Reviews for No Longer Alone

Reviews For: No Longer Alone

Lucas Shuck 2008-03-05 ch 1, anon.	abusePersona's (8/10) Writing style (9/10) Correctly written philosophical debates (9/10) Amazing! This side story is written just like the episodes were shown. It started off as a very confusing piece of work with specifics that are unknown when first read, but come together in the end. It wouldn't have been Lain without her talking to her "other self (her wired self)" in confusion. The wired self is a very outgoing, who cares about the consequences, kind of person always trying to convince the "real" Lain of what to do. And just like in this one, the wired lain is able to convince the other one what to do. But just arguing back and forth wouldn't cut it. The philosophical debate around God, reality, and the wired really strings the arguments together. And whether the real Lain is right or not, in order for them to be sure, she sides with the wired and decides to perform this "transference." As I wrote about in the first part, the beginning was confusing, then in the end everything ties together... kinda. It leaves off with a cliff hanger. The readers can piece together what is probably going to happen from the other evidence, but not sure. Also Lain is portrayed perfectly. When she just appeared out of nowhere knowing exactly where the cat is going to die. Showing up just as Alice is about to have sex. She is essentially everywhere thanks to her wired self and im glad the author shows this. And the chip correlates perfectly with what the series has explained it as.
flock-of-crow 2007-09-07 ch 1,	abuseHmm... despite feeling a bit more "Lain-y" than the other one, for whatever reason I don't care for this one... perhaps it's for the complexity of the set-up compared to the simplicity of the plan... remember a person can already enter the Wired simply by commiting suicide. Why'd Lain go through all this trouble? Perhaps as part of a larger story that would be okay, especially if it explained Lain's reasoning. Also I felt that Lain's "darkness" was over-exagerated. The "real-Lain" in the series surely would've cringed at the graphic death of the kitten... perhaps we are dealing with the "Wired Lain"? Isn't that impossible considering they were fused together near the end of the series? Meh. Anyways it's good writing, just again I don't like how certain elements were dealt with. And I felt like there was too much lead-in for not enough plot. I really like the dialogue at the beginning... in fact I'd say the first 30% was just perfect. Also, does this somehow fit into your "new-canon"? If Lain gave her divinity up (which is eluded to in the "God knows" line) why is Lain still (presumably) trapped in the Wired?
ForeignSin 2007-02-08 ch 1,	abuseI love the show and I think you did a fantastic job writeing this! Great job. I really love the concept and enjoy the senario. Good job! Rate: 9/10
The MS 2006-11-20 ch 1, anon.	abuseKonichiwa! Your fanfiction is... PERFECT! Beautifull... T_T Beautifull ^_^ Conragulations...rs
Tsukasa-magic 2006-11-01 ch 1,	abuseHere I said that I was "looking forward to reading this" when I could have read it. :) I like it, especially the conversing between Lain and (was it?) her Wired self. It was just like how it is in the show. I'm looking forward to another interesting chapter. ~Ashley

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