Kazuki Yotsuga is your regular average nerd in high-school, except he isn't smart. He has this website which relates to his visions that only he can see. His visions are about robots who keep fighting each other battle after battle. One day he is sent to a "parallel world" where these visions exist and he joins a company to fight back against the devious RaRa, who want to take over the world.
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lishuss
You can sum up Dual in one sentence: 'It's Evangelion but not too far up it's own ass" I know it's a flameworthy summation, but it's true. It's a not-very-well-disguised clone of the series with some harem aspects. For christ's sake, the annoying, overbearing chick who's secretly into the protag even runs around in a red mech. You cant buy that kind of blatancy. But what does it have that NGE doesn't? Why a protag that you ACTUALLY like. Or, at the very least, you don't hate him for bitching and moaning every three seconds and masturbating to comatose girls! (wow,didn't even get through the first paragraph without mentioning that. a new low XD)
Okay, now that i got that little bit out, story time!!
The show centers around a boy named Kazuki Yotsuga, a regular dude(don't they all, though) who everyone at school laughs at because he keeps seeing these giant mechs fighting in the street. He sees this so frequently he's even started a little website where he chronicles what he sees. Well it all goes tails up for him when the school queen, Mitsuki Sanada shows an interest in the boy, telling him that she believes that he sees these things. More importantly her father believes him too. He has a theory about there being a parallel world with events and a time line similar to theirs, and that Kazuki has the unique ability to peer into it. Since this is an anime the Professor immediately straps the poor schmo into the deus ex teleporter he already had made up, complete with comfy chair and arm straps, and BAM!! Kazuki is now in the other world.
He soon meets up with the Mech he is always seeing in his psychotic episodes and, through serendipity and overly obvious plot devices, he ends up piloting it; defeating the generic mech it's pilot, now unconscious, was fighting. It is through here that young Kazuki learns that he is in the other world when he runs home to find that his parents have no idea who he is(NOT when he was piloting the mech he's seen so many times in his hallucinations that he's actually given it a name... which i am not even going to TRY and pronounce, let alone spell. i just started calling it "Harpsichord"). Eventually he is swept up by the Giant Mech Military, ran by this Earth's version of the loon who sent him there(just go with it), because he is the only male who has ever been able to pilot a mech, previously only women could for some reason. He soon runs into Mizuki, who decided to follow after him into the Chair of Spatial Impossibility shortly after he disappeared but got there a month earlier for some reason(SCIENCE!!!), and she turns out to be a mech warrior as well, along with the 'Rei' character of the story who is actually explained in the first appearance as an alien-clone-robot-thing.
you read that right, they ACTUALLY flat-out told you that she was a alien clone-robot-thing instead of making it painfully obvious but never even really alluded to in the bulk of the story. And she's a very interesting character, i always liked Tabula Rasa characters, their humor may be obvious(i.e. when looking for a character who ran away they tend to look in the trashcan for some reason) but they're always enjoyable and usually give me a smile.
And all this brings up a really important point, why the crap can only children pilot giant mechs of death? does puberty not compute with the OS or something? but at least this show altered that a bit, the pilot originally controlling Harpsichord was 23, so at least there was that.
After the establish the main cast the episodes went kinda basic, they met the Team Rocket-inspired villain who seems more concerned about the the spectacle of invading rather then the actual winning of the battle. The also have all the old songs of anime here: They go to school, everyone is jealous of/hating on the protag because the school queen is always hanging around him, everyone wants a piece of him, there's a stray dog somewhere along the line that the alien-clone-robot-tabula rasa-Priscilla: Queen of the Desert grows attached to. It doesn't really try to push any boundaries as a show, its more like the people who created the story were given a big box of what all anime before it did and was told to pick two good concepts to play with and three bad concepts to try and fix and to make a show out of those 5 things and they said 'to piss with that' and took the whole box and ran with it.
And, to me, that's not a bad thing. It's a good view if you're bored off your rocker and want to just enjoy yourself for 12 episodes. There's nothing really to take away from it in the end, but is that really a bad thing? Eva tried shoehorning some depth into itself near the end and it turned into one of the few shows that i stop watching before the last 4 eps.
also: congratulations for actually reading through this horribly paced, segueing nightmare. kudos, reader. kudos
VincentLaw
well, after watching all the Episodes, I think its like a happy version of Neon Genesis Evangelion, as for story goes there probably stuff that didn't make sense but i didn't care much. overall it was enjoyable despite the outrageous storyline, its one of those anime where you're enjoy it or not. overall as for animes goes, its more watchable than some other animes, like for example..Gate Keepers.. which didn't make f**k sense to me. but then again, someone might not think Dual Parallel makes any sense. well at least its a "happy" anime.
xbsquirrel
"Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventures" is, as everyone I've met who has seen it in its entirety and I will call it, a happy Neon Genesis Evangelion. I say this because for the large part, there are enough parallels between the two series that it's at times not to accidentally finding yourself calling the main character Shinji. Except, in Dual! the main character has a spine and actually grows very bold when it comes to him fighting the enemy of the series, the RaRa Army. But even though it can be hard not to see the parallels, it's its own entity. Dual!, for all intent andpurposes, is a Tenchi series. It's drawn and written by Masaki Kajishima, has a few Easter eggs that point you towards the Tenchi universe, and there's even a direct throwback to Dual! in Tenchi GXP. with that being said, let's dissect Dual!.
First we have the artwork. As a 1999 series, we see that the cell painted style has cycled out and has been replaced by the more smoother use of computer animation (most likely an early adobe or correl product) and the slightest hint of CG with a sophisticated enough style to remind you of Beast Wars (which only appears when the mechs are being launched, computer screens are shown, or a long hallway needs to be walked down....you'll see). Textures and patterns are used very sparingly, and "cheesy" photoshop effects are used only when needed. Overall, the artwork is at the point where it's just about at it's best.
Second is the Opening and the Ending. The opening song is catchy, but at the same time forgettable. I say this because if you were to put the opening to NGE to Dual! you'd never tell the difference the sound would make. The ending...... it's cute (and again forgetable) but the graphics... my god, the graphics... I will say this. Watch it ONCE and SKIP IT forever more. It's that bad.
Third on the list is the plot. The plot is fairly simple, and yet complex because of the questions it leaves you with once you've figured out how Dual! fits into the tenchi universe. But for the most part thle plot can be broken down into this :
1.Boy has visions of giant robots beating each other up
2.Boy meets girl
3.Girl's father sends boy to world where the robots are
4.Boy has to fight robots to figure out a way back
Simple, no?
Next up, the characters. All I can really say is this. Once you see the parallels between NGE and Dual! (it's inevitable so I'm telling you now) take a second to stop, completely remove any thoughts that these characters are from NGE ad enjoy them or hate them for who they are and how Masaki wrote the to be. That's all I can really say about them.
Second to last are the voice tracks. We all know they all sound better in Japanese, but Dual! is from that magical time period when English dubbing didn't suck. Not only can you watch it in English, but you can ENJOY it in English.
Finally Is the fun factor. The humor isn't really slap-stick, because it's the character's demeanor and their personas that add the humor to the series. The giant robot fights are fun all around and certainly add to the series, even though Dual! could survive without them if it had too.
Overall, Dual! is a great series with good artwork, characters, vocals, plot, and humor. If that's not enough, it'll make you feel better for ever having to sit through the horrible mind-breaker that is Neon Genesis Evangelion since it mocks Eva to the core by saying "this is funny and leaves you feeling good, unlike Eva".
ggultra2764
This series proved to be quite a bit of a mixed bag for me. Another harem comedy made by Tenchi Muyo creator Masaki Kajishima, Dual Parallel Trouble Adventure looks to also be parodying mecha anime in its run considering it makes enough nods to Evangelion with its premise, mecha and character designs and some notable moments from the mentioned series. The Evangelion parodies did get me giggling as Dual Parallel's creators seemed to know enough about the show where Eva fans could spot certain elements from the series that Dual Parallel decided to poke fun of at points. The series also features Kajishima's style of comedyfeaturing male lead Kazuki putting up with his unwanted harem of gals and having unexpected moments of comedy from details on events that characters fail to mention (quite often happening via Misaki's father). The latter element effectively delivers well with Dual Parallel, while the focus on the harem didn't get me as amused since Kazuki and the girls are pretty much cut-out archetypes you likely would see at one point or another in other anime titles and to a great extent, these characters don't get much in the way of depth or growth. This makes them kind of bland and hard to relate with when the series later gets more serious in its plot developments.
Speaking of plot, Dual Parallel's premise on mecha fights and alternate dimensions was a bit of a disappointment for me. While the premise seems promising at first when Kazuki finds himself adjusting to life in a different world and piloting a mecha, the later mentioned serious developments in Dual Parallel's plot lead to the anime's biggest weaknesses to come about. It gets in enough of a bad habit of dropping hints and brief details over elements to the world of the series or characters that get introduced just to advance the anime's plot and it never bothers to elaborate on how these elements are important or why one should care for them. It felt like the second half was cobbled together in many areas to try creating something more serious without bothering to go into depth on how and why things were happening.
Visually, Dual Parallel sported clean details and a bright color palette in the designs of scenery and characters, while sporting Kajishima's drawing style in said character designs. The show makes frequent use of CG animation at points (such as the use of deploying mechas, camera pans of scenery and the ED sequence) which while it is well detailed, it sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the hand-drawn animation. Animation in battle scenes for Dual Parallel is nothing out of the ordinary for a TV anime with hand-drawn sequences, but it gets the job done.
Overall, Dual Parallel seemed to wow me with its comedy more than its plot and characters. The comedic delivery for the anime was spot-on for me in most areas, but the bland main cast and the messy second half did hurt its quality to a good extent for me.
ST63LTH
Unironic Review about the plot, art & sound and Character development. NTS: Picked this anime series up from a random isekai related recommendation post on reddit. Didn't expect much from this series considering it was an older mecha series (they tend to have basic plot progression and characters), and I watched unironically oblivious to the Evangelion parody. Despite being a fairly basic plot structure and generic harem character palette, this series was actually fairly interesting to watch. Let's get into why! Story: We are given an immature, pre-prepubescent nerd that is able to see large mecha fight and destroy his surroundings without affecting his world; thanks tothe opening scene with a mysterious artifact that most likely split the interaction with it into two different worlds (like a butterfly effect) Nonetheless, this teen male picks up a popular, high in demand chick who seems interested in him till he meets her old man, a mad scientist - Long story short he finds himself in the dystopian parallel world as a result of the ancient artifacts. His job in the parallel world is to draw an end to the war as soon as possible so that both worlds experience peace (also to stop his mecha hallucinations).
My thoughts on the series:
I felt that despite trying to stay exclusive to the mecha genre, this series fails to develop a structured narrative by the end of 13 episode (I didn't bother watching the special) It is a debatable claim however, I really wasn't grasping a powerful narrative apart from the 'save both worlds' mindset - Not the worst but not innovative especially considering it relies on mecha and similar human figured robots to develop the plot. As such, I will be rating this series a fair 7/10 in terms of plot.
Art & Sound:
1999, a fairly well aged series in terms of animation and music. I enjoyed the main theme that played in between key events in the series but that was about it, most of the music played were fairly generic - Art style to me was fairly average especially for the date it was made in. As such, a generous rating of 6/10 will be given for art & sound.
Character:
In terms of character development, I'd say all of the side characters as well as the FMC (female main character) had most of the major changes in this series. All the female characters in the harem have more power individually over the MC even at the end of the series - This is fairly ironic considering MC is the person that shines in his mecha on the battlefield. Not a fan of this but atleast it didn't dwell on fan service such as other known mecha series.
I'd rate this series a 6/10 in terms of character development, not the best but definitely well needed improvement in character development for the MC .
Enjoyment:
I was fairly discouraged in the first half of the series because I felt the plot was intentionally being forced to progress - It happened quite fast this way which is why I wasn't as emotionally connected to the characters. Nonetheless the ending definitely didn't disappoint seeing everyone in a good mood is a better ending than a series that kills off characters for 'plot progression'. As an older series, I'd say there needs to be a higher threshold for leniency because most of the mecha plots weren't innovative or unique, so I'd rate this series a solid 8/10 in terms of enjoyment, beginning started off a bit rushed but was on the right track and entertaining by episode 6/7.
Overall: 7/10
Story: 6/10
Art & Sound: 7/10
Character: 6/10
Foolness
I don't really have anything to add to the other reviews that would make majority of readers think differently of this anime. I'm just adding this as a warning for those who have the off-chance of perceiving this as a slightly superior less stylistic NGE - Don't. When I watched this anime, I perceived it as a slightly superior NGE despite the underwhelming bland artwork and episodes because there were subtle more down to earth elements that made it seem like this had a much more suspenseful element than Evangelion. This highly depends on whether you're more of a premise guy and you could ignore the aesthetic andpacing quality of NGE and treat this show as more of a Tenchi Muyo style of blandly generic placed events but with a big pay-off.
...unfortunately the big pay-off never comes which is why I feel this needs to be pointed out.
Animes like these rely highly on the "big" climax or turning point because without it the whole thing really feels like every annoying thing before it was just "there". Dual is one of those that has some very good tricks at making you wonder what will happen next and while it's not as epic as how NGE did it the big difference between it and NGE is that the character problems are more personal and that makes the whole thing more suspenseful for those of us who are not sold with the whole macro-premise of NGE.
That is, if you ignore the similarities and separate these two animes, the pacing of DUAL feels much more realistic because the school setting doesn't feel tacked on and the robot fights they do not have as big of an end of the world theme and thus it's like with many classic super robot films in that you can suspend your reality a bit more in how a young pilot can learn as he rides his automaton while still having a school life.
The ending too, even as one reviewer compares it to the underwhelming-ness of NGE - it isn't quite comparable.
In NGE's original ending, "underwhelming" is indeed the core idea that comes to mind but because DUAL doesn't really have that huge of a premise, "underwhelming" here is as how the rest of the plot twist in the anime is: "under-payed off".
This is why I say I won't change most people's minds because sometimes the core idea is what sticks most to majority of viewers and in this case the whole thing could have been salvaged away from that comparison if the anime had strived further for a more conclusive better written and better personal to the character's ending but by the ending falling way short - all those previous trinkets that might make you want to finish the show thinking there's something "there" all of it is lost despite it being well inserted to provide mystery to the show initially and up to the ending.
divine1gore
I watched this show at the suggestion of anime guru DigiBro on youtube. Some spoilers contained: And this show indeed has parallels (see what I did there) to Evangelion. It takes a completely different direction however. Instead of gritty action, tear shedding drama, an amazing score, brilliant animation and strong characters we get.... lackluster battle sequences with obvious plot tricks to have the main character fight his girlfriends, entirely muted drama under no circumstances is there ever a strong feeling of danger, the sound is actually serviceable or maybe I am just getting convinced by the fact that it seems to be an advertisement forpioneer, the animation is fair to horrible depending on which sequences you analyze but certainly those CGI scenes where the mechs leave the hanger are like mid 1990's fallout 1/2 cutscene level at best, and they would look better hand drawn, lastly: the characters are weak. I will elaborate a little bit: take for example the main character he is just generic, I figure that like any bland or generic character who takes the spotlight we are supposed to somehow feel like we are in his place because he is bland or generic enough to be any male of his age... None of the characters are given proper development, backstory, or are even clearly defined other than just using cliches when they realized that they hadn't given these animated creations a life of their own. For example in the last episode which is called Special on here, really its episode 14, Professor Sanada mentions: "You know how D is..." like what how does anyone know how D is? She is entirely blank with little to no development she is a completely deprecated version of Rei. Rei on the other hand while cold and difficult to understand did have some backstory and the way that she would act in a situation would be clear to anyone who watched Eva, as it was clear that she is loyal and would follow orders to a tee even at her own health's expense if it was for someone she cared about (Episode 1 when she tries to pilot unit 1 because Gendo asked her to, and End of Evangelion when she cares more about Shinji than Gendo so she rejects him and helps Shinji decide the outcome of instrumentality through introspective questioning). None of the characters get any serious thought in Dual Parallel Adventure. They revert to the typical shounen troupes--which Eva does as well to be fair-- i.e: with Mitsuki Sanada displaying some tsundere afffection for our plain jane protagonist, especially when it seems she is being displaced or her position is being threatened by outsiders (Mitsuki Rara, Yayoi, D..?). Having been penned by Masaki Kajishima who also made Tenchi Muyo, we should expect similar lack of depth and overtly silly harem elements which do make quite the appearance. Ironically I would accuse Evangelion of positing the harem for Shinji as well but it makes up for its trope use with clever manipulations such as the scene where Shinji falls on Rei but he doesn't get slapped to the moon, but instead they awkwardly act like nothing happened because that would be more realistic. The highlight of the entire show is those tug at your heart string moments when things are going well between Mitsuki Sanada and Kazuki; finally they get a chance to date, and she teases the hell out of him even randomly tickling him before they almost awkwardly kiss but don't *sigh*. Anyway of course the distance between these two increases as the harem comes back when they travel back to the other dimension again, and inexplicably she is captured so she is still the focus for a little bit, but the following battle is a direct duplicate of an earlier one in which the other Mitsuki (Rara) became mind controlled to do her mother's bidding. The ending is horrible which I figure is actually episode 13, with 14 just being an extension that serves no relevance or purpose. We don't see any more romance and the characters have now all been bonded as family although I don't think that will stop Kazuki from eventually impregnating Mitsuki. Yea I went there. Anyway its decent enough to watch with the understanding that it is like a B movie, but don't expect anything spectacular.
