Futari Ecchi

Makoto and Yura Onoda are a newly-wed couple with zero sexual experience. Yura is a shy and naive 25-year-old woman whose good looks grab men's attention, something that she dislikes because she gets embarrassed very easily. Her husband Makoto is of the same age, but as opposed to his wife, he loves having dirty thoughts about other women. Physically though, Makoto is truly faithful to Yura.

Both of them may be virgins, but now that they are married, they are ready to dive into the world of sex, "practicing" as often as possible. However, the world of sex is complex, so they need all the help they can get to find their way through it. Thankfully, their friends, acquaintances, and porn media lend them a helping hand.

Onoda, Yura Main

Kawakami, Tomoko Japanese

Onoda, Makoto Main

Ueda, Yuuji Japanese

Kawada, Rika Supporting

Takano, Naoko Japanese

Onoda, Jun Supporting

Hyo-sei Japanese

Onoda, Akiko Supporting

Yabuki, Takeshi Supporting

Asou, Tomohisa Japanese

Kikuchi, Miyuki Supporting

Asakawa, Yuu Japanese

Matsuzaki, Kyouko Supporting

Touma, Yumi Japanese

Yamada, Taku Supporting

Yamaguchi, Kappei Japanese

Maisaka, Mariko Supporting

Takagi, Reiko Japanese

Moriyama, Yuuji Director

Watanabe, Jun Sound Director

Murayama, Kiyoshi Episode Director

Konaka, Chiaki Script

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Feb 24, 2008

loplop

Recommended

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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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May 30, 2021

PkBuzios

Mixed Feelings

The anime explores an young couple in a very unrealistic early marriage, but if I wanted to watch real life I wouldn't be here in the first place.
The couple exploration of living together and, most importantly, sleeping together is cute and what drives you to watch the next episode.

The art still has that aesthetics from classic 90's anime but in the other hand the animation is over simplistic, lacking in detail and sometimes awkward. Same goes for the sound with non-memorable music.
Characters are blunt and have none to little dept.

Overall its an light watch, the anime has it's funny moments and situations, its nice to ... follow the protagonist's relationship development discovering sex and trust.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 18, 2010

alteredcourse

Not Recommended

[SPOILER WARNING]

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.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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