Ai Yori Aoshi
藍より青し
Synopsis
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.
Characters

Sakuraba Aoi
Main

Foster Tina
Supporting

Hanabishi Kaoru
Main

Minazuki Taeko
Supporting

Miyuki Mayu
Supporting

Minazuki Chika
Supporting

Kagurazaki Miyabi
Supporting
Tanaka
Supporting

Suzuki
Supporting

Honjou Kumi
Supporting

Hanabishi Genichiro
Supporting

Satou
Supporting

Mayu's Father
Supporting

Mayu's Mother
Supporting

Saionji Ruka
Supporting

Aoi's Father
Supporting

Aoi's Mother
Supporting

Aoi's Grandmother
Supporting

Nakazawa Akiko
Supporting

Taeko's Grandmother
Supporting
Opening & Ending Themes
Openings
- "Towa no Hana (Eternal Flower)" by Yoko Ishida
Endings
- 1: "Namo Shirenu Hana" by The Indigo
- 2: "Akai Hana" by The Indigo (eps 15)
- 3: "I'll Be Home" by Yukino Satsuki (eps 18)
- 4: "Towa no Hana" by Ishida Youko (eps 24)