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"FLCL" was the absolute worst anime--no, TV show in general--that I have ever had the displeasure of watching. I started watching it because of all the hype. On every website it was stated to have a deep story line, and it always had a high rating. I have seen a few "mini-anime" with eight episodes or less, and they were always endearing albeit short. I thought, why wouldn't "FLCL" be the same? I was very wrong.

STORY: There was no story. I have NEVER completely dropped an anime before, but I could not force myself to finish the last three episodes. ... I have a feeling that everyone says that they like "FLCL" just because everyone else is saying it. It can be related to that "The Emperor's New Clothes" story. Anyway, there was no plot. Nothing. All that there was were random clips strewn together. I have no idea why the creators did this. The anime was not "too deep for me." It was not deep at all. It was a literal "crack" anime. In the first episode, there was a random manga blip. I have absolutely no idea what happened in the three episodes that I watched aside from one girl getting a pet cat and the girl with pink hair hitting people with her guitar. Oh yeah, and the kid grew robots out of his head or something. When reading the other reviews, I noticed other people also did not understand the story. That's certainly not a good sign.

ART: The art was good. It is definitely not the most impressive art that I have seen, but it wasn't bad. To be honest, most of the time I didn't care enough to look at the screen, so I missed much of the art.

SOUND: The music was nice. It fit into the weirdness well, and I wouldn't mind becoming a Pillows' fan.

CHARACTERS: There was no character development from what I watched. At one point, I think the kid's dad and the girl with pink hair had an affair or something, but I'm not sure since they were attacked by a robot. I was completely detached from the characters. I can't even say I hated them. I was too apathetic towards them to even notice their bad sides. I don't even remember their names, but the pink haired girl could possibly be on my "Worst Anime Character List" as number one.

ENJOYMENT: I had no ounce of enjoyment. I wasted my time watching three episodes. I had three more to go, but I couldn't do it.

OVERALL: This is my least favorite anime. This is the worst anime that I have seen. Truthfully, I have seen nothing, NOTHING, worst than this show. Avoid this at all costs. Do not try to act "cool" by saying this is a good show. I have seen many boring, uninteresting, or mediocre anime, but even then I could understand that people have different tastes. Not so with "FLCL" because, unless you had some sort of brain defect, no one can decipher anything (not even the fans) out of this annoying, overrated garbage.