Alternative TitlesEnglish: Step Up Love Story Synonyms: Futari H Japanese: ふたりエッチ
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Type: OVA
Episodes: 4
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 26, 2002 to Jan 22, 2004
Duration:
28 min. per episode Rating:
R+ - Mild Nudity
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Ranked: #40982
Popularity: #1309
Members: 11,578
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SynopsisMakoto and Yura Onoda are happy newlyweds but neither of them has sexual experience before. Desperately willing to improve their sex life, they look for help from their relatives, friends and "the media." While their sexual knowledge is increasing, embarrassing moments are not uncommon for the innocent couple.
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Futari Ecchi
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loplop
64 of 90 people found this review helpful
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4 of 4 episodes seen
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9 |
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10 |
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8 |
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9 |
| Character |
10 |
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10 |
Futari Ecchi is an Adult ecchi comedy about people who really love each other. During the course of the series, they are learning to accept each other for the good and bad about themselves. Yes, there is some ecchiness in the 4 OVA's like the title suggests. However, very few animes have ever captured what it is really like to be married in the way that it has done. Off the top of my head, probably only Onegai Teacher did as good of job as Futari Ecchi in portraying the awkwardness of two people coming together in marriage for what ever reason in Anime during the last couple of years. It may not be a title for all anime lovers, but I would recommend it for someone wanting a romantic comedy that you can feel good about after you watch it. Just be sure to watch with someone you love by your side.
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alteredcourse
11 of 37 people found this review helpful
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4 of 4 episodes seen
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3 |
| Story |
3 |
| Animation |
3 |
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5 |
| Character |
2 |
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1 |
Step Up Love Story (Futari Ecchi) is a four-episode OVA that tells the deeply uninteresting story of two deeply uninteresting 25-year-od newlyweds, Makoto and Yura, who just happen to be virgins. LIKE I CARE. So they get married and start shagging. The end.
Well, okay, a few other things happen. Yura's slutty sister shows up and causes trouble. Makoto's sexually frustrated cousin shows up and causes trouble. The student Makoto used to tutor shows up and tries to seduce him (trouble). Yura gets a job as a waitress in a maid café. They go to a hot springs resort. Yes, this show has been beaten half to death with the cliché stick and proceeds to stagger around bruised and bleeding for 100 torturous minutes.
And while Step Up Love Story is billed as a comedy, I found myself neither laughing nor even smiling as much as I had anticipated. Like, not at all. It feels like a kids show with its simplistic characterization and banal dialogue, and only the frequent soft porn scenes (so poorly animated that the participants look like malfunctioning robots) remind the viewer that it's actually supposed to be for adults. What attracted me to the series in the first place was that the protagonists were both in their mid-20s, but the series left me wondering why they weren’t written as kids straight out of high school, because that’s the level of maturity on display from them. They’re basically 25 year-old children.
There was, however, some entertainment to be had. Imagine my surprise when the credits rolled and revealed that none other than Chiaki friggin’ Konaka did the screenplay. Yes, that Chiaki Konaka, the guy who worked on Lain, Texhnolyze, Rahxephon, BGC 2040, Armitage III, and… you get the idea. I almost did one of those comical anime faints. Almost as surprising is that the Japanese voice actors didn’t use pseudonyms, so the viewer is under no illusions that they really are listening to bad grunting and moaning from Yuji “Keitaro” Ueda and Tomoko “Rosette” Kawakami.
I’m going to be generous and award Step Up Love Story three points because it has boobs, lots of boobs, even though they’re not particularly well drawn boobs. And also because it's so bad that I've resorted to writing this, which has proved a gazillion times more enjoyable. read more
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Both are supposed to be a guide for dating and having sex. Also both contain some comedy and desperate main male character and innocent in some way female. Makoto (Futari Ecchi) trying to please his wife and add a little spice to his sex life. While Hayao (30-sai) is trying to get some "sex life".
Both are based on "educational" works who tries to give sexuals lessons to those who ... Oh, lame excuse to sell. The animated adaptations follows a charismatic, inexperienced and shy couple: in "30-sai" they are still trying to get together, with the help of their clumsy god friends; meanwhile, "Futari Ecchi" starts by the marriage, but its protagonists are equally or even more naive and lost.
Different environments, similar situations. The two recount with pleasant mood the difficulties and the steps that these couples give in direction to love, in a way that does not abandon its "didactic" origin. "Futari Ecchi" stands out for having a more mature story, while "30-sai" constantly loses himself in questionable and embarrassing scenes.
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Both are pretty light-hearted and have a cute couple that have lots of sex. Kibun Kibun is a hentai, but it is severely censored, which basically brings it to the same level as Futari Ecchi.
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Opening ThemeNo opening themes found, add themes.
Ending Theme"Sync" by Sanae Shintani
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