be into such weird stuff?
There's an extremely
serious bug in Protocol 6.
Damage caused by this may prove
disastrous in the Wired
Every night, a small,
child-like person in a
red and green striped
sweater appears in her room
When she was in high school,
that pop singer hit someone
with her boyfriend's
car and fled the scene!
It's gotta be true!
I heard it firsthand!
That building's a
famous haunted spot.
If you look at a terminal at night,
internal e-mail shows up,
but there's nobody there!
The Knights don't exist! Some American
students started it as a joke!
Shut up! Who cares
about any of that?
Don't you find it interesting?
Who's there?
You're looking for me, aren't you?
So God makes His
grand entrance, huh?
How do you define "God"?
If it's the creator of the
world, that's not me.
The all-powerful ruler of the world?
You give God too much credit.
Where are you?
But if you define God as one who
exists everywhere in that other world?
If that's what you mean, then yes.
I suppose you could call me that.
I have only a slight influence on
the workings of the world, however.
Who the hell are you?!
I am you.
You must have realized that another
you has always existed in the Wired.
You are merely a hologram
of that other you.
You are just a body.
Youexpect me to believe that?
That's impossible. It's crazy.
But you don't think that the
you in the real world
is the same as the one standing
here in the Wired, do you?
But I'm me
Peeping Tom
Arisu?
Arisu? Where are you?
Arisu?
Arisu!
Arisu! Where are you?
Arisu!
Arisu, where are you? Arisu!
What did I do?
What did I do in the Wired?
What's the other me doing?
Is it all right for you to
do this with a teacher?
N-No, it's not
Why do it, then?
BecauseI want to.
"Hey, do you know who
Arisu Mizuki likes?"
"Do you know who she's thinking
of when she plays with herself?"
It was you who told everyone!
The rumors were true?!
Lain!
You've always been sitting
there quietly, watching me?!
You saw what I didn't want anybody to
know! When I didn't want anybody to see!
And when I
Tell me it isn't true, Lain!
Lain!
You
Who are you?
You're not me.
I'd never do what you do.
I
Stop it! Why are you acting like
the part of me that I hate?
You
I'm committing suicide!
Why? Why are you warm?
Why do I have to feel
your body heat?
Hey, I'm Lain, aren't I?
No!
No!
What are these things?
They're all you.
I said that you've always existed
in the Wired, didn't I?
You're the same as me.
You're omnipresent in the Wired.
Wherever anyone is, wherever they go,
you have always been there.
You've watched what they
didn't want others to see.
You've told everyone
about it, that's all.
It was the right thing to do.
The Wired's information should
be shared, shouldn't it?
Everything you say is a lie.
Why is that?
Arisu and the others said that they
saw me in the Wired when I wasn't there.
As long as I'm aware of myself
my true self is inside of me!
You're telling me that
these dupes are me?
What a load of garbage!
I
If I'm really what
you say I am, then
Then what, Lain?
Their memories of being seen by Lain
I could delete that information!
That's true. Give it a try.
You were born with
that kind of power.
-Good morning!
-'Morning!
Lain!
Hey, Lain!
They forgot?
They really forgot?
Lain!
They did!
Arisu!
W-What?
Arisu!
Hey, I wanna go to Cyberia today!
C'mon, let's go!
I second that!
Wow, this sure is unusual
Sure. We can get changed at my
place again and go from there.
Great!
Hey, what should I wear?
Stop it! I'm me!
I'm over here!
-Come on, hurry up!
-Hey, wait for me!
That's right!
Lain is Lain, and I'm me.
Hello, Navi.
Hello, Lain.
II'm me, right?
There's no other me but me, right?
I thought I was innocent,
but I'm being punished.
I didn't start this, but I
have to finish it somehow.
I can't say I didn't know about it,
but I don't remember taking part in it.
I get the feeling my
freedom cost me dearly,
but I don't remember
selling my soul cheaply.
Hey, hey!
Until I die and say goodbye
Hey, hey!
no one will ever catch me.
You probably don't know
the eternal outlaws
who wander the distant night.