Ai Yori Aoshi

Ai Yori Aoshi / 藍より青し

Kaoru Hanabishi, a college student who lives alone, met a beautiful but bewildered girl dressed in a kimono at a train station. He volunteered to guide her way to the address she was looking for, which happened to be in his neighborhood, but turned out to be an empty lot. Not knowing what to do next, Kaoru invited the devastated girl to his apartment and asked for any additional clues to her destination. She supplied him with a photo of two children whom Kaoru immediately identified as himself and Aoi Sakuraba, his childhood friend. It turned out that the girl in front of him is Aoi Sakuraba herself, his betrothed fiancee who came all the way to Tokyo to marry him. Her revelation was not only surprising but also reminded the deepest part of Kaoru's memory for why he left the Hanabishi family in the first place....

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The title is half of a Chinese proverb "Qin qu yu lan" (Blue comes from indigo) which is completed by the phrase "er sheng yu lan" (but is superior to it). The phrase alludes to the manufacture of dyes, but is used in China to imply that a pupil can, and should, surpass his teacher. In this case, it is presumably meant to suggest that we should rise above the situation in which we find ourselves. (Source: The Anime Encyclopedia)

Character

Hanabishi, Kaoru Image

Hanabishi, Kaoru

Main

Hoshi, Souichirou

Japanese

Hoshi, Souichirou Image
Sakuraba, Aoi Image

Sakuraba, Aoi

Main

Kawasumi, Ayako

Japanese

Kawasumi, Ayako Image
Aoi's Father Image

Aoi's Father

Supporting

Utsumi, Kenji

Japanese

Utsumi, Kenji Image
Aoi's Grandmother Image

Aoi's Grandmother

Supporting

Sakuma, Natsumi

Japanese

Sakuma, Natsumi Image
Aoi's Mother Image

Aoi's Mother

Supporting

Takashima, Gara

Japanese

Takashima, Gara Image
Foster, Tina Image

Foster, Tina

Supporting

Yukino, Satsuki

Japanese

Yukino, Satsuki Image

staff

Haruna, Go Image

Haruna, Go

Producer

Matsukura, Yuuji Image

Matsukura, Yuuji

Producer

Sekido, Yuuichi Image

Sekido, Yuuichi

Producer

Ide, Mie Image

Ide, Mie

Assistant Producer

Ogura, Mitsutoshi Image

Ogura, Mitsutoshi

Assistant Producer

Shimoda, Masami Image

Shimoda, Masami

Director