Should you watch FLCL?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
FLCL
Anime · 2000
Naota is a normal boy who kills some time with a normal girl by a stream that flows underneath a bridge. Nothing unusual happens in this town. The fact that Haruhara Haruko crashes into the main character with her Vespa a short while later and subsequently hits him over the head with her Rickenbacker 4003 bass guitar doesn’t really make any difference to any other day here. The at first glance unconnected, bizarre events that don’t seem to follow any pattern whatsoever don’t change anything about Naota’s boring life, either – because nothing incredible ever happens in this town.
The sides of FLCL
- A bored boy in a quiet town
- A girl on a Vespa swinging a bass guitar
- Robots coming out of a boy's head
FLCL is good for you if…
- you like robots bursting out of a kid's forehead with no explanation.
- you like a series carried by the punk rock of The Pillows.
- you like a story about being twelve and wanting to grow up too fast.
FLCL is bad for you if…
- you want a plot that makes sense on first viewing.
- you don't watch anime.
About: growing up · first crushes · boredom
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