5 cm/s

broderic on April 14, 2008

5 Centimeters Per Second is a short film anime about love and separation. The characters grow close, but slowly drift apart. They love, but can’t make a lasting relationship. They are.

This so captures many of the feelings I have in my dreams. That, when I was young, I had fallen for a girl. That we had some sort of relationship that was. That as I never told her my feelings, they and her drifted away over time. Then we grew up and became older, mature, adults. And these dreams and feelings of love could not be expressed again because of their childish nature. Then I wake up wondering where she is, what she’s doing, and wish to go back to those younger days. Yet, all that is left is the present and the future coming with no hope of re-establishing those days. And I feel sad.

The anime is divided into three stories following the character, Takaki Tono, as he ages. It shows the first blossoming of love and its end as it just started. Then it moves a few years to show him inspiring a surfer gal to love him, but not express that love. Finally, he is a programmer in Tokyo who may have seen the love of his life pass by. Regrets they have, but life is meant to be lived and only if.

5 of 5 stars.

Posted by broderic

Yo! I'm the writer here. Super sauce.

All Posts

6 Replies to “5 cm/s”

  1. One Little Seedling April 14, 2008 at 02:57 AM

    Awe… He just needs tentacle love.

  2. m a r g e April 14, 2008 at 03:07 AM

    that is one sad story. love found, love lost.

  3. broderic April 14, 2008 at 22:22 PM

    @the seed: usually its the girl who gets the tentacle love. Eewww!

    @marge: not really sad, but humane. It is what it is when it happens that way.

    The director (?add name here?) is considered the next Miyazaki. I’m not really buying it but he’s only done a few anime so far.

  4. One Little Seedling April 15, 2008 at 00:30 AM

    It’s the only weird sex on Anime though… Little school girl crush doesn’t sound as funny… or android love.. also not funny. But tentacle love, that’s funny.

  5. m a r g e April 15, 2008 at 01:41 AM

    that tentacle love sounds… weird… i shall never lift a manga again if thats the case.

    i think i like the second one. can i just watch that, and that only. then maybe bring some kleenex too. =p

  6. m a r g e May 30, 2008 at 10:33 AM

    i had to look for this post.

    i saw first part, with translation!! havent seen the second part, coz it doesnt have subtitles.

    first part was sad.

Comments are closed.