Ninamori And Amaro Character Analysis

that applies heavily to japan today. Many citizens argue whether incorporating aspects of foreign culture into their society would be seen as an adaptation or if it would be seen as adoption. Ultimately what FLCL shows is that accepting foreign influences doesn’t mean that one’s original identity is lost, instead incorporating new aspects may in fact result in a positive growth. Two other characters that show a particular conflict are the characters of Ninamori and Amaro. Like Naota these two characters both put on a façade. They both internalize their true selves while keeping an appearance for the public. Ninamori is Naota’s classmate as well as the president of their class. Her father is the mayor of Mabase city and at the time of the third episode it is revealed that her father is in the midst of

Honne and tatemae are aspects of Japanese culture that are considered to be a form of social etiquette. Honne refers to the “real self” meaning a person’s true feelings and thoughts, tatemae refers to the “public self” the face that is shown in public. It is believed that the two should be used in order to keep situations harmonious, meaning that people should internalize their true feelings and keep up a façade for the public to prevent conflict (Nakata). In FLCL the addition of Ninamori and Amaro challenges this belief this is seen through Ninamori’s growth. In the third episode Ninamori like Naota manifests a horn that then transforms into a violent robot. The trigger for this manifestation was Ninamori suddenly lashing out at Naota and releasing the emotions that she had been repressing. These emotions stemmed from the scandal her father faced as well as the implication of divorce between her parents. Rather than dealing with these feelings Ninamori followed honne and tatemae and internalized everything she felt which then resulted in a violent explosion of emotion (and a