The cherry blossoms stir in the train's wake, Takaki finally moving on from the past.Ĭharacters Takaki Tōno ( 遠野 貴樹, Tōno Takaki) Voiced by: Kenji Mizuhashi (Japanese) David Matranga ( ADV Films release) and Johnny Yong Bosch ( Bang Zoom! Entertainment release) (English) Takaki is the main character of the film. After a moment, he smiles to himself and continues walking. Takaki waits for the train to pass and finds that Akari is gone. On opposite sides of the tracks, they stop and begin to look back, yet a passing train cuts off their view. It's the same place they had promised to watch the cherry blossoms together thirteen years ago, just before Akari moved to Tochigi. Later, while walking down the same road they knew when they were children, Takaki and Akari appear to pass and recognize each other at the train crossing.
In the dream they relive their last meeting in the snow-filled Iwafune and remember the wish to someday watch the cherry blossoms together again. Takaki and Akari begin a dual narration where they both recall a recent dream. Takaki finds himself in a convenience store reading a magazine about the decade long journey of the rocket launched in the 2nd act. Akari goes through a box of her old possessions and finds the letter she had written for Takaki many years ago. Depressed, Takaki quits his job as he is unable to cope with his feelings for Akari. He receives a call from his current girlfriend but does not answer which signifies the end of the relationship. Takaki still longs for Akari to the detriment of his lifestyle. Meanwhile, Akari is preparing to marry another man. It is now 2008 and Takaki is a programmer in Tokyo. With such thoughts, she cries herself to sleep.Įpisode 3: 5 Centimeters per Second After a failed attempt to tell Takaki she loves him, Kanae realizes he is looking for something far beyond what she can offer and decides not to say anything, though she believes she will always love him. He also has recurring dreams which feature Akari. It is later shown that Takaki's emails are not being sent to anyone, and he, in fact, deletes them after he finishes writing them. Kanae observes that Takaki is always writing emails to someone and staring off into the distance as if searching for something far away. However, Takaki appears ignorant of Kanae's feelings and only treats her as a good friend. She tries to spend time with him, waiting long after school for the chance to travel home together. Kanae Sumida, a classmate of Takaki, has loved him ever since first meeting him in middle school but has never had the courage to confess her feelings to him. In 1999, Takaki is now in the third year of senior high in Tanegashima, where the Tanegashima Space Center is located. As the train rolls away, Takaki decides that the loss of his letter is not important anymore after the kiss while Akari silently looks at her own letter addressed to Takaki which she decided not to give him. Takaki departs from the train station the next morning and the two promise to continue writing to each other. They find a shed to spend the night in due to the severe snowstorm and fall asleep after talking late into the night. When the two finally meet late that night and share their first kiss, Takaki realizes they will never be together. However, Takaki loses the letter during the journey and a severe snowstorm delays his train for several hours. He also writes a letter for Akari to confess his feelings for her. When Takaki learns that his family will be moving to Kagoshima on the other side of the country the following year in 1995, he decides to personally go see Akari one last time since they will be too far apart to see and visit each other once he moves. The two keep in contact by writing letters but eventually begin to drift apart.
Right after graduating from elementary school in 1994, Akari moves to the nearby prefecture of Tochigi due to her parents' jobs. As a result, they form a strong bond which is shown when they speak to each other using their given names without any form of honorifics as that is a sign of deep friendship and familiarity in Japan. They grow very close to each other due to similar interests and attitudes such as both preferring to stay inside during recess due to their seasonal allergies.
In 1991, Takaki Tōno quickly befriends Akari Shinohara after she transfers to his elementary school in Tokyo. The story is set in Japan, beginning in the early 1990s up until the present day (2008), with each act centered on a boy named Takaki Tōno. 1.3 Episode 3: 5 Centimeters per Second.
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