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A digital art illustration depicting Yuna from Final Fantasy X. She's sitting on a branch of a sea hibiscus tree. The sea hibisci are red. Yuna has her eyes closed and her left hand on her heart. The colors are mainly greens, pinks and reds.

The people and the friends that we have lost,
or the dreams that have faded…
Never forget them.

In Okinawan dialect, the Hibiscus tiliaceus (sea hibiscus) is called Yuuna. The flower meaning is 楽しい思い出 (tanoshii omoide = happy memories). Considering her ending words in FFX, it’s very apt for her and her story.

The sea hibiscus grows in coast areas, just like Besaid. It’s a one-day flower, meaning it blooms in the morning and falls at sunset. It’s yellow when it blooms and slowly grows orangier and then red at sunset, when it falls. It’s somewhat bittersweet then that the hibiscus Yuuna has on her obi is red…