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| - Interestingly, the storyline of the Flower Thieves manga does not take place on Filgaia, but on Earth itself. The storyline doesn't link Earth to any particular version of Filgaia, making it a little difficult to pin down the manga's place in the franchise. Flower Thieves takes place thousands of years after a war between humans and demons destroyed much of the life on the planet, turning the world into a scorched wasteland. Set in a dystopian future, the manga features a large group of humans on their last leg, living in the overcrowded city of Upperhorse where flowers and other flora are rare and valuable. When a plant-eating monster known as a "Flower-Thief" attacks a mysterious girl named Jessica, a young boy named Maxi Remington must use a forbidden ARM weapon to save her, and is subsequently expelled from the city. Traveling into the wilderness with Jessica and a florist named Guy, Maxi sets off on a quest to restore the balance of nature throughout the world and make the earth habitable again.
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