Issue Description

Love can move at the speed of terminal velocity, but as award-winning director Makoto Shinkai reveals in his latest comic, it can only be shared and embraced by those who refuse to see it stop.

Takaki Tohno quickly befriends Akari Shinohara when she transfers to his school. They grow closer to each other due to similar interests and attitudes; for instance, they both prefer to stay inside during recess due to their constitutions. As a result, they form a strong bond.

Upon ending their school year, Akari moves to Tochigi, due to her parents' jobs. The two keep in contact by writing letters, but eventually begin to drift apart.

Back Blurb

Remember a time before cell phones could be found in every pocket? Or when even accessing the world wide web was something only readily available in a library? Back then letters still filled up postboxes and moments just felt so much more precious when captured on Polaroid film. Now life seems to move at the speed of light. Our memories are captured and shared with the world on social media platforms. And love, which is already capricious, can feel like it is moving at terminal velocity.

In Makoto Shinkai’s defining work, the internationally renowned director and animator unfolds a love story that is as timeless as it is fleeting. Yukiko Seike’s rendition of this modern classic adds a new level of emotion and intimacy that is unique to its source material.

Chapter TitlesChapter 1: On Cherry BlossomsChapter 2: RestlessChapter 3: Distant MemoriesChapter 4: Kanae's FeelingsChapter 5: CosmonautChapter 6: To Be Your Number One...Chapter 7: END THEME_1Chapter 8: END THEME_2Chapter 9: END THEME_3Chapter 10: One More Time, One More ChanceEpilogue: A Poem of the Sky and Sea

5 Centimeters per Second (2012)

Publisher

Vertical Inc.

Volume Description

English translation of the Japanese manga Byousoku 5 Centimeter (秒速5センチメートル).

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