Makoto Shinkai

Taka Tanaka

Yukiko Seike

Takaki Tohno quickly befriends Akari Shinohara when she transfers to his school, but when she must move again at the end of the school year, they decide to keep their close bond by writing letters to one another.

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. They grow closer to each other due to similar interests and attitudes; for instance, they both prefer to stay inside during recess due to their constitutions. As a result, they form a strong bond. Upon ending their school year, Akari moves to Tochigi, due to her parents’ jobs. The two keep in contact by writing letters, but eventually begin to drift apart. SEE LESS

5 Centimeters per Second

Lors leur rentrée en CM1, le jeune Takaki rencontre Akari pour la première fois. Nouvelle dans cette école, elle vient de déménager à Tokyo. Habitués tous deux à changer de ville au gré des mutations professionnelles de leurs parents, les deux enfants se lient rapidement d’amitié. Mais la famille d’Akari est mutée dans le nord du Japon, puis celle de Takaki doit partir pour Tanegashima, une île isolée du Sud... Parviendront-ils malgré la distance à maintenir le lien qui les unit et à s’avouer leur amour ?

Yukiko Seike

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