This English script is taken directly from the subtitles on the Japanese DVD release. It is provided for personal use only.
Mamimi (voice over)
I saw a heavenly being a while back... it was by the river, in the rain, where I picked up an abandoned kitten. Only I could see it. An angel with black wings, which descended to Earth just for me.
Naota
What are you doing here?
Mamimi
Oh, Ta!
Naota
Don?t bother me at school.
Mamimi
Well you know...
Eri
Who?s that?
Gaku
His babe, I?d guess.
Masashi
Yeah, that?s Naota?s girlfriend.
Eri
His... girlfriend?
Naota
What?
Eri
What an airhead.
Mamimi
You look kind of stylish this way, with this thing in your...
Naota
Cut it out! Don?t look at it!
Eri
Talk about lame.
Cut to Haruko examining an x-ray.
Haruko
Hold still, that?s right... See it?s empty, no brains. Must?ve dropped them somewhere.
Naota
Because of you.
Haruko
It?s not my fault you dropped them. You?re so messed up.
Naota
Look who?s talking.
Haruko
Sprouting a robot out of your head is a pretty messed up thing to do. Not only that, but now you?ve got another one.
Naota
This is weird. It?s not normal to grow horns, and then that horn turned into this robot dummy which is now living in my house, and it?s because you hit me with your moped.
Haruko
There?s nothing wrong with my Vespa.
Naota
Haven?t you returned that outfit yet? Some people may start thinking you really are a nurse.
Haruko
Ah, how do you do. My name is Haruko Haruhara. I?m 19 years old, and I work as a live-in maid for Naota?s family.
Naota
19? The hell you say!
Haruko
But in reality I am... a space investigator for The Fraternity!
Naota
That?s a lame name for a band.
Haruko
Guess again. We?re not going on Star Search.
Naota
That hurt! Anyway Miyu Miyu lit into you yesterday.
Haruko
I swear, you don?t know anything, do you Ta? It was your fault I got the treatment from that cat.
Naota
Well, what is this thing anyway? And how come it can take x-rays?
Haruko
It?s a Medical Mechanica robot. Didn?t you know that? That?s where it was built.
Naota
Well, what was it doing inside me?
Haruko
That what I?d like to know. What?s the connection here, huh? Well?
Naota (voice over)
I can?t hardly tell anymore where the truth ends and the lies begin. I?m surrounded by lies, starting with Mamimi Samejima and Haruko Haruhara. And then there?s these new horns I?m sprouting. It?s too fantastic not to be real.
Title: Fista (The katakana actually reads Faista)
Cut to Canti loading boxes under the command of Kamon
Kamon
Lift that bale! Since you don?t have any futuristic conveniences, we?ve got to get some use out of you at least.
Naota
Oh no! Dad, keep it indoors!
Kamon
Wrong, wrong, wrong! You?re supposed to start with that one!
Naota
The neighbors have eyes you know.
Kamon
Are you trying to keep it to yourself, just because you found it?
Naota
It?s not normal for a family to have it?s own robot!
Kamon
Well, what?s wrong with a family having it?s own robot? Actually, I think it?d impart a sense of arbitrariness to the average household for it to have such outrageous technology as a humanoid machine. Ideally, you have family group N, composed of various self-directed persons, with the plot device of having a robot. Then you have social environment M, which makes all of this possible, followed by Initial D, a manga which everyone is buying. Robot Keiji K...
Haruko
What?s he talking about.
Naota
He?s talking about this ?Eva?zine which he used to write.
Haruko
Eh? Wha?!
Naota
This isn?t the first time that robot dummy?s gone walking around either!
Haruko
There seem to be a lot of fires happening around these parts lately.
Naota
There was a fire yesterday too... Huh?!
Kamon
He could use a break too. Isn?t that right, TV Boy?
Cut to Mamimi sitting under the bridge playing a computer game.
Naota
You?re in high school now. What do you think you?re doing?
Mamimi
I lost my shoes while playing with Ta.
Naota
Who?
Mamimi
Ta.
Naota
You mean him?
Mamimi
Right. He looks hungry. You got anything?
Naota
What?
Mamimi
He can?t eat gum, you know?
Naota
He?s been abandoned? And you saved him?
Mamimi
Kind of makes me an angel, doesn?t it? You know, Cantide, the angel of black fire, champion of the weak!
Naota
That?s a character in a computer game, a dangerous one, who burns towns to the ground.
Mamimi
I think it?s cool.
Naota
You do have a thing for games.
Mamimi
Won?t you stay and play?
Naota
I?m busy.
Mamimi
Seems like you?re always busy.
Naota
Well, I?ve got to look out for so many people, after all.
Cut to Haruko riding her Vespa. She crashes into the Medical Mechanica.
Officer #1
Lady! Hey, Lady! What make is this? It?s got parts I?ve never seen before.
Officer #2
Yeah? Have you even got a brain? You don?t seem to know what?s what. You go tearing around the facility, blowing up all over the place. We?ve got trouble enough right now, without you adding to it. Word is that last night?s fire was arson, and before that a nurse at the associated hospital was stripped of her uniform too...
Officer #1
So many people don?t know right from wrong... Ow!
Naota
Adults don?t do what you?re doing!
Officer #1
Who?s this? You?re little brother?
Naota
We?re strangers. I?m an Earthling, after all.
Officer #1
This is no place for kids! People are working here!
Haruko
This is no place for people to work. It hasn?t got a single entrance. You we?re probably thinking that one normally has no business getting a grade-schooler to vouch for oneself, am I right?
Officer #2
Now hold it! Are you talking about this kid here?
Naota
That?s true... It?s not right!
Haruko
Even so, you came. The rain?s stopped. Allow me to thank you. With something better than just mouth-to-mouth.
Cut to Mamimi sitting under the bridge.
Mamimi
There?s no sign of the angel... Huh?!
It?s the angel.
It?s the angel... It really is the angel. Just like before.
Cut to Haruko riding her Vespa with Naota.
Haruko
You don?t usually go to the beach, do you?
Naota
Not at this time of year. It?s too cold... AHHH! Look out! Your driving is awful!
Haruko
No it?s not.
Naota
I don?t like being scared... especially when I?m not wearing a helmet!
Haruko
You?ve got no brain! What do you have to be afraid of?
Naota
Hyaaa!
Naota (voice over)
The beach was closer than I thought, on that moped. The smell of the autumn sea breeze went right through to the back of my sinuses. It might well have been because my head really was empty, just as Haruko said.
Titles: FLCL
Text: Samejima Mamimi (17)
Mamimi
Good thing I followed him.
Naota
Ohhh, what if somebody sees it?
Text: Haruhara Haruko (?)
Haruko
I saw it at the convenience store no too long ago...
Text: Nandaba Naota (12)
Naota
Huh!
Haruko
...leafing through a naughty magazine.
Naota
When was this?
Mamimi
You?re lucky. Do you think he?ll come over to my place too?
Naota
You can?t keep pets where you live.
Haruko
Sameji? Come in out of the cold.
Mamimi
I?m fine where I am.
Naota
Grandpa doesn?t like the fact that she?s seeing my brother.
Text: Miyu Miyu (12)
Haruko
And that?s keeping you from inviting her in?
Naota
Well, she said she was fine where she is.
Text: Takkun (4 months)
Mamimi
Hey! He?s back!
Naota
Oh no... what have you been doing?!
Mamimi
Canti
Naota
Canti?
Mamimi
Cantide, the black angel of fire!
Haruko
What took you so long?
Naota
What are you using him to run errands for?
Haruko
I told you to get the kind with the pulp in it! Huh? What?s that? Huh?
Sigekuni
Give it here. Now let?s see... I told you to get the one with my favorite pop idol on it!
Naota
Not you too, Grandpa...
Mamimi
It?s ?Bomb? (a teen idol magazine).
Haruko
He?s useless.
Naota
You?re the one who wrecked him.
Mamimi
Hey, Haru, you can?t do this. He?s an angel!
Haruko
What is she talking about?
Naota
A computer game. I sure do envy high school girls. They don?t have to worry about anything.
Mamimi
Well, it?s true. The black wings prove it.
Naota
Stay inside now, you hear me? Or I?ll put you on a leash.
Kamon
Hey, TV-Boy did you tape the Thursday TV Special?
Cut to Canti by the river.
Gaku
Come on, over here!
Eri
This was a boathouse?
Gaku
Something still smells you know?
Eri
It says "Keep Out"
Gaku
Then don?t follow me.
Masashi
Don?t worry. The police have already been here. They said it was arson.
Eri
What, again?
Gaku
Again with the arson, huh?
Eri
Probably some housewife did it. You know, stressed out from doing housework all day.
Gaku
Nah, it?s UFOs. Didn?t you see the tabloid photos?
Masashi
It?s a diplomatic affair.
Eri
If they were going to do it at all, they should have picked a more attention-getting place to burn.
Gaku
The school! The school!
Masashi
I heard about something like this.
Gaku
Before we started school, right? That was ages ago.
Eri
Somebody burned it?
Naota
There?re still a few ruins remaining.
Eri
Ah...
Gaku
What?s that? What the?! What?s that?! Bullying, I bet. The bullies got someone around here the other day too. Which school is that uniform from?
Masashi
Shinden High School.
Gaku
You mean she?s a high schooler?
Eri
Man. You?d think high school students would know better.
Cut to Mamimi and Naota walking along a bridge.
Cut to screen of flash text with overlaid voices.
Various Voices
Fire Starter is a handheld electronic game. No one knows when Endsville, the Devil?s own city, came into existence. But it began growing, expanding from the moment of it?s birth, engulfing the world little by little. The player takes on the role of the servant of Cantide the Black Angel, who must thwart the growth of Endsville by setting it afire. Hey kid, you see any suspicious characters around? Not me, Officer. It was arson, wasn?t it? There was somebody, and you have an idea who it was, don?t you? No I don?t! It must be a stress reaction. Brought on by bullying, like I said. It happened around here too the other day. Won?t you stay and play? Some dangerous person is trying to burn the town down. Word is that yesterday?s fire was arson too. Also arson, huh? I think it?s cool. She looks stupid. Wrong. It was her, wasn?t it? No! Yep, it was her alright. Hold on where did you go? I?m to blame. It?s my fault for not noticing. Where does reality end, and lies begin? How come we?ve got a talking cat? No brains. Must?ve dropped them somewhere. Speak for yourself!
Cut to Haruko in Naota?s bedroom.
Haruko
No, I still can?t contact with him. I?ve managed to co-opt one of the enemy?s robots, but it?s no use either. Oh right, sorry about that. Huh?!
Cut to fire.
Voices
Get back!
Cut to Naota looking at the fire.
Naota
The embankment... Hey! Where?s she go?
Naota (voice over)
I remember the school fire. It was six years ago.
Mamimi (voice over)
He saved me.
Naota (voice over)
My brother?
Mamimi (voice over)
No, Canti, defender of the weak.
Naota (voice over)
There were rumors that it was arson, but the official report was "Cause Unknown". Case closed. And that was the day that my brother met Mamimi Samejima.
Cut to Mamimi sitting in a ring of cigarettes.
Mamimi
What are you doing here?
Naota
You dropped this.
Mamimi
I?m done with it. You can have it.
Naota
You and my brother went to this school, didn?t you?
Mamimi
You remember the fire they had here? Nah, you wouldn?t remember. You were just a little thing back then. I hated this place.
Naota
You.
Mamimi
I wished it would just go away. But it didn?t work. I burned the place, but its remains are still here. Endsville is burning. Look.
And now, Cantide, my angel, your reward... a kiss of blessing.
Haruko
Huh?!
Naota
Wh... What?s going on here? This one?s bigger than before!
Mamimi
Oh no! There?s some big this sticking out of you...!
Naota
Ahh... Yaa... It?s so heavy...
Mamimi
Ta!
Haruko
How dare you do this to him!
Mamimi
Ta!
Naota
Haruko...? Mamimi?!
Mamimi! Run!
My brother!
Mamimi
Ta?
Naota
What are you doing...?! Let go of me!
Haruko
It...
Mamimi
It ate him?!
You?re no angel, you stupid thing! Why did you go and eat Ta?!
Haruko
It?s transformed!
Gotcha!
Mamimi
Ta!
Naota
Ouch!
Mamimi
You?re dripping wet, Ta!
Naota
Everything?s been blown away, the school ruins... everything.
Mamimi
And you smell too.
Haruko
Oh no!
I?m getting out of here.
Hey! What are you two standing there for?!
Naota (voice over)
I didn?t even notice the approaching sirens. I couldn?t tell what was real and what wasn?t. But I made up my mind then and there that I would stay with Mamimi and do whatever I could for her.
End