Byousoku 5 Centimeter. Tohno Takaki and Shinohara Akari, two very close friends and classmates, are torn apart when Akari's family is transferred to another region of Japan due to her family's job. Despite separation, they continue to keep in touch through mail. When Takaki finds out that his family is also moving, he decides to meet with Akari
About 5 Centimeters per Second. Love can move at the speed of terminal velocity, but as award-winning director Makoto Shinkai reveals in his latest comic, it can only be shared and embraced by those who refuse to see it stop. Takaki Tohno quickly befriends Akari Shinohara when she transfers to his school.
I have watched 5 centimeters per second twice. While a large no. of people outside Japan know Makoto Shinkai for his movie Kimi No Na Wa, I think the movie 5 centimeters per second was a far more superior work due to the following reasons: Characters- A major argument against 5 cm/s is that its characters are plain, full and boring.
[Verse 1] C A If I give up what little things I have left Em A# Then will my heart find forgiveness C A How much pain and sorrow do I have to face Em A# Before I can see you again at last C
5 Centimeters Per Second contains three short stories, connected by the main character and his childhood love-interest, essentially following their grow up. As many others already marked, the animation is simply gorgeous, and I can't add any more to this - Makoto Shinkai is indubitably one of the greatest animation geniuses of all time. Kanae Sumida (澄田 花苗, Sumida Kanae) is a main character in 5 Centimeters per Second. She is a classmate of Takaki Tōno during his years in Tanegashima and has a crush on him. In Grade 6, Kanae adopted Cub, a brown dog she founded on the seashore, and named it after her sister's motorbike. During her 8th Grade, she met Takaki Tōno, a newly transferred student, and instantly fell in