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Futakoi (Anime) add (All reviews)
Jul 8, 2015
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[THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS]

Person A [sighing]: Man, that show was underwhelming.

(Person B had just walked into the room, when he heard his complaint and asked.)

Person B: Hm? What do you mean? What show is underwhelming?

Person A: I mean…Futakoi is…boring and unoriginal. Well, not really, but it kinda is.

Person B [confused]: I don’t understand. Could you elaborate?

Person A [shrugging his shoulders]: Sure. The story is about a young boy named Futami Nozomu, who returns to his old town and attends a local high school, and while attending school, many girls begin to fall in love with the protagonist. But, here’s the catch, each girl that falls in love with the protagonist has a twin, so technically there are 12 girls (i.e. 6 pairs) going after the protagonist!

Person B: Well, I guess that’s original. I mean, adding twins should spice up the story. Right?

Person A [shaking his head]: Not really, because each girl doesn’t really have much of a personality and the same goes for our ‘lucky, happy protagonist. Basically, in this show, nobody has a really developed personality.

Person B: The more I listen, the more it sounds like your typical harem.

Person A [nodding]: Precisely. And I can name some of the cliches from this show:

– Overly nice and ‘lucky’ protagonist with no redeeming qualities
– Overprotective and badass butler
– Jealous bullies and his associates who pick on the protagonist
– Childhood Marriage Promise
– Childhood friends (twins) in love with protagonist
– Rich Ojou-sama (twins) in love with protagonist
– Homeroom teacher and nurse in love with protagonist
– Daughters of your friend’s mother declaring the protagonist as their future husband
– Tsundere and well-natured girl in love with protagonist
– Unexpected rival (with better qualities) appears
– Home Economics Event (i.e. prepare food of protagonist)
– Beach Episode
– Cultural Festival
– New Year’s Eve Episode
– Christmas Eve Episode
– Valentines Day Episode
– Melodrama at the end
– No Romantic Resolution

Person B [surprised]: Wow. That is a lot of cliches. But, could you be more elaborate?

Person A: Certainly. Futami Nozomu is a forgettable character, besides him smiling constantly and helping people, he's weak and a coward when it comes to confronting his bullies and his mortal enemy the 'badass goat'. He's 'lucky' because he runs into different types of girls by random coincidences and they all fall in love with the protagonist by his good deeds. Moreover, he gets jealous whenever a rival makes a move on his 'harem', making him appear possessive.

Person B [shocked]: Wow! That's pretty bad.

Person A: That's not the worse of it. The ending is terrible. There's this whole melodrama about the Sakurazuki twins being transferred away because the butler believes the twins are getting hurt due to Nozomu's indecisiveness and his inability to speak his true feelings. But, once Nozomu hears about the transfer, he suddenly becomes a 'man' and speaks his true feelings, thus preventing the whole transfer. In the end, all the girls becomes rivals with one another, as they fight for Nozomu's love. Funny thing is, Nozomu thinks in his mind, how great it was to return back to his home town. Pretty selfish to me.

Person B [nodding]: I see. A typical harem ending, then. But, hey, if it’s a harem series, then there must be fanservice with lots of panty and boob shots, right?

Person A: Actually, no. There is no blatant fanservice. No panty or boob shots. No ‘lucky pervert’ situation. Nothing. This series is just a bunch of happy girls going after the protagonist with some forced drama.

Person B: That sounds…boring.

Person A: I know it is.

The End
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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