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“Adults despair, youth accept poverty, until Haruko disrupts their declining city.”
FLCL: Grunge
4.68
14,501 rank · 36,549 viewers · 164 favorites
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Synopsis
Adults despair, youth accept poverty, until Haruko disrupts their declining city.
While the adults have no hope for tomorrow, the youth accept the decline and poverty of the city as an ordinary part of their reality until Haruko throws the city into chaos. (Source: Anime News Network)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 26 sampled reviews
4.7
/10
What 26 viewers settled on.
38%
recommend
Score distribution
median 4
mode 1
σ 2.89
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.89 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.5 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 2.4
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Score over time
↑ 0.65
Running avg · Sep 2023 → Dec 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The Pillows’ soundtrack and the fresh character perspectives deliver, especially once episodes 2 and 3 kick in. Episode 1’s messy construction and odd art choices drag the start down, and the whole...”
- 7 “The final minutes of episode 3 recaptured the magic of the original FLCL, with Haruka and Orinoko standing out as highlights, though the first two episodes felt underwhelming with stiff dialogue...”
- 7 “The FLCL sequel seasons have been trying their best to re-serve us the original, but it’s been divided into parts. Progressive gave us its over-the-top sci fi action. Alternative gave us its story...”
Verbosity
Short · 42%
Medium · 35%
Long · 23%
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- Format 3 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 12m all episodes
- Aired Sep 2023 – Sep 2023 Summer 2023
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-21795 catalog
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