Takashi Tono and Akari Shinohara are both transfer students who are equally bad at sports and love to read books in the library, so it's only natural for them to become good friends. Unfortunately, after graduating from elementary school, Akari had to leave Tokyo to attend a public high school in Tochigi, and the two of them spent their junior high school years in contact with each other through letters. As fate would have it, Takayuki changed schools again due to his parents' work, and since they were no longer a short train ride away from each other when they wanted to see each other, they arranged to meet on the evening of March 4th. On that day, Takayuki rushes to the station as promised, but the weather is unfavorable, due to snow, the train is late and stops running, and Takayuki inadvertently loses the letter that he wanted to express his feelings to Akari, and also misses the appointed time, being nearly four hours late. Luckily, Akari is still waiting for him. After eating Akari's bento, the two of them head to the cherry blossom tree mentioned in the letter. The cherry blossom trees have long since faded, and looking at the snow, the two of them can't help but kiss when they think back to the promise they made to see the cherry blossoms together the next year, when they sighed that the petals were like powdery snow flying in the sky, but now they feel that the snowflakes are like a flurry of cherry blossoms raining down. That night they talked by candlelight in the warehouse by the field, but until the next day when he left, he did not mention the letter. In fact, Akari also wrote a letter to Takashi, probably because he was afraid that he would be wrong, but ultimately did not give the letter to Takashi, and the two left.
? Second Story ? "
Makoto Shinkai is a very delicate uncle, and every inner monologue gives you a sense of immersion. For example, the monologue of Hanabusa's crush is very heartfelt, written with the empathy of most crushes. At that time, Takayuki had lost contact with Akari because he had changed schools. When Takashi introduced himself to his high school class, Haname Sumida thought he was special, but didn't know much about his previous life. In order to get into the same school as him, she tries to take extra classes; in order to know his favorite drink, she waits for him to finish buying it and then buys the same drink; and in order to go home with him, she waits for him to finish school and then pretends to meet him by chance. Gui Shu's every move pulls her heart, but shy and timid to express feelings, so secretly decided to learn to surf to confess, and finally learned to prepare to confess, but found Gui Shu's heart belongs to someone else, so that day she did not say anything, dignified choice to give up, even if she still like Gui Shu.
? Third Story ? "
Because of the times and the change of schools, Takashi and Akari lost touch and drifted apart.13 years later they reunited, and Takashi was convinced that the girl who passed by would look back, but unfortunately Takashi didn't see Akari stopping by in the same way. Just like their childhood promise to see the cherry blossoms together next year, the train whizzed by, not waiting for Gui Shu to reply, Akari had already disappeared from Gui Shu's field of vision. Looking at the empty street, the corners of Gui Shu's mouth rose slightly, a light smile of relief.
I think "Five Centimeters per Second" probably wants to tell us that the process of falling in love is a wonderful thing, and the result depends on whether it's a one-sided love or a two-sided love. Even if it is two love, also across the distance, in order to cultivate the fruit. If life is not as good as the first time you see each other, we should not forget each other in the lake. It is better to see each other than not to see each other, which is the best result.
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"Classic lines"
[But now that I think about it, I like the sweltering summer heat of Tokyo. I love the melting asphalt, the silhouettes of the skyscrapers against the heat, and the chill of the air conditioning in the malls and subways.]
[It's been snowing a couple of times here, and I've been wearing really thick clothes to school on the days when it's been snowing, but it hasn't snowed in Tokyo yet, has it? Even though I've moved here, I can't help but keep an eye on the weather forecast in Tokyo.]
[There's a very large cherry blossom tree near my house, and in the spring, maybe the petals there will fall at a rate of five centimeters per second. I thought how nice it would be if spring, too, came with your tree-kun.]
Takashi Tono
[We were small and sickly, and we preferred the library to the playground, so we were naturally on good terms. Because of this, there are also classmates who tease us. But ...... as long as the two of us are together, we are inexplicably unafraid of these things.]
[We're definitely going to the same high school, and we'll be together forever. I don't know why, but I feel that way.]
[I can feel Akari's pain through the microphone that hurts my ears. But there was nothing that could be done about it.]
[The terminal of the transfer is crowded with people getting ready to go home. Everyone's shoes are soaked with snow. The air smelled and felt icy with the distinctive odor of a snowy city.]
[Until this moment, I had never thought that the train might be late. For a moment, a feeling of unease washed over me.]
[The distance between stations became incredibly long. The time between stops became incredibly long.]
[The unprecedented snow and the slow passage of time outside the window added to my uneasiness. After the appointed time, Akari must be very upset by now.]
[As a result, the train stopped for the next two hours in the empty wilderness. Even a minute feels like a long time at this point. Even a minute at this point feels like a long time to me. And yet time slipped away from me so relentlessly. I clenched my teeth and forced myself not to cry out. Akari...if only you had gone home already...]
[In that moment, it was as if I understood where things like eternity, the heart, and the soul were. I felt that we understood each other understood everything that the other had been doing for thirteen years. In the next moment, it was indeed unbearable sadness. How Akari's warmth and her soul were to be treasured and where to take them, I had no way of knowing any of this. I knew very well that we couldn't be together forever after this. The immensity of life, the insignificance of it all inevitably stood in our way. But the uneasiness that enveloped me soon faded away leaving only Akari's soft lips behind].
[It was a journey of unimaginable loneliness, a solitary journey in true darkness, not even touching a single atom of hydrogen, but only believing that there were mysteries of the world waiting to be explored in that abyss.]
Hanabusa Shoda
[If I had a tail like a dog, I wouldn't be able to hide my joy and my tail would wag. I was secretly glad that I wasn't a dog while lamenting my own stupidity. Even so, I felt doubly happy on the way back with Tono-kun.]
[Tono-kun was texting someone from time to time, and I couldn't help but think how nice it would have been if that text had been sent to me.]
[The breeze blowing through the sugarcane fields nurtured a slight chill, and the sky became higher, the outline of the clouds became softer, and the students on the motorcycles wore thin jackets.]
Risa Mizuno
[Even after a thousand text messages, our hearts are only 1 centimeter closer.]