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A review by aoki_reads
FLCL Omnibus: The Complete Manga Series by Gainax, Gainax
2.0
There’s not much to say about the FLCL manga aside from the fact that well, it was utterly confusing. While I do like a bit of chaos and peculiarity, this wasn’t it.
If you want a more digestible version of this story, watch the anime.
The manga is sort of like a frenetic, all-over-the-place spinoff that doesn’t dive deeper than the surface— not that the anime itself does either.
While you get the tone that there is intergalactic stuff going on— a cute robot girl who rides a vespa who’s a part of the galaxy space police, a young boy who has a thing that grows from his head to transport a robot cat, and references to outerspace— that’s all you get here.
The plot is virtually nonexistent and the art is really not my style. FLCL was a fight for me to get through.
So surreal that it was boring. Does that make sense?
Again, just watch the anime if you want somewhat of a story line. This was a mess and completely lost in translation. Get to know Naota Nandaba’s slice of life through your TV. Shows are typically never better than the book— but in this case, I changed my mind.
If you want a more digestible version of this story, watch the anime.
The manga is sort of like a frenetic, all-over-the-place spinoff that doesn’t dive deeper than the surface— not that the anime itself does either.
While you get the tone that there is intergalactic stuff going on— a cute robot girl who rides a vespa who’s a part of the galaxy space police, a young boy who has a thing that grows from his head to transport a robot cat, and references to outerspace— that’s all you get here.
The plot is virtually nonexistent and the art is really not my style. FLCL was a fight for me to get through.
So surreal that it was boring. Does that make sense?
Again, just watch the anime if you want somewhat of a story line. This was a mess and completely lost in translation. Get to know Naota Nandaba’s slice of life through your TV. Shows are typically never better than the book— but in this case, I changed my mind.