I discovered FLCL on the Christmas of 2016. It utterly confused me. It made no sense. Yet I couldn't help but be drawn to it. It was only a few weeks later when I rewatched it. Then again. Then again. Then again. I'm up to ~33 times today. Quickly, I realized even though I couldn't understand why, it had touched my soul in a way that no other piece of media had or has since. It became the first 10/10 I ever gave and remains my favorite piece of media ever. This is all majorly thanks to The Pillows. In 2018 I began listening to more of their non-FLCL music and they became my favorite band ever. Similarly to the way FLCL touched me in the way of TV, The Pillows was that for music. They're my most listened to and adored band of all time and always will be. They simply can't be rivaled and will always mean so much to me. My username, "Blues Drive Amelia", comes from their song "Blues Drive Monster". I'm eternally thankful I was able to see them during their last NA tour which also remains the best experience of my life. I have photos with all the members, a signed poster, my tickets, a guitar pic one of the members slid into my hand during a photo, and the Canti head patch they gave all. They're all my most treasured possessions - manifestations of what FLCL and The Pillows are to me. I grieve their disbandment - all of those who were not so lucky to catch their few non-Japanese tours, and everyone from this day on that will discover them and long for having been in the crowd for just one of the concerts - but I am all the more happy they existed once upon a time. Through their music and through FLCL, they will never stop touching hearts and souls.

Thank you, The Pillows. You'll live on forever.

A small playlist of some of my favorite songs of theirs: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW9… #FLCL #ThePillows #Anime #Jmusic #Jrock