Long Distance Romance

5 Centimeters Per Second

One word, AWESOME! A 90 minutes film by Makoto Shinkai. Another beautiful work from him again! This film is broken up into three chapters, describing the days of the Tohno and Akira.

Chapter one: Takaki Tohno and Akari Shinohara were elementary school classmates in Tokyo. Both of them have weak bodies, hence their playground became the libray. They share the same hobbies and were always together. On the last day of school, they were viewing cherry blossoms. Akari's last word to Tohno was 'let's watch cherry blossoms next year.' She went to a far away to study due to her family. While Tohno continues his junior high school in Tokyo. Tohno never recieve any word from Akira until she sent a letter to him. Since then they were exchanging letters, and Akira was informed that on the 3rd semester Tohno will transfer to another school which made them even more far far away from each other. Tohno decided to look for Akira, making plans and saving up just to travel over to her side. Both promised to meet at 7pm at the station waiting room. Soon on that day, Tohno begins his journey, unexpecting that the railway trains kept delaying. Which made Akira and Tohno to wait eternally for each other. Will Tohno continue to travel there? And will Akira perservere to wait for her best friend in elementary school?

Chapter two: Tohno keep typing messages on his phone but never send them. What is he thinking? Unknowingly attracting a girl, Sumida, with his charms in his class. Spending their junior high and high school together as classmates, while Akira was waiting for him ever since they last met. Sumida wanted to confess to Tohno after she managed to surf on the waves. Trying hard to speak up, but she understands that Tohno actually never look at her. Always looking far away and desiring for something. Sumida gave up on confessing yet helplessly loving him.

Chapter three: Both Akira and Tohno were adults now. Akira had a ring on her finger, who has she married to? At times both of them thought that they have seen each other outside, passing by each other or just happened to glance through each other. What happens next? Their only common memories was the cherry blossoms, the speed of the cherry petals were 5cm per second.

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