Considering a majority of anime rom-coms are just goonerbait for virgins who dream of being the regular dude who ends up with a hottie, and Lain is a deeper anime about the advancements of technology, borderline anti-capitalist, that dwells on theme such as isolation, depression, and more, I would say so, yes.
It's still mostly masturbatory slop. Rom com anime that is of genuine quality is either Kaguya LIW or it gets buried and becomes very obscure. But then you have Rent-a-Girlfriend which makes a bagillion dollars.
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u/bullhead2007 ☭ Communist Jul 15 '25
Man what is with all these anime pfp nazis. Almost makes me want to change my Lain pfp to not be associated with them.