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Byousoku 5 Centimeter

Also known as 5 Centimeters Per Second.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

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.



Tags: Coming of Age , Time Skip , Seinen , Heterosexual , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Trains , School , Surfing

Kotonoha no Niwa

Also known as The Garden of Words.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches...



Tags: Heterosexual , Rehabilitation , Coming of Age , Bullying , Teacher , Age Gap , Seinen , School , Male Protagonist , Fashion , Iyashikei , Feet

Tenki no Ko

Also known as Weathering With You.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Slice of Life

The summer of freshman year of high school. A boy named Hodaka runs away from his island home and goes to Tokyo, where he spends every day in loneliness. Then, in a corner of the bustling city he meets a girl named Hina. But he soon finds out that she possesses a mysterious power.



Tags: Gods , Female Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Super Power , Environmental , Male Protagonist , Work , Seinen , Guns , Fugitive , Police , Heterosexual

Brave Story: Shinsetsu

Also known as Brave Story.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Fantasy

Wataru Mitani's life was as ordinary as any other until he found the new transfer student to his school battling a giant monster in his neighborhood. In search of clues to this, he finds a door to a world called Vision, a fantasy world where magic exists. When Wataru’s life starts to crumble around him, he embarks on a journey beyond the door to change the fate that has befallen his family.



Tags: Seinen , Isekai , Male Protagonist