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“Novel adaptation of Shinkai's 5 Centimeter Per Second: childhood friends drift apart, longing to reunite.”
5 Centimeters per Second
秒速5センチメートル
8.09
666 rank · 6,543 readers · 196 favorites
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Novel adaptation of Shinkai's 5 Centimeter Per Second: childhood friends drift apart, longing to reunite.
Novel adaptation of Makoto Shinkai's Byousoku 5 Centimeter anime. A tale of two people, Toono Takaki and Shinohara Akari, who were close friends but gradually grow farther and farther apart as time moves on. They become separated because of their families yet continue to exchange contact in the form of letters. Yet as time continues to trudge on, their contact with one another begins to cease. Years pass and the rift between them grows ever larger. However, Takaki remembers the times they have shared together, but as life continues to unfold for him, he wonders if he would be given the chance to meet Akari again as the tale embarks on Takaki's realization of the world and people around him.
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
9.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 0.47
Agreement
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σ 0.47 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.33
Running avg · Aug 2013 → May 2021
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Today is the 21st day of the 21st week of the 21st year of the 21st century. So, when I watched the animated version, I was not too fond of the story. I have always felt that something is missing,...”
- 10 “‘5 Centimeters Per Second’, a romance where if you’re looking for the stereotypical happy ending, you will not find… Okay, so one thing that’s nice about this novel is the fact that it starts off...”
- 10 “"...they say that it's 5 centimeters per second." "What is?" "The speed at which cherry blossoms fall. It's 5 centimeters per second." (This is a review of the novel that also makes comparisons to...”
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Short · 0%
Medium · 33%
Long · 67%
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A Novel Publication
- Format 3 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 24m approx
- Published Nov 2007 – ongoing
- Source Novel media type
- Ref. BS-M18361 catalog