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{{short description|Japanese anime television series}}{{Convert to Episode table}}

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{{Infobox animanga/Header

| name = Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure

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| ja_kanji = デュアル!ぱられルンルン物語

| ja_romaji = Dyuaru! Parare Runrun Monogatari

| genre = [[Comedy]], [[Mecha]], [[Harem (genre)|Harem]]

| creator = Masaki Kajishima

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{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = TV series

| director = [[Katsuhito Akiyama]]

| producer = {{ubl|Kinya Watanabe|Hiroaki Inoue|Akio Matsuda|[[Mitsutoshi Kubota]]}}

| writer = [[Yōsuke Kuroda]]

| music = Seikou Nagaoka

| studio = [[Anime International Company|AIC]]{{efn|{{nihongo|Production assistance|制作協力}} for all episodes provided by [[Shaft (company)|Shaft]].}}

| licensee = {{English anime licensee

| NA = [[NBCUniversalDiscotek Entertainment Japan|GeneonMedia]]

}}

| network = [[Wowow]]<br />[[AT-X (TV network)|AT-X]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.at-x.com/program/detail/1329|title = デュアル！ぱられルンルン物語 &#124; 番組 &#124; At-X}}</ref>

| network = [[Wowow]]

| network_en = {{English anime network

| SEA = [[AXN (Asian TV channel)|AXN]]

| US = [[TechTV]]

}}

| first = April 8, 1999

| last = July 1, 1999

| episodes = 13 + OVA

| episode_list = #List of episodes

}}

{{Infobox animanga/Video

| type = ova

| director = Katsuhito Akiyama

| producer =

| writer = Yōsuke Kuroda

| music = Seikou Nagaoka

| studio = AIC

| released = December 22, 1999

| runtime = 30 minutes

}}

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{{refimprove|date=July 2023}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure'''''|デュアル!ぱられルンルン物語|Dyuaru! Parare Runrun Monogatari}} is a Japanese [[anime]] series animated by [[Anime International Company|AIC]] and created by [[Masaki Kajishima]], best known for the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' franchise. It was originally broadcast on [[Wowow]] from April to July 1999 and was licensed in the US by [[NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan|Pioneer LDC]], later known as Geneon. In addition to the original TV run, an [[Original video animation|OVA]] special was added to conclude the series as a de facto "14th episode".

==Title explanation==

The title refers to the fact that the story takes place in two [[Parallel universe (fiction)|parallel universes]], a concept loosely based on [[multiverse]] theory.

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Over the course of the series, Kazuki manages to attract several very different women without even trying, and he becomes a hero. He is later taken prisoner by Dr. Rara, the father of this world's Mitsuki. Mitsuki Rara eventually defects and comes to live with Kazuki and her counterpart. Later on, a new type of robot made from the artifact is deployed that can cause objects and people to be shifted between the alternate worlds. During the battle against it, Kazuki and Mitsuki Sanada are sent back to their original world, and they discover their world's Dr. Sanada covered up their disappearance by claiming that they had eloped. As it turns out, the frequent travel between worlds is taking a toll on the universe itself as the barriers separating them begin to break down; this will eventually lead to both worlds vanishing. A decision must be made; since Kazuki and the alien technology are exclusive to each world, one must be eliminated to halt the destruction. The robots are destroyed, and the worlds combine into one, an expression of Kazuki's wish for all his (girl)friends to continue to stay together with him (even though the action is again caused by Mitsuki's carelessness).

The ''Tenchi Muyo! GXP'' novels, written by creator of both ''DUAL!'' and ''Tenchi Muyo!'', Masaki Kajishima, confirmed that ''DUAL!'' is in fact set in the distant past of the ''Tenchi Muyo!'' universe. <ref>{{citationCite neededweb|url=https://www.cbr.com/tenchi-muyo-multiverse-facts/|title = 10 Things You Didn't Know About the Tenchi Muyo Multiverse|date =April 201225 March 2020}}</ref>

==Characters==

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:When Zinv is destroyed and the worlds merge, D becomes Dee Sanada, taking on the animated personality of a young girl.

:There is also an apparent resemblance between D and ''[[Tenchi Muyo! GXP]]'' character Neju na Melmas, leading some to believe that she and D may belong to the same race. The character of D also resembles the character Doll from ''[[Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar]]''. D will appear in the ''Tenchi Muyo! GXP'' OVA sequel ''Tenchi Muyo! GXP Paradise Shidō-hen''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-01-13/tenchi-muyo-gxp-paradise-shido-hen-anime-reveals-ova-format-cast-more-staff/.193789 | title=Tenchi Muyo! GXP Paradise Shidō-hen Anime Reveals OVA Format, Cast, More Staff | date=9 July 2023}}</ref>

;{{nihongo|Yayoi Schwael|弥生·シュバエル|Yayoi Shubaeru}}

:{{Voiced by|[[Chie Nakamura]]|[[Carolyn Hennesy|Ramona Lee]]}}

:Yayoi is the original pilot of the white Core Robot, which Kazuki named "Hartzenen". After suffering a serious head injury in battle, Yayoi experienced a feedback loop, effectively cutting off her connection to robots and ending her career as a pilot. Kazuki climbed into Hartzenen and took control, saving Yayoi's life. She refers to Kazuki as "her prince", and falls in love with him.

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:{{Voiced by|[[Kenichi Ogata (voice actor)|Kenichi Ogata]]|[[G. Gordon Baer]]}}

:In our world, Rara is a [[Nobel Prize]]-winning scientist (previously in competition with Ken Sanada for that honor). In the parallel world, he is become something of a [[megalomaniac]]. It was he who began the war in the first place, transforming himself into a messiah-like figure ("You fools have no fear of God!", "the divine power of the Rara Army").

:In the bizarre scene where Kazuki actually has dinner with the Rara family, the General reveals a softer side of himself; he believes that the war is about keeping the alien technology out of the wrong hands. However, it quickly becomes clear that Rara is simply a figurehead, with his wife wielding the real power. He redeems himself, however, when Kazuki attacks their base, and gets everyone out before it gets destroyed.

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:When Zinv is destroyed and the worlds merge, Ayuko attempts to "arrange" Kazuki's marriage to her daughter, with humorous results.

;{{nihongo|Alice Shalom|アリス·シャローム|Arisu Sharōmu}} {{Voiced by|[[Ryōka Yuzuki]]|[[Lenore Zann]]}}, {{nihongo|Mena Fitzgerald|ミーナ·フィッツジェラルド|Mīna Fīttsujerarudo}} {{Voiced by|[[Ai Uchikawa]]|}}, {{nihongo|Ryla Phoenix|ライラ·フェニックス|Raira Fenikkusu}} {{Voiced by|Yūko Katō|}}

:{{Voiced by|[[Ryōka Yuzuki]]|[[Lenore Zann]]}}

;{{nihongo|Mena Fitzgerald|ミーナ·フィッツジェラルド|Mīna Fīttsujerarudo}}

:{{Voiced by|[[Ai Uchikawa]]}}

;{{nihongo|Ryla Phoenix|ライラ·フェニックス|Raira Fenikkusu}}

:{{Voiced by|Yūko Katō}}

:Mitsuki Rara's best friends. While initially teasing Mitsuki for her attraction to Kazuki, they help him escape the Rara base when his identity is revealed. Later, they give Kazuki her diary after a battle, letting him know Mitsuki's still thinking about him. The three later join Mitsuki Rara as pilots for the EDF.

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==Connections to ''Tenchi Muyo!'' Universe==

It has been confirmed by the creator of ''Tenchi Muyo!'' and ''Dual!''{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} that the two series are related, and in fact occur in the same universe. A mecha, confirmed in the ''Tenchi Muyo! GXP'' novels to be Zinv, is found during an episode of ''Tenchi Muyo! GXP'' which runs parallel with the ''Tenchi'' OVA Series. MikiThe Steinbeck, the future reincarnationhero of Mitsuki Sanada and Ken Manada (Ken Sanada) appear in the ''Tenchi GXP'' novels.series, [[Seina Yamada]] ishas alsobeen confirmed to be thea futuredirect reincarnation of Kazuki Yotsuga and, in a complicated way, several others are basically partial reincarnations of the rest of the cast. In fact, ''Dual''! is so consistently relevant to the ''GXP'' novels they can be viewed as a distant sequel.

*The Great Prehistoric Civilization that seeded the galaxy mentioned in the Shin''True Tenchi Muyo''! novels is revealed, in the ''Tenchi Muyo! GXP'' novels, to be the space-faring civilization begun by the characters at the end of ''Dual!''. TheIt similarityseems betweento Dual!'shave Earthdied andout close to a billion years prior to the main Tenchi Muyo!'s Earthtimeline. isThough writtennot aboutthe first or last, this civilization eventually performed the greatest "seeding" program in the galaxy. They seeded proto-planets so that the human genome would replicate itself and Dsomehow even seeded cultural and technological norms so things like handheld telephone designs would repeat throughout the galaxy and similar food dishes, like curry and spaghetti, would continue almost unchanged throughout history. Tenchi's AstralEarth Bodyhas somehow turned out functionally identical to the earlier Earth. In fact, whichwhen Seinathe findsoriginal hauntingsolar system of the ancientEarth from ''Dual'' is Zinvfound, goesthe onentire solar system is found to evenbe listbasically foodthe theysame: sharedcontaining ina commongiant gas planet like Jupiter, a ringed planet like spaghettiSaturn, etc.

*[[Washu Hakubi|Washu]] explains that at one time in the past, a group of people (Kazuki's group) made such an impact on the universe that their existence had massive effects on the "Astral Sea" (the dimension where a being's "astral self" originates and returns after death) that their astrals basically replicated and continue to revive and form the base of many beings in the universe.

*By the end of GXP's 14th novel, Mitsuki and Mitsuki Rara's reincarnations gain pseudo-cabbit bodies that were cloned from GXP's Fuku, as does D who haunted the Zinv and was technically never reincarnated, but winds up a pseudo-cabbit nonetheless. Fuku from ''Tenchi Muyo! GXP'' is even revealed to be the reincarnation of Yayoi; although she was a repentant mass murderer named Widow before her Astral Body (soul) was used to create Fuku. By the time of the novel series ''Paradise War'', by Masaki Kajishima as well, the protagonists of Dual! are all reunited as the four cabbits follow Seina Yamada around Banjo Island.

*Certain astrals are so similar to their past astral selves that they retain vestigial memories of their past life that come to them occasionally like [[déjà vu]]. Miki Steinbeck, apparently represents the closest thing to direct reincarnation to Mitsuki Sanada, and her father, Hiroshi Manada (or creator-she was an AI that developed an astral), is physically identical to Ken Sanada (but shares some personality features of Hiroshi Rara as well), a friend and rival of Hiroshi's (named Ken Raraiba Steinbeck) also seems to be the other half of this mixed up duo.

*Sasami and several other ''Tenchi Muyo!'' characters are featured in inserts found in the ''Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure'' laser disks.

*By the end of ''GXP'''s 14th novel, Miki, another digital AI named Kirche, and D (a direct astral copy of the original D, containing all her memories- but, for unknown reasons, acts like D before she became "Dee") gain pseudo-cabbit bodies that were cloned from Fuku. With Fuku they seem to represent the most direct reincarnations of the original four girls in ''Dual''. When the cabbit group appears in the 5th season of ''Tenchi Muyo!'' each had the same voice actors that voiced their respective counterparts from ''Dual''.

*Mitsuki Sanada resembles [[Kiriko Masaki]]

*The Zinv that appears in ''GXP'' is the very same as the one in ''Dual'' and he immediately recognizes Seina as his partner.

*Yayoi Schwael resembles [[Amane Kaunaq]]

*Seina represents an almost direct reincarnation of Kazuki and no others seem to share Kazuki's base astral.

*Mitsuki Rara resembles [[Ryoko Balta]]

*Other than Miki, Mitsuki Sanada's astral also forms the core of [[Kiriko Masaki]], the Renza agent Karen, Tsukiko Masaki (Kiriko's mother and also the model for the AI that Hiroshi created and became Miki), and others.

*D resembles [[Neju Na Melmas]]

*Other than Fuku, Yayoi Schwael shares her astral pattern with [[Amane Kaunaq]], the Renza agent Gyokuren, Mikami Kuramitsu, and others.

*Akane Yamano resembles [[Airi Masaki]]

*Other than Kirche, Mitsuki Rara shares her astral pattern with [[Ryoko Balta]], the Renza agent Suiren, Ringo Tasuki, and others.

*Ayuko Rara resembles [[Seto Kamiki Jurai]]

*Other than the D that is her astral copy, D/Dee shares her astral pattern with [[Neju Na Melmas]], the Renza agent Hakuren, and others.

*Zinv is the Idol mecha piloted by [[Seina Yamada]]

*When four of the girls that share an astral with their ''Dual'' counterpoint join Seina, his bad luck (described as a "biased probability" in the novels) is lessened and can even create good luck.

*Others that surround Seina, like [[Airi Masaki]] and [[Seto Kamiki Jurai]] probably represent other primary characters in ''Dual'', such as Akane Yamano, Reika Nanjoin, and Ayuko Rara, but this has not been confirmed. Seto does have a separate "mirror self" called Kuis Panta that has been confirmed to share the D astral, but while they are practically copies of each other- they do not seem to share the same astral pattern.

=== OtherCameo appearances ===

*Sasami and several other ''Tenchi Muyo!'' characters arewere featured in inserts found in the ''Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure'' laserreleases disksin Japan.

*[[Kiyone Makibi]], [[Ramia]], and [[Pixy Misa|Misao Amano]] appear in a brief easter egg cameo in the series' OVA special ("[[Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure#OVA|Final Frontier]]", also known as episode 14), and there is much speculation concerning the ancient civilization that the character "D" is from.

==Production==

Dual! was inspired by the popularpopularity of Neon Genesis Evangelion when it aired in Japan in the 1990s with the main characters inspired by the dynamics of Shinji, Asuka, Rei and Misato.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=1191|title=THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure}}</ref>

===Media===

Dual! was released in Japan via VHS, Laserdisc and DVD from June 25 to December 22, 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anime-int.com/works/dual/tv/releases.html |title=Archived copy |website=www.anime-int.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209044912/http://www.anime-int.com/works/dual/tv/releases.html |archive-date=9 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A Blu-Ray version was released in Japan on October 11, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E5%B1%B1%E5%8F%A3%E9%9A%86%E8%A1%8C/dp/B07DC44N9N|title = デュアル!ぱられルンルン物語 Blu-ray|date = 11 October 2018}}</ref>

The US/Canada version was formerly licensed by Pioneer (Geneon).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://geeky.parade.com/anime/discotek-2024-release-schedule#gid=ci02cc11e8b0002657&pid=lupin-the-3rd-sweet-lost-night- | title=Discotek Just Announced a Bunch of New Anime Remasters | date=17 October 2023 }}</ref> On October 17, 2023, Discotek announced a Blu-Ray release of the anime in 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-16/discotek-licenses-lovely-complex-with-new-english-dub-nanoha-belladonna-of-sadness-chie-the-brat-/.203513 | title=Discotek Licenses Lovely Complex with New English Dub, Nanoha, Belladonna of Sadness, Chie the Brat, Rainbow, IGPX, More }}</ref>

==Notes==

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==References==

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==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090207053711/http://www.anime-int.com/works/dual/tv/ AIC Official website] (Japanese)

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