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2 | [[caption-width-right:350: Sojyu, Rentarou, and Sara enjoying some croquette in a freshly leveled boxing arena.]] |
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4 | ''Futakoi Alternative'' is a very loosely done {{Spinoff}} of the original ''Anime/{{Futakoi}}'', which uses the original character designs and concept of twins and virtually nothing else. The male protagonist is Futaba Rentarou, a 21-year-old {{Private Detective}} who spends most of his time waiting for a case. He's accompanied by his twin assistants 15-year-old Shirogane Sara and Shirogane Sojyu, whose mutual affection for him is completely open to a threesome. |
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6 | {{Genre Shift}} occurs almost by the episode throughout this show. One more serious example takes Rentarou from trying to resolve conflicted feelings of romance and responsibility to racing a bio-hybrid squid down a highway on a friend's bike in two adjacent episodes. The show does have an overarching plot, dealing with a mutual (and surprisingly non-rival) sibling love triangle. |
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11 | * ArtShift: The endings are done in claymation reminiscent to shows like ''WesternAnimation/PostmanPat''. |
12 | * BearsAreBadNews: A loan shark walks around with a polar bear for some extra muscle. |
13 | * ChaseScene: Several! Cars, motorcycles, a helicopter, a flying, fire-spitting squid, and shopping-kart are all used once or twice. Tropes RoadBlock and ExcuseMeComingThrough also used. |
14 | * ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Between either Sojyu and Sara and their guardian, according to his father's will. |
15 | * ComingOfAgeStory: Literally for Sara and Sojyu, figuratively for Rentarou. |
16 | * ElegantGothicLolita: Twins Kira and Yura disguise themselves as "Gothic Lolita Mask" a few times in the series. The last time also involves gratuitous amounts of firearms. |
17 | * FanService: There's a HotSpringsEpisode. Though fan service is not limited to one episode. |
18 | %%* FinishingMove: "Detective Kick" |
19 | %%* GagPenis: Used a couple times with character Hariyama. |
20 | * GenerationXerox: A lot of people from town apparently thought that Rentarou would follow directly in his father's footsteps, and so calls him Nidaime (meaning "Second generation", or something) because of it. |
21 | %%* GenreShift: And how! |
22 | * GoodCopBadCop: Cop Hariyama is violent all the time, and his junior Kinoshita is gentle to a fault. |
23 | * HandSeals: Ika fire mimics these before spitting fire once. |
24 | * HeelFaceTurn: Many! [[spoiler: The Yakuza once the town's in danger of being leveled. Shimajima after he's won over by Rentarou's idealism. Kimihiko after he learns the truth.]] |
25 | %%* HotBlooded: Rentarou's father Ainosuke, Hariyama the detective |
26 | %%* LethalChef: Sara |
27 | %%* LiteralCliffhanger : See "Heartwarming Moments" on the YMMV page.. (ZCE- please explain the moment itself without relying on YMMV to do it.) |
28 | * LoveTriangle: Rentarou has a mutually loving relationship with Sara and Sojyu, but had a more traditional one with Ai and Mai. |
29 | %%* MoodWhiplash: Scads of it. |
30 | * PolarOppositeTwins: Sara is impulsive, assertive, and resolute. Sojyu is calm, submissive, and kind. |
31 | * SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: Sara and Sojyu are rarely shown wearing anything different besides what appear to be school uniforms. Hilariously, school is rarely even mentioned and never shown. |
32 | * ShoutOut: Hariyama's nickname is "Film/DirtyHarry". He also takes down a helicopter with a revolver, referencing Jigen in the first opening sequence in the Anime/LupinIIIPartII series. |
33 | %%* SiblingTriangle: Sara and Sojyu, also Ai and Mai in the past. |
34 | * TwinThreesomeFantasy: Sara and Sojyu would like nothing better, and Sara openly asks for it. |
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