Futakoi Alternative
Run at once towards a dream.
Let's laugh and break though the troubled yesterday.
Even when our memories are hurt,
directly face your wounds with pride.
I can feel it in the wind.
The hot beat is shining,
especially now...
surely, always, you'll be by my side.
Keep on running the way to the future.
More and more, no matter what happens,
half our tears become double smiles
forever.
[Shimajima-san] [calling...]
[Don't forget]
Beauty and comfort Nikospa Grand opening
[Futagozuka Village]
That was...
my deceased mother's...
hometown.
First down!
Second down!
Futagozuka means Twin Mound. You might remember it from Futakoi Original.
I've only been to Futagozuka village once.
Ten years ago.
It was at the time of my mother's funeral.
It's really rustic.
Really rustic.
Sorry about that.
My mother divorced my dad right after she gave birth to me.
Even if she was my mother,
I had never even met her.
During the funeral as well,
I didn't even know what sort of expression to make.
Are you crying?
No.
Are you crying?
No.
However,
seeing my dad cry for the first time
was more of a shock.
I remember it well.
Oh...
He's here!
It really is very rustic.
Very...
Sorry about that.
Well then...
This is our goal.
Beauty and comfort!
Hot springs! Hot springs!
By the way...
Earlier,
didn't you two say something like,
"Even if we don't go on trip, just strolling along together is enough?"
I'm pretty sure...
Well,
just being able to go to the hot springs and eat and drink there is a rare opportunity, after all.
But for them to be greeting us, even though we have no connection to them...
they've got to be shifty people.
Honestly speaking...
somehow I sense an air of danger around here.
Oh?
See,
since long ago there wasn't anything...
My head hurts...
Rentarou-chan!!!
Long time no see!
You seem like you've grown lost!
You're so manly now.
How long has it been? Ten years?
Hey, hey!
Was it unexpected? You must be tired.
That's it, it's not that you haven't been.
Oh come on, everyone's been to the hot springs at leats once.
I meat in this village.
We've wanted you to come to this village for ages.
We were scared to contact you, so we sent you the pamphlet.
Ah, why don't you enter the hot spring!
Oh! Isn't that a good idea?
Hot springs! Hot springs!
So,
who are you,
and where are you from?
Geez, don't joke around Rentarou-chan!
It's Kaoruko and...
...Sumireko!
Kaoruko-san and...
Sumireko-san?
Yes!
Back then at my mother's funeral...
There was a pair of crying twins
and although I didn't know them,
I thought that I should say something.
Out of the blue...
I'll make you my brides,
so don't cry anymore.
In other worlds,
the wedding ceremony is tomorrow!
Huh?
Is he funny in the head?!
Well, well, Sara-chan.
Even if they say it's a wedding ceremony,
it's only a show.
It's written that
if the twin shrine maidens don't marry at the Futagozuka shrine...
Nikogami means "Twin god."
it will suffer the curse of the Nikogami.
But,
the Ichijou twins are also having a hard time.
Yup, yup.
But you know,
he suddenly said, "I'll make you my brides, so don't cry anymore."
Should we say that Rentarou is cute,
or that he's silly...
Even if it's just a show,
I still don't like it.
You haven't forgotten the reason we came here, have you?
We don't have much time!
I know.
I know that, Sara-chan.
My apologies for coming at a time like this...
Thanks for everything, Rentarou-san.
That's right!
I'll get you Yumi-chan's personal effects!
Oh, no, no, no, no, no!
I really don't need those kinds of things.
All these souvenirs
are already enough.
No, no, don't say that!
Huh? Where is Yumi-chan's stuff?
What am I gonna do with all this?
shall we sell these vegetables at the agency?
What's the matter?
Can it be that you're angry about the wedding ceremony?
It can't be helped.
These country people
are really persistent about their customs and rituals, you know?
You should be relieved that it's only a fake one.
It's only polite to go along with it, right?
Right?
Geez,
we'll finish up quickly.
So while we're at it,
you two could take your time at the hot springs or something.
Hmm?
What's the matter?
What?
Do as you please.
I don't understand you two.
It's the curse.
It's the curse f Futagozuka!
Stay tuned!
But, what's the matter with my set of twins?
I just don't understand adolescent girls.
Really.
Huh?
Yo!
Good morn-- oh!
I-Isn't it nice weather?
Th-This was a mixed bath, right?
I'll get out first.
Rentarou...
Let's be together forever...
Looks like there's someone in there.
H-Hey, there are people...!
I don't understand this...
Oh, Sendaido,
thank you very much for everything.
Not at all
What's the matter, Kanushi-san?
Well,
I haven't seen Kaoruko and Sumireko anywhere.
Do you know where they are?
No,
where could they have gone?
Umm...
Shirogane-san?
I'm sorry.
Huh?
Even if they say it's only a show,
your boyfriend going through a wedding ceremony with other girls
would make you unhappy, right?
It was a long time ago...
and since he had made a promise like that back then...
We thought it would be fun to call Rentarou-chan...
We didn't even think that he'd already have such cute girlfriends.
I'm really sorry.
I'm sorry.
You know,
we were thinking of not doing the ceremony.
What?
You can't do that!
We don't care.
It's not like anyone in the village actually believes in the curse of the Nikogami anyway.
It's all just acting, you know?
There'll also be people from the media.
If we just appear in front of the altar,
it'll be perfectly okay.
We'll just perform the service as always, or something like that.
Yes!
It's all right, it's all right!
That's why, sorry.
You aren't the ones at fault.
It's our problem.
Time...
There's not time, so we're in a hurry.
Sara-chan!
That story...
Our 16th birthday is coming soon.
Then,
we can't be together.
You can't be together...
with Soujyu-san?
With Rentarou-chan?
That's why...
I thought if we became one...
[Temporarily on leave]
I'd like to speak with you immediately.
Sara and Soujyu have both returned to Tokyo.
I don't know what happened...
But,
they must be really angry about something.
That was the premonition that I had.
Where did he go, my son-in-law?
Rentarou-chan, hang in there!
Eternal Love. Ainosuke
Are you crying?
No.
Are you crying?
No.
Why did you separate, even though you love each other?
Why, I wonder...
That day,
when he said that,
my dad quietly lowered the brim of his hat.
And then,
I remember Sara and Soujyu.
I remember the two years that we've spent together:
The carefree days...
Those times when we ran while excitedly chasing a UFO...
Walking and carrying a bucket, the atmosphere at the riverbank...
The bitterness of the coal-black burnt "Hot Cake"...
In a way, the sheer number of those memories at that moment
wouldn't stop burning inside my chest.
Sara? Where are you?
Sorry.
Where?
Where are you?
Rentarou...
I don't understand this.
Say...
Shall we continue on from the hot springs?
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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Let's talk about two years ago
About the time when Sara, Soujyu and Rentarou first met
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