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Futakoi

type	tv series
director	Nobuo Tomisawa
producer	Mareyoshi Takano Gō Yadori Kazuya Watanabe Kōji Takeuchi
writer	Tomoko Konparu
music	Hajime Kikuchi
studio	Telecom Animation Film
network	TV Tokyo, TVA, TVO, TVh
first	6 October 2004
last	29 December 2004
episodes	13
episode list	#Episode list

Futakoi (双恋) is a light novel, visual novel and anime television series created by Hina Futaba and Mutsumi Sasaki. The anime aired in Japan in 2004. It replaced Sister Princess as Dengeki G's Magazine premiere flagship title. It tells the story of a boy named Nozomu Futami who goes back to his hometown, moves in near a shrine and encounters beautiful six pairs of twin girls.

Story

Original Two beautiful girls suddenly appear in front of the protagonist a very ordinary second-year junior high school student. The twin sisters who look exactly alike in face, hairstyle, and clothing all said the same thing. "We fell in love with you at first sight! Please, go out with us!" The two then utter some surprising words. "We've always been together, so... why not just have the two of us together?" Thus began a strange love triangle in which he was dating two beautiful twin girls at the same time.

Anime The story begins with Nozomu Futami returning to the town where he was born and raised as a child. He moves in near a shrine which houses a legendary stone that was rumoured to have been the place where twin girls turned into birds. The stone is rumoured to be the cause of an abundance of twin girls who are born in the town. The twins who turned into birds did so because of their love for a man who couldn't choose between them. Shortly after Nozomu enters town he begins to run into the same problems as six pairs of twins fight for his love.

Characters

Sumireko Ichijō (一条董子) and Kaoruko Ichijō (一条薫子)
Sumireko is voiced by Ami Koshimizu and Kaoruko is voiced by Yui Horie
Kaoruko has dark brown hair in a ponytail, while Sumireko has it cut short.She is childhood friends with the protagonist and lived next door to him when they were little, but they were separated when the protagonist moved away. She is very popular with the male students and even has her own fan club. Both sisters are members of the tennis club.Kaoruko has an androgynous sensibility while Sumireko has a bold and playful personality She attends Isshin Academy a girls' junior high school in the neighboring town. They are childhood friends, but recently they have become somewhat estranged due to attending different schools. However unlike other works the protagonist of this work did not move to a faraway town, and instead attended the same elementary school as the sisters. As a result she has known the Momoi sisters since childhood. Twin girls who are Nozomu's childhood friends. They also attend the same school as Nozomu throughout the anime version. They both harbor secret feelings for Nozomu. In kindergarten, they said they would both marry him. Although they are close, they keep their feelings secret from each other and everyone else.
Yura Sakurazuki (桜月ユラ) and Kira Sakurazuki (桜月キラ)
Yura is voiced by Hiromi Tsunakake and Kira is voiced by Yui Itsuki.They have long black hair with ribbons on both sides (Kira has pink ribbons and Yura has blue ribbons). Kira's bangs flow to the right while Yura's flow to the left.She is a sheltered young lady who has always attended an all-girls school but one day she falls in love with the protagonist at first sight and despite her parents objections transfers to the protagonist's junior high school. In original she is a transfer student who falls in love with the protagonist at first sight and comes to Soai Junior High School the same school the protagonist attends. Prior to transferring she lived in the upscale residential area of Sakuramaigaoka, and previously attended Gekka Gakuen, another school for rich girls. There is an episode in which it is pointed out that she looks like the Hinagiku sisters but grown up. The classic plot is of the energetic and courageous older sister Kira leading the shy and anxious younger sister Yura, who is also strong-willed .:It is explained during the story that these twin girls lived a luxury life together in their mansion. Their father travels often and employs their butler to take care of them. They undergo many tests written out by their father so they are able to fit into society and live as normal high school girls. In the first episode, they are fifteen years old, but have never been in a convenience store. Unlike Sumireko and Kaoruko, Kira and Yura work together to win Nozomu's favor.
Rara Hinagiku (雛菊らら) and Ruru Hinagiku (雛菊るる)
Rara is voiced by Yurika Ochiai and Ruru is voiced by Shizuka Hasegawa.
The youngest set of twins in the series who live with Nozomu, their mother Miyabi, and pet goat Billy. They are affectionate towards Nozomu and claim him as their future husband which makes Billy jealous.
Ui Chigusa (千草初) and Koi Chigusa (千草恋)
Ui is voiced by Kozue Yoshizumi and Koi is voiced by Natsuko Kuwatani.
Twin daughters of a veterinary doctor and in the story they help their father in the clinic. Nozomu meets them when he takes Billy to the vet clinic after he ate a fax addressed to Nozomu which got it stuck in his throat.
Ai Momoi (桃衣愛) and Mai Momoi (桃衣舞)
Ai is voiced by Chiaki Takahashi and Mai is voiced by Minako Sango.
The oldest of the twins appearing in the series. Ai is the teacher responsible for Nozomu's, Kira's, Yura's and Keisuke's class, while Mai is the school nurse.
Sara Shirogane (白鐘沙羅) and Sōju Shirogane (白鐘双樹)
Sara is voiced by Kaori Mizuhashi and Sōju is voiced by Mai Kadowaki.
Twin girls who are the same in all but personality: Sōju is mild-mannered and ill-bodied, whereas Sara is rougher in her speech and more energetic. Nozomu meets Sōju while she was painting at the shrine, and Sara wanted him to be loyal to her. Sara herself has a love-hate relationship with Nozomu. They leave the city before the end of the series and come back at the end.

Miyabi Hinagiku (雛菊みや姫)
Miyabi is voiced by Ai Orikasa.
The mother of Rara and Ruru and the shrine maiden of Sourin Temple. Because she is a childhood friend of Nozumu's mother, she allows him to live at her temple while Nozumu's father is studying astronomy in the United States. Nozumu looks to her as a maternal figure after his deceased mother.
Billy (ビリー)
Billy is voiced by Chiaki Takahashi.
The Hinagiku twins' pet goat. He initially developed a dislike for Nozumu because of Rara and Lula's affections for the main character and often showed his disdain for him by means such as eating his homework, headbutting, or biting him. As the series progresses, Billy and Nozumu develop a friendly rivalry.
Kenmochi (監物)
Kenmochi is voiced by Masaharu Satō.
The Sakurazuki twins' butler and chief bodyguard. He carries out Kira and Yura's daily tests written out by their father so they are able to fit into society and live as normal high school girls. He at first developed a dislike for Nozumu because he thought Nozumu was trying mug Kira and Yura inside a convenience store in which Nozumu was cleared of wrongdoing. His dislike for the main character continues over the series because of Kira and Yura's affections for Nozumu. At the end of the series, he eventually warms up to him, but he still keeps his suspicions in case Nozumu treats the Sakurazuki twins wrongly.
Keisuke Kosaka (古坂佳右)
Keisuke is voiced by Reiko Kiuchi.
Nozumu's best friend and classmate. He rekindles his friendship with Nozumu after the latter returns to his home town. He is sometimes envious of Nozumu's popularity around the twins he encounters through the series.
Juntarō Gonda (近田淳太郎)
Juntarō is voiced by Daisuke Ono.
A judo student who is a P.E. classmate of Nozumu and Keisuke. He is the leader of the Ichijō Extreme Fan Club, a small group of male students who are fiercely devoted to the adoration and protection of Kaoruko and Sumireko (the twins are unaware of the club). As a result, Nozumu is often at odds with Juntarō and his entourage because of the latter's childhood friendship with the Ichijō twins.
Yūya Hiyama (蔭山結耶)
Yūya is voiced by Makoto Ishii.
One of Nozumu's childhood friends and an aspiring student in aeronautics. During the beach episode, he tells Nozumu he is planning on confessing his love to Kaoruko, which causes Nozomu to act strangely around the Ichijō sisters. He returns at the end of the series in which he tells Nozumu that they will be friendly and respectable rivals for Kaoruko's affections.