Thursday, April 14, 2005
Futakoi Alternative 2
No where near as hectic and insane as last time, but still enjoyable :) Lots of flashbacks to somewhat explain how Rentarou met Souju/Sara and we also see his very cool dad in action in one (it's the action scene that was in the preview). The rest later.
Okay, now to get to work here. I'm not doing to do a blow-by-blow, scene-by-scene thing here since we were all over the place, jumping back for some flashbacks here and there, back to the present, another flashback, a short thing on those twins who were separated, then when they met again when they were both 40 they had married women who looked the same and had the same name and their kids were born on the same day was thrown in as well, so I'll go the same random-ish route here with my thoughts ;)
Rentarou should not try singing like he did in the baths early this time any more :P Seems he and Sara and Souju are well-known to everyone in the area, though everyone calls him 二代目 ("the 2nd") in reference to his father who was the 1st, of course, and who also saved the city, but that's explained later on.
Sara and Souju were pretty hilarious this time, with plenty of SD for both. They fight over who should answer the phone (for Rentarou's detective work). Sara gives a nail all she's got, just about bringing the house down again (at least it seemed like it would). And Sara tries cooking... that thing she made was not in any way edible... SD Sara crying after that was rather cute ;)
Rentarou first met Sara and Souju 2 years ago, when they came to his detective office.. for something, but before that's even talked about Sara goes full-on ツンツン to Rentarou, complaining that his decorating sense sucks ;) He quickly comes to understand that though they look the same on the outside, their personalities are just about exact opposites of one another.
Otherwise, Sara, Souju, and Rentarou spend the day waiting on a client that never shows up, and after Rentarou goes to sleep... with Sara and Souju by his side... no fair... he dreams about what happened five years ago...
A giant squid attacks Nikotama and sets the whole city on fire. Rentarou's dad, Ainosuke, the guy with the afro-ish hair, is determined to protect the place he loves. Rentarou (yes, that's him with that hair), however, is not... not until after his dad gives the speech about being a man, then he decides to join in, and they glide towards the giant squid. Ainosuke jumps from the glider, runs across the missles the squid launched, then gives the vile thing the good ol' "Detective Kick", kicking the crap out of it. Very cool ;)
And after waking up, for some reason Rentarou thinks he sees a UFO, and he, Souju and Sara run outside all around the area and look like they're having quite a bit of fun :)
Nice change of pace from the hectic insanely paced first episode to a more calmed down, slower look at how everyday life is for the three. It was still here, there, and everywhere with the direction this time with all those flashbacks thrown in, but still very much enjoyable. However... Souju needs more screentime to herself. It seems like Sara's been getting all the attention lately, you know -- and it's almost pushed me over to the Sara side of the fence, lol ;)
There was a next episode preview this time. There's a B&W film filter on the entire time, kinda giving it that old-time detective movie feel. As for what's coming up in "Emerald Mountain High", it seems that the Momoi twins, Ai and Mai will be introduced. Just from the preview, it seems like a serious episode, but we'll see about that ;)
Posted by Matthew at April 14, 2005 5:38 PM
This episode is just further proof that the pompadour was never a good idea.
Posted by Hephador at April 15, 2005 1:19 AM
I'm loving all the SD fun! :)
Posted by moyism at April 15, 2005 1:31 AM
Did anyone notice that Rentarou's father looks like a character from Lupin III?
I love the SD look on Sara's face when she was crying. They should make a poster of that.
Posted by Mohammad at April 16, 2005 6:40 AM
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