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At the end of the ED sequence of Photokano, 7 main (?) heroines are shown.

![The girls](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tCKnu.jpg)

Then in the next scene, at the same position, a pot of flower is shown for
each of the girls.

![The flowers](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rfYgi.jpg)

**What are the flowers shown in the screenshot? And how are they related to
the heroines?**


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What is the relation between the flowers and the heroines in ED sequence of Photokano?


According to a tweet from
[@anime_photokano](https://twitter.com/anime_photokano) (the official
Photokano twitter account):

>
> 「フォトカノ」EDアニメーションのイントロで映る花ですが、順にリンドウ、ガーベラ、ヒマワリ、シロツメクサ、タンポポ、コスモス、スイートピーです（どの花がどのヒロインに対応しているかは以降のカットでご確認を）。本編でも、花のカットの使われ方にご注目ください！
> #photokano

Loosely translated,

> Regarding the flowers at the beginning of the Photokano ED - in order, they
> are [Japanese gentian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentiana_scabra),
> [gerbera](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbera), sunflower, [white
> clover](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifolium_repens), dandelion,
> [cosmos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_%28plant%29), and sweet pea
> (take a look at how each heroine corresponds to her flower in the following
> scenes). During the main part of the anime, please pay attention to the use
> of flowers as well! #photokano

Note that the order referred to in the tweet is not the order in which the
flowers appear in the OP's screenshot, but rather the order in which the
fields of flowers are displayed immediately prior to that screenshot.

Clearly, the flower choices aren't arbitrary. To figure out what they actually
_mean_ , we probably have to look at the Japanese conception of
[花言葉](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanakotoba) ( _hana-kotoba_ , "flower
language"). Japanese flower-language seems to be better-known in Japan than
its European counterpart is in the west, lending credence to the idea that the
girls were matched up to flowers based on flower-language.

I don't have access to any English-language sources, and I'm not aware of any
authoritative Japanese-language sources, so I've just culled the below
information from various Japanese sites.

  * **MUROTO Aki** ( **Japanese gentian** ) - "I love you-who-are-sad"; justice; victory; faithfulnes

  * **SAKURA Mai** ( **gerbera** ) - noble beauty; mystery / wonder; hope; "always moving forward"; patience

  * **YUNOKI Rina** ( **sunflower** ) - longing; "my eyes are only for you"; admiration; devotion; glory; shining; adoration

  * **MASAKI Nonoka** ( **white clover** ) - revenge; promises; "think of me"

  * **SANEHARA Hikari** ( **dandelion** ) - "love from the bottom of my heart"; confusing and mystifying; divine revelation; fickleness

  * **MISUMI Tomoe** ( **cosmos** ) - girlish innocence; sincerity; orderliness; affection

  * **NIIMI Haruka** ( **sweet pea** ) - departing; happy memories; small joys

Now, unfortunately, I have only seen the first episode of Photokano, so I
can't really evaluate how well these flower-language descriptions map onto the
actual personalities of the girls. I hope this helps, though.


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