is a light novel

Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...

, visual novel

Visual novel

A is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...

 and anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series created by Hina Futaba and Mutsumi Sasaki

Mutsumi Sasaki

is a male Japanese freelance anime/manga artist from Hokkaidō, Japan. He mainly provides character designs for bishōjo characters.-Works:Character design*Happy Lesson*Futakoi*Memories Off*Memories Off 2nd*Myself ; Yourself*Chaos;Head...

. The anime series aired in Japan in 2004. It replaced Sister Princess

Sister Princess

is a popular Japanese seinen series written by Sakurako Kimino and illustrated by Naoto Tenhiro. It began as a serialized light novel series in 1999. In 2001, a manga series and a bishōjo game for the Sony PlayStation were released. Sequels to the game were released for the PlayStation and Game Boy...

 as Dengeki G's Magazine

Dengeki G's Magazine

is a Japanese magazine published by ASCII Media Works and sold monthly on the thirtieth that primarily contains information on bishōjo games, but also includes an entire section on anime based on bishōjo games, and serializes manga and light novels based on such games. The "G's" in the title...

 premier flagship title.

Story

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

Nozumu Futami

The main character of this story. He is basically the center of this harem based anime. He is the childhood friends of the Ichijō twins and he helps the Sakurazuki twins through the "trials" set by their father.

and

Sumireko is voiced by Ami Koshimizu

Ami Koshimizu

is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Production Baobab management. She was born in the city of Kokubunji in Tokyo Prefecture. She is an award winning voice actress.-Career:*She graduated from Aomori Yamada High School...

 and Kaoruko is voiced by Yui Horie

Yui Horie

is a popular Japanese singer and voice actress. She is sometimes affectionately nicknamed by her Japanese fans.She hosts a radio show called and is the founding member of the singing group, Aice5. She is also a member of the band Kurobara Hozonkai, with the name YUIEL...

.

Twin girls who are Nozomu's childhood friends. They also attend the same school as Nozomu throughout the anime. 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.

and

Yura is voiced by Hiromi Tsunakake

Hiromi Tsunakake

is a Japanese voice actress currently working for I'm Enterprise.-TV Anime:* Goshūshō-sama Ninomiya-kun * The Story of Saiunkoku: 2nd Series * Papillon Rose New Season * Futakoi, Futakoi Alternative...

 and Kira is voiced by Yui Itsuki

Yui Itsuki

is a Japanese voice actress who works for Holy Peak. As a musician, she is the lead singer behind the band Yōsei Teikoku , and speculated to be Karen of Denkishiki Karen Ongaku Shuudan.- TV anime :2003:...

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 favour.

and

Rara is voiced by Yurika Ochiai

Yurika Ochiai

is a Japanese voice actress, known by her nickname in Japan. She was working for Arts Vision, however, she quit in October 2006. She is now working for Genki Project.-TV Animation:*Utakata as Keiko Takamura*To Heart 2 as Konomi Yuzuhara...

 and Ruru is voiced by Shizuka Hasegawa

Shizuka Hasegawa

is a female Japanese voice actress from Tokyo, Japan.-Voice roles:*Aishiteruze Baby as Namiko *Angel Tales as Inu no Nana *Futakoi as Ruru Hinagiku*Futakoi Alternative as Ruru Hinagiku*Inukami! as Tomohane...

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.

and

Ui is voiced by Kozue Yoshizumi

Kozue Yoshizumi

is a Japanese voice actress who works for Arts Vision. She's one half of the seiyu duo "UYAMUYA", alongside Kiyomi Asai, her co-star in the web anime Ayumayu Gekijou, where the duo voiced Mayu Tamano and Ayu Daikuuji respectively...

 and Koi is voiced by Natsuko Kuwatani

Natsuko Kuwatani

is a Japanese voice actress who currently works for I'm Enterprise as of March 1, 2008.- 2001 :* Rabbit in Kokoro Library* Karen in Sister Princess* Kirala Mitsuboshi in Najica Blitz Tactics- 2002 :* Tweedledee in Kiddy Grade...

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.

and

Ai is voiced by Chiaki Takahashi

Chiaki Takahashi (actress)

is a Japanese voice actress. Her hometown is Yokohama, Japan. On October 10, 2000, she changed the kanji lettering of her name, though the pronunciation remains the same. She was a member of the J-pop group Aice5 as well. Currently freelance , she was previously represented by Aoni Production and...

 and Mai is voiced by Minako Sango

Minako Sango

Minako Sango is a female seiyū. She was born at Tokyo, Japan on 11 June 1971.-Notable voice roles:*Elf ban kakyuusei , Ai Minamizato*kakyuusei , Ai Minamizato...

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.

and

Sara is voiced by Kaori Mizuhashi

Kaori Mizuhashi

is a Japanese voice actress who is employed by Arts Vision. Her debut was in 1998 with the game First Kiss Story.-TV anime:*Ai Yori Aoshi *Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ *Angelic Layer...

 and Sōju is voiced by Mai Kadowaki

Mai Kadowaki

is a Japanese voice actress. Her old name , had a different writing from the current one.She is popular as a radio actress who wears glasses. She is also known for portraying meganekko characters on a regular basis. Her nickname is 舞太. It originated from a mail address registration, where she...

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

Love-hate relationship

A love–hate relationship is an interpersonal relationship involving simultaneous or alternating emotions of love and hate. This relationship does not have to be of a romantic nature, and may be instead of a sibling one...

with Nozomu. They leave the city before the end of the series and come back at the end.

list of episodes

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#	Title	Original air date

External links

• Starchild's official Futakoi website