Rentai, Annaru, Tsuruko, Xueji, and Bobo carry their own secrets, and they are always stumbled by the reins of the past. The five people who hold the past and the unreachable feelings reunite by some kind of chance, and are re-presented in front of their eyes by the past that each can escape.
Everyone has a past, and everyone has regrets about the past, so this animation easily resonates with audiences. The five people in the animation are lucky, at least they still have a chance to make amends. At least they can do something about the past. Ten years later, in August, they will still think of the beautiful fireworks blooming in the sky, the smiling face of the beautiful girl in the white dress, and the tears they shed together. Not everyone has the opportunity to get together again like these five people, to bridge the gap, to pour out their voices, and to make up for the past. More often, in reality, we can only allow our former friends to become estranged but there is nothing we can do. I can only let the people in my memory become more and more blurred, and there is nothing to say until we meet again one day. They can only let the letters they once wrote to each other continue to turn yellow and blurry until one day they can no longer read the handwriting on them, and can no longer remember their feelings. Those unfinished stories and unfinished feelings will never have the opportunity to be told. The laughter and the tears are gone with the wind, we are like those flowers scattered all over the world, and can never find the way back to the past. We like some people, but we also don't get to talk to. They will become strangers drifting apart, and one day we meet again, we can only laugh and say, long time no see. Likes and dislikes are no longer important. Moods that were once important to us are long forgotten, or pretend to be forgotten. This feeling has become a memory, and the spare cavity is blank.
On the topic of the past, it always seems to be sentimental. But the encounter between people is like walking on the bank of a river and accidentally encountering fireworks. Some are seen, some are missed. Some people remember the beauty of fireworks and keep them in their memory forever, while others crave it for a while and then quickly forget it. Either way, the fact that they once met that dazzling moment will not change. At least, they were happy at that moment. At some point in the past, we were all happy.
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