| Manabu Honma | |
|---|---|
| Name | |
| Kanji: | 本間 学 |
| Rōmaji: | Honma Manabu |
| Information | |
| Hair Color: | Grey |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Status: | Alive |
| Voice Actors | |
| Japanese: | Makoto Yasumura |
| English: | Christopher Corey Smith |
| First Appearance | |
| Anime: | Episode 1 - "Super Peace Busters" |
Manabu Honma (本間 学, Manabu Honma) is the husband of Irène Honma and the father of Meiko "Menma" Honma and Satoshi Honma.
Appearance[]
Manabu is a middle-aged man with short gray hair that is swept to the right side, brown eyes and brown square-rimmed glasses.
Personality[]
Manabu is a very serious man who hopes that Irène Honma will face reality and get over the tragic loss of Meiko "Menma" Honma. He did not allow Menma's childhood friends to make fireworks for granting his daughter's wish. Later, due to the request of Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki, he finally allowed them to make fireworks. On the day that the fireworks lit, he accompanied his wife to see the fireworks made for Menma.
Quotes[]
- "There's no way we could ever forget Meiko, It's fine, so... we'll just have to feel lonely together. You, Satoshi and I - the three of us sharing that sorrow together."
Etymology[]
- The name Manabu means "study, learning, science" (学).
- Manabu's surname Honma means "base, root, origin, source" (本) (hon) and "while, time, interval, space, pause, chamber, room, apartment, leisure, chance, entr'acte, intervening, as" (間) (ma).
Gallery[]
Manabu watching the fireworks
Manabu reading a newspaper at home
Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki begs to Manabu