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INTRODUCTION TO FOOLY COOLY

Where do dreams end and reality begin? Video

games, 1 suppose. Welcome to Mabase, a pleasant
spot somewhere in the middle of Japan known for
how much oddity passes unnoticed by its population.
A giant factory sits at the edge of town puffing
plumes of steam into the pallid sky, the frame of a
burned out schoolhouse offers some curiosity to stir¬
ring children who need some kind of stimulation, and
a local hero, a high school baseball player, has left to
seek riches in America, leaving his little brother
Naota to wallow in Mabase's ambient pallor. Unlike
his brother, Naota isn't a star athlete, nor a colos¬
sal academic, nor a particularly attractive kid. ^
However, Naota's life is about to become far y
more active than he has ever i
imagined when Haruko, an
alien with a mean bass guitar,
drops into his life.
i
 Only the
everyday, Nothing
mundane amazing
stuff. happens
here.

manufacturer, edge of
"Medical town.
Mechanica,"
built their

I At the
same
hour
every¬
day,
white
I feel smoke
like billows
out from
it's a the top.
bad
omen
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an
older
brother.
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letter
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 Its wearing Why is
an apron there a robot
because it here?! Why is
would be it serving
naked with¬ breakfast?!
out it. And Why is it wear¬
you know its ing an apron?!
tough for Why should I
men to clean care what’s
up after going on?!
themselves.
So I got us a
^ maid,
 Hey there!
Allow me to
Oh, won’t
you be nice naruhara
to me, youn^
master?! A^e nineteen.
I’m your new
sprightly maid
who’s cute
to boot.
Pleased
to meetya.

Shocked
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present...

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^ lam
reporting
the out¬
break of an
enemy
element.
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elements.
,,.is
be battling it
out. Like two obscured,
spouses in a
domestic
disturbance.

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The City of
Devils...
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If you falter EndsvillGn

in even the
siightest
the City of
degree! the Devils..•
City of Devils spreads
will overpower its evil
you and consume throughout (k
the Earth- Your You slog the world
battle isi away day You are like a
therefore n and night virus-
endless • to purge an agent
the city of 0
0 of demonsn Cantidoi
thereby the God
stopping
Endsville of the
from Black
destroying Flame-
the world-
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What’s
going
on?

Why's ,
Dad
laughing
at her
jokes?

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 f When they
tore it down to
redrawthe
district lines,
weird things
started^
happening, This
old lady that
lives up there
has even qpwe
crazy. We nave
to check it

' TV boy,'
An’ ^et if you’re
mean goin^
issue of shopping,
"Somb"! make sure
to ^et
more
, snacks. ,
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there
was
another
one last
ni^ht,
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 We could
ask her
the same
question?

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 Sundag

^ That’s \
right, Lift ^
those boxes,
Since you '
don't have
any nifty
functions
you can
at least
lend some
muscle
: around the
' house, r

Nao,
check the
scorebook...
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 ,rm qonna let
70uinon my
secret!
Don’t tell
anyone!

lorn ion^ a^o. way

before you were
born, in a far off
galaxy, two forces
began a bloody war
that has continued
to ra^e to this very
day! ft’s not some-
tning you would
know or care any¬
thing about!

I am on the
And as the
right side of
First-class the battle!
Patrol Officer That’s right!
of the Galaxy
We re the
Space Police
good guys!
brotherhood, The forces
IVe come to
the ends of
the earth
to,..

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r And right, |
1 where Naota? 1
1 did Hey! How
1 she come '
% go? you're not
hurt? ^
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Flames,
Cantido-
sama.
From Fire
Starter.
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know he
wasn’t
any
^ood.

t wanted
to say.
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 Children
behave~!
That’s
what they
say when
we’re
I together-!]

My Trying
brotnt ground
was to get
smart and
then away
and
had you into
talent
say... the
night-!
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' been a
lon^
time
, since
' I've
seen a
fire like
this..
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 And
your
teacher
called
yester¬
day,
I too.

Well, talk
If you don’t learn how
to your to deal with social
little girl¬ problems in school,
friend, and how will you deal with
them in the real
let me world? As your
know how father, the best thin^
it 0066... I can do is try not to
pollute your mind with
son. the fUth that’s in
mine.

I’m
at
the
You river.
wanna
come
play?

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 Ah. this is
a case of
FLIctonic
KLIpple
Waver
Syndrome.

Yes
My
it isj
brain’s
Haven’t
you
nol^'ced
how
No sensitive
matter you've
what a been
pain in the lately?
ass that
horn is
going to
be.

I^uess
111 have
to take
your
word
for it.

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 Aren't para Wait a minute.
doxesfun? What am I
It's elemen¬ thinking with?
What? That tary. my
And who's
thinking what
I’m part horn’s a dear. I don’t I'm thinking?
machine portal to have the And what am 1
I time to thinking? Or
now? the belly who ami if I’m
! explain it to not thinking
of a robot i you. my own,,,
cat. Angh!

I don’t
It’s like
believe
this, you!
Takkun.
You’re
You’re
a bic^
my slot
fat
machine.
, liar!

f have to
keep
pulling
and
pulling
until 1
hit the
jackpot.

1 don’t want you N

Just dead. 1 donx a
kidding, want you alive w
I won’t either. I'nijust
hurt going to suck
you. the life away
from you slowly.
Ha ha ha.
fr
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because
my head
was
empty...
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 If this
is my
life
flashing
before
my
eyes

...my
sound
and fury
signifies
nothing.
What's
that
scent?
It's not
Mamimi.
Who is it?

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 You're
60 mean! If
you keep
acting like
that, I’m
not ^onna
sleep
with you
anymore.

Well, I'll
set her
straight. Everyone's
That's staring at
what I'll me. Gaku
J do. and Masashi
are speech¬
less. What
do I do?

Someone
needs to
erase the
chalk'
board!

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ROOT WLENT URGES SHOULD
ONLY LEAPS TO WFV/FPpuT
OF ALL PSYCHOLOGICAL. * am
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vlAK- LENCEIGOTIT!? VIOLENCE!!
IF! WERE TO USE
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 It’s For
not the whom does
same this empty
town town exist?
that Lonely strip
existed malls and
before abandoned
arcades all
you
the way to
were
the train
born,
station. i
Takkun.
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 5omethin0
must have
j happened

What's
that?Is Or maybe
that the
chime of
it’s my
self-doubt! fault.
hear?
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 Look at the senior
citizens battle each
other, knocking each
other's balls, the
embodiment of their
souls... A battle as
savage as life itself!
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set!
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m END
02
FLCL
PREVIEW VOLUME 02
Naota goes from high school nothing to mutant warrior in
the blink of an eye. But what does it all mean? The town
stirs with gossip when the Mayor's adulterous affair makes
headlines. But 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. Plunge deeper into the dream with FLCL Volume 2