Hey everyone I'm new to this subreddit( and reddit in general haha). Honestly wow I never thought a show would make me cry as much as this did. I honestly feel like this anime was made for me. I lost my childhood friend and then my mother within 2 months of each other. I was 18 at the time so the timelines are a little different than Jintans. Man the depressed state that he is in and the inability to move on and live his life hit me hard. Its kind of hard to explain how I feel sometimes to friends who haven't had to deal with death. This show does it so brilliantly though. Its coming up on 6 years since I lost my friend and mother and although I've made progress moving forward I have a long way to go. This show just reminds me that time doesn't stop and I have to keep going even though it hurts. The built they show in the characters as well is so well done, got me teary eyed because once again it's hard to explain to people. It's also weird because I used to be more like Poppo. I was this big strong nice guy always dependable and now I'm not. It hurts to see how much I've changed, but that doesnt mean I have to stay that way. I thought the old me was dead gone forever, i was in a dark spiral for so long. I'm finally seeing the light again though and Anohana has helped me realize that a little more. I think the old me is still around, but hes lost and needs help to come back. It also made me realize just because people cant understand my pain, doesnt mean they dont care or that they wont try to understand. Honestly this show has helped push me in a positive direction. I am so grateful to have found this show and be able to let my emotions out. One of my favourite shows now, not just anime. Thanks for having a community to post this in everyone.