OK, so I know that this topic has been addressed before, but I finally realized my mistake and wanted to post it in hopes that it would help someone else who was an idiot as much as I was. Besides, those posts are so old, they have been archived and I can't leave a response on them.
So I couldn't get past that first screen when I'm supposed to meet all the villagers and reading Admiral's FAQ I knew I only had to speak to specific ppl, but the shipper still wouldn't let me go past that first screen despite having spoken to EVERYONE twice. I was beginning to think my game was glitched.
I finally realized that "Nina" is not the flower shop owner with the ponytail who gives you the watering can. There is another girl in the back room of the flower shop who has her hair down, the room where the diary is usually kept. You have to speak to her too.
1. Flower Shop Owner. You must go behind the counter to talk to her and you
must collect the Watering Can.
2. Livestock Dealer. Talk to him and collect the grass seed.
3. Nina: Pink-haired girl in the back room of the flower shop.
4. Maria. Blue-haired girl inside the church.
5. Eve: Blonde girl in front of the bar in the southwest corner.
6. Ann: Redheaded girl in front of the tool shop.