Futakoi: Alternative

Psieye · newbie! Joined: Apr 09, 2005 Posts: 25

I've had a look at Ep 3 raw.
While I think it's wrong to say that Ep 1 was the early 'best offer' of this series, the OP and first ep really can give you a misleading first impression. I'm sure M4d action will be back, but it's not the only thing this series is good at - Ep 3 had drama that transcends the language barrier. Though I'd still need to get the sub to understand the details, unlike Ep 2 it's very clear what this episode is about. Tiny amount of M4d Action is involved for humour purposes (like in Ep 2), but it's not like Ep 1 with the Super Booster, Self-Destruct Device and Apache Attack Hellicopter.

This series is still called Futakoi (Alt) - i.e. Twin Love. Much different theme and style than the first Futakoi I'm sure, but the 'Koi' part is still there. As such, don't expect this to be a 100% Action dosage.

Edit: Saw Ep 4 raw too now:
Those who have missed action, you can get some here. Not as much as Ep 1, but these new twins do look promising in the Combat area. Rentaro ain't bad as a detective either. I think we can expect the first half of the series (up to Ep 7 maybe?) to focus on each of the 6 pairs of twins, this greatly affecting the 'flavour' of the episode. No two episodes have the same feel to them so far.

Ok, so what I'm writing inside the Spoiler tags aren't really spoiler-ish. But I did it in case some people don't want to hear my comments and opinions on what this series might be like as we progress in episodes before they see more themselves.

mistabean · Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:25 am Post subject:

AnimeYuki just released ep 3

Quite surprising, how they changed the pace 180°... if ep1 got an explosive start, and ep2 got a pretty much almost the same pace as ep1 (due to the confusing timeline)... ep 3 looked almost like somebody just pulled the handbrake on the series...

Not enough humour, almost little to no action, and almost all drama... it was a surprise...

I was a little dissapointed with this, but as the episode progresses I found out that I have judged it a little too early... The style was just beautiful!!! Especially when Ai and Rentarou tried to find the handphone... very beautiful indeed... and it was also touching how they tolg the split of Mai and Ai...

Many loose threads were left hanging, but I guess the creators had left us for our own interpretation... Like:

What is the real cause of Mai and Ai's conflict?
The thing that it was lost between them, is it Rentarou?
Why Ai left the town?

And lastly: Ai's handphone was in the aquarium, maybe she had thrown it in herself... but why??

The storyline was still in a chaotic mess though, with no real signs of where this will head... Thank God, that so far, there is no annoying characters
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Psieye · newbie! Joined: Apr 09, 2005 Posts: 25

mistabean · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 5:10 am Post subject:

Loveless · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 5:35 am Post subject:

Mai and Ai loved Rentarou and because one expressed their love the other one felt she was out of place and had to leave

get it now?

mistabean · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:36 am Post subject:

dang... thx Loveless for the explanation...

well looking forward for ep4 then... wonder what for surprises would be in store there...
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Kichi · newbie! Joined: Dec 28, 2004 Posts: 25 Location: Singapore

futakoi alternative is kind of surprising. because the original characters were so delicate and soft. but when it came to this...wow!!it was so full of action ...i liked it...it was soo cool!!

Psieye · newbie! Joined: Apr 09, 2005 Posts: 25

shimoda · Conscript Joined: Nov 13, 2004 Posts: 168

hmmm im patiently waiting for ep3 and 4 to be subbed by Shi-Fa.

i didn't like ep2 too much... the confusing timeline twist was neat but not appealing to me at all. not much happened either except his dream about his dad kicking the shiz out of that giant squid and bumming around do nothing.

it was disappointing i simply loved ep1. ep2 was okay but a bit of a drag down. i hope the upcoming FA will be as "FLCL" as stylish as the first episode. Rolling Eyes

dEvIlDuDe · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject:

AnY subs are pretty good... me I just dl both of them but put them in separate folder and separate(sp) back up hard drive...

And yeh the timeline is kinda confusing..
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spermbank-tycoon · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 4:03 am Post subject:

I'm really liking this series now, I payed it out heaps bad some time back. Storyline hasn't been developed that well yet so... I dunno, not much to say. Hope it will end better than FLCL.
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Jinkilliaz · newbie! Joined: Mar 08, 2005 Posts: 32

Please let there some action on the next episode Rolling Eyes

tall_tag · newbie! Joined: May 03, 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Austin, Tx

The 1st 3 episodes so far are way better than the entire season of the 1st series.

verifyid · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Apr 24, 2005 Posts: 94

I must say that the second season does have something weird going on in the background. All three episodes are totally different from each other. The first was all action packed and drew in the audience. The second was basically an episode to get to know the main character. Then the third episode was about a love story of the past. I hope something comes together so I can understand the series. It would be too weird if they just had episodes that were totally unrelated to each other.
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Ristol42 · newbie! Joined: May 03, 2005 Posts: 13

I think that the differences are probably due to different directors; the first episode had a completely different pacing and feel to it than the second, and the third as well.
Nevertheless this is an excellent show.
Sa suga UFOTable!