Been watching some Serial Experiments Lain.

Haven’t seen all that many episodes yet, though. I completely forgot which day it was. : P

Anyway.

IN A NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE: COMPUTERS! E-MAILS FROM DEAD PEOPLE! FEMALE MAIN CHARACTERS! SOME WEIRD-ASS SHIT! BLOOD! THE WIRED!

Sound cliché to you?

It is, in a way. At the same time, it isn’t, thanks to the way the anime does things. In a goddamn awesome way, that is. Awesome music, weird flashing stuff, dreamy, weird parts that are… dreamy and weird. Basically, it’s just the summary that makes it sound like your averege, cliché sci-fi.

I like how it cuts from sequences with a distant feeling to become a normal anime about a girl in a classroom. How the music fits so perfectly. How you’re served just the right amount of information.

You probably get what I’m talking about.

What I like most is how Serial Experiments Lain is not afraid of taking things slowly, pacing on at about the same speed as a sleep-walker, slowly covering us with blankets of image and sound. Giving us moods, feelings. Giving us hints of things to come, hints of a deeper world than the anime manages to cover.

Character relations start to get more and more tense and break. And even though Lain isn’t bullied or anything, there’s always the feeling that in her heart, she’s all alone.

Also: Bear Pyjamas.

Awesome.