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Spyffe
>>382545 Other posters make a very good point: Makoto Shinkai movies are all about characters that get separated and don't get over it. They're usually extremely demonstratively separated: space in "Voices of a Distant Star," coma in "Beyond the Clouds, the Promised Place," and now vast, snow-covered distance in "5cm/second."
Usually about halfway through the movie I want to beat the male character's skull in for being an utter tool ("Beyond the Clouds" is an exception because the characters actually do something cool) but the graphics make the overall viewing experience mildly positive.
I don't think there's much to understand in 5cm/second besides the fact that the main character hasn't the cojones to make it work out with the girl he wants, hasn't the heart to be nice to any other girl, and hasn't the self-respect to follow his own dreams (space travel). He's a loser. Makoto Shinkai is trying to tell you that the ideal of romantic love is bullshit and you should go with what will make you happy in the here and now.
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