Alternative TitlesEnglish: Twin Love Alternative Synonyms: Futakoi 2 Japanese: フタコイ オルタナティブ
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 7, 2005 to Jun 30, 2005
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company
StatisticsScore: 7.251 (scored by 3115 users)
Ranked: #15372
Popularity: #648
Members: 6,442
Favorites: 24 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisThe Futaba Detective Agency, being run by Rentarou, who has taken over the family business, after his father's death 3 weeks ago. Along w/ Sara & Souju, his live-in identical twin assistants. He ends up running afoul of the local Yakuza.
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Futakoi Alternative Spin-off: Futakoi
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hejdar
37 of 52 people found this review helpful
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13 of 13 episodes seen
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
Now, to be honest, I wasn't expecting much when I first laid my eyes on this one. Futakoi didn't impress me and even though I'd heard this was a complete remake with the only similarity being the characters I was far from convinced. However, it would only take the first episode to win me over.
My biggest problem with a lot of anime is that I have to force myself not to fast forward past a lot of scenes. Only a few animes I've seen can pride themselves with having me pay full attention to every scene, and Futakoi alternative is actually one of those! The key to this is a fast paced and unique story. When watching the first episode, I really had no idea where the story was going, but believe me, I wanted to know! Not only this, but the brilliant mix of action and comedy had me wondering where those 20 minutes had gone. The first episode was funny and filled with action provided by colorful characters. Even though I was stunned after the first episode, one question had me worried, would the remaining episodes be as enjoyable?
Don't get me wrong, the first episode's mix of action and comedy was perfect, but action and comedy only goes that far. A good show needs character and story development, and I was wondering whether Futakoi Alternative would provide me with that. However, after watching a few more episodes, this no longer had me worried. The pace was slowed down but instead a solid story replaced it. Even though Futakoi Alternative starts out as a cheerful series, it develops into something deeper, more heart gripping, however, it does all this without losing it's original feel.
Even though the story is brilliant, the characters are in no way to be underestimated. Because believe me when I say this, they are simply great. The main character Rentarou really is one of my favourite anime characters. He's tough and can be hilarious, but he has his inner demons and doubts which makes him into more than a simple harem character. You understand his problems, you know they are hard to solve. I guess you could say he feels REAL. Also, without spoiling too much, it really does feel like this anime wraps things up nicely in the end, something that a lot of good animes fails with.
Futakoi Alternative is a funny action-filled series which manages to maintain a deep, gripping story despite it's unrealistic setting. Comedy, action, drama and romance all together without getting too mixed up. This anime really has it all, I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to see 13 episodes of pure brilliance.
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msandov007
7 of 16 people found this review helpful
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13 of 13 episodes seen
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| Overall |
9 |
| Story |
9 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
8 |
| Character |
9 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
the first 4 episodes or so, are a bit confusing but after that you start getting the hang of the story. i liked this anime because its got a good amount of comedy, action and romance (*it centers around romance tho*). the story doesnt progress fast rather, it follows a monotonous synopsis and unlike naruto and other anime that has some random episodes that seem to come out of nowhere this one is really focused (w the exception of the squid i dont know why it had to be a squid lol) watching the anime Futakoi before watching this one might be a good idea.
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both Furi Kuri and Futakoi Alternative are action packed and totally random the same time. this show will be sure to make you laugh at times. to get a better kick out of this show you might wanna watch futakoi. (futakoi has bearly anything to do with alternative. its just watching the characters in futakoi doing things you would never expect them to in alternative
These two share the same type of manic action, humor, and utter insanity in general.
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The scenes in episode 3 made me feel like this one would b appropriate for ef. if you like the way episode three is and you like crazy mysterious confusing anime you'll love ef.
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Opening Theme"New World" by Yumi
Ending Theme"Bokura no Jikan" by eufonius "New World" by YUMI
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