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
Shimajima-san
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Don’t forget!!
forget!!
Beauty and comfort
Nikospa
Beauty and comfort
Nikospa
Beauty and comfort
Nikospa
Beauty and comfort
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.
Energetic Ruru Rara!
Why did you separate,
even though
you love each other?
Why did you separate,
Energetic Ruru Rara!
even though
you love each other?
Jinroku Mountain Futagozuka Temple
Oh…
He’s here!
It really is very rustic.
Very…
Sorry about that.
Well then…
Nikospa
Beauty and comfort
Futagozuka Village Hot Springs Park
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Grand
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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 a 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 lots!
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.
I meant in this village.
Oh come on, everyone’s been…
We’ve wanted you to come to this village for ages.
… to the hot springs at least once.
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 words,
the wedding ceremony is tomorrow!
Huh?
Is he funny in the head?!
Well, well, Sara-chan.
Even if they say that 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.
Don’t forget!!
I know that, Sara-chan.
Don’t forget!!
forget!!
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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 of 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…
F u t a g o z u k a
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 no 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
Futaba Detective
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.
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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.
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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