SEL is a highly significant anime to me personally, and it was one of the first ten or so anime that I ever watched.
It’s astonishingly gorgeous and you should look it up on YouTube right away. When I listen to it, it’s like entering an alien realm of thought and feeling. I cannot find the words to describe how beautiful and perfect this song truly is.
The reason I rate the sound dimension as 9 rather than 8 is simply because of the amazing opening song, “Duvet.” It’s just stunning. I love this one-of-a-kind audio style and I would give my left kidney to see it redone in some modern anime. Perhaps they are more distinct exactly because of the lack of powerful music. The voices sound like real, ordinary people, and yet somehow distinct. It’s dramatic when needed, but not over-the-top. It’s awkward sometimes in the same way natural conversation can be. It’s not especially amazing, at least at first, before you know a little something about voice-acting. The voice-acting takes the forefront over music. Most of it is made up of ambient yet eerie sounds, such as slight zapping noises, electric buzzing, wind, and muted voices. There aren’t even that many musical scores. To restate, despite some flaws, the story in SEL is magnificent because of the many themes and topics explored. The only fault is that it’s a bit rushed. It’s in keeping with what kind of person Lain is and what she learned about the value of human lives and bodies. However, I think the ending fits perfectly. There are those who need a completely happy ending to feel satisfied after such a dark and complex story. Something that can be divisive is the ending of SEL. It would have been better to develop the sister’s arc more steadily through the episodes, and to give more hints about why she is being targeted. For an entire episode, the character focus shifts, and the meaning is not completely clear to me even after several re-watches. One example of the awkwardness of the structure is that one episode about Lain’s sister. This is another thing that raises my opinion.
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Also, the tone of the series is very consistent even with a meandering plot. The themes explored are so good and profound that it raises my rating of the story category immensely. The focus of the show is more on motifs and ideas. The plot is not very structured, nor is it easy to make sense of on the first watch. It’s a character piece, also containing social commentary and many fascinating elements of psychology and philosophy. SEL is a story about a girl who slowly realizes her identity, both as a human individual and as an inhuman entity with great powers. Face expressions are things I pay attention to, and the ones in SEL are good.
Other times, there are strangely colored and textured shadows, which shows the abnormalities going on. Sometimes, everything seems dull, showing Lain’s lack of interest in the world. Footage of telephone poles, trains, and Lain’s neighborhood are fascinating, with unique colors, shading, and lighting. There’s a lot of creativity seen in “trippy” visuals, like when mysterious smoke arises from Lain’s hands in episode one. The character designs in SEL are colored realistically and bit muted, but this suits the darker tone of the show. I’ve always been fond of this older style, which is also seen in anime favorites like Kino’s journey and Haibane Renmei. Granted, I’m not great at identifying good art, but I enjoy the appearance and style of this anime even today. But for that time, the art and animation were excellent. By today’s standards, the visuals are poor.
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