
Motoharu Yano
main character



Nanami Takahashi welcomes the start of her high school life with great expectations of making as many friends as possible. There is much talk among the girls about a popular boy, Motoharu Yano, who has 2/3 of the girls in his middle school liking him. When Nanami asks Yuri Yamamoto, the girl sitting next to her, about Yano, the latter curtly replies that she dislikes him. Nanami is clueless of who Yano is until the day of the class nomination when she made a fool of herself by calling the name of her new friend wrongly. It turns out that she has actually met Yano along the corridors (unaware of his true identity) and he tricked her by providing a random name, resulting in the embarrassing incident in class. Nanami was initially mad at Yano but after a few encounters with him, she begins to find herself liking him.
We Were There has been met with mixed reactions, with an average AniList score of 67/100 — 38% of 10,803 ratings are 8/10 or higher.
It ranks #55 highest-rated anime of 2006, and #22 most popular anime of 2006, and #5 highest-rated anime of Summer 2006 on AniList.
Of the 20K AniList users who started it, 9.5% dropped it, so it is dropped at a typical rate; 15.4K have finished it.
At about 10 h 50 min in total, plan on one to two weeks at a couple of episodes a day.
Best for viewers who enjoy Drama, Romance, Slice of Life — especially shoujo, female protagonist, love triangle, coming of age.
A streaming link is not listed for this title yet.
26 episodes are listed.
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We Were There has 26 episodes of about 25 minutes each, roughly 10 h 50 min in total.
About 10 h 50 min back to back. At two episodes a day it takes 13 days; at one hour a day, about 11 days.
Yes. We Were There has finished airing — the final episode aired December 26, 2006.
No sequel is listed for We Were There as of October 2026. You can continue the story in the original manga.
Yes. We Were There adapts the manga by Yuuki Obata.
We Were There was animated by Artland and directed by Akitarou Daichi.
The opening, "Kimi Dake wo...", is performed by an uncredited artist.