Little by little, Lain’s life starts to revolve around the Wired only. Her only friend Alice is worried about her so, she invites Lain to hang aroung with her and her friends. Thus, Lain gets to know about the existence of a mysterious Psico chip. Later, It grants her free access to the Wired. Steadily, Lain becomes a sort of omnipotent being in the Wired, like a god. As the story progresses, She starts discovering more about the functioning of the Wired. Then, Lain notices that a mysterious group of men in black are watching over her house and so do the Knights (some kind of hackers in the Wired).
So famous and powerful Lain becomes in the Wired that she losses her interest in the real world. As she is finding new things out , her girlfriends start receiving rumors about Lain’s alter-ego which is completely different from her normal personality in the real world. As Lain becomes more independent in the Wired she starts questioning herself about what her real personality is and Who is the "real" Lain?
Makoto Itou, a highschool student, is in love with a girl who he always meets on the train on his way to school, Kotonoha Katsura. He also secretly takes with his cellphone a picture of her. Due to a seat-changing arrangement in Makoto´s classroom, he ends up sitting beside Seika Saionji. While Seika was playing with Makoto's cellphone, she finds Kotonoha's picture. So, Seika realizes that Makoto is in love with Kotonoha. Then, Seika offers to help Makoto confess his feelings to Kotonoha. Thanks to Seika´s help, Makoto confesses to Kotonoha and she agrees to start dating him. Later, While Makoto was waiting for Kotonoha at the train station, Seika shows up. Makoto thanks Seika for helping him with Kotonoha and tell her that he owes her a favor. Suddenly, Seika kisses Makoto and tells him that 'that is enough for her' .Due to Makoto´s indecision about his feelings towards Seika and Kotonoha, the School Days' story of Drama and Romance gets started.
