 ~ Byousoku 5 Centimeter ~ Synopsis "Toono Takaki and Shinohara Akari, two very close friends and classmates, are torn apart when Akari's family is transferred to another region of Japan due to her family's job. Despite separation, they continue to keep in touch through mail. When Takaki finds out that his family is also moving, he decides to meet with Akari one last time. As years pass by, they continue down their own paths, their distance slowly growing wider and their contact with one another fades. Yet, they keep remembering one another and the times they have shared together, wondering if they will have the chance to meet once again." ______________________________________________________________________________ Warning This thread might contain spoilers from the the most recent aired episode. If you have not seen this anime and don't want it spoilers be careful. ______________________________________________________________________________ Check more Discussions on the Index |
TarotistMar 21, 2017 6:03 PM
| It's been a while, so I can't really talk about its content. All I remember is being bored all the way through u.u So no passing grade for me. |
| Well first thing I have to say is.. that it wasn't a good Christmas-ish choice =p The anime have a good art and decent animation .. the stories are also cute.. but in the end it's also sad.. and really accurate how things that could've been great in the end are nothing in life =p It took me a while to notice that it was the same male character in both chapters =x Not sure about the score yet... |
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| Over dramatized, several time skips that breaks continuity, focus too much on the backgrouds visuals instead of its boring characters. |
| Remember guys, I AM NOT A PARAGON OF TASTE. I HAVE SHIT TASTE LIKE THE REST OF YOU. |
| I liked the art a lot as well, the scenery was really beautiful. I also think that the story wasn't that well done. I'm okay with the movie not having a happy end, but it feels like there was no real common thread (is that the correct way to say it?). It was just scenes after scenes, without having a "goal" for the plot. At least that was how it felt to me. ^^ Other than that, I enjoyed. But I agree, it wasn't very Christmas-y. XD |
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| The art and animation, as already everyone noticed lol, was just stunning. I've already read many times the title "5 Anime Wallpapers per Second" and it deserves this one. Apart from the gorgeous looking, the music was quite fitting. The piano made many scenes more...peaceful and emotional. Good, but nothing too special. It was probably just me, but I liked the seiyuu of Akari, she has a nice and pleasant voice. The way the story was told was also unique. While it started off pretty nicely and with a heartwarming first part, it became more and more sad and despressing. There's also not much dialogue which is also unusual, they decided to tell the story in a more unique way. I totally respect that, but it wasn't really something I enjoy that much. Characters were clearly not the main focus of this movie and thus not really great. I can't say anything about that. Still, I have to admit that they acted realistic and more like humans, but that's it. This movie was certainly good, but it lacked something that I can't really name. I just feel like there was one thing missing in order to make it a great movie. While the ending was depressing and not really suitable for Christmas (I see that many have mentioned that already ^^) I was only hit by the feel train for like half an hour, but that's it. Nothing that could've ruined my Christmas or anything. I feel like I already talked too much, so I'll just end here ~ |
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| i did not really like this movie, i tought the music and animation were amazing but the story was very slow and boring and generic and the animation was full of jumpcuts every 3 a 4 seconds which fellt odd for some it might feel like a sad story and a good one but i just tought it was stupid all over the place trying to be something but stopping halveway |
| 5 Centimeters per Second...Looks great, sounds great. As for the story...well...i appreciate it for what it is, but I hate watching that sort of thing happening, probably because I had a similar experience. You wish it could be, but it can never be...Sometimes it's best if you never knew... My favorite part would have to be the 2nd part about the surfer girl. Unrequited love makes her worthy of being a member of the virgin master race. Unrequited love FTW! The big negative for me was the quick clips in the end that teased you on what happens to them. It's such a heartbreaker. Move on! I don't want to see or think about that! It's done! Don't make me remember! |
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| Like most of you guys already said Great visual/animation, great songs... such a sad story and yet soo good. I think the plot should be more elaborated. I was hoping more from the characters although the silents scenes said a lot. Still this anime deserves a good score, imo. Best part, the ending and the ending song... amazing <3 |
| One of the my favorite anime and I'm looking forward to his new movie releasing this year (⸝ᵕᴗᵕ⸝⸝)♡ |
| Bumped for being our Leaf of the Week! |
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| Story as a whole was trash, second part was unnecessary, focused too much on drama, pacing issues, drama for the sake of having drama, trash weeb song and Makoto trying to make anime (too) realistic as usual. Amazing visuals |
Ertebak said: Story as a whole was trash, second part was unnecessary, focused too much on drama, pacing issues, drama for the sake of having drama, trash weeb song and Makoto trying to make anime (too) realistic as usual. Amazing visuals Extremely good visuals, with good ost, including the final song. I know it's no Anathema or Antimatter, but it fits the film. Story is good and to the point, if you don't like it as a whole, everything is unnecessary, but every part felt relevant imo. Drama was somewhat forced, but not excessively so. Distance and love is Makoto Shinkai's sign of identity, you know what it is about beforehand, you take it or you leave it, but watching it to define the plot as trash just because you don't like the genre seems like looking for something famous just to say it's bad. |
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Ertebak said: Story as a whole was trash, second part was unnecessary, focused too much on drama, pacing issues, drama for the sake of having drama, trash weeb song and Makoto trying to make anime (too) realistic as usual. Amazing visuals You kinda missed the point didn't you |
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75chan said: Ertebak said: Story as a whole was trash, second part was unnecessary, focused too much on drama, pacing issues, drama for the sake of having drama, trash weeb song and Makoto trying to make anime (too) realistic as usual. Amazing visuals You kinda missed the point didn't you Probably if you're talking about this thread(isn't it for discussion?). I get the point of the anime though, still think it's done poorly. |
ZyntycheMar 14, 2017 1:02 PM
Conde_Mohr said: Ertebak said: Story as a whole was trash, second part was unnecessary, focused too much on drama, pacing issues, drama for the sake of having drama, trash weeb song and Makoto trying to make anime (too) realistic as usual. Amazing visuals Extremely good visuals, with good ost, including the final song. I know it's no Anathema or Antimatter, but it fits the film. Story is good and to the point, if you don't like it as a whole, everything is unnecessary, but every part felt relevant imo. Drama was somewhat forced, but not excessively so. Distance and love is Makoto Shinkai's sign of identity, you know what it is about beforehand, you take it or you leave it, but watching it to define the plot as trash just because you don't like the genre seems like looking for something famous just to say it's bad. I personally really don't like most music used in anime. Story is trash because part 1 and part 3 don't connect very well which is because part 2 didn't connect them. It feels like part 2 is just there, it's more like a side story about his life during the time that he was away than actually being a part of the main story, the main character of that part isn't even that guy. Drama was somewhat forced, but not excessively so I feel like it was, there really wasn't a point in making the anime like this apart from making drama. Makoto himself said that he makes anime like this, because young people have to learn that real life isn't like a fairy tale like most anime portray. I disagree with this a lot, I come to anime to escape from reality, for example watching stories that could never possibly happen in real life. I do not watch anime to be reminded how the real world works. Distance and love is Makoto Shinkai's sign of identity, you know what it is about beforehand, you take it or you leave it, but watching it to define the plot as trash just because you don't like the genre seems like looking for something famous just to say it's bad. I actually love Makoto's work and I've watched almost everything that he made. 5 cm/s is one of his worst movies in my opinion. Both kotonoha no Niwa and Makoto himself are in my favourites even. Stories like Children who chase lost voices and Garden of Words actually feel like stories, 5 cm/s is just weird. People who hate on something just because it's populair are just straight up dumb, I am clearly not one of those people since I actually kind of explained what I don't like about it and what I did like. |
Ertebak said: Probably if you're talking about this thread(isn't it for discussion?). I get the point of the anime though, still think it's done poorly. > Story is trash because part 1 and part 3 don't connect very well which is because part 2 didn't connect them. It feels like part 2 is just there, it's more like a side story about his life during the time that he was away than actually being a part of the main story, the main character of that part isn't even that guy. The part is there to show how he ignores things in his life due to still living in the past. Saying it's unnecessary/not part of the main story does make it sound like you didn't get it. 5cm/s is a thematic work first and foremost, everything else is secondary. > I feel like it was, there really wasn't a point in making the anime like this apart from making drama. Makoto himself said that he makes anime like this, because young people have to learn that real life isn't like a fairy tale like most anime portray. I disagree with this a lot, I come to anime to escape from reality, for example watching stories that could never possibly happen in real life. I do not watch anime to be reminded how the real world works. Just because it doesn't appeal to you doesn't make it trash >I personally really don't like most music used in anime. I agree on this though (even if I like 5cm/s music apart from the ending song which is pointless and feels awkward. It's also a boring song) |
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he part is there to show how he ignores things in his life due to still living in the past. Saying it's unnecessary/not part of the main story does make it sound like you didn't get it. 5cm/s is a thematic work first and foremost, everything else is secondary. I did get it (I'm just horrible at explaining shit). It took way too long just to show us that he's still living in the past, not to mention that, that was a small part of his life. I feel like they should've put something else there showing more of his life. That would've been waaaaay better. Just because it doesn't appeal to you doesn't make it trash Of course not, but I didn't talk about it being trash in this part "> I feel like it was, there really wasn't a point in making the anime like this apart from making drama. Makoto himself said that he makes anime like this, because young people have to learn that real life isn't like a fairy tale like most anime portray. I disagree with this a lot, I come to anime to escape from reality, for example watching stories that could never possibly happen in real life. I do not watch anime to be reminded how the real world works." >I personally really don't like most music used in anime. I agree on this though (even if I like 5cm/s music apart from the ending song which is pointless and feels awkward. It's also a boring song) Wow, might be the first time that I've met someone who agrees with me at this |
Ertebak said: I personally really don't like most music used in anime. Me neither, but as a person who watches Eurovision, I learnt to look at things with a bit of perspective. When I listen to an anime song (which is not instrumental), I don't compare it to the music I usually listen to because everything would be bad in comparison, just the same way I don't compare instrumental anime OST to classical music. The song at the end fits the theme and isn't that bad, so it's A-Ok for me. Some people act as if it were the best song in the world, which I obviously disagree, but it's not as bad as you put it. Ertebak said: Story is trash because part 1 and part 3 don't connect very well which is because part 2 didn't connect them. It feels like part 2 is just there, it's more like a side story about his life during the time that he was away than actually being a part of the main story, the main character of that part isn't even that guy. Part 2 actually connects everything. You have one guy who falls in love with a girl, but he's separated from her. Later on, he hasn't forgotten her, but another girl wants to be his girlfriend, but eventually realises that he's in love with someone else and gives up. That part actually shows you the personality of the main character, as well as giving you a reference to understand what happens in the future. It's realistically portrayed, so that you can relate to both of them. Finally, you have the logical conclusion to the story according to what you saw in part two, with a song that, although it gets repetitive, fits what's on display, and high pitches in the beginning help stressing out the dramatic part. I can understand you not liking it, but it does make sense. Ertebak said: I feel like it was, there really wasn't a point in making the anime like this apart from making drama. I didn't like Nichijou, its only point is making you laugh. It's a drama, of course its main point is to make a drama. If you want some forced drama I invite you to watch Clannad if you haven't done that already, but I really don't think 5cm/s was so forced. It's actually feasible that someone lives in the past and can't move on from their first love. Sure, it's not the most common thing to happen, but I don't see it being forced or surreal. Ertebak said: Makoto himself said that he makes anime like this, because young people have to learn that real life isn't like a fairy tale like most anime portray. I disagree with this a lot, I come to anime to escape from reality, for example watching stories that could never possibly happen in real life. I do not watch anime to be reminded how the real world works. I can respect that you don't like to watch anime about the real world, but not everyone is like that, and these people have their right to like that kind of anime. One thing is saying that you don't like it because it's too realistic for you, or because you don't really like that much drama, and other thing is saying that the movie is trash because you don't like realistic anime. Ertebak said: Distance and love is Makoto Shinkai's sign of identity, you know what it is about beforehand, you take it or you leave it, but watching it to define the plot as trash just because you don't like the genre seems like looking for something famous just to say it's bad. I actually love Makoto's work and I've watched almost everything that he made. 5 cm/s is one of his worst movies in my opinion. Both kotonoha no Niwa and Makoto himself are in my favourites even. Stories like Children who chase lost voices and Garden of Words actually feel like stories, 5 cm/s is just weird. I've never been a fan of films, so I've not watched them. I may eventually do that, but I have nothing to compare them to at the moment (only Hoshi no Koe). Ertebak said: People who hate on something just because it's populair are just straight up dumb, I am clearly not one of those people since I actually kind of explained what I don't like about it and what I did like. The way you straight up defined it as trash while giving out reasons that didn't make sense to me (such as not liking the thematic and the final song) made me think like that. You definitely explained why you didn't like it, but that doesn't make something trash. |
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Me neither, but as a person who watches Eurovision, I learnt to look at things with a bit of perspective. When I listen to an anime song (which is not instrumental), I don't compare it to the music I usually listen to because everything would be bad in comparison, just the same way I don't compare instrumental anime OST to classical music. The song at the end fits the theme and isn't that bad, so it's A-Ok for me. Some people act as if it were the best song in the world, which I obviously disagree, but it's not as bad as you put it. I consider myself very open-minded with music, but the only type of music that I really do not like is stuff like anime music, j-pop and k-pop(there are some good songs out there ofc, but very few) I do not compare music at all tbh, I just either like it or not. Part 2 actually connects everything. You have one guy who falls in love with a girl, but he's separated from her. Later on, he hasn't forgotten her, but another girl wants to be his girlfriend, but eventually realises that he's in love with someone else and gives up. That part actually shows you the personality of the main character, as well as giving you a reference to understand what happens in the future. It's realistically portrayed, so that you can relate to both of them. Finally, you have the logical conclusion to the story according to what you saw in part two, with a song that, although it gets repetitive, fits what's on display, and high pitches in the beginning help stressing out the dramatic part. I can understand you not liking it, but it does make sense. I still think that part 2 was bad, it was too long and showed too little. I personally think that it didn't connect together at all. One moment we have the mc and girl hugging and then BAM bicycle bullshit. Also I understand what the whole showing personality etc, but I just think it wasn't done very well. I wish that they did it in a different way, because I would probably end up liking it more. I didn't like Nichijou, its only point is making you laugh. It's a drama, of course its main point is to make a drama. If you want some forced drama I invite you to watch Clannad if you haven't done that already, but I really don't think 5cm/s was so forced. It's actually feasible that someone lives in the past and can't move on from their first love. Sure, it's not the most common thing to happen, but I don't see it being forced or surreal. I have a biased against drama so this is probably my fault. I can respect that you don't like to watch anime about the real world, but not everyone is like that, and these people have their right to like that kind of anime. One thing is saying that you don't like it because it's too realistic for you, or because you don't really like that much drama, and other thing is saying that the movie is trash because you don't like realistic anime. Like I said, I have a huge bias against drama anime(not just because of personal preference, but because what they stand for). So I kind of agree with you and I kind of don't. I don't think the anime is trash, because I don't like realistic anime but because I'm against drama as a whole(sort of, kind of hard to explain for me since I suck at explaining shit). It's kind of like deus ex machina/ass-pull moment in movies and such. 1 person can say something like: oh the writing is bad and the author had to resort to deus ex machina to fix it but another person might say something like: I love deus ex machina moments because it's unexpected and surprises me every time. I think neither are really wrong and it basically comes down to preference, but despite me thinking that, I'll use for example the writing argument to explain why I didn't like it. It's kind of like this for me with drama(sorry very bad at explaining things and probably made shit too complicated again). I've never been a fan of films, so I've not watched them. I may eventually do that, but I have nothing to compare them to at the moment (only Hoshi no Koe). Fair enough. The way you straight up defined it as trash while giving out reasons that didn't make sense to me (such as not liking the thematic and the final song) made me think like that. You definitely explained why you didn't like it, but that doesn't make something trash. For you maybe not, but for me it is. There are anime that I don't like, but I know that it's just because of my preference. 5 cm/s not being one of those. |
| > I did get it (I'm just horrible at explaining shit). It took way too long just to show us that he's still living in the past, not to mention that, that was a small part of his life. I feel like they should've put something else there showing more of his life. That would've been waaaaay better. Like what, 20 minutes to show what's the entire point of the movie? What else were they even going to show? It's definitely a big part of his life (him living in the past). >Of course not, but I didn't talk about it being trash in this part No, but your argument is "I don't like stuff like this, thus it's trash", not "the anime is poorly executed, thus it's trash". >Wow, might be the first time that I've met someone who agrees with me at this I can kind of understand why it's trash though, anime is already niche enough and by having non-mainstream music (or music that doesn't appeal to a lot of people) they risk their already small target audience by adding, well, interesting music thus we only get the same shit over and over again. Not like western movies are much better though. |
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75 said: ert said: > I did get it (I'm just horrible at explaining shit). It took way too long just to show us that he's still living in the past, not to mention that, that was a small part of his life. I feel like they should've put something else there showing more of his life. That would've been waaaaay better. Like what, 20 minutes to show what's the entire point of the movie? What else were they even going to show? It's definitely a big part of his life (him living in the past). 20 minutes is a LOT, the movie was only 60 minutes long. 20 minutes = 1 third and all they really do is show nice scenery. They couldve showed more than just that, they picked like 1 week out of his life and nothing else. I want to see him "grow up", just show like 1 day of his life when he was idk 15 then 17 etc etc. It felt like watching the same scene over and over again, super unnecessary and couldve been done so much better than that. Or they couldve taked like idk 10 minutes, they really didnt show a lot. 75 said: ert said: >Of course not, but I didn't talk about it being trash in this part No, but your argument is "I don't like stuff like this, thus it's trash", not "the anime is poorly executed, thus it's trash". Yes, that is my argument, but I don't like that stuff because of reasons. I don't like drama focused anime, not because it's drama but because of different reasons. These aren't some gut feelings. So when I said "oh i don't like stuff like this" it actually goes deeper than that, but I wouldve had to explain why I think that anime like that are trash. 75 said: ert said: >Wow, might be the first time that I've met someone who agrees with me at this I can kind of understand why it's trash though, anime is already niche enough and by having non-mainstream music (or music that doesn't appeal to a lot of people) they risk their already small target audience by adding, well, interesting music thus we only get the same shit over and over again. Not like western movies are much better though. Ye, it all sounds the same to me tbh, same thing with movies indeed. Only really stands out when it's different like the interstellar main theme thing. |
| >20 minutes is a LOT No, 20 minutes is not a lot and they do not only show nice scenery. What's the point of showing one day of his life at 15 and then 16 and then 17 when there's no interesting difference? But sure, they probably could have done it in fewer minutes but if we're going to fault anime for not optimizing their time, I can do this towards 99% of anime. >Yes, that is my argument, but I don't like that stuff Can you make an argument of why they are trash that doesn't boil down to "it's not my thing"? I'm at the very least interested in hearing the argument even though I highly doubt I'll agree with it. |
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