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5 Centimeters Per Second by Makoto Shinkai
4.0

A love story about how love could truly suck.

One second you're madly in love with someone and the next you're questioning what's next. This follows a boy at the start who falls in love with a girl very young. But as they drift apart and do their own life they begin to date other people. This is stories of mostly the guy's point of view and how life feels like it's moving so fast yet so slow. That love is there, or questioning if you ever really feel it, before it's ripped away from you.

While not as strong as Your Name (That movie is a masterpiece) this is still pretty solid and just as sad at moments. The ending is abrupt and I didn't love any of the characters like in Your Name (Same creator) but this was a enjoyable romance story with a realistic view. A 3.5 out of 5.