Futakoi Alternative
Run at once towards a dream
Let's meet and laugh away yesterday's troubles
When our memories were here,
even though we are deeply hurt, go straight on
I can feel it in the wind
The warm sea is shining
especially now...
surely, always, you'll be by my side
the road to the future goes on to the stars
more and more, no matter what happens
half our tears become double smiles
forever
We would like to request jobs from you.
Huh?
Two years ago...
There was a pair of crying twins that I tightly embraced.
Don't cry... okay?
The night came soon, as well as the morning...
And then, the next evening came again.
So many things have changed in the last two years.
Like this situation in bed.
The two junior high students I embraced at the rived two years ago...
are now high school students, sleeping right next to me.
HOW NOISY!!!
Seems there will be beautiful weather today in Tokyo.
While I am in the office, I am a guardian.
Because of that, I, Futaba Rentarou, have never laid a hand on the high school students in question.
That is also why, during these two years, I've tried not to harbor even guilty thought.
Even so, nothing could be done about that one phrase...
You won't do anything like having illicit sexual relationships, right?
EPISODE 3 - Three Emerald Mountain High
Well...
These " illicit sexual relationships" that you speak of...
It's unhealthy conduct.
This "conduct" that you speak of...
pafu-pafu: Remember Dragon Ball? Think Kame Sen'nin + Bulma's breasts.
I'm talking about "pafu-pafu".
This "pafu-pafu that you speak of..."
It's an illicit sexual relationship.
G-Gimme a break! Isn�t it obvious that it will be all right, sensei?
That's right!
Oh come on, stop already!
See, from an education point of view they seemed the same.
Talking about hobbies...
I am perfectly innocent.
That's good.
That's right...
Long ago, Rentarou-kun was always fastidious about that sort of thing.
No, not to that degree.
Umm... Mai-san.
I have a job...
that I'd like to ask you to do.
Hey, hey...
Hey, hey, are you angry?
I'm not angry...
Because you were howling all of a sudden, you know...
I got freaked out.
I said that I'm not angry.
More importantly, what's up with that getup of yours?
Stakeout-casual or hari-casi! Yay!
Is it weird?
Frankly, it looks like you just popped out of the comics.
If we, as usual dressed the same, our identities would be exposed.
The problem isn't about you being exposed or not.
Bah, how boring!!!
Hmph, then go home!
We don't want to!
This isn't a game.
Be a little more serious, will ya?
The lunch box has croquettes and omelettes. Which would you like?
AS I SAID...!!!
Last night, the lady of the Sugisaki meat store gave these croquettes to me you know...
The name of the client is Momoi Mai.
She works at Futagotamagawa's private school, Hinashi Senior High, as the school doctor and counsellor.
Her request was to investigate around there,
and to report the target's actions throughout the day.
It's unpleasant work, spying on other people's lives.
The target of the investigation is...
The target is moving!
Ai-san...
Three years ago...
There was a crying pair of twins I tightly embraced.
Three years ago, I was in high school,
Mai-san and Ai-san were new teachers.
As it was, it could be said that we got along well.
I can't do it.
Investigating this person feels like betrayal.
Anyway, you and Mai-san are living together, and since you're so close, if you just asked directly...
She's off work without permission.
And she wouldn't call me back on the cell phone.
In the end, she just went out.
She's been spending a lot of time at a man's apartment.
After three years, many things have changed.
I'm going to follow her.
You both stay here and watch the apartment.
If a man comes out, take a photo without further ado...
and don't do anything rash.
Rentarou?
What?
Are you acquainted with the target?
N-N-Not at all.
Because the way you were gazing at her just then...
E-Even if it was like that, doesn't matter right now.
It doesn't have anything to do--
--with us, right?
Yup. Yup.
It really doesn't concern us, right?
Yup. Yup. Yup.
You can go then!
Right! I'm going!
1 HOUR LATER
Like I said! Just wanted to go shopping!
From Shibuya, it seems a stalker-like individual has been spotted in these parts and has been lurking around.
No, I wasn't lurking or anything. I'm a genuine resident of Nikotama.
Well, well, well, I'm feeling bored at the moment.
I'll slowly listen to what you have to say, okay?
Gimme a break!
Soujyu.
Hmm?
Rentarou lied, right?
He did.
Something's up with Rentarou, right?
There is.
Rentarou is so crappy, right?
Oh.
Sara-chan?
Hmm?
Should we investigate?
Should we investigate by ourselves?
Argh, crap!
That damn Hariyama.
Wasting time interrogating an honest detective.
Who's the heavy drinker here?
Sara here!
Sorry, I can't answer the phone right now.
I will definitely get back to you, so leave a message.
That's about it.
It's me, Rentarou!
Where are you right now?
Contact me!
That's all!
Geez, where the heck are they?
Coming!
I'll be right there. Please hold on a bit, okay?
I came to ask you to do something for me.
Ai-san...
A story about Emerald Mountain.
Oh, it's sold out?
It's fine!
Ah--
Anything can easily replace the taste of that canned coffee!
Ah! Ai doesn't understand.
The Emerald Mountain is very, very extraordinarily...
Right, Rentarou-kun?
Right! Extraordinary!
Fine. Fine.
Since I'm a woman who doesn't understand the taste of coffee, after all.
I'm the wrong friend...
Ah, it was a lie! I'm a great liar!
Lies, lies, lies... What's so great about the taste...
Geez...
We'll do it right away, Ai.
The three of us together: inseparable friends.
Come on, let the three of us search for the Emerald Mountain!
Agreed!
Umm...
Was there something that you needed from me...
Ah, silly, silly me.
For Ai-san to come to my house, of course she'd have some sort of business.
Being like a stalker and sneakily coming over isn't good, eh?
Actually I was caught once doing that. I really was...
Oh?
UWAAH! That's bad! That's bad!
Futhermore, where's such a large amount of coffee supposed to go...
In the first, place, this is just ordinary coffee, right?!
I dunno, I dunno, I dunno. It's too werid.
What the hell is she doing at the Futaba Detective Agency...
Ai-san...?
It seems I dropped my cell phone somewhere.
I was wondering if we could go and search for it together, Futaba-kun.
For now, how about drinking some canned coffee?
Agreed!
Of course, the brand we typically had was definitely Emerald Mountain.
Ah, it's sold out again.
It's okay!
Ah--
Since we couldn't get a hold of Emerald Mountain, it was exactly like back then.
While we were savouring our mocha blend,
we went on a journey to a hundred and fifty places around Nikotama.
Any details about the lost cell phone?
It's a really old one.
It hasn't changed from back then.
Ah, the one that looked like a tranceiver.
What era is that from?
Huh? I've been down this road before...
This is it.
Once, we were here by car, and everyone got lost.
Ah, I see, I see.
That time with that "Test of Courage"...
Paper, scissors...
There!
Rock! On point!
Ah, I lost again!
You're always been weak at rock, paper, scissors.
So, have you remembered where it could be?
Well, I really can't remember at all.
Just where did I leave it behind?
Are you serious?
But somehow, it's quite fun.
Well... It's not like it wasn't fun, but...
I'm exhausted.
Come on, come on, keep going!
You're a boy, aren't you?
How many more places are there after this?
Hmm, there might be a hundred places left, I think.
My legs are like lead.
Shall we rest a bit?
Good idea.
01:00 PM: She came out of the convenience store.
1:30 PM: There was contact with a man, and she went into Cafe a Latte.
2:30 PM: She right-straight punched a man after violently reprimanding him,
followed by a left uppercut, and finished with a brain buster.
3:00 PM: A medic arrived, the man was carried away, and right now he's gone.
3:30 PM: She ordered something at Cafe a Latte.
Sara-chan!
That is a caramel latte.
She's drinking caramel latte...
Or a marshmallow latter?
Marshmallow...
Or a Macchiato?
Anything is fine, geez!
It's not fine!
Because the taste is totally different!
Gaah, it's all the same! Coffee is bitter anyways!
Sara-chan, you still only drink apple juice, huh?
You have such childish tastes.
I just don't drink it 'cause I don't like it!
Hmph!
You guys...
Aren't you the assistants from Rentarou-kun's place?
Well... umm...
Rara: [Can't be fished, huh Rara-chan] Ruru: [You're right Ruru-chan] Ruru: ....... Rara:
I'm sorry.
These are the same set of clothes as Ai's.
Not at all. We're sorry too.
We sure have behaved like little children.
It's all right.
Even though you're twins, your personalities are completely different.
Yes.
Just like us.
Even though we were totally different inside, we got along well.
The only thing we had in common was a wonderful boy.
Just about everything was the same.
We still haven't found the cell phone.
Yeah.
I'm exhausted.
Yeah.
Somehow we still haven't given up on the mission, but...
how about crying together for a bit of catharsis?
No thanks.
Emerald Mountain!!!
Ever since that time, she's just totally disappeared.
She's gone without a trance.
I've stopped being a teacher.
I can't handle it anymore.
The thing we had held in our hands...
We ended up letting it go.
You...
shouldn't become like us!
By all means, don't let go of it!
Sister...
Let's go.
No! Ai!!
I know.
Huh?
Ai-san?
Mai-san?
Ai-san!
Mai-san!
Ai-san?
Rentarou-kun.
We can't have it our own way, can we?
What's up?
Lots of things.
Lost of things?
The cell phone, work, the fight with Mai.
And also...
The classroom at night.
That time... the thing I couldn't do.
Ai-san...
In the end, we weren't able to find Ai-san's phone.
Probably,
it's in a far away country,
sunken in the deep, deep waters of far away ocean.
This is Ai.
I can't answer the phone right now.
If you have any concerns, please leave a message.
Rentarou here.
Sorry, I couldn't find it.
Though, somehow, it was fun.
Well...
Someday, whenever it's good,
if you hear this, please call me then.
I'll be waiting.
Three years have passed, and many things have changed.
Nothing can ever stay the same.
It's probably something like that.
The next day, Ai-san vanished from this city.
Shall we go home?
Yes.
I'm home.
Soujyu?
Sara!
Soujyu!
Sara!
Heeeey!
I don't know!
Well...
First off, put in the soup broth...
After that comes the meat!
Too fast!
That's wrong.
First you put the vegetables in and pur out the water.
Sara-chan, you're so forgetful.
Shut up!!
I don't know anything about all that!!
Not knowing that is a sin.
I've been caught.
HEEEY!
It hurts, Sara-chan!
Ah, it's Rentarou!
How fast, how fast!
Today, you know, after lost of effort,
we brought you your beloved sukiyaki!
Mai-san said she had stopped being a teacher.
She said, "sorry for lying".
Rentarou?
The meat will go bad.
The night came soon, as well as the morning....
And then the night came again.
Shall we kiss?
We had never kissed before.
We were no longer the us from back then.
I had a hunch that my kiss, which tasted like tobacco, would have been inexcusable back then.
Ah!
SHUT UP!
As well, it seems there will be beautiful weather in Tokyo today.
Luckily today, we are three as well.
We are here.
We will be here.
The slow time is
flowing in this room.
Even if the summer days vanish,
the smiles that remain
are a chain of happiness up to this point.
Ah, the meaning of honesty,
is within the innermost depths of your heart.
Hey, the days are wonderful
in the midst of weakness and anxiety.
I won't say goodbye, Because forever
the days will be unchanged.
Surely forever.
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