Twin Love

Futakoi! Well, this is a story about a boy who is surrounded by twins and is haunted by the ancient myth of the small town that he moved to (wont go any further coz it'd be a spoiler =P) [Story] The story is very good, but not awesomely amazing. It follows the story of a boy called Nozomu and his two childhood friends: Sumireko and Kauruko. He develops a very deep relationship with Yura and Kira, the daughters of a rich person, with a stingy butler who dislikes Nozomu. There are A LOT of twins in this anime. They all seem to have feelings towards Nozomu. Whichone will he pick in the end? Thats the question that pops up in your head around the middle of the anime. It builds up the tension by ... oh nearly spoiled it for you there. Its a good plot and storyline that will leave you wanting just a little bit extra at the end [Art/Animation] The art/animation feels like a toddler walking around in your dad's shirt and pants. It feels like they were running on a tight schedule and a low budget. The smoothness of the animation is great. Its just that the artwork feels somewhat childish and incomplete. [Sound] The sound is great period. You wont be disappointed by the characters sounding sarcastic at critical moments (*Glares at dubbed versions of Elfen Lied and Chobits*). [Character] This was kind of disappointing. They didnt go all the way with the Ichijou sisters or in fact any of the twins. They were trying to add color to too many characters in the short amount of time they had (13 eps). Ill give it a 7 because they havent completely failed in making the characters believeable. [Enjoyment] Even though this anime has its bad points, you dont realize the bad points until you actually sit down and think about it (like me writing this review). The anime is an 'on the spur of the moment' thing and can get really heart pounding and enjoyable at times. Im heart broken i have to give it an 8 because when you think about it, after you've calmned down, its not that awesome after all. [Overall] A modest attempt at a romance/harem anime with a little splash of humour. Character development and Art are let downs, but this anime is a sound achiever and you will not be disappointed.

Futakoi is difficult to sit through. The cast is way too overblown due to the gimmick, and because of that some members of the harem basically had no goddamn screentime. The Chigusa twins for example fade completely to the background once their episode was done and over with. Lala and Lulu were just there for comedic relief, same goes for the teacher twins. The Shirogane twins are the most interesting and overall best girls, but due to them coming into the series late they also very quickly fade as we have to focus on the very, very boring "main" girls. The Sakurazuki twins have the same gimmickand behave in the exact same way, one is always just echoing the other and they don't really do anything to standout. It is the same character just copy pasted for threesome fantasy purposes. While they work well with other characters and added some decent comedy due to their stupidity, their extreme similarity makes any scene with them feel sooooo sloooooow. The exact same problem goes for the Ichijo twins but even WORSE. They are both the typical "kind" girls and also the token osananajimi. Aside from a little in fighting that comes to a head later on, they are just BORING, there is no other way to put it. They are plain pieces of untoasted wheat toast. Harem series are very much about the quality of the girls and how much they manage to charm you, so having twice amount the girls should've given this a decent leg up and get a wide appeal. However, due to most twins acting the exact same together or having a very lackluster dynamic you are left with nothing more than wasted potential for a otherwise decent premise. It doesn't help that the main guy is a coward who keeps romantically leading all the girls on (ON PURPOSE) only to then pussy out whenever things get too real and he has to actually make decisions that could impact him. He had to be guilt tripped into doing the right thing and even then it seems like he's just gonna get away with being a dipshit.