![]() ![]() ![]() In his new school, he takes part in the school’s archery club. This part of the story takes place after Takaki moved away. That’s why when we are introduced to Kanae Sumida, she refers to Takaki by his last name because they are just classmates and ordinary friends, but Kanae wants to be something more. All other times, you are usually called by your last name to honor your family’s heritage. In Japan, being called by your first name is often reserved for close friends and family members. In the first part, Akari can call Takaki by his first same, sometimes with no honorific, but Takaki and Akari are close personal friends. You’d have to understand a bit about Japanese formalities to understand why they do this. The second chapter features Takaki again, but he’s referred to as Tohno, his last name. They promise to write and call each other and you get the feeling of a nice long-distanced relationship blossoming.Īnd then, just when you’re into the story, it’s over! The next morning, the two of them share a passionate kiss before Takaki gets back on the train to head home. By the time Takaki gets there, the station is about to close and the last train out has already departed, so the two of them travel to an abandoned shack where they nestle under an old blanket and just talk until they both fall asleep. ![]() Every time you hear the conductor announce that the train would be delayed, every time you saw Takaki look at his watch, you, too, began to wonder if she wouldn’t be there at the end.īut then you finally get to the end and she’s there, waiting, all alone this entire time for Takaki to arrive. The will to see the one you love one last time, the worry that she won’t be there when the train keeps getting delayed at station after station due to the worsening weather… all of that plays into Takaki’s character and you almost begin to feel the pain in his heart with each passing minute. All the emotions associated with being in love are brought out here. While on the train, the storm worsens and Takaki begins to feel uneasy. This prompts Takaki to board a train in the middle of a snowstorm to go visit Akari one final time before he moved. Akari left first, which caused them to grow apart, and then Takaki found out he was moving as well, but in the opposite direction, meaning the two of them would grow further apart. Both of them had families that were moving, therefore they had to transfer schools, but their transfers didn’t happen at the same exact time. While the letters apart already tell you that they no longer live near each other, the flashbacks still establish the reasons why. While these letters are being read, we are given a few flashbacks to their childhood days to establish the fact that they are, indeed, childhood friends. In the first chapter, we are introduced to both Takaki and Akari through the reading of letters (mainly by Akari) from two friends who have grown apart over the years. A very nice touch by Makoto Shinkai, indeed. It leads you to believe that the movie is two separate stories with different characters, and then it hits you that it’s the same guy in both stories, which puts everything into perspective when you realize it. The film does a very good job of calling him Takaki in the first chapter and Tohno in the second chapter. The story of 5 Centimeters per Second is fragmented into two chapters, but both chapters revolve around Takaki Tohno and his journey through life from young child to young adult. This wasn’t his first film, but it was the film that got Makoto Shinkai recognized and the focus of Part V of the Makoto Shinkai Series. Welcome to Byousoku 5 Centimeter or, as it’s more commonly referred to in English, 5 Centimeters per Second. That’s how the classic romantic tale typically goes, but often times in reality, things don’t always work out the way you would like them to. They enjoy their romance and live happily ever after. Sometimes they would do desperate things, like take a train across half of Japan, just to see each other. Mutual interests build up and sooner or later the two of them realize that they are in love. ![]()
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