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Episode #1
Shuichi and Hiro, along with their manager
Shinjo find out that their new group Bad Luck is going to opening
for a major group called ASK. The only problem is that Shuichi
hasn’t finished the lyrics to the song they’re supposed to be
singing! Everything he writes sounds horrible, he needs a muse and
fast. While waling through the park the wind blows his song lyrics
into the face of a handsome stranger who tell Shuichi he has “zero
talent”. Who is this mysterious man? Will Shuichi finish his song
or should he give up and admit the man is right? Will Bad Luck be
able to perform successfully at the concert?
Episode #2
It’s Bad Luck’s first show. Shuichi is having
some problems in his relationship with Eiri. Eiri seems to not
care about Shuichi anymore. Eiri’s sister tries to buy Shuichi in
order for him to persuade Eiri in her favour of something, but
Shuichi refuses. When Eiri finds out he gets very angry, and
doesn’t believe that Shuichi refused and throws him out. Shuichi’s
favourite idol Ryuichi Sakuma is back in town as well. Will Eiri
end up believing Shuichi? Will the concert go well? And why is
Ryuichi Sakuma coming to see Bad Luck perform?
Episode #3
Tohma, the president of N-G music decides
that Bad Luck needs a third member. Shuichi doesn’t understand
this and goes into a rampage, getting especially angry when Hiro
seems to agree with Tohma. Shuichi gets very hurt and
disillusioned after hearing the new member, Suguru Hujisaki play
and finding out he is very good. Will Shuichi be able to accept
the Hujisaki or will this mean the end of Bad Luck?
Episode #4
Shuichi moves into Yuki’s house without an
invitation and surprisingly Yuki lets him stay, but just for one
week. That day Bad Luck scores their first TV appearance
as….contestants on a quiz show?!? Unfortunately, their rivals ASK
are on a real music program the same day. Will Bad Luck make fools
of themselves on TV? Will ASK steal all their ratings?
Ok, this is one messed up anime. Firstly, I
totally thought that the cover showed a girl and a guy. Then I
heard Shuichi’s voice…definitely not a girl. So a note to you all,
Gravitation is a Yaoi anime. The cover art however, still is
pretty nicely done. The theme music definitely grew on me as time
passed, and I could feel my head bopping along with it. It’s neat
how you get to see the evolution of the theme song through the
episodes.
The plot line itself is a little off the
wall, and almost every episode ends with a the two guys kissing. I
really liked the unique animation style of the opening scene. It
was quasi realistic at some points and I thought it gave things a
really neat twist.
The special features on the DVD include
trailers for some of rightstuf’s other works, an art gallery of
character sketches, character profiles of the Bad Luck members and
some really really handy linear notes to help you understand all
those Japanese references and jokes. The DVD is also equipped with
two audio options, you can either have the Jap audio with Eng subs
or English Audio.
This series takes a while to pick up and for
a bit you’ll probably just be confused but it is somewhat
interesting once it does take off. |
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