That...
That bridge...
Once we cross that bridge, it'll come into view.
Our...
...secret base.
Jintan, and Anaru, and Yukiatsu,
and Tsuruko, and Poppo, and...
Me...
The Super Peace Busters' secret base.
J-Jintan?
You g-...
Ji-...
Menma?
M-Menma? Menma!
Hey! Jintan!
What's going on?
Don't tell me...
Don't tell us that Menma...
What? No way!
Jin... tan?
Menma? What... what the hell? Where are you?
Show yourself already! Menma!
Menma! Menma! Menma!
Look here, Jintan...!
What the hell's going on?
Menma!
Hide...
It's hide-and-seek!
What the...
What do you mean, "hide-and-seek"?
Jintan? Is Menma...
Hey, Menma!
...is-is she playing hide-and-seek?
Hide-and-seek?
Hey! Jintan!
Hey!
Menma!
H-Hey! We're coming, too!
Y-Yeah!
Let's go!
Yes!
Not yet...
I'm not ready yet...
Not yet...
I have to say goodbye properly...
Menma!
Menma! Menma! Menma!
Not... ready... yet!
Not ready yet!
Uh... Um...
Yeah! All right, this is it!
Huh? Then what about me?
Hey, Poppo! This is my spot!
Whaaat?
I'm hiding here, all right?
Whaaat?
Are you ready?
Not ready yet!
Are you ready?
Jintan...
We're ready!
We're reeeady!
You see, I... Sometimes, I wonder how it can be...
Ouch!
I found Poppo!
Whaaat? Oh, crap! I was sure you'd never find me!
To know that I'm playing with you all right now...
I found Anaru!
Whaaat?
Road 74
MAIN CHARACTER: MEIKO
NO. OF BADGES: 0
NOKÉMONS: 3
PLAYING TIME: 1:15
Actually, I can't do the "Trade with a Friend" thing.
SPRING SEMESTER FIELD TRIP
All right!
Gather round the leaders you just elected, and put together your teams, everyone!
Hey, let's get together over there!
Hey, no fair!
Let's go together!
I always...
...always believed that I could never be part of "everybody."
Because, after all...
...I'm a Nokémon...
Hey, you're on our team, okay?
Team?
The first Nokémon I ever traded
was Pipitton.
All right!
And we're set!
Wouldn't you call that a jerk move?
Making Menma hand over Jaglas, and only giving her Pipitton?
Jintan, you're a jerk!
You shouldn't be mean to people!
Y-You've got it all wrong. She's the one who-
It's okay!
I-I want to have Pipitton!
Are you sure?
Yes!
See? What did I tell you?
Well... if Menma's okay with it...
Because...
Pipitton's skill, you see...
...is "dancing with everybody!"
The word "everybody"...
Doesn't mean something like a dumpling...
All right, guys, let's make this our secret base!
It's not a single lump, you see...
Just like the grains in a rice cake...
We all scatter, one by one.
And then when we all come together, and harden into one whole...
Then we become "everybody!"
That's why...
I found Tsuruko!
Oh, come on!
That was way too easy, Tsuruko!
But I was hiding in a good spot!
So only Jintan and Menma are left, huh?
Hey, I'll bet Jintan's inside the temple, don'tcha think?
But if you hide inside there, you'll get punished!
Yeah, but I can totally see Jintan doing it...
Oh, crap!
Yeah, that's true.
Darn it!
Jintan and Menma... we found you!
We still don't know
the name of the
flower we saw
that day
。
Letters to Menma
What am I, a grade-schooler?
Hello! Ehat is it, Tsuruko? Huh?
Yeah. Today at six o'clock, right?
Wait! Listen, did you write your letter yet?
Wow... Of course you did.
I just can't figure out what to write...
There's a lot that you want to tell Menma, isn't there?
Yeah... Well, yes, but the thing is...
Wait, I phrased that wrong.
Why don't you write down the words that you need to tell Menma?
Eh-What I need to tell her?
Figure it out yourself.
I'll see you at six, then!
Wait...
Oh, jeez. Tsuruko, you're so condescending!
MY TREASURES
To Anaru: I love how reliable you are.
"I love..."
I...
"I love..."
What? But...
That sounds like bullying...
You want to know as much as I do, right?
I do want to know, but...
Still...
You're in love with Jintan, aren't you?
That's right... I had been in love...
with Jintan for a long time...
Hey... Tell us, Jintan...
You love Menma, don't you?
Whaaat?
Wh-What are you talking about?
Tell us the truth.
No secrets in the Super Peace Busters, remember?
Yukiatsu!
Say it! Say it! Say it!
Come on... cut it out, now!
Say it! Say it already!
Say it! Say it!
Who...
Say it! Say it!
Who could love such an ugly girl?
Come back, Jintan!
Jintan!
That day, after Menma left us...
Now, they'll never reach her...
The words that never reached her.
To Anaru: I love how reliable you are.
The words that I received from her...
The words I need to tell her...
Those would be...
Um, excuse me!
I'd like a copy of Nokémon!
Hey! That's the last one!
You lucked out!
That was a close call!
That will be 4,800 yen.
B-But you said it was 4,600 yen!
Sorry, the eight looked like a six!
Oh, man... I would've had it if I didn't have that soda just now!
What are you gonna do?
Hey, that Nokémon game's out already!
Well? Well?
R-Right. Um...
What, you're still playing games like Nokémon?
I'll come right back with the money, so could you...
Excuse me!
Do you have a copy of Nokémon?
Oh... Um...
I'm sorry, sir, but that one's sold out...
Oh... is it really?
I guess there's no chance unless you reserve it.
Wanna try another shop?
Hurry up and get that 200 yen!
Be back in an hour, okay?
Okay!
Good for you!
That dude's actually pretty cool, huh?
Did he just call me "that dude?" The brat!
Hey, Yadomi?
Could you take your break first?
Oh, right, thanks! Okay, I'm out of here.
Menma...
How are you?
Kinda weird, huh? Asking you how you are...
Ever since that day, I've been going to school kind of on-and-off...
Well, I'm getting by, more or less.
The other day, my co-workers took me to a karaoke bar.
I'd never been anyplace like that before...
Singing in front of other people is totally embarrassing, you know?
Yay!
LONGING TO SEE YOU
KANA NISHINO
Who's next?
Oh! It's me!
Longing to see you... Longing to see you...
It makes me tremble
The more I think of you, the further away you seem
The other guys could sing falsetto and stuff.
Let me hear it again, even if it's a lie
Plus they knew all kinds of songs...
I mean...
Just like you did that day... Just like you did that day...
I was really amazed by them all.
Say "I love you..."
Welll, that might sound like overkill, since it's just karaoke!
21st - Mr. Takahashi to pick up
reserved product. Already paid for.
Right...
The fact that I can be amazed by the most trivial things...
I think that's all thanks to you.
I always ignored my own shortcomings, and looked down on the people around me.
That is, until you showed up.
Hey, come on! That's so not true!
Don't get me wrong...
But I'm telling you, your boobs are definitely bigger!
Die.
That's kinda pervy, you know!
ATSUSHI TOKO JINTA
YADOMI
ATSUSHI TOKO JINTA
YADOMI
Die! Die! Die! Die!
Don't even think about leaving your inferior genes behind!
You goddamn animals in heat... Die! Die! Die!
Huh?
Hey, isn't this Birubiruder?
No, for chrissake! Jeez, women are such morons!
Whaaat? But they look alike! See, look how fat his lips are!
By that logic, then the old geezer from abacus class must be a Birubiruder, too.
Yeah, but Jintan...
Jinta-...
Jintan?
The beast of summer is savage as hell...
Heyyy! No fair! I want some salt broth ramen, too!
Hey! An egg!
You know what I want? I want my egg all drizzy! Egg drop style!
Hey...
The egg... It's gonna get all hard if you don't whisk it!
Whisk the egg! Whisk it! Whisk it! Whisk it!
Hey, what's that? Ramen?
That looks good! Jinta, make some for me, too?
It's Mr. Yadomi! Thank you for having me over!
Jinta?
Yeah, sure.
Score! That's so cute.
Whaaat? Why are you making some for your dad, but none for me?
Look, isn't it time you kicked that habit of calling everything "cute"?
Huh? But it's such a great word, you know? I mean, I can use it for anything...
Oh, but he told me that my pochette was cute, one time!
Normally, you wouldn't be able to use it at all.
Want an egg?
Just one! I'd like it poached.
Don't break it, okay?
Okay.
Hey!
Your dad gets an egg? That's favoritism!
You're favoring the middle-aged!
Just as I thought...
TV! Time for TV!
Right! Oh, hey! Those cats are so cute!
Dad's acting like it's business as usual.
Their paws are so cute!
Which means that, just as I thought...
Hey! Jintan!
There you go.
Yippee!
I'm gonna dig right in!
Pepper! Pepper!
All right!
I'm gonna eat, too!
Jinta?
Uh, it's nothing!
Chopsticks...
Where are the chopsticks?
Chopsticks!
No...
Hey, what's going on here? Heatstroke inside the house?
That's cute and all, but... This looks bad!
Jintan?
The beast of summer...
...Menma... Showed up before my eyes, and said this...
The thing is, probably...
I think that what I want is for you to grant my wish.
Your wish? Well, what is it?
Hmm... I'm not sure about that either, okay?
How can I grant your wish if you don't even know what it is?
Hmm... But I have a feeling that that's what I want...
But really, I wonder what it could be?
How should I know?
Hey, you spit on me! Ewww!
I'm putting up a barrier!
This is an invincible barrier, okay?
She's my beast of summer...
So now I'm invincible!
My stress... My trauma...
Hey! No counter-barriers, all right?
Anyway...
That wish of yours... try to remember what it was.
Oh, that's right! This wish, see...
It's a wish that can't be granted unless we're all together!
What do you mean by "all together"?
And then, Menma...
Hey...
She dragged me out into the summer sunshine.
Menma, how are you?
Oh, crap, look at the time!
Since that day, so much happened, you know?
After you dragged me out by force...
No.
After you led me outside...
Even so, five years is such a hell of a long time...
I thought there was no way we could grant your wish together
And I was ready to back out...
But...
That's amazing! To think that Menma came back so we could grant her wish!
Poppo was the first to believe that you'd come back...
Transfer in Progress
Please don't
unplug the cable.
Please don't
unplug the cable.
Congratulations!
Rare Nokémon Buddyking has been born!
That day...
It did seem like something that had stopped cold inside me
began to stir once again...
Manager, I'm ready to take over!
Gotcha!
Menma!
Are you eating? Whoops, that can't be.
You might already have been reincarnated, after all.
Where are you?
If you're in the neighborhood, call me!
And anytime, I'll get on my bike and VROOM! VROOM! I'll come get you, okay?
Oh, wait... But if you're just a baby now, you can't call me, huh?
'Cause you wouldn't be able to dial.
Well, in that case, just ask your mom to make the call for you! 'Kay?
TO POPPO: I LOVE YOU HOW FUNNY YOU ARE
"Funny"...
...huh?
Menma... all this time... sorry, okay?
See, I... All this time, I kept those flowers in there.
That day that you...
When you left us... the flowers that were blooming there.
I... was so scared... It was just so terrifying...
That I couldn't do anything...
I guess you could say that keeping that on me was my way of punishing myself.
That's how I saw it, you see.
How uncool is that?
I just started seeing you as this fearsome god.
I've wanted to tell you I was sorry for so long.
That's why...
When Jintan first told me that you were around,
to tell you the truth,
I was really happy.
What Jintan told me...
It's not like I believed in it one hundred percent.
But when I realized that I wasn't the only one who'd had you on their mind all this time,
it really made me happy, you know?
Yeah, but...
I wasn't able to see you for the longest time.
"Just as I thought, Menma's still angry with me.
Maybe that's why I can't see her..." And so...
That made me get all gung-ho...
This is awesome!
Why are you having dinner at my place?
Hey, I'm the one who supplied the vegetables!
Yeah, tempura's definitely the bomb!
Poppo eats like he's really enjoying his food, huh?
Your nose. It's dirty.
Hey, almost forgot. Menma, you there?
Yeees! I'm here, all right!
You have some tempura too, Menma!
H-Hey, man...
You really believe it, then? About Menma?
Didn't I tell you I did the other day?
B-But...
You know, I thought it over some more, and...
Yeah...
I'm not really sure about all this, but the fact that Menma's here...
It's probably not a good thing, is it?
Like, she can't get to heaven or something...
Maybe that's why she's here now?
Get... to heaven?
I-I don't know... Not about... things like that...
Jintan?
I don't!
Is Menma there?
Oh, um...
All right!
Huh? Hey...
Hey, Menma!
Can't you give us the least little hint?
I promise I'll give it a good ponder!
You've got a wish, right?
Listen, can't you rely on me, too?
I want you to be able to go to heaven, see.
Hey, Hisakawa...
Okay, Menma?
Tell me what it is. I'm begging you!
And while you're at it, don't just show yourself to Jintan... let me see you, too.
Not gonna happen? Hey!
Don't you know...
That I want to... talk with all of you, too.
But... I just don't have any idea. About my wish, and all.
Okay, Menma? Let's all put our heads together, and think hard!
About going to heaven and stuff...
I just don't know!
Okay? That's cool, right?
Please! Let's figure this out together!
I don't know...
And then, you'll be able to...
Poppo!
Look, back off, will you?
Come on, man. Just back off, okay?
Even though I really wanted to apologize to you...
I guess I ended up making you feel way more sad, huh?
How lame is that? Seriously...
Hot!
Are you doing anything after practice today?
Nothing special...
Then do you wanna... Hey, it's the prince!
Prince?
You know, the one who's the talk of the first year class. That second year...
Oh, him.
What? Wouldn't that be risky?
Oh, we'll be fine.
If we get busted, we'll be in huge trouble!
Menma...
He'll never notice us!
You told me that I was a hard worker, but...
The truth is, I'm not. In the least.
I've hardly even been running at all lately.
But I don't think that's a bad thing.
After all this time, I've figured it out.
That maybe I was running so relentlessly because I wanted to escape.
Drom a reality without you in it...
I see her!
Jintan!
You found her?
Y-Yeah...
Y-Yukiatsu...
Careful now, Jintan!
Yadomi?
I-I'm okay!
Yukiatsu...
That dress...
It looks like the one Menma was wearing...
Wh-Why are you dressed like that?
Uh... are you... okay?
What the...?
Do I look okay to you?
Come on, take a good look!
Hey! Yukiatsu!
Please. Leave them alone.
Huh? B-But...
This is his chance. If this moment slips away...
I'm sure... He'll never...
Tsuruko?
Hey... do I look like Menma?
You can see Menma, right?
So tell me, do I look like her?
Yukia-...
Do I look just like her?
It was all my fault.
That Menma died that day...
It was all my fault...
Wh-What are you talking about? It wasn't your fault at all!
Actually, it was my...
I'm telling you it was my fault, dammit!
If only I hadn't said those things to Menma, she wouldn't have died...
I'm the one who killed Menma!
If Menma was going to appear, she'd appear before me...
Whether to haunt me or to curse me...
It would be... It would be before me!
But... Menma never did show herself...
Not to me...!
Yukiatsu...
That's why... Menma isn't here anymore...
She's just not anywhere!
But I am here.
Menma wants you to know... that she's right here.
Are you... still talking like that?
M-Menma wants to tell you... "Thank you for the hairclip.
And I'm sorry."
L-Listen. I'm not sure what that's all about, but... uh...
Yukiatsu?
That hairclip that I gave you that day...
On you - the one I love!
Sorry!
J-Jintan ran off, so...
Right now, I've got to go after him, okay?
W-We'll talk later, okay?
Menma...
And now... It's been painfully driven home to me that you do exist, after all.
And...
I've also...
...realized that I'll never beat Jintan...
Well, it's annoying when I put on my camera face and say stuff like that...
Or so Tsuruko told me.
And according to Anaru, I'm the "forever alone" type for sure.
They just don't have a clue, do they?
See! I told you we'd better not!
W-We're sorry.
Uh... Really... Um... Uh...
What?
Thank you very much!
Yay! Good for you!
See?
I'd call that pretty hot, wouldn't you?
Hey...
It's summer vacation, and here you are. I'm impressed!
Right back at you.
What brought you to school?
Have you written your letter?
Yeah, in the library...
Because writing it at home alone makes me feel like tearing up, you know?
Right, right.
How about you?
I wrote mine ages ago.
Stay away!
Don't come any closer.
Fine, then...
Hey...
Don't I... have longer legs than that?
This is me embellishing you, for your information.
You're pretty harsh.
Go on ahead, okay?
I'm going to work on this a little longer.
I see.
Then I'll be on my way.
It's pretty good, you know. That drawing.
See you.
Right.
Hey, Menma...
You always praised my drawings, remember?
Yes... I really loved it.
Drawing pictures...
But...
I realized that no matter how hard I tried,
I didn't have the talent to exceed a certain plateau.
CHIRIKO TSURUMI
That's why I switched gears immediately.
I knew that even if I went on drawing, I would have nothing left.
I always overanalyze things, and come up with my own answers before I even start.
Like I did with Yukiatsu...
Even though I've loved him all this time...
I...
I told you, this is how you do it!
I know. Like this, right?
... I never stood a chance against you, Menma.
Wrong! Aren't you listening?
And then...
Even after you were gone...
I thought it would be enough just to be by his side...
That was my one, true hope... or so I'd convinced myself...
Because, if I did that...
...surely I wouldn't ever get hurt.
That's why, when I heard that you'd come back...
I was afraid that I would waver...
Are you happy now?
After that, everyone started to truly believe that you were back...
Listen, you! What do you mean, "nice middle-kick"?
Wavering...
Don't just stand there laughing! You really freaked me out!
So afraid...
That's why...
Hello... What's the matter? Did you write your letter?
I'm... still writing it.
I see.
Hey, Tsuruko.
I do have something that I want to tell Menma.
What? Oh, that...
But...
Even if I find a way to tell Menma,
I just can't tell you-know-who, after all.
You-know-who - you mean Jintan?
If you're going to keep on hiding it from him,
let's hope you don't self-destruct in some crazy way again.
Self-destruct in some crazy way?
Forget me - what's going on with you, Tsuruko?
What are you talking about?
Well, you blurted out your feelings for Yukiatsu!
What a rude way to put it.
Can you blame me?
Well, that matter has been left unsettled, I guess.
I see.
Yes, well. It can't be helped, can it?
Obviously, Yukiatsu tapped into such a dark side because he was so in love with Menma.
But you know what? My mind's at ease now.
At ease?
You mean...
Oh, my, look at the time.
I'd better get ready to go, or I might not make it in time.
You should get going, too.
Oh, right. Bye.
Dear Menma...
Thank you for your letter.
Menma, you told me that I was a reliable person.
But... I just don't see myself that way...
Because I'm always wavering back and forth.
You always look at people straight on, you know?
That made me envious. I can't do that.
Whatever's important to me... the more I think about it, the more I avert my gaze.
Now that you've come back to us,
I've been able to get closer to Jintan again...
And even though I wanted to grant your wish so that I could tell you I was sorry...
Somewhere along the way...
Before I knew it...
I...
Today, I played with everyone. It was fun.
Today, I played with everybody. I had a good time.
But this is...
So random!
It was either "fun" or "a good time," that's the only difference...
Well, writing was never her strong point.
Hey, this one's kind of different.
"Today, when I was playing with the others, I fell down. It hurt."
Hey, this one's different, too.
"Today, we all went to visit Jintan's mother in the hospital."
The hospital, huh?
Entrance for Outpatients
Entrance to Hospital Wing
Entrance for Outpatients
Entrance to Hospital Wing
Come to think of it, we did go a lot, huh?
All six of us, en masse...
Mom!
Jintan, your mom's been in the hospital forever...
I know! Let's send a letter to God!
Asking him "Please make Jintan's mom better!"
How would we do that?
Jintan, look!
RYUSEI
That's right... That day...
Jintan?
"We all decided to make fireworks together...
We knew it would be hard. But we were going to try hard..."
I remember now! We were gonna put the letter inside a rocket firework and send it up to God!
Hey! That's gotta be it, right? Her wish!
You're right! That has to be it.
We tried to make one back then, and it didn't work out, remember?
Right, Yadomi?
For my... For my mom's sake...
At that moment...
I was forced to come to a realization.
About Jintan's feelings, and my own feelings.
You took on yet another job?
Yeah, 'cause manual labor pays well.
You're looking pale, you know.
Yeah, 'cause I haven't been sleeping.
Jeez!
All I ever did till now was eat and sleep... so I've got plenty of sleep saved up.
How...
How can you pour so much of yourself into this?
Were you so into Menma...?
J-Jintan!
Here, drink some water.
And these are supplements. Just take them, will you?
I feel a lot better now.
Jintan...
Let's just call it quits. This kind of thing...
Come on, you've been hurting enough yourself, Jintan.
Let's just stop with this stuff!
What do you mean, "this stuff"?
Look, I'm still on the clock, okay?
I don't want you to go!
Don't go...
Deep down, I didn't want you to go that day, either!
That day?
I...
I'm going to say something that shows how totally vile I am, okay?
That day, the truth is that I...
I was relieved...
You said that you didn't love Menma.
I know it's awful of me... but I was a little happy to hear it.
But...
Running off the way you did...
You might as well have been saying that you really did love Menma!
Since then, the pain's never left me.
I could never forgive myself for being happy at that moment.
Hurting Menma, and then having things end up that way...
I could never...
I could never forgive myself for being in love with you, Jintan!
But still... I...
I still...
You're going anyway?
You're crazy, Jintan!
All right, let's just say that Menma's really there at your place!
Well, if you grant her wish, then isn't Menma going to disappear?
You don't care if Menma disappears, then!
For all that you love her!
Welcome!
Jintan, you moron!
Naruko, you moron...
Really...
Really... Really! Really!
Oh, man, what a moron I am! Hey, at least you get it. Moron!
Oh, yes, I am! I'm a moron!
S-Sorry...
S-Sure...
Man, what on earth am I doing?
But yeah, why not?
Look how I've already managed to humiliate myself.
Might as well go out in a blaze of glory and find peace...
I love Jintan
I-I'm so sorry!
Your fries...!
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
Um, here's a hanky...
That's all right, young lady.
I don't know what your situation is,
but you shouldn't blame yourself so much.
That's right. Calling yourself a moron...
Look, these fries escaped damage. You see?
That's right. You're not a moron.
After all, you have such an intelligent face!
Absolutely! Right?
Thank you very much...
You're still young, so...
I don't know... Something's missing...
All I ever do is hesitate, isn't it?
No, no. That day, I wasn't the only one...
That Yukiatsu...
What does he think he's doing?
Right.
All we ever did was hesitate... I see...
That's precisely why I wanted to remove as much doubt from my mind as I could...
And why I yearned for something certain.
Why are they no-shows? Those guys!
It's okay! We're seeing them tomorrow anyway!
Farewell, Menma
Come on, let's get this show on the road.
I'm gonna bring them here!
Hey, Poppo!
Hi.
Tsuruko!
I've brought some snacks.
Hey! That's our Tsuruko!
And drinks, too.
Hey! I love you, man... Yukiatsu!
It's a party!
I knew you guys would come through!
I'm so happy!
Hey, I'm crazy about these things!
So everyone did end up coming...
Mmm... yum!
Hey, it's nothing!
It's starting to feel more and more like the end is near.
So, Ms. Menma and the rest of us formed the Super Peace Busters...
You can skip the prologue.
Right! All right, then...
Our guest of honor, Ms. Menma! Please come forward!
Okay!
Thank
you
for
doing
this
for
me
tonight
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you
for
doing
this
for
me
tonight
Next... There!
Tomorrow, I will
go to heaven.
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go to heaven.
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go to heaven.
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go to heaven.
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go to heaven.
very much.
with you
very much.
with you
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very much.
with you
be friends
very much.
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with you
all until the end.
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all until the end.
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all until the end.
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very much.
with you
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be friends
all until the end.
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very much.
with you
Tomorrow, I will
be friends
I want to
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all until the end.
Thank you
very much.
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with you
be
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all until the end.
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all until the end.
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all until the end.
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very much.
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with you
be
friends
And that was a greeting from Ms. Menma!
Super Peace Busters
Hey, Menma. Eanna try this?
But it's bright red! I hate spicy stuff because it hurts!
Let's see... "Spicy stuff... hurts..."
It's not as bad as you think. Trust me, you'll be fine, so just take a bite...
"Ah!" Say, "Ah!"
Poppo, that's not my mouth!
There's no entertainment or anything?
I mean, we're just standing around eating and drinking.
It's supposed to be a rally, right?
Since we're all here, let's do something.
Entertainment... what do you have in...
Let's see. How about we relive that day again?
That day.
Why don't we reenact what happened right here?
What happened right here?
Yukiatsu!
You gotta be kidding me! What good would that do?
Anaru!
T-Tell us, Jintan...
Cut it out!
You love Menma, don't you?
You guys!
Say it.
Menma's here, too, isn't she? So come right out and say it.
Yukiatsu...
Say... it.
Say it... Say it...
I can't believe you'd go this far! Come on, what is this?
Say it... Say it...
Say it...
I love her.
I... love Menma!
If you run now, it's gonna be the same thing all over again! Jintan!
We're all trying to find our way, but of us all, Jintan is strong...
So perhaps it's no wonder that he's ourleader...
Menma, is that the reason why you appeared before Jintan?
Hey, I thought you'd gone on ahead.
I still had some things to take care of...
Really? Things to take care of, huh?
Something wrong?
Not really.
You know what?
You know what, Jintan?
It turns out that Nokémon and gaijin have the same meaning!
I just discovered that.
"Gaijin" means foreigner, right?
What's that got to do with Pipitton and all?
Do you know how to write gaijin in kanji, Jintan?
Are you kidding? Don't insult me! It's "outside" and "person", right?
That's right.
Okay, so do you know what "Nokémon" means?
Nokémon means, "someone outside, who you don't let inside."
Yeah...
See? They have the same meaning, don't they?
And so, you see... I'm a Nokémon and a gaijin!
I'm an outsider, so I really shouldn't be allowed inside.
Not inside the school, or in the house...
Maybe I'll go sleep in the doghouse next door? Since it's outside...
And that dog, see... He always barks at me.
Wonder if I can get along with him?
He wouldn't bite me, would he?
Hey...
What's the deal with that story?
You know how they told us to write a story for Japanese class? As homework!
Oh, did they?
That's the story of the image of Menma, the Nokémon Gaijin!
You're not making any sense...
You've got the secret base, remember?
The Super Peace Busters' secret base!
Where we can all go home anytime!
Right!
I'm going!
Hey, want to get something to eat?
Sure, what should we have?
We ate soba noodles last night...
Then how about pork cutlet rice bowls at Waraji?
Hey, yeah, let's do that!
Yeah, I love those because they're gigantic!
Sorry, Jintan.
For fanning the flames like that...
Poppo...
Somehow, I thought it would rewind. All of it...
Rewind...
Hey!
Was it true, what you said?
What?
Y-Yeah, it's true.
I love you, too, Jintan!
B-By love, I don't me an like a friend... Not just that kind of love, okay?
I know that! You want me to be your wife - that kind of love, right?
If things were normal, like this, and I'd grown up...
I wonder if I would've become your wife?
Even if it's... not normal...
You don't have to go to heaven...
You could just stay here, like you have been...
Jintan!
I went and said it...
I am going to heaven.
Listen. Reincarnation, that's what!
I can't do that unless I go to heaven.
I can't talk to everybody like I want to!
Oh, but what if I end up as a caterpillar or something.
You'd already made your choice, right?
At that moment...
Oh, man, how lame am I?
Hello!
Hey, sorry. When I'm the one who asked to see you...
No, I just got here myself.
You did? Hey, thanks...
You're way bigger now, huh?
You think?
Or maybe it's just that you've stopped growing, Jinta Senpai.
Hey, stop calling me Jinta Senpai.
So what did you want to see me for?
Right. Well, it's these...
Could you put them on Men-...
On your sister's shrine?
Are these steamed buns?
Yeah. My old man showed me how to make them...
No, no.
That's not how you do it, Jinta.
What's the problem? Doesn't baking powder make them all fluffy?
Let's see... Toko's secret ingredient was...
Here, this is it! Hotcake mix...
Hotcakes?
You can make steamed buns with this, too.
See, read the back! There's a steamed bun recipe there!
You're right.
So Mom was actually cutting corners, huh?
Toko wasn't too adept at cooking, but that made her cute, you know?
Eell, I mean, it was actually easier than it looks...
They look good.
But in that case, you should've just come to our house yourself.
My parents aren't...
Yeah... right...
Then we'll all go over there sometime.
Right. The Super Peace Busters!
Yeah.
Should I just tell him?
Even if it means rejection, should I just tell him?
But now that we're all friends again, thanks to Menma...
If it gets all tense and awkward...
Anaru?
What are you doing?
Aren't you going to the base?
O-Of course I'm going, why wouldn't I?
What are you snapping at me for?
It's nothing!
Let's go.
Hey, Jintan, have you grown again a little?
From what I hear, I've stopped growing.
Nothing. Maybe because you stopped wearing those deadly shoes?
What, deadly?
No way.
He's definitely gotten taller.
Listen, Jintan...
Um...
Th-The letter! Did you write yours? Three pages!
Three pages? We had a quota, for crying out loud?
Of course we did!
If you're going to do this right, you need to make sure you put a lot of feeling into it.
Who am I to talk?
You'd need three pages at the very least!
I've only been able to come up with one page myseIf...
This isn't an essay for homework,
so as long as it's full of feeling, who cares how many pages it takes?
Summer...
That summer...
And that summer...
Really! You're so clueless!
No matter how many times summer is repeated...
No wonder you're getting F's in Japanese class!
I just can't bring myself to tell him...
Hold up, what's that got to do with it?
A lot!
It does not!
It does too!
But there's just one thing...
Mrs. Yadomi... Please wait a little longer...
Because they're going to set off fireworks for me.
Please wait just a little longer...
Hey! Jintan, Anaru, you're late!
What, we're the last to show up?
We just got here, too.
Hey.
Hey...
All righty!
The Super Peace Busters are all present and accounted for!
Hey, Tsuruko, want to use my bug spray?
I've already applied tons.
Hmm, so we're doing it with this?
A bonfire to burn our letters in, huh?
I shouldn't be saying this now, but that's a really Japanese thing to do, huh?
What if it is? Anyway, just look at it as Menma's first O-Bon date...
It's her first O-Bon?
Yeah, but look how light out it still is.
Isn't the smoke supposed to, like, billow into the night sky?
Is it?
Oh, man, I messed up, big time!
I should've gotten a barbecue ready to go while we waited!
Jeez, Poppo, it's barbecue time at every turn with you.
I got it, I got it! Hold up a sec!
Let's see...
Ta-da!
What's with those fireworks?
Hey, did you forget? You're the one who brought them, Ms. Anaru!
You know, when we had that last barbecue.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, right. I forgot because Yukiatsu went all bizarro on us that night.
Hey!
Oh! Sorry, but you really...
Not another word.
Hey, come on.
It's been a while since we all got together like this.
So let's rock out and have fun, guys!
Now that you mention it, we've all been here to the base now and then,
but has it been that long since we were here together?
Yeah, I guess.
Look, isn't lighting fireworks stranger than having a bonfire during the day?
I don't think it's strange.
I mean, it's way more fun to launch rocket fireworks during the day.
Hey, just last year, we launched that humongous one in broad daylight, remember?
Yeah. That was really awesome, huh?
Well, yeah, since it did cost a pretty penny!
Yes, it certainly was lovely.
...Yes.
Menma got a kick out of it, too, huh?
The firework rose into the sky.
That firework, which we all believed was your wish...
But...
Wow! Flowers are blooming in the sky!
Whaaat?
Menma...
You didn't disappear.
Whaaaat? These won't light...
I should've been in shock at that moment.
Those must've gone stale by now, don't you think?
I mean, they are from last year.
But somehow, I found myself feeling relieved...
Uh-uh! It's all about willpower, right?
Come on, come on!
No dice after all, huh?
Anaru, hand me another one.
R-Right...
Now that we had no idea what Menma's wish was, our emotions no longer had a place to go.
Hurry! Hurry!
Don't rush me like that... Here!
Hey, thank you, Anaru. All righty...
And that's why our feelings started to turn inward...
Whaaaat? It won't light...
It's just not happening, after all.
We screamed them out...
No way! Willpower, willpower!
All of the emotions that had smoldered inside us for so long...
and screamed them out...
And then...
I...
I'm gonna apologize!
What?
I don't care about Jintan anymore!
I'm going to tell Menma I'm sorry... and...
Anaru?
What?
You've got... two sets of eyelashes.
Oh, crap! My falsie...
Hey! Yukiatsu!
I knew it.
I was thinking you looked different around the eyes, Anaru.
Tsuruko... You...
You don't need to add all that fake volume, you know, Anaru.
You're fine the way you are, Anaru.
Jeez! Thanks! But stop calling me Anaru!
Wait...
Come to think of it...
We've all gone back to using our nicknames, huh?
True...
It's just like you said, Yukiatsu.
What?
A part of me was glad that I was the only one who could see Menma.
Jintan...
But, that's not what Menma wants.
To tell you the truth, I thought that she should just not go to heaven.
But... That's not what she wanted.
She said that she wanted to talk to us all, not just to me...
Tomorrow, I will
go to heaven.
Tomorrow, I will
go to heaven.
That's why she wants to go to heaven and be reincarnated.
Let's make sure we make Menma's wish come true.
What?
Let's bring Menma here, too... And use the diary to talk to her properly...
Let's be with Menma... One more time!
Right! There's no point in discussing this without Menma! After all...
The six of us are the Super Peace Busters, right?
Right!
Hey, that was my line!
Counting on you...
Leader!
Right.
I'll go get Menma now! Let's meet up at the secret base, okay?
Just give it up!
No, one more push and it's gonna light up!
That's what you said a while ago!
By the way, Leader...
Lead...?
You still working that part-time job?
Stop calling me Leader.
And yeah, it's just the game shop gig now... I'm getting by...
What about school? Are they going to promote you?
W-Well, I counted my attendance days, and I've just got barely enough...
Hey, come on! Stop bombarding me from both sides! Jeez, you two are tight!
What's up with that reaction?
Shut up.
What's that about?
Hey! Come on, help me stop Poppo!
Come on, just give it to me for a second!
See, a little more firepower, and...
Hey, watch out, guys.
Why don't you just give it up, for heaven's sake?
If you give up, the game's already over!
What are you, a basketball coach?
Jintan's late getting back...
I wonder if he is playing with the others. Lucky him...
But since I'm like this, I'd only get in everybody's way if I went, too.
Mrs. Yadomi... Thank you.
I was really happy to get to see everyone again.
I wanted to say goodbye to them before I leave, but...
I knew it...
Jintan's...
Menma!
M-... Menma...
Welcome home...
Hey... Menma!
What's wrong? Why are you like that?
You know... my wish?
Looks like it's been granted already.
I remembered, see...
The promise I made to your mom.
M-My mom?
The only thing is...
Jinta refuses to cry.
Probably because I got sick like this.
I think that all this time, he's been steeling himself.
Mrs. Yadomi?
I'm looking forward to being reincarnated...
But that's the one thing that worries me...
I've made him put up with so much...
I really wish that he could've laughed more, gotten angry more, and cried more...
All right, then!
I promise! No matter what, I'm gonna make Jintan cry!
Yes...
Thank you, Menma!
Then maybe I'll just ask you to do that for me?
Okay!
But, you see...
I thought it over really, really hard,
but I just couldn't figure out how to do it...
That's why...
I thought I'd ask the others for help.
I called them, asking them to meet up...
Oh, but it's not like I was gonna have everyone bully you and make you cry, okay?
The wish that Menma wanted so badly to be granted that she came back here...
I'm not too smart, so I thought I'd ask Yukiatsu or someone
to tell me how to make you cry without being mean. That day...
But in the end...
It didn't work out...
I wonder if that was my punishment for keeping it a secret from you...
No, it wasn't a punishment.
I... I go there anyway. It has nothing to do with secrets!
Always... I'll always go there, no matter what. To that place!
Jintan...
You're crying again.
But you know what?
The truth is, I really like your face when you smile.
I guess it's almost time to say goodbye?
Hold up... You can't go yet! Please, just wait!
It can't just be me!
I wanted to see you...
I've been wanting to see you for so long!
I wanted to call your name!
I wanted to tell you I was sorry...
I wanted to tell you that I loved you!
Jintan...
But...
So did everyone else!
We all loved you!
We all wanted to see you!
And now everyone's waiting for you... for us both!
At...
At that place of ours!
Jintan...
I wanted to grant your wish...
Jintan, I love you...
But not this suddenly...
I had such a good time...
I wanted to be with you always!
So much that I wished I could be with you like this forever...
J-Jintan?
You guys...
Ji...
Menma?
M-Menma?
Menma!
Hey, Jintan!
Here you go, Jintan.
Hey, thanks.
But seriously, it's not getting dark at all, huh?
No, it's not.
And we struck out with all of the firecrackers, too.
Well, I guess we're just gonna have to wait patiently.
Thanks, Tsuruko.
Is that Menma's mug?
That's right, she'd totally love something like that, but it never crossed my mind...
It's not just you.
When Menma was here, I never gave it a second thought myself.
What's the big idea, all of a sudden?
Since we're all here, while we're waiting, why don't we play hide-and-seek?
I couldn't answer him right away.
Why on earth would Poppo say such a thing...
We knew why. We knew all too well why, but...
Sounds good to me.
Yes, why not?
Rock, paper, scissors!
Noooo!
You always throw out a rock first, don't you, Poppo?
You haven't changed after all these years.
Seriously, you're so simple.
Shut up! Dammit!
Hide...
It's hide-and-seek!
What the...
What do you mean, "hide-and-seek"?
Jintan? Is Menma...
Hey, Menma!
...is-is she playing hide-and-seek?
Hide-and-seek?
Hey! Jintan!
Hey!
Menma!
H-Hey! We're coming, too!
Y-Yeah!
Let's go!
Yes!
Right, if we played hide-and-seek...
80... 81... 82... 83... 84... 85... 86... 87... 88... 89...
It felt like we'd be able to see heer...
Though she was right there, none of us had been able to see her, Menma...
But if we played hide-and-seek...
90... 91... 92... 93... 94... 95... 96... 97... 98... 99...
It felt like we'd be able to see her...
Not just me.
But each and every member of the Super Peace Busters...
And...
100! Okay! Are you ready?
SUPER PEACE BUSTERS ARE FRIENDS FOREVER
Like Menma would return to this spot... Just one more time...
SUPER PEACE BUSTERS ARE FRIENDS FOREVER
SUPER PEACE BUSTERS
Not yet...
I'm not ready yet...
Not yet...
I have to say goodbye properly...
Menma!
Menma! Menma! Menma!
Not... ready... yet!
That's right... Not yet...
You all waited for me, so...
I have to... do this right, too...
Yukiatsu...
Menma!
When you dressed up like a girl, Yukiatsu,
I thought you looked really pretty!
And Yukiatsu, you also have such a beautiful soul...
Anaru...
Menma!
Anaru, you're such a reliable person, and you have a warm heart.
Whenever I was with you, I always felt like such a baby!
Tsuruko, you were always so kind to me.
Menma!
When I get reincarnated, I want to be just like you...
Menma!
Poppo...
You always make us all laugh.
I laughed so hard, I got a tummy-ache!
I had such a good time being with you all, but...
Menma!
There's one thing that I realized.
When I'm around...
I'm afraid that you all start to feel sad.
You used to always imitate Meiko Honma in every way...
D-Don't you dare bring up a dead girl's name so casually!
If Menma was going to appear, she'd appear before me...
Whether to haunt me or to curse me...
It would be... It would be before me!
Don't just show yourself to Jintan... Let me see you, too.
Your big sister can be scatterbrained, so...
Who knows, maybe she hasn't even realized that she died.
Would you get off my back now?
When I'm with you, all these bad memories...
all these bad memories keep coming back...
And it's really annoying!
I didn't want you to feel sad about me ever again - no matter what.
But...
Jintan...
You got really mad at me that time, didn't you?
Just cut the crap already!
There you go again, only thinking about other people...
Think about yourself more, will you?
I-It's so annoying, that kind of attitude!
You're always laughing, even though you're the one who's hurting.
And when you cry, it's always for someone else's sake!
Why am I yelling at her like this?
Jintan...
I...
Sorry that I didn't know for the longest time.
That in order to grant my wish, you were working so hard.
Hey, new guy! Over here!
Yes, sir!
Over here when you're done!
Yes, sir!
That kid sure is a gamer, huh?
You got that right.
He's the coolest... That Jintan.
The whole time that I wasn't thinking about myself,
you were thinking about me for me, Jintan...
Hey, watch your step, okay?
Yes, sir!
Hey, what happened? Don't change the direction of the light without asking!
What's going on?
The wind, maybe?
Would the light move just from the wind?
He's the coolest...
Jintan, who glitters and shines.
He's just the coolest!
Because you're always doing everything you can for me...
That's why... that's why...
I couldn't bring myself to tell you that I was starting to remember what my wish was.
I'm home.
Menma...
You were waiting up?
Your nails are all black! I'll clean them for you with a toothpick!
It's okay!
I'll clean them for you!
I know.
When her wish is granted,
Menma will...
Ouch!
Sorry! Just a little more...
But since that's what Menma wants...
Almost done... I-It's this piece here!
In that case... I...
Jintan?
What's wrong? Did it hurt that much?
No...
I was just remembering... "A Dog of Flanders"...
About Patrasche...
Patrasche?
Of Flanders... You know, that show they were doing reruns of a few years ago.
What am I saying?
Could I suck any harder at lying?
But...
Jintan...
Jintan!
I think that Patrasche was really happy!
Just think how kind - how kind Nello was to him!
They were friends, right?
Okay? Right?
Right... Right!
Menma!
My wish...
Was your mother's wish, Jintan.
I wanted to grant it.
I wanted to make you cry, Jintan.
Because that day, you pulled me by the arm.
Because that day, you made a promise to me.
You've got the secret base, remember?
The Super Peace Busters' secret base!
Where we can all go home anytime!
That's why...
That must be why I came to you, Jintan.
Menma!
Not ready yet!
Not yet... just a little...
Super Peace Busters
Just a little longer!
Jintan! Any luck? With Menma...
Your feet!
Jintan...
Just as we thought, Menma's already...
What's that?
YUKIATSU
JINTAN
POPPO
ANARU
TSURUKO
YUKIATSU
JINTAN
POPPO
ANARU
TSURUKO
These pages... are from the diary...
This handwriting... is it Menma's?
For real?
Tsuruko.
Dear Tsuruko, I love how kind you are.
Tsuruko.
Dear Tsuruko, I love how kind you are.
Tsuruko.
Dear Tsuruko, I love how kind you are.
Tsuruko.
Dear Tsuruko, I love how kind you are.
Tsuruko.
Dear Tsuruko, I love how kind you are.
Tsuruko.
Dear Tsuruko, I love how kind you are.
Tsuruko.
Dear Tsuruko, I love how kind you are.
Tsuruko.
Dear Tsuruko, I love how kind you are.
Tsuruko.
Dear Tsuruko, I love how kind you are.
kimi to natsu no owari shourai no yume
We spent all summer together, sharing our dreams and hopes
Dear Tsuruko, I love how kind you are.
Menma...
ookina kibou wasurenai
These are memories I won't ever forget
Dear Yukiatsu, I love how hardworking you are.
juunengo no hachigatsu mata deaeruno wo shinjite
We will meet again in August, ten years from now
Dear Poppo. I love how funny you are.
saikou no omoide wo
Thank you for these wonderful memories
Dear Anaru, I love how steady you are.
I love you, Jin-tan. It's the "I want to marry you" type of "I love you".
I made it in time.
deai wa futto shita shunkan
I was standing blankly after school
This time, I was able to say goodbye properly.
kaerimichi no kousaten de
Waiting for the light to change on my way home
Now I can...
koe wo kaketekuretane "issho ni kaerou"
It only took a moment for you to say, "Let's walk home together"
What is this, anyway?
What are you thinking, Menma?
I thought this was hide-and-seek!
In that case, until we find you, it can never end!
boku wa terekusasou ni
I didn't know what to say
kaban de kao wo kakushinagara
I hid my blushing face behind my bag
Jintan...
hontou wa totemo totemo ureshikattayo
I didn't show it, but I was dancing in my heart
Are you ready?
ah hanabi ga yozora kirei ni saite chotto setsunaku
Beautiful fireworks fade away instantly in the night sky
Are you ready?
ah kaze ga jikan to tomo ni nagareru
As time blows past us along with the wind
Are you ready?
ureshikutte tanoshikutte
It was so much fun, so full of bliss
Are you ready?
bouken mo iroiro shitane
We went on adventures both day and night
I'm ready!
futari no himitsu no kichi no naka
We went through so much at our secret base
Men--
That voice just now...
kimi to natsu no owari shourai no yume
We spent all summer together, sharing our dreams and hopes
Was it really...
Menma...?
ookina kibou wasurenai
These are memories I won't ever forget
Menma!
juunengo no hachigatsu mata deaeruno wo shinjite
We will meet again in August, ten years from now
Are you really... Menma?
Menma...
It's Menma!
kimi ga saigo made kokoro kara
I saw you off until I could no more
I can see her!
Menma!
Menma! Menma!
arigatou sakendetakoto shittetayo
You never stopped shouting "thanks" wholeheartedly
I can see her! I can really see her!
Menma... Menma...
namida wo koraete egao de sayonara setsunaiyone
I held back my tears and saw you off with a sad smile
Menma...
Don't you know that it's not my name you're supposed to call out?
saikou no omoide wo
Thank you for these wonderful memories
Boy, am I really bad at hide-and-seek!
Okay, Jintan? Say what you're supposed to.
saikou no omoide wo
Thank you for these wonderful memories
What...?
You need to end the game.
I read your letter!
I love you too, Menma!
Me, too! I love you, too!
Aa natsuyasumi mo ato sukoshi de owacchau kara
Ah, summer break will be over in a little longer too, so
Menma, I love you!
Of course, I love you, too!
Aa taiyou to tsuki nakayoku shite
Ah, the sun and moon get along.
Hey, goodbyes aren't supposed to be one-sided, are they?
Right, Jintan?
Kanashiku tte sabishiku tte kenka mo iroiro shita ne
So sad, so lonely, we had so many fights
Thanks for granting the wish.
Futari no himitsu no kichi no naka
Inside the secret base that belonged to the two of us.
I love you, Menma.
Kimi ga saigo made kokoro kara "arigatou" sakendeita koto
I knew that you screamed "Thank You" from the bottom of your heart
Oh, crap!
Shiteita yo
till the very end.
Darn it!
Namida wo koraete egao de sayonara setsunai yo ne
A goodbye when you hold back your tears and smile is lonely, isn't it.
Because Jintan's hand... pulling me...
Because everyone's smiling faces... waiting for me...
Saikou no omoide wo
The best memories...
Jintan and Menma... we found you!
Totsuzen no tenkou de dou shiyou mo naku
There's nothing I can do about the sudden change of schools,
Oh, man. Seriously!
What do you wanna do next?
We were found be cause you're a slowpoke...
S-Sorry!
You can't live in a doghouse, okay?
I'm talking about that Nokémon gaijin story for homework.
Tegami kaku yo denwa mo suru yo Wasurenaide ne boku no koto wo
So I'll write letters, I'll call you, so please don't forget about me
Even if you're sleeping in a doghouse... Even if you disappear somewhere...
No matter what, one of us will find you!
itsumademo futari no kichi no naka
Forever, inside the secret base that belonged to the two of us.
Don't forget that!
Kimi to natsu no owari zutto hanashite
I was talking to you for so long at the end of summer
Jintan...
Yuuhi wo mite kara hoshi wo nagame
After we watched the sunset, we gaze at the stars.
Hey!
Jintan, you made Menma cry again!
Kimi no hoho wo nagareta namida wa zutto wasurenai
I will never forget the teardrops that flowed down your cheeks.
Jintan!
Shame on you, Jintan!
You made her cry! You made her cry!
Kimi ga saigo made ookikute wo futtekureta koto
I'm sure I will never forget that you waved your hand
I'm gonna tell!
Poppo! Hey, you little traitor!
Jintan, you know that's wrong! Honestly!
Kitto wasurenai
with all your strength to the end.
Dakara kou shite yume no naka de zutto eien ni...
So let me be inside this dream like this for eternity...
Why am I the one to blame?
Jintan... I remember what you told me...
Kimi to natsu no owari shourai no yume Ookina kibou wasurenai
You and the end of summer and the dreams of the future
That the Super Peace Busters will always find me, no matter what!
Juu nen go no hachigatsu mata deaeru no wo shinjite
And our big hope, I won't forget them.
That's why...
Kimi ga saigo made kokoro kara "arigatou" sakendeita koto
I knew that you screamed "Thank You" from the bottom of your heart
I...
I want to be with you all more!
Shiteita yo
till the very end.
Namida wo koraete egao de sayonara setsunai yo ne
A goodbye when you hold back your tears and smile is lonely, isn't it.
I want to play with you!
So I'm going to get reincarnated.
Saikou no omoide wo...
The best memories...
And I'm going to be with you!
So...
Saikou no omoide wo...
The best memories...
Jintan cried!
We said goodbye!
So...
Saikou no omoide wo...
The best memories...
Ready, set...!
Menma, we found you!
You found me!
Just as I thought, Menma was...
Always...
I love you.
Are you ready?
Not ready yet!
Hey! Hurry the heck up!
Are you ready?
Ji-...!
We're ready!
Come on! Hurry up and scoot over!
Huh? Why should I?
Why don't you find another spot...
There's no time for that!
All righty!
I'm gonna smoke out every last one of you!
This way!
He left, huh?
Um, listen, Jintan...
Jintan?
SUPER PEACE BUSTERS ARE FRIENDS FOREVER
This is it, I'll bet.
Not what my mom asked her to do, but the wish Menma made all on her own.
I see.
Yeah, that must be it.
Ana-?
H-Hey!
Hey, where are you?
Hey! Hey, you!
What kind of a brazen move is that to make right in the middle of hide-and-seek?
Anaru... found you!
And that voice is...
Jintan... found you!
Dammit, this is all your fault, Anaru!
All righty, Anaru! Come on, you're It next...
Keep quiet, will you?
Huh?
Don't "huh" me! Come on, both of you - get out of here!
Hurry up!
Ugh, you're both such pervs! Jeez!
What?
P-Pervs?
Just go!
What's her problem?
They say that women are scary when they're defiant...
It sure is the truth.
Okay, ready to do this?
Hey!
Menma! Did you get my letter? A reply, please!
Put some more snap into it, Leader.
Express mail please, express! Ok? COD is fine, too!
I told you to stop calling me that!
Actually, do you guys know how much express mail costs?
I did write down what it was that I had to tell her.
Who knows. Do we need more charcoal?
What?
That I was in love with Jintan.
And that I was sorry for keeping it a secret till now.
I see. So have you told Jintan?
I just can't tell Jintan yet, after all.
Are you okay with that?
Yeah.
Well, since I do love the Jintan who's in love with Menma, too.
And also, because the five of us will always be friends.
That summer...
And this summer, as well.
If we can always, always stay friends,
then someday, I'm sure that there'll be a summer when I can tell him about these feelings.
Well, I might not wait for you.
Hold up, hold up! What do you mean? Just what are you two...
Hey, hey! What are you two whispering about?
Let me join in, too! In your girls' talk!
No way!
Oh, jeez. They're at it again.
Just let me join in for a second!
I said no way!
Why would you want to join in "girls' talk"?
Even if you're not standing by my side anymore,
Girls' talk, huh? I'll listen in.
just thinking that you were here once...
For some reason, the view looks totally different than it ever did before.
I started seeing even the little things as important.
As things I can't ever lose.
No...
The stars... there are so many!
Beautiful!
It's unusual to see this many stars in this area, don't you think?
I haven't lost a single thing.
Hey, Poppo, this just might be a reply from Menma.
For real?
SUPER PEACE BUSTERS ARE FRIENDS FOREVER
Being able to say things like that without a trace of embarrassment...
...is what makes you our leader, right?
Hey, what are you talking about? What do you mean, "leader"?
That's our leader!
Menma!
We got your reply, and then some!
Thank you so much!
This day, next year, let's get together like this again, okay?
Yukiatsu! Now you're talking!
We're applying for entrance exams next year, remember? We might not have the time.
No sweat! After all, our Jintan always has time on his hands!
He does not have any time to spare! Jintan, you better not get held back, or else!
Why are you ganging up on me? I'll get promoted, thank you very much!
Oh... where did you get those?
Well...
Steamed buns?
Well, someone gave them to me to put up here. Today.
Um, Big Sis's...
Next time...
...ask them to come over and light some incense for her.
Okay.
What is it?
Hey, look... Doesn't it look like Big Sis is smiling in this photo?
She was always smiling, from the start.
I know, but it's like it's twenty percent more than usual...
Go on and take a bath now!
Okay!
When the forget-me-nots begin to bloom, I think back to the color of those petals
Wasurenagusa ga saku koro ni hanabira no iro omoidasu
and my dreams of climbing into the sky with that calm-eyed girl.
Shizuka na me wo shita ano ko to takaku sora ni nobotteiku yume
The lively boys draw vapor trails across the sun, their bodies full of vigor
Hikoukigumo wo hinata ni egaku ROKEETO BOOIZU to
and the energetic girls laugh from afar, watching with love.
Nagamete warau toppyoushi no nai jiai wo mune ni daku GAARUZU
But as time winds on and on, soon we'll all be gone,
Toki wa guru guru sonna bokura mo minna inakunatte
with only our dreams of going back to those thrilling days.
Ozanari ni naru kurai memagurushii hibi ni setsunaku naru
"Let's come here again someday"
"Itsuka mata koko de ne"
Those farewells we exchanged echoed forever in our hearts,
Sayonara no koe ga itsumademo hibiite
and we were all united without a hand to guide us.
Senaka wo osu koto mo naku bokura wo tsunaida
Once unclear and once too simple, it's now bursting into life.
Aimai na koto mo tanjun na koto mo minna irodzuiteiku
I want to take these smoldering feelings I could never put into words and hold them close.
Kotoba ni naranai kono kusubutta kimochi dakishimeteitai yo
Once unclear and once too simple, it's now all the same to us
Aimai na koto mo tanjun na koto mo minna onaji datte
because the song we share is blooming deep within our hearts.
Bokura no uta kono mune no mannaka de hana wo sakaseteiru
Running away alone one afternoon,
Kakedashita hitori no gogo
as I pass through these empty streets
Daare mo inai machi wo kuguri
I take a break from the humdrum everyday
Mawaru asobi kara ichi nukete
and you become nothing more than a memory.
Kimi no koto wo omoide ni shiteshimau
We can keep taking turns with this game.
SAAKURU GEEMU wo tsudzukete
I'll make a wish, and you can sing.
Boku wa inotte kimi wa utau
Together, we can make this unwavering vision come true.
maboroshi wo kanaeyou
Kienai maboroshi wo kanaeyou
Now, I'll sing, and you make a wish.
Dakara inotte boku wa utau
Let's keep taking turns with this game.
SAAKURU GEEMU wo tsudzukeyou
Although we're constantly reminded of our weaknesses,
Bokura wa hanete omomi wo shiru
we can turn our unstable sorrows and joys
Kawaru yorokobi ya kanashimi wo
into wishes and the songs that we sing.
Koko de inotte uta ni shite mitari suru
"We finally get to see each other again"
"Yatto mata aeta ne"
I hear the sound of your familiar voice,
Natsukashii kimi no koe ga suru
and before we know it, we're rising into the sky
Kidzukeba bokura wa chuu ni ukabiagatte
swept away by time itself.
Toki ni oiyarare
Once unclear and once too simple, everything's just like these petals,
Aimai na koto mo tanjun na koto mo minna hanabira no you
floating and swirling in the air— so don't look back.
Tadayoi nagara sora wo mawatteiru dake furikaeranaide
The wind sweeps these forget-me-nots by our side,
Kaze ni hakobareta wasurenagusa ga minna oikoshiteiku
and look! Our song will give strength to those colors.
Bokura no uta zutto saki ni ano iro no hana wo sakaseteiru
When I get reincarnated,
what should I be?
I could be a flower.
I could be a butterfly.
I could be an ant.
I could be a potato.
No matter what I become, I'll be fine...
Because, you see...
The Super Peace Busters
are friends forever, that's why!
SUPER PEACE BUSTERS ARE FRIENDS FOREVER