Talk:Lain

Lain? As in "Serial Experiments: Lain"? Hmm... could be coincidence. Xaque 18:27, 2 July 2006 (CDT)

Yeah, the name is exactly the same (without the Iwakura surname though). Adding as trivia. --80.3.64.13 01:45, 2 January 2007 (CST)

Fyren removed the Trivia as part of an anti-Anime crusade on the basis that "maybe it is just a coincidence." By that logic, all easter eggs and trivia entries could just be coincidences, but that doesn't mean we should delete them all. It doesn't seem like a good enough reason, so I'm restoring the note with better wording.--Ninjatek 09:07, 13 June 2007 (CDT)
 * Just like Ryoko, Lain ("rein" in romaji) is a normal Japanese name. If there's no other connection, it gets the axe.  --Fyren 09:14, 13 June 2007 (CDT)
 * Says who? You?  You presented your argument on the Ryoko page, and I presented mine.  Let's get some other opinions and consider GW:1RV before we make further changes.--Ninjatek 09:16, 13 June 2007 (CDT)
 * I agree with Fyren. We wouldn't consider an NPC named "Fred" a reference to Scooby Doo, unless there was a stronger connection (Named Fred Jones, being involved in a quest with three other humans and a dog, et cetera). It's just a common name. --Valentein 09:21, 13 June 2007 (CDT)
 * Different ways of writing "rein" in Japanese. Replace "rein" with "ryoko" in the URL to see 84 ways to write Ryoko. Further on Ryoko, WP's article on the Tenchi character states "Ryoko is a common given feminine name in Japan."  I can come up with examples of Japanese people named Rein but nothing easily came from Google when trying to find an English list of Japanese names that wasn't extremely short. --Fyren 10:05, 13 June 2007 (CDT)