"249)\3cH000000}5 Centimeters Per Second 431)\3cH000000}Story 1" "Hey..." "They say it's five centimeters per second." "Huh?" "What is?" "The speed cherry blossom petals fall is five centimeters per second." "Really..." "Akari." "they look just like snowflakes..." "I guess..." "Hey!" "Wait up!" "Akari!" "Takaki-kun." "too." "380)\cHA660C9}Cherry Blossom" "Dear Tohno Takaki..." "I'm sorry that I haven't written for so long. they're a lot milder than Tokyo's. humid summers of Tokyo too. and the freezing air-conditioning in department stores and on subways." "The last time we were together was at our elementary school graduation." "It's already been half a year since then." "Takaki-kun..." "Do you still remember me?" "Dear Takaki-kun... 556.1)\b1\be1\frz2\bord0\cH29221A}Stu{\cH2B211C}den{\cH282018}t Counci{\cH261E14}l Room" "Dear Takaki-kun..." "Thank you for writing me back." "It made me so happy." "It's already well into autumn and the leaves are turning beautiful colors." "I pulled out a sweater for the first time this year." "Tohno-kun?" "Senpai." "What's that?" "A love letter?" "it's not." "Sorry for having asked you to do all that." "No problem." "It didn't take me long." "Thank you." "are you really transferring to another school?" "at the end of the year." "To where?" "Kagoshima." "Because of my parents." "Really?" "We'll miss you..." "I've been getting up early because of school activities." "I'm writing this letter on the train." "I had my hair cut the other day." "It's so short that my ears even show." "You probably wouldn't even recognize me if you saw me." "I'm home." "Welcome back." "I bet you'll change little by little over time too." "Dear Takaki-kun..." "Are you doing all right even with all this cold weather?" "it's already snowed a few times." "I have to really bundle myself up when I go to school." "has it?" "even though I don't live there anymore." "I sure wish it would rain." "It wouldn't be any easier indoors." "Hey." "Have you guys ever been to Tochigi?" "Huh?" "Where?" "Tochigi." "Nope." "Know how to get there?" "I don't know..." "On the bullet train?" "Must be pretty far." "Freshmen!" "Coming!" "Last three times!" "Fight!" "Go!" "Fight!" "Go!" "I was really surprised when I heard that you'll be transferring schools." "244)}Time Schedule 318)}Travel to the Sea of Japan \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin the Wintertime" "We both got used to transferring schools when we were little." "Kagoshima... isn't it?" "760)}Iwafune" "It's no longer a distance where I can just jump on a train and see you whenever I want... 688)\frz1.45\cH1D2370}Gotokuji" "492)\cH3A2E35\frz4.117\3cHA5B4B2}Shinjuku" "It does make me feel... well... kind of sad." "530)}Omiya" "530)}Oyama" "I just hope that you'll be fine." "448)\frz4.737\cH604B50\3cH4F3E42}Iwafune" "Dear Takaki-kun..." "I'm so happy we'll see each other on March 4th." "It'll have been a year since we last met." "I feel kind of nervous." "There's a big cherry tree by my house. the petals will fall at five centimeters per second." "How I wish the spring could come along with you on that day..." "Wanna stop somewhere on the way back?" "since it's raining and all..." "The weather report said it's going to turn to snow tonight." "Really?" "I thought it felt cold." "And we're already in March... 325)\cH394949}Yen" "125)\cH394949}Yen Yen Yen 5)\cH33413F}March 4th Itinerary" "10)\cH6C736F}Gotokuji Station 15:54" "10)\cH6C736F}Shinjuku Station 16:26 178)\cH33413F}Omiya Station 17:04" "447)\cH33413F}Oyama Station 18:23" "I hope we don't get colds." "730)\cH33413F}Iwafune Station 18:45 we should go have something hot to drink." "924)\cH33413F}Meet Akari at 7 PM!" "We could get off at Shimokita... let's do that." "Tohno." "Let's get to practice." "Right..." "I can't make it to practice today." "Getting ready to move?" "Something like that." "Sorry." "coming all the way to my station... so be sure to take care of yourself." "I'll be waiting for you at 7:00 that night in the station's waiting room." "on the day I was to meet Akari..." "It started to snow." "Chobi." "isn't he?" "But it looks like he's alone today." "Where's Mimi?" "Aren't you kind of sad being all alone?" "How do you like the book?" "I like it." "Last night I read four billion years' worth of evolution." "Which part?" "Where they talk about the Anomalocaris." "The Cambrian Age!" "I love the Hallucigenias." "They look like this." "something like that..." "What's your favorite?" "I guess..." "The one with five eyes?" "I think Akari and I were very alike somehow." "A new friend just transferred to our school." "This is Tohno Takaki-kun." "194)}Tohno Takaki-kun Class 3 and was in my class." "so we preferred the library to the playground." "Shinohara Akari-san will be joining our class." "194)\cH5E5D59}Shinohara Akaki-san" "326)}The Wizard of Earths 584)}Tohno Takak" "742)}Shinohara Ak 430)\cH1F1C16}Garden in the Sky" "666)}Tohno Takaki 844)\cH53595C}Shinohara Akari" "314)\frz11.264}Prince Caspian 484)}Shinohara Akari" "660)\cH684F55}Tohno Takaki we got close to each other." "It caused our classmates to tease us." "I feel kinda bad for her." "494)}TAKAKI AND AKARI 574)}JUST" "624)}MARRIED!" "Those two are always together." "But it didn't matter much to us because of the friendship we had." "You know it!" "Oh!" "There he is!" "what a nice guy!" "Wow!" "I just assumed that we'd be going to the same junior high... and that we'd be always together." "Shinjuku." "This is the terminal station. please change to the Kyo-O subway for all J.R. lines." "It was the first time I had been to Shinjuku Station alone." "And it would be the first time I had been to any of those places on my route." "My heart was pounding." "I was going to meet Akari." "How did it go with that guy?" "Who?" "The one from Nishi Elementary." "Are you kidding?" "Don't you think he's a dork?" "We'll soon be arriving at Musashi Urawa station." "Musashi Urawa station." "There will be a 4-minute stop as we wait for a "Rapid" line. 187)}please change to the express line." "Um..." "This is Shinohara." "May I speak to Takaki-kun please?" "It's Akari-chan." "What?" "Transferring schools?" "What about Nishi Junior High?" "After all that work to pass the entrance exam." "They said they'd do the paperwork to get me into a school in Tochigi." "I'm sorry." "No..." "There's nothing for you to apologize for... and commute to school from there." "saying I'd have to wait until I'm older..." "All right." "Don't tell me any more!" "That's enough." "Sorry..." "I held the receiver so tight against my ear." "It was as though I could feel Akari's pain directly through the phone." "But there was nothing I could do." "don't they?" "see you later." "Later." "was filled with commuters heading home." "Everyone's shoes were soaked with snow and water." "The air was chilly and full of that certain smell a city has on a snowy day." "This is an announcement for all passengers." "Utsunomiya lines bound for Oyama and Utsunomiya will arrive 8 minutes behind schedule due to heavy snow." "We apologize for any inconvenience." "It never even crossed my mind that the train might be delayed." "Suddenly I became really worried." "this train is running 10 minutes behind schedule." "Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience. the buildings dotting the scenery became few and far between in what seemed like the blink of an eye." "The next stop is Kuki." "We apologize for having arrived far behind schedule. please proceed to line 5." "This train will stop for 10 minutes at this station due to the late arrival of a connecting train. and appreciate your understanding." "sir..." "This train will stop for 10 minutes at this station due to the late arrival of a connecting train. and appreciate your understanding..." "This is Nogi." "We would like to express our apologies due to the late arrival of a connecting train." "and appreciate your understanding." "The stations seemed unbelievably far apart." "it seemed like an eternity." "150)\an8\fs55\bord4\be1\cHECDBD1}Note: {\cHFFFFFF}Nogi" "150)\an8\fs55\bord4\be1\cHECDBD1}Note: {\cHFFFFFF}Tochigi" "0)\an8\fs55\bord4\be1\cHECDBD1}Note: {\cHFFFFFF}Iwafune and the pangs of hunger..." "All of these added to my feeling of uneasiness." "I'm already late." "I'm sure she's starting to worry... 605)\cH716460}To Akari" "On that day... the day I got that call..." "Akari must have been much more upset than even I was." "And I wasn't able to comfort her..." "I felt so ashamed of myself." "we must part with dear friends..." "Well..." "I guess today we say good-bye..." "Any summer vacation plans?" "I received the first letter from her half a year later." "During the summer of my first year in junior high." "I knew her letter by heart." "I wrote a letter to give to Akari." "There were just so many things that I wanted to tell her." "So many things I wanted to ask her." "We apologize for the delay." "The train will soon depart for Utsunomiya." "This is Oyama." "Passengers on the bullet train bound for Tohoku change here. please proceed to line 1. please proceed to line 5." "Passengers taking the Mito line..." "The following is an announcement for all passengers." "Trains running on the Ryomo lines are running significantly behind schedule due to heavy snow." "We apologize for this delay." "We ask you to patiently wait for the arrival of the trains." "The next up-train headed for..." "All I could do was to keep heading for the station where Akari was waiting for me." "is now arriving." "500)}Please remain inside the white lines when exiting the train." "This announcement is for all passengers." "service for this train will be delayed for the sake of route rescheduling." "we are not at liberty to say when service will resume." "I repeat:" "service for this train will be delayed for the sake of route rescheduling." "we are not at liberty to say when service will resume." "how are you?" "so I'm writing this letter on the train." "I always envisioned her alone. in the middle of nowhere." "Every minute seemed like an eternity." "as it slowly crept by." "All I could do was grit my teeth and try to hold back my tears." "Akari." "Please..." "Don't wait for me..." "If you'd just go back home... is now arriving." "service for this train will be temporarily delayed." "Akari." "This is good..." "Really?" "It's just regular roasted tea." "Roasted tea?" "I've never had it before." "What?" "!" "I'm sure you have." "You think?" "Of course!" "180)\frz348.572}Iwafune Station" "I made this for you." "I can't promise it's any good." "Have some if you want." "Thank you." "I'm very hungry." "How is it?" "I've never had anything so delicious before." "You're exaggerating!" "I'm serious!" "It's just because you're hungry." "You think?" "I'm sure it is." "too." "right?" "next week." "huh..." "It's so far away." "Yeah... too!" "I guess you won't be able to go home now!" "We have to close up." "There are no more trains." "sir." "Take care." "It's snowing heavily." "sir." "Can you see it?" "That tree?" "The one you wrote about in your letter?" "the cherry tree." "Hey..." "They look like snowflakes." "They do." "At that moment... the heart and the soul." "I felt as though we had shared all the experiences of my 13 years." "And the next moment..." "I became unbearably sad." "Sad because I didn't know what to do with her warmth against me or how long I should hold onto them." "I also came to the clear realization that we would not be able to remain together." "The overwhelming weight of our lives to come and the uncertainty of time hung over us. leaving only Akari's soft lips on mine." "we stayed in a tiny shack by the corner of a field." "we talked all night... we fell asleep." "I got on a train." "Akari and I said good-bye." "I..." "Takaki-kun..." "I think you'll be..." "You will be okay!" "I know you will be!" "Thank you." "Take care of yourself!" "I'll write to you." "I'll call!" "I didn't even mention the letter I lost." "Because after we'd kissed... 547)}To Tohno Takaki ...it seemed like the whole world had completely changed." "I wanted so badly to be able to protect her. as I gazed absently out the window." "355)}Story 1:" "Cherry Blossom 1054)}End" "431)\3cH000000}Story 2" "you going after class too?" "Sis?" "Sure." "But make sure you do your homework too." "I will." "Here we go..." "Good morning." "Tohno-kun." "You're early again." "Sumida." "Did you go to the beach?" "Sure did." "You're practicing hard." "not really..." "Tohno-kun." "Later." "Are we ready?" "It's about time to make your decisions." "Get this to me by Monday." "Talk it over with your parents." "212)\cH616D7F}Career Counseling 300)\cH616D7F}Questionnaire" "It sounds like Sasaki-san's going to a university in Tokyo." "No surprise there..." "I'll probably have to go to some junior college in Kumamoto." "Kanae?" "Huh?" "Umm..." "Will you get a job?" "Umm... are you?" "Except Tohno-kun." "I bet he has a girl back in Tokyo." "Hey!" "Still having a rough time with it?" "I can't figure out what's wrong..." "You shouldn't worry yourself so much." "You'll catch a wave again before you know it." "Sis." "What's the big rush?" "I'll graduate without having said anything..." "Sis." "I'll give you a ride." "That's all right." "I'll take my scooter." "you heading home now?" "Tohno-kun?" "Yeah." "Want to head back together? it would have been wagging so hard my happiness would have been obvious." "thinking it was a good thing I wasn't a dog..." "And I was amazed with how stupid a thought that was... even for me." "Yet..." "The ride home with Tohno-kun made me so happy." "Tohno-kun seemed somehow different from others." "178)\cH22231F}Year 2 {\cH21201E}Class 1" "420)}Tohno Takaki-kun" "I'm Tohno Takaki." "I'm not used to this island yet." "It's nice to meet you all." "I fell in love with him." "I studied hard because I wanted to go to the same high school as him..." "I managed to pass my school's entrance exams... the more I love him." "It's been scary..." "Every day's been painful." "I'm happy." "And there was nothing I could do about it." "same thing again?" "It's so good!" "don't you?" "Yeah." "I'll be outside." "Okay..." "I'll have this." "That'll be 90 yen." "Here." "Thank you as always." "There you are." "What did you buy?" "but..." "Sometimes I see Tohno-kun writing e-mails to somebody." "I can't help wishing that he was writing to me... {\an8\fs55\bord4\be1\cHECDBD1}Note: {\cHFFFFFF}Gazing Upon the Earth from Outer Space" "Every time I see it." "Cub!" "I'm home!" "Cub!" "Cub!" "I'm back!" "The following is a Town Hall announcement:" "The Sakai Nokyo Gas station is on duty this coming..." "Sumida Kanae-san of class 3-1." "Please report to Ito-sensei in the counseling room." "Tohno." "That's your girl." "She's not my girlfriend." "160)}Career Counseling 260)}Questionnaire" "336)}Class: 3-1 Seat: 12 345)\frz358.368}Name:" "Sumida Kanaede and you're the only one not to turn this in." "I'm sorry." "I don't want to say it like this..." "But it's not something to get yourself so worked up over." "Has your sister said anything?" "No... why not try a junior college in the prefecture?" "But..." "This doesn't have anything to do with my sister..." "I mean... the most important person in the entire world to me..." "I'm not getting anywhere with either..." "Thanks as always." "Not at all." "See you next time." "I get this tight sensation deep in my chest." "Tohno-kun." "what's up?" "How did you know I was here?" "so I stopped by." "Is that okay?" "Yeah." "I'm glad you came." "since we couldn't meet in the parking lot..." "Yeah!" "He's so nice..." "Sometimes it makes me want to cry." "Tohno-kun." "Are you going to test to get into college?" "a college in Tokyo." "Tokyo..." "I see." "I kind of thought so..." "Why's that?" "You just kinda seem like you want to go somewhere far away." "For some reason..." "Sumida?" "Hmm..." "I don't even know what I'll do tomorrow." "Maybe nobody does." "Really?" "!" "Even you?" "Naturally." "But you seem to know exactly what you are doing." "I'm lost all the time." "I just do what I can." "That's all I can do." "Really?" "you're right." "Making a plane?" "Yes." "428)\cH0D0A0B}No Thru Traffic" "Incredible." "They say it's towed at five km per hour." "It's going down to the South Tanega launch facility." "isn't there?" "Yeah." "They say it's going to go all the way to the farthest reaches of the solar system..." "Taking years..." "I want you to give Kanae advice on her future." "She's so unfocused." "She'll be all right." "She's not a kid anymore." "I was just like her at her age." "Cub." "Tohno-kun doesn't know either." "that Tohno-kun." "It must really be a lonelier journey than anyone could imagine." "Cutting through absolute darkness encountering nothing except the occasional stray hydrogen atom." "believing therein lie the answers to the mysteries of the universe." "And us... how far should we go?" "And how far can we go?" "146)\3cHB6E4C1\frz25.869}To: {\3cHB3DDBE}Undefined 380)}The dream I had this morning" "511)\frz27.343}I dreamt I was walking in a field 600)}with that girl on another planet." "I couldn't see her face." "752)}There was something {\3cHC2EDCE}nostalgic about the {\3cHC5EDD0}air... 374)\frz26.74\cH638D6F}Save message?" "682)\frz29.409}Yes 548)}No" "I wonder when I got in the habit of writing messages to nobody... have you figured out what you're going to do?" "Not yet." "But it's fine..." "I've made a decision." "I'll just start by doing each and every thing that I can!" "I'm off!" "several typhoons have passed the island." "it became cooler." "The wind that blew across the sugarcane fields got crisper." "The sky looked a little bigger." "And the outlines of the clouds grew softer." "The kids in my grade who rode scooters started wearing their jackets." "I rode a wave for the first time in six months." "Tonight's forecast is clear with maximum wind speeds of 8 meters per second." "I heard Yamada told Sasaki-san that he likes her." "No surprise there... you sure seem happy today." "Did something happen with Tohno-kun?" "No way?" "!" "What is important is this formula..." "I'm going to tell Tohno-kun how I feel about him." "after riding that wave..." "I'll never be able to." "Sumida." "T-Tohno-kun." "Heading home now?" "Yeah." "Really..." "Well..." "Let's head home together." "Sumida?" "You decided already?" "Yeah." "What's wrong?" "Don't be so..." "What?" "No..." "Sorry..." "It's nothing." "Something wrong?" "Yeah..." "That's strange." "No good?" "Yeah..." "I wonder if the spark plug's dead..." "Was this a hand-me-down?" "from my big sister." "Was it cutting out on you when you'd accelerate?" "It might have been..." "Let's leave them here and have someone pick them up later." "let's just walk." "I can walk by myself." "You just head on home." "anyway." "I kind of feel like walking." "Tohno-kun." "Please..." "What's wrong?" "it's nothing." "I'm sorry..." "Sumida..." "I'm begging you..." "Please..." "Don't be so nice to me." "reaching recklessly towards the sky... in search of something almost overwhelmingly far off in the distance..." "I began to understand why Tohno-kun seemed different from the others." "At the same time..." "I came to a very clear realization that Tohno-kun was never looking at me." "I didn't say anything to Tohno-kun." "Tohno-kun is certainly nice..." "Very nice indeed..." "But..." "Tohno-kun's always looking past me..." "At something far beyond." "I guess my wishes to be with Tohno-kun will never come true." "But still..." "But I still won't be able to stop loving him." "not ever. the only thoughts in my head being of Tohno-kun... 355)\cHFFFFFF}Story 2:" "Cosmonaut 1054)}End" "431)\3cH000000}Story 3" "632)\frz346.069\cH362821}3/1-4 API{\cH3C3A38} Meeting 733)\frz343.898}4/6 API Delivery" "I felt it strongly... she'd have turned to look at me too." "The last Chuo line train bound for Tokyo is now arriving." "I wish you'd stay for the New Year's holiday... but I have a lot of preparations." "I suppose so." "Make sure you cook something nice for him." "I will." "Akari." "I'll be fine." "I'll see you again at the wedding next month." "Don't worry so much." "You'd better head home." "It's cold." "Last night I dreamt about the past." "When we were both still children." "I guess it's because of the old letter I found yesterday." "565)}To Tohno Takaki" "\alphaH00)}something I need to say." "305)\frz359.738\cH38371F}Message sent" "Mizuno-san." "Yes?" "The meeting." "Coming. it's as though sadness piles up all around me." "dried in the sun..." "The toothbrush in my bathroom..." "In the history logs of my cell phone..." "I still love you." "That's what the girl I'd been with for three years said in that e-mail." "We must have exchanged e-mails 1000 times." "But I doubt our hearts got closer by more than a centimeter." "I've wanted to move on..." "To grasp onto something beyond my reach..." "I don't even know... not knowing where these obsessive thoughts come from... and in it there was nothing but pain." "Then one morning... had completely disappeared." "That was it." "I couldn't take any more." "So I quit my job." "Yesterday I had a dream." "A dream of long ago." "we were still 13." "And we were standing in a field covered with snow..." "Where in the dim light from distant houses... {\an8\fs55\bord4\be1\cHECDBD1}Note: {\cHFFFFFF}Japan's Deep Space Probe Finally Ventures Beyond the Solar System" "Our footsteps were all that could be seen in the new fallen snow." "And because of that..." "We both believed without any doubt... we'd watch the cherry blossoms fall again..." "Together." "itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata wo {\3cHEEDFCD}I am always looking for you wherever I go... 406.466667)\cHFFFFF5}5 Centimeters Per Second and in alleyway windows... {\be1)}konna toko ni iru hazu mo nai noni {\3cHEEDFCD}Though I don't expect I'd ever find you there..." "I'd be with you right now... 150)\be1)}dekinai koto wa mou nani mo nai {\3cHEEDFCD}There's nothing I can't do anymore... 500)\be1)}subete kakete dakishimete miseru yo {\3cHEEDFCD}I'll hold you with everything I've got..." "0)}sabishisa magirasu dake nara dare demo ii hazu na noni {\3cHEEDFCD}Even though anyone could help me forget my loneliness... 0)\be1)}hoshi ga ochisouna yoru dakara {\3cHEEDFCD}Tonight it looks like the stars could fall..." "{\be1)}jibun wo itsuwarenai {\3cHEEDFCD}So it can only be you... if the seasons would just stand still..." "I want to go back to those carefree days... {\be1)}itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata wo {\3cHEEDFCD}I am always looking for you wherever I go... and even in my dreams..." "{\be1)}konna toko ni iru hazu mo nai noni {\3cHEEDFCD}Though I don't expect I'd ever find you there... {\be1)}kiseki ga moshimo okoru nara {\3cHEEDFCD}If I could ask for a miracle..." "{\be1)}ima sugu kimi ni misetai atarashii asa kore kara no boku {\3cHEEDFCD}I'd want to show you the new dawn and the new me... 500)\be1)}ienakatta "suki" to iu kotoba mo {\3cHEEDFCD}And say the "I love you" I never could..." "150)\be1)}natsu no omoide ga mawaru {\3cHEEDFCD}Memories of summer spin 'round in my head... 500)\be1)}fui ni kieta kodou {\3cHEEDFCD}My heart suddenly stops..." "{\be1)}itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no sugata wo {\3cHEEDFCD}I am always looking for you wherever I go... {\be1)}akegata no machi sakuragi chou de {\3cHEEDFCD}In the morning in the streets of this town of Sakuragi..." "{\be1)}konna toko ni kuru hazu mo nai noni {\3cHEEDFCD}Even though I don't expect you'd ever go there..." "I'd be with you right now... 150)\be1)}dekinai koto wa mou nani mo nai {\3cHEEDFCD}There's nothing I can't do anymore... 0)\be1)}subete kakete dakishimete miseru yo {\3cHEEDFCD}I'll hold you with everything I've got..." "{\be1)}itsudemo sagashiteiruyo dokka ni kimi no kakera wo {\3cHEEDFCD}I always look for traces of you wherever I go... and at the stores I... {\be1)}konna toko ni aru hazu mo nai noni {\3cHEEDFCD}Even though I don't expect to ever find them there..." "{\be1)}kiseki ga moshimo okoru nara {\3cHEEDFCD}If I could ask for a miracle... {\be1)}ima sugu kimi ni misetai atarashii asa kore kara no boku {\3cHEEDFCD}I'd want to show you the new dawn and the new me..." "{\be1)}ienakatta "suki" to iu kotoba mo {\3cHEEDFCD}And say the "I love you" I never could... {\be1)}itsudemo sagashiteshimau {\3cHEEDFCD}I always end up looking for your smiling face..." "{\be1)}dokka ni kimi no egao wo {\3cHEEDFCD}Wherever I go... {\be1)}kyuukou machi no fumikiri atari {\3cHEEDFCD}At the crossing waiting for the trains to pass... 150)\be1)}konna toko ni iru hazu mo nai noni {\3cHEEDFCD}Even though I don't expect I'd ever find it there... 0)\be1}inochi ga kurikaesu naraba {\3cHEEDFCD}If I were to live my life over..." "{\be1)}nandomo kimi no moto e {\3cHEEDFCD}I'd always want to be with you... {\be1)}hoshii mono nado mou nani mo nai {\3cHEEDFCD}For there's nothing I want in this world... 500)\be1}kimi no hoka ni taisetsu na mono nado {\3cHEEDFCD}Nothing else that matters to me as much as you..." "652)}The End 5 Centimeters Per Second"