A contemporary classic 5 Centimeters per Second won animator Makoto Shinkai international renown as a rare talent. Indeed he just might be one of the most powerful bards of romantic longing and thwarted love working today in any medium. This official novelization narrates from the other sidefor instance from the pointofview of the girl rather than the boy in the legendary first segment Cherry Blossomsto tell a story that is both deeply engaging for firsttimers and astonishingly fresh for