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BTS Theory Master List

Alright guys, some of you probably already know where I’m going with this lol. I got a few ideas that these two things could be related just by the basic plot line, but there was really no way for me to legitimately connect the two besides the general concept behind it, that is, until a certain ceo tweeted.

For those of you who don’t already know, Anohana is an 11 episode anime. It’s been made into a live-action movie, as well as an additional animated movie that goes into further detail about the story.

The following theory is a complete spoiler of the anime, so if you really want to see it, I’d suggest watching it before reading the post. I provided links to the movies/anime respectively so you can watch them as you please~

Anyways, getting into the theory.

Could the entire HYYH story plot be inspired from Anohana?

It’s no secret that the boys love anime, especially Taehyung. And even as a coordi-noona has specified, some of the concepts that groups are thought up from the idols themselves. So it’s definitely possible that they could’ve had a say in the concept making.

This anime in particular deals with a young girl (Menma) who accidentally dies after hanging out with her typical group of friends. As these friends grow into adults over the course of about 5-8 yeaers, they all separate, slowly deteriorating the friendship they once had as the lingering memory of their friend stays with them.

Suddenly, to the leader of the group, Jintan, the ghost of Menma appears in his room. Although she died as a young girl, she has the appearance of having grown up slightly.

Jintan, over the course of the few years stopped going to school, stopped talking to people, and basically becomes a recluse.

Does that remind you of someone?

Also, I forgot to mention that the girl who dies (Menma), dies by drowning. 

Within the anime, they don’t directly show her drowning or anything, but they hint to it several times. Within the scene of it, you hear shuffling through grass in which she slips down a gassy slope and falls into the water, ultimately causing her death.

Sound familiar?

There’s quite a few scenes that parallel that of the concept and anime and wow, be prepared guys.

First in this scene.

A flashback to the ‘follow the leader’ mentality as kids.

Which is replicated in this photo from the photobook.

And just looking a little close you can see the clothing and pose similarities.

And we all know how this picture pretty much ends up

In the anime, there is a very important location. It’s called the Secret Base. It’s a clubhouse they’d all hangout in regularly. But why am I bringing this up?

Because it’s in the middle of the woods.

Much like our boys in the prologue.

Another thing from the anime this is actually only in the animated film, but the base of the movie is writing letters to their dead friend, and once they’re done, they ask ‘how are we going to send them to her?’ in which the one in the green shirt replies ‘I heard that you can send letters to the dead by burning them.’ in which they do.

And boom.

Jimin’s note burning certainly has quite the meaning now.

Towards the very end of both the anime and animated movie, there’s a scene where after they play hide and seek with her ghost, they can finally see her as only Jintan could see her for the duration of the anime.

A bright light then forms on her body, the sign that she’s now leaving to the afterlife or being reincarnated as the latter is mentioned a lot in the films/anime.

Which really reminded me of the forest scene in the photobook with the flash of light.

And the hide and seek part with Yoongi, Jungkook and Hoseok.

But why did I think of all of this? How come I decided to write this theory even though I said before that I couldn’t connect them for a fact?

Because Bang PD Nim, on his own Twitter account ‘hitmanb’ tweeted a photo that any person who’s seen this anime would recognize.

The photo itself is the full name of the anime, translating to ‘Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day.’

The caption of his actual tweet reads:  추석연휴 즐겁게 보내시고 계신가요? ‘그날 본 꽃의 이름을 우리는 아직 모른다’ 극장판 뒤늦은 시청, 감동적이네요. 이런 청춘 애니메이션 추천 해주세요. 青春アニメ推薦してください~

Which roughly translated that it was a nice animation and a good film relating to youth and that he recommends it.

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