14 "Akasaka no Himitsu, Setsunai Koi no Monogatari"
(Akasaka's Secret, A Sad Love Story)
2002-07-06
13 "Butterflies Are Freaky" 2005-09-10
Summary here

WHOAMG NEW EP! Of course my cable decided to hate me and blink out every so often, causing holes in the episode. But all the important stuff was there.
I liked this episode. The script was good, and I like Sardon's voice (though Tarb is still bleh)

A decent episode, or maybe I'm just not back in the MMP groove. We get Supernatural back, which is nice if you like it. I don't really care for it, but I suppose it's better than that other song. Sardon's voice bugs me. It's better than the other aliens, but he sounds too old to me.
Predasite? More like Pedosite mirite?


Script was...it was...really good in some parts, and really cheesy in others. The scene between Chrys and Zoey had basically the same dialogue as the original did.

If you can't tell, Rei's name is changed to Chrys.

I believe that Ichigo walking up to the tree is cut short. Don't know how much was cut though.

(4 seconds) A shot of Keiichiro drawing is cut.

The black fade-in to the scene with the aliens in their funky place is taken out.

"I was thinking of just jumping in, anyway."
"Were you really?"
"It was a joke."
"Right, I've heard of those."

Sure, make poor Rei sound like an idiot.

(3 seconds) A shot of Rei's face after her first flashback is cut.

(12 seconds) A scene with Rei typing, looking at her calendar, then going back to work is cut.

For some reason, they inserted the scene before the commercial break in where the last cut took place with different dialogue, and also moved a scene with Keiichiro holding the icing tube here.

And because I can combine boxes, the "Happy Birthday to Rei" on the cake was changed to "Happy Birthday to Chrys"

Another black fade-in thing is taken out, this time before the Kei/Rei flashback.

The words "pasta" and "pizza" are taken off of the sign above a store in the flashback.

(3 seconds) A shot of Keiichiro working on the cake in-between flashbacks is deleted.

In the flashback at the movies, it's February 15th in the original. The dub changes it to February 14th.

A shot of Keiichiro was added between the movie flashback and the phone message flashback.

The writing on the calendar in a flashback was erased.

(12 seconds) Keiichiro knocking down the cake during the flashback is cut, though the close up of his face was kept.

Transformations are squished together with a song again...but...IT'S SUPERNATURAL! YES! THE BETTER SONG HAS RETURNED!

*cough* >> <<

Pie's "Fuu-Rai-Sen" (Windy Thunder Fan) attack is renamed Aerial Tempest.

The panning up of Keiichiro's body after getting hit by Fuu-Rai-Sen is sped up in the dub.

Speaking of sped-up things, the panning on Rei's body when Keiichiro saves her is sped up. In fact, a lot of things in this scene are sped up.

(6 seconds) Or even cut. A shot of Rei's face during the saving scene is cut.

(3 seconds) Because this isn't Japan, Rei bowing to Keiichiro was cut.

Total Retained 87%