Line #267 Characters/FLCLGrungeAndShoegaze


1	This is the character sheet for ''Anime/FLCLGrungeAndShoegaze''. For characters as they appeared in the original ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' and ''Anime/FLCLProgressiveAndAlternative'', see [[Characters/{{FLCL}} here]] and [[Characters/FLCLProgressiveAndAlternative here]]
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	!!Introduced in ''FLCL'' and ''FLCL Alternative''
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7	[[folder:Haruko Haruhara/Haruha Raharu]]
8	[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grunge_haruko.png]]
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10	->'''Voiced by:''' Sakiko Uran (JP, ''Grunge''), Creator/KariWahlgren (EN)
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12	A mysterious [[GenkiGirl energetic, spontaneous]] pink-haired woman with a sunglow Piaggio Vespa SS 180 who changes everything in the lives of certain people for her own ends.
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14	In ''Grunge'', she infiltrates Okura's infrastructure as leader of the Kenshibishi Yakuza and Mayor Kuroiwa's lovey-dovey woman, though her real target is Atomsk.
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16	* AdaptationDyeJob: In all other iterations of FLCL her hair is one solid shade of pink. In Grunge she has hot pink hair with orange tips.
17	* AmbitionIsEvil: [[spoiler:Haruko takes over the Kenshibishi Yakuza and sleeping with a CorruptedPolitician to get a chance to infect Medical Mechanica with a virus. Then uses the MobWar she causes as cover to go after Atomsk.]]
18	* BadassBiker: Haruko alone inspired many people to get a Vespa, learn to play guitars and live a life of endless badassery.
19	* BewareTheSillyOnes: Don't let her crazy and quirky antics fool you. Haruko is a dangerous fighter and a ruthless manipulator.
20	* BigDamnKiss: He gives Shin one in order to trigger his N.O. Portal. [[spoiler:She does it again in the climax to regain her blue Rickenbacker 4001 out of his head.]]
21	* ButNowIMustGo: As usual, in ''Grunge'', [[spoiler:she rides off with the Medical Mechanica plant to chase Atomsk down, leaving Okura behind.]]
22	* ChekhovsGun: After giving away all the tickets for the shuttle flight to the escorts was living with, keeping the last for herself which the Mayor was willing to kill her over. [[spoiler:She gives it to Orinoko instead for helping her out.]]
23	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She comes across this way, though it's part of her cover.
24	* CuteAndPsycho: She's very cute, energetic and funny. She's also a complete maniac and a cruel ManipulativeBitch.
25	* CuteLittleFangs: Her teeth are always shown to be quite sharp, befitting her manic personality.
26	* DarkActionGirl: The only female in the series to get into action. She's also the most sadistic and manipulative.
27	* DerangedAnimation: Especially pronounced in ''Grunge'' because she's often rendered in many different 2D animation styles.
28	* DevilInPlainSight: She's clearly up to no good, but no one notices it until it is too late.
29	* EvilPlan: Haruko stages a MobWar to break out after infecting Medical Mechanica with a virus, using the chaos to reach the factory.
30	* {{Jerkass}}: She's ''very'' hard to be around in most circumstances, to the point where her PetTheDog moments, though poignant, are quite few.
31	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:As she's the main reason why a MobWar occurred that led to Dainari getting killed, Shonari completely drops his brief vendetta on her after she saves them from a big robot.]]
32	* LackOfEmpathy: She's basically a borderline [[TheSociopath sociopath]].
33	* ManipulativeBastard: She slyly manipulates people and hides her goals and personality.
34	* MasterOfDisguise: Most of the time [[PaperThinDisguise her disguises are pretty transparent]].
35	* ObfuscatingStupidity: She's far more ruthless and calculating than her GenkiGirl zaniness would suggest.
36	* PetTheDog: She steals the mayor’s tickets for the last shuttle leaving the planet and gives all but one to the women she befriended at the hostess club where she worked. She then gives last ticket away to [[spoiler:Orinoko.]]
37	* PlayingBothSides: She joins the Keshibishi Yakuza group and is apparently sleeping with a corrupt official who ties to a rival Yakuza.
38	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dishes one out to Mayor Kuroiwa once she no longer needs to keep the facade.
39	* SheCleansUpNicely: While disguising herself as Kuroiwa's woman, styling her hair and wearing on a dress, and she doesn't look half bad. Also her guise as a member of the Keshibishi Yakuza.
40	* SlasherSmile: One of her most common expressions is a shark-toothed grin.
41	* TheSociopath: She's a selfish and greedy manipulator who [[ManipulativeBastard exploits]] a CorruptPolitician's feelings for her, hiding behind the [[FauxAffablyEvil charming]] veneer of a GenkiGirl and BrainlessBeauty as Kuroiwa's woman.
42	* SupernaturalGoldEyes: She has yellow eyes.
43	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She outright steals a piece of Dainari's ''stomach'' and hands it over to Orinoko as a makeshift whetstone for smithing, leaving a hole in Dainari that his killer exploited.]]
44	* VillainProtagonist: Technically the female protagonist. But she still borders on AntiVillain as she acted in her own interest to cause all-out mob war to break out after infecting Medical Mechanica with a virus, this time getting dozens of people killed in the process. However, she returns did give shuttle tickets to the escorts she was living with and Orinoko for being kind to her.
45	* VillainTakesAnInterest: She catches Shin's attention and notices, giving him a BigDamnKiss in the first and last episodes.
46	* WeirdnessMagnet: Just like in the original series, her appearance tosses a local town into complete chaos. But people get killed this time around.
47	[[/folder]]
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49	[[folder:Commander Amarao]]
50	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakeshiMaeda (JP), Creator/AaronLaPlante (EN)
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52	An agent from the Department of Interstellar Immigration, a TheMenInBlack-like agency, sent to Okura to investigate.
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54	* BigOlEyebrows: Had a normal set of eyebrows before they were sliced off, replacing them with nori.
55	* ButtMonkey: For Haruko, being subjected to her hit-and-run while she mocked his N.O. channel.
56	* {{Callback}}: In homage to the original series, Amarao gets mowed down by Haruko on her vespa, with Haruko not stopping to check on his wellbeing compared to similar yet self-serving scenes with Naoto and his father.
57	* DemotedToExtra: He barely interacts with the main cast, save his eyebrows being sliced off and being subjected to a ButtMonkey moment in his attempt to stop Haruko.
58	* OhCrap: His expression when Medical Mechanica attacks.
59	* OnlySaneMan: Like in the original series, he comes off as this to some extent before that maturity falters once all hell breaks loose.
60	* TheStoic: He appears calm and composed, but he starts freaking out once losing his eyebrows.
61	* TeenyWeenie: While a victim of her hit and run, Haruko accesses his N.O. Channel in midair and is disappointed by what she pulled out of it.
62	[[/folder]]
63
64	[[folder:Kana Koumoto]]
65	[[quoteright:851:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ss2b282023_09_212bat2b10100929.png]]
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67	->'''Voiced by:''' Karen Miyama (JP), Creator/MeganTaylorHarvey (EN)
68
69	The protagonist of ''FLCL Alternative'', now a 27-year old agent of the Department of Interstellar Immigration as the result of meeting Haruko in her high school years.
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72	* BrokenBird: She hides it well enough, but Episode 2 reveals that the years since the events of ''Alternative'' have ''not'' been kind to her. Due to her N.O. powers being exposed, the government basically ruined her life by doing everything in their power to remove control of it from her entirely, like cheating her out of reuniting with her friends and subjecting her to painful experiments trying to replicate what she did years ago, only to fail. All while the only real source of support she had was Kanda. [[spoiler: She gets better somewhat by Episode 3.]]
73	* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: She's a brunette with brown eyes.
74	* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the KidHeroAllGrownUp. In the ''FLCL Alternative'' finale, she manifested N.O. powers that she used to send Medical Mechanica and Haruko to another planet. While Kana saved Earth, her powers end up being BlessedWithSuck as she spent the next decade being under the government's thumb as a guinea pig in their experiments and unable to reconnect with her friends.
75	* HairstyleInertia: She hasn’t changed her hairstyle in ten years, symbolizing how she feels stuck in her life. She mentions having to cancel a hair appointment because of the incident at the tower.
76	* HeroAntagonist: She's now a Department of Interstellar Immigration agent who gets called in to deal with Masaki and Harumi.
77	* LegendaryInTheSequel: She's hailed as "the hero who saved Earth 10 years ago", though she tries to downplay it.
78	* RealityWarper: By fully embracing her emotions and opening the N.O. portal in her head in its full power, Kana can ''rewrite space-time and even warp planets.'' This power caused her reality to fracture in two, with Haruko and Petz ending up in another reality as consequence, and destroyed her life as the government conducted experiments on her to harness her abilities for their use.
79	* SheCleansUpNicely: She wore a formal kimono for Coming of Age Day and looked very pretty.
80	* TragicKeepsake: She still keeps Pets’ hair clip. She can be seen wearing it on her obi and later in her car.
81	[[/folder]]
82
83	[[folder:Tsukata Kanda]]
84	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YutakaAoyama (JP), Creator/RayChase (EN)
85
86	A member of the Department of Interstellar Immigration who has a history with Haruko.
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89	* ButtMonkey: For Haruko, as a man screwed by misguided love that exploited his N.O. channel by the former.
90	* {{Foil}}: To Commander Amarao, both being members of the Department of Interstellar Immigration who have past history with Haruko that messed them up. But Kanda is a SympatheticInspectorAntagonist willing to support Haruko while Amarao is the InspectorJavert who opposes her at every turn. [[spoiler: The events of ''Shoegaze'', however, make the "Sympathetic" part ''very'' questionable.]]
91	* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Although his plans are foiled with no possible chance of them being retreaded, he still gets away generally scot-free.]]
92	* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: His true goal is to merge the split dimensions back together, but Kana heavily implies he's only doing it just so he can see Haruko again. And for that, he was willing to have Harumi assassinated in front of Masaki to trigger a reaction.]]
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94	[[/folder]]
95
96	[[folder:Medical Mechanica]]
97	The secretive and ominous corporation whose buildings resemble giant irons.
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99	In ''Grunge'', Medical Mechanica has caused a lot of hazardous smoke that negatively affects the town of Okura, and it has dealings with its mayor.
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101	* {{Callback}}: Like in ''Alternative'', Medical Mechanica utilizes a Canti-like robot as a representative.
102	* CorporateConspiracy: Though still we don't know much about them, Medical Mechanica ''apparently'' has illicit dealings in Okura that attracted Amarao's attention.
103	* EvilInc: Medical Mechanica has killer robots, fly-shaped drones that combine into a giant robot, and a giant clothing iron with which to accomplish that goal. And that's all you ever find out about them.
104	* NoodleIncident: From Shonari's expression, he encountered Medical Mechanica sometime before coming to Okura.
105	[[/folder]]
106
107	[[folder:Atomsk]]
108	-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas (EN)
109	The Pirate King that Haruko pursues throughout the series.
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111	* DimensionalTraveler: [[spoiler: He finally manifests from Masaki's N.O. portal in Episode 3, and stays with him in order to let him travel to the other dimension to see Harumi.]]
112	* SuddenlyVoiced: Atomsk never said a word in any previous season of FLCL, but he suddenly speaks in ''Shoegaze'' in the first episode to Masaki.
113	* FlashbackEffects: Blurred scenes from FLCL: Alternative can be seen in the ripples from Atomsk's body in ''Shoegaze''.
114	[[/folder]]
115
116	!!''FLCL: Grunge''
117
118	[[folder:Shinpachi "Shin"]]
119	[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flcl_grunge_shinpachi_a.png]]
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121	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (JP), Creator/CaseyMongillo (EN)
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123	A young kid who works at a rundown sushi restaurant with his father. Having no hopes for the future, he lives a rather dull life until Haruko shows up and changes his whole world.
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125	* BadassBiker: He uses a scooter to deliver sushi from his dad’s shop, and later uses the same scooter for badassery.
126	* CallToAdventure: Meeting Haruko and seeing her causing mayhem in Okura is what leads him to accompany her.
127	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Technically a prequel character to Naota as both became willing accomplices to Haruko's scheme after awakening their N.O. powers. Naota was a loner who saw Haruko as a nuisance before gradually loving her. Shin has two friends and was smitten with Haruko since they first met, seeing her HopeBringer to his dull future.
128	* DecoyProtagonist: Being the focus of the first episode and the character with stuff coming out of his forehead, you would naturally think he was the main character of ''Grunge''. But episode 2 is focused on Shonari instead, and episode 3 is focused on Orinoko as her actions influenced the previous episodes.
129	* FirstFriend: He was this for Shonari. He was the only kid who defended him from his bullies in school and didn’t treat him like a freak. They’re still good friends in the present.
130	* HistoryRepeats: Just like with Naota, [[spoiler:when he's on the receiving end of another BigDamnKiss from Haruko, his forehead blasts a ''huge'' stick of flesh down between her legs just like when Naota had the same thing happen to him with Mamimi.]]
131	* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:He decides to stay behind in his home planet while Orinoko leaves it, seeing as there may be a future for him there after all.]]
132	* NiceGuy: When Shonari was bullied by other kids, Shin stepped up and defended him, brightening up Shonari's life as a result.
133	* PrecociousCrush: He falls for Haruko rather quickly, helped by the fact that [[SheCleansUpNicely she dressed really nice]] in her first appearance.
134	[[/folder]]
135
136	[[folder:Shonari]]
137	[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flcl_grunge_shonari_a.png]]
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139	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SeiyuFujiwara (JP), Luis Bermudez (EN)
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141	A Rockinoid from another planet, friends with Shin and Orinoko. His older brother is an enforcer of the local yakuza gang.
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143	* BigDamnHeroes: Pulls off his entrance to save Shin, [[spoiler: ''and kills the mayor'']].
144	* FantasticRacism: He was victim to this when he was younger, and when he tried to fight back, it landed him in prison. However, this would lead Shonari to become friends with Shinpachi.
145	* GeniusBruiser: He studies hard in school and knows a lot about rocks and metals.
146	* HopelessSuitor: He's deeply in love with Orinoko, though the feelings are one-sided.
147	* ItsPersonal: After learning that [[spoiler:Haruko was both intimate with the Kenshibishi Yakuza's previous leader and the mayor who hired the hitman that got his brother blown to pieces, he wishes to crush her head.]] [[spoiler:In episode 3, though, he drops his vendetta altogether after she saves them from a robot, which veers a bit into KarmaHoudini for her favor.]]
148	* KatanasAreJustBetter: He gets one from Orinoko [[spoiler: which Haruko later steals and transforms into her signature blue bass guitar]].
149	* OhCrap: His expression upon seeing Medical Mechanica's factory near Okura. It’s implied that they destroyed his home planet.
150	* ParentalAbandonment: At age 10 both of his parents died and he had to be raised by his older brother.
151	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After [[spoiler: Dainari]] dies, Haruko tells him [[spoiler:the mayor]] was responsible for his death. Shonari hunts him down and decapitates him.
152	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: He and his brother are the only Rockinoids to the otherwise human-populated town, and yet mostly no one seems to be put off by since no one couldn't care less about it in the CrapsackWorld town they live in.
153	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Due to being a Rockinoid, he was huge even in grade school. When he was arrested, the police didn't even realize he was just a child until Dainari told them.
154	[[/folder]]
155
156	[[folder:Orinoko]]
157	[[quoteright:893:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flcl_grunge_orinoko_a_7.png]]
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159	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YunaKitahara (JP), Creator/MichelleMarie (EN)
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161	A quiet young girl who is friends with Shin and Shonari.
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163	* TheBlacksmith: Orinoko scrounges for junk in her spare time, hoping to find iron ore in the hopes of helping her father to smith a sword. She's unsure if iron ore even exists on that planet, but Shonari reassures her that meteoric iron does exist in the form of magnets. She is eventually able to find enough to forge a katana for Shonari.
164	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:With the space shuttle ticket she gets from Haruko and support from Shin and Shonari, she decides to leave the planet behind with her mother in a CD to make a new future for herself out there.]]
165	* ChekhovsGunman: Orinoko finds the meteoric iron that her father forges into a katana that Shonari uses to kill Mayor Kuroiwa.
166	* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Haruko gives her the last space shuttle ticket, letting Orinoko go to another planet with her mother in a CD.]]
167	* JerkassToOne: She’s nice to everyone except for her father’s household robot, despising the way it tries to mother her. Later she has a JerkassRealization when she learns that [[spoiler: her mother’s memories and consciousness were in the robot all along]].
168	* NiceGirl: She’s one of the nicest characters in the show.
169	* ShoutOut: Given the numerous musical references in ''FLCL'', her name is possibly a reference to the song [[Music/{{Enya}} "Orinoco Flow"]] which is about traveling to faraway lands. [[spoiler:Fittingly, she gets to leave to explore new lands herself.]]
170	* ShaggyDogStory: She wanted to create a katana with her father to prove herself a worthy assistant to him, but he ends up dying after they actually pulled it off.
171	* ShyBlueHairedGirl: She has two-toned purple and blue bob haircut and is very timid and soft spoken.
172	[[/folder]]
173
174	[[folder:Dainari]]
175	->'''Voiced by:''' Taichi Takeda (JP), Creator/MarcThompson (EN)
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177	A perpetually drunk Rockinoid and older brother to Shonari. He's an enforcer and cleaner in the Keshibishi Group.
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179	* TheAlcoholic: As Rockinoids don't need to eat food, the only thing they can do is drink alcohol (juice is not enough for him), which has left Dainari perpetually drunk and slow.
180	* BigBrotherInstinct: He deeply cares for his little brother and wishes for him to board a space shuttle first before he does.
181	* HumanResources: Well, ''alien'' resources in his case, but still, [[spoiler:Haruko outright steals a piece of ''his stomach'' and hands it over to Orinoko as a makeshift whetstone for smithing.]]
182	* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: He makes deliveries for the Keshibishi Yakuza, and is good friends with Shin. To the point that both he and the Keshibishi pulls a BigDamnHeroes to save him from the mayor and his affiliated Yakuza.
183	* PragmaticVillainy: He dumps corpses into a body of a water infested with man-eating fish, deeming it as an ideal means of disposing bodies.
184	* PromotedToParent: He had to raise his younger brother Shonari after his parents died.
185	* ShapedLikeItself: He passes out and sinks like a rock in the water. His kind really doesn't know how to swim as a result.
186	* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Holds his killer from escaping after getting dynamite forced into his stomach, blowing up into pieces and dying.]]
187	* VomitDiscretionShot: Due to being TheAlcoholic, he's often vomiting a lot.
188	[[/folder]]
189
190	[[folder:Mayor Kuroiwa]]
191	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroshiShimozaki (JP), Creator/DinoAndrade (EN)
192
193	The little and very perverted mayor of Okura town.
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195	* AbhorrentAdmirer: Kuroiwa's heads over heels for Haruko until she starts a MobWar to break out after infecting Yamaguchi with a virus, telling him to his face that he is utterly disgusting while revealing that she was using him until he could call Yamaguchi so she could start her plan to mess with Medical Mechanica.
196	* AssholeVictim: Downplayed. He's a corrupt politician with criminal ties, but the yakuza under his employ are bent on capturing Haruko despite watching him get killed.
197	* CorruptPolitician: Has dirty cops and Yakuza working for him.
198	* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Haruko claims he is responsible for sending a hitman to kill Shonari's brother Dainari.]]
199	* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:He gets decapitated during the MobWar when Haruko sics a livid Shonari on him.]]
200	* PsychopathicManchild: Exaggerated. He is a very small bald man who looks a lot like a baby in a suit, while also acting very childish and throwing tantrums when things don’t go his way.
201	* RichBastard: Kuroiwa is disgusted with commoners and wants to ditch them all while he escapes the planet.
202	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Kuroiwa truly doesn't care about Okura and wants to escape through a shuttle.
203	* TranshumanTreachery: His dealings with Medical Mechanica.
204	* WouldHurtAChild: He orders one of his men to kill Shin.
205	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Haruko ditches Kuroiwa once he provided her the means to infect Medical Mechanica with a virus, arranging Shonari to kill him off.
206	[[/folder]]
207
208	[[folder:Executive Director Yamaguchi]]
209	->'''Voiced by:''' Masaaki Yano (JP), Sean Kenin Reyes (EN)
210
211	The robot Executive Director of Medical Mechanica, being their liaison to Mayor Kuroiwa.
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213	* AIIsACrapshoot: Haruko uploads a virus into him through eating sushi, which causes the Medical Mechanica plant to go haywire.
214	* CallBack: He looks like an orange version of Canti.
215	* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Apparently, he's had a normal childhood like any other human and he's got human skin under his outfit (which Shin doesn't buy for a second). When he eats, the lower part of his head rolls out a conveyor belt so he can consume food.
216	[[/folder]]
217
218	[[folder:Shinpachi's Dad]]
219	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MotoiKoyonagi (JP), Arthur Romeo (EN)
220
221	[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Shinpachi's dad,]] the sushi restaurant owner who is completely unfazed by everything happening around him.
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223	* EyesAlwaysShut: He never opens his eyes.
224	* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Despite all the craziness he witnesses and how rundown the town is, he firmly believes that that's how life is and that his son shouldn't attempt to change things up, which Shin strongly wishes to defy.
225	* TheStoic: In the first episode, he serves sushi to the mayor of town, witnesses Haruko's flirting antics with said mayor and ''his son'', gets visited by a robot man who tells stories about his "childhood" that Shin doesn't buy for a second, his restaurant is the site of Haruko fighting the mayor's henchmen with guns, and yet he's ''still'' as unflappable as ever.
226	[[/folder]]
227
228	[[folder:Orinoko's Dad]]
229	->'''Voiced by:''' Susumu Akagi (JP), Creator/WilliamSalyers (EN)
230
231	[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Orinoko's dad,]] the resident blacksmith who is gravely ill.
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233	* TheBlacksmith: His profession.
234	* NotQuiteDead: PlayedForLaughs. He collapses after finishing the katana, seemingly dead. But raises up, scaring Orinoko while trying to say his final words, [[MoodWhiplash and then he dies for real]].
235	[[/folder]]
236
237	[[folder:Saya]]
238	->'''Voiced by:''' Yuna Kamakura (JP), Creator/SamanthaWeinstein (EN)
239
240	Orinoko's mother.
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242	* BrainUploading: [[spoiler:The housemaid robot at the house turns out to have Saya's consciousness uploaded into it, which Orinoko only finds out about before her home gets flattened by the Medical Mechanica plant, though she manages to retrieve her mother's consciousness through downloading it into a disc.]]
243	* PosthumousCharacter: Died before the events of the story. [[spoiler: But then revealed that her mind was transferred into a robot body by her husband.]]
244	* RoboticReveal: Inverted. [[spoiler: She was introduced as a housekeeping robot. After her father dies Orinoko discovers that he uploaded Saya’s memories onto a disc before she died and put them in the robot.]]
245	[[/folder]]
246
247	!!''FLCL: Shoegaze''
248
249	[[folder:Masaki Aofuji]]
250	[[quoteright:976:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/masaki_shoegaze.png]]
251
252	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShoyaChiba (JP), Jesse Nowack (EN)
253
254	A transfer student who recently moved to Harumi's school as recommendation from his parents. Ever since the events from ''Alternative'', he can see ghostly apparitions all over the place.
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256	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Due to being able to see the apparitions, no one at his hometown took him seriously and pushed him away.
257	* AmbiguouslyBi: At the end of episode 3 [[spoiler: he reunites with Harumi, who is now male. Masaki is not upset by this and even smiles and blushes when he sees him]].
258	* TheCassandra: The apparitions Masaki sees are really there but nobody ever believes him.
259	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter:
260	** Unlike the many other characters prior him, Masaki's deal involves his dissatisfaction as a weirdo nobody wants to be with but couldn't care less about doing more than that because he doesn't see the point. As a result, he's closer to Hidomi (who simply thought nothing about her future or friends) than the others.
261	** He ends up contrasting very differently to other characters: [[spoiler:while Naota, Hidomi, Kana, and Shin triggered their N.O. powers through sexual energy, Masaki can trigger his through ThePowerOfLove.]]
262	* CovertPervert: If there is even a brief PantyShot, he will notice rather immediately, which Harumi likes to exploit to tease him.
263	* DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: He’s had them ever since he started seeing the apparitions.
264	* FriendlessBackground: He was outcast by his peers because of his ability to see apparitions no one else could.
265	* LonersAreFreaks: He became a loner due to his aforementioned ability to see apparitions.
266	* MadBomber: He has the brilliant idea to blow up Tsuganei Tower with a homemade bomb. It goes about as well as one would expect from a bomb made by two teenagers who have no clue what they're doing.
267	* NewTransferStudent: He is a new student at his school and he still has the uniform from his old school.
268	* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Turns out this is how he can manifest his N.O. powers, when Kanda believed it was through sexual energy like with Kana before him.]]
269	* TheQuietOne: Because nobody ever listened to him, he stopped trying to tell anyone about the apparitions he sees and speaks as little as possible.
270	* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: [[spoiler:In episode 2, he realizes that Harumi keeping him going at the tower made him fall in love with her, giving him new purpose.]]
271	* SensitiveArtist: Played with. The weird things he draws in his sketchbook are things he can actually see but are invisible to everyone else.
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273	[[/folder]]
274
275	[[folder:Harumi Oraisho]]
276	[[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/harumi_shoegaze.png]]
277
278	-> '''Voiced by:''' Satomi Amano (JP), Kim Gasiciel (EN)
279
280	A spontaneous girl with weird ideas who accompanies Masaki to the mysterious tower that appeared in town.
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282	* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler:Given TheReveal that he's actually a boy from the other dimension, it's unclear if he fell for Masaki while he was a girl, and this may go both ways with Masaki as well.]]
283	* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: Constantly teases Masaki with many a PantyShot, even if said shots are ''very'' brief but enough for him to react.
284	* AttackOnTheHeart: [[spoiler:At the end of episode 2, she apparently gets accidentally shot by a sniper, ordered to do so by Kanda to trigger an emotional response from Masaki. The shot only goes through because an apparition freaked the sniper out.]]
285	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: In episode 3 she somehow survives being shot through the chest and has no signs of any injury. She lost a lot of blood and was basically comatose for most of the episode]].
286	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She is a highly eccentric person who wants to destroy the tower for unknown reasons, goes on bizarre rambling rants about the RuleOfThree, and even asks Masaki if he wants to [[CasualKink drink her pee]].
287	* CustomUniform: She styles her uniform differently from the other female students.
288	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first thing she says when we see her? She asks Masaki if she wants to ''drink her pee''.
289	* FantasticTerrorists: Harumi turns out to be a Medical Mechanica sympathizer who ultimately doesn't care about the destruction of Earth.
290	* FieryRedhead: She has red hair and a personality to match.
291	* GenderBentAlternateUniverse: [[spoiler: In the other dimension, Harumi is male.]]
292	* GenkiGirl: Extremely hyperactive and energetic, which contrasts Masaki's quieter self.
293	* HalfIdenticalTwins: As seen in episode 3. [[spoiler: Harumi is actually the male twin.]]
294	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: She fills virtually the same role that Haruko usually occupies.
295	* MadBomber: She's happy to tag along when she finds out Masaki is planning to make a bomb.
296	* NearDeathClairvoyance: In episode 3. [[spoiler: After being shot her soul leaves her body and goes through key moments of her life, revealing her backstory to the audience]].
297	* OnlyFriend: She is the only person at Masaki’s school who hangs out with him.
298	* PantyShot: Her main weapon to get a rise out of Masaki.
299	* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She loves to flirt and tease Masaki and is not shy about showing some skin or her panties.
300	** In episode 2, she strips off her blazer and shirt in front of Masaki and Kana, leaving her in only her bra, skirt, and boots.
301	* StepfordSmiler: Implied. When Masaki first sees she’s on the school roof hanging onto the outside of a chain link fence like she’s about to jump off. Her lines of not knowing who she is, wanting to feel alive, and how death is inevitable suggest that she’s really depressed.
302	* SweetTooth: She loves candy and demands Kana bring her various kinds of candy so she can…take a shower in it.
303	* ToxicFriendInfluence: Kanda brands her as such and warns Masaki to stop following her lead or else he'll be used for her schemes. [[spoiler:Ironically, Kanda himself ''is'' the real toxic influence, trying to exploit Masaki's N.O. powers through his lust for Harumi.]]
304	* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Episode 3 reveals that [[spoiler: before the universe split into two parallel dimensions Harumi was actually a boy who had just moved to Mars with his family. After the split, he suddenly found herself on Earth with a totally different family and as a girl, but he retained his memories of his old life. He grew up as a girl feeling like he never fit in as a result]].
305	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Harumi got misplaced since he was a child into Kana's dimension by accident, depositing him into a different family while he turned into a girl. As the years went by, he became rebellious to his new family and at school, while he chose to dress in a similar way that reminded him of his twin sister from his dimension. As a result, he became a crazy loner who was heavily implied to seek death because he didn't know how to solve his problem for a whole decade, channeling all that pent up anger into wanting to destroy Tsuganei Tower which could possibly destroy the whole world, though he didn't mind if that were to happen.]]

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