Where did Naota's brain go?

[FLint CLeaver]

This section is to discuss where you think Noata's brain is,why it's not there, and anything else; like deeper thoughts or what it symbolizes.
Even if is head can turn into a interdeimsional channel...there is got to be some explanation of hows hes thinking...I mean i mean i dont think even Haruko could live without a brain!

[Amy]

it's not supposed to be logical, it's supposed to be just as weird as it sounds. there's a big explination to go along with this, so watch out...
there is a lot of symbolism in FLCL, as you know, so Naota's brain 'missing'...it could have to do about him going through puberty, and that when a boy is going through this time, they tend to have 'no head', and can't really get a grasp on exactly what is going on. (this is especially obvious.) Naota must 'get' his head back-he must mature, and become an adult. Haruko, as i thought, symbolized puberty-she's unpredictable, annoying, weird, but at the same time, she knows what it takes to be a man. When Haruko comes, Naota's brain goes missing. When Haruko finally leaves, Naota's got his brain back. so, it's symbolizing that when going through puberty, your brain is 'missing', and you act different from how you normally do (although this doesn't seem to happen untill episode 4. then it goes into episode 5, and reaches its high in episode 6). i hope that helped

[Rabble]

Erm, See when an Alien smooches a human, their dna gets..Screwed.. Like spiderman. And the brain.. is no longer needed. Which allows the head to be used as a urm.. Robot Pulley outey thing. With.. Radioactive.. Brain waves. Right. And well, the heart becomes a brain in one so its a uber brain. Aliens urm.. Don't posses brains, they are like the reverse of zombies, who don't need hearts, and the only way to kill a zombie is to kill its brain. Well For aliens you must destory its heart, by urm.. Using deeper penatration into the ribs, through the vital organs and burning the heart to insure a sure kill. Using the hide for recourses. Then you use your infantry and rifle grunts to take down an enemey tank, guided you have air support. Perfferably a few gunships, mabye a bomber here and there. This puberty Amy speaks of changes his system, his body starts getting. Werid, growing hair in strange places and robots coming out of the skull. So The brain really isn't.. missing, its just more of transfromed. Therefor you have excellent cover for your infantry. Would this by any chance be easier if I explaned it with cats or something? Actully, It is VERY logical. The human mind is wasted, see you probbably use about 10 percent of your brain, or even less. If you really think about it. Its actully more logical than math. Because of the Sir Santa of Clause. He was an ape-like creature making crude and pointless toys out of dino-bones and his own waste, hurling them at chimp-like creatures with crinkled hands regardless of how they behaved the previous year. These so-called "toys" were buried as witches, and defecated upon, and hurled at predators who were awoken by the searing grunts of the children. This santa cleared the way of N.O. Fields making it possible to transfer brain waves into humans. Called the urm.. N.O. Brain Transfer 2000. Stay in school, Drink your milk. This was the born of Colossi. See. If you can defeat 16 Colossi You cotnrol the world. And have the power to bring back organs. See Haruko probbably killed 16. Thats how he got his brain back.

Do you belive in magic? In a young girls heart?... Yeah lets stop. Too much weed.

[takai]

I think Amy's pretty much got it.

Naota "not having a brain" is definetly a metaphor for a boy's testosterone level while going through puberty. Often he feels sexual urges and does things with out thinking.

[Final Red]

That's like me.

[Amy]

That's like me.

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[sesse]

It was an xray scan. Your brain wouldnt show up on an xray scan anyways. Haruko is prolly just toying with him. =p

[Jance]

yea okay i guess. but what about when canti and naota go atomsk mode.

when atomsk (canti) turns into also cannon mode you see this brain thing on the rear of cannon canti. it looks like two squar brains. and when canti eats naota, this kinda screw pipe thing pulls him more farther inside canti and then a little light bulb goe "Bing". so i think naotas brain is with in canti. but it could also have sumetin to do wit pubes.



also for sesse said. some x-rays show your brain. LOL what about that one new movie. about a african american woman. she only has three weeks to live becuase she got her brain damaged or sumtin like that. in that preview you can see the x-ray with the afganistan guy going "this is not right"-you get what i mean....

[sesse]

No I dont get what you mean.

X-ray scans can never show brain for certain sound reasons. Don't get your facts from movies cos most of the time they are wrong. Those scans you saw in the movie were either MRI scans or the script writer got it all wrong. You can read on xray at wikipedia.

And here is a quick quote.

Also, traditional plain X-rays pose very little use in the imaging of soft tissues such as the brain or muscle. Imaging alternatives for soft tissues are computed axial tomography (CAT or CT scanning), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or ultrasound.

[Jance]

No I dont get what you mean.

X-ray scans can never show brain for certain sound reasons. Don't get your facts from movies cos most of the time they are wrong. Those scans you saw in the movie were either MRI scans or the script writer got it all wrong. You can read on xray at wikipedia.

And here is a quick quote.

Also, traditional plain X-rays pose very little use in the imaging of soft tissues such as the brain or muscle. Imaging alternatives for soft tissues are computed axial tomography (CAT or CT scanning), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or ultrasound.

hmmm. oookaaaay. x-rays. yeeaa.

but what about what i wrote early before the "x-rays", did i make any sense on that one?

[sesse]

Ohh yea you are making sense on your argument about how naota fuses with canti. It was the xray and brain scan parts that bothered me. ;D

[Jance]

Ohh yea you are making sense on your argument about how naota fuses with canti. It was the xray and brain scan parts that bothered me. ;D

sorry? oh welcome by day way!

*not mentioning registered a day before sesse*

[AarokBomB]

so, it's symbolizing that when going through puberty, your brain is 'missing', and you act different from how you normally do (although this doesn't seem to happen untill episode 4. then it goes into episode 5, and reaches its high in episode 6). i hope that helped

The idea of going through puberty is very evident indeed... But it may not be that case associated with Naota's brain... Could there possibly be something that is incomplete within him; a source that isn't whole...? What if their is some essence that can't be seen directly, but is somehow buried deep inside ( like light-years away)...? Just like the things that are seen popping out of his head, a connection to what has happen in Natoa's life shows that he's hiding something... And we're giving several hints to it too...

Hmmm... Could it be his feelings for his Brother playing baseball in America? The "ordinary" city he lives in? Friends? Family at home? Haruko? Puberty? Maybe all of them together... Yeah, that might just be it...

[CantiSama13]

I read somewhere that Naota's brain isn't actually gone-- In the 2nd episode when Haruko makes the x-rays of Naota's head, the black void where his brain should be is actually an affect of his now opened N.O. portal. The amount of energy concentrated in that particular spot caused the x-rays to blank out at that point, thus creating the illusion that he 'has no brain.'

[takai]

I read somewhere that Naota's brain isn't actually gone-- In the 2nd episode when Haruko makes the x-rays of Naota's head, the black void where his brain should be is actually an affect of his now opened N.O. portal. The amount of energy concentrated in that particular spot caused the x-rays to blank out at that point, thus creating the illusion that he 'has no brain.'

I think you're definitely right on this one. I've heard variations of this theory before and it makes a lot of sense if you consider some of N.O.'s other effects.