# E2 - The Hero Menma
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6MEJ30VR/the-hero-menma)
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**[00:08] [SONG] ---**
nanpehji mo tsuiyashite
tsuzurareta bokura no kibun
**[00:08] ---**
All our feelings that we've written
lie across so many pages.
**[00:15] [SONG] ---**
doushiteka ichigyou no
kuuhaku wo umerarenai
**[00:15] ---**
Still, for some reason that's lost to me,
there's an empty line that I can't fill in.
**[00:22] [SONG] ---**
oshibana no shiori hasande
kimi to korogasu tsukaisute no jitensha
**[00:22] ---**
I mark it with a pressed flower bookmark,
and ride on a throwaway bicycle with you.
**[00:31] [SONG] ---**
wasurekake no renga wo
tsumiageta basho ni yukou
**[00:31] ---**
Let's go to the place we know, with all those
bricks, nearly forgot, stacked so high.
**[00:39] [SONG] ---**
umi wo miwatasu saka wo kakenobotte
**[00:39] ---**
And then we can climb the
hill that overlooks the sea.
**[00:44] ---**
Under a sky so blue it's almost scary,
**[00:44] [SONG] ---**
kowaikurai ni aoi sora to
**[00:48] [SONG] ---**
migite ni saidaa hidarite wa
zutto kimi wo sagashiteiru
**[00:48] ---**
my right hand holds cider, my left
hand extends, searching for you.
**[00:56] [SONG] ---**
souyatte ima wa boku no hou e
toitsumeru koto mo nakute
**[00:56] ---**
Just like that, the now that lives all around
us never comes to me asking questions.
**[01:03] [SONG] ---**
mada futari wa sugusoko ni irunoni
**[01:03] ---**
The two of us are standing
right here, still together.
**[01:10] [SONG] ---**
douka mata aemasuyouni nante
**[01:10] ---**
But then, to say, "I hope we meet again..."
**[01:18] [SONG] ---**
douka shiteru mitai
**[01:18] ---**
Something must be wrong with me.
**[01:42] Menma**
Jintan...
**[01:46] Menma**
Please, grant my wish...
**[01:49] Poppo**
It's a textbook resurrection!
**[01:52] Poppo**
Menma came back so she could have
her wish granted! That's awesome!
**[01:57] Jinta**
Um...no, I'm pretty sure I'm
just hallucinating her.
**[02:02] Poppo**
Hallucinating? You mean, like a fantasy?
**[02:04] Poppo**
So friggin' cool! Hey, so is she here, too?
**[02:08] Jinta**
Uh...not right now.
**[02:09] Poppo**
Menma! It's me! Down here, maybe?
**[02:13] Poppo**
Or in here!?
**[02:15] Poppo**
Where ya hiding, Menma?
C'mon, let me get a look at ya!
**[02:18] Jinta**
*I told him about Menma without
really thinking about it, but...*
**[02:22] Jinta**
*I had no idea he'd be so
willing to just accept it...*
**[02:25] Poppo**
Damn, it's no use... I don't
see her anywhere...
**[02:29] Jinta**
Like I said, she's just—
**[02:30] Poppo**
You really are strong, Jintan!
**[02:35] Jinta**
Oh, um...nothing.
**[02:38] Jinta**
So you've been using the secret base, huh?
**[02:41] Poppo**
Yup! Well, only when I'm in Japan.
**[02:44] Jinta**
In Japan...?
**[02:45] Poppo**
Yup! The red circles represent
all the places I've been!
**[02:48] Poppo**
I want to see places all over the world.
**[02:51] Poppo**
Whenever I save up enough from my
part-time work, I go off traveling.
**[02:54] Jinta**
What about school?
**[02:56] Poppo**
Like I have time for that!
**[02:58] Poppo**
I was just in Southeast Asia recently...
**[03:01] Poppo**
And damn are those Vietnamese girls cute!
**[03:04] Poppo**
You're so strong, Jintan!
**[03:07] Jinta**
*He used to be so small...*
**[03:08] Jinta**
- They go like this, and this, and this!
*- And now look at him.*
**[03:11] Jinta**
*Still...*
**[03:12] Jinta**
So damn cute!
**[03:13] Jinta**
- I just can't get enough!
- He hasn't changed at all.
**[03:16] Poppo**
Who, me?
**[03:18] Poppo**
Oh, I've changed a ton. Wanna
check out my jungle cruise?
**[03:22] Jinta**
- I wonder what we'll find!
- I'll pass, thanks.
**[03:24] Poppo**
Aww, cruise derailed!
**[03:26] Poppo**
Anyway, back to Menma's wish. Did you
make her a promise or something?
**[03:30] Jinta**
Not that I can remember...
**[03:32] Poppo**
Hmm... Oh, didn't she say she wanted that
autograph you got from that one comedian?
**[03:38] Jinta**
She wouldn't resurrect herself
just for an autograph.
**[03:41] Poppo**
Hrmm... Could it be...that one thing!?
**[04:05] Oldlady**
Stop it, Kurimaru! What's
the matter with you?
**[04:08] Oldlady**
Behave yourself, and I'll give you
some yogurt when we get home.
**[04:13] Menma**
Home...
**[04:21] Haruna**
Ewww, Naruko! Did you really
go over to Yadomi's place?
**[04:25] Anaru**
Uhh...well, yeah.
**[04:28] Aki**
Sucks that you gotta deal with
a total shut-in like that.
**[04:32] Anaru**
B-But...don't you get like that sometimes?
**[04:37] Anaru**
Like, you wake up and you don't
feel like doing anything...
**[04:41] Anaru**
I know I do... It just happens sometimes.
**[04:45] Haruna**
Yeah, maybe. But I'd hate it if people
saw me the same as him.
**[04:49] Aki**
I bet he's totally thinking all kinds
of gross stuff about you right now.
**[04:54] Haruna**
Oh yeah, for sure!
**[04:56] Aki**
Ewwww!
**[05:05] Haruna**
What's her problem?
**[05:06] Aki**
She goes to King College High.
Hate those skanks!
**[05:09] Anaru**
Tsuruko?
**[05:13] Haruna**
What's up?
**[05:14] Anaru**
Uh...one sec.
**[05:16] Storeworker**
Thank you for coming.
**[05:21] Anaru**
Tsuru—! Tsurumi-san!
**[05:25] Anaru**
Wait! You forgot something!
**[05:33] Anaru**
Umm...
**[05:36] Tsuruko**
Feel free to ignore me when
you're with your friends.
**[05:40] Tsuruko**
I'd rather not be seen talking
to someone from Midori High.
**[05:44] Anaru**
Wh—! What's that supposed to mean!? Hey!
**[05:50] Anaru**
I was nice enough to bring you your stuff!
**[05:52] Tsuruko**
Who asked you to?
**[05:55] Anaru**
- No, no, stop! Anaru, Tsuruko!
- When did you start acting all superior?
**[05:58] Anaru**
- No fighting, you two!
- You used be so timid...
**[06:01] Tsuruko**
You haven't changed at all.
**[06:03] Tsuruko**
You always let the people around
you change who you are.
**[06:08] Tsuruko**
You're just like those girls, who look like
they'd spread their legs at a glance.
**[06:10] Menma**
Legs?
**[06:11] Tsuruko**
Back then, you would always just
copy whatever Honma Meiko did.
**[06:16] Anaru**
H-How can you say a dead girl's
name so casually like that!?
**[06:23] Menma**
Anaru...
**[06:26] Tsuruko**
Getting so upset over something
you brought up yourself...
**[06:29] Tsuruko**
How hopeless you are. You...
**[06:33] Tsuruko**
and Yukiatsu, too.
**[06:37] Tsuruko**
Bye, then.
**[06:39] Menma**
Tsuruko!
**[06:46] Anaru**
Menma...
**[06:49] Anaru**
*I always did want to be like Menma...*
**[06:55] Anaru**
*And that day...*
**[06:56] Anaru**
Hey, Jintan...umm...
**[07:01] Anaru**
Do you...like...Menma?
**[07:05] Anaru**
*If I hadn't said something so...*
**[07:09] Jinta**
Who...who would like an ugly girl like—
**[07:25] Menma**
Jintan, wait!
**[07:27] Menma**
Jintan!
**[07:30] Anaru**
*And then...it happened.*
**[07:47] Anaru**
Oh, crap!
**[07:52] Menma**
Anaru...
**[08:00] Menma**
When you hear the frogs groan,
it's time to go home.
**[08:07] Menma**
When you hear the frogs...
**[08:13] Menma**
Where...? Where do I go home to?
**[08:23] Owner**
Can I help you find something?
**[08:27] Jinta**
Uhh...umm...
**[08:32] Anaru**
Sorry I'm late!
**[08:38] Jinta**
H-Hey.
**[08:40] Anaru**
Seriously? Nokémon?
**[08:42] Jinta**
You shouldn't judge your customers...
**[08:46] Anaru**
So which Nokémon would
you like, sir? Opal? Emerald?
**[08:51] Jinta**
Gold.
**[08:53] Anaru**
Nokémon Gold? How long ago
did that even come out?
**[08:59] Jinta**
Anyway, if you have it, just sell it to me.
I mean c'mon, just let me buy it already!
**[09:03] Jinta**
Huh? A rare Nokémon?
**[09:05] Poppo**
Yup! Menma really wanted one, but we
were never able to track it down.
**[09:10] Jinta**
Now that you mention it, she did say
something about a Lickachu...
**[09:13] Poppo**
Then that must be it!
**[09:16] Anaru**
That'll be ¥4,571.
**[09:19] Jinta**
Don't you think it's kind of a ripoff to charge
full price for a five-year-old game?
**[09:22] Anaru**
For your information, it's perfectly fair.
**[09:26] Anaru**
It's really rare now, so people'll
pay a premium for it.
**[09:31] Jinta**
Thanks...
**[09:34] Jinta**
Wh-What're you doing?
**[09:37] Anaru**
Yadomi...
**[09:42] Anaru**
Forget it! Have a nice day!
**[09:54] Atsushi**
Oh, welcome back, Jinta-kun!
**[09:57] Jinta**
Thanks.
**[09:58] Atsushi**
I got some darling plates from work today,
so it's BBQ for dinner tonight! ...Huh?
**[10:04] Jinta**
Sorry, not hungry!
**[10:06] Atsushi**
What!? Come on, that's not cute at all!
**[10:10] Jinta**
Okay, how's this work...? I pick
one of these three, and then...
**[10:23] Jinta**
*Menma's not back yet...*
**[10:26] Jinta**
*The manifestation of my
stress—my hallucination.*
**[10:31] Jinta**
*She doesn't even really
exist, anyway. But still...*
**[10:37] Jinta**
*Still...*
**[11:12] Menma**
Thank you...
**[11:15] Menma**
Jintan...
***SIGN*** Episode 2: The Hero Menma
**[11:26] Menma**
Yukiatsu!
**[11:29] Yukiatsu**
*Menma...*
**[11:34] Poppo**
Yo, Yukiatsu!
**[11:36] Yukiatsu**
Po—! Hisakawa...
**[11:39] Poppo**
Come on, that's not cool. Call me Poppo!
Just like the good old days, right Yukki?
**[11:45] Yukiatsu**
Nobody ever called me that.
**[11:47] Poppo**
Whatever, whatever.
By the way, Yukiatsu...
**[11:50] Poppo**
Did ya hear? Menma's been
resurrected at Jintan's place!
**[11:55] Yukiatsu**
Damn him. Why now...?
**[11:58] Yukiatsu**
Nothing...
**[12:00] Yukiatsu**
So what did Yadomi say about her?
**[12:03] Poppo**
Man, Jintan...I haven't seen him in forever,
but he's just as strong as I remember.
**[12:08] Yukiatsu**
But what did he say about Menma?
**[12:13] Poppo**
Oh, umm... Hollow...? Hallucination?
**[12:18] Poppo**
I didn't really follow. But basically,
Menma has a wish she wants granted.
**[12:31] Jinta**
Oh crap! I fell asl—
**[12:33] Menma**
Gooood morning, Jintan!
**[12:39] Jinta**
Menma...you came ba—
**[12:45] Jinta**
Y-You...
**[12:47] Jinta**
What made you think it was okay to take
a bath!? My dad's still home, you know!
**[12:51] Menma**
Hey, Jintan...
**[12:53] Menma**
All you had was that soap that
makes your skin all tingly.
**[12:57] Menma**
I really don't like—Jintan...?
**[13:00] Jinta**
You...you need to—need to realize
that you're more mature now...
**[13:06] Jinta**
Well...I guess there are parts of you
that haven't matured that much...
**[13:10] Menma**
Parts?
**[13:13] Menma**
Coming!
**[13:14] Jinta**
Hey! Put some clothes on first!
**[13:17] Atsushi**
How can I help you?
**[13:19] Atsushi**
Huh? Haven't I seen this kid
somewhere before...?
**[13:24] Poppo**
Greetings! Long time no see!
**[13:26] Atsushi**
Whoa...is that you, Poppo-kun?
Man, you're huge!
**[13:30] Atsushi**
- Puberty is so cute!
- Poppo!
**[13:33] Poppo**
Yo!
**[13:36] Jinta**
You have to trade with a friend?
**[13:38] Poppo**
Yup. You get it by connecting two games
with a cable and trading Nokémon.
**[13:47] Poppo**
Hey, Pops! This meat is fantastic!
**[13:49] Atsushi**
Oh, it's just some leftovers. Okay,
Pops is heading off to work.
**[13:54] Poppo**
Hrmphagrk—have a good time!
**[13:57] Jinta**
Oh yeah, I totally forgot about that.
**[14:00] Jinta**
That's right...Menma was saying how she
needs everyone together to grant her wish.
**[14:05] Poppo**
Yeah, right?
**[14:07] Jinta**
Good job, Poppo. How'd you
manage to remember that?
**[14:10] Poppo**
Oh, well Yukia—
**[14:12] Poppo**
Umm...a hallucination! I heard
a, uh...hallucination.
**[14:16] Jinta**
You don't *hear* hallucinations.
**[14:18] Poppo**
Oh, really?
**[14:19] Jinta**
But okay...if we can get a hold
of another copy of Nokémon...
**[14:24] Jinta**
But the only person I know
who might have a copy is...
**[14:31] Anaru**
She was so cute...
**[14:40] Anaru**
Back then...
**[14:41] Anaru**
I really hated my curly hair and glasses.
**[14:44] Anaru**
The silky-haired Menma...
**[14:47] Anaru**
The Menma that Jinta liked...
**[14:51] Menma**
Anaru! Let's have matching stickers!
**[14:55] Menma**
Look! Isn't he cute? Here,
you can have one, too!
**[15:03] Menma**
Here you go!
**[15:04] Anaru**
Uh...thanks.
**[15:08] Anaru**
I loved Menma, but I hated her, too...
**[15:19] AnaruMom**
Naruko! You got a sec?
**[15:25] Anaru**
Jeez...like I'm her slave or something.
**[15:27] Poppo**
This way!
**[15:28] Jinta**
Around here?
**[15:29] Poppo**
I think so...oh!
**[15:32] Poppo**
'Sup, Anaru?
**[15:38] Jinta**
Why!?
**[15:41] Anaru**
You can't be serious!
**[15:43] Anaru**
You want me to "Nokémon"
with you? That's stupid!
**[15:46] Poppo**
It wouldn't hurt to relive some
precious childhood memories.
**[15:50] Poppo**
Right, Jintan?
**[15:53] Poppo**
Where'd your glasses go?
**[15:54] Anaru**
Shut up! Who cares about my glasses!?
**[15:57] AnaruMom**
- Who wants tea?
- Oh, thanks...
**[16:00] AnaruMom**
Well now, it's certainly been a while
since the two of you paid us a visit.
**[16:04] AnaruMom**
Oh! You boys wanna try the Jell-O
Naruko made last night?
**[16:07] Poppo**
Woop woop! Anaru's Jell-O!
**[16:09] Anaru**
Stop calling me that!
**[16:11] Poppo**
Anyway, I'm sure that rare Nokémon
is what Menma wished for.
**[16:15] Jinta**
Sh-Shut up, stupid!
**[16:17] Anaru**
Menma?
**[16:18] Poppo**
Anaru...?
**[16:19] Anaru**
Oh, uh...so, what about Menma?
**[16:23] Jinta**
No, it's just that...I think she came
to me in a dream...or something.
**[16:28] Anaru**
Menma...
**[16:32] Anaru**
Let's see...Nokémon should be...
**[16:35] Poppo**
In here, maybe?
**[16:36] Anaru**
No! That's where I keep
my Love and Parry cards.
**[16:39] Anaru**
And that's Bovine King!
**[16:41] Poppo**
Oh...so you have Bovine King, huh...?
**[16:43] Jinta**
How come you're standing out here?
**[16:46] Menma**
'Cause...whenever I'm around, Mama
and Anaru both get really sad...
**[17:02] Jinta**
Just come sit down.
**[17:06] Poppo**
Oh! It's Bobo-bo!
**[17:08] Anaru**
Found it!
***SIGN*** Nokezori Monster
**[17:12] Poppo**
But did you really have to put your
name on something so small?
**[17:15] Poppo**
You sure were meticulous.
**[17:17] Anaru**
Shut it!
**[17:30] Poppo**
Man, I forgot how much I love Bobo-bo!
**[17:33] Anaru**
You gotta be kidding. How do
you not have Pudgidiot?
**[17:36] Jinta**
We have to trade Poisian and Gangrenegar
to get the rare Nokémon, right?
**[17:40] Anaru**
Yeah, but you can't catch Poisian in the wild.
You have to evolve it from Pudgidiot.
**[17:45] Anaru**
Here, lemme see.
**[17:50] Menma**
Anaru...
**[17:52] Jinta**
What's wrong?
**[17:54] Menma**
Anaru really hasn't changed at all.
**[17:57] Menma**
She's so nice, and she has so many games
and comics. She's exactly the same.
**[18:03] Jinta**
I guess you're right.
**[18:05] Menma**
*Having everyone here...it reminds me of
how things were before. I'm so happy...*
**[18:27] Yukiatsu**
Menma...
**[18:39] Jinta**
I got my Poisian!
**[18:41] Anaru**
Way to go, Jintan!
**[18:50] Jinta**
Thanks...Anjo.
**[18:53] Anaru**
D-Don't mention it. It was a
good way to kill some time.
**[18:58] Anaru**
So...what do I get for helping?
**[19:00] Jinta**
Gh—! You want...money?
**[19:02] Anaru**
That's not what I meant!
**[19:06] Anaru**
You should...come to school.
**[19:15] Poppo**
Nng... How's it coming?
**[19:19] Jinta**
Oh! Uhh, we're almost done.
Just need to connect the cable...
**[19:34] Jinta**
Okay, now we go to "Trade with a friend"...
**[19:39] Jinta**
Anjo?
**[19:41] Anaru**
Oh, yeah, just a sec...
***SIGN*** Transferring. Do not unplug the cable.
***SIGN*** Congratulations! Rare Nokémon BUDDYKING was born!
**[19:52] Anaru**
We did it!
**[19:53] Jinta**
All right!
**[19:54] Poppo**
Nokémon...
**[19:56] All**
captured!
**[20:01] Menma**
Good job, Jintan!
**[20:02] Jinta**
Thanks! ...Huh?
**[20:10] Anaru**
What's up?
**[20:12] Poppo**
Way to go, guys! Menma's gonna love this!
**[20:15] Jinta**
Umm...yeah...
**[20:22] Jinta**
Yeah.
**[20:25] Menma**
I guess my wish must have
been something else.
**[20:27] Jinta**
Uh-huh.
**[20:28] Menma**
But still, all kinds of nice things happened!
**[20:31] Menma**
You got to become friends with
Anaru and Poppo again!
**[20:35] Jinta**
You're so matter-of-fact sometimes...
**[20:42] Jinta**
Hey, be careful!
**[20:46] Menma**
Don't worry!
**[20:49] Menma**
Now Menma's got fun
stuff all over the place!
**[20:53] Jinta**
Are you for real...?
**[20:55] Menma**
I'm the realest!
**[20:57] Jinta**
So dumb...
**[20:58] Menma**
Huh? Really?
**[21:00] Jinta**
*"Now Menma's got fun
stuff all over the place"...*
**[21:04] Jinta**
I had fun for the first time in a while, too...
**[21:06] Menma**
Huh? What'd you say?
**[21:09] Jinta**
Nothing!
**[21:11] Menma**
Today's so nice!
**[21:13] Jinta**
*My trauma...*
**[21:14] Menma**
- And Menma's tomorrow
*- It isn't going anywhere. But...*
**[21:16] Menma**
- is gonna be super fun, too!
*- If I get another tomorrow...*
**[21:20] Jinta**
*I think...it's okay for me to
take my time to apologize.*
**[21:28] [SONG] ---**
deai wa futtoshita shunkan
kaerimichi no kousaten de
**[21:28] ---**
We first met at that moment, at an
intersection on my way home.
**[21:35] [SONG] ---**
koe wo kaketekureta ne issho ni kaerou
**[21:35] ---**
You looked at me and said,
"We should walk home together."
**[21:42] [SONG] ---**
aah hanabi ga yozora
kirei ni saite chotto setsunaku
**[21:42] ---**
Ahh, fireworks bloom in the sky, they grow
lovely and full, and yet a bit sad.
**[21:50] [SONG] ---**
aah kaze ga jikan to tomo ni nagareru
**[21:50] ---**
Ahh, just like a summer breeze,
our time is passing by.
**[21:56] [SONG] ---**
ureshikutte tanoshikutte
bouken mo iroiro shitane
**[21:56] ---**
You gave me happiness, and excitement too.
We went on many, many adventures...
**[22:03] [SONG] ---**
futari no himitsu no kichi no naka
**[22:03] ---**
In the secret base that belonged
just to you and me.
**[22:11] [SONG] ---**
kimi to natsu no owari shourai no yume
**[22:11] ---**
And I will not forget the summer
days we spent together,
**[22:15] [SONG] ---**
ohkina kibou wasurenai
**[22:15] ---**
sharing all the dreams
and hopes in our lives.
**[22:18] [SONG] ---**
juunengo no hachigatsu mata
deaeruno wo shinjite
**[22:18] ---**
And in another August ten years from now,
I trust I'll get to see you one more time.
**[22:25] [SONG] ---**
kimi ga saigomade kokoro kara
**[22:25] ---**
And till the very, very end
I was sure, I knew
**[22:28] [SONG] ---**
arigatou sakendetakoto shittetayo
**[22:28] ---**
that you were crying out "thank you"
from the bottom of your heart.
**[22:32] [SONG] ---**
namida wo koraete egao
de sayonara setsunai yone
**[22:32] ---**
So now we're smiling and holding back tears;
it's just too sad to have to say goodbye.
**[22:39] [SONG] ---**
saikou no omoide wo
**[22:39] ---**
To our memories...our fondest memories.