History Characters / AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay

* HeroicAlbino: She has whitish skin color and is nothing but sweet and caring.

* TenderTears: She does this a lot, mainly because she cries for others when they are sad or hurt.

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: More accurately, moves on to the afterlife with a smile all the way.]]
-->'''Jintan:''' [[spoiler:In the end, Menma wore a smile after all.]]

* WomanInWhite: Wears a white dress.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiToyosaki (child) and Creator/TakayukiKondo (teenager) (Japanese), Abby Trott (child) and Creator/KaijiTang (teenager) (English)

* GrayEyes

* HeroesWantRedheads: PlayedWith -- played straight by Yukiatsu, who sees her as his ReplacementLoveInterest for Menma; inverted in that she's the one with feelings for Jintan; subverted in that while they're currently in a state of UnresolvedSexualTension, [[spoiler:Jintan left her in the cold after she made an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove 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]].

* ReplacementLoveInterest: She wanted to be this to Jintan, but it turns out she's one for Yukiatsu.

* GreenEyedMonster: A mild case. However, she later reveals she isn't jealous of Menma, but of Anaru for being Yukiatsu's ReplacementLoveInterest and being able to understand him better.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Brown hair and eyes.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Gray eyes and gray hair.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Brown hair and eyes.

* [[AlphaBitch Alpha Bitches]]: [[spoiler: Seem to be turning to [[LovableAlphaBitch lovable ones]] by the end, though.]]

* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Haruna has brown hair and eyes.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MutsumiTamura (child) and Creator/MiyuIrino (teenager) (Japanese), Tara Sands (child) and Griffin Burns (teenager) (English)

* BettyAndVeronica: The Archie for Menma's "Veronica" (CuteGhostGirl FirstLove) and Anaru's "Betty" (GirlNextDoor HopelessSuitor). Jintan and Menma were each other's FirstLove, more so for Jintan since Menma died when they were kids, while Anaru had feelings for Jintan but he didn't reciprocate. [[spoiler:By the end, Jintan and Anaru manage to confess his feelings for each other before she disappears for good. And the epilogue implies that Anaru and Jintan may get together one day.]]

* AdaptationalDyeJob: She has blonde hair and blue eyes in the anime and dark hair and eyes in the live action drama.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric — model student on the outside, self-deprecating, resentful teen and obsessive CreepyCrossdresser on the inside.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic — [[TheSmartGuy A smart girl]] who is [[WhatTheHellHero critical of her friends]] but also comfortable on her own.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine — The most fun-loving out of all the Super Peace Busters.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her daughter, Menma, died when she was a child.

* IJustWantToBeYou: Envied Menma's looks and closer relationship with Jintan and wanted to take her place. Tsuruko even comments on how Anaru chooses to wear a white dress just like Menma's in order to appeal to Jintan.
* JerkassFacade: Starts off cold towards Jintan before it's soon revealed that she's a decent person.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Her mother states that curry was her favorite meal.

* RapunzelHair

* CuteGhostGirl: A spirit of the same adorable, friendly girl that Jintan feel for.

* GhostlyGoals: She says she has a wish she wants Jintan to fulfill, but [[GhostAmnesia she can't remember what it was]]. [[spoiler:Her wish is actually to help Jintan to cry and show emotions again, which she had promised to Jintan's now-also-dead mother when both were still alive.]]

* [[AlphaBitch Alpha Bitches]]

** In the last episode, [[spoiler:they protect from Jintan when they think he is being a pervert towards her.]]

* ToxicFriendInfluence: 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.]]

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Almost always barefoot. It has a dark connotation. [[spoiler: It's all but confirmed [[[[LosingAShoeInTheStruggle her sandals washed away when she drowned]], and now summoned in an older form, she is dressed in her final attire she wore among the living, [[UndeadBarefooter leaving her barefoot as a ghost.]]]]

* TaremeEyes

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Almost always barefoot. It has a dark connotation. [[spoiler:[[LosingAShoeInTheStruggle It's all but confirmed her sandals washed away when she drowned, [[UndeadBarefooter and now as a ghost in her final attire among the living she remains barefoot.]]]]

* TheGlassesGottaGo

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Almost always barefoot.

* SoapOperaDisease

* {{Housewife}}

* TheQuietOne

* SarcasticDevotee: To Yukiatsu.

* TheStoic
* StoicSpectacles

* BeautyIsBad

* BreakTheHaughty

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Tsuruko. He also considers to have this with Anaru.

* HopelessSuitor: Towards Menma.

* HypocriticalHumor: When your resident CreepyCrossdresser warns his classmates that there are ''a lot of weirdos hanging around''...

* TheLancer
* LoveMakesYouCrazy

* TheRival

* TallDarkAndHandsome
* TallDarkAndSnarky

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: In Episodes 10 and 11.

* HeroicAlbino

* JacobMarleyApparel

* PosthumousCharacter: {{Zig zagged}}. She is ''technically'' dead, but her spirit is alive throughout most of the series.

* ThirdPersonPerson

* TheChick
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Jintan.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow

* DoggedNiceGirl

* FieryRedhead

* HopelessSuitor: To Jintan.

* {{Meganekko}}

* TheResenter: Towards Menma.
* RomanticRunnerUp

* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Jintan who actually acts quite {{Tsundere}} right back.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Jintan.

** JerkassWoobie: While he is a jerk, the emotional turmoil he feels over Menma's death does make him at least somewhat sympathetic.

* BigBeautifulMan
* BigFun
* BigOlEyebrows

* {{Keet}}
* ManChild

* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind
* CanNotSpitItOut: When he was a kid, he refused to admit he liked Menma. Even now, he doesn't want to admit it, [[spoiler:until Episode 10]].
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Anaru.

* DeadpanSnarker: Has his moments.

* TheHero
* {{Hikikomori}}: Played with, Jinta has a reputation as one with his classmates because he withdrew from society, but once he shakes the rust he's actually pretty sociable and takes to getting work rather easily.

* ISeeDeadPeople

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* {{Keet}}: As a child.

* TheLeader

* SociallyAwkwardHero
* StoppedCaring
* TroubledButCute
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Menma and Anaru.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Menma and Anaru.

* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Anaru's Betty.

* CuteGhostGirl
* TheCutie

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Jintan.

* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: By the movie, [[spoiler:she hasn't yet told Jintan that she is still in love with him (he's only aware that she liked him when they were kids). She makes a couple of stabs at it, but ultimately decides that she's not ready to tell him, since he still carries a torch for Menma]].

* BettyAndVeronica: The Betty to Menma's Veronica.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Yukiatsu: they both blame themselves for Menma's death, have inferiority issues (Anaru, in regards to Menma; Yukiatsu, in regards to Jintan), and are "kindred spirits" in unrequited love. This is why she is seen as Yukiatsu's "backup" for Menma by both Yukiatsu and Tsuruko.

* DisappearedDad: He's never seen or mentioned, though her mother is still seen wearing a wedding ring.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While he first comes off as a harsh and scary person, Manabu is only trying to help his wife move on from Menma's death and promises that she, him, and Satoshi can grieve together as a family.

* ExcessiveMourning: It's implied that Irene, in her grief for the loss of Meiko, somewhat neglected Satoshi afterwards.