AoiHina! - Story of a Sunflower

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>Hey, wanna play together?

>I'll give you this.

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>Sunflowers?

>Yeah!
>They bloomed near the kindergarten!
>It's totally Summer now.

>Oh right, sunflowers
>have your name in them Aoi.

>Name?

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>?

>Aoi's name is not Himawari.
>It's Aoi.

>Oh, fufufu
>That's not what I meant, Aoi.
>Aoi's name
>comes from the name of a flower.

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>See? Aoi's flower
>>Aoi 葵
>is written with this kanji.

>"Making all kinds of flowers bloom, bringing happiness to everyone around her".
>That's what it means.
>It's just like you, right, Aoi?

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>Now look at this...

>Himawari (向日葵)

>See? Aoi's name is right there, isn't it?
>Yeah!
>It's Aoi's name!

>Then
>what's these other kanji?

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>That's the sun.
>The sun?
>Yep. It means "the place where the sun shines".
>When read the other way around, it becomes "hinata" (日向).
>As in a place to bask in the sunlight.

>Hmm~...
>Hinata...
>...?

>It's that Hinata girl!
>Wah!? What's wrong?
>The other day, a new girl came to our kindergarten!
>Her name is Hinata!
>My, what a lovely name.
>In that case
>why don't we head to the florist right now?

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>Thank you!
>Aoi-chan!
>When she smiles, that girl is just like the sun.

>Hurry up, Aoi-chan!
>This way!
>Wait, Hinata-chan~
>Yes. Together with the girl who is just like the sun...

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>we watched the sun together.

>The story
>of a single sunflower.