Laced with so much crackhead energy, bombastic animation and expressionistic narration, FLCL is a badass and visually fascinating coming-of-age tale. In only six episodes, Tsurumaki creates such an original world with hyperactive characters and, strangely, finds a style that fits this erratic and almost restless story, bringing cohesion to what may seem messy. It's definitely complicated as some details never get an explicit answer, but for the most part it's comprehensible, at least it was for me. I do feel that if the series had started the plot earlier instead from the fourth episode, everything would've been tighter. Anyways, it reminds us that it's okay to feel bored, overwhelmed or disoriented as life itself is all of those contradictory things at the same time. It's hard to wrap your head around it as it is a true shock at first glance and the story could've been more focused, but I do think it's pretty good. Iconoclast as fuck. I'm feeling a light eight on this one.
P.S. I've always been an anime buff, yet six or five years ago, for reasons I can't remember now, I stopped watching it, but this marks my return.
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