Quartile rating: 8/10 · 1 rating
On Quartile, Serial Experiments Lain scores 8/10 across five categories — strongest on Plot (Well Above Average), weakest on Acting (Below Average).
Ranked among Quartile’s Top Plot, Top Cinematography, Top Novelty.
Lain—driven by the abrupt suicide of a classmate—logs on to the Wired and promptly loses herself in a twisted mass of hallucinations, memories, and interconnected-psyches.