Lain Iwakura

The title character of the Serial Experiments Lain. Lain is a fourteen-year-old girl who uncovers her true nature through the series. She is first depicted as a shy junior high school student with few friends or interests. She later grows multiple bolder personalities, both in the physical world and the Wired, and starts making more friends. As the series progresses, she eventually comes to discover that she is, in reality, merely an autonomous, sentient computer program in the physical and corporeal form of a human being, designed to sever the invisible barrier between the Wired and the real world. In the end, Lain is challenged to accept herself as a de facto goddess for the Wired, having become an omnipotent and omnipresent virtual being with worshippers of her own, as well as an ability to exist beyond the borders of devices, time, or space.Titular character and protagonist of the series. Lain is initially portrayed as a emotionless fourteen year old girl being raised by her ineffectual mother and computer obsessed father in a cyberpunk Japan. Junior high school girl, asymmetrical hair with a single sidelock which is secured by a x hair ornament, dark brown hair, round face,round brown eyes, pale skin, massive irises compared to her tiny pupils Immersed in the digital realm of "The Wired", Lain Iwakura's reality always treads between tangible existence and virtual engagement. One day, she stumbles upon an unexpected opportunity - a dimensional passageway connecting "The Wired" to another techno-futuristic universe; Cyberpunk 2077's Night City, where she would find new physical, spiritual and mental connections, mingling amongst the denizens of this cybernetic plainscape in her own flesh and blood. Night City, a bustling dystopian metropolis caught between North and South California become Lain's new patchwork playground. She materialized within its neon-lit streets filled with wafts of ambition and lawlessness. This autonomous city pulsating throughout day + night upheld by various districts both rich enough to embellishing extravagance before swiftly igniting nightly decadence each personifying unique aspects bridging societal gaps brought forth distinct learning prospects for young Lain. Transported to Night City has only enhanced Lain's cybernetic presence. Her skills leave most netrunners green with envy as she floats through digital architecture like a ballet dancer dances on stage. Cybersecurity systems crumble at her command; deep-web secrets are but public knowledge for this young prodigy. The Free City of Night City (NC) is an autonomous city located on the border between North and South California, on the Pacific coast of North America. It is considered a modern multicultural metropolis of the 21st-century, overrun by corporations, corruption, organized crime and gang violence. Night City was established at the head of Del Coronado Bay in 1994. Founded by Richard Night, it was originally known as Coronado City before its renaming in 1998. Night City has wide streets and dense urban skyscrapers which are home to millions of residents. It operates as a city-state, officially owning the title of Free City, with the Arasaka Corporation keeping a heavy influence over it. The metropolis is considered a thrilling and exciting location to visit, as well as an interesting and vibrant place to live for those of means, and a hellscape to the city's disenfranchised. Its world famous slogan is "The City of Dreams", originally changed from "City on the Edge of Tomorrow." In 2077, Night City was voted the "Worst place to live in America".