There are a great many things I love about the 6-part anime, Furi Kuri (or FLCL or Fooly Cooly, whatever you want to call it). The slapstick humor, the sublime satire, the excellently orchestrated action, the allusions to both Japanese and American culture, the allusions to itself, the depth of the characters, the quality of the animation, the atmosphere, the horror, the emotion, the love, all underlined by the impossibly awesome soundtrack provided by the pillows. There's probably some other stuff that I'm forgetting, too.

But as I was popping zits in the mirror today, one specific scene came to mind: the first time Naota grows a horn from his forehead and he's looking at it in the mirror. He tries looking at it from different angles and with different expressions, thinking that maybe it's not really that noticeable, then finally gives up with a sigh and wears a band-aid over it for the rest of the episode. The relation between this and any teenage boy's first pimple is obvious, and I love that Gainax pulled it off so well. It's at points like this when the anime stops being a crazy, self-involved fantasy and actually pulls off some commentary on humanity, in this case pubescence and coming of age, which is one major theme to FLCL anyway.

Of course, just because FLCL has significance doesn't mean this post has to. No, this is just a random thought of the day. Sorry if I disappointed.

(ps: Canti is badass)