1. Hey...Copy !req
2. They say it's five centimeters per second.Copy !req
3. Huh? What is?Copy !req
4. The speed at which cherry blossoms fall.
It's five centimeters per second.Copy !req
5. You sure know a lot of stuff like that, Akari.Copy !req
6. Say... don't you think it kinda looks like snow?Copy !req
7. I guess...Copy !req
8. Hey! Wait up!Copy !req
9. Akari!Copy !req
10. Takaki-kun!Copy !req
11. It'd be great if we could watch the cherry
blossoms fall again together next year.Copy !req
12. "To Thono Takaki-sama."Copy !req
13. "It's been a really long time."Copy !req
14. "Summer's pretty hot around here,
but compared to Tokyo, it's so much milder."Copy !req
15. "But when I think about it,
I liked Tokyo's hot, humid summers, too."Copy !req
16. "The melting-hot asphalt,"Copy !req
17. "the distant skyscrapers, shimmering in the heat,"Copy !req
18. "and the freezing air-conditioning
in department stores and on subways."Copy !req
19. "The last time we were together was at
our elementary school graduation."Copy !req
20. "It's already been half a year since."Copy !req
21. "So, Takaki-kun..."Copy !req
22. "... do you still remember me?"Copy !req
23. "Dear Takaki-kun..."Copy !req
24. "Thanks for replying."Copy !req
25. "It made me so happy."Copy !req
26. "It's already well into autumn and the
leaves are turning beautiful colors."Copy !req
27. "I had to pull out a sweater the day before
yesterday for the first time this year."Copy !req
28. Tohno-kun.Copy !req
29. Senpai.Copy !req
30. What's that? A love letter?Copy !req
31. That's not it.Copy !req
32. Sorry for having asked you to do all that.Copy !req
33. No problem, I finished quickly.Copy !req
34. Thanks. So, is it true that you'll be transferring schools?Copy !req
35. Ah, yes, at the end of the year.Copy !req
36. Where to?Copy !req
37. Kagoshima. Because of my parents.Copy !req
38. I see... it'll be lonely around here without you.Copy !req
39. "I'm actually writing this letter on the train because
practice has been starting really early lately."Copy !req
40. "I had my hair cut the other day."Copy !req
41. "It's so short you can even see my ears..."Copy !req
42. "... so you probably wouldn't even recognize me
if you saw me."Copy !req
43. I'm back.Copy !req
44. Welcome home.Copy !req
45. "I bet you're changing little by little too, Takaki-kun."Copy !req
46. "Dear Takaki-kun..."Copy !req
47. "Have you been doing well during these cold days?"Copy !req
48. "It's already snowed a number of times here."Copy !req
49. "Every time it does, I wrap myself in layers of clothes when I go to school."Copy !req
50. "It hasn't snowed in Tokyo yet, right?"Copy !req
51. "Even though I moved away..."Copy !req
52. "... I still look at Tokyo's weather forecast out of habit."Copy !req
53. Wish it would rain one of these days...Copy !req
54. It wouldn't be any better indoors.Copy !req
55. Say... have you guys ever been to Tochigi?Copy !req
56. Huh? Where?Copy !req
57. Tochigi.Copy !req
58. Nope.Copy !req
59. I wonder how you get there...Copy !req
60. No clue.Copy !req
61. A bullet train or something?Copy !req
62. It's a long way...Copy !req
63. Freshmen!Copy !req
64. Yes?Copy !req
65. Onto the final three laps! Fight! Fight!Copy !req
66. "I was surprised to hear that you were
the one transferring schools this time."Copy !req
67. "We both got used to transferring schools
when we were little.."Copy !req
68. "But still... Kagoshima.
That's kind of far away, isn't it?"Copy !req
69. "It's no longer a distance where I can just
jump on a train and see you whenever I want..."Copy !req
70. "So... I guess... that makes me feel a little lonely."Copy !req
71. "Please be well, Takaki-kun."Copy !req
72. "Dear Takaki-kun..."Copy !req
73. "I'm so happy we'll see each other on March 4th."Copy !req
74. "It'll be just about a year since we last met, won't it?"Copy !req
75. "For some reason, I feel kind of nervous."Copy !req
76. "There's a really large cherry tree close to
my house, so I bet that in the spring..."Copy !req
77. "... the petals will fall at five centimeters per second."Copy !req
78. "I'm really hoping the spring will come with you that day, Takaki-kun."Copy !req
79. Wanna stop somewhere on the way home?Copy !req
80. Well... it's raining out.Copy !req
81. The forecast said it's supposed to turn to snow by tonight.Copy !req
82. Really? I thought it felt cold.Copy !req
83. And we're already in March...Copy !req
84. Yeah, it feels like I'm gonna catch a cold.Copy !req
85. We can get off at Shimokita.Copy !req
86. Yeah.Copy !req
87. Tohno, let's get to practice.Copy !req
88. Right...Copy !req
89. About that... I don't think I can make it today.Copy !req
90. Getting ready to move?Copy !req
91. Something like that.Copy !req
92. Sorry.Copy !req
93. "I'm glad you're coming all the way out to the station closest to me..."Copy !req
94. "... but it's a long trip, so please be careful."Copy !req
95. "I'll be waiting for you in the station's waiting room at 7:00 that night."Copy !req
96. On the day Akari and I were to meet,
the rain turned to snow in the afternoon.Copy !req
97. Hey, Takaki-kun.Copy !req
98. It's that cat, Chobi.Copy !req
99. He's always lying here.Copy !req
100. But it looks like he's all by himself today.Copy !req
101. What happened to your friend Mimi?
It must be lonely all by yourself, huh?Copy !req
102. How's that book so far?Copy !req
103. I really like it.Copy !req
104. Last night I read four billion years' worth of evolution.Copy !req
105. Where are you at now?Copy !req
106. Just about when the Anomalocaris start showing up.Copy !req
107. The Cambrian era!Copy !req
108. I really like the Hallucigenia. They look like this!Copy !req
109. Yeah, something like that...Copy !req
110. Which one do you like, Takaki-kun?Copy !req
111. The Opabinia, maybe?Copy !req
112. The five-eyed one, right?Copy !req
113. I think Akari and I were a lot alike somehow.Copy !req
114. Exactly one year after I transferred to Tokyo...Copy !req
115. A new friend just transferred to our school. This is Tohno Takaki-kun.Copy !req
116. Akari transferred into my class.Copy !req
117. Starting today, Shinohara Akari-san will be joining our class.Copy !req
118. Because our bodies were still small, frail, and prone to illness...Copy !req
119. the two of us preferred the library over playing on the sportsfield.Copy !req
120. Naturally, we became friends...Copy !req
121. and because of that, there were times when
our classmates would tease us. But...Copy !req
122. I feel kinda bad for her.Copy !req
123. Those two are always together.Copy !req
124. Ooh! There he is!Copy !req
125. As long as we were both together,
strangely, things like that didn't scare us.Copy !req
126. Aw, what a nice guy!Copy !req
127. Wow!Copy !req
128. And yet, for some reason, I thought we'd
end up going to the same middle school...Copy !req
129. and stay together, just as we were...Copy !req
130. from that point on.Copy !req
131. Shinjuku, Shinjuku, last stop. For passengers which...Copy !req
132. JR Line, Heiou Line, subway...Copy !req
133. It was the first time I'd gone to Shinjuku Station alone...Copy !req
134. and all the lines I would soon be riding would also be firsts for me.Copy !req
135. My heart was pounding.Copy !req
136. I was going to see Akari again.Copy !req
137. How did it go with that guy?Copy !req
138. Who?Copy !req
139. You know, that Nisshou boy.Copy !req
140. Are you kidding? His tastes were a little gross...Copy !req
141. We will be arriving at Musashi-Urawa shortly. Again, this is Musashi-Urawa.Copy !req
142. At our next stop, Musashi-Urawa, in order to connect with the express train...Copy !req
143. In order to connect with the express train, this train will be stopping for 4 minutes.Copy !req
144. Those passengers who wish to quickly reach Yonohonmachi and Oomiya please board...Copy !req
145. Um... this is Shinohara.Copy !req
146. Umm, is Takaki-kun there?Copy !req
147. It's Akari-chan.Copy !req
148. Huh? You're transferring schools?Copy !req
149. What about Nishi Middle School?
You went through all that trouble to get accepted.Copy !req
150. They said they'd handle the paperwork of transferring
me to the public school in Tochigi...Copy !req
151. I'm sorry...Copy !req
152. No... there's no reason to apologize.Copy !req
153. I told them I still wanted to go from my aunt's house in Katsushika, but...Copy !req
154. they said I couldn't until I was older.Copy !req
155. I understand... you don't have to say anything else.Copy !req
156. That's enough.Copy !req
157. I'm sorry...Copy !req
158. Through the receiver painfully pressed against my ear...Copy !req
159. Akari's own pain was palpable.Copy !req
160. But... there was nothing I could do.Copy !req
161. That was pretty good, huh?Copy !req
162. Yeah. See you later!Copy !req
163. The terminal I transferred at was crowded with people heading home...Copy !req
164. and everyone's shoes were soaked from the snow.Copy !req
165. The frigid air was saturated with the classic smell of a snowy city day.Copy !req
166. All passengers, your attention please.Copy !req
167. Due to the snowy weather conditions, the Utsunomiya Line
outbound trains traveling to Oomiya and Utsunomiya...Copy !req
168. will be experiencing an 8 minute delay in arrival.Copy !req
169. We apologize for any inconvenience in your busy day.Copy !req
170. Until that moment, I hadn't even considered
the possibility of one of my trains being late.Copy !req
171. My creeping anxiety suddenly became much greater.Copy !req
172. This train is currently running 10 minutes late due to the snowy weather conditions.Copy !req
173. We apologize for any inconvenience in your busy day.Copy !req
174. After we had passed a little beyond Oomiya Station...Copy !req
175. almost all the passing buildings suddenly vanished from view.Copy !req
176. Next stop is Kuki. Kuki.Copy !req
177. We apologize for our terribly late arrival.Copy !req
178. Those passengers transferring to the Tobu Isesaki Line,
please make your way around to Exit #5.Copy !req
179. Due to the next train's delay, this train will be stopping
at this station for the next 10 minutes.Copy !req
180. We apologize for any inconvenience in your busy day,
and appreciate your understanding.Copy !req
181. Sorry about that.Copy !req
182. Due to the next train's delay, this train will be stopping
at this station for the next 10 minutes.Copy !req
183. We apologize for any inconvenience in your busy day, and...Copy !req
184. This is Nogi. Nogi.Copy !req
185. To all passengers, we express our deepest apologies.Copy !req
186. Due to the continuing delay of the following train, this train will
be stopping at this station for an extended period of time.Copy !req
187. We apologize for any inconvenience in your busy day,
and appreciate your understanding.Copy !req
188. The stations seemed unbelievably far apart...Copy !req
189. and the train would stop for an unbelievably
long amount of time at each station.Copy !req
190. Kurihashi > Koga > Nogi > Mamada > OyamaCopy !req
191. Omoigawa > Tochigi > Ohirashita > Iwafune > SanoCopy !req
192. The wilderness on the other side of the
window seemed like nothing I'd ever experienced before.Copy !req
193. The slowly ticking time...Copy !req
194. and my pangs of hunger...Copy !req
195. continued to dampen my spirits.Copy !req
196. The time we had planned to meet had passed...Copy !req
197. so I had the feeling that Akari was beginning to worry.Copy !req
198. On that day...Copy !req
199. the day she called...Copy !req
200. Akari must've been so much more jittery and upset than me,
yet I couldn't find the words to console her.Copy !req
201. I felt so ashamed of myself.Copy !req
202. As we look back, we thank our teachers for all they've done.Copy !req
203. Then I guess after today... this is goodbye.Copy !req
204. Any summer vacation plans?Copy !req
205. I received the first letter from Akari half a year later...Copy !req
206. during the summer of my first year of middle school.Copy !req
207. I remember every last word of it.Copy !req
208. Over the two weeks before the day we were to meet...Copy !req
209. I spent my time writing a letter I would give her.Copy !req
210. It was filled with all the things I had to tell her.Copy !req
211. All the things I wanted her to hear.Copy !req
212. There were so many.Copy !req
213. We apologize terribly for the wait.Copy !req
214. This train will shortly begin its departure towards Utsunomiya.Copy !req
215. This is Oyama. Oyama.Copy !req
216. For those passengers changing over to the
Tohoku Bullet Train, please transfer here.Copy !req
217. Those passengers transferring to the down-train,
the Tohoku Bullet Train towards Morioka, please transfer to Line 1.Copy !req
218. Those passengers transferring to the up-train
towards Tokyo, please transfer to Line 5.Copy !req
219. Those passengers transferring to the Mito Line-Copy !req
220. All passengers, your attention please.Copy !req
221. Due to snowy weather conditions, the
Ryomo Line is currently experiencing a serious delay.Copy !req
222. We apologize for the terrible inconvenience.Copy !req
223. We ask that you please be patient and wait a little longer until the train arrives.Copy !req
224. The next up-train headed for—Copy !req
225. Either way...Copy !req
226. I had no choice but to keep going towards
the station where Akari was waiting.Copy !req
227. This is the up-train, Line 8, towards Takasaki,
passing Ashikaga and Maebashi on the way.Copy !req
228. Please stand behind the white line—Copy !req
229. All passengers, your attention please.Copy !req
230. Due to the disrupted schedule from the heavy snowfall
this train will be making a temporary stop.Copy !req
231. We apologize terribly for this inconvenience in your busy day...Copy !req
232. but presently, we are unable to resume normal service.Copy !req
233. I repeat...Copy !req
234. "Dear Takaki-kun..."Copy !req
235. "How are you?"Copy !req
236. "I'm actually writing this letter on the train because
practice has been starting really early lately."Copy !req
237. Every time I tried to picture Akari from her letters...Copy !req
238. she was always alone for some reason.Copy !req
239. In the end, the train remained stopped
in the barren wilderness for two hours.Copy !req
240. Each minute felt like an eternity.Copy !req
241. With clear malice towards me...Copy !req
242. time continued to drift slowly forwards around me.Copy !req
243. I clenched my teeth tightly together...Copy !req
244. and could do nothing but endure the pain and hold back my tears.Copy !req
245. Akari...Copy !req
246. Please tell me...Copy !req
247. you've already...Copy !req
248. returned home.Copy !req
249. Line 3 towards Takasaki, passing Ashikaga
and Maebashi on the way has just arrived.Copy !req
250. Due to the snowy weather conditions, this train
will be making a temporary stop.Copy !req
251. Akari...Copy !req
252. It tastes good.Copy !req
253. Really?Copy !req
254. It's just hot roasted tea.Copy !req
255. Roasted tea?Copy !req
256. This is my first time having it...Copy !req
257. You're kidding. I'm sure you've had it before.Copy !req
258. You think?Copy !req
259. You must have.Copy !req
260. And... since I made this, I can't really guarantee how good it'll taste, but...Copy !req
261. If you'd like, please have some.Copy !req
262. Thanks!Copy !req
263. I was really hungry.Copy !req
264. How is it?Copy !req
265. It's the most delicious rice ball I've ever had.Copy !req
266. You're exaggerating!Copy !req
267. It really is!Copy !req
268. It's probably just because you're hungry.Copy !req
269. You think so?Copy !req
270. It must be.Copy !req
271. I think I'll have a bite, too.Copy !req
272. So... you're moving soon, right?Copy !req
273. Yeah. Next week.Copy !req
274. Kagoshima, huh?Copy !req
275. It's pretty far away.Copy !req
276. Yeah...Copy !req
277. Though this trip to Tochigi was pretty far, too.Copy !req
278. You can't even go home today now, after all.Copy !req
279. We'll be closing soon. There aren't any more trains coming or going.Copy !req
280. Yes, sir.Copy !req
281. Be careful on your way home in this snow.Copy !req
282. Yes, sir.Copy !req
283. Can you see the tree way out there?Copy !req
284. Is that the tree from your letters?Copy !req
285. Yeah. It's a cherry tree.Copy !req
286. So...Copy !req
287. don't you think it looks a little like snow?Copy !req
288. It sure does.Copy !req
289. In that moment...Copy !req
290. I felt like I knew where eternity, our hearts and ours souls all lay.Copy !req
291. I felt as though we had shared
all the experiences of my 13 years.Copy !req
292. And then... in the next moment...Copy !req
293. I was suddenly filled with an insufferable sadness.Copy !req
294. Akari's warmth... and her soul...Copy !req
295. How could I take them in, and where could I bring them?Copy !req
296. I felt that sad because I didn't have those answers.Copy !req
297. I clearly knew that from that point on, we wouldn't be together forever.Copy !req
298. The overwhelming weight of our lives to come...Copy !req
299. and the uncertainty of time hung over us.Copy !req
300. But... the creeping anxiety that had taken hold of me...Copy !req
301. would soon gradually melt away.Copy !req
302. And all that remained would be the feeling of Akari's soft lips.Copy !req
303. We spent that night in a shack by the side of a field.Copy !req
304. Wrapping ourselves in an old blanket, we talked on and on...Copy !req
305. until finally, we had fallen asleep, side by side.Copy !req
306. The next morning, as I boarded the train that had started its run again...Copy !req
307. I parted with Akari..Copy !req
308. Umm... Takaki-kun...Copy !req
309. Yeah?Copy !req
310. Takaki-kun...Copy !req
311. I'm sure you'll be okay from now on.Copy !req
312. I just know it!Copy !req
313. Thank you.Copy !req
314. Akari, you be well, too!Copy !req
315. I'll write you!Copy !req
316. I'll call, too!Copy !req
317. I never told Akari that I'd lost the letter I wanted to give her.Copy !req
318. Because I felt that my world had completely changed after that kiss.Copy !req
319. All I wanted was the strength to protect her.Copy !req
320. With that thought in my mind, I continued to gaze out
over the landscape beyond the window... forever.Copy !req
321. Kanae, are you going to go after school, too?Copy !req
322. Yeah, are you okay with that, Onee-chan?Copy !req
323. Fine by me. But be sure to get to your studies, too.Copy !req
324. Yeah.Copy !req
325. Okay!Copy !req
326. Morning.Copy !req
327. Good morning, Tohno-kun.Copy !req
328. You're really early this morning, huh?Copy !req
329. You too, Sumida. You went to the beach again, right?Copy !req
330. Yeah.Copy !req
331. You're practicing hard.Copy !req
332. I wouldn't say that...Copy !req
333. See you later, Tohno-kun.Copy !req
334. Later.Copy !req
335. Got it? It's time to begin making your choices.Copy !req
336. Be sure to turn it in by Monday, okay?Copy !req
337. And remember to talk it over with your parents before.Copy !req
338. Looks like Sasaki-san's gonna be going to a college in Tokyo.Copy !req
339. No surprise there. I was thinking of maybe
going to a 2-year college in Kumamoto.Copy !req
340. What about you, Kanae?Copy !req
341. Huh? Umm...Copy !req
342. Will you get a job?Copy !req
343. Umm...Copy !req
344. You really haven't thought about it at all, huh?Copy !req
345. The only thing on your mind is Tohno-kun, right?Copy !req
346. He definitely left his girlfriend in Tokyo, I'm telling you.Copy !req
347. No way!Copy !req
348. Still not going well for you?Copy !req
349. Yeah... what's gotten into me?Copy !req
350. It's better if you don't think about it too much.
You'll be able to surf again in no time, I promise.Copy !req
351. It must be nice taking things so easy, Onee-chan.Copy !req
352. What are you in such a rush for?Copy !req
353. At this rate, I won't be able to say it before graduation...Copy !req
354. Thanks, Onee-chan.Copy !req
355. I can take you home, too...Copy !req
356. Don't worry about it. I'll take my bike home.Copy !req
357. Sumida, you're on your way home?Copy !req
358. Yeah.Copy !req
359. You too, Tohno-kun?Copy !req
360. Yeah.Copy !req
361. Wanna go home together?Copy !req
362. If I had a tail like a dog's...Copy !req
363. I'm sure it'd be wagging back and forth right now,
since I'd be unable to hide my happiness.Copy !req
364. I was sort of relieved and thought to myself,
"Thank goodness I'm not really a dog..."Copy !req
365. and I was surprised at how foolish I was for thinking what I did earlier.Copy !req
366. But even still, the trip home with Tohno-kun was bliss.Copy !req
367. Right from the start, Tohno-kun seemed
a little different from the other boys.Copy !req
368. I'm Tohno Takaki.Copy !req
369. I'm sorta used to transferring schools because of my parents' jobs...Copy !req
370. but I'm not too used to this island yet.Copy !req
371. It's nice to meet you all.Copy !req
372. I fell in love at first sight on that day in the second year of middle
school, and wanted to go to the same high school as him...Copy !req
373. so I studied really hard, was somehow accepted...Copy !req
374. and every single time I saw him, fell more and more in love with him.Copy !req
375. But it's so scary, and everyday is painful.Copy !req
376. Yet every time I see him, I'm filled with such happiness...Copy !req
377. that I'm at a loss for what to do.Copy !req
378. Tohno-kun, there you go buying the same one again.Copy !req
379. It's really good.Copy !req
380. Sumida, you always think your decisions
through seriously, don't you?Copy !req
381. Yeah.Copy !req
382. I'll be outside.Copy !req
383. Yeah.Copy !req
384. Just this, please.Copy !req
385. That'll be 90 yen.Copy !req
386. Here you go.Copy !req
387. Thanks as always.Copy !req
388. Welcome back.Copy !req
389. What'd you buy?Copy !req
390. Well, it was hard to pick, but I went with this.Copy !req
391. Sometimes, Tohno-kun would be writing a text message...Copy !req
392. and every time he did, I would always wish...Copy !req
393. that the text message he was writing...Copy !req
394. would be addressed to me.Copy !req
395. Kabu, I'm home!Copy !req
396. Kabu, Kabu!Copy !req
397. I'm back.Copy !req
398. This is a message from your town hall.Copy !req
399. The next normal open gasoline stand will be at the
Sakai Agricultural Cooperative Gas Station.Copy !req
400. Sumida Kanae-san from Class 3-1...Copy !req
401. Itou-sensei is calling for you.Copy !req
402. Please report to the Guidance Counselor's office.Copy !req
403. That's your girlfriend, Tohno.Copy !req
404. She's not my girlfriend.Copy !req
405. You're the only one in the grade who hasn't filled one out.Copy !req
406. I'm sorry.Copy !req
407. Look, this isn't something someone in my position should be saying...Copy !req
408. but this isn't really something you have to wrack your brain over.Copy !req
409. Has Sumida-sensei said anything?Copy !req
410. No...Copy !req
411. If you really can't decide, then how about
a 2-year college within the prefecture?Copy !req
412. But...Copy !req
413. Onee-chan has nothing to do with it...Copy !req
414. After all...Copy !req
415. surfing, even after I pestered my sister so much to teach me...Copy !req
416. and the most important guy who takes up all of my thoughts...Copy !req
417. are two things I'm still no good at.Copy !req
418. Thanks as always.Copy !req
419. Not at all. See you next time.Copy !req
420. Whenever I go to where Tohno-kun is...Copy !req
421. deep down, my heart... it clenches up... just a little.Copy !req
422. Tohno-kun.Copy !req
423. Sumida, what's up? I'm surprised you found me way out here.Copy !req
424. I saw your bike, so I decided to come on by.Copy !req
425. That okay?Copy !req
426. Ah, I see. I'm glad to see you.Copy !req
427. We didn't run into each other at the bike shed today.Copy !req
428. I'm glad, too.Copy !req
429. He's really kind.Copy !req
430. So kind that sometimes it feels like I'm going to cry.Copy !req
431. Hey, are you going to test to get into college?Copy !req
432. Yeah. I'm going to take a few for some universities in Tokyo.Copy !req
433. Tokyo... I see.Copy !req
434. I thought that might be the case.Copy !req
435. Why do you say that?Copy !req
436. You seem like you want to go far away from here, for some reason...Copy !req
437. What about you, Sumida?Copy !req
438. I don't even really know what's going to happen tomorrow.Copy !req
439. Everyone's the same.Copy !req
440. No way! You too, Tohno-kun?Copy !req
441. Of course.Copy !req
442. You don't look like you have anything to worry about.Copy !req
443. Oh, stop that. I'm filled with nothing but worries.Copy !req
444. I'm doing all that I can just to keep up. I have no breathing room.Copy !req
445. Really?Copy !req
446. I see...Copy !req
447. A plane?Copy !req
448. Yeah.Copy !req
449. Wow...Copy !req
450. They say it travels at five kilometers per hour.Copy !req
451. It's going to the Minamitane launch facility.Copy !req
452. Looks like there'll be a launch this year. First time in a while.Copy !req
453. Yeah. It's supposed to go to the far reaches of the solar system.Copy !req
454. No matter how many years it takes...Copy !req
455. Hey... you should really talk to Kanae about her plans for the future.Copy !req
456. You know how absent-minded she can be.Copy !req
457. She'll be fine. It's not like she's a child anymore.Copy !req
458. I remember when I used to be just like that, a long time ago...Copy !req
459. Hear that, Kabu? Tohno-kun apparently doesn't
know what tomorrow will bring, either.Copy !req
460. We're both the same. Tohno-kun and me.Copy !req
461. It must really be...Copy !req
462. a lonelier journey than anyone could imagine.Copy !req
463. To just press forward through the true pitch darkness...Copy !req
464. Barely encountering even a single hydrogen atom...Copy !req
465. Wholeheartedly believing you'll come closer to discovering...Copy !req
466. the secrets of the universe within the unfathomable abyss of space.Copy !req
467. I wonder how far we should go...Copy !req
468. How far CAN we go?Copy !req
469. I wonder when I got in the habit of
writing messages to nobody?Copy !req
470. Kanae, have you decided what you'll be doing in the future?Copy !req
471. Nope. Like I thought, I'm still not sure...Copy !req
472. But it's all right! I decided that I'll just take things on one at a time.Copy !req
473. Off I go!Copy !req
474. Since that day, a number of typhoons have passed through...Copy !req
475. and the island's become a little cooler each time.Copy !req
476. The wind blowing through the sugarcane has taken on a slight chill...Copy !req
477. and the sky seems a little higher.Copy !req
478. The edges of the clouds have become gentler...Copy !req
479. and my classmates have begun wearing light jackets
when riding their bikes with the change in the weather.Copy !req
480. By the time I managed to ride the waves again,
six long months had passed.Copy !req
481. Even though it was the middle of October, it felt
like a little bit of summer had been left behind.Copy !req
482. The weather forecast for tonight shows a clear evening
with winds up to eight meters per second.Copy !req
483. So I heard that Yamada confessed to Sasaki-san.Copy !req
484. No surprise there.Copy !req
485. Huh? Kanae, you seem awfully happy today.Copy !req
486. Something good happen between you and Tohno-kun?Copy !req
487. No way!Copy !req
488. Today, I'm finally going to confess to Tohno-kun, too.Copy !req
489. If I don't tell him today, on the day I finally rode the waves again...Copy !req
490. I'm sure I won't ever be able to.Copy !req
491. Sumida.Copy !req
492. To—Copy !req
493. Tohno-kun.Copy !req
494. On your way home?Copy !req
495. Yeah.Copy !req
496. I see.Copy !req
497. Then, let's go home together.Copy !req
498. Huh, Sumida? Decided already today?Copy !req
499. Yeah.Copy !req
500. What's the matter?Copy !req
501. to me...Copy !req
502. No... I'm sorry. It's nothing.Copy !req
503. Is your bike acting up?Copy !req
504. Yeah... that's kind of weird.Copy !req
505. Is it broken?Copy !req
506. Yeah... I think the spark plug's dead.Copy !req
507. Was this a hand-me-down?Copy !req
508. Yeah. It was Onee-chan's.Copy !req
509. Did it stall when you tried accelerating?Copy !req
510. It might have, actually...Copy !req
511. Let's leave it here for today.Copy !req
512. You can have someone from your house pick it up later.Copy !req
513. Let's walk back today.Copy !req
514. Huh? I'll walk by myself!Copy !req
515. You go on ahead.Copy !req
516. We're this far out, and your place is nearby, so...Copy !req
517. And... I kind of want to walk today.Copy !req
518. Tohno-kun, please...Copy !req
519. What's wrong?Copy !req
520. I'm sorry...Copy !req
521. It's nothing.Copy !req
522. I'm so sorry...Copy !req
523. Sumida...Copy !req
524. I'm begging you... please...Copy !req
525. don't be so nice to me!Copy !req
526. As we humans desperately and recklessly
stretched our arms to the top of the sky...Copy !req
527. and launched something of that mass and size into the air...Copy !req
528. gazing off into the distance towards something
far beyond our wildest dreams...Copy !req
529. I felt like I somewhat came to understand why
Tohno-kun was different from the other boys.Copy !req
530. And at the same time...Copy !req
531. I clearly realized that Tohno-kun wasn't really looking at me.Copy !req
532. Which is why, on that day, I couldn't say a word to Tohno-kun.Copy !req
533. Tohno-kun is really kind, but...Copy !req
534. He's so truly kind, but...Copy !req
535. But Tohno-kun was always looking far beyond me.Copy !req
536. Far beyond me, towards something in the distance.Copy !req
537. I'm sure I wouldn't be able to give Tohno-kun what he truly desires.Copy !req
538. But still... despite that...Copy !req
539. Tomorrow, the day after, and even beyond that...Copy !req
540. I know I'll still be helplessly in love with him.Copy !req
541. While thinking solely of Tohno-kun, I cried myself to sleep.Copy !req
542. I strongly felt...Copy !req
543. that if I looked back now...Copy !req
544. she would look back as well.Copy !req
545. The last Chuo line train bound for Tokyo is now arriving.Copy !req
546. You should stay till New Year's.Copy !req
547. I know, but I have a million things to take care of.Copy !req
548. I guess so.Copy !req
549. Be sure to cook him good meals, you hear?Copy !req
550. I will.Copy !req
551. If there's ever a problem, don't hesitate to call us, Akari.Copy !req
552. I'll be fine.Copy !req
553. We'll see each other at the wedding next month, so don't worry so much.Copy !req
554. The train for platform 2 is now arriving.Copy !req
555. You'd better head home. It's cold.Copy !req
556. Last night, I dreamt of something from the distant past.Copy !req
557. Back when he and I were both still children.Copy !req
558. I'm sure it's because of that letter I found yesterday.Copy !req
559. Mizuno-san.Copy !req
560. Ah, yes, sir?Copy !req
561. Have time for that meeting?Copy !req
562. Yes, sir.Copy !req
563. Through the act of living itself, sadness piles up here and there.Copy !req
564. Whether in the sheets hung to dry in the sun...Copy !req
565. the single toothbrush in your bathroom...Copy !req
566. or the history logs of your cell phone.Copy !req
567. "Even now, I still love you..."Copy !req
568. That's what the girl I'd been with for three years
said in that e-mail.Copy !req
569. "But I'm sure that even if we had written
1,000 text messages back and forth..."Copy !req
570. "... our hearts probably wouldn't have moved even 1 centimeter closer."Copy !req
571. Over these past few years, I've only wanted to move
forward and touch that which I couldn't reach...Copy !req
572. though I've never been able to tangibly define what it was.Copy !req
573. Not knowing where those obsessive thoughts
came from, I simply continued to work.Copy !req
574. Then one day I realized that my heart was withering,
and in it there was nothing but pain.Copy !req
575. And then, one morning...Copy !req
576. when I realized that I had completely lost my
earnest and acute feelings from long ago...Copy !req
577. I knew I was at my limit...Copy !req
578. and quit my job.Copy !req
579. Yesterday, I had a dream.Copy !req
580. A dream of long ago.Copy !req
581. Within the dream, the two of us were still thirteen...Copy !req
582. standing upon the vast field blanketed
in snow as far as the eye could see.Copy !req
583. In the distance, the lights shimmering in
houses were set sparsely, far and wide.Copy !req
584. All that was left upon the newly fallen snow were our footprints.Copy !req
585. Just like that...Copy !req
586. we wished, without hesitation, that one day...Copy !req
587. the two of us would be able...Copy !req
588. to see the cherry blossoms together again.Copy !req
589. I'm always searching for you, always searching for your figure.Copy !req
590. On the opposite platform, or through window in the back alley.Copy !req
591. Even though I know you can't be there.Copy !req
592. If my wish were to come true, I would be at your side.Copy !req
593. There would be nothing I couldn't do.Copy !req
594. I would risk everything to embrace you.Copy !req
595. If only to avoid loneliness, anyone will do.Copy !req
596. On this night when it seem stars will fall
from the sky, I cannot lie to myself.Copy !req
597. One more time, don't fade away, seasons.Copy !req
598. One more time, I want that time when we fooled around together.Copy !req
599. I'm always searching for you, always searching for your figure.Copy !req
600. At the intersection, in my dreams.Copy !req
601. Even though I know you can't be there.Copy !req
602. If miracles do happen, I want to show you right nowCopy !req
603. the new dawn, who I'll be from now on,Copy !req
604. and the words "I love you" that I never said.Copy !req
605. The memories of summer revolve around meCopy !req
606. and your throbbing heartbeat that suddenly stopped.Copy !req
607. I'm always searching for you, always searching for your figure.Copy !req
608. In the city at dawn, in Sakuragi-cho.Copy !req
609. Even though I know you can't be there.Copy !req
610. If my wish were to come true, I would be at your side.Copy !req
611. There would be nothing I couldn't do.Copy !req
612. I would risk everything to embrace you.Copy !req
613. I'm always searching for you, always
searching for even a fragment of you.Copy !req
614. At the shop I'm going to, in the corner of a newspaper.Copy !req
615. Even though I know you can't be there.Copy !req
616. If miracles do happen, I want to show you right nowCopy !req
617. the new dawn, who I'll be from now on,Copy !req
618. and the words "I love you" that I never said.Copy !req
619. I always end up looking somewhere for your smile.Copy !req
620. At the railroad crossing, waiting for the express to pass.Copy !req
621. Even though I know you can't be there.Copy !req
622. If I could live life over again, I would be at your side every time.Copy !req
623. Because I would want nothingCopy !req
624. more precious than you.Copy !req
625. The EndCopy !req