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* AbsentAnimalCompanion - Lili's dog, who is seen once in a photo in Saikai and then never mentioned again.
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** Justified in Lili's case, as at some point between The Promise and Secret, she became a princess. However, she doesn't wear her gown in any other music video.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Nana and Lili's dedication to reuniting with each other after years of being apart, paired with the sentimental lyrics have lead some fans to believe that the two of them have romantic feelings for each other.
** Zigzagged when Harumaki Gohan quietly featured wedding fan art of the two in the music video for the acoustic version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9u1JrLzKi8 "If I Could Become a Comet"]], and never mentioned it.
** [[WordOfGod Harumaki Gohan stated in an interview]] that he intentionally left the nature of their relationship ambiguous, and any interpretation is welcome.
** Zigzagged when Harumaki Gohan quietly featured wedding fan art of the two in the music video for the acoustic version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9u1JrLzKi8 "If I Could Become a Comet"]], and never mentioned it.
** [[WordOfGod Harumaki Gohan stated in an interview]] that he intentionally left the nature of their relationship ambiguous, and any interpretation is welcome.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Nana and Lili's dedication to reuniting with each other after years of being apart, paired with the sentimental lyrics have lead some fans to believe that the two of them have romantic feelings for each other.
** Zigzagged whenother. This is in addition to Harumaki Gohan quietly featured featuring wedding fan art of the two in the music video for the acoustic version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9u1JrLzKi8 "If I Could Become a Comet"]], and never mentioned it.
** [[WordOfGod Harumaki GohanComet"]]. Ultimately, he has stated in an interview]] interview that he intentionally left the nature of their relationship ambiguous, and any interpretation is welcome.
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** Justified in Lili's case, as at some point between The Promise and Secret, she became a princess. However, she doesn't wear her gown in any other music video.
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* ExpressiveShirt: Nana’s shirt has the Japanese character 七 (seven) written on her shirt. The amount of characters on her shirt changes in each song and they correspond to her age in multiples of seven. For example, she was 7 in The Promise, so there was only one 七. She was 19 in If I Could Become a Comet, and her shirt said 七七5 (7 + 7+ 5 = 19.)
** The character 七 is pronounced “Nana.” Lili also has her name (リリ) written on her shirt. This is how people knew their names before Harumaki Gohan announced them.
** The character 七 is pronounced “Nana.” Lili also has her name (リリ) written on her shirt. This is how people knew their names before Harumaki Gohan announced them.
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* ExpressiveShirt: Nana’s shirt has the Japanese character 七 (seven) written on her shirt. The amount of characters on her shirt changes in each song and they correspond to her age in multiples of seven. For example, she was 7 in The Promise, so there was only one 七. She was 19 in If I Could Become a Comet, and her shirt said 七七5 (7 + 7+ 5 = 19.)
**) The character 七 is pronounced “Nana.” Lili also has her name (リリ) written on her shirt. This is how people knew their names before Harumaki Gohan announced them.
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* MyGreatestFailure: The songs "Nana" and "Lili" from the album show that both girls respectively view their separation as this. Nana realizes she'd become withdrawn and unable to speak ever since the day she couldn't even tell Lili goodbye; meanwhile Lili yearns for Nana's forgiveness, as she perceives herself as having foolishly run away from her, and regrets that they didn't try harder to stay together
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: While the “girlfriend” part is subjective, the “violent” part is definitely true for Nana. [[spoiler:She commits murder for Lili.]]
** That is, if the events in “Secret” even happened.
** That is, if the events in “Secret” even happened.
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: While the “girlfriend” part is subjective, the “violent” part is definitely true for Nana.Nana, assuming that the events of "Secret" weren't just metaphorical. [[spoiler:She commits murder for Lili.]]
** That is, if the events in “Secret” even happened.]]
** That is, if the events in “Secret” even happened.
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** Zigzagged when he quietly featured wedding fan art of the two in the music video for the acoustic version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9u1JrLzKi8 "If I Could Become a Comet"]], before returning to the status quo of not addressing it.
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** Zigzagged when he Harumaki Gohan quietly featured wedding fan art of the two in the music video for the acoustic version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9u1JrLzKi8 "If I Could Become a Comet"]], before returning to the status quo of not addressing and never mentioned it.
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** That is, [[DelusionConclusion if the events in “Secret” even happened.]]
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** That is, [[DelusionConclusion if the events in “Secret” even happened.]]
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On November 15, 2020, a live concert called "Their Conclusion" was held which added a few more details to the story. This concert was the final installment of the Futari No series.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Multiple lyrics in the series bring the platonic-ness of Nana and Lili’s relationship into question. [[WordOfGod Harumaki Gohan stated in an interview]] that he intentionally left the nature of their relationship ambiguous, and any interpretation is welcome.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Multiple lyrics in the series bring the platonic-ness of Nana and Lili’s relationship into question. [[WordOfGod Harumaki Gohan stated in an interview]] Lili's dedication to reuniting with each other after years of being apart, paired with the sentimental lyrics have lead some fans to believe that he intentionally left the nature two of their relationship ambiguous, and any interpretation is welcome.them have romantic feelings for each other.
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* BittersweetEnding: Just like many of Harumaki Gohan’s previous works, the ending of Futari No is ambiguous and left up to interpretation. However, many fan theories fit under this trope.
** A popular theory [[spoiler:is that Nana and Lili died at the end of "Reunion", and are now together in heaven.]] This theory became even more popular after the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWek21tuyA "Birth"]] came out, [[spoiler:showing the two of them together in pale blue against a blank white background.]]
** A popular theory [[spoiler:is that Nana and Lili died at the end of "Reunion", and are now together in heaven.]] This theory became even more popular after the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWek21tuyA "Birth"]] came out, [[spoiler:showing the two of them together in pale blue against a blank white background.]]
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** [[WordOfGod Harumaki Gohan stated in an interview]] that he intentionally left the nature of their relationship ambiguous, and any interpretation is welcome.
* BittersweetEnding: Just like many of Harumaki Gohan’s previous works, the ending of Futari No is ambiguous and left up to interpretation. However, manyfan theories interpretations fit under this trope.
** A popular theory[[spoiler:is is that Nana [[spoiler:Nana and Lili died at the end of "Reunion", and are now together in heaven.]] This theory became even more popular after the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWek21tuyA "Birth"]] came out, [[spoiler:showing the two of them together in pale blue against a blank white background.]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: Because this is a coming-of-age story, you get to watch as the characters mature from children into adults, and slowly abandon their promise to stay children forever.
* CheerfulChild: Nana and Lili in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL-lijONWFI "The Promise"]]. Also, the “promise” is to stay children forever.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Because this is As the story takes place over a coming-of-age story, number of years, you get to watch as the characters mature from children into adults, and slowly abandon their promise to stay children forever.
* CheerfulChild: Nana and Lili in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL-lijONWFI "The Promise"]].Also, the “promise” is The two of them wish to stay children like that forever.
* CheerfulChild: Nana and Lili in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL-lijONWFI "The Promise"]].
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* RecurringRiff: The single note at the beginning of "Reunion". It’s in a different key in Nana and Lili’s separate versions, symbolising that they are separated from each other. This note has come to represent the Futari No series, and is used in official videos by Harumaki Gohan. At the end of “Conclusion,” the final song in the album, [[spoiler:the note is in the same key in both versions. They really did reunite in the end.]]
* ReunionVow: With IntertwinedFingers, Nana and Lili promise to meet again at the ring of the indigo bell, referring to the time limit bell in "Reunion".
* SnailMail: Nana and Lili both wrote physical letters to each other, despite their world being implied to be far more technologically advanced than ours. It’s unknown whether or not these letters ever reached their respective recipients.
* ReunionVow: With IntertwinedFingers, Nana and Lili promise to meet again at the ring of the indigo bell, referring to the time limit bell in "Reunion".
* SnailMail: Nana and Lili both wrote physical letters to each other, despite their world being implied to be far more technologically advanced than ours. It’s unknown whether or not these letters ever reached their respective recipients.
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* RecurringRiff: The single note at the beginning of "Reunion". It’s in a different key in Nana and Lili’s separate versions, symbolising that they are separated from each other. the separation between them. This note has come to represent the Futari No series, and is often used in official announcement videos by Harumaki Gohan. to set the scene. At the very end of “Conclusion,” the final song in the album, [[spoiler:the note is plays in the same key in both versions. They really did reunite in the end.]]
* ReunionVow: With IntertwinedFingers, Nana and Lili promise to meet againat the ring of when the indigo bell, referring to the time limit bell in "Reunion".
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* SnailMail: Nana and Lili both wrote physical letters to each other, despite their world being implied to be far more technologically advanced than ours. It’s unknown whether or not these letters everreached completed their respective recipients.delivery.
* ReunionVow: With IntertwinedFingers, Nana and Lili promise to meet again
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* FanNickname: Since it took 4 songs for Harumaki Gohan to confirm the names of Nana and Lili, the community had multiple fan nicknames for them. The most common was “Pink” and “Yellow,” derived from their respective colours in "Reunion".
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Multiple lyrics in the series bring the platonic-ness of Nana and Lili’s relationship into question, but Harumaki Gohan has never outright confirmed nor denied the idea that they are gay.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Multiple lyrics in the series bring the platonic-ness of Nana and Lili’s relationship into question, but question. [[WordOfGod Harumaki Gohan has never outright confirmed nor denied the idea stated in an interview]] that they are gay.he intentionally left the nature of their relationship ambiguous, and any interpretation is welcome.
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* FirstFriend: Lili was Nana’s first friend that wasn’t a cleaning robot.
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* StarCrossedLovers: Although their relationship isn’t canonically romantic, it does have themes of this in every music video.
**Especially at the end of Reunion with the line “A reunion that will never come again.”
**Especially at the end of Reunion with the line “A reunion that will never come again.”
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* SuddenEyeColour: In Lili’s version of “Secret”, while holding the onigiri, her eyes are suddenly bright blue. In fact, they are the same shade of blue as the eyes of the adults.
* TalentedPrincessRegularGuy: Lili, who marries into the throne in the middle of the story, is described as a ChildProdigy, naturally talented at everything. The “Normal Guy” in this scenario is Nana, who is hard-working, but at the end of the day she’s just an ordinary person who is often powerless against the forces that keep her away from Lili.
* TalentedPrincessRegularGuy: Lili, who marries into the throne in the middle of the story, is described as a ChildProdigy, naturally talented at everything. The “Normal Guy” in this scenario is Nana, who is hard-working, but at the end of the day she’s just an ordinary person who is often powerless against the forces that keep her away from Lili.
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: While the “girlfriend” part is subjective, the “violent” part is definitely true for Nana. [[spoiler:She commits murder for Lili.]]
**That is, if the events in “Secret” even happened.
**That is, if the events in “Secret” even happened.
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* ChildlessDystopia: Implied. It is written in the picture book that comes with the album that [[spoiler:when Nana and Lili first met, Nana had never seen another human child before, as she was raised around Adults [[CallASmeerpARabbit (the robots.)]]]]
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* ChildlessDystopia: Implied. It is written in the picture book The world that comes with Futari No takes place in is a world where the album that [[spoiler:when majority of humans are a race called the [[CallASmeerpARabbit "adult,"]] who resemble robots. Flesh-and-bone humans still exist, but they are greatly outnumbered. Because of this, when Nana and Lili first met, Nana met Lili, she had never seen another human non-adult child before, as she was raised around Adults [[CallASmeerpARabbit (the robots.)]]]]before.
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more tropes and rewording boys!!!!!!
* AmbiguousSituation: So much of what happens in Secret. Why are the adults gathered around Lili? Is the [[spoiler:beheading]] symbolic, or did it actually happen? Why is Nana dressed like that?
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** At the end of Nana’s version of "Reunion", [[spoiler:Macaron is shown alone atop the tower that Nana jumped from. It is later revealed that Macaron’s version of If I Could Become a Comet takes place after Reunion, as he visits the beach that Nana liked and reminisces about his time with her, implying that Nana never came back for him.]]
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** At the end of Nana’s version of "Reunion", [[spoiler:Macaron is shown alone atop the tower that Nana jumped from. It is later revealed that Macaron’s version of If I Could Become a Comet takes place after Reunion, as he visits the beach that Nana liked and reminisces about his time with her, implying that because Nana never came back for him.]]]]
* BlackCloak: The adults depicted in Secret wear these.
* BlackCloak: The adults depicted in Secret wear these.
* LeftHanging: At the end of Secret, Nana [[spoiler:kills an adult, and then ends up standing back to back with Lili. You know, the person she’s spent years trying to reunite with.]] Whatever happens after that is never explained, and the next time we see her (in “If I Could Become a Comet”), she’s alone.
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* MachineBlood: The robot [[spoiler:that Nana beheads]] in "Secret" secretes bright blue fluid the same colour as its eyes.
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* MechanicalLifeforms: They look like robots (or tin dolls, as Nana describes them), but the adults are just another type of human in this world.
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* WeaponizedBall: Nana uses a globe as a weapon in Secret.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Harumaki Gohan describes 7 year old Nana and Lili as this in the art book.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Harumaki Gohan describes 7 year old Nana and Lili as this in the art book.
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* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Macaron, probably. Although he is a roomba whose purpose is to clean things, he functions more like a pet for Nana. It’s implied that he’s capable of feeling things like loneliness and nostalgia when he spends his version of "If I Could Become a Comet" at the beach reminiscing about his time with Nana.
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* StuffBlowingUp: Harumaki Gohan likes animating explosions. In the elevator scene in “Reunion,” the head of an adult explodes for no reason. This startles Nana, but Lili doesn’t even look at it.
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* HonoraryPrincess: Lili was born to a family with money, but otherwise she seemed to have a normal childhood from what could be seen in "The Promise". However, in "Secret", she suddenly dons a dress and a princess crown, and has seemingly been taken by the cloaked adults.
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** A popular theory [[spoiler:is that Nana and Lili died at the end of "Reunion", and are now together in heaven.]] This theory became even more popular after [[spoiler:the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWek21tuyA "Birth"]] came out, showing the two of them together in pale blue against a blank white background.]]
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** A popular theory [[spoiler:is that Nana and Lili died at the end of "Reunion", and are now together in heaven.]] This theory became even more popular after [[spoiler:the the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWek21tuyA "Birth"]] came out, showing [[spoiler:showing the two of them together in pale blue against a blank white background.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Nana’s globe. It was present in every music video leading up to Secret, and then it became the weapon Nana used to wipe an adult’s head clean off.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Nana’s Nana’s globe. It was present in every music video leading up to Secret, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gORqImwmj0 "Secret"]], [[spoiler:and then it became the weapon Nana used to wipe an adult’s head clean off.]]
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* ChildlessDystopia: Implied. It is written in the picture book that comes with the album that [[spoiler:when Nana and Lili first met, Nana had never seen another human child before, as she was raised around Adults [[CallASmeerpARabbit (the robots.)]]]]
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* ChildlessDystopia: Implied. It is written in the picture book that comes with the album that [[spoiler:when Nana and Lili first met, Nana had never seen another human child before, as she was raised around Adults [[CallASmeerpARabbit (the robots.)]]]])]]]]
*{{Chuunibyou}}: The sudden change in atmosphere and character design in Secret can qualify as this, especially since the characters are within the age range at this point in the timeline.
*ComingOfAgeStory: Throughout the songs, Nana and Lili get older. Starting at age 7 in The Promise and ending at age 21 in Reunion onwards. You get to see and hear their childish innocence start to fade away against their will, and they slowly stop fighting against the maturing process.
*CuteMachines: Macaron, Nana’s roomba companion.
*DamselInDistress: Lili is this in "Secret".
*DressUpEpisode: While the previous music videos show Nana and Lili wearing regular everyday clothing, in Secret they suddenly start wearing cloaks and princess gowns.
*EpisodeFinishesTheTitle: The title of the album is “Futari No” which literally translates to “of two people” but is similar in usage to the English word “their.” Combine this with the titles of the songs and you get: Their Reunion, Their Promise, Their Secret, etc.
*ExpressiveShirt: Nana’s shirt has the Japanese character 七 (seven) written on her shirt. The amount of characters on her shirt changes in each song and they correspond to her age in multiples of seven. For example, she was 7 in The Promise, so there was only one 七. She was 19 in If I Could Become a Comet, and her shirt said 七七5 (7 + 7+ 5 = 19.)
**The character 七 is pronounced “Nana.” Lili also has her name (リリ) written on her shirt. This is how people knew their names before Harumaki Gohan announced them.
*FanNickname: Since it took 4 songs for Harumaki Gohan to confirm the names of Nana and Lili, the community had multiple fan nicknames for them. The most common was “Pink” and “Yellow,” derived from their respective colours in "Reunion".
*GirlishPigtails: Nana has this hairstyle throughout the entire series, through age 7 up until age 21. Her pigtails play a big part in her [[OlderThanTheyLook looking younger than she is.]]
*GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Macaron, probably. Although he is a roomba whose purpose is to clean things, he functions more like a pet for Nana. It’s implied that he’s capable of feeling things like loneliness and nostalgia when he spends his version of "If I Could Become a Comet" at the beach reminiscing about his time with Nana.
*HairstyleInertia: Nana and Lili both have the same hairstyles throughout the whole series. The only noticeable difference is that Nana’s hair gets rounder in If I Could Become a Comet, although this is likely because it’s easier to draw that way.
*HonoraryPrincess: Lili was born to a family with money, but otherwise she seemed to have a normal childhood from what could be seen in "The Promise". However, in "Secret", she suddenly dons a dress and a princess crown, and has seemingly been taken by the cloaked adults.
*IdiotHair: Nana gets this after tripping and falling over in "The Promise".
*ImpossiblyCoolClothes: In "Secret", Nana’s [[GirlishPigtails pigtails]] stick out from the hood of her cloak.
*InnocentBlueEyes: Subverted. Lili has blue eyes, despite being arguably less innocent than Nana.
*JadeColoredGlasses: Can apply to both of them as they get older, but especially Lili. In "Reunion", she’s expressionless and doesn’t react to anything that happens around her. This is likely because of the events that happened to her in "The Promise" and "Secret".
*LittleMissBadass: Nana, who, at the age of 15, [[spoiler:beheads the adult who took Lili from her with a globe.]]
*MachineBlood: The robot [[spoiler:that Nana beheads]] in "Secret" secretes bright blue fluid the same colour as its eyes.
*OlderThanTheyLook: Even though the story takes place over 14 years, the characters don’t physically age much. This is because of Harumaki Gohan’s chibi and simplistic art style. At most, 21-year-old Nana and Lili are taller than they were at age 7.
*PlotArmor: In "Secret", Nana runs into what can be assumed to be a private gathering full of cloaked Adults and [[spoiler:violently beheads the one standing next to Lili with a globe. Then the two of them stand by the corpse dramatically with their hair blowing in the wind as all the other Adults stare at them, not doing anything about the intruder who just murdered their leader.]]
*RecurringRiff: The single note at the beginning of "Reunion". It’s in a different key in Nana and Lili’s separate versions, symbolising that they are separated from each other. This note has come to represent the Futari No series, and is used in official videos by Harumaki Gohan. At the end of “Conclusion,” the final song in the album, [[spoiler:the note is in the same key in both versions. They really did reunite in the end.]]
*ReunionVow: With IntertwinedFingers, Nana and Lili promise to meet again at the ring of the indigo bell, referring to the time limit bell in "Reunion".
*SnailMail: Nana and Lili both wrote physical letters to each other, despite their world being implied to be far more technologically advanced than ours. It’s unknown whether or not these letters ever reached their respective recipients.
*TheNameless: The cloaked robot characters in "Secret" have never been given a name by Harumaki Gohan, nor has their species/race been explained. Fans can assume that they are a type of Adult, but that is all the context there is.
*ThePromise: Nana and Lili promised to stay children forever in the song with the same name as this trope.
*TimeSkip: Every song in the series takes place a number of years after the last, with little context as to what happened between them.
*WeaponizedBall: Nana uses a globe as a weapon in Secret.
*{{Chuunibyou}}: The sudden change in atmosphere and character design in Secret can qualify as this, especially since the characters are within the age range at this point in the timeline.
*ComingOfAgeStory: Throughout the songs, Nana and Lili get older. Starting at age 7 in The Promise and ending at age 21 in Reunion onwards. You get to see and hear their childish innocence start to fade away against their will, and they slowly stop fighting against the maturing process.
*CuteMachines: Macaron, Nana’s roomba companion.
*DamselInDistress: Lili is this in "Secret".
*DressUpEpisode: While the previous music videos show Nana and Lili wearing regular everyday clothing, in Secret they suddenly start wearing cloaks and princess gowns.
*EpisodeFinishesTheTitle: The title of the album is “Futari No” which literally translates to “of two people” but is similar in usage to the English word “their.” Combine this with the titles of the songs and you get: Their Reunion, Their Promise, Their Secret, etc.
*ExpressiveShirt: Nana’s shirt has the Japanese character 七 (seven) written on her shirt. The amount of characters on her shirt changes in each song and they correspond to her age in multiples of seven. For example, she was 7 in The Promise, so there was only one 七. She was 19 in If I Could Become a Comet, and her shirt said 七七5 (7 + 7+ 5 = 19.)
**The character 七 is pronounced “Nana.” Lili also has her name (リリ) written on her shirt. This is how people knew their names before Harumaki Gohan announced them.
*FanNickname: Since it took 4 songs for Harumaki Gohan to confirm the names of Nana and Lili, the community had multiple fan nicknames for them. The most common was “Pink” and “Yellow,” derived from their respective colours in "Reunion".
*GirlishPigtails: Nana has this hairstyle throughout the entire series, through age 7 up until age 21. Her pigtails play a big part in her [[OlderThanTheyLook looking younger than she is.]]
*GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Macaron, probably. Although he is a roomba whose purpose is to clean things, he functions more like a pet for Nana. It’s implied that he’s capable of feeling things like loneliness and nostalgia when he spends his version of "If I Could Become a Comet" at the beach reminiscing about his time with Nana.
*HairstyleInertia: Nana and Lili both have the same hairstyles throughout the whole series. The only noticeable difference is that Nana’s hair gets rounder in If I Could Become a Comet, although this is likely because it’s easier to draw that way.
*HonoraryPrincess: Lili was born to a family with money, but otherwise she seemed to have a normal childhood from what could be seen in "The Promise". However, in "Secret", she suddenly dons a dress and a princess crown, and has seemingly been taken by the cloaked adults.
*IdiotHair: Nana gets this after tripping and falling over in "The Promise".
*ImpossiblyCoolClothes: In "Secret", Nana’s [[GirlishPigtails pigtails]] stick out from the hood of her cloak.
*InnocentBlueEyes: Subverted. Lili has blue eyes, despite being arguably less innocent than Nana.
*JadeColoredGlasses: Can apply to both of them as they get older, but especially Lili. In "Reunion", she’s expressionless and doesn’t react to anything that happens around her. This is likely because of the events that happened to her in "The Promise" and "Secret".
*LittleMissBadass: Nana, who, at the age of 15, [[spoiler:beheads the adult who took Lili from her with a globe.]]
*MachineBlood: The robot [[spoiler:that Nana beheads]] in "Secret" secretes bright blue fluid the same colour as its eyes.
*OlderThanTheyLook: Even though the story takes place over 14 years, the characters don’t physically age much. This is because of Harumaki Gohan’s chibi and simplistic art style. At most, 21-year-old Nana and Lili are taller than they were at age 7.
*PlotArmor: In "Secret", Nana runs into what can be assumed to be a private gathering full of cloaked Adults and [[spoiler:violently beheads the one standing next to Lili with a globe. Then the two of them stand by the corpse dramatically with their hair blowing in the wind as all the other Adults stare at them, not doing anything about the intruder who just murdered their leader.]]
*RecurringRiff: The single note at the beginning of "Reunion". It’s in a different key in Nana and Lili’s separate versions, symbolising that they are separated from each other. This note has come to represent the Futari No series, and is used in official videos by Harumaki Gohan. At the end of “Conclusion,” the final song in the album, [[spoiler:the note is in the same key in both versions. They really did reunite in the end.]]
*ReunionVow: With IntertwinedFingers, Nana and Lili promise to meet again at the ring of the indigo bell, referring to the time limit bell in "Reunion".
*SnailMail: Nana and Lili both wrote physical letters to each other, despite their world being implied to be far more technologically advanced than ours. It’s unknown whether or not these letters ever reached their respective recipients.
*TheNameless: The cloaked robot characters in "Secret" have never been given a name by Harumaki Gohan, nor has their species/race been explained. Fans can assume that they are a type of Adult, but that is all the context there is.
*ThePromise: Nana and Lili promised to stay children forever in the song with the same name as this trope.
*TimeSkip: Every song in the series takes place a number of years after the last, with little context as to what happened between them.
*WeaponizedBall: Nana uses a globe as a weapon in Secret.
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''Futari No'' is a pop album created by Japanese musician Harumaki Gohan, featuring a mix of vocals from Music/{{Vocaloid}} and Harumaki Gohan himself, and was released on August 26, 2020.
The series began with the release of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0bTlwXLUmM "Reunion"]] on June 29, 2019. After Reunion, Harumaki Gohan released 3 more songs before announcing the album on June 18, 2020 with the release of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jVXc6N4muc "If I Could Become a Comet"]]. Like Harumaki Gohan's other works, these songs have animated music videos that portray the story of young girls. However, this series is the first to be worked on by Studio Gohan: a small studio consisting of Harumaki Gohan and several animation assistants. A total of 5 of the 10 unique songs in the album have animated music videos.
The album follows the story of two girls, [[CheerfulChild Nana]] and [[ChildProdigy Lili]], who form a close bond at a young age. Soon after they meet, Lili's family moves away, but not before they [[ThePromise promise each other to stay children forever]] in order to one day reunite. Much of the story is vague and left up to interpretation, but an art book was released with the limited edition version of the album that explains the lore in more depth.
[[https://harumakigohan.com/ftr Futari No Official Website]]
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!! Futari No contains examples of:
*AmbiguouslyGay: Multiple lyrics in the series bring the platonic-ness of Nana and Lili’s relationship into question, but Harumaki Gohan has never outright confirmed nor denied the idea that they are gay.
**Zigzagged when he quietly featured wedding fan art of the two in the music video for the acoustic version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9u1JrLzKi8 "If I Could Become a Comet"]], before returning to the status quo of not addressing it.
* BittersweetEnding: Just like many of Harumaki Gohan’s previous works, the ending of Futari No is ambiguous and left up to interpretation. However, many fan theories fit under this trope.
**A popular theory [[spoiler:is that Nana and Lili died at the end of "Reunion", and are now together in heaven.]] This theory became even more popular after [[spoiler:the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWek21tuyA "Birth"]] came out, showing the two of them together in pale blue against a blank white background.]]
**At the end of Nana’s version of "Reunion", [[spoiler:Macaron is shown alone atop the tower that Nana jumped from. It is later revealed that Macaron’s version of If I Could Become a Comet takes place after Reunion, as he visits the beach that Nana liked and reminisces about his time with her, implying that Nana never came back for him.]]
*CallASmeerpARabbit: The robots that inhabit the world are called “Adults.”
*CharacterDevelopment: Because this is a coming-of-age story, you get to watch as the characters mature from children into adults, and slowly abandon their promise to stay children forever.
*CheerfulChild: Nana and Lili in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL-lijONWFI "The Promise"]]. Also, the “promise” is to stay children forever.
*ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Nana’s globe. It was present in every music video leading up to Secret, and then it became the weapon Nana used to wipe an adult’s head clean off.]]
*ChildProdigy: Lili is described as this in her character description.
*ChildhoodFriends: Nana and Lili met at age 7, and quickly became best friends. Which is reasonable, since [[spoiler:Lili was the only other human child that Nana ever met.]]
*ChildlessDystopia: Implied. It is written in the picture book that comes with the album that [[spoiler:when Nana and Lili first met, Nana had never seen another human child before, as she was raised around Adults [[CallASmeerpARabbit (the robots.)]]]]
The series began with the release of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0bTlwXLUmM "Reunion"]] on June 29, 2019. After Reunion, Harumaki Gohan released 3 more songs before announcing the album on June 18, 2020 with the release of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jVXc6N4muc "If I Could Become a Comet"]]. Like Harumaki Gohan's other works, these songs have animated music videos that portray the story of young girls. However, this series is the first to be worked on by Studio Gohan: a small studio consisting of Harumaki Gohan and several animation assistants. A total of 5 of the 10 unique songs in the album have animated music videos.
The album follows the story of two girls, [[CheerfulChild Nana]] and [[ChildProdigy Lili]], who form a close bond at a young age. Soon after they meet, Lili's family moves away, but not before they [[ThePromise promise each other to stay children forever]] in order to one day reunite. Much of the story is vague and left up to interpretation, but an art book was released with the limited edition version of the album that explains the lore in more depth.
[[https://harumakigohan.com/ftr Futari No Official Website]]
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!! Futari No contains examples of:
*AmbiguouslyGay: Multiple lyrics in the series bring the platonic-ness of Nana and Lili’s relationship into question, but Harumaki Gohan has never outright confirmed nor denied the idea that they are gay.
**Zigzagged when he quietly featured wedding fan art of the two in the music video for the acoustic version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9u1JrLzKi8 "If I Could Become a Comet"]], before returning to the status quo of not addressing it.
* BittersweetEnding: Just like many of Harumaki Gohan’s previous works, the ending of Futari No is ambiguous and left up to interpretation. However, many fan theories fit under this trope.
**A popular theory [[spoiler:is that Nana and Lili died at the end of "Reunion", and are now together in heaven.]] This theory became even more popular after [[spoiler:the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJWek21tuyA "Birth"]] came out, showing the two of them together in pale blue against a blank white background.]]
**At the end of Nana’s version of "Reunion", [[spoiler:Macaron is shown alone atop the tower that Nana jumped from. It is later revealed that Macaron’s version of If I Could Become a Comet takes place after Reunion, as he visits the beach that Nana liked and reminisces about his time with her, implying that Nana never came back for him.]]
*CallASmeerpARabbit: The robots that inhabit the world are called “Adults.”
*CharacterDevelopment: Because this is a coming-of-age story, you get to watch as the characters mature from children into adults, and slowly abandon their promise to stay children forever.
*CheerfulChild: Nana and Lili in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL-lijONWFI "The Promise"]]. Also, the “promise” is to stay children forever.
*ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Nana’s globe. It was present in every music video leading up to Secret, and then it became the weapon Nana used to wipe an adult’s head clean off.]]
*ChildProdigy: Lili is described as this in her character description.
*ChildhoodFriends: Nana and Lili met at age 7, and quickly became best friends. Which is reasonable, since [[spoiler:Lili was the only other human child that Nana ever met.]]
*ChildlessDystopia: Implied. It is written in the picture book that comes with the album that [[spoiler:when Nana and Lili first met, Nana had never seen another human child before, as she was raised around Adults [[CallASmeerpARabbit (the robots.)]]]]
