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Fumi and Akira have had a close relationship since childhood, with Akira being the babysitter for the whiny Fumi. However, Fumi moved away with her family and left Akira. Several years later, Fumi returned to her family and fate sent her crashing into Akira on her way to school. Reunited, the two pick up where they left off and fall back to the moments they once had. Fumi ends up falling in love with an attractive upperclassman, who is somehow connected to the schools Akira attended, and so the secrets must gradually be revealed.
Aoi Hana is a classic story created by Shimura that depicts the lives of two young girls who face high school life, love, heartbreak, and awareness. Throughout the story you begin to feel a sense of nostalgia as you try to understand Fumi's feelings, and what she goes through in an ordinary day. The plot is chock full of poetic dialogue, and the wonderful transitions will keep your eyes peeled. In the progression of Fumi's story, you will realize what Shimura was trying to evoke in the reader, and it creates a concrete understanding of human relationships starting in childhood, until adulthood.