Futakoi Alternative
Translation by AnimeYuki
Run at once towards a dream
yume no mukou e ikkini hashitte yo
Let’s meet and laugh away yesterday’s troubles
nayameru kinou wo fungiri warai aou
When our memories were here,
omoide ga itta no toki mo
even though we are deeply hurt, go straight on
kizu wo fukai no ni massugu mae ni
GO TO NEW WORLD
I can feel it in the wind
kaze no naka kanjiteru yo
The hot beat is shining
atsui kodou kagayaku yo
especially now…
ima koso
surely, always, you’ll be by my side
kitto zutto soba ni iru yo ne
Keep on running the way to the future.
mirai no michi wo hashiri tsuzukeyou
more and more, no matter what happens
motto motto nani ga okitemo
half our tears become double smiles
namida wa hanbun nibai no egao ni naru
forever
itsudemo
The things which a heartbroken man says:
“If you don’t show women something concrete,
you’ll be an unhappy person and won’t even be acknowledged by them.
If things continue under those circumstances, soon it’ll be ‘Okay, farewell.’”
Something concrete…
Wow!
Like, for example,
shouting “I love you”,
I LOVE YOU!
I LOVE YOU!!!
saying “I adore you” and kissing;
or giving them a present as proof that you treasure them.
Or possibly…
a trip.
Say,
this might be a bit sudden, but next Sund--
What? Did you eat my tarte aux fraises?!
But…
Ar-Aren’t you two always saying that you like those Mont-Blanc?
But…
It looked so delicious.
I can’t believe you guys!
Wanna eat the Mont-Blanc?
Wanna eat it?
You guys, sit down there for a second.
We’re sitting.
Okay then!
Stop harmonizing on every one of those lines!
Aren’t you tired of doing that?!
Listen!
The tarte aux fraises you just ate
was the motivation I needed to support me during work all throughout the day.
Work Motivation
Work, you say…
There aren’t any jobs anyway.
None at all.
W-Well that…
None at all!
Listen!
“Even if you’re on standby mode, you’ll still consume some energy.”
Denko-chan is Tokyo Electric Power Company’s energy conservation mascot and represents an average electricity consumer.
That’s what Denko-chan said!
Be kind to the planet.
Ah!
Amazing, amazing!
Rentarou,
if you ever stopped being a detective, you could go into show business.
Show business…
Idiots!
That tune…
who’s it by?
Daisy Fitzgerald.
Daisy Fitzgerald…
Hm?
Say…
This coming Sunday…
Shall the three of us go to the hot springs…?
Sometimes,
Sara and Soujyu vanish into thin air like this,
completely cutting off all communication.
Usually it’s only for two or three days.
But this time,
Episode 4
it’s already been a week.
Rentarou!
Detective-san?
Umm…
Detective-san?
My long-awaited work…
was to search for a dog.
It had run away from the show window that they had forgotten to lock.
A Maltese puppy.
A week had already passed since it ran away.
The health center and the neighborhood veterinary clinic have been notified.
But still, no one had contacted them.
Somehow, they wanted me to go look for it.
Awabi
Pet Shop
The fee for which I accepted the case,
was more expensive than the price of the Maltese.
Will he find it…
He will find it,
for sure.
The important things in searching for a pet,
are know-how and personnel.
Ah, you can’t reach it?
The first thing to do is to make calls.
The dog’s owner doesn’t think clearly,
and instead, tells me the worst case scenario.
Always by himself.
Shy and temperamental.
The Likes: Plain Bread
Fur Color: White
Sex: Male
Age: 1 Year Old
I’m looking for this dog!
The posters,
I’m looking for this dog!
Always by himself.
I’m looking for this dog!
Shy and temperamental.
I’m looking for this dog!
will be hung up on main streets where people constantly come and go,
I’m looking for this dog!
The Likes: Plain Bread
Fur Color: White
I’m looking for this dog!
Age: 1 Year Old
I’m looking for this dog!
at bus stops,
I’m looking for this dog!
at village garbage collection points.
I’m looking for this dog!
And, it anticipation of reports from children,
I’m looking for this dog!
also on paths to schools.
Always by himself.
He is a very shy thing.
He has been seen around here.
Shy and temperamental.
The Likes: Plain Bread
Fur Color: White
Sex: Male
Age: 1 Year Old
Always by himself.
He is a very shy thing.
He has been seen around here.
Shy and temperamental.
The Likes: Plain Bread
Fur Color: White
Sex: Male
Age: 1 Year Old
One was also given to the policeman in the police box.
I’m looking for this dog!
He has been seen around here.
I’m looking for this dog!
He is a very shy thing.
I’m looking for this dog!
He is a very shy thing.
I’m looking for this dog!
While patrolling,
I’m looking for this dog!
Always by himself.
I’m looking for this dog!
Shy and temperamental.
there may be a chance that he’ll find it and report it in.
I’m looking for this dog!
Your call could not be completed as dialed.
Your call could not be completed as--
Well,
it doesn’t matter.
My lack of staff…
can’t be helped.
Nah,
just take care of it yourself somehow.
Excuse me then.
Bye.
Please.
Umm…
What?
Do you have Daisy Fitzgerald?
Which one of Daisy’s?
Eh?
Ah…
Well…
Which tune was that again?
I see.
If I catch sight of it, I’ll let you know.
Thank you.
Well then,
I’m going to put up some more posters in front of the station.
Hey,
where are those twin detective girls?
Come on, come on!
I don’t know.
I don’t know…
their reasons.
It felt strange asking…
why they weren’t talking to me.
To begin with,
the house they live in…
their home phone number…
I don’t know them at all.
Futakoi
Alternative
Futakoi
Alternative
Today’s the fourth day…
since they disappeared.
I still tirelessly continued…
the task of searching for the dog.
Listen to this!
You’re joking!
How uncool!
I told you. You must be mistaken or something.
You can’t be serious.
That can’t happen.
How lame.
About their small disappearances…
when they first came into my house two years ago,
that was the first time.
Why do we have to tell you the reason for every little thing that we do?!
It’s common sense.
Didn’t you say we could come and go whenever we pleased?
That’s why I didn’t refuse your arrival.
If you were to suddenly take a break,
work arrangements would be disrupted.
There isn’t even a teeny bit of work!
If we can only come and go whenever it suits you,
then you obviously don’t care about us.
He looks depressed.
Yes,
this is the Futuba Detective Agency.
What?
You saw it?
…a cat?
No,
it’s not a cat.
I-It’s a dog, a dog.
Yes,
thanks.
Well then.
Today is the third day searching for the dog.
So far,
there still are no clues.
Also,
it’s been nine days,
since they left.
HEY YOU!
There was no “I’m back!”
or “Welcome home!”
Together,
we started searching for the lost dog.
It was like nothing had happened.
Sugisaku Meat Shop
Hello auntie!
Ah,
have you guys finally come back?
Here,
take these.
Th-Thank you.
You shouldn’t go around looking like those two abandoned you.
Seeing you moping around, searching for that dog all by yourself;
it’s not at all pleasant,
and you wouldn’t be able to find it anyway.
Doggy?
Say…
What?
Err well,
umm…
“The croquettes from Sugisaku’s old lady are absolutely delicious,”
is what I was going to say.
Yeah.
Say, boss…
What is it?
This may be a bit sudden, but…
Have you ever been on a trip with your wife?
Why are you asking that?
Err, well, it doesn’t matter.
A long time ago,
I took my overbearing wife to the hot springs.
It was only once though.
Yeah.
She really enjoyed herself there.
Yeah.
At that time, me and the wife already had a family for ten years, but
it was the first time that we had gone there.
Yeah.
Well,
that’s all.
Yeah.
Thank you for having me.
Yeah.
In the end,
we didn’t find it today either.
Yeah.
Tomorrow, should we go and check over there by the river?
Yeah.
Say…
Once we finish this job,
do you want to go to the hot springs or something?
Hot springs?
Err, well, I was thinking of a trip to somewhere…
Well, I guess anywhere is fine.
It’s just fine like this!
Huh?
If it was always just the three of us walking together like this,
that would be the best.
Even if we become 20 years old…
Even if we become 30 years old…
Even if we become 40 years old…
Even if we become 50 years old…
Even if we become 60 years old…
Even if we become 70 years old…
Even if we become 80 years old…
Nonsense!
I work so hard
that I’m going to an early grave!
There’s no way that I’d live to become an old geezer.
Ah!
Rentarou is crying!
Ah, it’s true!
Nonsense!
I’m not crying!
Wait, Rentarou!
Rentarou!
Wait!
Ah, what a cute doggy!
Ah.
A commemorative photo.
The sky from the time when we were really happy.
The sky from when we were together for the first time.
The clouds passed by.
The sun set.
There’s no way that the same sky will be over us a second time.
But,
in that photo, it’ll always be there.
That’s why,
a commemorative photo.
Ah, is that so?
I am glad about that.
Thank you.
We weren’t that helpful though.
Water for Fire Fighting
No,
thank you very much.
Say…
The next time,
we go missing…
Will you come and search for us?
HERE
Don’t forget!!
We are here.
bokura wa koko ni iru
We will be here.
bokura ga koko ni aru
The slow time is
yuruyaka na jikan ga
flowing in this room.
nagareteru kono heya de
Even if the summer days vanish,
natsu no hi ga kiete mo
the smiles that remain
nokoru egao tachi
are a chain of happiness up to this point.
kocchi made shiawase no rensa
Ah, the meaning of honesty,
aa sunaosa no imi
is within the innermost depths of your heart.
KOKORO no zutto zutto oku no hou e
Hey, the days are wonderful
nee subarashii hibi
in the midst of weakness and anxiety.
yowasa to fuan no naka de shitte
I won’t say goodbye, Because forever
sayonara wa iwanai yo datte itsumademo
the days will be unchanged.
kawaru koto no nai hibi
Surely forever. M
kitto itsumademo
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