FLCL Manga

Unlike most anime, the manga version of FLCL came after the animated series. FLCL was first published as a graphic novel in 2000 by Kodansha in Japan. The manga is two volumes long, with artwork by Hajime Ueda.

Volume 1
Naota is a lonely boy in a lonely town living a lonely life amidst utter chaos. His father’s a perv, his grandfather a nut, his brother ran off to seek riches in America, and his brother’s dumb ex-girlfriend won’t leave him alone. Now from beyond the stars drops an impish defender sent forth to stop alien robots from destroying the Earth. Where do the alien robots come from? Well, Naota’s forhead for starters. From the twisted mind that brought us End of Evangelion comes this bizarre tale of adolescence in a world gone mad.

Volume 2
Naota goes from high school nothing to mutant warrior in the blink of any eye. But what does it all mean? The town stirs with gossip with the Mayor’s adulterous affair makes headlines. And his daughter, Ninamori, the class president and Naota’s friend, is having a hard time of it. So hard, in fact, that she turns into a giant balloon to challenge Naota in battle. And Haruko is closing in on the interplanetary foes she was dispatched to dispatch. And is there any saving Mamimi from her downwardly spiraling descent into madness? Plunge deeper into the dreamscape with FLCL Volume 2.


Download:
FLCL Complete manga.