Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Guilt Complex]]: Not quite as evident as Anaru or Yukiatsu, but it's still there.

* [[The Hero]]

* [[Hikikomori]]

* [[Hot Blooded]]: It's repressed, but it's still there. He was this way mostly as a child, but whenever he gets worked up he tends to yell and raise his voice and speak pretty passionately.

* [[Keet]]: As a child.

* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Becomes this by the end of the series.

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: According to Anaru's friends, he's just a weird shut-in that she shouldn't bother dealing with.

* [[No Social Skills]]: As a teen, he is very awkward when dealing with people and often can't speak properly with anyone outside his old social circle.

* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: On more than one occasion with Anaru.

* {{spoiler|[[Second Love]]: Implied with Anaru in the ending.}}

* [[Socially Awkward Hero]]

* [[The One That Got Away]]: She was this to both Jintan and Yukiatsu.

* [[Posthumous Character]]

* [[Standing Between the Enemies]]: Tries this when Anaru and Tsuruko start fighting in Episode 2. It doesn't work since they can't see her, but it never escalates beyond catty remarks and yelling anyways.

* [[Tender Tears]]

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Jintan.

* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]: Subverted. Her feelings for Jintan was mutual, but her death means that they can never be together.

 

== Naruko "Anaru" Anjou ==

** Comes close to having [[Mega Twintails]], though her curls are only seen on the tips of her hair.

* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: Insists that she can't sleep without one of her stuffed animals {{spoiler|when she moves to the clubhouse}}.

* [[Guilt Complex]]: Menma's death constantly torments Anaru.

* [[Subcultures in Japan|Gyaru]]: Paints her nails, styles her hair and dyes it red, wears false eyelashes, and probably uses her earnings from her part-time job to buy outfits.

* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: [[Played With]] -- played straight by Yukiatsu, who sees her as his [[Replacement Love Interest]] for Menma; inverted in that she's the one with feelings for Jintan; subverted in that while they're currently in a state of [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]], {{spoiler|Jintan left her in the cold after she made an [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] to him, only to confess right in front of her later that he's still in love with Menma; and finally double subverted in that the ending hints that they eventually will get together}}.

* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: To Jintan, {{spoiler|until the last episode}}.

* [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful]]/[[I Just Want to Be You|I Just Want To Be Menma]]: Envied Menma's looks when she was younger because of Jintan. It's heavily suggested that her fixation on fashion is due to her insecurity about her own looks.

* [[Patient Childhood Love Interest]]

* [[Red Headed Heroine]]

* [[Replacement Love Interest]]: She wanted to be this to Jintan, but it turns out she's one for Yukiatsu.

* [[Rescue Romance]]: Was on a good way to it with Yukiatsu.

* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: According to Yukiatsu.

* [[Single Target Sexuality]]: Anaru ''insists'' that Jintan is irreplaceable to her when Tsuruko suggests that Yukiatsu is planning on hooking up with Anaru {{spoiler|once Menma is sent to Heaven}}.

* [[Toxic Friend Influence]]: Aki and Haruna belittle Jintan before her and threaten her with ending their friendship to keep her in check, and once got her into serious trouble during trip to a karaoke bar with a couple of older men. {{spoiler|Though the ending seems to suggest they're getting better, protectively guarding Anaru from Jintan. It looks like they really are looking out for her best interests.}}

* [[Tsundere]]: Towards Jintan who actually acts quite [[Tsundere]] right back.

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Jintan.

* [[Urban Legend Love Life]]: Gains one of these after {{spoiler|she's taken to a love hotel and nearly raped}}.

 

== Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki ==

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

** [[The Snark Knight]]

* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Olive-greenish yellow, to be exact.

* [[Guilt Complex]]

* [[The Resenter]]

* [[The Rival]]

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: To Menma.

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Tsuruko. {{spoiler|Subverted in the end.}}

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]

* [[Dogged Nice Girl]]

* [[He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Towards Yukiatsu when a shopkeeper assumes that she is his girlfriend, and later when two girls confront her twice about her relationship to him.

* {{spoiler|[[Important Haircut]]: She cuts her hair in Episode 10 following her coming to terms with her unrequited feelings.}}

* [[Patient Childhood Love Interest]]: Very patient, considering she saw herself as the last in line for Yukiatsu's feelings after Menma and Anaru.

* [[The Quiet One]]

* [[Sarcastic Confession]]: "His {{spoiler|(Yukiatsu's)}} hobby is '''crossdressing'''."

* [[Shipper On Deck]]: Near the end she confessed that she was hoping that Jintan and Anaru would get together {{spoiler|once Menma passed on to Heaven}}. This is because she wanted to be [[Ship Mates]] with Yukiatsu.

* [[The Smart Guy]]

* [[The Stoic]]

** {{spoiler|1=[[Not So Stoic]]/[[Cry Cute]]: She finally breaks down in tears as she confesses to her selfish reasons for fulfilling Menma's wish.}}

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Has grown into one.

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: To Yukiatsu. {{spoiler|Subverted in the end.}}

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Yukiatsu.

* [[Big Beautiful Man]]

* [[Big Fun]]

* [[The Big Guy]]: Though he was originally [[The Runt At the End|the runt]] of the Super Peace Busters. {{spoiler|He made up for this by intentionally acting stupid to get attention.}}

* [[Blush Sticker]]: Had one when he was a child.

* {{spoiler|[[Guilt Complex]]: Which is why he participates in Anaru's and Yukiatsu's reenactment of the day Menma died.}}

* [[The Heart]]: He's often the first to try to defuse a tense situation between his old friends.

* [[I Got Bigger]]

* [[Keet]]

* {{spoiler|[[My Greatest Failure]]: He ''saw'' Menma drowning, but could do nothing but watch her slip away. This factors ''very'' much into his desire to see Menma's wish fulfilled, or else he thought Menma may not forgive him.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Stepford Smiler]]}}

* [[Walking the Earth]]: Spends his part-time job money by traveling. {{spoiler|Turns out this was his way of forgetting bitter memories of ''seeing'' Menma drown and being unable to save her.}}

* [[Where It All Began]]: When not abroad, he resides in the gang's old hut.

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* [[Nice Hat]]: Always seen wearing that beanie...thing.

 

== Touko Yadomi ==