15-year-old Takao trains to become a shoemaker and meets with a mysterious 27-year-old woman in the park when it rains. These two broken pieces come together and heal one another as they learn what it is to walk.
Set in an alternate ending to World War II, when the islands of Japan are divided into Union-controlled North and the US-controlled South, and the island of Hokkaido is annexed. A tall tower was built on Hokkaido, which could even be seen from Tokyo. In the summer of 1996, three middle-school students make a promise that they’ll […]
A chain of short stories about the distance between a young man named Takaki and his love through his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
5 Centimeters Per Second
Weathering with You