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- ( static hissing ) - ( distorted speech )
- ♪ AND YOU DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND ♪
♪ A SHAME YOU SEEMED AN HONEST MAN ♪
♪ AND ALL THE FEARS YOU HOLD SO DEAR ♪
♪ WILL TURN TO WHISPER IN YOUR EAR ♪
♪ AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY MIGHT HURT YOU ♪
♪ AND YOU KNOW THAT IT MEANS SO MUCH ♪
♪ AND YOU DON'T EVEN FEEL A THING ♪
♪ I AM FALLING ♪
♪ I AM FADING ♪
♪ I HAVE LOST IT ALL ♪
♪ OHH-HH ♪
♪ OH, YEAH ♪
♪ OHH-HH ♪
♪ OH, YEAH ♪
♪ I AM FALLING ♪
♪ I AM FADING ♪
♪ I AM DROWNING ♪
♪ HELP ME TO BREATHE ♪
♪ I AM HURTING ♪
♪ I HAVE LOST IT ALL ♪
♪ I AM LOSING ♪
♪ HELP ME TO BREATHE. ♪
- ( chattering )
- Lain: WHY?
WHY WON'T YOU COME?
YOU REALLY SHOULD COME HERE.
( panting )
- WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HER? - OH, MY GOSH.
- ( laughing )
- YOU'RE TOO MUCH! - I KNOW.
Why you should do that...
...is something you should figure out for yourself.
- ( laughing )
- COME ON, BABY. - NO.
- COME ON, COME ON.
- HEY, CUT IT OUT. - DON'T BE LIKE THAT. COME ON. - GET OFF.
- NO. HEY! - COME HERE.
- COME ON. - ( laughing )
- ( wind blowing )
- ( mouthing )
I...
...don't need to stay in a place like this.
- HUH?
- Man: WHAT THE HELL? WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
- Woman: OH, NO, THIS IS HORRIBLE! - Man #2: I DON'T KNOW.
- Man: WHAT'S ALL THAT NOISE? WHAT HAPPENED?
- Man #2: I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. WE GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
- Woman #2: SHE JUST CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.
- ( chattering ) - ( electricity humming )
If you stay in a place like this...
...you might not be able to connect.
- ( chattering )
- IT'S SO NOISY.
CAN YOU JUST SHUT UP? - Man: HUH?
- Woman: HUH? - ( chattering stops )
- ( chattering )
- GOOD MORNING! - GOOD MORNING!
- YOUR HAIR LOOKS SO GOOD TODAY. - ( chattering continuing )
- Girl: YOU GOTTA SHOW ME WHERE HE'S SITTING.
Everybody, hurry...
- ( girl sobbing )
- JULIE, COME ON. DON'T MAKE SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT.
- YEAH, REALLY. IT'S JUST SOME STUPID PRANK.
- BUT I JUST--
- AWW, JULIE, IT'S OKAY.
- LAIN.
- OH. - SO DID YOU GET ONE, TOO?
- GET WHAT? - THE EMAIL.
- EMAIL?
- CHISA YOMODA'S EMAIL.
- I'M NOT UP ON ALL THAT STUFF.
- YOU REALLY OUGHTA CHECK YOUR EMAIL AT LEAST ONCE A DAY.
IT'S BEST TO, YOU KNOW?
- BABY LAIN DOESN'T KNOW COMPUTERS.
- HUH? - ( crying )
- POOR JULIE. WHY IS SHE CRYING?
- BECAUSE SHE GOT THAT AWFUL EMAIL FROM CHISA.
CAN'T YOU PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER?
- CHISA? - IT WAS SUICIDE.
SHE WAS THE ONE IN D IN OUR SECOND PERIOD.
SHE JUMPED OFF A BUILDING LAST WEEK.
- THE TEACHER TOLD EVERYONE. - AND IT'S NOT JUST JULIE.
THERE WERE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE
WHO HAD GOTTEN EMAIL FROM HER THIS WEEK ALSO.
- BUT IF SHE'S-- SHE'S--
- DEAD. THEN WE SHOULDN'T BE GETTING ANY EMAIL FROM HER.
IT MUST BE A PRANK.
- ( sighs )
What's it like when you die?
It really hurts. :)
Powering up...
- Computer: Log in.
Just a little longer...
Who is the user?
- HUH?
- Lain. Please state your name.
- LAIN.
- Voice accepted.
Greetings to user Lain.
User Lain has new email.
- WHO'S IT FROM? - Chisa Yomoda.
Do you wish to read your email?
Hello, how are you?
Hello.
How are you?
Lain,
I remember walking home with you once.
Do you remember?
I have only
given up my body.
You see, by sending you email,
I can use this system to explain to you
that I am still alive.
I wanted to let you know this, Lain.
I want all the others to know, too.
So I have sent them email also.
You may find this hard to believe. Do you understand?
It's okay if you don't. You will all understand soon.
- WHY DID YOU DIE?
- There is a rumor at that school that this email is
some sort of a prank, but I want you to know, Lain,
that it is not a prank. This is real.
- BUT WHY--
WHY DID YOU DIE?
- Here...
...there is a god.
- HUH?
God...
- ( sighs ) I'M FINISHED ALREADY.
IS THAT OKAY, MOM? I HAD A BIG LUNCH TODAY.
- UH... M-MOM. - YES.
- I GOT AN EMAIL FROM A FRIEND TODAY.
IT WAS FROM THIS GIRL I KNOW WHO KILLED HERSELF LAST WEEK.
- ( car approaching )
- ( door opens and closes )
- WHAT IS IT, LAIN?
YOU USUALLY DON'T COME TO VISIT ME IN HERE.
WHAT IS IT?
- I--
YOU KNOW THAT NAVI?
IN MY ROOM, IT'S OLD NOW.
DO YOU THINK THAT I--
- SO FINALLY CAUGHT THE COMPUTER BUG, HAVE YOU?
LAIN, YOU ARE IN JUNIOR HIGH NOW ALREADY.
YOUR SCHOOL CHUMS MUST BE LEAVING YOU
IN THE TECHNICAL DUST.
HUH?
WE SHOULD UPGRADE THAT OLD NAVI.
YOU KNOW, LAIN, IN THE REAL WORLD,
OR THE WIRED WORLD, PEOPLE ARE CONNECTED SOMEHOW.
THAT TELLS US HOW THESE ARE CREATED.
YOU SHOULD BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS.
MAKE AN EFFORT TO CREATE FRIENDS.
TAKE THE INITIATIVE.
EVEN A GIRL LIKE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE FRIENDS
RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
YOU CAN LIVE AND COMMUNICATE IN BOTH WORLDS.
IT'S NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF.
I WISH YOUR MOTHER COULD UNDERSTAND THAT.
- I'M NOT SCARED. NOT REALLY.
- SO WHY ARE YOU UP SO LATE
AND TALKING ABOUT YOUR OLD NAVI?
- I HAVE A FRIEND I WANT TO SEE.
- YEAH! HA HA!
- ( train clacking )
- ( crash ) - ( screaming )
( brakes squeal ) - Man: WHAT HAPPENED?
- OUCH!
- Man over PA: Ladies and gentlemen,
we apologize for the inconvenience.
The train is temporarily stopped due to an accident.
Please be patient. - WHAT WAS THAT?
DO YOU THINK WE HIT SOMEONE? - Man #2: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.
- ( crossing alarm blaring )
- ( train horn honking )
- ( plinking )
- Woman: MISS IWAKURA. - ( panting )
- MISS IWAKURA. - YES, MA'AM.
- BLACKBOARD. YOU KNOW THIS WILL BE ON THE TEST.
Come to the Wired as soon as you can.
- ( electricity humming )
- ( gasps )
CHISA.
SO WHERE ARE YOU?
WAIT.
nan no tsumi mo nai hazu na no ni nanraka no batsu wo uketeru
Although I must be innocent, now I am punished
jibun de maita tane de mo nai no ni
I wasn't the one who sowed those seeds, but nevertheless
sakimidareta hana tsumasareru
I have to pull up the flowers that bloomed from them
shiranai koto to mo ienai ga
I can't say I didn't know about it
katabou katsuida oboe wa nai
but I don't remember taking any part in it
jiyuu wo takaku kawasareta ki mo suru ga
I think my freedom cost me dearly
kokoro made yasuku utta oboe wa nai
but I don't remember selling my soul so cheaply
hey hey kutabatte osaraba suru made
Hey hey, until I die and say farewell...
hey hey dare no te ni mo kakaranai
Hey hey... no one can touch me
tooi yoru wo urotsuiteiru
You probably don't know
shiranai darou eien no narazu monotachi wo
the eternal outlaws prowling in the distant night