Episode 2 opens with another dream from Hidomi. She faces off against zombie versions of her classmates, while being one herself. It doesn’t end well for her as she is dismembered. The visual styling of this scene is worth the violent imagery if you’re put off by such things. What these dreams mean is still unclear.

Haruko appear to not have been fired for pretending to be another person, and Hidomi’s classmates seem to under her control. She hands them her yearbook, as they flip through looking at it content of Haruko playing baseball, but Hidomi merely sees drawings of the evens in what looks like crayon.

She is given a mission from Haruko to deliver a worksheet to Ide. We learn more about Ide, he’s working at a terrible job where he’s regularly abused by patrons and his boss. He’s literally being wiped by his boss as he, along with his co workers a trying to pull a car. He’s then beaten by a customer who punches him. Hidomi witnessing this begins to an emotion reaction and passes out.

As Ide takes care of Hidomi, Haruko interrupts them. Jinyu arrives as well and she faces off against Haruko. During their battle, Jinyu states several times that Haruko will not “you know you’re not going to reach him like this.” Hidomi finally transforms in a massive explosion, when the dust dissipates Hidomi has transformed into a junky little droid. However, Hidomi merely touches Haruko and knocks her away in an explosion. Hidomi attempts to punch Haruko again, but misses and manages to hit herself, returning Hidomi to her original form.

FLCL remains a confusing show, this episode doesn’t answer many pending questions. Who is Jinyu referring to when she says “you know you’re not going to reach him like this”? Is Hidomi falling in love with Ide? Hidomi’s transformation is weird and I’m not sure I like it or love it, but it’s unexpected. However, unexpected is what FLCL is about.