5 Centimeters per Second
| Ok... throughout this entire show I only was hoping that the end would surprise me so much that I would feel as if the middle part had not been pointless and depressing... next in the last ep there was only a song and subtitles so in the end nothing at all happened :S There wasn't any touching part, nor any beautiful part (except maybe the beginning), nor hope or any other emotion with which I could identify... I just hated the way the characters acted and wondered how in the world anybody could like this... so is there anybody out there who had the same impression? |
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| Yeah I was thinking the MC was a dumbass. If he wanted her he should've acted upon it and not just steadily lose contact the way he did. At least pork her once or twice damn son. Still, at least there's a bittersweet tone, as although he wasted his life waiting for her, he finally got over it. |
| This anime was really disapointing. Yoo much pepople says is really great, but for me not. Is boring, really really boring. |
| I didn't like this anime that much. My friends told me about this anime i was quite disappointed by it. It really doesn't explain what is going on that well and i found things hard to understand. Or maybe I'm just stupid. |
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| The background and OST was great, but the ending song....zzz In episode 1 and it talked about how they missed each other so much, and episode 2 was about Sumida love Takaki, yet episode 3..... I'm sorry, but I really can't take this anymore....It's such a waste of time for watching this anime, I though it would be great since the ranking was high... but it's really disappointing....the guy is lonely at last and yet Akari got married with THE OTHER GUY?!! WTF?! |
ReoAug 5, 2011 2:22 AM
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| I honestly thought that I was just crazy to be one the few that didn't like this anime at all. But It seems I was not alone after all. I took and understood the message it tried to portray(more or less). But even with that being said it still stands as one of the worst anime/drama's I've EVER watched....Highly overrated in a way I can't even begin to explain. I won't say it's "bad", but I will say it's not for me. |
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| See? That's exacly why it's called a drama people. It would be totally pointless if Takaki just walked up to her and said "Why don't we go to my place and I'll show you how much I love you". I think this anime deserves a full score because it pissed off so many of you, which means it was successful as a drama. You all wanted them to get together in the end? Well tough, that's life people. 5cm/s is realistic. There are no fairlytale endings. In fact this anime reminded me of a girl I liked once and we haven't seen each other in... damn at least 7-8 years now. But people have to move on, that was the message in this anime. "Don't waste yourself like Takaki" that's what this anime said. |
"The feels man, the feels..." |
| I'm sorry that real life disappoints you people. Thank god this isn't like some cheesy harem/ rom com that spews eternal love all over the place. It doesn't exist, get over it. |
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| Realism is boring though. I have real life for that. |
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| I think it was good but not awesome. |
| I don't think there's anything wrong with the story, I love drama's, but it's the way it was put together that annoyed me and made it boring, also I think 3 episodes were too short to make a good story, that's why I don't like the movies, but I wanted to give this one a try. |
| I dont like it too. Lost about 1h30? of my life on this... |
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| This anime resonates deeply with anyone who has had a similar experience, and those capable of empathy for such a situation. It captures many of the feelings involved to near perfection, and for those who just say something like "he should've acted upon it and not just steadily lose contact the way he did," life doesn't work like that, and that's part of the beauty of this movie. A waste of time? Perhaps it is for those too young or inexperienced to empathize, but for others that can, it's well worth the watch. |
| Anyone with over 10 shows ranked at 10/10 clearly needs to re-evaluate their idea of a 'masterpiece'. |
| I liked it. I thought it was a really pretty story. But Takaki's stupidity just dominates it. Why didn't he text her? Why didn't he try to see her anymore? He was in high school; getting together would be even easier. He didn't even try. It's his fault he was a miserable sack. |
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Scud said: Realism is boring though. I have real life for that. Basically sums up the movie. I was seriously waiting for something to happen. I found it especially screwed up how he allowed distance to break their bond. If they stayed in contact, they coulda potentially had a future after college. Instead he throws his life away. He wants to see her again but does nothing about it. This is not encouraging or happy in the least bit. It's pathetic and disappointing. I did not feel sadness or end up crying like I excepted when I heard about this movie. In fact, I barely felt any kind of emotion while watching this except maybe a bit of sadness at how things turned out. The only things I enjoyed were the visuals and sound. I actually found the ending song quite catchy. |
iNinjaManJan 26, 2012 10:02 PM
| My favorite character in the whole thing? The troll train... Otherwise this anime movie tries to teach you a lesson by showing you the depression that happens if you do it wrong... If you learn the lesson, then you have a higher chance of liking it... If you knew already what the message of this anime was trying to portray, you tend not to like it as much but still respect what it tried to do... If you missed the message completely, you tend to dislike it to more severe degree... |
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| I get a feeling quite a few people are missing the point. I read through most of the first page and skimmed/ skipped most of the second page, but something stuck out. Everyone seemed to think he didn't act on his emotions. As the subtitle says, this movie is about their distance. The two of them tried to bridge their distance through letters, but letters can only convey so much and they led different lives and their previous heart-felt connections wore thin. Thus, they slowly fell apart due to that distance. Think back to when you guys were in primary school. I'm sure you had a best friend there, or a group of friends. Do you still keep in contact with them if they went to a different high school? There might have been some contact, but its nothing like the good old days. You've both grown up; the paths you've taken diverged at primary school and the varying influences of life changed the two/ group of you/yours. Eventually you can't relate to each other thanks to the different lives you lead. Also, you cannot forget that when they were broken apart, they were children that hadn't even hit puberty. Puberty, as you should know, is a period of vast change. Impressionable and prone to extremely rapid change, it's very difficult to remain friends with people you DON'T constantly hang around and change with. Addressing everybody who thinks Takaki is a moron/ idiot/ ball-less pile of amoeba, I think Takaki isn't so much stupid, but suffered heavily from an inherent flaw that is present in all humans. I believe that he just wanted to maintain status quo in his life. He couldn't keep up with anyone else and ended up not being able to create any meaningful relationships with anyone (as far as we can tell). This is symbolised by the launching of the satellite; Takaki is represented by the Earth, whereas, Akari is represented by the satellite. Takaki is motionless (relatively; physics can go burn in hell for my analogy D:<) whereas, Akari moves on, sees new things, experiences new sensations. Fitting, if you consider that in the manga Takaki develops an interest in space. He yearns to be able to move on, but is unable to. But beyond all the symbolism that this film is filled with, this film makes you yearn for the cliché happy ending; it is truly moving. I could write an essay, several essays even, about this film; it is packed with symbolism and varying interpretations can be made of the characters. But ultimately, the characters in this film are realistic depictions of people that you can truly care about and relate to, a refreshing change from the larger than life depictions of people common in anime and main stream entertainment. In addition, this type of anime is one that only gets better as you grow older and accumulate more life experience. Watch it a year later, and the meaning that the film held for you will change drastically and you will be able to empathise with the characters far more than you were able to before. Using an analogy, it is like good wine, it will only get better as you grow older. [EDIT]: Damn I spent way too long on this demi-essay. Well, guess I couldn't handle the criticism that the movie was getting. Not sure if anybody will read this in its entirety other than high school english teachers : S. Still, needed to get it out and exercise my brain a little. |
ayayayayaFeb 8, 2012 6:14 AM
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DraconisMarch said: I liked it. I thought it was a really pretty story. But Takaki's stupidity just dominates it. Why didn't he text her? Why didn't he try to see her anymore? He was in high school; getting together would be even easier. He didn't even try. It's his fault he was a miserable sack. Just this and the many others who think similar, I don't know if I've pointed it out before, but a quick point, this is how I thought of that side of the story. In elementary school, they were still attached to the Cherry Blossom Tree. Once they met at the tree, and parted ways, they fell from the tree, and they petals will never meet again. The show is called "5 Centimeters Per Second" which refers to the Cherry Blossom Tree. They symbolize the petals. Though I still didn't enjoy it quite as much. I think it would have been better off in the manga, goodness the art in this movie. Voice acting was splendid, as well. |
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hottbill said: I'm sorry that real life disappoints you people. Thank god this isn't like some cheesy harem/ rom com that spews eternal love all over the place. It doesn't exist, get over it. You think people actually act like that in real life? Nobody over the age of 12 acts like the characters did. It was garbage wrapped in a pretty bow, nobody with common sense would act like the characters in this show did, grow up. |
Renton- said: hottbill said: I'm sorry that real life disappoints you people. Thank god this isn't like some cheesy harem/ rom com that spews eternal love all over the place. It doesn't exist, get over it. You think people actually act like that in real life? Nobody over the age of 12 acts like the characters did. It was garbage wrapped in a pretty bow, nobody with common sense would act like the characters in this show did, grow up. k sour puss lmaoooo |
| I didn't hate the movie, but I didn't really like it either. Too much use of symbolism and not enough actual substance. Shinkai doesn't follow the "show, don't tell" rule very well, always cutting to pretty clouds while letting some boring narration tell the story and not giving his characters any depth. Personally, I'd stick with Mushishi. |
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| To be honest, I also didn't like it and often I can't interpretate things but what bothers me the most is and I'm actually surprised that no one came up with it, but why the hell didn't Akari do anything, too. Why do so many comments here give me the impression that only Takaki is at fault. Yeah, she moved on but didn't she love him, wasnt she waiting for a letter, too? |
Zhou said: To be honest, I also didn't like it and often I can't interpretate things but what bothers me the most is and I'm actually surprised that no one came up with it, but why the hell didn't Akari do anything, too. Why do so many comments here give me the impression that only Takaki is at fault. Yeah, she moved on but didn't she love him, wasnt she waiting for a letter, too? By the end of the film I decided it was trivial to put the blame on either of their shoulders. It's something both parties just had to accept and move on from; it just took one longer than the other. |
| it has good atmosphere and art but the story's lame. |
Simonian said: See? That's exacly why it's called a drama people. It would be totally pointless if Takaki just walked up to her and said "Why don't we go to my place and I'll show you how much I love you". I think this anime deserves a full score because it pissed off so many of you, which means it was successful as a drama. You all wanted them to get together in the end? Well tough, that's life people. 5cm/s is realistic. There are no fairlytale endings. In fact this anime reminded me of a girl I liked once and we haven't seen each other in... damn at least 7-8 years now. But people have to move on, that was the message in this anime. "Don't waste yourself like Takaki" that's what this anime said. well said! |
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| From my point of view Takaki was unsure if their relationship would have worked after so many years. He obviously still had feelings for her but it was no longer Akari to whom these feelings were directed to but an idealized projection of Akari in his imagination. He realized at the end how far they have grown away from each other, that a reunion would be highly unlikely. And as we have seen Akari has indeed moved on by even being engaged to someone. Let's be realistic, they haven't seen each other for years, most relationships wouldn't survive such a long time span and in this case they were merely teenagers at the beginning when love interests tend to change easily. |
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| In general this anime serves as a serious look into a true long distance relationship. No fairy tale endings, no sob stories. In just one scene Makoto is able to show the viewer this, and that is the train sequence. It's such a fitting metaphor for the movie that just that one scene almost made me give it a 10. At the start they both eagerly wait for the train to pass them, standing on opposite sides of the track, reuniting once the train passes. By the end, Akari stops briefly, recognizing the person she had just passed, but is gone by the time the train passes. Takaki is still standing there however, hoping that Akari was waiting too. Finally, Takaki realizes that he has to move on to, and turns his back and takes a step forward. It's beautiful, really. Anyway it's a movie about moving on. You can't let a lost relationship hold you back. Takaki lets several people that love him pass him by while he is trapped in the past, and ultimately he comes to this realization and starts to move forward. The only reason that I didn't give the movie a 10 was because of a small lack of depth in the characters back stories to truly make those moments such as the train perfect. |
Jay_Ox said: I didn't like it. Not because it wasn't a great movie but because it just reminds me of my own feelings of hopelessness. And that, my friend, was the point. |
| i hated it too at first, then i realized that i hated it because it made me so damn depressed. powerful movie. |
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| I suppose the story was great, but it was too boring. I heard that it was sure to make you cry (or atleast close to), but i never felt anything. I had high hopes for it, but it ended with a 1/10... |
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| I can't say I especially cared for the characters, but I have to laud the movie for its realistic approach to romance. Those who are completely disappointed by this film probably expected some kind of miracle to happen. But if you look at it from a realistic point of view then you will see this ending is actually an appropriate one, since a real life romance story isn't always kind to everyone. |
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| Anyone who deslikes this anime is a doofus. I don't care about your reasons. This is a work of art. And there is no way anime is "supposed" to be. FFS' it's not one genre, it's an entire media format. It doens't have to be unrealistic and full of cliches, it doens't have to follow the exact same conventions and patterns. Now THAT is just dull. |
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TrashMan said: Anyone who deslikes this anime is a doofus. I don't care about your reasons. This is a work of art. And there is no way anime is "supposed" to be. FFS' it's not one genre, it's an entire media format. It doens't have to be unrealistic and full of cliches, it doens't have to follow the exact same conventions and patterns. Now THAT is just dull. Your making yourself look like a doofus by saying that you don't care about others reasons. There's something called personal opinion and what you like, some1 else wont. OnT - I didn't really enjoy this film, was a little boring for me... |
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