Dual - Trouble Adventure - Artifacts (Vol. 3)
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The adventures of nerdy Kazuki Yotsuga and temperamental Mitsuki Sanada in a parallel world continue in three episodes marked by odd shifts in tone. Injured in one of the stagy battles fought against General Rara, Kazuki is found and cared for by his daughter, Mitsuki--the counterpart of the abrasive girl from Earth. She arranges for Kazuki to escape; after he beats her in a high-stakes battle, she defects to the opposing side. Although she was a leader of the enemy forces, Mitsuki Rara moves into the house of the head of the Defense Forces with Kazuki, Mitsuki Sanada, the semicatatonic Dee, and battle instructor Yayoi. Without her, Rara's squadrons repeatedly lose to the Defense Forces, as Kazuki's new Core Robot crushes everything in its path. Rara's steely wife Ayuko, who is really waging the war, takes matters into her own hands, and Kazuki literally goes down in flames at the end of "Repatriate," although mecha pilots are notoriously difficult to kill. Reluctant warriors have become a feature of many mecha series, but Kazuki lacks both the complex motivations of the melancholy Shinji in Neon Genesis Evangelion and the self-deprecating humor of Akito in Martian Successor Nadesico. Rated 13 and up for mild profanity and robot vs. robot violence. --Charles Solomon
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Caught behind enemy lines! When a seriously injured Kazuki awakens, he finds himself iin the clutches of the infamous Miss Rah! Or is she? Kazuki is confused when Miss Rah tends to his wounds and even cooks for him! What's Kazuki to do? Meanwhile, the Rara army has come up with a plan that will ensure their victory. Get rid of Kazuki...
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Dual - Trouble Adventure - Artifacts (Vol. 3)
Starring: Ryôka Yuzuki , Chie Nakamura , Mika Doi , Nao Takamori , and Joshua Seth Director: Joe Romersa , and Katsuhito Akiyama Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer] ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD  Geneon
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The adventures of nerdy Kazuki Yotsuga and temperamental Mitsuki Sanada in a parallel world continue in three episodes marked by odd shifts in tone. Injured in one of the stagy battles fought against General Rara, Kazuki is found and cared for by his daughter, Mitsuki--the counterpart of the abrasive girl from Earth. She arranges for Kazuki to escape; after he beats her in a high-stakes battle, she defects to the opposing side. Although she was a leader of the enemy forces, Mitsuki Rara moves into the house of the head of the Defense Forces with Kazuki, Mitsuki Sanada, the semicatatonic Dee, and battle instructor Yayoi. Without her, Rara's squadrons repeatedly lose to the Defense Forces, as Kazuki's new Core Robot crushes everything in its path. Rara's steely wife Ayuko, who is really waging the war, takes matters into her own hands, and Kazuki literally goes down in flames at the end of "Repatriate," although mecha pilots are notoriously difficult to kill. Reluctant warriors have become a feature of many mecha series, but Kazuki lacks both the complex motivations of the melancholy Shinji in Neon Genesis Evangelion and the self-deprecating humor of Akito in Martian Successor Nadesico. Rated 13 and up for mild profanity and robot vs. robot violence. --Charles SolomonDescription
Caught behind enemy lines! When a seriously injured Kazuki awakens, he finds himself iin the clutches of the infamous Miss Rah! Or is she? Kazuki is confused when Miss Rah tends to his wounds and even cooks for him! What's Kazuki to do? Meanwhile, the Rara army has come up with a plan that will ensure their victory. Get rid of Kazuki...Customer Reviews:
An excellent third volume.......2001-03-07
Finding Its Own Way..........2001-03-04
In this, the third disc, I think the series is starting to find its own path with an interesting plot and a new romantic lead. For the third volume, Kazuki (the main male character) is caught behind the Rara lines and is nursed back to health by the parallel world's version of Mitsuki. After various romantic entanglements, Kazuki is sent back to the Sanadas and we start to see a romance blooming between Kazuki and the parallel Mituski left behind in Rara-land. To say much more would be to give away the point of the entire disc, but the star-crossed lovers theme seems to be what was aimed for here. It actually succeeds fairly well, too. Firm romance between two characters is not something we see a lot with AIC (the only other notable exception that comes to mind is Makoto and Ifurita in the original El-Hazard OAV) and I'm glad to see it again. It's something the series definitely benefits from.
Technically the disc is quite nice. The extras include character data, conceptual art, TV commercials (that are, for once, subtitled) and two more easter eggs in the form of mini animated manga. The picture and sound are both quite nice in keeping with most Pioneer releases and the menu is much more like the first DVD's menu than the second's, for which I am grateful.
Overall, I liked this disc a lot. The creators of Dual have, I think, finally found the right balance to strike between parody, familiar plot devices and original ideas. With luck, they will continue this balance in the fourth disc and give the series a wonderful ending. In the meantime, if you've seen the first two discs of Dual, I definitely recommend picking this one up as well.
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