Futakoi Alternative 10

  
  
  

After being posed the question "How will you protect her [Souju]?" by a big guy from Kimihiko Mitsugi's company, Shimojima -- that can't have been a pleasant feeling for Rentarou, reaching for rinse and instead getting one zou-san (^^;) -- Rentarou answers that he'll protect her, but he once again falls down pretty low this time. With the office burned down and no work, he dresses up in a bear suit and hands out flyers protesting the redevelopment of the area by Zenji -- Kira and Yura seem to have been unable to bring their dad back to his good old ways, so they pack up and leave -- and then an old friend shows up. His dad's old nemesis, the squid, comes back and gives him a beating down using his Sasuke copycat fire no jutsu. Even the squid says Rentarou's useless. After going back, Gen-san and Midori and the rest throw a party celebrating Rentarou's 2nd anniversary as a detective and he parties along... but he forgot something important -- Souju had asked him to search for her, once again as he did 2 years ago. He rides to her, crashing on his motorcycle but still going on despite being hurt badly. That evening... the town is in flames as the squid once again terrorizes Nikotama.

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And it seems Rentarou has gotten his confidence back and will stand up and fight, just like his dad did. This time really did feel like a repeat of what happened in the past, with Rentarou turning into a loser for a bit again, Souju asking him to search for her again, and the squid coming back again. But what's he going to do about getting Sara back? Perhaps this battle with the squid would be the opportunity for things to happen... from what I've read, this episode was the last of the "losing happy days" arc, and next time Rentarou and Sara and Souju will start to get those happy days back. Supposedly with a ton of action, which should please those who've been waiting for it :)