Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (2015) Movie Script
1
Are you ready?
Not yet!
Are you ready?
Not yet!
Are you ready?
Huh?
Where are you?
Menma!
Ow...
On that day,
I actually wanted to ask
you guys for something...
Let's go, Menma!
Let's go!
Let's go, Menma!
Yeah!
But...
Ready, go!
I was having so much fun
playing with you all,
I thought it could wait until tomorrow...
Yours was bigger after all, Jintan.
...and put it off.
You're so cool, Jintan!
So amazing!
Let me see, too!
Whoa!
Yukiatsu.
Chin up. I know you did your best.
Wait!
Hey, Tsuruko. What's this flower called?
Hm? Do you know, Anaru?
Maybe Yukiatsu knows.
All right! Let's all race
to our secret base!
Because...
I always thought I'd be able to
see you guys again tomorrow.
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Imperial University Preparatory High School
Doing club work over summer vacation?
Looks like some childhood memories. Am I right?
Sensei, humans are cruel
creatures, aren't they?
The more you don't want to remember
something, the more you do.
Tsurumi Chiriko
Tsuruko
Thank you very much.
Matsuyuki Atsumu
Yukiatsu
Seriously not happening.
Want to go to karaoke, Anjou?
Anjou Naruko
Anaru
Sure, let's go.
Let's get going.
Chichibu
Shrine
I would see you around,
every now and then.
Well, you don't have to talk to me.
We go to different high schools.
I heard he became a shut-in.
He still can't let it go...
What happened to Menma.
I don't know. Like I care about him.
Yadomi Atsushi
Touko
Jinta
Damn it. Damn it.
Nokezori Monsters
Trash
You're Worthless!!
Junk
Yadomi Jinta
Jintan
Hey, Jintan.
Is that Lickachu?
Honma Meiko
Menma
Hey, Jintan!
What is this voice?
Oh, wow! It got all shiny!
It's a familiar voice...
So cool!
I haven't dropped by your room in ages.
Salt ramen!
Mix it!
Mix in the egg!
I want scrambled egg!
I knew it. I'm sick.
You dunno how scramble it, do you?
Jeez!
I shouldn't be hearing this voice anymore.
The egg is gonna harden,
so hurry and mix it!
And I shouldn't be seeing her anymore.
Come on! Hurry up.
Jintan, the egg's gonna get all hard!
This must be because all the stress
and trauma I've been keeping inside
boiled over in the summer heat.
Are you listening?
What's wrong?
I don't hear anything. Not a thing!
I don't believe in ghosts
or psychic phenomena!
Like I could ever believe I'd
be seeing Menma's ghost!
Menma!
Menma!
It looks like
there's still something I wanted to do.
Um... I think it was a wish that
couldn't come true without everyone.
Everyone?
Everyone from the Super Peace Busters!
What are you talking about?
And why'd you show up in front of me?
Just disappear, already.
If you're around, I remember
bad things and it's annoying!
I'm sorry.
But I was really happy to
see you again, Jintan.
I'm happy that you seem well.
Menma?
Menma?
Honma Meiko, who died seven years ago,
reappeared in front of me.
What do you think of this cup? Cute, huh?
Hey, am I weird?
I think you're normal.
Not going to school during
summer vacation isn't truancy.
Right, Touko-san?
Like I could go to that stupid school.
Welcome.
Jintan?
Sorry, I'm not.
It is you, Jintan!
Stop, Poppo!
How you been?
How long's it been?
Hisakawa Tetsudou
Poppo
You know, the Super Peace
Busters' secret base!
This place is our secret
base starting today!
Okay!
Hey, it's been decided!
What has?
We're gonna be the Super Peace
Busters starting today!
Awesome! So cool!
The Super Peace Busters,
who could make anywhere peaceful.
I named our group with
words I'd just learned.
Come on, this way!
What are you doing? Hurry up already, Jinta!
Okay.
It's over there.
Huh?
Hup.
Come on, hurry up!
So it's still here...
Come on! Come on in.
You seriously live here?
Yeah, just when I'm back in Japan.
What about school?
You think I have time for that?
What about you, Jintan?
You going to that elite prep school?
Like I'd ever go to that
remote rich kids' school.
I'm going to Midori High in our town.
Well, I'm enrolled there, anyway.
Which means you haven't been going.
I just said, "No," to modern education.
Of course, whatever the leader
says is still awesome.
Super Peace Busters
You see,
I actually met Menma today.
Huh?
You saw the ghost, too?
Huh? I went to visit her grave.
Oh, right. Grave.
What'd you mean, "ghost"?
Come on... What ghost?
It's nothing.
Apparently, it's something.
That sounds like she came back to life...
Came back to life?
Come on, we're not kids anymore.
But that's awesome! Menma came
back to get her wish granted.
Who cares if she's a ghost
or a hallucination, Jintan?
Yeah, but...
Oh!
Could Menma's wish be... that?
Lickachu.
Super Peace Busters
I mean, really...
Oh, yeah. We're having a mixer Friday,
so be there or be square, Anjou.
Oh, I've got to work on Friday.
What? You are coming, right?
Right? You're coming, right?
Of course I'll be there.
Right?
Isn't this crazy?
Whoa! What the heck?
It's hilarious!
Let's get outta here.
Okay. Let's go.
What are you doing? Let's go.
Sorry, I've got plans.
Well, see ya.
See you later. Bye-bye.
I really want to know who's coming.
Seriously. I hope we get some hot guys.
Apparently we will.
I can't wait!
Thanks for waiting.
Here's your A set,
the Hawaiian burger with scrambled egg.
I didn't order that.
Tsuruko.
I beg your pardon.
You should have said hi if you were here.
It'd be embarrassing if I was seen
with a student from Midori High.
What?!
When did you become so high and mighty?
You used to be more of a scaredy-cat.
On the other hand,
you haven't changed at all.
You were always easily influenced by others.
Now you're just like those
other skanks you were with.
Oh, so you two were
called here by Poppo, too.
You, too?
Yeah.
We meet again, eh?
Hey, guys!
All right! You're all here!
Poppo? You've gotten so big.
I won't let you call me a runt anymore!
And Anaru, you're so flashy!
Don't call me Anaru!
My name is Anjou Naruko!
Come on. Don't let it bother you.
Careless
I actually have something
to do after all. Bye.
W-W-W-Wait a sec!
She appeared! Right, Jintan?
Appeared? What do you mean?
Menma's... ghost.
And like, apparently she wants
us to grant a wish for her.
Menma's Wishlist!
- The rare Lickachu
- The infinity symbol in fireworks
- Revive our friendship diary!
- The "I know, right?" sign?
So... I tried to think up some possibilities.
I've got cram school.
I detest superstitious beliefs like ghosts.
You failed the entrance exam to IU Prep
and don't attend your back-up, Midori High.
You just sit at home,
fantasizing about Honma Meiko.
How could you talk like that to our leader?
You mean of the Super Peace Busters?
Yeah!
Let me ask you, then.
The day that Menma died,
who exactly was the one
who busted our peace?
Well, Leader?
Go!
Oh, no!
Oh, thanks.
Super Peace Busters
All right, keep going!
You're so good at this game, Jintan.
We did it!
Yay!
Not that it matters, but...
Jintan, you like Menma, right?
Huh?
L-Let's play hide-and-seek!
Come on! Let's decide who's it.
Rock, paper, scissors!
Just spit it out.
You're the one who said no secrets
in the Super Peace Busters, Jintan.
Say it! Say it! Say it! Say it! Say it!
Come on, say it, Jintan.
Yukiatsu, Poppo, stop it.
Aw...
You're bothering Menma, too.
Say it! Say it! Say it! Say it!
Who would like someone that ugly?!
I thought she would start crying.
Because Menma was a crybaby.
But she just smiled like she usually did.
Wait, Jintan!
Tomorrow...
Tomorrow.
I thought, "I'll just apologize tomorrow."
But...
Jintan!
M-Menma...
Huh?
Menma!
Menma! Menma!
Menma! Menma!
Menma! Menma! Menma!
Menma!
Menma! Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
But, that day...
Menma!
Its tomorrow never came.
That's right.
Menma died... because of me.
And yet, you have the nerve to bring it up.
Unbelievable.
Daddy, I'm home.
Who left the window open?
Hey, Satoshi.
I don't know.
Sa-kun, you've grown so much!
Meiko, curry's ready.
Mommy! I'm home...
I cut the carrots big for you today.
Would you stop talking to Nee-chan
every time you make curry,
and offering it to her?
It's annoying.
Your sister always was
a bit off, wasn't she?
Maybe she doesn't even realize
that she's dead yet.
Would you stop already?!
Satoshi. Don't talk to
your mother like that.
Is it good, Meiko?
Mommy...
Even I realize...
...that I'm dead.
Jintan! Jintan! Jintan!
Where are you?!
Jintan!
Jintan, where did you go?
Jinta
Jintan?
Menma.
Menma, who cares about Jintan?
But...
You're not ugly, Menma.
I thought this would look good on you.
It's for you.
Because I love you, Menma!
I have to go find Jintan.
Jintan!
Jintan, where are you?
I'm here again.
Welcome back.
It looks like you
might be the only one who can see me.
Just me?
That's Lickachu, right?
Right?
Congratulations!
You have captured the rare Lickachu!
"Lick Lick Beam'
"Lip Breaker"
"Mostopuchucula"
Captured by Jinta
at Lv. 5
Why'd you get it?
Menma's Wishlist!
- The rare Lickachu
- The infinity symbol in fireworks
You wanted one as a kid,
so I caught it for you.
Thank you, Jintan.
Hm? What?
Don't you, like, disappear
when your wish comes true?
I guess I'm still here.
Maybe we have to get everybody together.
Who cares about those guys?
I'm the only one who can see you, right?
Yeah.
It's just like I'm playing hide-and-seek.
It wouldn't be surprising
if no one ever found me.
But you found me, Jintan.
And that's enough for me.
You're hopeless. I'll find out
your wish, and grant it for you.
Give me that.
I don't expect to be forgiven for
what I did that day just by apologizing.
Here I go!
That's why I...
Menma...
Why are we going to buy fireworks?
Did you forget?
You said you wanted to draw the infinity
symbol with fireworks before.
What's this?
A circle...
And a circle!
Bzz!
Oh, is that the infinity symbol?
What's infinity?
You don't know? It means to go on forever.
So this is like... About
the Super Peace Busters!
It means we'll be friends
forever and ever, right?
Jintan, I wub you! I wub you!
Poppo, you're gross!
Poppo, stop it!
Jintan, I wub you!
Hey, stop! Stop!
Ryuuseikai
It's the Ryuusei Festival! I went
to see it with my family before.
Hey, why don't we use these fireworks?
How are we supposed to draw the
infinity symbol with fireworks that big?
Ryuusei
It Rises Powerfully,
Like a Dragon
Don't be absurd, now.
Ryuusei
It Rises Powerfully,
Like a Dragon
Exciting
Summer Fireworks Set
Here. You drink the rest, Jintan.
When should we set off the fireworks?
How about tonight, in my yard?
Yay!
I wonder which one I should shoot first...
Chichibu City
The sparklers have to be last.
Jintan!
That's Poppo?
No way! He's gotten so big!
Poppo!
Hey, that's my... Hey!
Holy crap. I totally saw it last night.
I totally saw Menma's ghost, too.
But this is the first time
I've seen Poppo again.
What was she wearing?
That white dress she used to
wear in summer all the time.
He's right, huh?
Wow, the park!
It's Yukiatsu! Tsuruko's there, too!
I saw your email.
What's the point of sending us this?
Mail 3
Hisakawa Tetsudou
Tsurumi Chiriko Matsuyuki Atsumu Anjou Naruko Yadomi Jinta
Found Menma!
Meet up at the base tonight!
Poppo
The point is I totally saw her!
Hey, let's all go look for Menma tonight.
Give me a break.
Menma said that herself.
Huh?
Actually, I saw Menma's ghost, too.
You, too?
Quit with the bizarre jokes.
Menma was really grossed out by you.
Spending years depressed,
and never getting over it...
You need to stop obsessing
over Menma and forget her.
Everyone else has done that and found peace.
I have a favor to ask,
in regards to Yukiatsu.
This is a job for the Super Peace Busters.
We're going to bust some fake peace tonight.
Crackle, crackle, woosh!
Crackle, crackle, woosh!
Ba-bam!
I wonder where Jintan went.
You'll look for Menma with us?
Yes. I won't know if it's true or not
unless I see for myself.
Well, yeah...
Anaru!
What's wrong?
Menma?
Was that Menma?
It's Menma.
Menma!
Wait!
Menma, wait!
Crackle, crackle, woosh!
The secret base.
Jintan!
Huh?
No one's here.
This is so nostalgic.
Menma!
Where are you?
I'll go around from this side.
Yeah.
Menma, wait!
Can the others actually see her?
Menma!
Damn it. Where'd she go?
Menma!
At your height,
even if you shave your legs,
you're not fooling anyone, Yukiatsu!
Huh?
Yukiatsu!
Why?
I knew it. The Menma ghost that Poppo saw
is right in front of us.
It was Yukiatsu in a dress.
What is this?
You're the one who said
to forget about Menma.
He lied about forgetting Menma
and living in peace.
The one to dwell on this the most
Seriously?
Are you all right?
Hey, stop, Yukiatsu!
Poppo. Let him get this out.
Hey.
Don't you want to see Menma?
I want to see her so bad.
You guys want to see her, too, right?
So I thought I'd let you see her.
Yukiatsu...
And yet...
And yet why are you the only
one who gets to see Menma?!
That's not fair!
It's probably...
...because she has a grudge.
If that's the case,
she should be showing herself to me!
On that day...
If I hadn't said that...
I thought this would look good on you.
It's for you, Menma.
Because I love you, Menma!
Menma!
Because I...
...upset her back then...
She...
I'm the one who killed Menma!
I killed her!
I killed Menma!
Menma!
That's enough, Yukiatsu.
Let go of me! I said, let go of me!
Yukiatsu...
Wh-Wha...
Infinity...
Menma?
Menma...
Yukiatsu.
Menma says, "Thank you for
the hair clip. I'm sorry."
Is Menma really there?
Hey, Menma. Where are you?
Stop hiding, and come out!
Show yourself to me, too!
Come on, Menma! Please!
I've wanted to see you forever!
Come on! Don't be so mean!
Menma, please!
Come on! I've wanted to see you for so long!
Come on!
Menma, where are you?!
Answer me!
Let's go home.
Let's go.
Menma...
So I guess the fireworks weren't your wish.
Nothing.
Menma quit playing hide-and-seek on her own.
But Menma wasn't exactly hiding.
It was more that
we didn't really want to find her.
Nokezori Monsters
And we all knew that...
But that's exactly why
we didn't know what to do.
Still...
She's right here.
With me.
So...
Salt ramen with scrambled egg!
Hey, Jintan! Is this...
Aw... Jintan's not even here.
Can I help you?
H-Huh?
Could you be...
Mom.
You're...
Could you be Yadomi-kun?
He's looking for the friendship diary
he was exchanging with Nee-chan.
It's so nice of you to come.
Meiko will be happy, too.
Come in.
This is Meiko's room.
Pardon the intrusion...?
My husband says I need to
stop dwelling on Meiko's death,
so he cleared out most of the room.
This is all that's left of Meiko's things.
This is all...
Go ahead.
The Super Peace Busters'
Friendship Diary
You all have it so easy.
Are you still close to the other kids?
You know. The ones that were
playing with you on that day.
It looks like Meiko ended up being left out.
The Super Peace Busters'
Friendship Diary
No... That's not the case at all...
Why was it just my daughter?
When you've grown up so big...
I-I'm so sorry!
Meiko.
Yadomi-kun just came by.
After all this time.
He's got some nerve.
Um...
I'm sorry about that.
I'm the one who showed up out of the blue.
This is the friendship diary
you were looking for, right?
Please. Take it.
July 7th
I grew 3mm
Poppo
Let's compare heights soon
Anaru
You can't tell at all!
Jintan
Let's all ask for second servings of rice more often.
Menma
"I grew three millimeters! Poppo."
"Let's all ask for second servings
of rice more often. Menma."
"I got 100% on my test. Yukiatsu."
I got 100% on my test.
Yukiatsu
I'll do my best, too!!
Tsuruko
You're so smart, Yukiatsu
Menma
"You're so smart, Yukiatsu. Menma."
"I want to become an artist. Tsuruko."
July 19th
In the future,
I want to be an artist.
Tsuruko
You're surprisingly good.
Yukiatsu
You could totally
go to Musasabi, Tsuruko!
Menma
Wow! Poppo
"You could totally go to
Musasabi, Tsuruko!"
All she did was reply to the others.
You're surprisingly good.
Yukiatsu
You could totally
go to Musasabi, Tsuruko!
Menma
Wow! Poppo
And what the heck is "Musasabi"?
Musashino Art College, huh?
Well, with your skill,
I'm sure it's within your grasp.
It's not. I can't even finish
a single painting like this.
Well, that's a great mindset to have.
I'm actually suffering here, you know.
"Art is the son of Sadness and Suffering,"
said Pablo Picasso.
If you can paint that,
you are a true artist.
Did Picasso say that, too?
No, those are my words.
Well, do your best.
July 21st
Mom's still
in the hospital
Jintan
Let's make a wish to God
so she can leave the hospital soon
Menma
I want to eat Auntie's steamed cakes soon
Anaru
"Mom's still in the hospital. Jintan."
"Let's make a wish to God so she can
leave the hospital soon. Menma."
Let's make a wish to God
so she can leave the hospital soon
Menma
Please don't let your
dog off its leash!
Wish...
Our friendship diary, huh?
Brings back memories.
Did Menma-sama of the Forest's
message to me come from here?
"Menma-sama of the Forest"
would be you, wouldn't it?
Sorry.
If you're going to take it
that far, don't apologize.
Menma was always terrible
at writing diary entries.
"We all decided to make fireworks,
but I thought it might be hard. Menma."
Fireworks?
So did you get the idea for the
infinity symbol trick from here?
Let me see that real quick.
July 26th
We all decided to make fireworks,
but I thought it might be hard.
Menma
Super Peace Busters
"We all decided to make fireworks,
but I thought it might be hard."
Menma
It's the Ryuusei Festival!
Ryuusei
It Rises Powerfully,
Like a Dragon
Hey, why don't we use these fireworks?
That might be it...
Huh?
The giant rocket fireworks they
use in the Ryuusei Festival.
Yadomi Touko-sama
Primary Physician
Internal Medicine Dr. Sasaki
Mom, we're here!
Hi!
Hello.
Oh, there! Right there!
There! There!
It's dangerous, so be careful.
I'm gonna go look!
Hello.
Hello. You all came to visit me?
You still can't leave, Auntie?
I would love to go home soon, too.
Thank you.
Chichibu Municipal Hospital
So...
Jintan! There was a dog this big!
You see...
Huh? Where?
Over that way. Thanks.
I have a favor to ask everyone.
Favor?
Yeah. I want us to write
letters with wishes to God
for Jintan's mommy to get better,
and to send them!
I understand how you feel, Menma, but...
That's impossible.
Nuh-uh.
The Super Peace Busters could do it!
This!
Ryuusei
Ryuusei
That's it!
I knew it!
I can't believe you kept my mom
in mind all these years...
Thanks.
But rocket fireworks must cost a lot, right?
Leave it to me! I'm not a kid anymore!
Thanks for the meal.
It was nothing.
Gotta go ask the boss to make it for us.
Ow...
It's heavy.
Be careful.
Hey! Newbie!
Get this, too.
Yes, sir!
One rocket firework costs 200,000?
Yeah, it does.
That's why he's working here.
Jintan when he's working
for the girl he loves
is super awesome!
Hey, get back to work.
Oh, sorry!
Hey.
Don't get hurt and make your girl cry.
Oh, it's not like that...
I was just like you when I was your age.
If you love her, make sure
you tell her straight up.
Do your best!
Okay!
It's dark, so watch your step.
Okay.
What the heck? Don't change
the lights without permission!
Jintan is super awesome
when he's sparkling!
Thank you.
This is just the deposit.
I promise I'll pay the other 150,000!
So please, help me out!
Please!
Sure. I'll make it.
Really?
With this, I now have the full 200,000.
Huh?
Say, Jinta.
Friends in need are friends indeed, huh?
You're the ones who gave the boss the money?
Let's shoot off some grand fireworks
as the Super Peace Busters.
Who asked you guys to pitch in?
Show some gratitude.
Shut up.
Like hell we're going to let you
be the only one that looks good.
I think we all need this, as well.
So...
We're all going to grant Menma's wish.
Let's do it, Jintan.
All right. Thanks.
All right! That settles it!
Super Peace Busters
Okay, let's set off a big one!
Thank you for helping us!
Thank you for helping us!
Come on, Jintan! Hold it properly!
Jintan,
Poppo,
Yukiatsu,
and Tsuruko! And Anaru, too!
It's like we went back in time!
Hey! You said you'd stay put.
Well, everyone got back
together for my sake.
I know how you feel, but...
Is she right there?
She seems really happy that we
all got together to help her.
Where is she?
Hey...
It's because Poppo yelled all of a sudden!
Something just drew the infinity symbol on me!
She's behind you, Poppo.
Hey...
Is Menma's hair still long?
Well, compared to before,
she's more grown-up.
Grown...?
Is she pretty?
Huh?
Well, I guess she's pretty cute.
Oh? What was that?
I couldn't hear you very well.
Shut up.
I'm gonna head to work.
I'll go later, too.
Who have y'all been talking to?
Oh, uh, let's do this...
I'm gonna head out, too.
Pardon me.
You don't have cram school today, do you?
So you admit defeat against Menma?
I don't care about Jintan.
Everything you say you don't care about
is always something you
actually care about.
Look who's talking, Crossdresser!
Sorry.
Yeah, that's easier, after all.
Hey, want to try dating?
Wha?
What are you talking about? Stop.
What's so good
about Jintan?
I don't know.
I just can't get him off my mind.
Even though Menma died,
he still can't forget about her.
And yet,
you can't forget about him, right?
An express train is passing through.
We will halt for a moment.
Thank you for your patience.
We've been at a standstill.
All of us.
Ever since that day.
Once we set off those fireworks,
maybe something will change.
Recycle Mart Chichibu Branch
Anjou Naruko
Yadomi Jinta
Training
Anjou
You on break?
You sure you're not overdoing it?
Are you holding up okay?
Yeah.
Are you sure it's okay?
What do you mean?
If we set off the fireworks,
Menma will pass on.
Is that what you really want?
Are you sure you want it to end?
Hey...
I don't want you to go!
What are you doing?
I didn't want you to go that day, either...
That day?
Not that it matters, but...
Jintan, you like Menma, right?
Who would like someone that ugly?!
Wait, Jintan!
I'm... about to say something really,
really awful.
Jintan... Back then,
you said you didn't like Menma.
And it's really awful,
but that made me kind of happy.
I've been hurting ever since.
I couldn't forgive myself for
being happy, even for that second.
I couldn't forgive myself for so long!
We're making a customer wait.
Once her wish comes true,
isn't Menma going to disappear?
Jintan, you jerk!
Because we lost Menma...
Thank you very much.
Menma's mom has held a grudge against us.
Anaru has been blaming herself,
just like Yukiatsu, and probably Tsuruko.
Poppo, too.
Pardon me.
Everyone's been trapped by guilt,
with no salvation in sight.
I'm home.
I'm the only one that's been saved by Menma.
Welcome home.
Thanks.
If I'm the only one who can see her,
I need to grant her wish.
Even if it means
Menma will disappear.
Today's another nice day,
isn't it, Touko-san?
Yadomi
Family
Grave
This is the fifth summer since
you went to Heaven, Touko-san.
I wonder if Mom was able to pass on.
What? Why?
Well, I mean... Look at me.
Yadomi
Family
Grave
You've been going out a lot lately.
You're setting off fireworks for
Menma-chan, who died, right?
Huh?
Oh... Was that being why you started
working supposed to be a secret?
How did you know?
I know Towada-san, the pyrotechnician, pretty well.
Seriously?
Welp.
It'd be nice if Touko-san
got to see the fireworks, too.
Right?
Come on. Let's go get a little more water.
Yadomi
Pass on?
Thank you for the food.
Sure.
Aren't you worried about being sick, Auntie?
Say, Menma-chan. Do you
know about rebirth?
If my life ends, I can be reborn
as a baby once again.
But instead of a human, I might be a kitten.
Or maybe even a baby flower.
So I'm not worried at all about dying.
Wow...
But there is just one thing.
What? What?
If there's anything you're worried
about, I'll totally bust it!
Then could you grant
just one wish for me?
Wish?
Ready, and...
All right. Well done.
Looks like we'll be able
to set it off tomorrow.
Tomorrow...
Menma Passes On
Super Peace Busters
If Menma passes on... Um...
Are you thinking that Yukiatsu
will look your way?
Anaru, you idiot.
On that day, I...
...wasn't able to stop you guys
from egging Jintan on.
Huh?
Say it! Say it! Say it! Say it! Say it!
Come on, say it, Jintan.
Yukiatsu, Poppo, stop it.
You're bothering Menma, too.
Menma!
Yukiatsu!
Back then, if I could've
stopped all of you...
Menma wouldn't have drowned in the river.
Is that what you thought?
Menma had said before
that the Super Peace
Busters would be forever.
That we'd be friends forever.
No matter if we fought,
no matter how big a gap
formed between us,
I thought we'd get back together.
But...
After losing just one of us,
we all drifted apart.
Tsuruko...
There was no way
I could make up
for the void Menma left behind.
That's why...
This time, for sure,
we have to make sure Menma...
Jintan.
Why don't we all get together tonight?
Let's all see Menma off together.
To be honest,
I don't think I could have
done all of this on my own.
Actually...
I saw it.
Saw what?
Seven years ago on that day...
I saw Menma die.
Jintan, where'd you go?
Are you hiding, too, Menma?
Menma! Menma!
Menma!
But I was so scared...
Menma!
All I could do... was watch
Menma go down the river...
Menma!
I couldn't do anything...
Poppo...
Menma... will pass on, right?
Will I be able to make it up to her?
It's not just me.
Everyone's guilt, and their attachment to Menma, keeps growing...
And yet, the end just
keeps drawing nearer.
Listen up, everyone.
Tomorrow, at last,
we're setting off the fireworks.
Goodbye Menma
Super Peace Busters
And tonight, the Super Peace Busters
have gotten back together for Menma-san!
All right! Let's have the star of
the show, Menma-san, come up front!
Goodbye Menma
Thank you, everyone.
She says thank you.
I will be passing on tomorrow.
Menma Passes On
She says she's going to pass on tomorrow.
I would like to stay with
everyone until the very end.
Thank you for having me.
She says she wants to stay
with everyone until the very end.
She's smiling.
I wonder if Menma's wish...
...is really just the rocket fireworks.
Is there anything else?
Jinta, on that day,
how did you really feel about Menma?
That day?
Anaru, why don't you try asking him again?
Hold on a sec...
Quit messing around.
Hurry up and say it.
Like you did back then.
I said, stop.
This is pointless.
He's right. Why would you
Couldn't it be that Menma came back...
...to redo that day?!
Don't you guys think that might
be part of her wish, as well?
Don't you want to redo that day, too?
Not that it matters, but...
Jintan,
you like...
...Menma, right?
You're the one who said no secrets
in the Super Peace Busters, Jintan.
Say it...
Say it! Say it! Say it!
Say it! Say it! Say it!
Say it! Say it! Say it!
Don't run away, Jintan!
If you run away now,
history will repeat itself!
Please... Tell her.
You need to tell Menma right this time.
How long are you going to
be stubborn, stupid Jintan?!
I love you.
I've wanted to apologize for
that day this whole time.
I don't expect you to forgive me.
So I wanted to at least
be able to grant your wish.
You came back...
You came back to us,
and brought us all back together.
It's all thanks to you, Menma.
Menma, I love you.
I love you very much, even now.
You knew what the answer
would be ever since that day,
so I'm surprised you still asked.
You wouldn't understand, Tsuruko.
Never having the person
you love look your way...
Of course I do.
Because I loved Yukiatsu.
Who knows about forever?
Once Menma passes on, Jintan might...
Why would you say that?
But...
Yukiatsu will never, ever pick me.
You're the one who'd
replace Menma.
No, I'm not! Replace?
Yukiatsu doesn't think that, either.
And no matter how much pain I'm going
through, I'd never go out with Yukiatsu.
No one could replace Jintan.
You're right.
There's no replacing any of us.
That's why
we have to properly
send Menma off.
Goodbye Menma
I wonder what Menma's answer was...
Though I guess I really don't have to ask.
Hey, is what you said true?
It's true.
That was seven years worth of truth.
And I don't mean that I just
love you like a friend...
I know.
You want me to take me
as your bride, don't you?
Menma, seriously...
I'm going to pass on.
Um, I'm going to be reborn.
If I don't pass on, I can't do that.
I won't be able to talk to everyone.
With everyone...
Yup. Your mom told me about that.
What? My mo
Oh! But what if I come back as a caterpillar?
You'd totally step on me, Jintan.
I wonder if you'd pick me if I was a flower.
Rocket fireworks?
Please!
We would love for you to come.
Don't you dare do anything like that.
No one asked you to see off Meiko!
Youko, calm down.
These kids are just messing around!
They don't care about Meiko at all!
Hey, Mom.
Huh?
Do you know how tall I am?
I grew so much in the last year.
You didn't care enough
to notice, did you?
Hey, someone come here for a sec.
Got it!
Wow!
What a beautiful day!
Perfect weather for rockets, Jinta!
Hey, Jinta.
Stop looking so depressed.
Yeah! Yeah!
You need to keep your head
up and look at the sun,
or Menma-chan won't be able to pass on.
Just like the boss says!
Thank you, Sa-kun, Daddy...
Mommy...
Thank you.
Let's get started.
Yes.
Yes.
So this is truly the end...
But is this really okay?
I still have a chance to stop this.
Once they shoot the rocket,
and her wish comes true,
Menma will...
...disappear.
Right now, I can still stop this.
I can stop this!
Wai
Wow! It's so pretty, Jintan!
Oh... Huh?
She's there?
Hey, she's still here?
Menma, I'm sorry.
At that moment, I thought...
"Thank goodness you're still here."
I'm home.
Jintan asked me to come
home first. I feel so left out.
Touko-san, Jinta set off a
firework for Menma-chan today.
Lately, Jinta's a lot
happier than he used to be.
That's what you wanted,
too, right, Touko-san?
Huh?
What she
wanted...
Jinta doesn't cry.
Well, that's because Jintan's strong.
No...
I think he's trying to act tough
because I'm in this condition.
He feels like he shouldn't cry.
Everyone says they want to
eat your steamed cakes, Mom.
When can you leave the hospital?
It doesn't look like I'll be
able to leave for a while.
I hope you get better soon, Mom!
Well, I'll be going, then.
Jinta.
Be careful.
I'll bring you more clothes next time!
He always cheers me up,
but I think he's hurting so much,
he wants to cry.
He doesn't cry in front of
all of you either, does he?
Honestly,
I would like for him to smile, get mad,
and cry more.
That... might be my wish.
Okay! Leave it to me.
I'll make Jintan cry, no matter what!
I promise!
It's a promise!
It's a promise.
The wish was...
I Want Everyone To See Her Again...
Menma's Final Message
Somewhere deep inside,
it made me really happy
that only I could see Menma.
But it's not the same for her.
Are you ready?
Not yet!
Menma doesn't want to just talk to me.
She wants to talk to all of us.
That's why she wants to pass on,
and be reborn.
She...
...wants you all to find her!
Let's all grant
Menma's wish properly.
We'll bring Menma here and do it together.
Yeah. There's no point in having
this conversation without Menma.
Yes.
We're...
When the six of us are together,
that's when we're the Super Peace Busters.
Right?
Right, Jintan?
I'll bring her right now.
Let's all meet up at our secret base!
Hey, Menma.
I feel like we were finally
able to take a step forward.
Menma?
Menma?
What's wrong? Menma?!
Hey!
Hey, Jintan...
I remember
what I promised your mom now.
What?
I think it was to make you cry.
The one wish that kept
me here...
...had already come true.
Menma...
Wait. I said wait.
You can't.
I can't do this alone.
Menma, come on!
Let's go! Let's go, Menma!
I'll take you to everyone right now!
Jintan...
Everyone's waiting for you!
I won't leave you alone anymore!
Everyone!
Jintan. Where's Menma?
She's right here.
Menma's wish had already come true.
What?
Menma?
Jintan.
Hey, where'd you go?
You're kidding, right?
Hey!
Did she disappear, Jintan?!
Menma!
Jintan.
Huh? Where are you?
Stop messing around, and
come out here! Menma!
Calm down, Jintan.
Let's look for Menma, too!
Jintan...
You can't see me anymore, either, Jintan?
Super Peace Busters'
Friendship Diary
This is hide-and-seek.
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma... Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma! Where are you?!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma, where are you?!
Menma!
Where are you, Menma?
Jintan. Hey, Jintan.
Huh?
Aren't those pages from the friendship diary?
Isn't that Menma's handwriting?
To Jintan.
To Yukiatsu.
To Anaru.
To Tsuruko.
To Poppo.
To Tsuruko.
"To Tsuruko."
"I love that you were always
looking out for all of us."
"Menma."
Menma...
To Yukiatsu.
"To Yukiatsu."
"I love that you actually do
really care about your friends."
"Menma."
Menma...
To Anaru.
"To Anaru."
"I love that you really love Jintan."
"Menma."
Menma...
To Poppo.
"To Poppo."
"I love that you're always
so happy and energetic."
Menma...
To Jintan.
"To Jintan."
"I love you a lot, too, Jintan!"
"And my love is the kind where
I'd like to be your bride."
"It's that kind of love."
"When I see your mom, I'll tell her
that you were able to cry properly."
"The thing that made me the happiest..."
"...was that everyone was able to
become friends again for me."
"Menma."
Menma...
Thank goodness.
I made it in time.
Yukiatsu...
Tsuruko...
Anaru...
Poppo...
Jintan...
Thank you.
This time, I got to say goodbye.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Are you ready?!
Hey. You're playing hide-and-seek, right?
Then it can't end until we find you!
Jintan...
Are you ready?!
Are you ready?!
Are you ready?!
Are you ready?!
I'm ready...
Menma.
Eh?
We finally get to see each other again.
It's Menma...
It's really Menma.
I wanted to see you so bad...
Everyone...
Menma.
When you find someone in hide-and-seek,
you don't say their name.
Huh?
I'm terrible at hide-and-seek.
Right, Jintan?
Please say it.
Then we'll...
...be able to end this.
Menma!
I read your letter!
I love you, too, Menma!
Me, too!
I love you!
Menma, I love you!
Of course, I love you, too!
Thank you for granting
my mom's wish.
I love you, Menma!
I...
I...
I really want to stay with you.
I want to play with you all.
So...
I'm going to be reborn.
Then I can be with everyone again.
I made Jintan cry.
I said goodbye.
So, please... So, please...
So, please...
Please, say it.
Everyone, say it together.
Say it right.
All together. Okay?
Ready, and...
Menma! We found you!
You found me...
That summer,
the flower that was in bloom...
I wonder what it was called.
As the seasons go by,
the flowers that bloom by
the roadside keep changing.
"A Memory of a Summer Day"?
Yes.
Honestly, I didn't want to forget
everyone's faces.
Their faces are wonderful.
So that's why you wanted to join the
administrative development
team at our London branch.
Understood. Next...
Please remain seated.
My name is Hisakawa Tetsudou.
My nickname is Poppo.
Sorry to keep you waiting, Yukiatsu.
Morning. I didn't want you running away.
I'm not gonna run.
Please take care of Jinta, Anaru-chan.
Please don't call me that.
Thanks, Anaru-chan!
Seriously, please stop!
But...
I'm sure that flower will
continue to bloom somewhere.
And... we'll become adults.
Super Peace Busters are friends forever
Yes. We'll continue
to grant that
flower's wishes.
This drama is a work of fiction
Anohana:
The Flower
We Saw
That Day
End
Are you ready?
Not yet!
Are you ready?
Not yet!
Are you ready?
Huh?
Where are you?
Menma!
Ow...
On that day,
I actually wanted to ask
you guys for something...
Let's go, Menma!
Let's go!
Let's go, Menma!
Yeah!
But...
Ready, go!
I was having so much fun
playing with you all,
I thought it could wait until tomorrow...
Yours was bigger after all, Jintan.
...and put it off.
You're so cool, Jintan!
So amazing!
Let me see, too!
Whoa!
Yukiatsu.
Chin up. I know you did your best.
Wait!
Hey, Tsuruko. What's this flower called?
Hm? Do you know, Anaru?
Maybe Yukiatsu knows.
All right! Let's all race
to our secret base!
Because...
I always thought I'd be able to
see you guys again tomorrow.
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
Imperial University Preparatory High School
Doing club work over summer vacation?
Looks like some childhood memories. Am I right?
Sensei, humans are cruel
creatures, aren't they?
The more you don't want to remember
something, the more you do.
Tsurumi Chiriko
Tsuruko
Thank you very much.
Matsuyuki Atsumu
Yukiatsu
Seriously not happening.
Want to go to karaoke, Anjou?
Anjou Naruko
Anaru
Sure, let's go.
Let's get going.
Chichibu
Shrine
I would see you around,
every now and then.
Well, you don't have to talk to me.
We go to different high schools.
I heard he became a shut-in.
He still can't let it go...
What happened to Menma.
I don't know. Like I care about him.
Yadomi Atsushi
Touko
Jinta
Damn it. Damn it.
Nokezori Monsters
Trash
You're Worthless!!
Junk
Yadomi Jinta
Jintan
Hey, Jintan.
Is that Lickachu?
Honma Meiko
Menma
Hey, Jintan!
What is this voice?
Oh, wow! It got all shiny!
It's a familiar voice...
So cool!
I haven't dropped by your room in ages.
Salt ramen!
Mix it!
Mix in the egg!
I want scrambled egg!
I knew it. I'm sick.
You dunno how scramble it, do you?
Jeez!
I shouldn't be hearing this voice anymore.
The egg is gonna harden,
so hurry and mix it!
And I shouldn't be seeing her anymore.
Come on! Hurry up.
Jintan, the egg's gonna get all hard!
This must be because all the stress
and trauma I've been keeping inside
boiled over in the summer heat.
Are you listening?
What's wrong?
I don't hear anything. Not a thing!
I don't believe in ghosts
or psychic phenomena!
Like I could ever believe I'd
be seeing Menma's ghost!
Menma!
Menma!
It looks like
there's still something I wanted to do.
Um... I think it was a wish that
couldn't come true without everyone.
Everyone?
Everyone from the Super Peace Busters!
What are you talking about?
And why'd you show up in front of me?
Just disappear, already.
If you're around, I remember
bad things and it's annoying!
I'm sorry.
But I was really happy to
see you again, Jintan.
I'm happy that you seem well.
Menma?
Menma?
Honma Meiko, who died seven years ago,
reappeared in front of me.
What do you think of this cup? Cute, huh?
Hey, am I weird?
I think you're normal.
Not going to school during
summer vacation isn't truancy.
Right, Touko-san?
Like I could go to that stupid school.
Welcome.
Jintan?
Sorry, I'm not.
It is you, Jintan!
Stop, Poppo!
How you been?
How long's it been?
Hisakawa Tetsudou
Poppo
You know, the Super Peace
Busters' secret base!
This place is our secret
base starting today!
Okay!
Hey, it's been decided!
What has?
We're gonna be the Super Peace
Busters starting today!
Awesome! So cool!
The Super Peace Busters,
who could make anywhere peaceful.
I named our group with
words I'd just learned.
Come on, this way!
What are you doing? Hurry up already, Jinta!
Okay.
It's over there.
Huh?
Hup.
Come on, hurry up!
So it's still here...
Come on! Come on in.
You seriously live here?
Yeah, just when I'm back in Japan.
What about school?
You think I have time for that?
What about you, Jintan?
You going to that elite prep school?
Like I'd ever go to that
remote rich kids' school.
I'm going to Midori High in our town.
Well, I'm enrolled there, anyway.
Which means you haven't been going.
I just said, "No," to modern education.
Of course, whatever the leader
says is still awesome.
Super Peace Busters
You see,
I actually met Menma today.
Huh?
You saw the ghost, too?
Huh? I went to visit her grave.
Oh, right. Grave.
What'd you mean, "ghost"?
Come on... What ghost?
It's nothing.
Apparently, it's something.
That sounds like she came back to life...
Came back to life?
Come on, we're not kids anymore.
But that's awesome! Menma came
back to get her wish granted.
Who cares if she's a ghost
or a hallucination, Jintan?
Yeah, but...
Oh!
Could Menma's wish be... that?
Lickachu.
Super Peace Busters
I mean, really...
Oh, yeah. We're having a mixer Friday,
so be there or be square, Anjou.
Oh, I've got to work on Friday.
What? You are coming, right?
Right? You're coming, right?
Of course I'll be there.
Right?
Isn't this crazy?
Whoa! What the heck?
It's hilarious!
Let's get outta here.
Okay. Let's go.
What are you doing? Let's go.
Sorry, I've got plans.
Well, see ya.
See you later. Bye-bye.
I really want to know who's coming.
Seriously. I hope we get some hot guys.
Apparently we will.
I can't wait!
Thanks for waiting.
Here's your A set,
the Hawaiian burger with scrambled egg.
I didn't order that.
Tsuruko.
I beg your pardon.
You should have said hi if you were here.
It'd be embarrassing if I was seen
with a student from Midori High.
What?!
When did you become so high and mighty?
You used to be more of a scaredy-cat.
On the other hand,
you haven't changed at all.
You were always easily influenced by others.
Now you're just like those
other skanks you were with.
Oh, so you two were
called here by Poppo, too.
You, too?
Yeah.
We meet again, eh?
Hey, guys!
All right! You're all here!
Poppo? You've gotten so big.
I won't let you call me a runt anymore!
And Anaru, you're so flashy!
Don't call me Anaru!
My name is Anjou Naruko!
Come on. Don't let it bother you.
Careless
I actually have something
to do after all. Bye.
W-W-W-Wait a sec!
She appeared! Right, Jintan?
Appeared? What do you mean?
Menma's... ghost.
And like, apparently she wants
us to grant a wish for her.
Menma's Wishlist!
- The rare Lickachu
- The infinity symbol in fireworks
- Revive our friendship diary!
- The "I know, right?" sign?
So... I tried to think up some possibilities.
I've got cram school.
I detest superstitious beliefs like ghosts.
You failed the entrance exam to IU Prep
and don't attend your back-up, Midori High.
You just sit at home,
fantasizing about Honma Meiko.
How could you talk like that to our leader?
You mean of the Super Peace Busters?
Yeah!
Let me ask you, then.
The day that Menma died,
who exactly was the one
who busted our peace?
Well, Leader?
Go!
Oh, no!
Oh, thanks.
Super Peace Busters
All right, keep going!
You're so good at this game, Jintan.
We did it!
Yay!
Not that it matters, but...
Jintan, you like Menma, right?
Huh?
L-Let's play hide-and-seek!
Come on! Let's decide who's it.
Rock, paper, scissors!
Just spit it out.
You're the one who said no secrets
in the Super Peace Busters, Jintan.
Say it! Say it! Say it! Say it! Say it!
Come on, say it, Jintan.
Yukiatsu, Poppo, stop it.
Aw...
You're bothering Menma, too.
Say it! Say it! Say it! Say it!
Who would like someone that ugly?!
I thought she would start crying.
Because Menma was a crybaby.
But she just smiled like she usually did.
Wait, Jintan!
Tomorrow...
Tomorrow.
I thought, "I'll just apologize tomorrow."
But...
Jintan!
M-Menma...
Huh?
Menma!
Menma! Menma!
Menma! Menma!
Menma! Menma! Menma!
Menma!
Menma! Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
But, that day...
Menma!
Its tomorrow never came.
That's right.
Menma died... because of me.
And yet, you have the nerve to bring it up.
Unbelievable.
Daddy, I'm home.
Who left the window open?
Hey, Satoshi.
I don't know.
Sa-kun, you've grown so much!
Meiko, curry's ready.
Mommy! I'm home...
I cut the carrots big for you today.
Would you stop talking to Nee-chan
every time you make curry,
and offering it to her?
It's annoying.
Your sister always was
a bit off, wasn't she?
Maybe she doesn't even realize
that she's dead yet.
Would you stop already?!
Satoshi. Don't talk to
your mother like that.
Is it good, Meiko?
Mommy...
Even I realize...
...that I'm dead.
Jintan! Jintan! Jintan!
Where are you?!
Jintan!
Jintan, where did you go?
Jinta
Jintan?
Menma.
Menma, who cares about Jintan?
But...
You're not ugly, Menma.
I thought this would look good on you.
It's for you.
Because I love you, Menma!
I have to go find Jintan.
Jintan!
Jintan, where are you?
I'm here again.
Welcome back.
It looks like you
might be the only one who can see me.
Just me?
That's Lickachu, right?
Right?
Congratulations!
You have captured the rare Lickachu!
"Lick Lick Beam'
"Lip Breaker"
"Mostopuchucula"
Captured by Jinta
at Lv. 5
Why'd you get it?
Menma's Wishlist!
- The rare Lickachu
- The infinity symbol in fireworks
You wanted one as a kid,
so I caught it for you.
Thank you, Jintan.
Hm? What?
Don't you, like, disappear
when your wish comes true?
I guess I'm still here.
Maybe we have to get everybody together.
Who cares about those guys?
I'm the only one who can see you, right?
Yeah.
It's just like I'm playing hide-and-seek.
It wouldn't be surprising
if no one ever found me.
But you found me, Jintan.
And that's enough for me.
You're hopeless. I'll find out
your wish, and grant it for you.
Give me that.
I don't expect to be forgiven for
what I did that day just by apologizing.
Here I go!
That's why I...
Menma...
Why are we going to buy fireworks?
Did you forget?
You said you wanted to draw the infinity
symbol with fireworks before.
What's this?
A circle...
And a circle!
Bzz!
Oh, is that the infinity symbol?
What's infinity?
You don't know? It means to go on forever.
So this is like... About
the Super Peace Busters!
It means we'll be friends
forever and ever, right?
Jintan, I wub you! I wub you!
Poppo, you're gross!
Poppo, stop it!
Jintan, I wub you!
Hey, stop! Stop!
Ryuuseikai
It's the Ryuusei Festival! I went
to see it with my family before.
Hey, why don't we use these fireworks?
How are we supposed to draw the
infinity symbol with fireworks that big?
Ryuusei
It Rises Powerfully,
Like a Dragon
Don't be absurd, now.
Ryuusei
It Rises Powerfully,
Like a Dragon
Exciting
Summer Fireworks Set
Here. You drink the rest, Jintan.
When should we set off the fireworks?
How about tonight, in my yard?
Yay!
I wonder which one I should shoot first...
Chichibu City
The sparklers have to be last.
Jintan!
That's Poppo?
No way! He's gotten so big!
Poppo!
Hey, that's my... Hey!
Holy crap. I totally saw it last night.
I totally saw Menma's ghost, too.
But this is the first time
I've seen Poppo again.
What was she wearing?
That white dress she used to
wear in summer all the time.
He's right, huh?
Wow, the park!
It's Yukiatsu! Tsuruko's there, too!
I saw your email.
What's the point of sending us this?
Mail 3
Hisakawa Tetsudou
Tsurumi Chiriko Matsuyuki Atsumu Anjou Naruko Yadomi Jinta
Found Menma!
Meet up at the base tonight!
Poppo
The point is I totally saw her!
Hey, let's all go look for Menma tonight.
Give me a break.
Menma said that herself.
Huh?
Actually, I saw Menma's ghost, too.
You, too?
Quit with the bizarre jokes.
Menma was really grossed out by you.
Spending years depressed,
and never getting over it...
You need to stop obsessing
over Menma and forget her.
Everyone else has done that and found peace.
I have a favor to ask,
in regards to Yukiatsu.
This is a job for the Super Peace Busters.
We're going to bust some fake peace tonight.
Crackle, crackle, woosh!
Crackle, crackle, woosh!
Ba-bam!
I wonder where Jintan went.
You'll look for Menma with us?
Yes. I won't know if it's true or not
unless I see for myself.
Well, yeah...
Anaru!
What's wrong?
Menma?
Was that Menma?
It's Menma.
Menma!
Wait!
Menma, wait!
Crackle, crackle, woosh!
The secret base.
Jintan!
Huh?
No one's here.
This is so nostalgic.
Menma!
Where are you?
I'll go around from this side.
Yeah.
Menma, wait!
Can the others actually see her?
Menma!
Damn it. Where'd she go?
Menma!
At your height,
even if you shave your legs,
you're not fooling anyone, Yukiatsu!
Huh?
Yukiatsu!
Why?
I knew it. The Menma ghost that Poppo saw
is right in front of us.
It was Yukiatsu in a dress.
What is this?
You're the one who said
to forget about Menma.
He lied about forgetting Menma
and living in peace.
The one to dwell on this the most
Seriously?
Are you all right?
Hey, stop, Yukiatsu!
Poppo. Let him get this out.
Hey.
Don't you want to see Menma?
I want to see her so bad.
You guys want to see her, too, right?
So I thought I'd let you see her.
Yukiatsu...
And yet...
And yet why are you the only
one who gets to see Menma?!
That's not fair!
It's probably...
...because she has a grudge.
If that's the case,
she should be showing herself to me!
On that day...
If I hadn't said that...
I thought this would look good on you.
It's for you, Menma.
Because I love you, Menma!
Menma!
Because I...
...upset her back then...
She...
I'm the one who killed Menma!
I killed her!
I killed Menma!
Menma!
That's enough, Yukiatsu.
Let go of me! I said, let go of me!
Yukiatsu...
Wh-Wha...
Infinity...
Menma?
Menma...
Yukiatsu.
Menma says, "Thank you for
the hair clip. I'm sorry."
Is Menma really there?
Hey, Menma. Where are you?
Stop hiding, and come out!
Show yourself to me, too!
Come on, Menma! Please!
I've wanted to see you forever!
Come on! Don't be so mean!
Menma, please!
Come on! I've wanted to see you for so long!
Come on!
Menma, where are you?!
Answer me!
Let's go home.
Let's go.
Menma...
So I guess the fireworks weren't your wish.
Nothing.
Menma quit playing hide-and-seek on her own.
But Menma wasn't exactly hiding.
It was more that
we didn't really want to find her.
Nokezori Monsters
And we all knew that...
But that's exactly why
we didn't know what to do.
Still...
She's right here.
With me.
So...
Salt ramen with scrambled egg!
Hey, Jintan! Is this...
Aw... Jintan's not even here.
Can I help you?
H-Huh?
Could you be...
Mom.
You're...
Could you be Yadomi-kun?
He's looking for the friendship diary
he was exchanging with Nee-chan.
It's so nice of you to come.
Meiko will be happy, too.
Come in.
This is Meiko's room.
Pardon the intrusion...?
My husband says I need to
stop dwelling on Meiko's death,
so he cleared out most of the room.
This is all that's left of Meiko's things.
This is all...
Go ahead.
The Super Peace Busters'
Friendship Diary
You all have it so easy.
Are you still close to the other kids?
You know. The ones that were
playing with you on that day.
It looks like Meiko ended up being left out.
The Super Peace Busters'
Friendship Diary
No... That's not the case at all...
Why was it just my daughter?
When you've grown up so big...
I-I'm so sorry!
Meiko.
Yadomi-kun just came by.
After all this time.
He's got some nerve.
Um...
I'm sorry about that.
I'm the one who showed up out of the blue.
This is the friendship diary
you were looking for, right?
Please. Take it.
July 7th
I grew 3mm
Poppo
Let's compare heights soon
Anaru
You can't tell at all!
Jintan
Let's all ask for second servings of rice more often.
Menma
"I grew three millimeters! Poppo."
"Let's all ask for second servings
of rice more often. Menma."
"I got 100% on my test. Yukiatsu."
I got 100% on my test.
Yukiatsu
I'll do my best, too!!
Tsuruko
You're so smart, Yukiatsu
Menma
"You're so smart, Yukiatsu. Menma."
"I want to become an artist. Tsuruko."
July 19th
In the future,
I want to be an artist.
Tsuruko
You're surprisingly good.
Yukiatsu
You could totally
go to Musasabi, Tsuruko!
Menma
Wow! Poppo
"You could totally go to
Musasabi, Tsuruko!"
All she did was reply to the others.
You're surprisingly good.
Yukiatsu
You could totally
go to Musasabi, Tsuruko!
Menma
Wow! Poppo
And what the heck is "Musasabi"?
Musashino Art College, huh?
Well, with your skill,
I'm sure it's within your grasp.
It's not. I can't even finish
a single painting like this.
Well, that's a great mindset to have.
I'm actually suffering here, you know.
"Art is the son of Sadness and Suffering,"
said Pablo Picasso.
If you can paint that,
you are a true artist.
Did Picasso say that, too?
No, those are my words.
Well, do your best.
July 21st
Mom's still
in the hospital
Jintan
Let's make a wish to God
so she can leave the hospital soon
Menma
I want to eat Auntie's steamed cakes soon
Anaru
"Mom's still in the hospital. Jintan."
"Let's make a wish to God so she can
leave the hospital soon. Menma."
Let's make a wish to God
so she can leave the hospital soon
Menma
Please don't let your
dog off its leash!
Wish...
Our friendship diary, huh?
Brings back memories.
Did Menma-sama of the Forest's
message to me come from here?
"Menma-sama of the Forest"
would be you, wouldn't it?
Sorry.
If you're going to take it
that far, don't apologize.
Menma was always terrible
at writing diary entries.
"We all decided to make fireworks,
but I thought it might be hard. Menma."
Fireworks?
So did you get the idea for the
infinity symbol trick from here?
Let me see that real quick.
July 26th
We all decided to make fireworks,
but I thought it might be hard.
Menma
Super Peace Busters
"We all decided to make fireworks,
but I thought it might be hard."
Menma
It's the Ryuusei Festival!
Ryuusei
It Rises Powerfully,
Like a Dragon
Hey, why don't we use these fireworks?
That might be it...
Huh?
The giant rocket fireworks they
use in the Ryuusei Festival.
Yadomi Touko-sama
Primary Physician
Internal Medicine Dr. Sasaki
Mom, we're here!
Hi!
Hello.
Oh, there! Right there!
There! There!
It's dangerous, so be careful.
I'm gonna go look!
Hello.
Hello. You all came to visit me?
You still can't leave, Auntie?
I would love to go home soon, too.
Thank you.
Chichibu Municipal Hospital
So...
Jintan! There was a dog this big!
You see...
Huh? Where?
Over that way. Thanks.
I have a favor to ask everyone.
Favor?
Yeah. I want us to write
letters with wishes to God
for Jintan's mommy to get better,
and to send them!
I understand how you feel, Menma, but...
That's impossible.
Nuh-uh.
The Super Peace Busters could do it!
This!
Ryuusei
Ryuusei
That's it!
I knew it!
I can't believe you kept my mom
in mind all these years...
Thanks.
But rocket fireworks must cost a lot, right?
Leave it to me! I'm not a kid anymore!
Thanks for the meal.
It was nothing.
Gotta go ask the boss to make it for us.
Ow...
It's heavy.
Be careful.
Hey! Newbie!
Get this, too.
Yes, sir!
One rocket firework costs 200,000?
Yeah, it does.
That's why he's working here.
Jintan when he's working
for the girl he loves
is super awesome!
Hey, get back to work.
Oh, sorry!
Hey.
Don't get hurt and make your girl cry.
Oh, it's not like that...
I was just like you when I was your age.
If you love her, make sure
you tell her straight up.
Do your best!
Okay!
It's dark, so watch your step.
Okay.
What the heck? Don't change
the lights without permission!
Jintan is super awesome
when he's sparkling!
Thank you.
This is just the deposit.
I promise I'll pay the other 150,000!
So please, help me out!
Please!
Sure. I'll make it.
Really?
With this, I now have the full 200,000.
Huh?
Say, Jinta.
Friends in need are friends indeed, huh?
You're the ones who gave the boss the money?
Let's shoot off some grand fireworks
as the Super Peace Busters.
Who asked you guys to pitch in?
Show some gratitude.
Shut up.
Like hell we're going to let you
be the only one that looks good.
I think we all need this, as well.
So...
We're all going to grant Menma's wish.
Let's do it, Jintan.
All right. Thanks.
All right! That settles it!
Super Peace Busters
Okay, let's set off a big one!
Thank you for helping us!
Thank you for helping us!
Come on, Jintan! Hold it properly!
Jintan,
Poppo,
Yukiatsu,
and Tsuruko! And Anaru, too!
It's like we went back in time!
Hey! You said you'd stay put.
Well, everyone got back
together for my sake.
I know how you feel, but...
Is she right there?
She seems really happy that we
all got together to help her.
Where is she?
Hey...
It's because Poppo yelled all of a sudden!
Something just drew the infinity symbol on me!
She's behind you, Poppo.
Hey...
Is Menma's hair still long?
Well, compared to before,
she's more grown-up.
Grown...?
Is she pretty?
Huh?
Well, I guess she's pretty cute.
Oh? What was that?
I couldn't hear you very well.
Shut up.
I'm gonna head to work.
I'll go later, too.
Who have y'all been talking to?
Oh, uh, let's do this...
I'm gonna head out, too.
Pardon me.
You don't have cram school today, do you?
So you admit defeat against Menma?
I don't care about Jintan.
Everything you say you don't care about
is always something you
actually care about.
Look who's talking, Crossdresser!
Sorry.
Yeah, that's easier, after all.
Hey, want to try dating?
Wha?
What are you talking about? Stop.
What's so good
about Jintan?
I don't know.
I just can't get him off my mind.
Even though Menma died,
he still can't forget about her.
And yet,
you can't forget about him, right?
An express train is passing through.
We will halt for a moment.
Thank you for your patience.
We've been at a standstill.
All of us.
Ever since that day.
Once we set off those fireworks,
maybe something will change.
Recycle Mart Chichibu Branch
Anjou Naruko
Yadomi Jinta
Training
Anjou
You on break?
You sure you're not overdoing it?
Are you holding up okay?
Yeah.
Are you sure it's okay?
What do you mean?
If we set off the fireworks,
Menma will pass on.
Is that what you really want?
Are you sure you want it to end?
Hey...
I don't want you to go!
What are you doing?
I didn't want you to go that day, either...
That day?
Not that it matters, but...
Jintan, you like Menma, right?
Who would like someone that ugly?!
Wait, Jintan!
I'm... about to say something really,
really awful.
Jintan... Back then,
you said you didn't like Menma.
And it's really awful,
but that made me kind of happy.
I've been hurting ever since.
I couldn't forgive myself for
being happy, even for that second.
I couldn't forgive myself for so long!
We're making a customer wait.
Once her wish comes true,
isn't Menma going to disappear?
Jintan, you jerk!
Because we lost Menma...
Thank you very much.
Menma's mom has held a grudge against us.
Anaru has been blaming herself,
just like Yukiatsu, and probably Tsuruko.
Poppo, too.
Pardon me.
Everyone's been trapped by guilt,
with no salvation in sight.
I'm home.
I'm the only one that's been saved by Menma.
Welcome home.
Thanks.
If I'm the only one who can see her,
I need to grant her wish.
Even if it means
Menma will disappear.
Today's another nice day,
isn't it, Touko-san?
Yadomi
Family
Grave
This is the fifth summer since
you went to Heaven, Touko-san.
I wonder if Mom was able to pass on.
What? Why?
Well, I mean... Look at me.
Yadomi
Family
Grave
You've been going out a lot lately.
You're setting off fireworks for
Menma-chan, who died, right?
Huh?
Oh... Was that being why you started
working supposed to be a secret?
How did you know?
I know Towada-san, the pyrotechnician, pretty well.
Seriously?
Welp.
It'd be nice if Touko-san
got to see the fireworks, too.
Right?
Come on. Let's go get a little more water.
Yadomi
Pass on?
Thank you for the food.
Sure.
Aren't you worried about being sick, Auntie?
Say, Menma-chan. Do you
know about rebirth?
If my life ends, I can be reborn
as a baby once again.
But instead of a human, I might be a kitten.
Or maybe even a baby flower.
So I'm not worried at all about dying.
Wow...
But there is just one thing.
What? What?
If there's anything you're worried
about, I'll totally bust it!
Then could you grant
just one wish for me?
Wish?
Ready, and...
All right. Well done.
Looks like we'll be able
to set it off tomorrow.
Tomorrow...
Menma Passes On
Super Peace Busters
If Menma passes on... Um...
Are you thinking that Yukiatsu
will look your way?
Anaru, you idiot.
On that day, I...
...wasn't able to stop you guys
from egging Jintan on.
Huh?
Say it! Say it! Say it! Say it! Say it!
Come on, say it, Jintan.
Yukiatsu, Poppo, stop it.
You're bothering Menma, too.
Menma!
Yukiatsu!
Back then, if I could've
stopped all of you...
Menma wouldn't have drowned in the river.
Is that what you thought?
Menma had said before
that the Super Peace
Busters would be forever.
That we'd be friends forever.
No matter if we fought,
no matter how big a gap
formed between us,
I thought we'd get back together.
But...
After losing just one of us,
we all drifted apart.
Tsuruko...
There was no way
I could make up
for the void Menma left behind.
That's why...
This time, for sure,
we have to make sure Menma...
Jintan.
Why don't we all get together tonight?
Let's all see Menma off together.
To be honest,
I don't think I could have
done all of this on my own.
Actually...
I saw it.
Saw what?
Seven years ago on that day...
I saw Menma die.
Jintan, where'd you go?
Are you hiding, too, Menma?
Menma! Menma!
Menma!
But I was so scared...
Menma!
All I could do... was watch
Menma go down the river...
Menma!
I couldn't do anything...
Poppo...
Menma... will pass on, right?
Will I be able to make it up to her?
It's not just me.
Everyone's guilt, and their attachment to Menma, keeps growing...
And yet, the end just
keeps drawing nearer.
Listen up, everyone.
Tomorrow, at last,
we're setting off the fireworks.
Goodbye Menma
Super Peace Busters
And tonight, the Super Peace Busters
have gotten back together for Menma-san!
All right! Let's have the star of
the show, Menma-san, come up front!
Goodbye Menma
Thank you, everyone.
She says thank you.
I will be passing on tomorrow.
Menma Passes On
She says she's going to pass on tomorrow.
I would like to stay with
everyone until the very end.
Thank you for having me.
She says she wants to stay
with everyone until the very end.
She's smiling.
I wonder if Menma's wish...
...is really just the rocket fireworks.
Is there anything else?
Jinta, on that day,
how did you really feel about Menma?
That day?
Anaru, why don't you try asking him again?
Hold on a sec...
Quit messing around.
Hurry up and say it.
Like you did back then.
I said, stop.
This is pointless.
He's right. Why would you
Couldn't it be that Menma came back...
...to redo that day?!
Don't you guys think that might
be part of her wish, as well?
Don't you want to redo that day, too?
Not that it matters, but...
Jintan,
you like...
...Menma, right?
You're the one who said no secrets
in the Super Peace Busters, Jintan.
Say it...
Say it! Say it! Say it!
Say it! Say it! Say it!
Say it! Say it! Say it!
Don't run away, Jintan!
If you run away now,
history will repeat itself!
Please... Tell her.
You need to tell Menma right this time.
How long are you going to
be stubborn, stupid Jintan?!
I love you.
I've wanted to apologize for
that day this whole time.
I don't expect you to forgive me.
So I wanted to at least
be able to grant your wish.
You came back...
You came back to us,
and brought us all back together.
It's all thanks to you, Menma.
Menma, I love you.
I love you very much, even now.
You knew what the answer
would be ever since that day,
so I'm surprised you still asked.
You wouldn't understand, Tsuruko.
Never having the person
you love look your way...
Of course I do.
Because I loved Yukiatsu.
Who knows about forever?
Once Menma passes on, Jintan might...
Why would you say that?
But...
Yukiatsu will never, ever pick me.
You're the one who'd
replace Menma.
No, I'm not! Replace?
Yukiatsu doesn't think that, either.
And no matter how much pain I'm going
through, I'd never go out with Yukiatsu.
No one could replace Jintan.
You're right.
There's no replacing any of us.
That's why
we have to properly
send Menma off.
Goodbye Menma
I wonder what Menma's answer was...
Though I guess I really don't have to ask.
Hey, is what you said true?
It's true.
That was seven years worth of truth.
And I don't mean that I just
love you like a friend...
I know.
You want me to take me
as your bride, don't you?
Menma, seriously...
I'm going to pass on.
Um, I'm going to be reborn.
If I don't pass on, I can't do that.
I won't be able to talk to everyone.
With everyone...
Yup. Your mom told me about that.
What? My mo
Oh! But what if I come back as a caterpillar?
You'd totally step on me, Jintan.
I wonder if you'd pick me if I was a flower.
Rocket fireworks?
Please!
We would love for you to come.
Don't you dare do anything like that.
No one asked you to see off Meiko!
Youko, calm down.
These kids are just messing around!
They don't care about Meiko at all!
Hey, Mom.
Huh?
Do you know how tall I am?
I grew so much in the last year.
You didn't care enough
to notice, did you?
Hey, someone come here for a sec.
Got it!
Wow!
What a beautiful day!
Perfect weather for rockets, Jinta!
Hey, Jinta.
Stop looking so depressed.
Yeah! Yeah!
You need to keep your head
up and look at the sun,
or Menma-chan won't be able to pass on.
Just like the boss says!
Thank you, Sa-kun, Daddy...
Mommy...
Thank you.
Let's get started.
Yes.
Yes.
So this is truly the end...
But is this really okay?
I still have a chance to stop this.
Once they shoot the rocket,
and her wish comes true,
Menma will...
...disappear.
Right now, I can still stop this.
I can stop this!
Wai
Wow! It's so pretty, Jintan!
Oh... Huh?
She's there?
Hey, she's still here?
Menma, I'm sorry.
At that moment, I thought...
"Thank goodness you're still here."
I'm home.
Jintan asked me to come
home first. I feel so left out.
Touko-san, Jinta set off a
firework for Menma-chan today.
Lately, Jinta's a lot
happier than he used to be.
That's what you wanted,
too, right, Touko-san?
Huh?
What she
wanted...
Jinta doesn't cry.
Well, that's because Jintan's strong.
No...
I think he's trying to act tough
because I'm in this condition.
He feels like he shouldn't cry.
Everyone says they want to
eat your steamed cakes, Mom.
When can you leave the hospital?
It doesn't look like I'll be
able to leave for a while.
I hope you get better soon, Mom!
Well, I'll be going, then.
Jinta.
Be careful.
I'll bring you more clothes next time!
He always cheers me up,
but I think he's hurting so much,
he wants to cry.
He doesn't cry in front of
all of you either, does he?
Honestly,
I would like for him to smile, get mad,
and cry more.
That... might be my wish.
Okay! Leave it to me.
I'll make Jintan cry, no matter what!
I promise!
It's a promise!
It's a promise.
The wish was...
I Want Everyone To See Her Again...
Menma's Final Message
Somewhere deep inside,
it made me really happy
that only I could see Menma.
But it's not the same for her.
Are you ready?
Not yet!
Menma doesn't want to just talk to me.
She wants to talk to all of us.
That's why she wants to pass on,
and be reborn.
She...
...wants you all to find her!
Let's all grant
Menma's wish properly.
We'll bring Menma here and do it together.
Yeah. There's no point in having
this conversation without Menma.
Yes.
We're...
When the six of us are together,
that's when we're the Super Peace Busters.
Right?
Right, Jintan?
I'll bring her right now.
Let's all meet up at our secret base!
Hey, Menma.
I feel like we were finally
able to take a step forward.
Menma?
Menma?
What's wrong? Menma?!
Hey!
Hey, Jintan...
I remember
what I promised your mom now.
What?
I think it was to make you cry.
The one wish that kept
me here...
...had already come true.
Menma...
Wait. I said wait.
You can't.
I can't do this alone.
Menma, come on!
Let's go! Let's go, Menma!
I'll take you to everyone right now!
Jintan...
Everyone's waiting for you!
I won't leave you alone anymore!
Everyone!
Jintan. Where's Menma?
She's right here.
Menma's wish had already come true.
What?
Menma?
Jintan.
Hey, where'd you go?
You're kidding, right?
Hey!
Did she disappear, Jintan?!
Menma!
Jintan.
Huh? Where are you?
Stop messing around, and
come out here! Menma!
Calm down, Jintan.
Let's look for Menma, too!
Jintan...
You can't see me anymore, either, Jintan?
Super Peace Busters'
Friendship Diary
This is hide-and-seek.
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma... Menma!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma! Where are you?!
Menma!
Menma!
Menma, where are you?!
Menma!
Where are you, Menma?
Jintan. Hey, Jintan.
Huh?
Aren't those pages from the friendship diary?
Isn't that Menma's handwriting?
To Jintan.
To Yukiatsu.
To Anaru.
To Tsuruko.
To Poppo.
To Tsuruko.
"To Tsuruko."
"I love that you were always
looking out for all of us."
"Menma."
Menma...
To Yukiatsu.
"To Yukiatsu."
"I love that you actually do
really care about your friends."
"Menma."
Menma...
To Anaru.
"To Anaru."
"I love that you really love Jintan."
"Menma."
Menma...
To Poppo.
"To Poppo."
"I love that you're always
so happy and energetic."
Menma...
To Jintan.
"To Jintan."
"I love you a lot, too, Jintan!"
"And my love is the kind where
I'd like to be your bride."
"It's that kind of love."
"When I see your mom, I'll tell her
that you were able to cry properly."
"The thing that made me the happiest..."
"...was that everyone was able to
become friends again for me."
"Menma."
Menma...
Thank goodness.
I made it in time.
Yukiatsu...
Tsuruko...
Anaru...
Poppo...
Jintan...
Thank you.
This time, I got to say goodbye.
Are you ready?
Are you ready?
Are you ready?!
Hey. You're playing hide-and-seek, right?
Then it can't end until we find you!
Jintan...
Are you ready?!
Are you ready?!
Are you ready?!
Are you ready?!
I'm ready...
Menma.
Eh?
We finally get to see each other again.
It's Menma...
It's really Menma.
I wanted to see you so bad...
Everyone...
Menma.
When you find someone in hide-and-seek,
you don't say their name.
Huh?
I'm terrible at hide-and-seek.
Right, Jintan?
Please say it.
Then we'll...
...be able to end this.
Menma!
I read your letter!
I love you, too, Menma!
Me, too!
I love you!
Menma, I love you!
Of course, I love you, too!
Thank you for granting
my mom's wish.
I love you, Menma!
I...
I...
I really want to stay with you.
I want to play with you all.
So...
I'm going to be reborn.
Then I can be with everyone again.
I made Jintan cry.
I said goodbye.
So, please... So, please...
So, please...
Please, say it.
Everyone, say it together.
Say it right.
All together. Okay?
Ready, and...
Menma! We found you!
You found me...
That summer,
the flower that was in bloom...
I wonder what it was called.
As the seasons go by,
the flowers that bloom by
the roadside keep changing.
"A Memory of a Summer Day"?
Yes.
Honestly, I didn't want to forget
everyone's faces.
Their faces are wonderful.
So that's why you wanted to join the
administrative development
team at our London branch.
Understood. Next...
Please remain seated.
My name is Hisakawa Tetsudou.
My nickname is Poppo.
Sorry to keep you waiting, Yukiatsu.
Morning. I didn't want you running away.
I'm not gonna run.
Please take care of Jinta, Anaru-chan.
Please don't call me that.
Thanks, Anaru-chan!
Seriously, please stop!
But...
I'm sure that flower will
continue to bloom somewhere.
And... we'll become adults.
Super Peace Busters are friends forever
Yes. We'll continue
to grant that
flower's wishes.
This drama is a work of fiction
Anohana:
The Flower
We Saw
That Day
End