SUMMARY:
Jinta Yadomi and his group of childhood friends have become estranged after a tragic accident split them apart. Now in their high school years, a sudden surprise forces each of them to confront their guilt over what happened that day and come to terms with the ghosts of their past. Read more at http://myanimelist.net/anime/9989/Ano_Hi_Mita_Hana_no_Namae_wo_Bokutachi_wa_Mada_Shiranai.#7ZXlMYPju4GyVv2M.99
SPOILERS AHEAD:
The first episode pretty much explained the situation, so I knew what was going on. Basically, Menma follows Jintan around, who is afraid to step outside and kinda has psychological problems. No, he does not go around murdering asses, he has a childhood trauma and has problems with stress, I guess. His problems are pretty much related to Menma. Only he can see Menma, and you know what that means. Yeah, she's dead. He thinks that she is only a hallucination that he created to remind himself of his childhood trauma. But actually, she's a ghost/spirit. So whenever he goes outside and starts spouting nonsense, people misunderstand and think he's retarded... Poor guy, aye.
Back then, Jintan was the leader of their gang/group/whatever. They followed him everywhere and he was always the creative guy that made up their activities (kinda like Ikki fron Air Gear, except Jintan wasn't perverted :L). Menma died of an accident when they were children. It hasn't really been explained yet, but I think she fell on some rocks. This was because the childhood friends/gang were teasing Jintan, saying that he liked her. Obviously, idiotic shy boys do that typical "who would like an ugly girl like her!" shit. Then he ran away, and Menma followed him (See? They follow him everywhere.). Therefore, she died. On some rocks. Filthy rocks.
I guess this is where Jintan's trauma came in. He wanted to apologise to her the next day, but he was no longer able to do so. There was no tomorrow. Worse thing was, he DID love her. That's the sad part. Now, he's a complete failure at life. He didn't get into a good highschool that he wanted to, he doesn't feel like going to school and crap. And he's afraid to step outside. Also, the gang broke up, and he's no leader no more. He thinks that Menma appeared because he was the source of his stress.
In the end, he realised that maybe he mentally conjured her in order to apologise to her, which was the biggest regret of his life since he was unable to do it in the past.
I forgot to add in that, Menma had a wish back then. I guess she's back for everyone to fulfil it. But in order to fulfil that wish, she needs the childhood gang back together. It'll be a bit complicated, since one girl is a bitch (well, that's what Jintan thinks, but she's not really one..), one guy is a smartass hottie, the other girl is.. well, a glasses girl, and the last guy is an otaku (I need to watch future eps to clarify this and to see if he's also perverted).
The title is suggesting that maybe she wanted to know the name of a flower. Hmm, who knows. All I know is that I'll definitely continue watching this one. The first episode actually made me cry a little. I absolutely LOVE the ending song, Secret Base, which is originally sung by Zone, but this is a 10-year after version sung by others. The opening song is pretty good too. It sounds like the singer of Kimi Ni Todoke OP songs. But, I think they're different. Soooo check it out guys! Definitely worth a try. I'll also be watching Ao No Exorcist, Maria Holic S2 (I might write a review for that) and STEINS GATE. I'll be checking out Hidan no Aria once I log out... coz yeah, IT'S KUGIMIYA RIE. :D :D
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