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“Naota's life spirals into chaos when his brother's girlfriend flirts with him and alien Haruko crashes in on a Vespa.”
FLCL
フリクリ
7.25
5,770 rank · 28,607 readers · 774 favorites
Seinen
Comedy
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Naota's life spirals into chaos when his brother's girlfriend flirts with him and alien Haruko crashes in on a Vespa.
Naota is a normal Japanese 6th grade boy but when his older brother leaves for America to play baseball, his brother leaves his 17-year-old girlfriend Mamimi behind. Mamimi is sending mixed signals and advances to Naota, and he doesn't know what to do about her. But to make matters worse, Naota's world is totally turned upside down when he is run over by a woman on a Vespa. During their first encounter, she hits him over the head with her guitar, which then causes a horn to grow out of his forehead. She calls herself "Haruko" and her presence changes Naota's life to even further insanity. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
6.6
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
80%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.83
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.83 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 3.44
Running avg · Jul 2007 → Jun 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “The art is beautiful, featuring inventive and striking paneling that conveys motion exceptionally well while successfully maintaining the spirit of the original work. However, the visuals can be...”
- 10 “FLCL is my life, my bible, and my passion, standing as the best anime ever made with a unique, influential style that taught me so much while growing up. While the manga is nothing like the anime...”
- 7 “The abstract and surreal art style perfectly complements the narrative, and the omnibus edition itself is of excellent physical quality with durable construction and rich, dark inks. However, the...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 22%
Long · 11%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 15 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 00m approx
- Published Dec 1999 – Mar 2001
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0615 catalog