I remember reading the manga where Mamimi stood up and go after Naota, accepting him for who he is not because he is the brother of the person she likes. Love both endings cause they have their own flavor to it. Anime shows us how the characters move on, manga shows us how they chose to embrace who they really are.
I feel like they both use each other, Naota in large part acts older because he does like Mamimi and just like Naota reminds her of Tasuku. Naota clings to Mamimi because she misses his brother just as much as he does, and he feels like things are less bad and his brother is still close when she is around. It is not a healthy relationship, but I would argue it is more a mutualistic co-dependency than a parasitic dependency one.
Mamimi always reminded me of my sister. She has Fetal Alchohol Syndrome which had he placed in special ed classes. Although she was very smart and cognizant, she had this way about her that made her stand out as naive and "off". She was too intelligent for her peers and not "normal" enough for the level of her other peers. I was her best friend, even though she was 4 years older than me. When she wasn't in a different level of education all together, she was isolated in her own world at school by her classes. A key feature of FAS is hypersexuality. I Always Liked FLCL. I didn't always know why but I grew to understand it was because of the characters, not just the story or the fight scenes. And as I grew up I realized I liked those characters because it reminded me of myself, and my sister. I realized that Mamimi was the whole reason I was able to build a bridge of understanding towards my sister. I saw students bully her, and that shocked me. I always liked her and didnt understand why they wouldn't too. I watched my parents neglect her and I but I had solace knowing that at least I was liked at school... where my peice of mind was found she was ,once again, deprived. My sister taught me how to use fire. She taught me how to lie so that I could do what I wanted to do without authority finding out about it. She taught me to steal and taught me to try new foods. She indulged in anime with me. We had different tastes but, we shared enough. I always forgave her. I didn't have to but, I did. She had a "boy friend". In 5th grade named Liam. She called him LaLa. They didnt last because she was..Special. His friends bugged him until he broke things off. She started calling me LaLa as my pet name. I liked it because I knew it really just meant that she loved me. As I grew a bit older and things got something complicated with my parents breaking up and her depression setting in, I broke down too. Having older people leaning on me was something I was used too but I was old enough to want to feel my own weight for once. I broke one day I yelled at her. I told her, "My Name isnt LaLa its Lane! I Dont Care if You like calling me that, I Dont Like it! Love me All You Want -I wont Love You Back! And Stop Taking My Stuff! I Hate You you Know? Just Like everyone else, Just As Much as Everyone else!". Something weird happened after that. Suddenly we were like bestfriends pretending we didnt exist in the hallways at school, except it was in our own home. I never saw her at school anyways. But I used to always see her on the bus. I stopped taking the bus. I started hanging out with friends after school instead. We were never a table for dinner kind of family. We just made food when we wanted it. We just suddenly became strangers. Eventually, over time, we grew close again when she started harming herself. My moms response was to punish her by taking away her nice clothes, belongings and internet. She stopped letting her leave the house. I felt like I was sneaking around every time I made time to hang out with her. Eventually I turned against my mom enough to take a place over her in the family and keep my older sister well taken care of. On her terms, and mine. Shes married now, living in Savannah and is happy! I dont hear from her much at all anymore. She never been good at keeping up, and never have I. I know she knows I love her. I miss her alot, and the mondays we'd eat moes and watch new episodes of our favorite animes. Sometimes, I watch Ep. 2 Firestarter when I really miss her. I think back on the time she taught me to burn things, and how good it made me feel to be that in control of something. Or how she lit a fire in the fire place in a house at the edge of the woods and had the cops called on her. How I found her in her spot in the woods and stayed with her till she was too cold to cry and to ready to be comfortable again to even be scared of the cops or our parents. I think about who she was and what she is now. And all i see that's different is a true smile on her face. And I realize that's all anyone really needs to change or be happy, is a genuine reason to smile- and mean it.
Se que este comentario es de hace bastante tiempo, lo traduci y leí con determinamiento, debo decirlo, me haz conmovido bastante, senti como si estuviera viendo la otra cara de la moneda respecto a lo que yo vivo día a día, me conmovio de tal forma que tienes mi respeto, algo que no se le da a cualquiera, porque debes saber como es cada quien y como se esfuerzan día a día para alcanzar una madurez, así como en FcLc, quiero decirte que, espero que tu hermana siga siendo feliz, que alcanze esta alegria para que pueda estar en paz consigo misma, y que usted, también lo haga. (Mamimi también es mi personaje favorito)
Not just a message about independence, it's a particularly Buddhist theme: her attachments are what cause suffering and trap her in a repeating cycle of reincarnation. She's constantly latching onto things only to get hurt when losing them. Tasuku left, Naota left, the cat left, Canti left, the core left. In the end, she's the one who leaves. It was only after being freed from attachments that she was able to escape. This is analogous to enlightenment/nirvana allowing escape from samsara.
Reminds me of welcome to nhk. The main character who in the first episode absolutely detests his neighbour to a few episode later with his neigbour, his best and only friend leaving permanently back to his family home. And he's alone now. The feelings of initial hate and love of loneliness is now unbearably crushing on the main character. It's 20 seconds of desperation that can change your life. After being forced into a corner, the corner you thought didn't even exist, that you thought you were already in can you save yourself. It ends up with the main character being forced out of his gilded cage to survive.
Naota didnt leave mamimi,its mamimi itself go leave naota.if you pay attention to the series,you will see clearly that no one attached to naota except nina,his two guy friend and canti.also in manga they made it clear that haruko is somehow have two ego on his body(the one that love naota(haruhara)and the one that love atomsk(haruko)
FLCL packs so much in just 6 episodes, and does it in a poetic way, 200 years from now people will still be talking about it because both the animation and the characters arcs will never age
While agree with everything you said, I have some individual interpretations that I’d like to add. I feel as though Mamimi doesn’t see her life as realistically being able to move forward in any way, so she tries her absolute best to preserve the past and relies on ‘gods’ to guide her. She has three main trademarks: fire, the ‘never knows best’ cigarette, and her camera. Fire: One of the most prominent uses of symbolism in digital media period. Within FLCL specifically as it relates to Mamimi, it symbolizes in its truest form, the act of eliminating (burning) any signs of progress/change for the sake of keeping your world exactly as it has been for long as you can remember. Her childhood with Naotas brother was probably the best time of her life, giving her something to take her mind off her less than sub par home life. Early on she probably resigned herself to the notion that she wasn’t going to make much progress in life, so what does she do? She ‘wishes’ for her school to go away since she hates it so much, and institution that is a literal representation of progress and development. It ends up going up in flames, just like the buildings in Mamimis fire starter game that represent changes and blemishes upon the earth’s smooth surface. But as she herself stated, even if you burn something, the traces of it within the ashes still remain. Never knows best: This metaphor is kind of obvious, she never knows best so she does the exact same thing every day, trying to replicate the world in which she was last happy, not realizing that’s it’s causing her to experience her own self inflicted wounds, just like smoking a cigarette kills you from the inside. The camera: One of my absolute favorite uses of symbolism. Think about what a camera does, it captures a single moment of time and immortalizes it into a static image, forever unchanging. Mamimi clearly wishes to capture the happier points in her life and preserve them forever, since of course she realizes that her life will most likely hit a dead end from here on out considering she’s practically homeless and isn’t at all smart enough to be admitted into a facility of higher education. I guess you could argue that she doesn’t even know better, if her cigarette is anything to go off of.
so what I picked up from this magnificent video: stop putting so much faith in people, or trying to make them fit your box. because if they don't fit or aren't cut out for it, it'll crush you. learn to be independent and stop forcing your dreams on people or objects.?? I'm to tired to analyze but I hope I got the gist
@@HidinginPublic did you watch fire force? i watched it and i can tell that this is a show you will really love, the art style, comedy, characters and story are all really well made, it would be cool to see a fire force video from you. cheers
I think FLCL is the closest to poetry you can find in anime. Such a bizarre story, seemingly unreasonable and yet it conveys the most from their characters, without the need of overexplaning, just by paying attention to them, giving the whole show a couple watches, as you would do with a poem, every time finding some hidden thought in it, getting to know them better and also finding yourself in the process. Perhaps it is only your interpretation, and yet if feels so deliberate, or maybe it isn't. Just like poem, it's hard to get what the author meant, its poetry is the language of its mind, and it is the reader who has to interpret it, with more or less success. What it's sure is that you'll get something out of it, even if you cannot grasp his intentions, your own mind will be sufficiently inspired to come with a reasonable and satisfactory enough interpretation. I barely read poetry, but with this analogy I just found a new appreciation for it. All this text came from a glimpse of a thought. Once again FLCL teaching me something; together with you, who made this video. On other note, about what you said about ideals. I kind of got what you meant, that sometimes there are thoughts that are more familiar to you than people, that you get a sort of company, like if the ideal suited you perfectly, that you felt totally in comfort whit it popping into your mind. It's kind of the same familiarity you expect from people, a relation dynamic that both of you in the relation seem to be comfortably willing to take part in, whether it's an interest in anime, a common project you both enrolled in… If it helps you, I think that these videos are a gateway for your ideals, a relief valve for them. By exposing them in such a way, so that anyone can have access to a part of you is already a sign of confidence and intellectual independence.
I guess I am in the minority cuz if anyone genuinely opens up to me honestly I start to feel so special and start wanting to help them or be there for them. Even if I hadn't already cared/known about them before.
Me too but I had to stop doing this cuz when I'm there for any girl just as a friend they start to see me as something more an it gets me in trouble/unwanted situations sometimes
@@geovanl, It is important to recognize your limits and make your intentions aware to people. However I wouldn't say stop wanting to be there for people, when it starts to harm you then its a different story.
I'm like that too now.... then people find out that I was a garbage person in the past and people stop talking to me. Thankfully I learned how to love myself enough to keep looking out for people who can see beyond my past mistakes and love who I am now. Keep your heads up, everyone.
The fact that i just came back home from a situation that is causing me to realize, after watching this, that i have been in a state that mamimi had. It's really one of the many reasons i watch your content. You seem to always post at these coincidental times and explain feelings i can't even really explain myself. It's comforting i guess to not feel totally alienated by your own emotions. Keep up the good work not only are your videos so well thought out, but also create these types of connections to others in a sense it's something really great. Thanks dude.
Screw Progressive and screw alternative, the original flcl will and always will be one of the best anime ever. The story of Fooly Cooly ( at least in my opinion) one of the greatest pieces of art that anime has to offer. It's a story where you can watch over and over again when you never get sick of it and you learn something new each time you watch it. The characters of Fooly Cooly have so much life in them that it would be impossible to try and extend. There's so much life and then the story about a young boy who's learning what it truly means to be a grown up and also admitting that he is still a kid at heart, by far one of the most emotional and inspiring messages ever along with evangelion.
I'm in the weird camp where I didn't really like Progressive, but thought Alternative was surprisingly good. I think the fact that Alternative wasn't really trying that hard to be like the original actually helped it out a lot. It seems like the writers were able to stick to what they knew, rather than being bogged down by trying to copy someone else's style like they tried to do with Progressive. Moreover I think the themes presented in Alternative were actually pretty interesting. It's kinda like the flip side of the original, wherein that was about a 12 year old kid who was trying way to hard to seem mature (even though he didn't really know what maturity meant), Alternative was about a 17 year old who was on the cusp of becoming an adult, but was extremely reluctant about growing up. It had a coming of age story like the original, but it explored a completely different side of it. And while Alternative definitely doesn't come close to being as good as the original (the sheer authenticity of the writing in that coupled with the amazing visuals and music just can't be matched), I do think that the characters and their arcs are pretty well written and that there are actually things that you can dissect from that show.
@@KingCam20 I agree that alternative really wasn't that bad, it honestly could have been better if they had more time because I think the ending was extremely rushed and we didn't get enough Insight with the main characters however; I still think it doesn't come nearly as good as the original by any means. The original had a beginning and end that fit perfectly with a short amount of time. I also agree that alternative was interesting having it in the point of view of a seventeen-year-old girl's perspective instead of a male's, I did like the main character in alternative she was way better than the progressives protagonist who just felt like a lifeless husk, this one felt like the more energetic girl version of naota which I liked a lot, but it could have been a whole lot better if they would have expanded her Ack to like a 12 episode series instead of it being six episodes which really didn't give her enough time and really rushed the ending, but overall Not a Bad sequel it's just on the same level as the Evangelion rebuilds where it's not bad but not as good as the original
I've only ever obsessed over a person when I was in middle school. I eventually realized that it was unhealthy and it took me about a year to break myself of it. I sometimes think that maybe I overdid it, however, as I haven't been able to feel any sort of attachment or affection for another human since and I'm almost 32.
I've seen FLCL dozens of times and leave it to you of all channels to shine light on nuances of character dynamics I never recognized. Good job, great video!!!
i've watched this video so many times over the past two years, thank you so much for making it. it kinda feels like cracking my own brain open, and watching it helps set me back on the right path when i feel lost. flcl is my favorite anime and mamimi is my favorite character ever, watching her feels like looking into a mirror and makes me feel less alone during difficult times. i've spent most of my life in the dependent and lethargic state she spent most of the anime in, and only very recently gained the strength to be somewhat okay on my own. watching this while in a better place in life adds a whole new perspective. i used to watch mamimi leave town at the end of flcl and lament at how i'd never have the strength to do that, yet here i am. things do get better. again, thanks so much for your insightful analysis, it's helped me a lot.
I often come back to your flcl videos as all of them make me feel really calm and you talk about things I relate to but never knew how to put into words
Such an intellectual this show is more then a decade old and still so relatable to so many of us. Please continue the great work I’m more of a new subscriber but already feel a connection with you thank you for your amazing content
Mamimi is relatable to anyone who has ever been abandoned by their partner. First Tasku, then her little cat, then Naota, then the terminal core, everything she called Tak-kun ended up just abandoning her in the end. One of the saddest scenes of the series is when she is sitting by the riverbank with her cell phone pondering endlessly whether she should call Tasku or not, before deciding to let the robot eat her phone and thus giving up on any hope of them being together. I think we've all been there somehow.
Wow this is honestly helping me feel a lot better from my situation as I feel like I am just very hard to stay “attached” to people and from being stressed out of my mind. I forget people go through things too so to hear that even a character can show these feelings and struggles opened my eyes and let me realize that I too need to ease out. Time comes for certain things when it’s ready and I’m now happy with that realization. Thank you for this video and even more for helping me get so much off my back. Sorry for the mini essay I like talking
Mamimi isn't actually poor or wearing dirty clothes. When Naota complains that she smells like cigarettets, he only says this to get her to stop rubbing up on him, but it doesnt work. When Naotas father asks if he would describe Mamimis family as poor he does this because he knows she is actually not poor and has no reason to be buying day old bread. The reason she went to the Bakery was to give Naota the pictures she took of him. In the previous scene you see Naota on the phone saying he doesnt want to see the photos, but she goes anyways, meets the father, makes up a story about wanting to buy bread, hands him the photos and leaves. The dialogue is actually quite sophisticated, a lot of thing are not said outright.
i love how personal this video was... it was very nice to connect to as someone who developed a mamimi complex after beginning my battle with ptsd. a very nice surprise after just expecting lots of mamimi praise! i cant wait to see what other videos you decide to make!
These are videos I love from this channel, these analyses of people and their feelings. I have watched every video Hiding has made, but this is totally my favorite thing in likely a good half a year
@@Snetzelsnetzalsnetzul yes I saw that one but that's what I meant by barely any. Other then that video and this one there's no other analysis of only her that I could find
@@TheRemedyR0ckZ83 The ending (outro) has both Mamimi and Naota when older. Mamimi has a camera and is by a motorcycle and then looks up at the sky. Naota is looking at the sky holding a guitar.
@@TheRemedyR0ckZ83 In the credits? The part where Haruko is trying to absorb Atomsk and there are explosions going everywhere, so it looks like shooting stars. And there's some tomboyish looking person with a motorcycle and a cigarette. That's Mamimi and a camera. The red hair is the same colour too. And then 15 seconds later you see a guy holding a guitar. That's Naota
Good analysis man, you make some real good points here, that whole line about pursuing connection without burdening people with the role you expect them to play in your perception of the world, I feel like you've summed up something a lot of people can relate to but couldn't necessarily articulate themselves, it's like deep but practical at the same time.
I really appreciate your videos. I think literary analysis on RUclips can often feel overly abstract and impersonal, which is ironic given how personal video as a medium can be. But your videos are much more personal and down to earth; they're a real breath of fresh air. Your focus on the relatable aspects make me feel like you're an old friend I haven't seen in a while. Thank you. Also, you don't just devolve into rants about what you didn't like about the material you're talking about, which is way too common. :)
Just found this channel, this video alone earned my subscription. I could go on with comments for days discussing the finer points of FLCL, but for now I'll just say good job.
Ahhhh whenever I see a good flcl video I always get a crazy urge to go binge the show again, thanks for deciding what Im gonna spend my night doing now :,)
I hardly comment on videos, but this was great man. FLCL is by far one of my favorite, if not favorite series ever-and this gave me a new appreciation for it! I’d never thought deep into why Mamimi was such an appealing character, but I think you hit the nail on the head. It’s clear that this was something you’ve thought a ton about, and I think sharing your personal experiences meant a ton to me and a lot of the other viewers (: I’m excited to check out more of your vids, glad I stumbled onto this one.
Thanks for taking another look at this anime. It’s my all time favorite and I’ve struggled finding anything that compares thematically and mood wise so it’s exciting to see that people are still making new analysis of it years later.
It’s really funny that the person who I got really emotionally attached to recommended me this show becuase she related so much to naoto. I told her I related to mamimi since I remember being in love with a boy and being super dedicated to him. I felt like I only wanted to relive that with people who looked or acted like him and the girl reminded me a bit of that boy in highschool so I fell in love with her, but I forgot to realize that sometimes people don’t feel the same and I was only strung around by her by false hope that we would date. The feelings weren’t reciprocated. In the end I realized that I can’t relive my experience I have to get over my facade of him being the only thing that could make me truly happy and put importance on becoming more confident
Hey man I can relate with you a lot on this video and you explaining this stuff has p some insight on to problems with opening up and being closed off and I’m glad you kind of have a grip on that and look into those type of thing to help other people like that great video👍
This video is here at the perfect time for me. I feel that way for all the videos you post since I know you. I'm a bit affray than this feeling disappear. I don’t know you, at every moment you can stop making videos and I'll won’t have any connection with you. I obsessed (like you describe mamimi obsession) with you. I'm afraid to have false hope. please have a happy life. a 17 year old, high school girl from a different country is thinking about you. ♥ i'm grateful.
I can definitely never say i've recieved a comment like this haha. I hope your doing well though and will be able to continue to connect with what I make
Thanks for this. You showed me ways that I can relate more to Mamimi. Her obsession with Naotas brother reminds me of my obsession with drugs that took me forever to kick. I thought the only way Id ever feel better or live the life I want was to fix myself with substances.
Mamimi is literally one of my favorite characters of all time, because the point at which I watched fooly cooly for the first time, I related to her so much
hey HIP, its been a while. I just wanted to so say damn. its been a year and you have worked so hard for this and look you are nearly at 50k. good on ya man. this video hit me hard because just like you some days are better not to talked about. all meaning, no sin, or all sin and no meaning. take that as what you will. God bless!
Damn I gotta watch this now! I've been afraid to watch all your videos in case they spoil something but who cares! It just makes me want to watch the shows themselves and your videos!
I'm glad you decided to watch. Unless I put spoiler warnings I try to keep spoilers to a minimum so maybe people can be convinced to watch them like you have :)
Hiding in Public ahhhh you replied thanks so much! yeah im glad you do that, so when i do get round to watching it i can link what you have said to the show. keep up the vids!
Ah, my next watch of yours was enjoyable as I hoped. Mamimi, what a gal. Relatable? Easily. Whimsical and detached is a nice fit. Loneliness was another word that you said. All good words. A true piece of work you have going for you. You have many things to say about these stories, but are there some things that this says about you? How are they related? Onward.
Me again... Just want to say the influence of flcl on me was huge and you made me realize this. My other love of my life after my "Haruko" baby momma is practically a "Mamimi" that hasn't figured it out yet. And I still let her use me... Bro I feel you so deep. I hope you got through all the stuff you were talking about it in this. My BM gave me PTSD too. And to this day I can't feel love for someone as much as I had for her... Hard to admit. But dang the relation to life and flcl is so strong now that you put in perspective.
You mentioned Mamimi not being able to control Naota's brother who she thought could give her protection and bring order to her world. I think all the fire setting is a good representation of Mamimi's need to have control over something. Also, since Naota's brother saved her from a fire, she seems to be mixing up her feelings of admiration for him and elevating him to the same level as Cantido from her game. When she sees Canti and believes he's Cantido, she even says to Naota "A black-winged angel that came down from the heavens just for me." There';s so much there and I could write a whole freaking essay about it.
Mamimi is a really great character for anyone who ever felt lost and that they are just drifting through life without a purpose. I don't think she ever dated Naota's brother at all and he was just her first crush and obsession. It's pretty much implied that she started the fire at the school he saved her from and she's shown to be an arsonist during the series. She's also poor and often bullied so maybe she hit rock bottom and just wanted to see everything burn as in her mind it would purify everything. Naota's brother was the first person to really care about her and give her something to cling to so that's why he's so important to her. I think her conclusion is as much about digging yourself out of a whole and getting some real goals in life as getting away from obsession and letting go. She follows her dreams in the end by selling her photos and becoming a photographer, I think she also looked up to Naota's brother because he had something he loved that he was really good at, she wanted to be him more than be with him but she takes a while to figure that out. In any case I think she's a great character because she represents something in Japan that people tend to overlook as we only see Tokyo and such where everyone seems rich and fashionable even if it's not the case. There are a lot of poor people in Japan and she represents high schoolers from less well off families quite well and it's a part of life not well represented in anime.
Just recently found your videos man your do a kick ass job. Also i think I’m the only person who relates to Kamon and not for the reasons of him being a nerd. Kamon strikes me as the adult who grew up to do what he loved realized it wasn’t what he wanted to then quit to fallow an unorthodox passion. Of writing crappy magazines and running a baking shop. This is most apparent when he talks to nautas teachers knowing his son was going to be ok. He was just living and he gets that never really getting that chance till later in life
I'm glad you think i'm doing a good job. Honestly man I think it's pretty cool you relate to him because you're right I never really hear people claim to relate to him
He’s a minor character but I get where he’s coming from. I’m in a current situation like him where I have a job in a career field that’s not for me and I’m not happy. Especially before I switched jobs to another company. sometimes I would find myself being overly dramatic or dorky like Kamon. Just to escape the idea of being trapped or just being a number in the work force. Then I joined a renaissance acting troop. I found confidence in myself and the determination to see things threw. Now like Kamon I’m switching carrier fields and I’m going back to school to better myself. So I see that’s how the character was because in episode 4 they mentioned he worked for a pop culture magazine. That makes me wonder if he actually really hated his job because he’s making his own magazines and running a bakery. That could be because of his wife or his kids we may never know but. I totally relate to the finding happiness or acting out to fight the daily grind in some way because. Life can be a grind in the workforce and you try to hold onto whatever you can to keep yourself sane and happy.
I may be able to shed a little light on your issue of 'sometimes I panic and I have no idea why' . I, myself, have been trying to do some mental healing after a lifetime of neglect and isolation and a while back, I came across a small explanation as to why I've been getting nervous, anxious and that 'storm coming' feeling. I'm not entirely sure of your entire history, but that seems to be a learned response. If you happened to have gone through something, or several things for that matter, that were a constant for you, your body learned to do that out of repetition. Then even though the problem was solved or went away, your body retained that response, may it be in prep for something that wont happen, or simply out of clockwork.
I watched flcl when I was like 10 and had a big crush on her I re watched it to day and now at 14 and understand this show and her a lot better. nice video btw
She was hurt so she retreated into self delusion.
I liked her but she was definitely using poor Naota.
She's a great character. I'm glad she grew from it and moved on. a good note to end the show on
I remember reading the manga where Mamimi stood up and go after Naota, accepting him for who he is not because he is the brother of the person she likes. Love both endings cause they have their own flavor to it. Anime shows us how the characters move on, manga shows us how they chose to embrace who they really are.
@DJHart the manga is a whole different beast tho. It's so different from the anime
@DJHart I'll tell u doe it's even harder to understand than the anime
I feel like they both use each other, Naota in large part acts older because he does like Mamimi and just like Naota reminds her of Tasuku. Naota clings to Mamimi because she misses his brother just as much as he does, and he feels like things are less bad and his brother is still close when she is around. It is not a healthy relationship, but I would argue it is more a mutualistic co-dependency than a parasitic dependency one.
the fact that flcl is still relevant makes me so happy
I'll keep it alive with my bare hands, every 10 months or so lol
@@HidinginPublic and I'll forever love you for that
whay does flcl mean?
I was just listening to bran-new lovesong the other day
@@1Lo1L Gotta listen to Mass of the Fermenting Dregs if you're a fan of the pillows
Mamimi always reminded me of my sister. She has Fetal Alchohol Syndrome which had he placed in special ed classes. Although she was very smart and cognizant, she had this way about her that made her stand out as naive and "off". She was too intelligent for her peers and not "normal" enough for the level of her other peers. I was her best friend, even though she was 4 years older than me. When she wasn't in a different level of education all together, she was isolated in her own world at school by her classes. A key feature of FAS is hypersexuality. I Always Liked FLCL. I didn't always know why but I grew to understand it was because of the characters, not just the story or the fight scenes. And as I grew up I realized I liked those characters because it reminded me of myself, and my sister. I realized that Mamimi was the whole reason I was able to build a bridge of understanding towards my sister. I saw students bully her, and that shocked me. I always liked her and didnt understand why they wouldn't too. I watched my parents neglect her and I but I had solace knowing that at least I was liked at school... where my peice of mind was found she was ,once again, deprived. My sister taught me how to use fire. She taught me how to lie so that I could do what I wanted to do without authority finding out about it. She taught me to steal and taught me to try new foods. She indulged in anime with me. We had different tastes but, we shared enough. I always forgave her. I didn't have to but, I did. She had a "boy friend". In 5th grade named Liam. She called him LaLa. They didnt last because she was..Special. His friends bugged him until he broke things off. She started calling me LaLa as my pet name. I liked it because I knew it really just meant that she loved me. As I grew a bit older and things got something complicated with my parents breaking up and her depression setting in, I broke down too. Having older people leaning on me was something I was used too but I was old enough to want to feel my own weight for once. I broke one day I yelled at her. I told her, "My Name isnt LaLa its Lane! I Dont Care if You like calling me that, I Dont Like it! Love me All You Want -I wont Love You Back! And Stop Taking My Stuff! I Hate You you Know? Just Like everyone else, Just As Much as Everyone else!".
Something weird happened after that. Suddenly we were like bestfriends pretending we didnt exist in the hallways at school, except it was in our own home. I never saw her at school anyways. But I used to always see her on the bus. I stopped taking the bus. I started hanging out with friends after school instead. We were never a table for dinner kind of family. We just made food when we wanted it. We just suddenly became strangers. Eventually, over time, we grew close again when she started harming herself. My moms response was to punish her by taking away her nice clothes, belongings and internet. She stopped letting her leave the house. I felt like I was sneaking around every time I made time to hang out with her. Eventually I turned against my mom enough to take a place over her in the family and keep my older sister well taken care of. On her terms, and mine. Shes married now, living in Savannah and is happy! I dont hear from her much at all anymore. She never been good at keeping up, and never have I. I know she knows I love her. I miss her alot, and the mondays we'd eat moes and watch new episodes of our favorite animes. Sometimes, I watch Ep. 2 Firestarter when I really miss her. I think back on the time she taught me to burn things, and how good it made me feel to be that in control of something. Or how she lit a fire in the fire place in a house at the edge of the woods and had the cops called on her. How I found her in her spot in the woods and stayed with her till she was too cold to cry and to ready to be comfortable again to even be scared of the cops or our parents. I think about who she was and what she is now. And all i see that's different is a true smile on her face. And I realize that's all anyone really needs to change or be happy, is a genuine reason to smile- and mean it.
Wow, pretty long life story, sorry you've had to go through all of that but you probably are glad it happened. Hopefully you two still talk and stuff.
Thanks for the story, it's a good read!
Se que este comentario es de hace bastante tiempo, lo traduci y leí con determinamiento, debo decirlo, me haz conmovido bastante, senti como si estuviera viendo la otra cara de la moneda respecto a lo que yo vivo día a día, me conmovio de tal forma que tienes mi respeto, algo que no se le da a cualquiera, porque debes saber como es cada quien y como se esfuerzan día a día para alcanzar una madurez, así como en FcLc, quiero decirte que, espero que tu hermana siga siendo feliz, que alcanze esta alegria para que pueda estar en paz consigo misma, y que usted, también lo haga.
(Mamimi también es mi personaje favorito)
Was worried this story would have a sad ending. Glad to see she's doing better.
Thanks that really was beautiful brother. God bless you both. Gives me hope for the good in people in a world as evil as this.
Not just a message about independence, it's a particularly Buddhist theme: her attachments are what cause suffering and trap her in a repeating cycle of reincarnation. She's constantly latching onto things only to get hurt when losing them.
Tasuku left, Naota left, the cat left, Canti left, the core left.
In the end, she's the one who leaves. It was only after being freed from attachments that she was able to escape. This is analogous to enlightenment/nirvana allowing escape from samsara.
Reminds me of welcome to nhk. The main character who in the first episode absolutely detests his neighbour to a few episode later with his neigbour, his best and only friend leaving permanently back to his family home. And he's alone now. The feelings of initial hate and love of loneliness is now unbearably crushing on the main character.
It's 20 seconds of desperation that can change your life. After being forced into a corner, the corner you thought didn't even exist, that you thought you were already in can you save yourself. It ends up with the main character being forced out of his gilded cage to survive.
Naota didnt leave mamimi,its mamimi itself go leave naota.if you pay attention to the series,you will see clearly that no one attached to naota except nina,his two guy friend and canti.also in manga they made it clear that haruko is somehow have two ego on his body(the one that love naota(haruhara)and the one that love atomsk(haruko)
FLCL packs so much in just 6 episodes, and does it in a poetic way, 200 years from now people will still be talking about it because both the animation and the characters arcs will never age
Yeah, just like I'm gonna be 19 forever. It's actually kinda poetic, yaknow?
Haruko Haruhara definatley... How's your search for Atomsk going? Found that power you want so much?
Haruko Haruhara definatley... Hey how's your search for Atomsk going? Found that power you want so much?
Haruko Haruhara I see you on every video I watch lmao
While agree with everything you said, I have some individual interpretations that I’d like to add. I feel as though Mamimi doesn’t see her life as realistically being able to move forward in any way, so she tries her absolute best to preserve the past and relies on ‘gods’ to guide her. She has three main trademarks: fire, the ‘never knows best’ cigarette, and her camera.
Fire: One of the most prominent uses of symbolism in digital media period. Within FLCL specifically as it relates to Mamimi, it symbolizes in its truest form, the act of eliminating (burning) any signs of progress/change for the sake of keeping your world exactly as it has been for long as you can remember. Her childhood with Naotas brother was probably the best time of her life, giving her something to take her mind off her less than sub par home life. Early on she probably resigned herself to the notion that she wasn’t going to make much progress in life, so what does she do? She ‘wishes’ for her school to go away since she hates it so much, and institution that is a literal representation of progress and development. It ends up going up in flames, just like the buildings in Mamimis fire starter game that represent changes and blemishes upon the earth’s smooth surface. But as she herself stated, even if you burn something, the traces of it within the ashes still remain.
Never knows best: This metaphor is kind of obvious, she never knows best so she does the exact same thing every day, trying to replicate the world in which she was last happy, not realizing that’s it’s causing her to experience her own self inflicted wounds, just like smoking a cigarette kills you from the inside.
The camera: One of my absolute favorite uses of symbolism. Think about what a camera does, it captures a single moment of time and immortalizes it into a static image, forever unchanging. Mamimi clearly wishes to capture the happier points in her life and preserve them forever, since of course she realizes that her life will most likely hit a dead end from here on out considering she’s practically homeless and isn’t at all smart enough to be admitted into a facility of higher education. I guess you could argue that she doesn’t even know better, if her cigarette is anything to go off of.
I thought never knows best means nevermore is the ultimate result of death. I also thought she commited suicide at the end of flcl.
My favorite youtuber, talking about my favorite character from my favorite anime.... What a win
Yessss it's a win
Hope it didn't disappoint
@@HidinginPublic loved it.
@@HidinginPublic yeah it was great dude, keep it up^^
I see this as an absolute win
so what I picked up from this magnificent video:
stop putting so much faith in people, or trying to make them fit your box. because if they don't fit or aren't cut out for it, it'll crush you. learn to be independent and stop forcing your dreams on people or objects.?? I'm to tired to analyze but I hope I got the gist
That sounds like you got it to me
It mentally confuses me that your fan base is small. I’ll keep on trying to convince my friends to watch you, good vid thanks.
Big thanks man, I don't really tell people to like or share my videos but the fact you do is something I hugely appreciate
bru I struggle getting people to watch this show let alone this brilliant channel
i remember watching flcl on my phone during class in school, i dont remember anything from flcl, but that were some fun times, i tell ya
i tell ya
@@HidinginPublic did you watch fire force? i watched it and i can tell that this is a show you will really love, the art style, comedy, characters and story are all really well made, it would be cool to see a fire force video from you. cheers
That's cool and all, but bonus points if you can do it on one of the school computers. Trust me.
that sound real nice, yeah
@@harukoharuhara6680 just took a weird turn
Anyone talking about FLCL is cool in my book keep up the good content
Big thanks
I think FLCL is the closest to poetry you can find in anime. Such a bizarre story, seemingly unreasonable and yet it conveys the most from their characters, without the need of overexplaning, just by paying attention to them, giving the whole show a couple watches, as you would do with a poem, every time finding some hidden thought in it, getting to know them better and also finding yourself in the process.
Perhaps it is only your interpretation, and yet if feels so deliberate, or maybe it isn't. Just like poem, it's hard to get what the author meant, its poetry is the language of its mind, and it is the reader who has to interpret it, with more or less success. What it's sure is that you'll get something out of it, even if you cannot grasp his intentions, your own mind will be sufficiently inspired to come with a reasonable and satisfactory enough interpretation.
I barely read poetry, but with this analogy I just found a new appreciation for it. All this text came from a glimpse of a thought.
Once again FLCL teaching me something; together with you, who made this video.
On other note, about what you said about ideals. I kind of got what you meant, that sometimes there are thoughts that are more familiar to you than
people, that you get a sort of company, like if the ideal suited you perfectly, that you felt totally in comfort whit it popping into your mind. It's kind of the same familiarity you expect from people, a relation dynamic that both of you in the relation seem to be comfortably willing to take part in, whether it's an interest in anime, a common project you both enrolled in…
If it helps you, I think that these videos are a gateway for your ideals, a relief valve for them. By exposing them in such a way, so that anyone can have access to a part of you is already a sign of confidence and intellectual independence.
yep
I guess I am in the minority cuz if anyone genuinely opens up to me honestly I start to feel so special and start wanting to help them or be there for them. Even if I hadn't already cared/known about them
before.
Your not alone
Me too but I had to stop doing this cuz when I'm there for any girl just as a friend they start to see me as something more an it gets me in trouble/unwanted situations sometimes
@@geovanl, It is important to recognize your limits and make your intentions aware to people. However I wouldn't say stop wanting to be there for people, when it starts to harm you then its a different story.
I'm like that too now.... then people find out that I was a garbage person in the past and people stop talking to me. Thankfully I learned how to love myself enough to keep looking out for people who can see beyond my past mistakes and love who I am now. Keep your heads up, everyone.
@@sapphirejaxxgh8639 We all deserve to love ourselves and no one is garbage, that includes you!
The fact that i just came back home from a situation that is causing me to realize, after watching this, that i have been in a state that mamimi had. It's really one of the many reasons i watch your content. You seem to always post at these coincidental times and explain feelings i can't even really explain myself. It's comforting i guess to not feel totally alienated by your own emotions. Keep up the good work not only are your videos so well thought out, but also create these types of connections to others in a sense it's something really great. Thanks dude.
It feels good when you know someone else can connect with how you feel. Thanks for the comment, sincerely.
Forever my favorite anime.. always felt a connection with Mamimi. Great video
Thanks, i'm glad you liked it and like her too
The fact that FLCL is so relatable in every second of the show is amazing.
This show was way before it's time... exactly on time for the generation that is never on time.
It's a magic time capsule
Screw Progressive and screw alternative, the original flcl will and always will be one of the best anime ever.
The story of Fooly Cooly ( at least in my opinion) one of the greatest pieces of art that anime has to offer. It's a story where you can watch over and over again when you never get sick of it and you learn something new each time you watch it.
The characters of Fooly Cooly have so much life in them that it would be impossible to try and extend. There's so much life and then the story about a young boy who's learning what it truly means to be a grown up and also admitting that he is still a kid at heart, by far one of the most emotional and inspiring messages ever along with evangelion.
I'm in the weird camp where I didn't really like Progressive, but thought Alternative was surprisingly good. I think the fact that Alternative wasn't really trying that hard to be like the original actually helped it out a lot. It seems like the writers were able to stick to what they knew, rather than being bogged down by trying to copy someone else's style like they tried to do with Progressive.
Moreover I think the themes presented in Alternative were actually pretty interesting. It's kinda like the flip side of the original, wherein that was about a 12 year old kid who was trying way to hard to seem mature (even though he didn't really know what maturity meant), Alternative was about a 17 year old who was on the cusp of becoming an adult, but was extremely reluctant about growing up. It had a coming of age story like the original, but it explored a completely different side of it.
And while Alternative definitely doesn't come close to being as good as the original (the sheer authenticity of the writing in that coupled with the amazing visuals and music just can't be matched), I do think that the characters and their arcs are pretty well written and that there are actually things that you can dissect from that show.
@@KingCam20 I agree that alternative really wasn't that bad, it honestly could have been better if they had more time because I think the ending was extremely rushed and we didn't get enough Insight with the main characters however; I still think it doesn't come nearly as good as the original by any means. The original had a beginning and end that fit perfectly with a short amount of time.
I also agree that alternative was interesting having it in the point of view of a seventeen-year-old girl's perspective instead of a male's, I did like the main character in alternative she was way better than the progressives protagonist who just felt like a lifeless husk, this one felt like the more energetic girl version of naota which I liked a lot, but it could have been a whole lot better if they would have expanded her Ack to like a 12 episode series instead of it being six episodes which really didn't give her enough time and really rushed the ending, but overall Not a Bad sequel it's just on the same level as the Evangelion rebuilds where it's not bad but not as good as the original
Crunchy roll only has progressive and alternative, where can I watch the original?
this felt like a therapy session but it was by far the best one i've ever had
I've only ever obsessed over a person when I was in middle school. I eventually realized that it was unhealthy and it took me about a year to break myself of it. I sometimes think that maybe I overdid it, however, as I haven't been able to feel any sort of attachment or affection for another human since and I'm almost 32.
A Lounge Moogle you old as shit
@@saucyyychrisss5319 32 is not old dummy
@@iwuvpiesgaming9164 when tf did I type this lmaoo I know my fault
I've seen FLCL dozens of times and leave it to you of all channels to shine light on nuances of character dynamics I never recognized. Good job, great video!!!
Me of all channels?? Well what's that supposed to mean? haha. I'm glad you got something new out of it
" she is strong enough to hold her hopes on her own "
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i've watched this video so many times over the past two years, thank you so much for making it. it kinda feels like cracking my own brain open, and watching it helps set me back on the right path when i feel lost. flcl is my favorite anime and mamimi is my favorite character ever, watching her feels like looking into a mirror and makes me feel less alone during difficult times. i've spent most of my life in the dependent and lethargic state she spent most of the anime in, and only very recently gained the strength to be somewhat okay on my own. watching this while in a better place in life adds a whole new perspective. i used to watch mamimi leave town at the end of flcl and lament at how i'd never have the strength to do that, yet here i am. things do get better. again, thanks so much for your insightful analysis, it's helped me a lot.
I often come back to your flcl videos as all of them make me feel really calm and you talk about things I relate to but never knew how to put into words
I'm glad to hear that. It's a good feeling for someone to relate to what i'm saying
Such an intellectual this show is more then a decade old and still so relatable to so many of us. Please continue the great work I’m more of a new subscriber but already feel a connection with you thank you for your amazing content
I will do what I can! I only hope you will enjoy what I end uo making. Thank you!
Mamimi is relatable to anyone who has ever been abandoned by their partner. First Tasku, then her little cat, then Naota, then the terminal core, everything she called Tak-kun ended up just abandoning her in the end. One of the saddest scenes of the series is when she is sitting by the riverbank with her cell phone pondering endlessly whether she should call Tasku or not, before deciding to let the robot eat her phone and thus giving up on any hope of them being together. I think we've all been there somehow.
Wow this is honestly helping me feel a lot better from my situation as I feel like I am just very hard to stay “attached” to people and from being stressed out of my mind. I forget people go through things too so to hear that even a character can show these feelings and struggles opened my eyes and let me realize that I too need to ease out. Time comes for certain things when it’s ready and I’m now happy with that realization. Thank you for this video and even more for helping me get so much off my back.
Sorry for the mini essay I like talking
Mamimi isn't actually poor or wearing dirty clothes. When Naota complains that she smells like cigarettets, he only says this to get her to stop rubbing up on him, but it doesnt work. When Naotas father asks if he would describe Mamimis family as poor he does this because he knows she is actually not poor and has no reason to be buying day old bread. The reason she went to the Bakery was to give Naota the pictures she took of him. In the previous scene you see Naota on the phone saying he doesnt want to see the photos, but she goes anyways, meets the father, makes up a story about wanting to buy bread, hands him the photos and leaves. The dialogue is actually quite sophisticated, a lot of thing are not said outright.
I love your video essays on this show because they shine so much light on life and the show
i love how personal this video was... it was very nice to connect to as someone who developed a mamimi complex after beginning my battle with ptsd. a very nice surprise after just expecting lots of mamimi praise! i cant wait to see what other videos you decide to make!
Thank you I really appreciate the support. I hope you are doing better and am glad you enjoyed the video
These are videos I love from this channel, these analyses of people and their feelings. I have watched every video Hiding has made, but this is totally my favorite thing in likely a good half a year
I'm happy you liked this one so much, although i'm kind of lost why this in particular would be your favorite, I appreciate it
Thank you so much for this!! There's barely any mamimi content and she's always been my favorite character and the one I related to the most.
Well I hope it wasn't a disappointment aiko.
@@HidinginPublic it wasn't (◠ ◡ ◠)
lucymigilct y there was a video by digbro called mammimi was always my favourite flcl character
@@Snetzelsnetzalsnetzul yes I saw that one but that's what I meant by barely any. Other then that video and this one there's no other analysis of only her that I could find
lucymigilct y :(
I seriously love your videos especially the FLCL ones keep it up man
Glad to hear, I'll try
it always amazes me how you're able to put feelings into words, and i think i aspire you in that way
Thank yiu, I appreciate that
I'm here, starting my postponed year by year journey into FLCL world! After this I promise to dig into all of your vids! Much love!
I like that FLCL Progressives ending showed Mamimi as an older woman. She seems to be doing alright.
C.B. Martinez EXCUSE ME WHAT
@@TheRemedyR0ckZ83 The ending (outro) has both Mamimi and Naota when older. Mamimi has a camera and is by a motorcycle and then looks up at the sky. Naota is looking at the sky holding a guitar.
C.B. Martinez I just rewatched the ending of progressive I don’t see that scene dude
@@TheRemedyR0ckZ83 In the credits? The part where Haruko is trying to absorb Atomsk and there are explosions going everywhere, so it looks like shooting stars. And there's some tomboyish looking person with a motorcycle and a cigarette. That's Mamimi and a camera. The red hair is the same colour too. And then 15 seconds later you see a guy holding a guitar. That's Naota
@Kingdrago101 Look for yourself. I don't lie on RUclips for kicks. It's not satisfying.
Mamimi is my favourite character from FLCL and I'm so happy that this was recommended to me. Thank you for this.
I'mglad it was reccomended to you as well :)
Good analysis man, you make some real good points here, that whole line about pursuing connection without burdening people with the role you expect them to play in your perception of the world, I feel like you've summed up something a lot of people can relate to but couldn't necessarily articulate themselves, it's like deep but practical at the same time.
I really appreciate your videos. I think literary analysis on RUclips can often feel overly abstract and impersonal, which is ironic given how personal video as a medium can be. But your videos are much more personal and down to earth; they're a real breath of fresh air. Your focus on the relatable aspects make me feel like you're an old friend I haven't seen in a while. Thank you.
Also, you don't just devolve into rants about what you didn't like about the material you're talking about, which is way too common. :)
I really relate to Mamimi's experience and wasn't sure that someone else can. So yeah, I'm really happy that you made this video, thank you
This is a good video to watch at the beginning of a new decade, good luck everyone
Oh my god, I really needed this video at this exact moment. Thank you.
I'm glad it could do that for you
Just found this channel, this video alone earned my subscription. I could go on with comments for days discussing the finer points of FLCL, but for now I'll just say good job.
Top notch video, keep up the good work man!
Thank you I appreciate it
NEW FLCL VID OMGG THANK YOU KING!!!
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Bro this is such a beautiful interpretation, thank you for this video.
I'm glad you think so. Thanks for taking the time to watch it
Ahhhh whenever I see a good flcl video I always get a crazy urge to go binge the show again, thanks for deciding what Im gonna spend my night doing now :,)
Haha I hope it's a good binge. Glad you liked the video
I hardly comment on videos, but this was great man. FLCL is by far one of my favorite, if not favorite series ever-and this gave me a new appreciation for it! I’d never thought deep into why Mamimi was such an appealing character, but I think you hit the nail on the head. It’s clear that this was something you’ve thought a ton about, and I think sharing your personal experiences meant a ton to me and a lot of the other viewers (: I’m excited to check out more of your vids, glad I stumbled onto this one.
I'm happy you stumbled on this one as well. I hope I can continue to put out things you enjoy
Thanks for taking another look at this anime. It’s my all time favorite and I’ve struggled finding anything that compares thematically and mood wise so it’s exciting to see that people are still making new analysis of it years later.
This won't be the last time. I have a couple other ideas still, I just try to put space between them so they can last a while
It’s really funny that the person who I got really emotionally attached to recommended me this show becuase she related so much to naoto. I told her I related to mamimi since I remember being in love with a boy and being super dedicated to him. I felt like I only wanted to relive that with people who looked or acted like him and the girl reminded me a bit of that boy in highschool so I fell in love with her, but I forgot to realize that sometimes people don’t feel the same and I was only strung around by her by false hope that we would date. The feelings weren’t reciprocated. In the end I realized that I can’t relive my experience I have to get over my facade of him being the only thing that could make me truly happy and put importance on becoming more confident
well done man, thank you for sharing this - you really do understand.
The amount that some things in my life relate to this thank for making these videos I really enjoy them
Thank you for watching them, it means a lot
Mamimi is such a fantastic character, ty for making this great vid about her!!💖💖
Thank you for watching it! I'm glad you think I atleast somewhat did her justice
I never clicked on a video so fast! I love FLCL!
I'm glad, hope the video doesn't disappoint
This video is awesome and thought provoking. It also reminded me how great FLCL is. Good job, dude.
Glad you enjoyed it man. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment
No problem at all. I subbed immediately so can't wait to see more. Have a good day.
Thank you. I needed to hear that.
I watched FLCL last year and never really got it but this convinced me to watch it again. awesome video
Thank you so much you work really helps some of us loom at ourselves in so many ways
It's nice to see a flcl video in my recommendations
I saw this video more than a year after it was made. But it really was epic and we'll done, good job ❤️
Character analysis study turned therapy session. Thanks for the video, just what i needed to hear.
Hey man I can relate with you a lot on this video and you explaining this stuff has p some insight on to problems with opening up and being closed off and I’m glad you kind of have a grip on that and look into those type of thing to help other people like that great video👍
i absolutely love these videos
My all time favorite character by far..
Good to see you stop by again. Happy you can connect with her, probably
@@HidinginPublic I stop by with everyone of these videos, Im just too much of an introvert to comment sometimes lol
Great video as always 👌
Glad you thought so, thanks for the comment
I love THIS! A cool RUclipsr talking about a amazing show. I love FLCL and your opinions about my #1 favorite show.
I'm glad to hear that. Good to see you comment again as well
@@HidinginPublic keep it up 👏👏👏
This video is here at the perfect time for me. I feel that way for all the videos you post since I know you. I'm a bit affray than this feeling disappear. I don’t know you, at every moment you can stop making videos and I'll won’t have any connection with you. I obsessed (like you describe mamimi obsession) with you. I'm afraid to have false hope. please have a happy life. a 17 year old, high school girl from a different country is thinking about you. ♥ i'm grateful.
I can definitely never say i've recieved a comment like this haha. I hope your doing well though and will be able to continue to connect with what I make
This video got me to watch flcl, thanks man.
I can feel proud about that
@@HidinginPublic Update: i don't know what that was but i loved every second of it.
Thanks for this. You showed me ways that I can relate more to Mamimi. Her obsession with Naotas brother reminds me of my obsession with drugs that took me forever to kick. I thought the only way Id ever feel better or live the life I want was to fix myself with substances.
Wow a video for my favorite character of all time, thank you Hiding in Public!
I'm glad you liked it. There should be more videos about Mamimi
@@HidinginPublic I'm looking forward to that! Yey!
i know nothing about this anime but the way you talk about things i really understand and i want to say thank you for that
Wwll thank you for watching! You should check it out if you can, it's only 6 episodes and is pretty fast paced
Mamimi is literally one of my favorite characters of all time, because the point at which I watched fooly cooly for the first time, I related to her so much
hey HIP, its been a while. I just wanted to so say damn. its been a year and you have worked so hard for this and look you are nearly at 50k. good on ya man. this video hit me hard because just like you some days are better not to talked about. all meaning, no sin, or all sin and no meaning. take that as what you will. God bless!
Well I really appreciate you dropping in and leaving the nice comment, although I think 50k is still a ways off haha
This video made me cry. Love it
haha hope you are doing alright. Thanks for watching
Thanks for the video. Love this show and this character 🙏🎮
Thank you for watching, i'm glad you like her
Just a damn good show just finished watching it for the first time and was very happy everything
Glad you got to see it. FLCL honestly means so much to me
Damn I gotta watch this now! I've been afraid to watch all your videos in case they spoil something but who cares! It just makes me want to watch the shows themselves and your videos!
I'm glad you decided to watch. Unless I put spoiler warnings I try to keep spoilers to a minimum so maybe people can be convinced to watch them like you have :)
Hiding in Public ahhhh you replied thanks so much! yeah im glad you do that, so when i do get round to watching it i can link what you have said to the show. keep up the vids!
Ah, my next watch of yours was enjoyable as I hoped. Mamimi, what a gal. Relatable? Easily. Whimsical and detached is a nice fit. Loneliness was another word that you said. All good words. A true piece of work you have going for you. You have many things to say about these stories, but are there some things that this says about you? How are they related? Onward.
Me again... Just want to say the influence of flcl on me was huge and you made me realize this. My other love of my life after my "Haruko" baby momma is practically a "Mamimi" that hasn't figured it out yet. And I still let her use me... Bro I feel you so deep. I hope you got through all the stuff you were talking about it in this. My BM gave me PTSD too. And to this day I can't feel love for someone as much as I had for her... Hard to admit. But dang the relation to life and flcl is so strong now that you put in perspective.
You mentioned Mamimi not being able to control Naota's brother who she thought could give her protection and bring order to her world. I think all the fire setting is a good representation of Mamimi's need to have control over something. Also, since Naota's brother saved her from a fire, she seems to be mixing up her feelings of admiration for him and elevating him to the same level as Cantido from her game. When she sees Canti and believes he's Cantido, she even says to Naota "A black-winged angel that came down from the heavens just for me." There';s so much there and I could write a whole freaking essay about it.
Mamimi is a really great character for anyone who ever felt lost and that they are just drifting through life without a purpose. I don't think she ever dated Naota's brother at all and he was just her first crush and obsession. It's pretty much implied that she started the fire at the school he saved her from and she's shown to be an arsonist during the series. She's also poor and often bullied so maybe she hit rock bottom and just wanted to see everything burn as in her mind it would purify everything. Naota's brother was the first person to really care about her and give her something to cling to so that's why he's so important to her.
I think her conclusion is as much about digging yourself out of a whole and getting some real goals in life as getting away from obsession and letting go. She follows her dreams in the end by selling her photos and becoming a photographer, I think she also looked up to Naota's brother because he had something he loved that he was really good at, she wanted to be him more than be with him but she takes a while to figure that out.
In any case I think she's a great character because she represents something in Japan that people tend to overlook as we only see Tokyo and such where everyone seems rich and fashionable even if it's not the case. There are a lot of poor people in Japan and she represents high schoolers from less well off families quite well and it's a part of life not well represented in anime.
I swear all your videos through me into an existential crisis.
Oh I promise that's not my intention, i'm sorry
love your flcl content. hinamory or how ever you spell it is also my favorite character
Ninamori is a true star.
great video hiding good one
Thank you Tora
WHAT A BANGER
FLCL is maybe my fave piece of media ever. I adore it so. And I'm glad it's still relevant to this day
I'm glad it is too
I was rewatching flcl right now so this was perfect :)
Glad the timing worked out for you!
Just recently found your videos man your do a kick ass job. Also i think I’m the only person who relates to Kamon and not for the reasons of him being a nerd. Kamon strikes me as the adult who grew up to do what he loved realized it wasn’t what he wanted to then quit to fallow an unorthodox passion. Of writing crappy magazines and running a baking shop. This is most apparent when he talks to nautas teachers knowing his son was going to be ok. He was just living and he gets that never really getting that chance till later in life
I'm glad you think i'm doing a good job. Honestly man I think it's pretty cool you relate to him because you're right I never really hear people claim to relate to him
He’s a minor character but I get where he’s coming from. I’m in a current situation like him where I have a job in a career field that’s not for me and I’m not happy. Especially before I switched jobs to another company. sometimes I would find myself being overly dramatic or dorky like Kamon. Just to escape the idea of being trapped or just being a number in the work force. Then I joined a renaissance acting troop. I found confidence in myself and the determination to see things threw. Now like Kamon I’m switching carrier fields and I’m going back to school to better myself. So I see that’s how the character was because in episode 4 they mentioned he worked for a pop culture magazine. That makes me wonder if he actually really hated his job because he’s making his own magazines and running a bakery. That could be because of his wife or his kids we may never know but. I totally relate to the finding happiness or acting out to fight the daily grind in some way because. Life can be a grind in the workforce and you try to hold onto whatever you can to keep yourself sane and happy.
This hit me in places I didn’t even know I had...
I enjoyed listening to what you had to say
love this great video
I may be able to shed a little light on your issue of 'sometimes I panic and I have no idea why' . I, myself, have been trying to do some mental healing after a lifetime of neglect and isolation and a while back, I came across a small explanation as to why I've been getting nervous, anxious and that 'storm coming' feeling. I'm not entirely sure of your entire history, but that seems to be a learned response. If you happened to have gone through something, or several things for that matter, that were a constant for you, your body learned to do that out of repetition. Then even though the problem was solved or went away, your body retained that response, may it be in prep for something that wont happen, or simply out of clockwork.
>w< I love this channel
I'm glad :>
You deserve so much more subs
I'm happy you think that
Man I looked at FLCL too literally and a lot of this stuff flew over my head when I was younger. I gotta watch this anime again:
Bro I remember watching flcl in elementary school and looking at this vid made me cry just cuz of all those memories bro.
hearing you talk about mamimi is making me realize how much im like her and what my last relationship was like.
The more I focus on mamimi, the more I think she has bpd.
Bpd, the fire that can either create or consume.
It's possible
I always thought that too 🖤
What's BPD?
@@williamluche417 i think it's bipolar disorder
Got her tattooed on my arm 😍 never knows best 😉 nice video
I watched flcl when I was like 10 and had a big crush on her I re watched it to day and now at 14 and understand this show and her a lot better. nice video btw