Menma belonged in Neverland. She had no wings, but she flew higher than the rest of them. She had no fairy, but she believed so much in them that all the fairies in the world would have come alive just for her. She had no magic powers or a sword (Menma never fought even when they were children; she thought it was boring, even when Jinta and Matsuyuki tussled on the ground and got dirt on each other's faces) but her unassuming smile was magic enough.
Even in those days, Jinta thinks, Menma was probably never meant to grow up.