I’ve watched the first 6 episodes of this show, imo everything past episode 4 is really vague and hard to understand. I’ve read that I shouldn’t expect to understand it on my first watch but if I’m not enjoying it my first time through I’m not gonna torture myself by rewatching something I dont like a bunch of times to understand it. It also makes me feel dumb for not appreciating something deep like this, especially since it’s something that you’re actually supposed to think about while watching it. Credit where credit is due, it is definitely one of the most unique anime I have seen.
…have you watched any david lynch?..it’s non-linear and interpretive storytelling where the experience of its pieces-and-parts coming together for the viewer are as much what it’s about as any specific narrative; the halfway mark is way too soon for understanding the whole…
…not everyone appreciates that sort of ambiguous media, but some folks thrive on it and by the midway point you can probably tell whether its liminal-singularity thing is your jam…
…if you’re expecting a definitive narrative which makes everything click into place as you watch it, you’ve probably been misled regarding the series and will likely be frustrated by the experience: while a rewatch can open up re-interpretive appreciation, it’s not the sort of thing where a revelatory rewatch is essential to appreciating it…
I actually didn’t have any leads on what it was going to be like at all. I just decided a few days ago that I wanted to watch lain for some reason and started watching it. It wasn’t until the third episode until I switched to a crt because I felt like the picture was too clean on a flat screen tv. The closest thing I’ve experienced in regards to pieces coming together to form a narrative is outer wilds, but even that manages to get the player emotionally invested in the story better than lain.