Futari Ecchi (ふたりエッチ Futari Etchi), or Step Up Love Story, is a manga series by Katsu Aki.

Futari Ecchi is a story about a newlywed couple in their mid-twenties, both virgins when they married. The story chronicles their sexual explorations. The manga combines pornographic elements as well as factual and informative elements. The title Futari Ecchi ("two person ecchi") is a play on a slang term for masturbation, hitori ecchi ("single person ecchi"). A four-episode anime OVA series was produced in 2002 and 2003. Two issues are set around the sexuality of women, called "Futari Ecchi for Ladies" and an artbook with the title "Yura Yura".

Futari Ecchi tells the story of Makoto and Yura Onoda, newlyweds in Tokyo. Many comic complications get in their way, from nosy relatives to interfering co-workers, but they do love each other very much. So far, thirty-four tankōbon have been released.

There are many scenes in the series that look like they are actually happening but are then revealed to be the sexual fantasies of Makoto or another character. This means there are many scenes of Makoto having sex with other characters, while in truth he only has sex with Yura. One of the goals of the series seems to be explaining how to maintain a happy, monogamous relationship.

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