Growth has always been a matter of one person

Adam 2022-04-23 07:02:58

Chapter 1 Sakura Copy

"Although we have been used to transferring schools since before, but we are going to Kagoshima, it seems a bit far this time. It is no longer the distance where we can meet by train when something happens suddenly. It's a bit... lonely."

Takaki and Akari, who are also often transferred schools, prefer to go to the library than the playground because of their thin bodies, so they naturally became good friends, enjoying each and every sunny and bright morning. When talking about his preference for ancient creatures, even Takaki himself said, "I think I and Akari are similar in spirit in some places."

That's why I have the courage to ride a strange tram on a snowy winter night. When the train is late, the feeling of unease floods up, and it is only when the time passes by, that I hold back the tears and do not let myself cry, and it is only when I hope that the other party has returned home safely but look forward to seeing each other.

The bustling tram station, the snow-capped scenery along the way, the broadcast to announce the delay time and again, the surprising thin figure, the first kiss under the cherry tree in winter, the sudden urge to protect a person, and the childish but incomparable parting A sincere commitment is a kind of dependence that is comforted by chatting on the lonely growth road.

Guishu said: "I don't know why I imagined Mingli from the letter. I have always been alone." Guishu who

felt this way must have always been alone, and often felt lonely.


Chapter 2 Astronaut In the

early morning and dusk, you hide in the corner and look at your watch, summon up your courage, deliberately create coincidences again and again, and you will be glad that your mood has not been seen through. It's just a meeting every day, and you feel extremely happy and unable to extricate yourself; it's just a journey home, and you'll look forward to it with the mood of welcoming the festival.

Falling in love with him seems to happen on a certain day. You are afraid of the changes in your feelings day by day, but you are also hesitating whether you should confess because of the approaching graduation.

You are confused about your future life, but because of his words, you seem to have strengthened your determination. Even buying a bottle of drinks will be entangled for a long time, and it seems that you gradually have new ideas about your future life.

Finally, the day comes when you make up your mind to confess, but at this time, you suddenly understand why he looks different, and you suddenly realize that he has not been looking at you all the time. Is it really sudden enlightenment? You knew it by tomorrow, didn't you? That's why you want him to stop being so gentle with you, so you can't say anything to him.

Although he is gentle, although very gentle, he has always been looking at things that are very far away from you. In this way, your expectations for him will never be fulfilled, but isn't that the reason why he is different in your heart.

So I gave up my confession, so I stopped looking forward to it. Even so, I still liked it hopelessly.



"I heard that it will take several years to fly all the way to the depths of the solar system. It must be a lonely journey beyond imagination, blindly going all the way in the real darkness, and it is difficult to encounter even a hydrogen atom. , just with the belief that we want to get close to the mystery of the world hidden in the abyss. Where are we going, and where can we go?"


Since the road to the future is lonely and confused, since growth is destined to be only A person's business, so silently liking a person, it should be just me.


Chapter 3:

"I feel strongly now that if I look back now, that person will definitely look back."

After growing up, Takaki was troubled by the inexplicable coercion in the busy urban life, but Akari was already With a boyfriend who talks about marriage, you have a happy life of your own.

I wonder if Mingli would occasionally remember the satisfied smile of the thirteen-year-old boy eating lunch on a snowy night when he was making something delicious for his boyfriend, or would he occasionally remember that he was holding a bento box in his hand. The feeling of stubbornly waiting at the station.

I think it should be, after all, they will have the same dream, dreaming of themselves when they were thirteen years old, because they are not so lonely because of the company of someone.

I hope that the figure who passed by the noble tree at the intersection under the cherry tree is not Akari, so this is not a regrettable ending about missing, but a warm story about constant search and eternal miss.



Growing up has always been a matter of one person, but because of your company, whenever I recall this lonely journey, I can't help but keep looking for your traces.








Postscript: After watching this animation in the middle of the night, I wrote this film review under the instigation of the background music. Although it seems a little bit inexplicable and hypocritical now, because the emotions at that moment were so real, it should be worth understanding.

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  • Akari ShinoharaTakaki Toono: *Akari and Takaki kiss for the first time*

    Takaki Toono: And right then it felt like I finally understood where everything was, eternity, the heart , the soul. It was like I was sharing every experience I'd ever had in my past 13 years. And then, the next moment, I became unbearably sad. I didn't know what to do with these feeling. Her warmth, her soul. How was I supposed to treat them? That, I did not know. Then right then, I clearly understood that we would never be together. Our lives not yet fully realized, the vast expanse of time. They lay before us and there was nothing we could do. But then, all my worries, all my doubt, started melting away. All that was left were Akari's soft lips on mine.

  • Takaki Toono: On that day... the day she called... Akari must've been so much more jittery and upset than me, yet I couldn't find the words to console her. I felt so ashamed of myself.