The Pillows - Bran-new Lovesong

[@adriandaliva1341]

THANK YOU, THE PILLOWS. my all time favorite japanese band. may your music never die.

[@vincentyeung782]

FLCL was the first anime to make me realize just how much a soundtrack matters. The OST in this series easily rocketed FLCL into my favorites of all time.

[@jizzychrist9901]

***** *television history

[@coldchipsspoils]

***** Uh Cowboy Bebop

[@vincentyeung782]

***** To be completely honest, I almost think that the music in FLCL was more essential to the overall work than it was in Cowboy Bebop. Not that Bebop's wasn't impactful, but FLCL just took it to an absolute other level.

[@loganace3719]

The OST of FLCL vs. Bebop is quite a difficult decision for me, as both are so amazing. The bebop OST was amazing, and it was COMPLETELY necessary for the show and it's atmosphere. Every single thing that happened in Bebop was carried with the music, and it worked in perfect harmony, making it one of my favorite OST's. But, the OST of FLCL is my personal preference. There is simply put, no other music that sparks this much emotion and feeling from me. The FLCL OST inspires a sense of melancholy and nostalgia to an unbelievable degree. Even without seeing the show, you can understand and connect to the emotions the music is conveying. Both are great, but I personally lean more towards FLCL.

[@thetonebox]

Logan Ace Bebops soundtrack is also MASSIVE. Several themes written for characters, hell, 4 of the songs could have been playing during (hem) the end with equally powerful results. Don't get me wrong, I love Bebop to death, but where FLCL's "japanese shoegaze rock" is what gives it that morose, "slice of life" feel, Bebop's moments of silence are more vital than Yoko's music

[@profeseurchemical]

When you're in a town like this all covered with smoke, you forget that there's a world outside. Nothing amazing happens here. And you get used to that, used to a world where everything is ordinary. Every day we spend here is like a whole lifetime of dying slowly.

[@somerandominternetweirdo9962]

we crossed the bridge as usual

[@harukoharuhara6680]

lemme fix that for ya!

[@krisxd4037]

;(

[@MiguelLopez-nr9cy]

@@harukoharuhara6680 Damn I find you here too

[@ma_junia]

That quote cements the time period the show was in. Now we're so connected we know what's happening everywhere at all times

[@TheLampl1ghter]

"...I like him more than hard bread." Hard bread, leftovers. Like Naota is.

[@marcoantonio.42]

nice point

[@rambact5769]

Lamplighter that’s an interesting connection to make

[@coachweisenburgh3506]

O____O;

[@brandonpina3203]

DUUUUUDE

[@maciub]

why the fuck would you make me read that

[@cyanidemaiden]

This show is an inspiration for big eye brow'ed people everywhere.

[@zeddblank22]

eyebrows...

[@Raiown]

I hear ya

[@zeddblank22]

FlapjackWizard "really hoping for, 'wut about the eyebrows... ' I amdissapiont

[@nandabanana_8732]

So... England.

[@cyanidemaiden]

jessica serna Indeed.

[@justinprather8846]

Like a panda with a mean face, or like sandals with pressure points drawn on them, or the smell of a blackboard eraser, or a Sunday morning where you wake up and it's raining. Well, I like him more than hard bread.

[@danieldonovan852]

[@alucardisdead5200]

Why dont you stop then. You know, he has an... OH NO!!! AN AMERICAN GIRLFRIEND??? I MUST RESPECT YOUR BROTHER'S PRIVACY!!!!

[@justinprather8846]

Haruko Haruhara I love you.

[@alucardisdead5200]

* blushes * *ghasps * Haven't heard those words since takkun said em... * holds back tears *

[@mookiestewart3776]

+Haruko Haruhara haru hara haruko here age 20 and splendiffer at ta kuns house

[@povkilla]

i know it's kind of silly but i write "never knows best" on some of my cigarettes from time to time.

[@Tylertenacity]

povkilla same. Had an existential crisis two years ago. Lost my mind and wrote never knows best on a whole pack. I'd put this song on and smoke, everything else just melted away.

[@AaronJ180]

I just saved the cigarette I wrote on for later cause I don’t wanna smoke it unless I have to lol.

[@lisatheboywonder6744]

Me too

[@yahstino]

@@-spacenav-6054 I mean yeah dude, obviously. He didn't lose his mind in a literal sense or he wouldn't have even been able to write the comment. Have you never used the phrase "lost my mind" before? I imagine he was referring to a time where he let his emotions get the best of him, which we've all done.

[@ramengod5768]

@@-spacenav-6054 salty much? Maybe you've never been through something like that. Trust me it sucks. Dumb things help and I mean whatever gets your out of the hole

[@ThatsCrazyBro3752]

This is the definition of "don't cry because it ended, smile because it happened"

[@marsneptune6294]

I get mixed feelings when I hear this song. I feel sad but at the same time I am happy. Words cannot express how much I love this song.

[@SuperMinecrafter200]

called melancholy

[@T.Kilgore]

🙃

[@niuatuilagi1696]

This song sounds like the way a first kiss feels.

[@scuffed_chicken8394]

Niua Tuilagi slows time and relaxes?

[@nox6685]

that's lovely

[@bentowitsh]

If only my first kiss would have been like that

[@June-hl8ec]

bentowitsh mine was passionless and I don’t even speak to them and barely remember it so I definitely feel you

[@gloverfield9287]

That's such a beautiful way of putting it...

[@OCMOOO]

This song flicks a switch in my brain. Instant relaxation.

[@kickop123]

El Mooo It does the exact same thing for me and I love it. The Pillows really know how to make fantastic music.

[@MrSinisterRaven]

+El Mooo When I'm stressed out from school and work, I have this song on loop and smoke a cigar cigarette to relax and forget the world for a moment.

[@JonesyMcDanes]

+El Mooo I've been searching flcl songs all day and the comments on them are so concise I'm so jealous as a writer.

[@ericjohnson339]

+El Mooo Glad there are people in the world who appreciate this song and others by The Pillows as much as I do.

[@seanboone1781]

I know what you mean. sends tingles of serenity.

[@doggotbitm]

honestly FLCL was an amazing show, my favorite single season anime ever, but it was the pillows work used on the show that put it over the top for me. it was just perfect for the mood of every scene, almost as if they made they show to FIT the music. the greatness of season 1 is so unimaginable that i'm worried about how int he world they could possibly live up to it with the reboot, but my biggest concern is actually with the soundtrack. the pillows were absolutely instrumental (no pun intended) to the forming of the aesthetic of the show and i honestly can't see how anyone could fill that role for the upcoming seasons.i dont think even they could repeat the work they did on the first season.

[@liambaillargeon1875]

+doggotbitm I doubt it will be as good as the first season, I can only describe FlCl s1 as magic. Doesn't mean s2&3 won't be good though.

[@LaroonDynasty]

they're doing the soundtrack for the reboot. i think they can do it

[@domocon44]

+Nobody Lurker I feel like the only way to create a successful new edition to FLCL would be to make it with completely different characters and somewhat different stylization but still try and hit the same or similar feelings and themes as the original. Like maybe it's not about growing up as a preteen and becoming a teenager but rather it's about growing up and passing from teenager into a 20 year old. And maybe it could have a similar feeling soundtrack but by a different band like the pixies or something would be cool.

[@nathannapier229]

A "cash grab"...? Are you serious? FLCL is not even popular enough to call that a cash grab. If we were talking about an other Naruto anime I would agree but FLCL is not mainstream. If they are doing something new, that's certainly because they have something new to tell.

[@TheSeanoops]

Season two and three are coming 2017 and 18.

[@Znwarp]

This was the moment I fell in love with FLCL. Can't get over it either.

[@leC0rbusier]

same!!!!

[@treismac]

Definitely. That scene sealed it.

[@DigiCube4]

4 years later and this comment is still true

[@harukogaki]

Mamimi: It's hard.... Naota: you read the sign in our bakery. That bread's old.

[@thetonebox]

God he's such a fucking punk in the beginning. Passive as all hell.

[@anibalelcanibal]

Sally Ariza I love Mamimi. She's so sweet and lost.

[@harukogaki]

[@anibalelcanibal]

She really is a lovely girl.

[@Monstrositygaming789]

Mamimi: Watermelon

[@because4576]

Smoking a tightly rolled blunt. Just got off a long shift that was pretty much standard retail saturday hell. Thinking about the conversation I had with my manager a dude I genuinely look up to. Listening to this on MAX MAX volume. Sip of ginger ale and now this is a memory I'm going to hold for the rest of my life. Nothing beats think about all these different people with vastly different lives than mine all listening to this song and feeling generally the same emotions but for uniquely personal reasons.

[@marcsvenson7255]

This song will forever play in my head on those sad late nights at 3 am when you are sitting outside smoking a cigarette all alone

[@beytullahberk3632]

i felt that dude

[@lisatheboywonder6744]

I am doing that right now but it's almost midnight where I am in Chicago. Sitting alone in front of my apartment playing this song on Repeat on my phone smoking a cigarette. I have been doing that on and off for the last ten years.

[@gearzero399]

I'm 27 now and I still mark the last cigarette of the night "never knows best"

[@ArkWolf22]

i can't some and don't wish to, but thats relly cool

[@Kreutz]

Gear Zero You are one of the great ones.

[@guitarrante92]

Gear Zero me too, im 22 and i makes this the rest of my life

[@dariendude17]

+Zero Cool apparently the director of the anime saw it written on a cigarette once and thought it looked cool. So in the end it doesn't really mean anything. However the director said he thought it might refer to how "no one knows best" when it comes to how to live life, referring to Mamimis uncertainty about life and the future in general. For what it's worth, I always thought it refereed to the old phrase "mother knows best" and was about Mamimis home life--possibly some drama with her parents, or parent if she's an only child.

[@chrishenderson465]

+Dariendude17 or because she's smoking and she put never knows best because she's doing bad things xD

[@PrincessTama2003]

This song sounds like heaven but feels like limbo.

[@MabTings]

Couldnt have said it any better myself

[@wendyberrios5957]

That’s a beautiful metaphor

[@ZeroMasterey]

@@wendyberrios5957 Technically, a simile. I had to say it, sorry.

[@wendyberrios5957]

Ashton Pierre You right. Oh well. 💁🏻‍♀️

[@GovernorGoo]

The low, snarling guitar part that starts at :43 is fucking sublime

[@GyroZeppeli14]

I remember kicking my brother off the PlayStation to watch this show, and being greeted by this in the dvd menu. Ascension worthy.

[@wendyberrios5957]

Ok so I’m a lover of sentimentalism and poetry and all of you guys’s metaphors and descriptions of how this song makes you feel are beautiful. I love reading how we all feel the same thing in different ways ❤️✌️

[@THEGREATMAX]

My brother....... how much do you like him? Watermelon Or like a panda with a mean face Or like sandals with pressure points drawn on them Or like a sunday morning where you wake up and it's raining Well, I like him more than hard bread... Then why don't you stop then?

[@alphabet8076]

7 years ago

[@fracturedbeast8067]

@@alphabet8076 ya :/

[@lios524]

perfection

[@botchy6047]

@@alphabet80763 years ago

[@arifsaefudin6719]

J

[@Hieru1]

FLCL is easily one of the best short series i ever watched in my life and it will forever be a masterpiece

[@3badisnothere]

This song always reminds me of my first kiss. My high school ended early cause of covid, and I went out on a date with this girl who I was crushing on for a while. Ironically, she was the one who confessed to me, but we went to a bowling alley for our first date. We were both pretty shy, but it was still fun. When we were ready to leave, we were just standing at the parking lot at night. Then after an awkward silence, she grabbed my face, and kissed me. After the kiss, I was speechless for about a minute. While I was stumbling on my words, processing what just happened, I made plans for another date. We never did that second date, and we drifted apart later on because of lockdown restrictions. But every time I hear this song I think about that moment. And even if we didn't have a true relationship, I will never forget that kiss.

[@bigjen8238]

never thought I was gonna hear about high school, covid and bowling alley in the same message. i'll pray for you tonight

[@darthsquidious4613]

cringe

[@tastedawaste1367]

Those first notes on the synth (I think it's a synth at least) is the most haunting melody, I can't get it out of my head

[@darkmasterjake]

As a kid, this show made zero sense to me when i first saw it, but it definitley made me feel something ive never experienced before or since. As an adult i can gratefully say i still dont understand a damn thing about it, but man is it just as good now, almost 20 years later. Life goes by so fast.

[@nitenite8946]

Hundreds if not thousands of the views on this are from me. This has always been the one song that makes me feel ok. I hope everybody's day is as good as this song is.

[@a.oletsgo3880]

Sounds like the Pixies married Radiohead

[@hermandominguez6273]

its badass right?

[@a.oletsgo3880]

Herman Dominguez oh i love it

[@jaydejames5491]

lol was trying to think of what they reminded me of and you nailed it

[@ryandaly1943]

best description of this song ive ever heard

[@fangsabre]

Nah, it sounds like the pixies and radiohead making tender love

[@Adamdavidaftonmartin]

This song feels like a distillation of my soul. Completely free of trying to seem cool or deep; Just pure, innocent, absolute resonance with who I am deep down. I’ve had this thought for nearly a decade and every time I come back to this video, I think the same thing. Any quiet moment of my life, when I’m done working, talking, playing games etc and I’m just alone with my thoughts, this song is the essence of those moments, those moments when I’m alone, when I am truly myself. This is the one song out of every track in existence that could perfectly serve as the background music to everything that makes up my life. I’m in love with it.

[@flyingblind19]

man this brings up some bitter nostalgia

[@onytron56]

This song makes me so full of nostalgic butterflies, while also piercing my heart with some deep sadness that I can't seem to find the root of. All in all it makes me want to sit and think about my life and feel I can turn around on this free fall into the depths. God I can't believe I missed the pillows one super rare tour of the US...that actually came to my city... One of my worst regrets...

[@Terriss0421]

This brings back memories of a late night summer slow dance in the dark of my living room. *sigh*

[@fracturedbeast8067]

lol

[@DistantStarfall]

FLCL... My childhood, man. *sniff* My-my CHILDHOOD!

[@kopopo23]

Even though you're gone now, just know that we're still with you. Long live at0msk, the pirate king! Please help me pass this on through the pillows and FLCL community!!

[@spinplater]

Medical Mechanica got him!

[@kakashi101able]

Hey are you excited for the new season of flcl ??? :D

[@harukoharuhara6680]

I'm here now, if that makes ya feel any better.

[@adritenki424]

I'm literally smoking in my balcony at 3:40 AM staring at nowhere and overthinking how alone I am and how my life sucks while listening this at the same time.

[@fracturedbeast8067]

Ahh man we all down bad at one point

[@dext871]

wow i’m literally doing the exact same

[@topfrogger492]

Maybe if you got some sleep you would feel better about life

[@1Slo5ooh]

Currently in bed watching the ceiling

[@legosanero5381]

Hope you all good can't lie

[@vapidmask7698]

My 7 yo brain couldn' comprehend this show, but after re watching it 10 years later, i see flcl in a "bran new" light (get it). I found some of the underlying theme, connected with it, and love it even more!

[@Doomedexistence09]

This song always reminds me of the final scene when we see the string on Haruko's bass being played. I think it's just because this song is kind of sad and that ending just sort of leaves this emptiness inside, but it's like a happy emptiness or something.

[@loganace3719]

That is what makes FLCL amazing and truly artful. It leaves this feeling of nostalgia and melancholy forever afterwords, and anything that can touch those emotions and effect you literal years after the runtime of the show, is truly masterful.

[@Doomedexistence09]

Logan Ace Who would've thought that a cynical bastard could come up with such a beautiful description of this anime. Cheers!

[@loganace3719]

I mean honestly 85% of the medium is awful but when something is really good it is really good.

[@bgowgowgow432]

This song brings back memories of better times. I wish I had more thumbs so I could give it 5 thumbs up.

[@souleaterstar14]

[Mamimi is clutching a bag of old bread] Naota: My brother, I mean - how much do you like him? Mamimi: It's hard. Naota: You saw the sign at our bakery, that bread's old. Mamimi: ...Watermelon. Naota: Huh? Mamimi: Or like a panda with a mean face, or like sandals with pressure points drawn on them, or the smell of a blackboard eraser, or a Sunday morning where you wake up and it's raining. Well, I like him more than hard bread.

[@vuyibiggs6100]

Who knew a song with no lyrics could hold such emotion

[@fracturedbeast8067]

Facts

[@arifsaefudin6719]

@@fracturedbeast8067 j

[@arifsaefudin6719]

@@fracturedbeast8067 . ,. .. , .

[@fracturedbeast8067]

@@arifsaefudin6719 forgot about this song

[@arifsaefudin6719]

@@fracturedbeast8067 y

[@anon1168]

this is a great piece of music, sounds sad and nostalgic even more so over the years.

[@syntaxdealsmeth]

Every single time. I came back here, just to cry about my life. The pillows it's not just music, it's my way of escaping of my hard life. Of my failure and difficulties. And of my lack of love.

[@TheBigHugh]

Gets me RIGHT IN THE FEELZ MAN!

[@evaneaton8426]

FLCL kinda helped me during my young adolescence and had a pretty big impact on my development during that time. I remember humid summer nights walking a girl I really liked home after spending all day at the pool. Having to walk my bike with me because I rode it to the pool, the soft sorta awkward conversation. The space street lights, the cool air, and the innocence of it all. Something i look back on with fondness

[@arcadia4691]

I spent several years away from this anime, then watch it again. The feels were very real when I heard last dinosaur, that was always my favorite. And Ride on shooting star, to experience that over again was amazing.

[@luckykibbles1311]

After a long stressfilled day, i usually fall asleep listening to this song. Great work and the beautiful music they make.

[@DRbEASST01]

Amazing song, really nice to just lay back and think about stuff; I can't help but think of happy things when I hear this. You look back on life and say "wow, look at how far I've come." ya know? The last part always hits me, just incredible.

[@UglyObsession]

It's amazing how those short 2 minutes can make you rethink your whole life.

[@fracturedbeast8067]

Facts

[@BlackSabbathXTheCure]

One of the elements that make FLCL so phenomenal is that the music is absolutely fantastic.

[@fintogive]

FLCL is quite a strange anime. but for some weird reason. i like it. saw it in 2003 when i was 13. took years of hunting cause at the time i didn't know the name of the anime. to this day i still dont understand the story line to this show lol.

[@stendhalsyndrum]

If you look up the symbolism in the show, maybe you'll understand it better (because everything is symbolism. Everything that doesn't make sense on the surface means something deeper). But it's essentially a coming of age/dealing with puberty story, as I'm sure you already know.

[@fracturedbeast8067]

@@stendhalsyndrum lol 6 years man

[@lan77997]

@@fracturedbeast8067 Haha.

[@itsnaota9992]

This song always gives me the chills for some reason lol. FLCL hands down the best Anime I seen

[@harukoharuhara6680]

Ehhh... ya sure you're the real Naota?

[@krisxd4037]

This and 'Thank You My Twilight' are the best jams. I love The Pillows.

[@tristanerickson1436]

this always got me crying over something that didn’t happen

[@kahralarm95]

I completely understand that feeling... I myself have been brought to tears (both happy and sad) and thought very deeply about my future and dreams while listening to this song. It's the first song that ever made me feel that way, and I will never forget the peaceful way it flows through your heart.

[@MiniArts159]

Nothing interesting ever happens around here...

[@TheVideoGamingGuru1]

"Its hard.." "You read the sign at our bakery, that breads old."

[@fracturedbeast8067]

7 years ago

[@fracturedbeast8067]

7 years man

[@TheVideoGamingGuru1]

@@fracturedbeast8067 its been a while

[@fracturedbeast8067]

@@TheVideoGamingGuru1 lol you answer back

[@TheVideoGamingGuru1]

@@fracturedbeast8067 yep i am not dead lol

[@cr7chilln406]

I just found out about FLCL like 4 weeks ago I was confused, then sad when I found out it was only 6 ep. as a fan of anime this has to be my fav anime. soundtrack, story, characters and all its the best

[@XDShadowShotXD]

and we are all thankful its only 6 episodes that's all it needed :)

[@Izzy3893]

It's nice to hear that some understand how deep this show is and how useful the messages can be. And how fulling and life leassoning it really is

[@kryuelty1904]

The Pillows are like a Japanese Radiohead

[@kryuelty1904]

Agreed

[@hihihelloimvanny]

They remind me of Oasis

[@LoveFromBelow1993]

I usually say that Number Girl are the Japanese Pixies

[@brentbear4917]

Very similar to Built to Spill.

[@ffa1bc]

Brent Bauer I was going to comment Built to Spill!, anyways, glad to see someone recognized them too.

[@Nnexialist]

i come to this song every 2 months and it's amazing, really missed staying late nights watching this show with such confusion. thank you

[@BombThrowinDrunk]

this show taught me a lot

[@sailoritaly]

+BombThrowinDrunk It taught me that never knows best

[@OtangUran]

I wake up to this awesome melody every day :)

[@Gaizertv]

its awesome.. its just haning around music.. sitting or lying into some endless fields.. watching into the sky.. try to reach the stars .. o.O have to wish my tears away..

[@opticenergy3333]

Nostalgia in perfection,too glad I bought the blu ray collection. This is the kind of song you can listen to and realize life's going to continue on, its all perspective.

[@notarealperson9135]

These songs make me feel emotions for things that haven't happened yet

[@austinbros]

Even after all these years, I still always come back for this song.

[@idiotbrownie1525]

im glad they put vol2 and 3 but why remove the first one. I need this song man. Its in my daily rotation. edit: its back yessirrrr

[@NickyStikes]

Beautiful song. The guitar at the last half reminds me of cicadas humming and orange street lights on a hot summer night. Nothing to lose, everything to gain, not wanting any of it, but longing for all of it. I look back and wonder if what I have now Is what younger version of me wanted. Oh well, never knows best.

[@zee750]

I think of the birds, the trees, then people. It's like one of those thought you kept alone. Then suddenly it's rebar, a concert ground, so sound. All I can think is machine own this town. Everything from circle to square, then I ask my self where do I fit in? This town. A gloom shades sits down, I have a drink, it's stiff and I hear a call. Brand new love song.

[@PhoReal]

I don't know why this song always reminds me of when my high school sweetheart visited my home town years ago. We spent the night reminiscing. I guess it has a nostalgic effect to it?

[@brianamlitt]

feels like unrequited love, exactly the way they wanted Mami and Naotas relationship to be.

[@Nero_Jero]

This song pulls my heart out of my chest every time I listen to it.

[@Trengo34]

Every time I listen to this I really want to watch FLCL again. FLCL was fucking perfect.

[@luniz4209]

2024 and this is still one of the best soundtracks of all time and possibly the best song on it.

[@BumblingFool912]

I remember when I just started my quest for anime. I'd just finished marathoning and catching up on One Piece (from 0 to 521 in about a month) and thought, man there's way better anime out there. the first anime I watched was this. The soundtrack was fucking awesome and man prepare me for what kind of randomness and general fun/emotions this amazing young medium has to offer. Long live the pillows and long live anime for bringing these great stories to life. long live the little busters :) have a beautiful morning with crazy sunshine rays. and good night to those sleepy heads.

[@powertothepeople12]

I think kill la kill is similar to this. I haven't seen it though(kill la kill), only gifs of it so I might be wrong :P

[@BumblingFool912]

Oh boy are you wrong xD but they are both fun to watch and deliver very different tastes ya know? KLK is very over the top almost all the time from absurd scaling to just the many fight scenes this series has to offer, I highly recommend this show if you can get past the some what symbolistic fan service (yes, fan service has some meaning in the show)

[@BumblingFool912]

quite so, but still both are enjoyable anime; right? I mean one is this multi-art styled comedy with a deep moraled story and one is an over the top fan-serviced action fest from the guys of Gurren Lagaan.

[@BumblingFool912]

Isn't it Durarara?...w/e good choices to you too man.

[@BumblingFool912]

ah, sorry but still good choices.

[@peppermintnightmare4741]

FoolyCooly takes me back to a much simpler time. I love that music can do this to us 🥲 so many early memories of first love and first love lost. The song of a millenia.

[@perrin.n]

Something always feels so oddly nostalgic about this song to me

[@Gaizertv]

THIS IS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF THIS SONG.. i feel EXACLTY THIS WAY.. BUT I DONT FEEL READY AT ALL!!

[@Dk_Kouki]

This song gives nostalgia, deja vu and euphoria all at the same time

[@Proananati0n]

I first found this song when I was like 11 I still love it..gives mixed feelings that I never experienced

[@gary9399]

Quisiera volver el tiempo atrás y escuchar esta canción por primera vez.

[@OneThousandWorlds]

It's a grown-up thing, I think, having felt my second vibe to this song. I had a late-nite job that kicked my ass for a couple years, living in an apartment with one of my high-school buddies. I had this song in my headphones on one night after work. climbed up, got home, kicked off my shoes and went about securing my pack and a beer, headed out to our lil patio off the back with 'em.. and I tell ya, when the song finished, along with these comforts.. my teen me woulda hated me for such peace.

[@tehhawtstuff]

Yep. I was as old as naota when I heard this for the first time and it's only gained meaning as I've gotten older.

[@midnitemomo]

This song hit so good and fit the mood so well, Naoto running to Mamimi in the dead of night, then when he finally catches up to her, and she turns to him with the most done with life look you'll ever see. There will be nothing like FLCL again, and we all have to treasure its moments

[@parkermaisterra8532]

That song you imagine when a couple are arguing and by the end of it they're just hugging apologizing to each other for being so stupid.

[@kinged_zo781]

FLCL was one of my favourite animes the sound track was so raw and somber it just sends chills down your spine everytime.

[@unclesquatch7934]

This song feels completely different at night time, when you're having a smoke.

[@CRONA19]

Easily the best instrumental ever to exist :')

[@CRONA19]

This guy gets it

[@patrickthompson728]

Fuck, i remember when this video was only 2 years old...

[@UnseenOct]

Same though

[@ucandelicious]

This song has been with me through thick and thin. Love and loss. A ghost is what this song is. A sad, beautiful, indescribable song which traverses space and time.

[@isaiahwilliams2563]

FLCL SEASON 2 AND 3

[@travisarnold2254]

+Will Williams GOD I know right

[@travisarnold2254]

what about niota (spelled it wrong I know) and his brother

[@travisarnold2254]

that when it comes out?

[@travisarnold2254]

oh ok is raharu coming back though?

[@travisarnold2254]

thanks

[@EncogNeato]

Love the simplicity of the chill and vibeful groove

[@tastedawaste1367]

Nostalgia overload

[@joeycurtis2158]

Thank you 🙏😊 pillows and flcl for this great anime was amazing when I was younger and liked it

[@Humanistic_]

I dont remember watching this video but I've liked it including many of the comments. That's kinda scary

[@aleksanderrozbiewski3801]

But the best clue is Mamini stating to Naota when she was cuddling him, that she could overflow. Although the connotation seems to be positive that time, it's only on surface. The very striking thing is, she uses same word when she overflows before the battle between Canti and robot hand. 'Why do you always do stuff like this? (Naota)' - 'If I don't to this, I'll overflow.' - 'What will happen?' - 'Probably something amazing.' - She won't tell him she overflows when thinking about his brother.

[@waltercreamer7078]

I write Never Knows Best on one of my cigs every time I buy a pack. I like when you smoke it and each word burns away the meaning changes. Never Knows Best/ Knows Best /Best. :)

[@LogamusPrime]

This song brings sadness, joy, happiness and grief in a matter of seconds.

[@bumonda]

Naota: How much do you like my brother? Mamimi: It's hard. Watermelon. Or like a panda with a mean face... Or a scandal with pressure points drawn on them... Or the smell of a blackboard eraser... Or a sunday morning where you wake up and it's been raining... Well, I like him more than stale bread crusts.

[@Kitsurubari]

I've stopped smoking for almost 2 months now but every time I hear this song, it tempts me so hard to light one up because of the amount of stress I'm currently going through right now.