(Review) 5 Centimeters per Second: one more side

After its premier in 2007, Shinkai’s Byousoku 5 Centimeter film spawned a couple of literary adaptations. There’s a novel version, which pretty much follows the same screenplay of the film; then there’s a manga adaptation which greatly improves on the third arc and fleshes out Risa’s character (the Tokyoite girl); but there’s also a lesser-known alternative version novel, which is the topic of this article.

Kimi no Na Wa – and the similarities with past Shinkai works.

Shinkai back on top of his game. Kind of.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THIS IS NOT A REVIEW. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS.
Spoilers from the following movies are included: Kimi no Na Wa (Your Name), Byousoku 5 Centimeters (5cm/s), Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho (Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place)(The Place Promised in our Early Days), Hoshi no Koe (Voices from a Distant Star).

5 Centimeters per Second – An analysis about “love”

Finishing the Shinkai-related killstreak of posts here on this blog, this is something that may sound REALLY random to a few, while actually make sense to others.
I’m still not entirely convinced of it myself, but it’s worth sharing.

Subject: 5cm/s is not a tale of true love.