History Anime / FiveCentimetersPerSecond

The movie's focus is about two people named Takaki Tohno and Akari Shinohara, following them as they mature. It is divided into three episodes that together make up the movie. The first part, "Cherry Blossoms", follows Takaki's reflections on his relationship with Akari while they were children. The second act, "Cosmonaut", leaves Akari to depict Takaki as a teenager and is told from Kanae Sumida's perspective. The final part, which is also called "5 Centimeters Per Second", shows them as young adults, mainly through a montage set to the famous Japanese pop song "One More Time, One More Chance".

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Kanae is completely absent from the third section apart from a few flashbacks, giving no real idea what happened to her. The manga addresses this to show her as a nurse [[spoiler: and has her reunite with Takaki.]]

* LastKiss: Takaki and Akari share a (first and) last kiss at the end of the first chapter. The remaining two chapters are about their separate lives afterward. Heartbreak ensues.

* BittersweetEnding: While Takaki quit his first job and broke up with his girlfriend, he gradually takes control of his life and begins to overcome the lonely and bitter feelings that he's been nursing for fifteen years. Takaki eventually finds a job as a freelance developer.

** The ''[=LogiCool=]'' mouse at Takake's workplace seems to be this at first, but this is the actual branding used by Logitech in Japan.

** Takaki uses a wireless ''[=LogiCool=]'' mouse at his workplace.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: {{Long Distance Relationship}}s have to be worked at if they are to survive. Takaki and Akari's communication with each other slows and eventually dies out, and the relationship unravels; by the time they are adults, although Takaki has been nursing the feelings for years, his inability to properly convey this means Akari has not. In fact, [[spoiler:she has gotten engaged to another man and doesn't even recognise Takaki when they cross paths, maybe, the final time onscreen.]]

* RealityEnsues: {{Long Distance Relationship}}s have to be worked at if they are to survive. Takaki and Akari's communication with each other slows and eventually dies out, and the relationship unravels; by the time they are adults, although Takaki has been nursing the feelings for years, his inability to properly convey this means Akari has not. In fact, [[spoiler:she has gotten engaged to another man and doesn't even recognise Takaki when they cross paths, maybe, the final time onscreen.]]

In addition to a 2010 manga and 2007 light novel adaptation, there is also another novel, ''[[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/574573/5-centimeters-per-second-one-more-side-by-makoto-shinkai-adapted-by-arata-kanoh/ One More Side]]''. Written by longtime Shinkai noveliser Arata Kanoh and first published 2011 but only getting an English translation in 2019, it offers alternate perspectives on the film, such as Akari's side of the first act's events.

The movie's focus is about two people named Takaki Tohno and Akari Shinohara, following them as they mature. It is divided into three episodes that together, comprise the movie. The first part, "Cherry Blossoms", follows Takaki's reflections on his relationship with Akari while they were children. The second act, "Cosmonaut", leaves Akari to depict Takaki as a teenager and is told from Kanae Sumida's perspective. The final part, which is also called "5 Centimeters Per Second", shows them as young adults, mainly through a montage set to the famous Japanese pop song "One More Time, One More Chance".

* MisterImagination: Takaki imagines sequences where he is a bird flying over landscapes, and in his teenage years had dreams of being on an exotic alien planet with a woman who looks like Akari.