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== This is the same world in which Paranoia Agent is set. ==
Why, pray tell? It has everything to do with the {{spoiler|dead people.}} In episode 8 of [[Paranoia Agent]], a group of people agree to commit suicide together as part of a pact they made online. {{spoiler|At the end of the episode, we get a bit of a [[Tomato in
== Lain is [[Persona 4|Teddie]] in an alternate reality. ==
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The proof: Evil Lain actually watched Arisu ''masturbate''.
The WMG: The real [[Big Bad]] of the entire plot isn't Eiri, but Anonymous, being the dominant [[I Am Legion]] entity that he is. Lain might be the collective anthropomorphic manifestation of Anonymous' own creation, the Lolcats. Obviously, Lain, who actually watched Arisu masturbate and is also the God of the Wired, is Ceiling Cat. In the SEL Universe, Eiri is a member of Anonymous. Consumed by the power of the [[GIFT]], he tried to use both his psychological knowledge of the collective unconscious and his knowledge with computers to access the collective unconscious and personify it into Lain / Ceiling Cat. Through Lain / Ceiling Cat, they will preach the message of anonymity, and [[Biblical Motifs|maketh anonymous disciples of all nations]]. However, Lain sacrificed herself to forgive our sins and prevent the awakening of Anonymous from the nether abyss. If Eiri and Anonymous succeeded, however, through the collective unconscious Eiri will awaken Anonymous from his abyssal slumber as a group of anonymous kids over [[Four Chan]] into an actual [[The Legions of Hell|Legion of Demonic Invaders from Hell]] [[Apocalypse How|who will purge]] [[The End of the World
== Most of the entire series is a hallucination by {{spoiler|Chisa Yomoda}} ==
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After erasing herself from existence, Lain became Haruhi by locking away conscious memory of her powers and reinventing her personality. Haruhi, in turn, despairing at how ordinary the world seemed to her, imagined herself as a warped savior of humanity -- that is, Shinji -- and subconsciously made it into reality. However, Lain herself was an image of Shinji as he saw himself during Instrumentality. This causal paradox is fundamental to the existence of the universe; all of reality is an extension of Lain/Haruhi/Shinji. The [[Time Lord|Time Lords]] are people who understand how this works.
== Lain is connected to the plots of both [[Steins
WARNING: CONTAINS UNMARKED SPOILERS FOR BOTH STEINS;GATE AND THE SUZUMIYA HARUHI NOVELS
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