Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai (generic thread)

[Shadow5YA]

I'm liking the transition to the ED. It reminds me of Toradora, and makes the ED seem more fitting with the mood of the series.

[OceanBlue]

Originally Posted by Mr.Garfield

My thought exactly

Spoiler for Yukiatsu:

Though i don't quite like it. Cross-dressing as Menma and lying about seeing her, it just makes me feel sick. And it's kind of cliched too(apart from the cross dressing of course)
Hope he has a good reason for it, not just because of jealousy, but i doubt it...

Anyway another great episode, and another few moments when i have tears in my eyes. Love it!

Spoiler for Episode 3:

Even if jealousy is his reason, it stems back to their childhood, so I want to see how it, and Yukiatsu develops. Even if I don't like his character, he's an interesting character.

Also, some interesting development between the girls. Other than that, though, I'd say this episode was geared towards moving the characters together as a group rather than developing them, as most of the development in this episode was Jinta's. Lovely episode, and a great series so far. This cross-dressing thing [if it is cross-dressing] might end up badly.

For a second, I was thinking that Menma would appear for all of the characters to push them into reuniting [with the real one being Jinta's Menma], but Yukiatsu kinda threw that one out.

[Tu101uk]

Goodness, I was expecting a school episode today but got more developments instead... Gread character development though... :3

Spoiler for Episode 3 Thoughts...:

The more we see of Jinta's past, the more it seems life has been a tad unfair on him. His mum was a beautiful and very kind lady indeed and it must have been a shock to the system when he found out she was dying. It really looks like he needs that push behind him from a ghostly Menma (as well as the former Super Peace Busters) to get himself back on track in life.

Tsuruko was a lot better this episode. I can't tell yet how distanced she felt from the rest of the cast, but I liked it that she's coming around to the idea of hanging out with the gang again. I also like her little selfish quirks. I hope to see more of her though, they haven't really touched upon her yet.

Poppo was energetic, as usual, and lol with bringing sweet rice to a barbeque. That stuff is nice.

Much <3 for Anaru with her hair down and in a one-piece dress, and looks like she's not the only girl in the Super Peace Busters who's holding a candle (puns fully intended) for one of the guys unable to move on. She really needs to lose those galpals though, they're starting to tick me off... >.<

And yeah, speaking of which, a few words can be used to describe Yukiatsu at this point in time, but it basically amounts to pitiful. Pitiful that he still feels he has to one-up Jintan when it comes to Menma, even after her death. People deal with things in different ways, that's always understandable, but he needs help methinks because he hasn't really moved on and it's making him act in jerkish and creepy ways. I too am interested in how he'll (hopefully) develop by truly coming to terms with his loss...

This episode didn't rely on nostalgia or anything like that, yet it still turned out solid. We're seeing the characters a bit more fleshed out, and now next Friday certainly can't come quickly enough... >.<

O-O~

[hilly]

My theory is:

Spoiler for theory:

Yukiatsu may had encounter her after she die like jintan but something regretful happen and Menma disappear.This may as well explain why Yuki had such obession to Menma.

Menma may also automatic defend herself by forget the memory of encounter with yuki because it hurt her too much>>?

That would mean Yuki maybe know the reason/secret/wish to why Menma appear.
In episode 3,yuki always go buy girl 's accesory maybe is to give Menma when she reappear again..or cross dressing..?

The theory about Yuki cross dressing as Menma may also be possible due to his obsession or regret and he goes to the river by cross dressing as Menma once in a while or all the time and Poppo just accidentally saw him.

[serenade_beta]

Spoiler for ep3:

Gwahahaha!
Geez, Yukiatsu is just so hilarious. So sick!
Gotta count on this sick guy to brighten up this anime. Sniffing the clothes of a dead childhood friend and now possible crossdressing in said clothes.

[germanturkey]

I think everyone see's their own version of Menma. but that'd be strange.

[Proto]

It's a little sad/hilarious watching people in this thread getting angry over how Anaru pals badmouth Jinta and sympathizing with his situation, and in the next breath the same people criticize Yukiatsu and call him a sicko.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Proto

It's a little sad/hilarious watching people in this thread getting angry over how Anaru pals badmouth Jinta and sympathizing with his situation, and in the next breath the same people criticize Yukiatsu and call him a sicko.

Well first of all, I said I felt sorry for Yukiatsu. But I'm a bit puzzled - are you equating Jinta's staying home from school with Yukiatsu's possibly sniffing and wearing a dead girl's dress?

[OceanBlue]

Originally Posted by Proto

It's a little sad/hilarious watching people in this thread getting angry over how Anaru pals badmouth Jinta and sympathizing with his situation, and in the next breath the same people criticize Yukiatsu and call him a sicko.

We sympathize with Jinta because we've seen enough about him to empathize with him. We call Yukiatsu a sicko because the only two things we know about him are that he goes to a prestigious school and that he sniffs Menma's clothes. And then some of us think he cross-dresses as a dead girl.

Honestly, I wonder if that's the case, but...

[germanturkey]

Well, Jinta's criticisms are warranted. he's a very flawed character. i personally don't like him that much.

[winkel]

Jinta: "There's an eggshell in here"

Menma: "Umm... Calcium?"

She's too cute.

[Sebasu]

Holy crap.

Spoiler:

Yukiatsu is such a troll. But I'm actually more interested with Tsuruko's character.

Anyway, such a great episode as usual. This show is probably the best one this season for me. I didn't cry. but I have to admit I had a massive sad face on when Menma cried twice.

Ugh, I'm loathing the wait for the next episode.

[ipodi]

Originally Posted by Proto

It's a little sad/hilarious watching people in this thread getting angry over how Anaru pals badmouth Jinta and sympathizing with his situation, and in the next breath the same people criticize Yukiatsu and call him a sicko.

Yes, because sniffing your dead friend's garment is disturbing. I hope you can see such an action is more disturbing than someone who has succumbed to peer pressure and engaged in gossiping.

[Proto]

Well first of all, I said I felt sorry for Yukiatsu. But I'm a bit puzzled - are you equating Jinta's staying home from school with Yukiatsu's possibly sniffing and wearing a dead girl's dress?

It goes with libertarianism: I'm an advocate of the principle that people should be allowed and encouraged to do whatever they want as long as it doesn't bother anyone else, even if I personally disagree with whatever they are doing I have no place criticizing other people or imposing my morals. On that light, Jinta's or Yukiatsu's actions are no better or worse when compared with each other.

Which in this case strikes me as very sad: Except for you and a few others, people are quick to defend someone they identify with, but are quick to criticize the person they don't. Which doesn't make them any different that the 'cool girls' that they seem to despise.

Well, in the end that's part of what makes us human I guess. Including me :/

Yes, because sniffing your dead friend's garment is disturbing

I'm quoting you since you put in what many people in this thread think so concisely, but this is a general question. May I ask you who decided that? Yes, it's rhetorical.

[Reckoner]

I'd have to agree with Proto. People are too quick to be judgmental on Yukiatsu, the poor guy is screwed up like Jintan and everyone's ragging on him.

Though perhaps the reason for this is that unlike Jintan, he's actively being antagonistic to other people, specifically Jintan. Jintan hasn't directly hurt anybody.

[Aesthetic Shampoo]

At first, i thought the theory that Yukiatsu was crossdressing was a a bit far-fetched, but after watching him buy girly accessories I have little doubt left. But why would he bring Tsurumi with him?

At the end though, I'm certain he was lying.

[OceanBlue]

Originally Posted by Proto

Which in this case strikes me as very sad: Except for you and a few others, people are quick to defend someone they identify with, but are quick to criticize the person they don't. Which doesn't make them any different that the 'cool girls' that they seem to despise.

Well, in the end that's part of what makes us human I guess. Including me :/

To be fair, I'd like to think that if most of us met Yukiatsu in real life, we wouldn't criticize him in front of his face. If the girls were shown to think that to themselves, but refrained from saying anything, they'd probably be much more favorable. I personally don't like the girls because they're openly demeaning to other people. On an internet forum where people gather to post their impressions on shows, you should expect things like this, but I'd like to think real life interactions work differently.

In my defense, the only time I thought Yukiatsu was sick was during the sniffing scene, and I took back that thought. He just hasn't shown any redeeming traits for me to find him anything more than interesting at this point.

[Archon_Wing]

Caught up on the last 2 episodes...

This show is pretty hard to watch, I'll say. It's very depressing, and I can see a lot of the characters just breaking under the trauma. Some worse than others of course. It looks like all of them can feel Menma in some way, which is why I thought it odd that Menma was running around talking to the others.

Fortunately, there's some funny and cute moments, nokemon lol. I thought that was a great scene where they could relax and be kids again. The get together in episode 3 was great too, when everyone realized what they had in common. But holy crap, Tsuriko is one cold bitch to say all that to Naruko, and she even went "cool story bro" to her later on.

In any case, the show manages just enough comedy to make the mood not completely depressing and to uplift the audience's spirit. Props to the writers for maintaining this fragile balance.

A common theme that seems to be that they're all basically the same people they were despite all the other changes they went through.

The more things change, the more they stay the same, huh? Together, maybe they can finally move on. Menma probably wants that.

Episode 2: 8/10, Episode 3: 9/10 This along with Steins;gate is the cream of the crop for this season. The ED song also rocks.

[serenade_beta]

Originally Posted by Proto

It's a little sad/hilarious watching people in this thread getting angry over how Anaru pals badmouth Jinta and sympathizing with his situation, and in the next breath the same people criticize Yukiatsu and call him a sicko.

Since I didn't say anything about Jinta being badmouthed, then I guess it is okay for me~

Originally Posted by Sunnythesun

But why would he bring Tsurumi with him?

Because it would look weird for him to buy female clothes on his own? Thanks to Tsuruko, people would think he is buying for her, like the store assistant did.

[OceanBlue]

Originally Posted by Archon_Wing

This show is pretty hard to watch, I'll say. It's very depressing, and I can see a lot of the characters just breaking under the trauma. Some worse than others of course. It looks like all of them can feel Menma in some way, which is why I thought it odd that Menma was running around talking to the others.

Honestly, I wonder about that. It's depressing for us, because we're slowly seeing the issues and trauma the characters face, but the worst has already happened to these characters. At this point, I feel like it'll just be their stress surfacing and then slowly healing.