History Characters / AnoHanaTheFlowerWeSawThatDay

* CoolBigSis: Her younger brother Satoshi can't remember much about her because he was very young when she died, but the few memomiries he has of her let him know Menma was a nice sister and wanted to play with her along her friends more.

* DudeMagnet: Even after her death, [[TheHero Jintan]] and [[BrokenAce Yukiatsu]] are still in love with her.

* FirstLove: She was the first love for Jintan and Yukiatsu. Menma leaving a very high standard for a love interest is an endless source of frustration for their respective potential {{Second Love}}s, Anaru and Tsuruko.

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:After her wish is fulfilled and she can properly say goodbye to all of her froends, Menma moves on to the afterlife with a smile.]]

* StarCrossedLovers: With Jintan. They liked each other when they were kids, but she died before he could properly tell her feelings.

* 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.

* DateRapeAverted: In Episode 5 [[spoiler: a older guy on an EnjoKosai date nearly forces her to go with him to a [[LoveHotels love hotel]]. She is saved by the timely arrival of Yukiatsu.]]

* BirdsOfAFeather: As said above, with Anaru. This is why Yukiatsu and Tsuruko see Anaru as his "backup" for Menma.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tsuruko states that his favorite food are Yatsuhashi cookies.

* OpenMindedParent: Believes in letting Jintan find his own course in life.

* InUniverseNickname: Menma called him "Saa-kun".

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents

* GoodParents: Although she treats her daughter pretty calmly and won't let herself get impressed by her attitude, she shares a close relationship with Naruko. Nevertheless there sure is nothing Naruko is more afraid of than to attract the anger of her mother, because despite the freedom she allows herself to take, her mother knows, unlike Jinta's father, strict limits of what her child is allowed to do and what not.

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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Is this in Yukiatsu's opinion.

* 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. [[spoiler:The epilogue implies he may be developing a romance with her.]]
* ClassicalAntiHero: Starts out as one while he's a recluse.

* DidNotGetTheGirl: Because said girl died. [[spoiler:There's still potential for him to end up with another love interest, though.]]
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Leukine -- Arguably the most balanced of the group, by merit of being TheHero.

* TheHero: The main character of the series.

* TheLeader: Of the Super Peace Busters.

* PuppyLove: His feelings for Menma were mutual. They still like each other despite her being a ghost, but her death means that they can't be together.

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* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the anime, Menma has blonde hair and blue eyes due to being half Russian. In the live action drama, her actress has dark hair and dark eyes.
* AllLovingHeroine: The reason why she wants to reunite the "Super Peace Busters." She loves her friends very dearly.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Anaru and Tsuruko feel like they cannot match up to the extremely high standards set by the perfect Menma since her death and feel that the guys who they like won't ever love them the way they had loved Menma.

* BettyAndVeronica: The "Veronica" (CuteGhostGirl FirstLove) to Anaru's "Betty" (GirlNextDoor HopelessSuitor) for Jintan's "Archie". [[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.]]
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The blonde (or at least platinum-blonde) to redhead Anaru and brunette Tsuruko.

* CloudCuckooLander: Appears very scatterbrained and almost in her own world at times, but it has to be considered that though her ghost form might appear aged, her mind is still that of the child that died many years ago, so when set against her friends who've all grown up she ends up seeming more naive and child-like in comparison.
* CoolBigSis: Was this towards her younger brother Satoshi.
* CuteGhostGirl: A spirit of the same adorable, friendly girl that Jintan fell for.

* 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.]]]]

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Supine, as the friendly, non-confrontational chick who's very prone to tears.

* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: Seems demure and feminine but seems to share a lot of interests with her male friends. Mirrors Anaru's TomboyWithAGirlyStreak.
%% * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: Moves on to the afterlife with a smile all the way.]]
%% -->'''Jintan:''' [[spoiler:In the end, Menma wore a smile after all.]]
* TheHeart: Served as this for the Super Peace Busters, which is why they drifted apart after her death.

* InnocentBlueEyes: Fits into her NiceGirl personality.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: She doesn't understand what's the problem with Jintan seeing her in nothing but a ModestyTowel.

* TheLostLenore: To Jintan and Yukiatsu.

* ObliviousToLove: Was oblivious to Yukiatsu's feelings until he confessed to her when they were children.
* TheOneThatGotAway: She was this to both Jintan and Yukiatsu.
* {{Poltergeist}}: Not only that, she can only communicate to the rest of the Super Peace Busters in their clubhouse via her diary.

* TearfulSmile: At different times, but most heart-breakingly [[spoiler:when she finally passes on in the last episode]].

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Jintan, as she died before he could properly tell her feelings. [[spoiler:Before she disappears for good, they both manage to convey their love for one another]].

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* 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" (GirlNextDoor HopelessSuitor) to Menma's "Veronica" (CuteGhostGirl FirstLove) for Jintan's "Archie". 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.]]

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The redhead to blonde Menma and brunette Tsuruko.

* CompetingWithACorpse: Even years after Menma's death, Anaru hasn't made any progress in her relationship with Jintan because they both feel guilty about what happened to Menma. Also, Anaru still feels she can't measure up to the impossible standard Menma left for the sort of girl Jintan would like.

* EmbarrassingNickname: ''Anaru''. In a language where there's no difference between "l" and "r"...[[note]] It sounds like ''Anal''.[[/note]]
%%* TheFashionista
* FieryRedhead: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Anaru dyed her hair orange and her natural hair color is brown. She still has the temperamental personality.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic -- Easily influenced by others and insecure, but overall a nice girl.

%%* GirlNextDoor

* HeroesWantRedheads: PlayedWith -- played straight by Yukiatsu, who sees her as his ReplacementGoldfish 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]].

%%* {{Joshikousei}}

* LettingHerHairDown: Several times throughout the series.

* NaiveEverygirl: Quite out of place within her GirlPosse.
* NerdGlasses: Wore these as a child.
* OtakuSurrogate: Is quite the video game nerd and even works part-time at a video game store.
* PairTheSpares: Ultimately subverted. Anaru was Yukiatsu's "backup" for Menma, but the ending hints [[spoiler:that she will eventually end up with Jintan, with whom she bore with for many years, instead]].

* RomanticRunnerUp: For Yukiatsu, as he considers their shared pain over an unrequited love to be an ideal reason for why they should be a couple.

* SheIsAllGrownUp: According to Yukiatsu.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Jintan, as he only saw her as a friend while she is in love with him. [[spoiler:By the epilogue, there's the implication that they will possibly develop a romance, but it has yet to happen]].
* UrbanLegendLoveLife: Gains one of these after [[spoiler:she's taken to a love hotel and nearly raped]].
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Yukiatsu asks her what good she still finds in Jintan, pointing out that he's not the same kid they knew.

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* AlwaysSecondBest: Feels this way towards Jintan.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Towards Menma in a flashback in Episode 5.

* {{Bishonen}}
* BreakTheHaughty: Getting caught [[spoiler:crossdressing as Menma]] by his childhood friends was the start of his ego being taken down a peg.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Tsuruko. He also considers to have this with Anaru. [[spoiler:In the end, he doesn't officially get with either one, but there are a few hints that he and Tsuruko may become an item in the future.]]

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

* HotBlooded
* {{Hypocrite}}: Accuses Jintan of being obsessed over Menma when he himself is just as obsessed with her but handles it much ''worse''. Arguably [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Tsuruko who says he's likely projecting himself to Jintan.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Very prone to acknowledge how handsome, smart, and athletic he is, but constantly feels like he's AlwaysSecondBest to Jintan.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His [[BreakTheHaughty haughtiness gets broken]] in Episode 5 after [[spoiler:everyone finds out that he's crossdressing as Menma and]] he breaks down, blaming himself for Menma's death. In the same episode, he later rescues Anaru when she gets sexually harassed by a guy intending to take her to a love hotel.
* TheLancer: To Jintan. While the former is a lazy, shut-in who Menma fell in love with, Yukiatsu is a hardworking, outgoing student who has unrequited feelings for Menma.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Yukiatsu isn't insane, but he has ''not'' been handling Menma's death in a healthy manner.
* MadLove: To put it subtly. He has spent five years obsessing over a dead girl who liked his rival better in the first place. To deal with this, he does some creepy things such as crossdressing as her.

* ObliviousToLove: Seems pretty unaware of Tsuruko's feelings for him.
* PairTheSpares: Ultimately subverted. Anaru was Yukiatsu's "backup" for Menma, but the ending hints [[spoiler:that he may eventually end up with Tsuruko instead]].

* TheRival: To Jintan, in regards to Yukiatsu being resentful to him for being Menma's love.
* TheSnarkKnight
* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's 5'11" with brown hair and is a ChickMagnet.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Following from the above info, he also has a sharp tongue.

* TsurimeEyes
* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: [[spoiler:Though, thankfully, it's hinted that he may move on in the end with Tsuruko.]]
* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Tsuruko.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Tsuruko. [[ObliviousToLove From his point of view, anyway]].

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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: In Episodes 10 and 11 to Yukiatsu.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The brunette to blonde Menma and redhead Anaru.

* CompetingWithACorpse: Similar to Anaru with Jintan, Tsuruko has feelings for Yukiatsu, but he won't even consider her as a romantic option because no girl can replace Menma for him. Unlike Anaru, however, Tsuruko accepts she can't compete with Menma's memory, and is more jealous of ''Anaru'' because Yukiatsu would more likely pick her if he tried to move on from Menma's death.

* DefrostingIceQueen

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

* HopelessSuitor: She has liked Yukiatsu since they were children, but she knows he will never be really interested in her. [[spoiler:However, while they are not together by the movie, their relationship has vastly improved, and she tells Anaru that she [[MaybeEverAfter plans on making a move on Yukiatsu soon]].]]

* LoveMartyr: Is well-aware of Yukiatsu's deep-rooted issues but sticks by him in spite of it.

** Looks down on the more immature behavior of her friends, especially Yukiatsu's treatment of Jintan due to his jealousy over Menma. However, she tends to act just as cold and critical towards Anaru, out of her own jealousy.
** Also, despite her promise not to spread it round, she reveals Yukiatsu's penchant for crossdressing to a few of his would-be suitors out of jealousy, after having seen him ask Anaru out a couple of times.

* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: For Yukiatsu. Tsuruko has always pined over him since her childhood, but doesn't do anything to try and make him see her as a love interest because she already resigned herself to be a HopelessSuitor since she can't replace Menma and Yukiatsu is more inclined to think of Anaru as a potential SecondLove.

* SarcasticConfession: "His (Yukiatsu's) hobby is '''crossdressing'''."

* ShipperWithAnAgenda: Near the end she confessed that she was hoping that Jintan and Anaru would get together once Menma passed on to Heaven. This is because she wanted to be ShipMates with Yukiatsu.
* TheSmartGirl
* TheStoic: She's the least emotive among the group.
* StoicSpectacles: The only one of her friends to wear glasses and is also TheStoic among them.

* TallDarkAndSnarky

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Yukiatsu.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Yukiatsu. She later also becomes sort of this with Anaru.

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* BlushSticker: Had one when he was a child.

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

* SadClown: Tends to act as the comic relief, but it quickly becomes apparent that he's putting up a front.

* TaremeEyes

* NeverBareheaded: Always seen wearing that beanie...thing.

%%* {{Housewife}}

* BrattyHalfPint: His first scene has him disrespecting his parents.

* InUniverseNickname: "Saa-kun!"

[[folder:Mama Anjou]]

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

* ThoseTwoGirls: They are always seen around Anaru.

* EtherealWhiteDress: Wears a white dress, befitting her status as a ghost who died innocent.
* FirstLove: To Jintan and Yukiatsu.

* {{Tsundere}}: Sweet type towards Jintan. Manma is the sweetest girl ever, but does get annoyed when Jintan is rude to her.

* {{Tsundere}}: Type B towards Jintan.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Jintan. [[spoiler:The epilogue implies she may be developing a romance with him.]]

* TheFashionista

%%* GirlishPigtails

* GreenEyedMonster

* {{Joshikousei}}

* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Tsuruko's blue.
* ReplacementGoldfish: She wanted to be this to Jintan, but it turns out she's one for Yukiatsu.

* TsurimeEyes

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Yukiatsu.

* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: Very patient, considering she recognized herself as the last in line for Yukiatsu's feelings after Menma and Anaru.

* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Anaru's red.

* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: To Yukiatsu. She is at best an 'option c' from his perspective, and Tsuruko is painfully aware of it.

* LoveYouAndEverybody: Subverted. She loves everyone in the Super Peace Busters, but she is well-aware that the love she feels for Jintan is something beyond [[JustFriends mere friendship]].

* GirlishPigtails: Comes close to having MegaTwintails, though her curls are only seen on the tips of her hair.
* GirlNextDoor

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Poppo has the darkest skin tone of his friends, but given how his skin was light as a child and the fact he traveled the world, his darkened skin tone may be a result from said travels.

* TheChick: Served as the person who kept the Super Peace Busters together and is in the middle of a LoveTriangle between [[TheHero Jintan]] and [[TheLancer Yukiatsu]].

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Supine, as the friendly, non-confrontational [[TheChick chick]] who's very prone to tears.

* PoisonousFriend: Both of them.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoruMizuhara (Japanese), Creator/MarianneMiller (English)

* IllGirl: It's implied that she had been sick for a long time before Menma's death occurred.

* CryCute: She always shows herself as the most aloof and level-headed member of the group, but she finally breaks down in tears as [[spoiler:she confesses to her selfish reasons for fulfilling Menma's wish.]]

* NiceHat: As a child, he wore a yellow and blue hat that had a blue fish on the front.

* NiceHat: Always seen wearing that beanie...thing.

* RapunzelHair: Menma's hair is the longest out of all the main characters.

* {{Meganekko}}: As a child, Anaru wore big glasses and looked adorable doing so.

* {{Meganekko}}

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has blue hair.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: He has grey hair.

* {{Megane}}: Of the serious type.

* 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 Menma 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.]]

* MixedAncestry: Like Menma, he is half-Japanese, half-Russian.

* NotSoDifferent: With Yukiatsu. Both blame themselves for Menma's death, have inferiority issues, and are "kindred spirits" in unrequited love.

* NotSoDifferent: With Anaru. They both blame themselves for Menma's death, have inferiority issues, and are "kindred spirits" in unrequited love.

%%* SoapOperaDisease

* SurvivorGuilt: While all of the main cast have this to some extent as a result of the trauma from Menma's death, he arguably has it the worst because [[spoiler:he actually saw her drowning but couldn't save her, which makes him feel all the more [[GuiltComplex guilty]] for being alive while Menma died]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Slowly becomes more obvious over the course of the series. She likes [[GamerChick video games]] and [[OtakuSurrogate manga]], [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals loves stuffed animals]], and gets embarrassed easily. It's all but stated that she's been trying to shed this image from childhood, but is still very much the same girl from five years ago.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Seems more on the tomboyish side both as a child and as a teenager, but definitely has a more feminine side that she indulges mainly due to her insecurity. Mirrors Menma's GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak.

* {{Adorkable}}: Mostly as a kid; now he's more BigFun.

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

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: An in-universe example; he keeps referring to anything he finds interesting as "cute".

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Aki and Haruna belittle Jintan before Anaru 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.]]

* PoseOfSupplication: He adopts this when begging Mr. Honma to [[spoler:let them go through with their fireworks plan]].

* PaperThinDisguise: Wears one when he goes out in public.

* MadLove: To put it subtly. He has spent nearly his entire life obsessing over a dead girl who liked his rival better in the first place. To deal with this, he does some creepy things such as crossdressing as her.

* TheUnfavourite: Even when it's '''not''' Menma's fault, you have to feel bad for Satoshi.