"Thank you, thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you, thank you!" "Good game." "That girl's just way too good." "She's hit a homer every single time at bat." "That last one looked like it went into outer space." "Where the heck did she come from, coach?" "Thanks." "Hey!" "What's your day job?" "You a part-timer?" "Who cares about Haruko-san?" "!" "Haruko?" "It's pathetic that our team, the Martians... whose batting power was compared to the eruptions of Mt." "Olympus... couldn't get a single run!" "The situation was beyond our control." "Because Tasuku-chan went to the US." "It's been like this ever since that factory was built." "You guys just aren't trying hard enough!" "Even if we tried, we'd still need talent." "If we only had Tasuku-chan's bat." "The only help we've got is the kid." "We're counting on you, Tasuku-chan's brother!" "Knock it out of the park, Tasuku-chan's little brother!" "GOOOOO!" "Ssstrike!" "Dead ball!" "Who knows if he's any good?" "He's never even swung the bat." "So much for an eruption." "This volcano is dead." "Geez." "I wish we had a star player like her." "That is unreal, coach!" "Tomorrow's game is in the bag." "It's my little secret." "My secret weapon." "I knew there was a reason for letting him stay at the house." "Revenge!" "That look's definitely you... that bandaged head of yours." "Who cares if I'm any good at baseball?" "You're not being honest with yourself." "Cut it out!" "Anyway, nothing can happen until you swing the bat." "I'm back..." "Welcome home, Naota-kun." "Dinner will be ready soon." "That huuuurts!" "Don't be so rough!" "I'm sorry Haruko-san!" "What are you doing?" "Yeah." "Right there." "Your stubble is..." "These electric massages really work well." "Something wrong?" "You stink." "You could at least change out of your uniform." "And your uniform's not sweaty at all." "I'm too tired to even hold a pair of chopsticks." "What are you doing on the other town's team?" "Part-time job." "I thought I'd help out with the electric bill." "Here, Haruko-san." "What the heck are you doing?" "!" "You're the one I met first..." "Never mind." "Aren't you gonna have dinner?" "Look." "We have your favorite, genetically spliced fermented soybeans, Naota." "Hey!" "C'mon, now." "Don't hit it with a bat." "Try a baguette instead." "This bakery is your home, right?" "Super Spicy, huh?" "We now have super spicy curry bread" "We now have super spicy curry bread" "You didn't carry this before, did you?" "There's been a lot of new and unnecessary things showing up, lately." "I'm not comfortable with this." "How about you?" "Me neither." "After you force yourself to eat it, you get addicted to it." "I hate spicy stuff." "Really?" "But it seems like she's rather into you." "Any idea why?" "Those eyebrows." "Tight-lipped, I see." "That's a good thing." "Don't tell too many people about her." "You'll probably find out sooner or later... that she's a horrible woman." "Can I have a receipt for this?" "Anyway, don't mess around with older women." "They're more problematic than you realize." "Adults are so stupid." "Did you have a fight?" "I wouldn't fight with her." "Well, that's very mature of you." "What's that supposed to mean?" "You're in a bad mood, Takkun." "Wonder why." "I'm gonna leave my mark again." "Practicing until sunset?" "You want me to coach you?" "No thanks." "I'd do it especially for you." "Why don't you go fool around with my dad?" "Stay out of my life." "Right back at you." "It's no good unless it's your head." "Soon, you'll be able to hit home runs easily." "Yeah, like that." "That's your swing." "You have to start by swinging the bat." "Hit it into the sky." "Before hitting the ball, a real batter imagines an arc inside his heart." "Now, make that star your target." "But that star looks kinda shakey." "S harmonic and M harmonic levels have increased to 16." "Still unable to identify progress." "Outskirts of Mabase" "Phase modulation and pulse modulation confirmed." "Immigration Dept." "CP" "It's coming from Nobeyama and heading towards the Central Command Center." "Atmospheric approach estimated in minus 2200." "We have it on screen." "It's been 10 hours since impact." "We've lost all control." "After it damaged sectors 6 through 11... and all three antennas, including the spare... it lept onto the central processing sector and made a direct hit on the core unit." "Special satellite Shiosaki is continuing its self-initiated attack." "Commander Amarao?" "It doesn't seem to be poisoned." "It's beginning its freefall." "It's Kitsurubami-kun, right?" "Can you dispose of this?" "Yes?" "You didn't know?" "I don't like spicy things." "Those eyebrows." "So, where's it going to fall?" "Where'd she go?" "Haruko-san." "Geez, you're a mess." "Haruko-san." "Haruko-san." "Come here I'm gonna stick it in!" "Why won't it stand up?" "But, but..." "Haruko-san." "It's cuz you're wearing this!" "Ow!" "OW!" "I've got it!" "Target location confirmed." "I knew it." "It's Mabase." "Those eyebrows." "Play ball!" "Let's tighten things up!" "Let's show 'em, guys!" "That must be the Great Emperor of Fear or something like that." "Why are you bringing that up, now?" "Maybe it lost its way and it's just floating around." "Hey!" "Haru-san!" "The game's already started." "Are you doing perverted things again?" "You're the one who's perverted." "Well then, let's go have some good, clean fun." "You mean Takkun?" "He's not the type to swing the bat, ya know?" "I don't play baseball." "But it's Canti's first game today." "Canti-sama's?" "!" "I'm gonna go watch!" "I wanted to let you know your homers yesterday were no big deal." "And I'm never gonna ask you to coach me again!" "I didn't know you were here." "Oops!" "Gosh, that Haruko-san." "I asked her not to leave any marks." "Cuz I don't want Naota-kun to see them." "Well, Haruko-san and I are already in that kind of relationship." "What kind?" "Mouth to mouse?" "I met you first, Takkun." "It has to be you." "See?" "I couldn't get up before, because it was all covered." "But Haruko-san fixed everything, so I can walk now." "Naota-kuuun..." "Shut up!" "Man, she's brutal!" "Twice in a row!" "I bet she's doing it on purpose!" "A state of emergency has been declared for Mabase." "All citizens please evacuate." "Nandaba, Naota." "Sixth grade." "Mabase elementary school." "Father:" "Nandaba, Kamon." "Operates a bakery." "Forty-seven years old." "Until ten years ago, he worked at a Tokyo publishing house... as an assistant editor of a counter-culture magazine." "One month ago, an unidentified woman going by the name of Haruhara Haruko... takes residence in the same household." "Why didn't you hit him with a baguette instead?" "I didn't hit anyone." "I bet it hurt." "I didn't hit anyone." "Have a drink." "I didn't hit anyone." "Here." "You like sweet things, right?" "Sweet things are better, aren't they?" "I just hit the TV and..." "You hit..." "It was an accident." "I see..." "And here I thought your field was hitting vending machines." "My field?" "An older woman is a bad idea." "What do you mean, "my field"?" "You can't win if you fight your dad over that kind of woman." "Haruko has nothing to do with this." "Haruko." "You call her by her first name." "You must be close." "Why do you care?" "She's your batting coach, isn't she?" "I hate her." "Do you like her swing?" "I told you Haruko has nothing to do with this!" "Then why did you hit him?" "I didn't." "It was the TV!" "So, you hit the TV?" "It's because I was..." "Cuz you were jealous of your dad?" "That's it, isn't it?" "You were simply caught in a situation." "I'm sure you've heard of the Galaxy Patrol Police... and of the Pirate Lord Atmosk, right?" "Make sure you don't tell anyone we talked or what we talked about." "Not even your father." "Well, she is very alluring." "There's nothing you could've done." "You're just another victim." "Those eyebrows." "What about eyebrows?" "N-nothing." "A state of emergency has been declared for Mabase." "All citizens, please evacuate immediately." "A state of emergency has been declared for Mabase." "Listen to the quaking rumble!" "It rumbles with such a great thunder." "Welcome!" "The Lord of Terror!" "It was worth it to call to him everyday, even after the boom ended." "I guess you prefer your real father, after all." "I was no use to Haruko-san." "She asked to use my head and I gladly agreed... but I guess I died for awhile." "It's the N.O." "It utilizes the right and left brain's thought processes..." "FLCL to open up an inter-dimensional channel capable of transportation." "Sometimes instantly transporting materials from light-years away." "But the notion that anyone's head can be used... is incorrect." "Well, I guess Haruko-san isn't exactly normal." "What you hit was only a mannequin." "No different from a vending machine." "When it comes down to it, there are very few people who will swing the bat." "Right now, there's a satellite bomb headed towards this city." "Even if we evacuate now, no one will survive." "That's why I want you to go home and tell her... she's got to hit one more out of the park." "Tell her it's a request from a hometown fan." "Yo!" "What's up with this mechanical old man?" "I'm embarrassed." "Who are you, really?" "I'm an illusion of Takkun's youth, the memories from an adolescent heart." "What's that from?" "Some anime?" "Did you know that there's a satellite falling towards the city?" "A double header is gonna be tough." "Tell the hometown fan that it's going to be expensive." "Shouldn't we file a complaint?" "No." "This satellite bomb was our secret backup plan in case of an emergency." "We can't let the public know." "Isn't she a horrid woman?" "Raharu..." "Raharu?" "Haruha Raharu." "She wants to come between our government and Medical Mechanica." "That's why she planned all this." "And she's willing to destroy the whole city to make it happen." "That poor boy." "If that thing falls down here, you think we'll still have school tomorrow?" "Isn't that thing heading our way?" "This spot will have the least amount of damage." "Here we go!" "W-wait!" "What is this?" "A shampoo hat." "Wow." "I didn't know boys felt like this inside." "Don't touch me from behind there!" "Don't be so rough!" "C'mon hurry up and whip it out." "If I rush, I won't be able to do it." "What's that?" "Your bat." "Cool!" "But he's only a kid." "Altitude at 20,000 meters!" "It's entering its final descent." "Purge sequence initiate!" "It's entered the lower atmosphere." "Now, if you do it the way I showed you, you'll be fine." "The way you showed..." "Huh?" "Look!" "It's coming." "What?" "Look!" "It's coming." "Whaaat?" "!" "That boy is-?" "That kid'll never pull it off." "It's coming!" "Altitude at 10,000 meters." "Huh?" "What?" "But this is impossible!" "Haruko?" "Haruko?" "!" "Hey!" "It's spinning." "It's a sinker!" "Nii-chan!" "Maybe when it counts, he'll be too scared to do anything." "Depending on what he does, it may be sayonara to the good folks of Mabase." "He's being pushed back!" "He swung." "Oh no!" "It's going to explode!" "Takkun swung the bat." "By the time I realized it, I had already swung the bat." "My palms still sting." "I wonder if Haruko feels like this all the time." "Confirming Shiosaki's..." "It's been confirmed on the PPR tracking radar." "The satellite has passed Mach one and is increasing speed." "It's now passed the second stage." "That brat." "Prev|ew" "When you watch a John Woo film... you see how shallow the world is and it makes you relax, right?" "Coolness is in full force, even with a strand of nose hair poking out." "It's that kind of manly aestheticism." "Next on "FLCL," episode 5, "Bura Bure."" "Only idiots do the cool, dangerous stuff." "That's why they're cool." "Bura Bure" "Bura Bure" "Bura Bure" "We're surrounded." "We're being attacked." "They've got snipers targeting us, too." "Snipers are such a pain, too." "We can't move." "But we need to do something." "I'll draw their fire." "It's dangerous." "So you..." "Of course!" "This is your battle." "Go and die for our love!" "Aniki!" "I'm a runaway bullet after all." "Aniki, don't die!" "Ani" "Wh-what is this?" "Hey!" "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "Haruko-chan, play nice!" "You're 100,000 years underdeveloped, perverted monkey!" "You're so cruel, Haruko-chan!" "Why are you dressed like that?" "You mean this red jacket?" "Do you like the green one better, Nao?" "You prefer the older version?" ""Castle of Cagliostro" is the movie to the anime "Lupin III" based on the manga by Monkey Punch (Monkey-sensei)." "The color of Lupin's jacket changes depending on who is in charge of the anime." ""Castle of Cagliostro," you preppy boy?" "But Monkey-sensei says he prefers the red one, you know." "Even if he doesn't like it, we can't do anything about it." "Hey, where are you going?" "Naota-kun." "Naota-kun." "What?" "You think I have feelings for him?" "I don't think so." "It's not like that's why my assignment is delayed." "The channel to N.O. is still open." "And it's not about liking or disliking..." "Damn, the connection went dead." "You were listening?" "Why don't you put on some clothes?" "Is there someone you like?" "What?" "You could just wear normal clothes." "Haruko's "Master the Guitar in One Millisecond Class!"" "Do you guys find this hard to understand?" "If you play guitar, you'll look mature, pyon!" "You'll be popular with the ladies, pyon!" "Pyon?" ""Yuzu" and "19" are both Japanese pop groups consisting of two guys." "Like "Yuzu" or "19!"" "Like "Oh-sama" or "Watana Baby!"" ""Oh-sama" is a Japanese comedian and musician. "Watana Baby" is a Japanese pop singer." ""Kaji Hideki" is also a Japanese pop singer." "Or like "Kaji Hideki!"" "You're scary!" "Scary!" "One of those guys doesn't belong in that list." "You have to stand like a rock star, pyon!" "Jimi Hendrix and McCartney both started like this, pyonnn!" "What are you doing?" "You shouldn't swing around something like that." "It's dangerous." "Use your guitar again, Takkun." "Bang!" "Like how you did it last time." "I'm not interested." "You should start acting like an adult." "You should talk!" "Takkun!" "No!" "The horn!" "It's the horn!" "No..." "Takkun keeps kissing me over and over again." "That's not true." "It's because of the horn." ""Muku-Muku" is a growing sound. "Pyon" is a jumping sound." "Muku-muku, pyon-pyon, muku-muku, pyon!" "I can't forgive you, Naota-kun." "You were hiding from your father... muku-mukuing and pyon-pyon!" "But that's not the point." "I get it, Naota-kun." "We must duel for Haruko-san's affections!" "I'm all for it!" "Haruko-san, I've got your weapon right here!" "For(213,213,\1aH00)}ever {\1aHFF}{\t(338,338,\1aH00)}the {\1aHFF}{\t(504,504,\1aH00)}Bul{\1aHFF}{\t(671,671,\1aH00)}let {\1aHFF}{\t(1005,1005,\1aH00)}of {\1aHFF}{\t(1172,1172,\1aH00)}Lo{\1aHFF}{\t(1297,1297,\1aH00)}ve {\1aHFF}{\t(1547,1547,\1aH00)}and {\1aHFF}{\t(1714,1714,\1aH00)}the {\1aHFF}{\t(1881,1881,\1aH00)}Plot" "Hey, hey." "What's wrong, my son?" "What are you doing?" "Geez!" "If you're just gonna run away and hide..." "Dad's gonna have to take Haruko-san away!" "Oh no!" "Takkun, save me!" "Hey, don't get so close!" "Don't use me as a shield." "Those things hurt!" "Stop it!" "Target found." "Confirming status." "It's blue!" "Blue!" "You sure it's not red?" "It really is blue, right?" "Be sure." "I already got the goods on Medical Mechanica." "We'll take care of it so they can't do anything else." "I got work to do, so make it quick, 'kay?" "But I want it to look cool." "Kinda charming in an adult way, ya know?" "If we screw up, Medical Mechanica will really be all over us." "Yeah, ignore Raharu." "She'll just complicate things." "But keep an eye on her until I get there." "You know, more mature looking." "Something so a woman I haven't seen in awhile would think..." ""How manly, yet nurturing." Like that." "That's the plan." "Oh, I haven't tried that one." "I want the sweetest one." "Super sweet, if you know what I mean." "That was naive." "So naive, Naota-kun." "They're just messing around." "They look really dumb." "I'm sure I can handle this myself." "Who's this woman that he's referring to?" "What are you doing?" "Why don't you help me?" "But mine is..." "Why'd you bring that?" "This is saba-ge!" ""Asage, hiruge, yoruge" is a jingle for miso soup." "It really goes "Asage, hiruge, yuuge." "Ge" is added to the words that mean "Morning, lunchtime, afternoon." "Yoru" means "night."" "Asage, hiruge, yoruge..." "Oh, we're in trouble-ge!" "Take that!" "Blue!" "Blue!" "Blue!" "Blue!" "Blue!" "Blue!" "Blue!" "Blue!" "Blue!" "Blue!" "Cobalt blue!" "If you write "fish" and "blue" it looks like..." "Saba!" ""Saba" means "mackerel" and is written by combining the character for "fish" and a character that looks like, but isn't, the one for "blue."" "Mackerel, my butt!" "Writing "fish" with "blue" is a common mistake." "Take that!" "Take that!" "Correct way to write saba" "I'm leaving the rest to you, TV-boy!" "Just one more and I win!" "Timeout!" "Timeout!" "Timeout!" "I get up to three timeouts, all right?" "What's with that look?" "Okay!" "I just made that up right now." "Naota?" "Are you okay?" "Is he dead?" "Did we cut him up?" "Are you hurt?" "I'm used to this kind of stuff." "Masamune Liquor" "What's this truck for?" "Deliveries." "We work part-time." "A part-time job?" "But you're in elementary school." "Don't worry." "We won't get caught." "We only drive along the river anyway." "You guys do this all the time?" "That looks cool." "It's not what you..." "He's the one who wanted to..." "It's a toy, right?" "Does it shoot bullets?" "No." "Uh, it's..." "Hey, Canti!" "Go buy some drinks!" "Nothing too sour, okay?" "Naota, did you hear?" "What?" "The rumors." "Rumors?" "About what?" "What is it?" "That when the satellite was going to crash, you saved the city, Naota." "Then there was that whole thing at school." "And that you're the one controlling the robot." "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "I didn't know people were gossiping about it already." "Geez, what can I say?" "So, you're the one piloting it?" "Naota?" "Is that really true?" "That's totally awesome!" "It's true..." "It's true... pyon!" "Cut it out." "It's the chuu lady!" "Haruko!" "Let go of me!" "Chuu!" "Chuu!" "Chuu!" "Haruko, stop it!" "Chuu!" "Chuu!" "Chuuuu!" "Oh, I won." "Really?" "Hold on a sec." "Here you go." "What is it?" "It's a prize." "It was supposed to be pay for work, but..." "It's pretty." "Hey, Sameji!" "I wonder if they're supposed to be going out." "But isn't she Naota's brother's girlfriend?" "What's his name, Tasuku?" "But, but, the chuu lady likes Naota, too." "He's popular, huh?" "The pulpy one, huh?" "You like the pulpy ones now?" "Well, I don't really like the sour ones, you know." "And Haruko-san likes... the pulpy ones." "I was watching." "I was watching, you know." "Are you worried?" "I don't really think anything about Haruko." "I don't know how she feels about me." "Oh, but she was just messing around." "It's always like that." "Well, we don't always always do stuff like that." "It's amazing." "Controlling Canti-sama... attacking the great Lord of Fear, and saving the city." "You saw all that?" "Where were you?" "This new Takkun is pretty amazing." "It's nothing, really." "It's nothing." "Well, I did end up saving the city and all, but..." "So you saw it too, huh?" "What?" "The water..." "I mean, the river." "I'm sorry." "I lost the target." "Is this river first class?" "The target's to be feared." "Flying around like it's nothing and..." "Kitsurubami-kun?" "Kitsurubami-kun?" "What's wrong?" "Is it the water again?" "It's cold!" "Now, how do you want the hair color after this?" "It's hot!" "It's hot!" "Kitsurubami-kun, before it turns red..." "Do you want it auburn, as usual?" "Or shall we make it..." "FLCL color." "FL..." "FL..." "CL?" "What's with your eyebrows?" "Your bushy masculine charm?" "You thought you'd try to get the girls with the clean-cut look?" "Raharu!" "What the hell are you ordering your peons to do?" "That hurt." "Why'd you shoot me?" "Is it FLCL under your hood again?" "You're really too amazing, Takkun." "You do furi-kuri and pulpy-pulpy and gurgly-gurgly." "When did you become all grown up like this?" "Geez, I dunno what to say." "Did it start with Haru-san?" "Do you mean that you're?" "Come with me." "Noooo!" "Don't come near me!" "I'm not a child anymore." "I can buy my own insurance now." "That robot is too dangerous." "If we don't take it out, Medical Mechanica will make its move." "They're willing to move the plant to this planet for that purpose." "And that thing... when that turns red, it's Atomsk." "We've gotcha now!" "Fire!" "That's unreal." "It's nothing." "That woman's a complete ditz, you know." "Why are you pulling me so hard?" "You're hurting me." "Really, ever since she showed up, bad things just started happening." "Like we haven't been able to be alone together." "I think it was better before." "Take a rest here" "Let's go inside." "Why are you doing this?" "Why not?" "We're just getting something to drink." "You don't want to?" "I'm not supposed to do things like this with you, Takkun." "But..." "You're..." "It's Haru-san's fault, isn't it?" "It has nothing to do with her." "Do you like Haru-san?" "Why would I like a crazy woman like that?" "How much do you like her?" "I don't!" "It's you that I..." "Takkun... you like Haru-san, right?" "What's wrong?" "Don't you like me too, Mamimi?" "That's dangerous!" "Dangerous!" "Dangerous!" "M-my eyebrows!" "L-look!" "Medical Mechanica's transporting those things here to destroy the planet." "It's all over." "Aren't you going to take any responsibility for this?" "I don't care, you freak." "But it's all your fault!" "That's not my problem!" "I bet your guitar couldn't handle the challenge." "You're a million years under-evolved, you immature monkey!" "That's discriminatory language used against underdeveloped planets." "Furi-kuri furi-kura, furi-kuri furi-kura!" "You're going to do that here?" "N-no!" "My eyebrows." "If I don't have my eyebrows..." "Yours is tiny as usual." "Some things never change." "Takkun's was manlier, pyon!" "You're toying with my emotions again!" "Damn you." "Why do you like that elementary school kid?" "What's wrong with me?" "Hold on!" "Haruko!" "Daicon V!" "Daicon is is a convention is Japan." "The gang that would eventually become Gainax made the opening animation for Daicon 3 and 4." "Stop it, Haruko!" "Sempai!" "Tasuku-sempai!" "I don't want to be here anymore." "Help me, Tasuku-sempai!" "Tasuku-sempai!" "Tasuku-sempai!" "Tasuku-sempai!" "Why are you calling for my brother?" "Shouldn't it be me?" "Am I not the one saving you?" "Look at me!" "I'm the one who's gonna save you!" "Canti!" "Listen!" "I'm Naota!" "Don't ever call me "Takkun" again!" "Useless." "Chance!" "It's falling!" "Back up!" "Back up!" "Huh?" "Where's reverse?" "What?" "What?" "You're..." "You're... the wife?" "Final attack!" "I'm all out of ammo." "Commander!" "I told you it was impossible!" "This is bad." "He's heading for the plant." "He's going to move it!" "What's that?" "Th-that's..." "It's Atomsk's..." "Gibson EB-0." "The 1961 model!" "He's the one." "He's the real Pirate King." "Atmosk." "Looks like it hurts." "Prev|ew" "Well, this is really mean... but though it's the last time, we don't have much to say." "Oh well, if we worked really hard, that wouldn't be like FLCL, would it?" "So, Mr. Director, will FLCL end properly?" "Uhm." "Probably." "Next time, the last episode of "FLCL!"" ""Furi Kura!"" "Well, you have this bastard's word, so why don't you just watch it?" "Check it out." "RA" "FU" "RI" "KU" "Okay!" "Let's have a fun lunch by using chopsticks!" "It can prevent Alzheimer's for grandpa and grandma." "Okay!" "It's because chopsticks exercise your brain..." "Okay!" "Itadakimasu!" "We used to use those split sporks." "Sporks?" "What do you mean, use sporks?" "I liked those sporks we used to use." "What?" "Ninamo too?" "You like sporks better?" "But they were split... and..." "Okay!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "My finger!" "My finger!" "My finger!" "What's wrong?" "For Sensei?" "My finger cramped!" "What'd he say?" "Fi" "Fi-fi" "Fi-fi-fi" "Fi-fi-fi-finger hurts!" "He said he's getting some sporks." "Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow..." "You mean, Naota's going to get some?" "It's bent the wrong way!" "Yeah, maybe." "Whatever." "Ever since that day, smoke has poured out of Medical Mechanica." "The town is completely covered in white mist." "You can't see the sky or the stars." "It's like nothing exists outside of this town." "A town where you can't go beyond its edge." "The gigantic hand says, "You have no choice but to stay where you are."" "It's like the right hand of a prison warden giving the signal for an execution." "Super Spicy" "Curry Bread" "Discontinued" "I wonder if those two, who just vanished, went out to the outside world." "HARUHARA HARUKO (19)" "CANTI (ROBOT)" "It's a hand, isn't it?" "It's a hand." "Is it going to grab it?" "I think it wants to grab it." "Don't you think that's too obvious, since it always looked like an iron?" "No, it was always an iron." "Does it want to iron out the wrinkles?" "Of what?" "Like the wrinkles in the brain... or something." "Are you saying Medical Mechanica is trying to create more brainless idiots?" "N-No." "Of course, the real idiot is Raharu." "She's always been like that." "It isn't completely formed, but if that's the terminal core to control the hand... it makes sense that it hasn't activated yet." "That's right." "We'll leave the idiot alone for now." "We have to find the core first, before the plant begins to move!" "Takkun!" "Takkun!" "Where'd you go?" "Hey, what's split up?" "Tell me!" "Look." "Over there." "Isn't that the wife?" "Naota, are you just gonna ignore her?" "You're an energetic one." "Drinking the bitter stuff now?" "Does it make you feel grown-up?" "The brain needs glucose." "To make your head normal again, you need sweet things." "You're tired, aren't you?" "Whenever something comes out of your head... it creates problems for everyone." "I don't think your housekeeper's gonna come back, but just in case..." "Cats should play with other cats." "That high school girl looked kind of sad." "It seems the mature thing to do is to treat one with a little kindness." "Do you know why Raharu got so close to you?" "Oh, Raharu is your housekeeper's real name." "Well, her real target is the one named "Atomsk."" "I only know the rumors." "They say Atomsk has an incredible amount of N.O." "So much that he can steal whole star systems." "That's why he's called the "Pirate King."" "Normally, they would be enemies... but Atomsk fell into the hands of Medical Mechanica." "And Raharu came to this planet... to rescue him." "She's in love with him." "Senpai's phone number!" "Hey!" "Stop it!" "Stop!" "You can eat it." "But then... you have to take responsibility for it." "You have to be Takkun now." "Nao!" "Dinner!" "You're...!" "Why are you yelling?" "Hurry up and sit down!" "Yo!" "You're...!" "How can you sit there casually like nothing happened?" "You're a wanted fugitive!" "Didn't I tell you?" "Haruko-san asked me for a little vacation." "She went to Hawaii." "Here!" "She brought back Fukuya's spicy fish eggs." "Then she couldn't have gone to Hawaii!" "Why would she get those there?" "And why would a dippy fugitive be taking a vacation?" "Dippy," "Dippy, dippy," "Dippy, dippy, dippy dip." "Dippy dippy," "Dippy dippy, hippy dippy," "Dippy dippy, hippy dippy, dippy hippo," "Dippy dippy, hippy dippy, dippy hippo, Fun Dip!" "It's not funny!" "I'm gonna kill you!" "It was your stupid joke!" "Well, if I'm gonna take a vacation..." "I wanna be alone with Takkun." "What?" "!" "I wouldn't go with you." "The brat's embarrassed." "You little bastard!" ""Guri-guri" is the sound of twisting your fist against something." "Stop!" "Don't guri-guri!" "Crotch attack!" "If you guri-guri there..." "Lucky duck." "I wish she'd guri-guri me like that." "Yes!" "Guri-guri-ing all over the place." "I'm jealous." "Guri-guri the head!" "Kuri-kuri the eyes!" ""Kuri-kuri" is when you open your eyes really wide and make your eyeballs go around in circles" "Furi-furi down there!" "Kuri-kuri, furi-kuri, furi-kuri, furi-kuri, furi-kuri, furi-kuri, furi..." "Okay, stop." "Stop!" "Let's stop!" "Let's go back to normal." "C'mon." "Let's be a normal anime." "Anime?" "How exhausting!" "To be in manga form takes time and a lot of work." "After the first episode, they asked us to stop this craziness." "Even so, people accused us of being lazy." "What are you talking about?" "My head's still spinning." "Spinning like kura-kura?" "Furi..." "Furi... kura?" "FLCL." "Naota." "Tell me already." "What does FLCL mean?" "I dunno." "C'mon!" "There's no way the main character wouldn't know." "We won't get mad." "Tell us!" "You too, grandpa?" "It doesn't matter what FLCL is." "Furi!" "I don't know why you're hitting me!" "Kuri!" "FLCL!" "FLCL!" "Furi-kuri!" "Furi-kura!" "What are you doing?" "!" "They're in a good mood." "Are you asleep?" "What are you, really?" "Where did you come from?" "Were you just about to confess your love to me?" "Y-you're awake?" "How embarrassing." "Why'd you come back?" "To see you, Takkun." "Yours is the only head that works." "Liar." "It's the truth." "Are you gonna leave again?" "You wanna come with me?" "You wanna throw everything away and come with me?" "Why are you being nice today?" "You know, you're still a kid, Takkun." "Where did you go?" "You just left all of a sudden." "When you're in a town that's covered with smoke... you forget that there's a world outside." "Nothing amazing happens here." "And so we get used to a world where everything is ordinary." "Everyday spent here is like a whole lifetime of dying slowly." "But Haruko is here." "That's how I know that there really is a world outside." "Takkun." "Takkun!" "I brought some more for you." "Takkun." "Okay, I'm going to raise the bar another ten centimeters." "That's bad." "What's bad?" "Yeah, it's really bad." "I heard he hasn't been home for several days." "Next!" "He ran away?" "Maybe he eloped with the chuu lady!" "So that delinquent housekeeper came back, huh?" "Miya-jun's going over for a parent-teacher conference." "Yeah, but you can't cure stupidity." "He should just say how he feels." "I did and then I cried and stuff." "To who?" "To my dad and mom!" "Dad?" "Mom?" "This is bad." "We were only able to find the remains of the unit surrounding it." "That means the core must be functioning independently." "I understand you saw the document." "Yes." "Last week, in the maintenance room." "This planet almost became as mangled as that." "We can afford to make no mistakes in our response to Medical Mechanica." "But wouldn't the Pirate King do something to help stop it?" "Don't count on it." "He's not one of us, you know." "And we don't even know where Atomsk disappeared to." "You can eat as much as you want." "Everyone in high school has one of these." "Maybe I should give you bigger stuff to eat now." "Gross!" "I told you." "You shouldn't have gotten a no-name brand just 'cuz it's jumbo sized." "You gotta stick with the good brands." "Trade!" "If you keep doing stuff like this, bad things will happen to you." "That's okay." "Guess I'll just have to let bad things happen to me." "Eating bad ramen... can be fun, too." "Man, this smoke is annoying." "You're always fighting Medical Mechanica." "Is that your job?" "There's something I really want." "They took it." "Now, I'm gonna get it back." "Can you do it?" "As long as I have you." "This really tastes bad." "Trade me back!" "No way." "Man, you're as selfish as ever." "I finally found it!" "You're gonna pay for splashing me." "Okay... eat up." "C'mon." "Let's go find the next one." "I guess I can let you have about this much today." "Last night, right?" "Fuji-pyon's sister's moped got hit, too." "I'm leaving now." "That yankee-neechan?" ""Yankee-neechan" means delinquent girl." "Delinquents were called yankee because they used to dye their hair blonde to look like americans." "Everyone from the second district over has been attacked." "And it's not just motorcycles." "Bikes and cars, too." "If we don't hurry, someone's gonna see us." "What's that?" "It's the wife Naota dumped." "What's that?" "What's that?" "Was it something I said?" "Stop it!" "They're not on Mamimi's Revenge List!" "Why are you doing that?" "Takkun can't do bad things like that!" "My family's truck!" "So like I was saying, missing school is..." "Yes, I completely agree." "When I was in sixth grade, class two, I was in charge of the hamster." "But I got a cold and was absent." "When I went back to school two or three days later, it was dead." "They made a big deal, calling me "Hamster Killer!" Stuff like that." "But those kids never took care of a hamster once in their lives before." "I was talking about Naota-kun..." "Don't worry." "Unlike a hamster, he can take care of himself." "What do you do on your days off, Kitsurubami-kun?" "I don't want to talk about that now." "Don't be so cold." "We're on the same team." "C'mon, tell me." "This is problematic!" "These types of problems are so small that..." "Commander!" "It's huge!" "No, Takkun!" "I don't want you to do these things!" "Takkun?" "That's the terminal core!" "She's been raising it?" "It's him!" "The crossing guard?" "Why is he here?" "He is one of the components of the terminal core!" "And then, Hamtaro was..." "No!" "My brand new car!" "Get out of there!" "No time for sleep!" "I can't get loose!" "It's the climax!" "I-is the plant going to activate?" "No." "It seems it can't merge yet." "It's still missing something." "Shit!" "Where are your eyebrows?" "Why did you take them off?" "I told you not to trust that woman." "She's only thinking of herself." "She doesn't care about anyone else." "But you're different, right?" "You want to help your friends and family, and that high school girl, right?" "Of course you do." "That's normal." "If you were an adult, you'd see that." "Come over here." "Don't go back to that woman!" "What are you doing?" "How much pain must you witness before you realize?" "Are you an idiot?" "You brat!" "Takkun." "I need your help to get what I want." "Come 'n get it!" "That's cruel!" "We're screwed!" "Y" "Y-y-you idiot!" "You're doing exactly what Medical Mechanica wants!" "They're flattening planets all over the galaxy!" "Even the Pirate King has been captured." "It's over." "It's all over!" "I told you that I don't care about that." "I just want Atomsk, that's all." "I don't care what happens to this planet." "See?" "See?" "See?" "See?" "That woman tricked you!" "Why didn't you believe me?" "Commander?" "Commander Amarao?" "Here it comes." "It's..." "It's... that kid!" "Was he Piratized?" "Did he acquire the Pirate King's powers?" "Takkun!" "You can't do that!" "That power is..." "That power is..." "MINE!" "You can't stand in the way of what I want!" "This is our chance!" "We can gather all the outsiders and get rid of them all at once!" "I won't go easy on you, Takkun!" "The one to consume him... is going to be ME!" "That guitar!" "That woman's no different from Medical Mechanica." "Don't think you're going to get things your way!" "Go on!" "Teach her a lesson!" "I love you." "Atomsk!" "I-is that...?" "Wh-what's that?" "What's going on?" "It's the N.O.!" "I lost him again because of you, Takkun." "You wanna come with me?" "Nah, you can't." "Takkun... you know, you're still a kid." ""Sayonara, Naota-kun."" "That's what Mamimi said when she left school." "Don't drink it without asking me first!" "Ninamo." "Don't you have practice this morning?" "You know what, Naota-kun?" "That uniform doesn't look good on you at all." "Shut up." "Here." "I can't drink that." "It's too carbonated." "You really still are a kid." "I'm gonna be late for practice!" "Nothing amazing happens here." "Give me money for the drink!" "N-Naota, can I have it, then?" "Only the ordinary." "Hey, I wanna sip." "What?" "What?" "TV-kun, when you're finished with the futons, open the store." "We crossed the bridge as usual." "Before we knew it, the seasons had changed." "You're goofing off again, aren't you?" "You lazy butt!" "Mamimi left town." "She said she wanted to be a photographer." "Dad, I'm real busy." "People are waiting for "Come on Mabase's" next issue." "I don't know what happened to her after that." "Aw, shut up!" "Note:" "The lines Mamimi is saying are from "Ashita no Joe", an anime/manga about a boxer." "Legs spread, shoulder width apart." "Body tight." "Then hit like you're going to defeat your enemy." "Here." "The pinky is the key." "And then you need to hit, hit, hit..." "Bang!" "What are you talking about?" "He who conquers the left side conquers the world." "Setting the initial parameters is the really hard part." "Are you talking about a game again?" "Takkun?" "What are you doing?" "Homework." "Why don't you do it at home?" "'Cuz it's not cool." "Can't you do my homework too, huh?" "Your hands are upside down." "You should play baseball too, Takkun." "Why do you always carry around a bat?" "And why are you always here, anyway?" "It's because..." "Huh?" "Why was it?" "Well, you're in a good mood." "You smell like cigarettes." "I haven't been smoking." "Hey." "Why do you always do stuff like this?" "Earlobe." "Ear-?" "Ow!" "If I don't do this, I'll overflow." "What do you mean?" "What will happen?" "Probably something amazing." "Nothing amazing happens here." "Only the ordinary." "There's a huge factory that can be seen from our town." "Medical Mechanica, a maker of medical machines." "When it arrived, all the adults got excited." "The white smoke that blew out of it every day at its set time looked like some kind of omen to me." "That smoke spread out and covered the entire city." "I don't like sour drinks..." "Look a mark." "What are you gonna do?" "You wanna hide it with a bandage?" "Here." "What?" "It's yours, isn't it?" "There's more than half left." "You know what?" "My brother..." "In the US., he..." "Here I... get it!" "Here I..." "Come 'n get it!" "Already?" "Takkun!" "Stop!" "Stop the native girl!" "Taro is a common boy's name in Japan, similar to Joe in the US." "Taro-kun just hit his head, so you shouldn't move him yet." "But he isn't Taro-kun." "He's dead!" "This young boy is completely dead!" "Dead as a Taro-kun would be!" "Like I said, he's not Taro-kun." "His name is Naota-kun." "I killed him!" "I call him "Takkun" for short." "And just when I finally find him..." "I killed him!" "I killed him so quickly." "With a bang." "Or like a bash?" "Slash?" "Or squelch?" "Belch?" "No, no, no, no..." "Come back to life!" "Smooch!" "Wasn't that scene kinda tough?" "Yeah, you have to hold your breath and stuff." "Man, it always gives me a cramp." "What?" "You guys were really moving that slowly?" "WRONG." "All right!" "Taro-kun came back to life!" "Like I said, he's not Taro!" "For real?" "It's good he's not a Taro." "If he was, it would have been bad." "Dead for sure." "That was lucky..." "For me!" "Final blow?" "Alrighty, then..." "Huh?" "It's not coming out." "Guess I'd better hit him again." "Stop!" "He hit his head, so please don't move him." "What the heck did you just do?" "You mean the CPR?" "That's not what I meant." "Did she put her tongue inside?" "You good for nothing!" "What are you talking about?" "She's very fast." "She was definitely over 20, huh?" "Do you wanna go to the hospital?" "A stupid adult that's not mature enough to grow up." "Looks like it hurts." "This doesn't look like a bump..." "I can't go to the hospital with something like this." "I guess I just need to hold it in." "What do I do about school tomorrow?" "Did you hear?" "She appeared yesterday." "That's very weird." "It doesn't look good on you at all." "You're hiding something aren't you?" "What a pain." "Naota!" "Naota!" "Did you hear?" "Hear what?" "The Vespa Woman!" "Vespa?" "A wasp woman?" "Wasp, Hornet" "She has a guitar" "And rides a bike like Yuusaku!" "Koda Yuusaku is a detective from the TV show "Tantei Monogatari" who rides a white vaspa" "Not exactly." "Some girls in class 2 had their super spicy curry bread stolen." "Super spicy?" "And, and when she stings you, if you've done something bad, the mark of the devil will appear." "What kind of bad things?" "Miyaji Junko, teacher of grade 6, class 2." "Well, like..." "Miyaji Junko, teacher of grade 6, class 2," "Something perverted or something." "Please report to the faculty room." "What?" "Perverted?" "What kind of mark is that?" "It's the devil's mark!" "Lemme see, too!" "I don't have a thing like that." "Did you see her, Naota?" "Did she sting you?" "Pervert!" "You're a pervert, Naota!" "What are you talking about?" "Where did she do it?" "Pervert!" "Where?" "!" "Tell me!" "Nothing amazing happens here." "Only the ordinary." "So this wasn't a punishment." "It was ordinary for me to see Samejima Mamimi." "I decided to go to the hospital after school." "It had nothing to do with the wasp woman." "Yeah, this feels like it's right." "So, what happened yesterday after I left?" "Did something happen?" "Hey, something did happen, right?" "Like something weird?" "What do you mean by something weird?" "What's that?" "A pimple?" "It looks weird." "It doesn't look good on you at all." "Looks like you're hiding something." "MM Branch" "Hospital:" "Brain Surgery, Respiratory Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neurology" "It's FLlctonic KLlpple Waver Syndrome." "FL?" "CL?" "An adolescent psychological skin hardening syndrome." "A common affliction where children grow horns from trying too hard." "That's a lie." "I've never heard of anything like that." "Okay, I lied." "So what is the truth, then underneath the bandage?" "Why are you here?" "Don't run away." "Stay still." "I'm gonna put you out of your misery." "Medical Mechanica Branch Hospital" "Medical Mechanica Branch Hospital" "Medical Mechanica Branch Hospital" "Medical Mechanica Branch Hospital" "Huh?" "Where'd he go?" "Hey!" "Hey, Taro-kun!" "Due to circumstances... closed for the time being." " Management" "A photo?" "I don't need to see it." "I don't have time for that kind of thing." "I don't care!" "Go out with your friends!" "I had a dream about my brother." "His swing was just how I remembered it." "Back when I admired him." "Nao!" "Dinner!" "It's you!" "The Vespa woman!" "Why are you yelling?" "Have a seat." "Yo." "She's gonna start working for us." "She's Haruhara" "Haruko." "Nice to meet you." "I got run over, you know." "By her bike?" "You should've killed him." "But look, I got you a housekeeper, Dad!" "You feeling okay, Grampa?" "What?" "A housekeeper?" "HOUSEKEEPER?" "This housekeeper saw Taro-kun making out with a high-school girl." "Chichi means "breasts" or "boobs" in Japanese." "Kurikuri is a twisting noise." "Chichi wo kurikuri?" "I told you I'm not Taro!" "Chiku wo chiku-chiri!" "Who's this slut you're fooling around with?" "I-I was meeting with Samejima Mamimi!" "With Mamimi-kun?" "She's no good." "She's trouble with a capital T." "Since your brother's away, she's sinking her fangs into you, Naota?" "Chichi wo kuri-kuri." "Chichi wo furi-kuri!" "CHICHI WO FLCL!" "What's FLCL?" "How should I know?" "!" "Anyway, why are you looking at me?" "I'm a just grade-schooler." "Ah-ha..." "Ah-ha-haaaa!" "That's what it is..." "When I knead my bread," "It's Naota's Gundam Hammer." "Weird Tomino/Gundam reference." "Kamon is basically saying that while Naota claims to being "Just a grade schooler", he is really doing "adult" things." "My hand's like this, kuri kuri..." "No, you see." "It's that Tomino-esque thing to say that it's Gundam, but basically it's a just giant robot anime, right?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Nao's just like me." "So he must be doing it." "I know he's doing it and doing it and kuri-kuri-ing." "I see." "That's pretty impressive, little brother." "So, you've got it made, Haruko-san." "Maid?" "I mean, what do you think of kuri-kuri?" "Curried curries?" "Not like curry powder aphrodisiac licked off my desk." "Death?" "How do you like your men?" "New?" "Dull?" "Noodle?" "Oh, you tempt me!" "Empty?" "Oh, Mr. Former Assistant Editor-in-chief, I didn't know you had such a young wife." "What a kuri-kuri type of dreamy thing!" "Yep, kuri-kuri is all in the hands." "I see." "Well, I'm already in that kind of relationship with Takkun here." "What?" "What does that mean?" "Mouth to mouth!" "Ma... ma... ma..." "Mou... mou... ma... ma..." "Kuri-kuri..." "I told you to shut up about that!" "So, Nao..." "Under one roof, and..." "You two furi-kuri already..." "I see." "Who cares if it's furi or kuri?" "But you're still thinking about doing it tonight, aren't you?" "Stop acting like a kid!" "With that kind of perverted kuri-kuri dream, you... you..." "You must be hiding it underneath this bandage, AREN'T YOU?" "!" "I'm not hiding anything!" "Bandage." "Kuri... kuri... kuri..." "Well, they're in a good mood." "Well, they say they're making some kind of medical machines or something..." "No, not yet." "Well, I understand that, but..." "The channel isn't perfect." "And the kid I found here isn't that great." "Who said you could come in without asking?" "Looks like the bottom's yours, so I'll sleep on top." "Who are you, really?" "I'm just a wandering housekeeper." "Tell me the truth." "I'm an alien." "And this afternoon you pretended to be a nurse." "Underneath the bandage..." "You're a freak." "What's it like?" "Under the bandage?" "I don't know." "You're lying." "You saw it, didn't you?" "What's happening to me?" "What do you think?" "It's your fault, isn't it?" "But it's your head." "But YOU hit me there!" "Take it off!" "You followed my dad home." "Why don't you go stay with him?" "What do you want?" "You're the one I met first, Takkun." "Anyway, the top's my brother's, so no one can sleep there." "That's the rule." "How old is your brother?" "Where is he?" "America." "What for?" "Baseball." "So he's good at baseball, huh?" "You're sleeping here?" "You're sleeping here?" "!" "There's nowhere else." "The top's your brother's, right?" "Dammit!" "She's making fun of me!" "Naota-kun." "We need to talk." "What is it?" "Haruko-san." "Are you against having her here?" "Do whatever you want." "The "nao" in "Naota" is for honesty." "I guess you were run over, too, huh?" "When did Mamimi come?" "She asked for the crusts and leftover bread." "You're up to your ears in this thing." "Is Mamimi's family, say, poor?" "He seems energetic." "He gave me a lot." "Did he send you a letter?" "Doesn't he contact you at all?" "How much do you like my brother?" "It's hard..." "You saw the sign at our bakery, right?" "That bread's old." "Watermelon." "Or like a panda with a mean face..." "Or a sandal with pressure points drawn on them..." "Or the smell of a blackboard eraser..." "Or a Sunday morning where you wake up and it's been raining..." "Well, I like him more than stale bread crusts." "Then let's stop, already." "You know, he has a..." "Oh, no!" "i got me a blonde gal!" "No!" "I must respect the privacy of others!" "What's wrong?" "I'm about to overflow." "I'm gonna overflow!" "What do you mean?" "Mamimi!" "Mamimi!" "It's bigger than before." "Where's Mamimi?" "What's going on?" "Haruko!" "Wow!" "As soon as I said that, I knew I shouldn't have." "To think, even for a second, that she looked like my brother." "Hey, help." "I can't get off." "Huh?" "Help." "Get me off..." "Huh?" "And..." "C-Come on, help!" 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"Mizuno Haruo?" "Fujio Fujiko is the duo that created "Doraemon"." "Ace is Fujio A. Fujiko and Flash is Fujio F. Fujiko." "No, it's Fujio, Fujio." "Not the Ace one, the Flash one." "Nah, just kiddin'." "But sometimes it seems like it, so it feels kinda weird." "Next on "FLCL." Episode 2, "FiSta."" "Who cares if it's true or not?" "I saw a god the other day." "By the river on a rainy afternoon." "He helped an abandoned kitty." "It's a god that only I can see." "A black-winged angel that came down from the heavens just for me." "What are you doing?" "School" "Elementary" "Mabase" "Hey, Takkun!" "You shouldn't come to my school." "But I kinda felt like coming." "Aren't you embarrassed?" "Who's that?" "You're in high school." "Geez." "It's his wife." "Naota's older wife." "Are they going out?" "What do you want?" "She doesn't look very smart." "That looks pretty cool." "That thing on your head." "Stop it." "Stop looking at it." "Stop staring!" "It doesn't look good on him at all." "Okay." "Stay still." "Look." "There's no brain." "Empty." "Did you lose it somewhere?" "It's your fault, isn't it?" "It's not my fault if you lose things." "What an odd kid." "Look who's talking!" "You're the one who's odd." "I'm not the one sprouting robots from my head." "By the way, there's something new coming out now." "It's weird." "It's not normal." "Growing a horn?" "It doesn't make sense." "The last one turned into a dumb robot that lives at my house." "It's all 'cuz I was run over by your bike." "My Vespa's not that odd." "You still haven't returned those clothes?" "People watching are starting to think you're really a nurse." "Hello there." "I'm Haruhara Haruko." "Age: 19." "I'm a housekeeper at Takkun's house." "Don't lie about your age." "But my true identity is a..." "Galaxy Patrol Officer." "What a dumb name for a band." "Chill out!" "We're not going on Star Search." "That hurt!" "Why'd Miyu Miyu get on your case yesterday?" "I'm in trouble." "Lots of it." "I'm in trouble because of Takkun." "What is this thing?" "How come it can take x-rays?" "Because he's a Medical Mechanica robot." "Didn't you know that?" "They make them there." "Why'd a thing like that come out of my head?" "That's what I wanna know." "What is your connection with them?" "Stop it, already!" "That hurts!" "Where does the truth end and the lies begin?" "I said stop it!" "I'm getting mad!" "Samejima Mamimi and Haruhara Haruko." "A lot of lies are flowing around me." "These two new horns that sprang up." "A true story that seems like a lie." "Move it!" "Move it!" "Since you don't have any neat futuristic gadgets, we'll make you do stuff like this." "You're using him outside again!" "No, no, no!" "Don't you know that this one goes in first?" "The neighbors have eyes, you know." "You want him all to yourself because you brought him home?" "Is your name written on him?" "It's not normal to have a robot in the house!" "Fresh Bread Shigekuni" "Fresh Bread Shigekuni" "Who cares if there's a robot in our house?" "It must be symbolic to have a humanoid robot in a normal household while the pursuit of unconventional science still exists." "For one thing, there's the family unit, N, where the robot's accepted into it." "Note:" "Family unit N refers to the Nobi family from "Doraemon."" "Whoa!" "Hey!" "Bang, bang, bang!" "The social structure, M, that makes it all possible." "And everyone's buying Initial D." "Robot Detective K..." ""Robot Detective K" is a TV show from 1973." ""Innocent Girl A" is a song by Nakamori Akina." "Nakamori Akina's innocent Girl A," "What is he talking about?" ""Passionate Woman B" is a song by Satsuki Midori." "Satsuki Midori's Passionate Woman B." "He wrote an "Eva" book a long time ago." "That's the meaning of the robot." "Eba?" "That robot was walking around outside again yesterday!" "There have been a lot of fires around here lately, too." "There was one yesterday." "He likes to have some time to himself every once in a while." "Right, TV-kun?" "Why don't you act like a high-schooler?" "I was playing with Takkun, and my shoes floated away." "Who?" "Takkun." "He's Takkun, too?" "Yeah." "This Takkun seems to be hungry." "Do you have anything?" "Like what?" "Do you think he'd eat gum?" "A stray cat?" "You saved it?" "I'm like a god, huh?" "A protector of the weak, the god of the black flames, Cantido-sama!" "That's a game right?" "The one where you burn down the city and other dangerous stuff?" "I'm really into it right now." "You like games, don't you?" "You don't wanna play?" "I'm busy." "You always seem busy." "I have to take care of a bunch of people." "Miss, Miss..." "What year is this?" "I haven't seen parts like these before." "Really, do you think she has a brain?" "Geez, I question your common sense." "Barges into the facility, on her own." "Crashes her bike, on her own." "It's been bad enough lately without this." "Turns out the fire yesterday was arson." "Before that, a nurse at the hospital was tied up and had her clothes stolen." "There's a lot of crazy people out there." "What do you think you're doing?" "You're an adult!" "Who is this kid?" "Your brother?" "No, we're not related." "I'm a human." "This isn't a place for little kids!" "We're working here, all right?" "This isn't a place for people to work." "There's no entrance or exit." "You're thinking it's not normal for a school kid to be one's guardian, right?" "Hey wait." "This kid is your guardian?" "Yeah, that's right." "It's not normal." "But you came for me." "The rain stopped." "I'll give you a reward." "It's even better than CPR." "God's not here yet, huh?" "It's a god." "It's a god." "It really is a god." "That time..." "It was he who..." "You usually don't come to the beach now, do you?" "Not in the fall." "It's too cold." "Hey!" "That's dangerous!" "You suck at driving." "That's not true." "I don't like to be scared." "Plus, I don't have a helmet." "You're scared, even though you don't have a brain?" "When you're on a bike, the ocean's a lot closer than you think." "The autumn salt wind went through to the back of my nose." "And maybe it's because, like Haruko said, my head was empty." "Samejima Mamimi (17)" "I'm glad I followed him." "Great." "Samejima Mamimi (17)" "What if someone sees it." "Haruko Haruhara (?" ")" "I saw him at a mini-mart the other day." "Naota Nandaba (12)" "He was reading "Delabe."" ""Delabe" is short for "Deluxe Beppin," a magazine featuring girls in swinsuits." "Naota Nandaba (12)" "When?" "Samejima Mamimi (17)" "It's so nice." "I wish I could have him at my house." "I thought you couldn't have pets at your house." "Naota Nandaba (12)" "Sameji!" "Haruko Haruhara (?" ")" "Haruko Haruhara (?" ")" "Come inside!" "It's cold!" "I'm okay out here." "My grandfather doesn't like her dating my brother." "Miyu Miyu (12)" "That's why you're not letting her in the house?" "She said she's fine." "Takkun (4 months)" "He's back!" "What are you doing?" "Hey!" "Canti-sama!" "Canti?" "The god of the black flames, Cantido-sama!" "You're late!" "The stupid clerk at the store was slow..." "The stupid clerk at the store was slow..." "The stupid clerk at the store was slow..." "The stupid clerk at the" "The stupid clerk at the" "Why are you using him to run errands?" "I told you to get the one with the pulp, didn't I?" "What's that?" "That one." "Hand it over." "What's this?" "I told you to get the one with Shaku-chan in it, didn't I?" "Grandpa, too?" "It's "Bomb."" "Shaku Yumiko is a popular pin-up idol. "Bomb" is a magazine much like Delabe." "He's useless." "You're the one who broke it." "Haru-san, you shouldn't do that." "He's a god." "What's she talking about?" "It's some video game." "I guess high school kids have it easy." "It's true." "The black wings are the proof." "Don't go out anymore!" "I'm gonna chain you down!" "Scoop!" "Myste rious" "UFO!" "Apparition in Skies" "Above" "Mabase!" "Hey, TV-kun!" "Did you record the Thursday Night Special?" "Over here." "This used to be a boathouse?" "This thing?" "DO NOT ENTER" "DO NOT ENTER" "It kinda smells." "It says, "Do not enter."" "Then don't follow us." "Don't worry." "The police were here already." "I heard it was arson." "Again?" "Arson, arson!" "Probably someone like a stressed out housewife." "From being forced to do housework." "No." "You're wrong." "It was UFOs." "Did you see the pictures in "Focus" magazine?" "It was foreign agents." "If that were true, they would've burned something more high profile." "Like a school!" "A school!" "Didn't something like that happen before?" "Before we even went to school." "That was a long time ago." "Someone burned it down?" "The ashes are still there." "What's that?" "What?" "What is that?" "Bullying, right?" "I saw some girls bullying her yesterday." "What uniform is that?" "It's Shinden High School." "She's in high school?" "At that age, it's really pathetic." "The hand-held game "Fire Starter."" "No one knows how the city of devils, Endsville, was born." "As soon as it was created, it prospered," "Takkun, bring me some sandals!" "My shoes floated away." "And then it slowly ate up the world." "Why don't you act like a high-schooler?" "You see anybody suspicious, kid?" "You serve Cantido, god of the black flame," "I don't know." "and must hinder its growth by setting it afire." "It's arson, right?" "There's bad people out there." "You sure you don't know who it was?" "Trick the fire fighters, hide from the police," "I haven't seen anyone!" "I told you it was stress." "I saw some girls bullying her yesterday." "And torch the city to purge it of its devils." "You don't wanna play?" "But you mustn't burn everything." "A dangerous person who burns down a city." "Turns out the fire yesterday was arson." "Arson, arson!" "If the entire city burns down," "I'm really into it right now." "She doesn't look very smart." "You will have noplace to stay." "No." "You're wrong." "She did it, didn't she?" "You will not be able to live." "No!" "No." "It is her." "There can be no final victory." "Where did you go?" "Wait!" "The only thing you can do is burn the city." "It's my fault!" "I didn't notice!" "Your only hope is to receive the blessing..." "Where do the lies end and the truth begin?" "...of Cantido, god of black flames." "Why is Miyu Miyu...?" "There's no brain." "Empty." "Did you lose it somewhere?" "We're talking about you." "Nya!" "No." "I haven't been able to get in touch with him." "Well, I made one of the enemy robots into a crony." "But he's useless." "Don't come closer." "Please stand back!" "The river..." "Hey!" "Where'd she go?" "I remember now." "The fire at the elementary school 6 years ago." "He saved me." "My brother?" "The protector of the weak, Canti-sama." "There were rumors it was arson." "But they never found the source of the fire." "That was the day Samejima Mamimi and my brother met." "Furi kuri furi kura furi kuri furi kuri furi kuri furi kuri furi kuri furi kuri furi kuri furi kuri furi kuri furi kura..." "Why are you here?" "It's kinda late." "You dropped something." "I don't need it anymore." "You can have it." "This is where you and my brother went to school, right?" "Do you remember the fire?" "You wouldn't remember it, huh?" "You were still little, Takkun." "I hated this place." "You." "And so I wished that it would go away." "But it's useless." "Even if you burn it down, its remains stay." "Look." "Endsville is burning." "Now, Cantido-sama!" "Bless me with your kiss." "My reward..." "Your kiss..." "Wh-What's this?" "It's bigger than before." "Oh no!" "There's some weird fat thing coming out of Takkun!" "I-it's heavy." "Takkun!" "How dare you do that to Takkun!" "Takkun!" "Haruko?" "Mamimi?" "Run, Mamimi!" "Brother!" "Takkun?" "What are you doing?" "Let me go!" "Takkun was eaten!" "Stupid!" "You're not a god at all." "Why'd you eat Takkun?" "Transformation?" "Chance!" "Huh?" "Huh?" "Takkun!" "Takkun, you're all sticky." "The ashes all blew away." "And something smells." "Shit!" "Let's get outta here!" "Hey, you two!" "What are you doing?" "At the time, I didn't notice the approaching sirens." "I don't know where the truth ends and the lies begin." "What can I do for Mamimi?" "I decided to stay by her side." "Prev|ew" "It's not really right to give names to cats." "Unlike dogs, the relationship between man and cat is more primitive." "Kinda detached." "How 'bout calling it "Meow" or "Nau" or some other cat noises, then?" "Next on "FLCL." Episode 3: "Maru Raba."" "Neko-hachi and Koneko are father and son entertainers that became famous for mimicking cats." "Don't you think it'd be funny if Nekohachi and Koneko greeted each other that way?" "Maru Raba" "I'm impressed." "You listened very calmly." "The mayor was worried about you, you know." "The whole thing's between the two of them anyway." "I'm impressed." "When I was your age, I wasn't as mature." "They both said they wanted a divorce." "So, there's nothing I can do about it." "You sure understand the situation very well." "But don't worry." "I won't do anything to ruin your father's reputation." "I'm not worried." "You seem like you know how to handle yourself." "You slept over last night, but put on a different suit for today." "Well, that's very observant of you." "And you have extra clothes, too?" "What are they for?" "We're doing a play at school." "I got the lead!" "Hey!" "So-called housekeeper!" "Housekeeper!" "Maid!" "Underling!" "Alien." "What?" "Why don't you clean up the mess in my room?" "Who cares?" "The store's in the same shape, too." "Did he print more of those lame zines that won't sell?" "I heard that Mon-chan is a journalist." "Mon-chan?" "Kamon" "Kamon" "Kamon" "Kamon" "He calls them community zines." "It doesn't matter what he calls them..." "What a piece of junk." "Geez, these parts look like they're high-end... but they just keep breaking down." "Have a good day at school!" "That hurts!" "So, you're wearing that ugly hat again." "Let me go!" "Stop struggling." "Gosh, I love the way it feels." "Soft and relaxing, like alpha waves." "Don't touch me!" "So, about tonight..." "What?" "You have to have curry as usual, right?" "I don't like spicy stuff." "And that's why..." "Note: "Little Prince Curry" is a sweet kind of curry for those who can't handle the normal, spicy kind." "we'll get "Little Prince Curry."" "You said we'd go buy it together." "You're late!" "I told you to be on time for the morning rehearsal!" "Got that?" "You're the lead after all, Naota-kun." "No, you're the lead." "Anyone can play my part." "I pass." "We voted for the cast!" "You were chosen to play the cat!" "K o m i n e" "N a n d a b a" "The cat?" "Do not miss the rehearsal after school!" "By the way, that hat doesn't look good on you." "Outdoor shoes forbidden" "Why's she so worked up about this play?" "When you stroke a cat's neck it purrs, right?" "That's the sound that kittens make when they're nursing." "Cats want to be stroked and babied." "Is this?" "Isn't it cool?" "They found it in a mini-mart in Sakai." ""Cherio" is a soda that was popular in Japan in the early 90's." "Doesn't that place still sell Cherio?" "Cherio?" "You know." "The one with that pop star in the commercials." "You there!" "What are you whispering about?" "Miya-jun!" "No!" "No!" "I can't believe this!" "No!" "Banned!" "Banned!" "Grade 6, class 1 is now banned from bringing in reading material of low taste." "Plus, reading these things in secret is impolite to Ninamori-san!" "Please!" "Think about Ninamori-san's feelings." "Kids can't choose the adults in their lives." "It's immature to be so insensitive about someone else's feelings." "Least of all their parents." "Ninamori's father is the mayor of our town." "Where did you even find something like this?" "I don't really get it, but it must be hard for her." "Of course, I still ditched rehearsal after school." "The thought of playing a talking cat was too lame." "Okay!" "Here I go!" "That hat..." "You finally ditched school too, Takkun." "So, you are a cat." "You're a delinquent." "School's out already." "Besides, not going to rehearsals won't affect my grades." "I used to be in school plays." "It was really embarrassing... but it was kind of fun, too." "My mom and dad both came to see it together." "So, it's a good memory." "Mamimi is quoting from a japanese tale about a boy that secretly knows that the king's ears are like a donkey's." "To relieve the stress of knowing, he digs a hole and shouts in it many times." "Hey everyone!" "The king's ears... are really... donkey ears!" "It got a lot of response, didn't it?" "I told you, investigative journalism's the key to community reform." "By tomorrow so many will come for my mini-zine of justice." ""Come on Mabase" will be so hot, you'll even sell out of your old Cherio." "Well, what can you do?" "So, how about it?" "You want some more copies?" "Another 100?" "No?" "How about 80?" "See?" "Someone wants a copy already." "Um..." "Here you go young lady." "I like your head." "A lot of different stuff comes out of it." "Like Canti-sama and these cute things." "By "cat robot" Mamimi is referring to Doraemon." "You're like that cat robot." "But he doesn't have ears." "But you saved me, right?" "The other night, you piloted Canti-sama." "You were so cool." "I don't remember much of that night." "At least not what happened after being swallowed by Canti." "Canti!" "Canti!" "Can you get the laundry?" "And after that..." "It stinks!" "I'm counting on you." "Ninamori" "Where's the secretary?" "Come out!" "We have questions!" "Secretary!" "Over there!" "I see her." "Secretary!" "Idiot!" "You let her get away!" "I see you're good at running away, too." "That's because I'm a grown-up." "Those are nice boots." "Very nouveau-riche." "Bye-baikin!" ""Bye-baikin" is a reference to the kid's anime show "Anpan Man" were the villan "Baikin Man" also says "Bye-baikin."" "I don't have a home to go back to." "All I have is a useless cat." "Hardly fitting behavior for a class president." "Wh-what are you doing, ditching rehearsal again?" "And I think I'll tell everyone that you were hanging out here." "Sometimes you act like such a punk." "Could be." "That hat doesn't look good on you though." "By the way, is there like a major scene at your house right now?" "It's no big deal." "It's just some tabloid thing anyway." "So, don't worry about it." "Please step away from the platform." "The train is about to depart." "Well, it's all true anyway." "The train on terminal 2 departing for Nakano at 5:37 will be leaving shortly." "I'm pretty rich, you know." "Being the daughter of a nouveau-riche mayor and all." "So, you wanna go somewhere?" "What, now?" "You're Puss 'n Boots, my servant, right?" "So, just be quiet and do as I say." "What are you talking about?" "The play?" "Anyway, I'm waiting for someone." "Oh, there she is." "Who is it?" "Our housekeeper." "I almost died there." "Naota-ku..." "What's this?" "No touchy!" "A young girl like you shouldn't touch that with your bare hands!" "What is it anyway?" "Uh..." "I guess they're ears." "What kind?" "Maybe... a cat's..." "I guess." "My stomach hurts all of a sudden." "What did I tell you?" "It's not my fault, is it?" "Pretty good, huh Dad?" "Even Indians would be impressed." "It's Manhattan style." "See?" ""Little Prince Goes to New York Curry." is a play on "The Prince Goes to New York", the Japanese title for "Coming to America"" ""Little Prince Goes to New York Curry."" "HOT" "For adults:" "Little Prince Curry 50X" "It's spicy!" "He didn't have to go to New York for this!" "You're such a child." "It's an adult taste." "Why isn't yours hot?" "Why is that thing eating?" "What is it anyway?" "That's just our TV." "W-water!" "That's cheating!" "Why is it walking?" "Well, uh, it must be a TV-walkman." "By Sony?" "But it was eating curry!" "You're eating the mild kind." "Look!" "Very Sweet" "Little Prince Curry" "Should I have prepared a Mont Blanc flavored curry instead?" "Canti!" "I want some water, too!" "Shouldn't you be the one getting it?" "Is it all an act?" "But I only serve Takkun." "So, how was the soda, Miss Mayor Ninamori's daughter?" "Soda?" "Oh..." "How do you know about Ninamori?" "Well, her father's pretty famous now." "Riiiiight?" "It's no big deal." "Haruko ran her over." "Ran her over?" "The mayor's daughter?" "That's why she's not feeling well." "Not feeling well?" "!" "It's no big deal." "Just don't tell people the bakery's motorbike ran you over." "This is bad!" "How's your stomach?" "Takkun, don't be rude." "It's no big deal." "Why doesn't she stay here tonight?" "Since she's got troubles at home, right now." "What are you saying?" "No, no, no, no." "I mean, please you should stay." "Get some rest and forget what's happened, like being run over and stuff." "It's no big deal." "She says it's not a big deal." "I can call your parents for you." "My parents and I live our own separate lives." "If my father gets arrested or divorces my mother... it makes no difference to me." "An after-effect?" "Bathroom?" "That way." "Are you okay?" "How's the stomach?" "It's no big deal." "Do you think I'm a bad person?" "I'm glad that you ended up getting rid of that horrible secretary." "You're very mature." "Have a shampoo hat." "What?" "No, it's not like that." "Don't worry." "Ninamori's got her act together." "Glasses?" "Our secret, okay?" "I usually wear contacts." "You've been keeping things a secret." "So have you." "Look." "I knew it." "Your pajamas are too small for me." "Are you really gonna sleep over?" "Well, we already called." "I mean your father did." "Geez, now my dad decides to be useful." "But we can't tell anyone at school about this, right?" "Of course not." "They'd start saying all sorts of things." "Starting tomorrow, you'd better not hang out with me as much." "But tonight it's okay?" "I'm not suggesting anything weird." "You know what?" "Go home." "This is weird." "What's really weird is your ears." "You saw them?" "She told me not to touch them." "So, what are they?" "What did they look like?" "Cat ears." "Perfect for playing a cat." "Why do I have to play the cat?" "I rigged the votes." "So that I play the lead and you play the cat." "You didn't figure it out, huh?" "No one would imagine that the class president would do such a thing." "You mean cheat?" "You're not gonna be mad are you?" "You wanted to play the lead bad enough to do that?" "But you know how I feel, right?" "Puss 'n Boots tricks the princess to be happy." "He hides his identity and pretends to be a marquis for the rest of his life." "But his lie eventually becomes the truth." "That's a good thing, right?" "Do you really think so?" "You've been there this whole time?" "Yep, the whole time." "You were listening in on us?" "Not really." "I don't care if you cheated to get the lead or anything like that." "What is with your housekeeper?" "That's what I wanna know." "That's pretty smart." "Blackmailing him about his secret to get him to do the play." "No one's being hurt by it." "Well, I am." "It's not nice to trick people." "You tell her." "Honest people are more popular." "Do you always sleep there?" "Yep, right here." "Hey!" "Stop it!" "You're there every night?" "I'm alone here with Takkun every night." "D-don't touch me there..." "Furi furi furl furl..." "Not the ears." "Whaaaa?" "!" "Who's that?" "You know them?" "Hey!" "He's wearing shoes!" "It's a robot." "Whoa, what's this?" "Is someone inside?" "Sh-she kissed him just now!" "Wh-what are you doing?" ""Chuu" is the Japanese sound a mouse makes as well as the Japanese sound for kissing." "Chuu!" "Chuu!" "Chuu!" "Chuu!" "Chuu!" "Chuu!" "Here." "Your curry bento." "I heard you had rehearsal after school." "I don't need it." "I'm not doing the play." "You still gotta eat lunch though." "I'm going home now!" "No!" "You have to go to rehearsal today!" "You better listen to Ninamori, Naota." "That's right!" "It was a group decision." "What about the chuu?" "What about the chuu?" "Chuu!" "Shut up!" "You have no right to talk like that!" "Chuu?" "I'm not letting you leave!" "I don't want to do this!" "But it's already been decided." "Why are you so obsessed about this?" "Everyone's going to come see it." "No one's gonna see it." "I want them to see it." "Cuz you're a show off." "My mom and dad are going to come see it together!" "School plays are for kids!" "You are a kid!" "I'm not going to be a cat." "It's embarrassing." "You're really one to talk." "With a head like that!" "Chuu?" "What are those?" "Ears?" "Huh?" "What are they?" "Eww, that's weird!" "Whoa!" "That's cool!" "I think they're kinda cute!" "Maybe..." "Get off your high horse!" "You're the one who cheated to get the lead!" "Ow!" "What?" "No!" "What's going on?" "Naota!" "Stop it, Ninamori-san!" "Ninamooo..." "Cut it out Haruko!" "Ukuleles suck, pu." "Pu?" "Canti!" "Let's get outta here." "No!" "It's coming this way!" "Get away from Ninamori!" "Forbidden!" "Forbidden!" "You are forbidden to run in the hallway!" "Miya-jun was run over!" "Talk about duped." "Your weakness is in full view, now." "Don't do it!" "Ninamori is still..." "Haruko, stop it!" "Canti!" "Outta my way!" "Takkun's curry bento!" "Where'd it go?" "Oh no!" "Miya-jun's car!" "She's still paying off the loan." "Is Miya-jun okay?" "Maybe she's dead." "Banned!" "No bad words allowed!" "Bathroom?" "That way." "In the end, Ninamori's dad wasn't prosecuted." "And he didn't get a divorce either." "Ninamori said she didn't care either way... but then, she smiled." "There was a rumor she was going to change schools... but she's still here." "Break a leg, Ninamori-san!" "What?" "Glasses?" "They're fake." "Prev|ew" "Maeda Tomonori played for the Hiroshima Carps pro baseball team." "In high school he played for Kumamoto Technical High." "Did you know Hiroshima's Maeda-san quit his high school baseball team?" "It was Kuma High, right?" "And with that face and personality, right?" "He got into a fight with a senior and quit the team." "But when he was a senior, the coach called him back." "Next on "FLCL," episode 4, "Furi Kiri."" "And Okoshi who quit at Waseda is now playing for Daiye." "Okoshi Motoi quit his team at Waseda university to play for the Fukouka Daiye Hawks." "Furi Kiri"