"Serial Experiments Lain" is a title released by Pioneer on PlayStation on November 26, 1998. Players gradually learn about Lingyin and related characters by reading voices, videos, and records saved online, rather than following a continuous dialogue route.
| Title of the work | serial experiments lain |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | Rei |
| The publication date listed in the materials | 1998-11-26 |
| Platform | PS |
| Genre | ADV |
| Development | SR-12W / パイオニアLDC |
| Release | パイオニアLDC |
| Script | Chiaki Konaka |
| Key animation | Yoshitoshi Abe |
| Director | えんどうてつや |
| Website address recorded by the source | http://www.pldc.co.jp/plag/ |
| External links to source records | https://erogamescape.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=24723 |
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to record the close encounter with the person
The game uses the data left by characters as the main narrative material. Reine's diary, Hiiragi's diary, consultation recordings, and medical records come from different sources, and the narrator's knowledge and expression methods also differ. What players do is establish connections between these segments, identifying when, whom, and what kind of changes they describe.
Categories of archives
Official materials classify files into types such as LDA (Rei's Diary), TDA (Hiiragi Diary), Cou (Consultation Recording), and Dia (Consultation Medical Records); There are also Kyoko's memories of Ekm, Makino investigations and news-related EDAs, additional investigations Ere, and video DCL. Numbering and categories make scattered information a file that can be repeatedly consulted and cross-referenced.
Differences from animation
The 1998 TV anime shared the title and Reine as its core character with the PlayStation game, but the game had its own data structure and narrative presentation. The official website also divides the anime character introductions and game data into separate sections. The game mainly unfolds the narrative through repeated research and comparison with character records.
Reine's classmates and family
In the game, Reine grows from age 11 to 14 and has no siblings. Her elementary school friend Kyoko is outgoing and lively, while Kaori gets along well with Kyoko; After Tomo-kun transferred, he corresponded with Reon. Her middle school friend Misato is skilled at the violin, but later suddenly moves. After her parents divorced, she lived with her mother and lost contact with her loving father.
The adults around Hiiragi
After completing graduate studies in the United States, Hiiragi entered Tachibana Research Institute, gradually growing distant from her lover Takeshi and being attracted to Yoshida, an employee at an equipment company. Professor Takashima is her direct superior, while Kanako and Harumi are friends outside of work. Her relationship with Reine took place during a period when her own life was also changing.
Commissioning and confiding online
Makino met Reine online as a company employee, got involved in the incident after helping her gather supplies, and was investigated by the police. Usagi-san listened to Troubles as an online communicator with hacker knowledge, but did not reveal his true identity when publicly disclosed.
The first meeting recorded in the records
Cou001 Starting from the moment Reine's mother left the counseling room, Hiiragi prepared Earl Grey tea for the nervous Reine. Lda001 also recorded her suggestion for Lingyin to keep a diary. Recordings, diaries, and medical records thus provide three different materials: the meeting process, personal expression, and counselor observation.
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Related entries
- Characters:Iwakura Reon (Rein)
- Japanese voice actors for this work:Amidst the fragrance of clear water
- Characters:Shuko Mera (Reon)
- Japanese voice actors for this work:Maya Okamoto
- Characters:Shinichiro Makino (Reon)
- Japanese voice actors for this work:Shigeru Shibuya
- Characters:Kyoko (Reine)
- Japanese voice actors for this work:Ahi Mizuno
- Characters:Kaori (Reon)
- Japanese voice actors for this work:Kaori Tsuji
- Characters:Tomokun (Reon)
- Characters:Misato (Reine)
- Characters:Kanako (Reine)
- Characters:Harumi (Reine)
- Characters:Takeshi (Reine)
- Characters:Yoshida (Reine)
- Characters:Professor Takashima (Reine)
- Characters:Reine's father (Reine)
- Characters:Reine's mother (Reine)
- Characters:Usagi (Reon)
- Setting and Setting:Tachibana Research Institute
- Setting and Setting:RML
- Game System:TDA (Lingyin Archive)
- Game System:LDA (Lingyin Archive)
- Game System:Ekm (Lingyin Archive)
- Game System:Cou (Lingyin Archive)
- Game System:Dia (Lingyin Archive)
- Game System:Eda (Lingyin Archive)
- Game System:Ere (Lingyin Archive)
- Game System:DCL (Lingyin Archive)
- Related versions:Reine PlayStation version
References
- Bangumi work entry: serial experiments lain
- Bangumi Copyright Notice
- Serial Experiments Lain Official Site: Game and Data Section
- serial experiments lain: game character
- serial experiments lain: consulting recording
- serial experiments lain: Reine's diary
- serial experiments lain: Hiiragi's diary
- serial experiments lain: Kyoko's memories
- Serial experiments lain: consulting medical records
- serial experiments lain: investigation and journalism
- Serial Experiments Lain: Additional Investigation
- serial experiments lain: image data
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