Bokura ga Ita

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bokura ga Ita (We Were There)

僕等がいた (Bokura ga Ita)
Genre	Drama, Romance,Shōjo
Manga: Bokura ga Ita
Authored by	Yuuki Obata
Publisher	Shogakukan
Serialized in	Betsucomi
Original run	October 26, 2002 – Still running
No. of volumes	11 so far
TV anime : Bokura ga Ita
Directed by	Akitaro Daichi
Studio	ArtLand
Network	Various Japanese Broadcast Networks
Original run	July 3, 2006 – Still running
No. of episodes	26

Bokura ga Ita (僕等がいた We Were There) is the title of a fictional Japanese drama/romance story created by Yuuki Obata centering around the high school life of young freshman girl, Nanami Takahashi.

Bokura ga Ita originally began as a manga serialized in Betsucomi and the first collected volume was released on October 26, 2002. The anime is based upon this manga and began airing on July 3, 2006.

The manga is one of the most popular shoujo mangas in Japan and it's specially popular among teenage girls.

[edit] Plot

Bokura ga Ita is a story of a girl named Nana, who falls in love with the school's most popular guy, Yano. The anime begins as Nana starts school and meets Yano for the first time, after hearing about the rumors revolving around Yano. As the story continues, Nana discovers that Yano's ex-girlfriend had died in a car crash during the summer. Finding out that Yano still indeed loves his ex-girlfriend, who also happens to have the name Nana, Nana tries to understand Yano and hopes that he will like her.Yano soon realizes he has become accustomed to Nana, no matter how hard he tries to keep her away. In the end, they begin dating.

Soon after, Nana realizes she can not deal with the burden of pretending to not care about Yano loving his ex-girlfriend, and breaks up with him. At the same time, Yano's best friend unexpectedly falls in love with Nana.

As the story continues, Nana deals with the problem of choosing between Yano and his best friend.

[edit] Characters

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Takahashi Nanami: Also known as Nana-chan is a girl who confesses her love too easily, pretty clumsy, and looks very cute and chubby. She takes a while to sort out her feelings, and is confused by what her heart tells her and what she knows to do.
Yano Motoharu: A popular boy at his school, and most girls have a crush on him. He is an extreme flirt, and he thinks about perverted things mainly, but most of all... he's a liar. He's cold at sometimes, and as Nana says, "He smiles so carelessly." He calls Nana "Takahashi."
Takeuchi Masafumi: One of Yano's close friends. Unlike Yano, he's kind and considerate, and tends to offer advice to Nana when she's having problems with Yano. In the early episodes, it is shown that he has complex feelings for Nana.
Yamamoto Yuri: She is a quiet person, and very unsociable. It is later revealed that she, like many other girls, has a crush on Yano, even though her sister was Yano's girlfriend.
Yamamoto Nana: Older sister of Yuri and Yano's first girlfriend. She is the exact opposite of Yuri, and has a similar personality to Nana-chan. She is called Nana-san by most people to distinguish her from Takahashi Nanami. She dies in a car crash with her ex-boyfriend a year before the series takes place.