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End Theme 1

"**End Theme 1**" is the seventh chapter of *5 Centimeters per Second* manga.

## Summary

After a tiresome working day, Takaki Tōno goes home and calls his girlfriend Risa Mizuno for a date on Saturday. At their date, Takaki announces his intention to quit his job, to which Risa reply that it will be good for his health. Takaki promises that he will take a vacation with Risa after quitting, like how they went to a hot spring before.

Takaki has a class reunion with his college friends at a restaurant, where Kotani already blacked out when he arrives. After sharing their life stories, Takaki is criticized by a drunk Takeuchi for his lack of care to his girlfriend.

Risa tells Takaki that her parents are coming in two weeks, and she wants them to meet Takaki. However, Takaki refuses, as he is going to quit his job and doesn't want to think about the future yet. In the next morning, Takaki receives a message from Risa as he is taking a train to work. She asks if she can call him in the night, but Takaki answers that he will be busy and will get in touch when he has time. Takaki closes his eyes and relives the first time they met at a train station. He also remembers their first dates and how their relationship went deeper. At home, Takaki watches on the TV a rocket launched from Tanegashima Space Center while reading a message from Risa. He remembers the times when his first girlfriend broke up with him, when he tried to convince his second girlfriend to stop an affair, and when he was confessed to by a schoolmate. Takaki realizes that he has hurt so many people, as he recalls the day he confessed to Risa.

Risa tries to call Takaki many times to no avail. She relives their first vaccation at the hot spring, when it began to snow. At work, she intents to text Takaki to ask about the end of their relationship, but she then deletes it. Takaki is asked by a colleague if he is really quitting, to which he confirms. On his way home, he remembers the night he had sex with Risa, which was the first time for her. She told him that she didn't actually have a relationship with her boyfriend in college and he gradually disappeared from her life.

Takaki receives a phone call from his mother and learns about an upcoming class reunion in Tanegashima. He asks her to decline for him, and tells her that he is quitting his job. When Takaki arrives at his company, he sees Risa standing in front of it. She apologizes for bothering him there. Bursting into tears, she says that even though they have been dating for 3 years, she still doesn't know how he really feels, and begs him to show her the side that he is hiding from her.
She and Her Cat/Series

***She and Her Cat: Everything Flows*** (彼女と彼女の猫 -Everything Flows- , *Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko: Everything Flows*) is a four-episode anime series loosely based on Makoto Shinkai's 1999 OVA of the same name.

It is produced by Liden Films and directed by Kazuya Sakamoto. It aired between March 4 and 25, 2016 as part of Tokyo MX's Ultra Super Anime Time programming block.

## Synopsis

For the longest time, it has just been the two of them. Miyu and her cat Daru are inseparable, having grown up together. Now a junior in college, Tomoka — her roommate of a year and a half — moves out of their shared apartment, and in order to keep her living space, the girl must find a job. Day by day, Daru watches her continued efforts from a cat's-eye view, eagerly awaiting his owner's return. When she gets back, once again, it is just she and her cat.

## Episodes

1. She and Her Apartment
2. She and Her Sky
3. She and the Look in Her Eyes
4. She and Her Story

## Release

Crunchyroll made the anime available via stream worldwide except for Asia starting on March 4. The anime was released in Blu-Ray and DVD on May 18, 2016, and it included a "complete edition" with additional footage, including a 90-second opening sequence. This edition received a theatrical release from May 21 to 27, at the Tollywood theater in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo.
5 Centimeters per Second/Novel 2

***5 Centimeters per Second: one more side*** (秒速5センチメートル one more side, *Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru: one more side*) is a novel written by Arata Kanoh based on Makoto Shinkai's *5 Centimeters per Second*.

It was first published in Japan by Enterbrain on May 20, 2011. The novel was translated to English and released by Penguin Random House in March 2019.

## Timeline

🕒 ***Timeline in 5 Centimeters per Second***
Before her wedding, Akari says it has been 14 years since her last reunion with Takaki. This would set the time to be 2009, unlike 2007 in the movie.

## Chapters

* On Cherry Blossoms: It retells the first chapter of the film from Akari Shinohara's point of view.
* Cosmonaut: It retells the second chapter of the film from Takaki Tōno's point of view.
* 5 Centimeters per Second: It interleavedly explores Akari's and Takaki's adult lives, including his time with Risa Mizuno.

## References

1. ↑ 5 Centimeters per Second: one more side
Waseda University

**Waseda University** (早稲田大学, *Waseda daigaku*) private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It appears in *Weathering with You*.

## Background

Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Senmon Gakkō by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the school was formally renamed Waseda University in 1902.

## In *Weathering with You*

Natsumi and Hodaka Morishima visited this university to meet Kentaro Araki, a researcher of weather phenomena.
Kimura

## **Kimura**in *Weathering with You*

**Kimura** (木村, *Kimura*) is a character in *Weathering with You*.

## In *Weathering with You*

One day in June 2021, when Hodaka Morishima was sheltering in front of his business, Kimura appeared with two girls and chased the boy away, but not before mischievously making him trip and knock down a trashcan.

Some days later, he tried to pimp out Hina Amano without knowing that she was underage. Hodaka appeared and snatched her away. The man and his underling ran after them before having them cornered. Kimura pinned Hodaka down and hit him, but the boy took out a gun, which Kimura thought to be fake. He was stunned when Hodaka pulled the trigger and fired. Because of that, the couple managed to escape.

Later, Kimura was chased by Yasui and Takashi Takai, who tried to ask him about the boy with a gun.

On August 22, Kimura was seen with his family glazing at the sunny sky.
Rumi Ninomiya

## **Rumi Ninomiya**in *Suzume*

**Rumi Ninomiya** (二ノ宮 ルミ, *Ninomiya Rumi*) is a supporting character in *Suzume*.

## Overview

A single mother of two twins, Hana and Sora, she is the owner of Snack Haabaa, a night bar on a shopping street in Kobe.

## Behind the Scenes

### Portrayal

Rumi Ninomiya is voiced by Sairi Ito. In the English dub, she is voiced by Amanda C. Miller.

## Etymology

* The name **Rumi** is written in katakana (ルミ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (留美, 瑠美 or 流美), it could possibly mean:
	+ 留美 - "detain, fasten, halt, stop" (留) (**ru**) and "beautiful" (美) (**mi**).
	+ 瑠美 - "lapis lazuli" (瑠) (**ru**) and "beautiful" (美) (**mi**).
	+ 流美 - "flow, style, manner, method" (流) (**ru**) and "beautiful" (美) (**mi**).
* Rumi's surname **Ninomiya** means "two" (二) (**ni**) and "temple, shrine, palace" (宮) (**miya**).
Tanegashima High School

**Tanegashima High School** (種子島高等学校, *Tanegashima Kōtōgakkō*) is a senior high school located on the island of Tanegashima in Kagoshima. It is attended by Takaki Tōno and Kanae Sumida in *5 Centimeters per Second*.

The school is based on **Kagoshima Prefectural Nakatane High School**.

## History

Kagoshima Prefectural Nakatane High School was opened on March 1, 1948 and operated until 2008, when it became **Kagoshima Prefectural Tanegashima Center High School**.

## In *5 Centimeters per Second* manga

As Takaki Tōno planned to enter this school, Kanae Sumida also studied hard to be admitted to it. In her first year, she was in class 1-3 with Saki while Takaki was in class 1-1. They represented their classes at the cultural festival's meeting.

## In *5 Centimeters per Second*

In 1999, all senior students were asked to fill questionnaires about their future plan. Still longing for Takaki, Kanae could not make a decision, and was reprimanded by job advisor Ito.

After graduating from this school, Takaki moved to Tokyo for university, while Kanae spent a year for job hunting in Nishinoomote.

## Students

Takaki TōnoKanae SumidaSakiYukkoSasakiYamada
Tsubame Iwato

## **Tsubame Iwato**in *Suzume*

**Tsubame Iwato** (岩戸椿芽, *Iwato Tsubame*) is a character in *Suzume*. She is the late mother of Suzume Iwato.

## Background

Tsubame Iwato was born on March 10, 1977 and was six years older than her sister Tamaki Iwato. As a single mother, Tsubame gave birth to Suzume and raised her on her own in Akamae, Iwate. On May 24, 2010, she crafted a wooden chair as a birthday gift to her daughter. She died on March 11, 2011 in the Great East Japan Earthquake.

## Behind the Scenes

### Portrayal

Tsubame is voiced by actress Kana Hanazawa. In the English dub, she is voiced by Allegra Clark.

## Etymology

* The name **Tsubame** means "camellia flower" (椿) (**tsuba**) and "bud, sprout" (芽) (**me**).
* Tsubame's surname **Iwato** means "rock" (岩) (**iwa**) and "door" (戸) (**to**).
Taki Tachibana's father

## **Tachibana**in *Your Name.*

**Taki Tachibana's father** is a minor character in *Your Name.* As his father, his name must also be **Tachibana** (立花, *Tachibana*).

## In *Your Name.*

On October 4, 2013, he and his son were watching the news after a piece of Comet Tiamat broke off and was falling to Earth.

On September 5, 2016, he called Taki from the dining room, complaining that the boy woke up late although it was his turn to cook. The man then went to work and told Taki not to miss school, unaware that his son's soul had been swapped with that of a girl.
Miyu

## **Miyu**in *She and Her Cat*

* Adult
* Kid

## Manga

**Miyu** (美優, *Miyu*) is a main character in *She and Her Cat: Everything Flows* and *She and Her Cat* manga. She is the owner of Daru and later Chobi.

## Background

As a child, Miyu's mother introduced her to Daru, a black kitty. Although she initially disliked him for breaking her late father's mug and tried to abandon him, Miyu eventually warmed up. Thanks to Daru, she managed to make friend Tomoka, a girl in the class next door. One year and a half before her college graduation, Miyu and Daru moved in and started living in the same apartment with Tomoka.

## In *She and Her Cat: Everything Flows*

After Tomoka moved out to be with her boyfriend, Miyu lived alone with Daru. As her graduation was near, she applied for jobs in many companies, but they all turned her down. She could not find a cheaper place to live nor find a new roommate to share the rent, she received more calls from her mother who was worried about her living alone. As their relationship got strained, Miyu stopped talking to her mother and started falling into depression. She did not attend the wedding reception of Tomoka, and spent days curling up in bed. One night, thanks to Daru's effort of making a call to her mother, Miyu managed to reconcile with her. The cat then passed away peacefully in her arms.

One year since his death, Miyu found a job. On a rainy day to work, she discovered and adopted a white cat in a box, who was actually a reincarnation of Daru.
LUMINE 2

**LUMINE 2** is a shopping mall in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It is directly connected to Shinjuku Station. It appears in *The Garden of Words*, *Your Name.* and *Weathering with You*.

## Overview

Making up one-third of the Lumine shopping complex at Shinjuku, the seven-story Lumine 2 mall is centered on fashion and household goods. It’s directly connected to JR Shinjuku Station and its first floor begins immediately to the east of the station’s South Gate, with kiosks and cafes including Dean & Deluca.

## In *The Garden of Words*

On May 13, 2013, LUMINE 2 was briefly seen when Takao Akizuki emerged from Shinjuku Station.

## In *Your Name.*

On September 5, 2016, LUMINE 2 could be briefly seen when Taki Tachibana, possessed by Mitsuha Miyamizu, emerged from Shinjuku Station at 9:32 am.

## In *Weathering with You*

LUMINE 2 could be briefly seen next to Shinjuku Station, where Hodaka Morishima took shelter in June 2021.

It later appeared more prominently in August, as Hodaka came here to buy a birthday gift at MocA Tokyo, a jewelry shop on the second floor of the mall.

June 2021August 2021MocA Tokyo and nearby shops
End Theme 3

"**End Theme 3**" is the ninth chapter of *5 Centimeters per Second* manga.

## Summary

When Risa Mizuno is at home, she receives a call from Takaki Tōno and lets him know that she wants to meet him. When Takaki arrives, he tells her about his love for a girl who lived in Iwafune. Because of his strong longing for her even after they have been separated, he has hurt many people close to him. Even though he wished to be strong, his genuine wish has faded with time, and everything left in him is his growing regret. Takaki feels he has betrayed both the girl and his past self. Risa asks how old he was back then and Takaki answers that he was in grade 7. Impressed by Takaki's persistent childhood love, Risa concludes that he will never forget his first love or get over his regret. However, that genuine bond with the past and the strong sense of responsibility were what made her love him. She apologies for not being able to make him happy like she promised. Risa hugs Takaki and wishes that even though their relationship would end, they may meet each other again someday and start something anew. They hold each other's hands and say 'thank you' before letting each other go.

In Iwafune, Akari Shinohara checks a box of past stuff and is surprised by an old love letter. At the Iwafune Station, Akari says goodbye to her parents as she departs to Tokyo. On the train, she imagines a young Takaki who used to sit there and must have wished for her to go home on the night of their fateful date. As she receives a message from her fiance, she feels reassured and hopes that her time with Takaki has left some happy memories in him.

At his company, Takaki is invited by his co-workers to a farewell party, but he turns them down. On a snowy night, Akari is happily welcomed by her fiance while Takaki is on his way home. He stops at the intersection behind Shinjuku Police Station and looks up at the buildings of Tokyo. Admiring their beauty, he suddenly wonders when he has begun to feel that way. Listening to an old message from Risa before deleting it, he stares intensely at the buildings and thinks about his past loves, realizing that harsh reality has blinded him to many beautiful things around him. Meanwhile, Akari thinks about how nice Takaki was, and hopes he knows she will always love him. As Takaki cries, the snow continues to fall throughout Tokyo and in Iwafune.
Il Giardino Delle Parole

**Il Giardino Delle Parole** is fictional Italian restaurant appearing in *Your Name.*. It is based on **Cafe La Boheme** in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

## In *Your Name.*

Il Giardino Delle Parole is a restaurant where Taki Tachibana and Miki Okudera worked part-time in 2016.

OutsideInsideKitchen
## Errors

* The menu cover of this restaurant reuses a page in the menu of Leaves of Words, including the café's logo.

The menu Il Giardino Delle ParoleThe menu of Leaves of Words
## Trivia

* The restaurant's name is the Italian translation of the title of *The Garden of Words*. Makoto Shinkai claimed that this easter egg was not added by him, but by one of the environment artists.
Sōichirō Ito

## **Sōichirō Ito**in *The Garden of Words*

* Movie
* Manga

**Sōichirō Ito** (伊藤 宗一郎, *Ito Sōichirō*) is a minor character in *The Garden of Words*. He is Yukari Yukino's colleague and former boyfriend.

## Background

Ito was in real estate sales for three years before becoming a teacher in 2006. His lover Natsumi went to Cuba to study and they broke up in the same year.

When he started working as a teacher at Chiyoda High School, Ito believed that being friendly with the students was the key to help them grow into adults. However, because of one of his students' injuries, Ito's teaching philosophy made a U-turn. He became stern and unforgiving, in the hopes that the students would be able to face hardships when they became members of society.

He confessed his love with Yukari Yukino in 2011 Christmas and they dated until she began to skip work and they broke up.

His father passed away in March 2013 in Sendai. One month before, he reunited with his former lover Natsumi who returned to Japan 5 years before.

## In *The Garden of Words* manga

Ito summoned and reprimanded Takao Akizuki for constantly skipping class.

## In *The Garden of Words*

In June 2013, he had a phone call with Yukino and discussed her situation. In September 2013, he was seen accompanying Yukino when she returned to school.

## In *The Garden of Words* novel

In December 2013, Ito met Shōko Aizawa at the Shibuya Starbucks by chance and offered to give her career guidance.

## Trivia

* The name **Sōichirō** means "religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence" (宗) (**sō**), "one" (一) (**ichi**) and "son" (郎) (**rō**).
* Sōichirō's surname **Ito** means "that one" (伊) (**i**) and "wisteria" (藤) (**to**).
Akkun

## **Akkun**in *5 Centimeters per Second*

**Akkun** is a minor character in *5 Centimeters per Second* manga. He is a son of Yukko.

## Background

The second child of Yukko and her husband, he lived with her family in Kagoshima.

Sometime in the past, he bit his cousin's hand for taking his teddy bear.

## In *5 Centimeters per Second* manga

Akkun visited Tanegashima with his mother and sister, and was presented at his mother's meeting with her old friends.
Takaki Tōno's mother

## **Tōno**in *5 Centimeters per Second*

* Movie
* Manga

**Takaki Tōno's mother** is a minor character in *5 Centimeters per Second*. According to Japanese traditions, her married name must be **Tōno** (遠野, *Tōno*).

## Background

She used to live with her family in Nagano, before moving to Tokyo in her son's Grade 3 due to her husband's job transfer.

## In *5 Centimeters per Second*

One nigh in her son's Grade 6, she received a call from Akari Shinohara which she gave to Takaki.

One year later, her family moved from Tokyo to Tanegashima.

## In *5 Centimeters per Second* novel

Years later, as their son lives in Tokyo, she and her husband move from Tanegashima back to Nagano.

## In *5 Centimeters per Second* manga

His mother called and informed him about an upcoming class reunion in Tanegashima, which he asked her to decline. He also told her that he had decided to quit his job, which surprised her as he had never given up on anything before.
Asakusa Seinen

## **Asakusa Seinen**in *Weathering with You*

**Asakusa Seinen** (浅草青年, *Asakusa Youths*) is the nickname of two unnamed girls who appears in *Weathering with You*.

## In *Weathering with You*

They sent a request to the sunshine girl on Otenki-girl.jp to clear the weather for the Asakusa Summer Night Festival • Toro Nagashi which happened on August 3, 2021. After the request is done, they met Hina Amano and the group at Sensō-ji.
5 Centimeters per Second/Closet drama

***5 Centimeters per Second*** (秒速5センチメートル, *Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru*) is a closet drama adaption of the film of the same name. It debuted in October 2020, from Wednesday 21st to Sunday 25th, at Tokyo Hulic Hall Tokyo. It is the 3rd installment in Naoyuki Miura's closet drama series "Reading Love" (恋を読む, *Koi o yomu*).
Sawa carpenter

## **Sawa carpenter**in *Vietnam・Noi Bai Airport*

This **unnamed man** is a minor character in *Vietnam・Noi Bai Airport*.

## In *Vietnam・Noi Bai Airport*

He is a carpenter for Sawa Carpentry. His wife and son sometimes watched him work at the construction site. The boy was inspired by him to become an engineer.

## Behind the Scenes

### Notes

The text on his uniform's back originally read Kimura Carpenter (木村大工, *Kimura Daiku*) in the storyboard.
Takashi Takai

## **Takashi Takai**in *Weathering with You*

**Takashi Takai**  (高井高司, *Takai Takashi*) is a character in *Weathering with You*. He is a police officer in Tokyo.

## In *Weathering with You*

Takai and Yasui chased after a pimp to ask about a young boy with a gun. The two detectives later had some noodles in a restaurant and discussed the case, with Yasui pointing out that they should look for clues on the internet. On August 21 2021, Takai and Sasaki came to Hina Amano's house to ask for information about the boy, but she turned them away.

On August 22, Takai and fellow police officers stormed the hotel room where Hodaka and Nagi Amano were staying, but they could not find Hina, so they took the boys into custody, with Nagi being sent to the Child Consultation Center. Meanwhile, Hodaka was transported to Ikebukuro Police Station for interrogation, but the boy managed to escape from the police custody. Takai chased after him, but lost his track after Natsumi Suga appeared and gave Hodaka a ride.

The police later arrived at Yoyogi Kaikan. When Takai was about to apprehend Hodaka, Keisuke Suga intervened and punched him in the face, letting Hodaka escape in the process. He later arrested and escorted all the people involved to police cars.

## In *Weathering with You* manga

Takai interrogated Hidaka in the presence of his parents.
Yoshino

The exterior

**Yoshino** (𠮷野, *Yoshino*) is a takayama ramen restaurant that appears in *Your Name.* The place is located in Gifu, although it is not based on any real restaurant.

## In *Your Name.*

Yoshino is owned and operated by an old couple who came from Itomori. It existed in 2013, as the pickup truck with the restaurant's marking was seen in on September 4.

On October 21, 2016, it was visited by Taki Tachibana and his friends. While they were using the ramen, Taki took out his drawings of Itomori to recheck, which was then recognized by the wife. The husband came and confirmed it was the place.

## Behind the Scenes

In collaboration with the movie's producers, Nissin Foods produced a limited *Your Name.* line of cup noodles of takayama ramen with Yoshino's label.
Cram school (Kagurazaka)

This unnamed **cram school** in Kagurazaka, Tokyo in *5 Centimeters per Second* novel. It is the workplace of Takaki Tōno during his third year of university.

## In *5 Centimeters per Second* novel

Takaki worked at this small cram school when he was a college student. It had a maths teacher and an English lecturer teacher, with five assistants in total, one of them was Takaki.

At this place, he met his second girlfriend who was a fellow assistant.

## Staff

Takaki Tōno (Assistant)Sakaguchi (Assistant)Fujida (Maths teacher)
Asuka Mamiya

## **Asuka Mamiya**in *Weathering with You*

**Asuka Mamiya** (間宮明日花, *Mamiya Asuka*) is a minor character in *Weathering with You*. She is the deceased wife of Keisuke Suga and mother of Moka.

## Background

Asuka met Keisuke when he ran away to Tokyo. They married and gave birth to Moka on March 3, 2016. A few years before 2021, apparently in 2019, she died in an accident. Before that, she left a note on the fridge saying she was going out to shop, which Keisuke kept intact even in 2021.
Takashi Fujisawa

## **Takashi Fujisawa**in *The Garden of Words*

* Movie
* Manga

**Takashi Fujisawa** (藤沢孝志, *Fujisawa Takashi*) is a minor character in *The Garden of Words*. He is the ex-husband of Reimi Akizuki and father of Shōta Akizuki and Takao Akizuki.

## Background

In November 1985, he impregnated a 20-year-old college girl named Reimi Akizuki, who was 5 years younger than him, with Shōta Fujisawa. They married a year later as their first son was born. A decade later, they had another child named Takao Fujisawa. As the husband had to work abroad more often, their relationship gradually faded, and they divorced when Takao entered the junior high school in 2010.

## In *The Garden of Words*

In one of Takao Akizuki's meetings with Yukari Yukino, he fell asleep and had a dream of his old past, in which all family members, including Takashi Fujisawa, gathered in a park to celebrate Reimi Akizuki's birthday.

## Trivia

* Shō**ta** and **Taka**o are named after him.
Otenki-girl.jp

**otenki-girl.jp** is a website that appears in *Weathering with You*.

## In *Weathering with You*

This website was created by Hodaka Morishima and Hina Amano to receive requests from people who want to clear the sky.

In 2024, the website was still available, with the last request sent by Fumi Tachibana on August 15, 2022.

## Behind the Scenes

### Notes

A real website was put up on June 20, 2019 as a promotion site for the film. Its content can only be accessed from mobile browsers.

The English version by Gkids is also available in October 2019.

## External links

* 🏠 Official website in Japanese
* 🏠 Official website in English
Hitsujirou Munakata

## **Hitsujirou Munakata**in *Suzume*

**Hitsujirou Munakata** (宗像 羊朗, *Munakata Hitsujirō*) is a supporting character in *Suzume*. He is the grandfather of Souta Munakata.

## Background

Munakata was a former Closer and a friend of Sadaijin. Sometime in his line of duty, he lost his right arm. During the 2011 Great Earthquake, he used Sadaijin to stab and seal the Worm in Tokyo underground ruin.

## In *Suzume*

The old man was hospitalized in 2023 and was unable to come to Souta's aid while he was sealing the Worm of Tokyo on September 28. On the next day, he was visited by Suzume Iwato, who informed him of his grandson's fate. Although Munakata asked her to let it go, Suzume insisted that she would find a way to save Souta, much to Munakata's surprise and amusement. He told her to find a special door that can let mortals enter the Ever-After. After she left, Sadaijin appeared by his window. He congratulated the cat for escaping its bounding and asked it to look after Suzume.

## Behind the Scenes

### Portrayal

Souta Munakata is voiced by Matsumoto Hakuō II. In the English dub, he is voiced by Cam Clarke.

## Etymology

* The name **Hitsujirou** means "sheep" (羊) (**hitsuji**) and "melodious, clear, bright, serene, cheerful" (朗) (**rou**).
* Hitsujirou's surname **Munakata** means "religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence" (宗) (**muna**) and "image, statue, picture, figure, portrait" (像) (**kata**).
	+ **Munakata** is taken from the Three Munakata Goddesses (宗像三女神, *Munakata san jojin*).
		- In the mythology, Susano-o Mikoto (素戔嗚尊, *Susano-o Mikoto*) went to bid his sister Amaterasu-ōmikami (天照大神, *Amaterasu-ōmikami*) goodbye, however, Amaterasu doubted his intention; to prove his sincerity, Susano-o gave Amaterasu the Sword of Totsuka (十束剣, *Totsuka-no-Tsurugi*) which Amaterasu shattered and used to create the Three Munakata Goddesses from the sword's debris. The Three Munakata Goddesses were believed to be the sea goddesses.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/MASAKUN373/status/1608821674174214144
Flooding of Tokyo

The **flooding of Tokyo** is a major event that happens in *Weathering with You*.

## Background

According to ancient beliefs, weather changed on a whim and humans were powerless to resist. However, there existed thin lines that connected mankind and the sky, the weather maidens. In order to stabilize the ever-changing weather, the maidens must sacrifice themselves to heaven.

In 2021, the weather maiden of Tokyo was Hina Amano who could use her prayer to temporarily clear the sky and bring forth the sun. As the weather got worse through the summer, Hina received more request for her power, which gradually assimilated her with the sky. On August 22, Hina sacrificed herself and was transported to Ohigan.

## Cause

The sacrifice was undone by Hodaka Morishima who ran through the torii gate and was transported to Ohigan. Up there, he reunited with Hina and they both fell through the clouds. He convinced her to live for herself and declared his love for her, causing her to abandon her duty.

As the couple reappeared at the torri gate, the downpour resumed immediately and continued even after three years, causing a large portion of Tokyo to be flooded.
She and Her Cat/Novel

**She and Her Cat** (彼女と彼女の猫, *Kanojo to Kanojo no Nekoi)*) is a novel written by Naruki Nagasawa based on Makoto Shinkai's short film of the same name. It was published on June 21, 2013 by Kanzen. The English version was translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori and punished in 2022.

## Gallery

English coverAnother English coverVietnamese cover
Kana Sakura

## **Kana Sakura**in *Weathering with You*

**Kana "Sakura"** (佐倉香菜, *Sakura Kana*) is a minor character in *Weathering with You*. She is a girlfriend of Nagi Amano.

## In *Weathering with You*

On June 22, 2021, Kana got on a bus and greeted Nagi, after his other girlfriend Ayane Hanazawa had gotten off. She also came to cheer on the boy when he had a football match some time after August 14.

On August 11, she and Nagi attended Jingu-Gaien Fireworks Festival, in which she worn a yukata.

On August 22, she visited Nagi at 2:04 pm while he was in the police's custody. Collaborating with Ayane, she helped distracting police officer Sasaki so Nagi could escape.

## In *Weathering with You* novel

When she came to visit Nagi, she wrote her name in the visitor's record as Kana Sakura, which Ayane later complained that she used someone else's family name without permit.

## Notes

* She is named after her Japanese voice actress Kana Hanazawa.
	+ The novel hints that her full name is that same as her actress, **Kana Hanazawa** (花澤 香菜, *Hanazawa Kana*), as Ayane used Hanazama as her fake family name to even the score with Kana.
Timeline in Children Who Chase Lost Voices

The following **timeline** table lists the major events of *Children Who Chase Lost Voices*.

## Year

Unlike many other movies of Makoto Shinkai, the exact year when events of *Children Who Chase Lost Voices* happened is vague and inconsistent, varied between 1969 and 1973. There are more evidence that the year is 1973.

A calendar shows July and April. This calendar matches the year 1969.The 14th of July is shown and confirmed by characters to be a Saturday. This matches the year 1973.The 18th of August is shown to be a Monday. This matches the year 1969.A newspaper in 1963 when Ryuji's wife was alive. He also says he has been searching for 10 years. If she died in 1963, the current year must be 1973.
Agartha

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**Agartha** maybe the name of:

* An alien planet in *Voices of a Distant Star*.
* A legendary underneath world in *Children Who Chase Lost Voices*
Yoshino's chef

## **N/A**in *Your Name.*

This unnamed man is a minor character in *Your Name.*

## In *Your Name.*

On September 4, 2013, he was listening to Itomori mayor's campaign speech in the morning. In the evening, he and his wife were present at the village's ritual dance, where they commented about the likeness of Mitsuha and Yotsuha to their mother.

In 2016, after the comet crash, he and his wife ran a Takayama ramen store somewhere in Gifu. One day, when a customer took out a drawing from his bag, his wife recognized it to be Itomori and told him to come and confirm it. Then, he drove the boy and his friends to Itomori and later to Hida City Library.

On the next day, he drove the boy to a mountain he asked for. Before the boy get off the car to walk on foot, he gave him a lunchbox and commented that his drawing was good.
Shōko Aizawa

## **Shōko Aizawa**in *The Garden of Words*

* Movie
* Manga

**Shōko Aizawa** (相沢 硝子, *Aizawa Shōko*) is a minor character in *The Garden of Words*.

## Background

Initially hated by boys for her ugliness, Aizawa only had Saya and Teshigawara as her friends. In the final year of junior high school, after dressing up and losing weight, Aizawa became a beautiful girl and attracted other people's attention.

In Grade 11, Shoko dated a handsome and popular senior student named Shinji Makino. However, after she discovered that Shinji tried to flirt with Yukari Yukino, Shōko got jealous and started the bullying, which caused Yukino to stop going to work.

## In *The Garden of Words*

One day in Grade 12, Takao Akizuki, a Grade 10 student, confronted and slapped Aizawa for spreading lies about Yukino, but he was beaten up by her friends.

## In *The Garden of Words* novel

In December 2013, Aizawa met Sōichirō Ito, her former teacher, at the Shibuya Starbucks by chance and was offered career guidance from him.

## Relationships

### Family

Shōko Aizawa did not have good relationships with her father and older brother. Shoko’s father had an extramarital affair with another woman, who later became her stepmother after Mr. Aizawa divorced his wife, while Shoko’s brother was much older than her and always gave Shoko the cold shoulder.

Shoko’s stepmother cared a lot about Aizawa’s school life and was the one who had pressured the school to fire  Yukino.

### Saya and Teshigawara

Saya and Teshigawara were Aizawa's best and only friends since primary school through junior high school. However, their friendships drifted away as they entered different senior high schools.

### Sōichirō Ito

Sōichirō Ito was Aizawa's homeroom teacher in Grade 10, who still cared about Shoko’s unhealthy lifestyle even years later.

### Shinji Makino

Shinji was Shoko’s ex-boyfriend who was one-year older than her and Shoko was deeply in love with him. Shinji was an arbitrary and handsome playboy. Although he had sex with Shoko at his birthday, they broke up after 1-year of dating.

### Yukari Yukino

Yukari was Aizawa's homeroom teacher in Grade 11. Initially admiring and attracted to Yukino for her natural beauty, Aizawa later acted hostile and caused Yukino to be fired in jealousy.

## Etymology

* The name **Shōko** means "glass, pane" (硝子). **硝子** is another way of reading “*Garasu*”, meaning “*Glass”.*
	+ It can also mean "nitrate, saltpeter" (硝) (**shō**) and "child" (子) (**ko**) separately.
* Shōko's surname **Aizawa** means "phase, aspect, countenance, mutually, fellow" (相) (**ai**) and "swamp, marsh" (沢) (**sawa**/**zawa**).
Keisuke Suga

## **Keisuke Suga**in *Weathering with You*

**Keisuke Suga** (須賀圭介, *Suga Keisuke*) is a side character in *Weathering with You*.

## Personality

Although he has a kind heart, Suga is deeply troubled by the death of his wife and the seizure of his daughter, which cause him to fall into alcoholism and smoking. His struggle to take back Moka's custody also makes him a coward as he quickly fires Hodaka to avoid getting into trouble with the law when when he is approached by the police. However, his grief for his wife also leads him to heroic acts as he empathizes with Hodaka's desperation to save Hina Amano.

Unlike his niece, Suga does not believe in supernatural stories and only pursues them for money.

## Background

Keisuke came from the distinguished family of Sugas, so his parents had super-high expectations for him, yet he was overshadowed by his more brilliant older brother. Like Hodaka Morishima, he ran away from his hometown to Tokyo when he was a teen, where he met and married Asuka Mamiya.

Together they found K&A Planning Co., Ltd. and gave birth to their daughter Moka on March 3, 2016. A few years before 2021, apparently in 2019, his wife passed away in an accident, and her mother took Moka's custody from him.

## In *Weathering with You* novel

Natsumi revealed that Suga's parents had high expectation for him, but his older brother (Natsumi's father) was more brilliant.
Lisa Morisaki

## **Lisa Morisaki**in *Children Who Chase Lost Voices*

**Lisa Morisaki** (森崎 リサ, *Morisaki Risa*) is a minor character in *Children Who Chase Lost Voices*. She is the deceased wife of Ryuji Morisaki.

## Background

Lisa had a chronic illness that made her bedridden more often than not. One day in 1963, her husband had a fever and she tended him. Lisa asked him to promise that he would live a happy life after she passed away, although he insisted to bring her back to Japan after his mission was over.

One day, when Ryuji was away on a mission, Lisa accidentally fell from her bed and died. Her death devastated Ryuji and he took on a ten year-long quest to look for a way to revive her in Agartha.

## Etymology

* Lisa's surname **Morisaki** means "forest" (森) (**mori**) and "cape, peninsula" (崎) (**saki**).
Aya Okamura

## **Aya Okamura**in *Someone's Gaze*

* Toddler
* Child
* Teenager
* Adult

**Aya Okamura** (岡村綾, *Okamura Aya*) is the protagonist of *Someone's Gaze*.

## In *Someone's Gaze*

Due to Aya's mother's continued absences due to work, her father decided to buy a cat named Mii to keep her company. Aya and the cat become very close, playing together and sleeping together.

## Behind the Scenes

### Portrayal

She is voiced by Satomi Hanamura, who previously portrayed Kanae Sumida in *5 Centimeters per Second*.

### Age

The movie never officially reveals the time of its the events. However, by analyzing its timeline, we can conclude that Aya was searching for a new house in 2023, before she moves out later. If we assume that she finished a regular 4-year course at the university, she should be around 21-22 in 2023. So her birth year must be 2001 or 2002.

## Etymology

* The name **Aya** means "design" (綾).
* Aya's surname **Okamura** means "ridge, hill" (岡) (**oka**) and "town, village" (村) (**mura**).
Satomi Hanamura

Satomi Hanamura in a 5 Centimeters per Second interview.

**Satomi Hanamura** (花村怜美, *Hanamura Satomi*) is a voice actress born July 3, 1984. She voiced Kanae Sumida in *5 Centimeters per Second* and Aya Okamura in *Someone's Gaze*.

## Roles

*5 Centimeters per Second* (2007): Kanae Sumida*Someone's Gaze* (2011): Aya Okamura
Japan National Stadium

The **Japan National Stadium** (国立競技場, *Kokuritsu kyōgijō*) is a multi-purpose stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It appears in *Weathering with You*.

## Overview

Formerly known as New National Stadium, its construction began on 11 December 2016, replacing the old National Stadium. The stadium was completed on 30 November 2019.

## In *Weathering with You*

Natsumi and Hodaka Morishima runs on the street to the east of this stadium when they are hunting for the information of the Sunshine Girl. On August 13, 2021, the Jingu-Gaien Fireworks Festival is held around this stadium.
Miho Kasuga

## **Miho Kasuga**in *The Garden of Words*

**Miho Kasuga** (春日海帆, *Kasuga Miho*) is a minor character in *The Garden of Words* novel.

## Background

Miho Kasuga was a childhood friend of Takao Fujisawa in junior high school and his first crush. She was 2 years older than Fujisawa.

## In *The Garden of Words* novel

After Fujisawa heard the news of his parent divorce, he had a date with Kasuga, in which he stole her first kiss but then ran away from it. When he tried to find and reconcile with her days later, he learned that her parents had also divorced and she had moved away. Kasuga's last letter to him through a friend read "Give it your best, Takao Akizuki."

## Etymology

* The name **Miho** means "sea, ocean" (海) (**mi**) and "sail" (帆) (**ho**).
* Miho's surname **Kasuga** means "spring" (春) (**ka**) and "sun, day" (日) (**suka**/**suga**).

## Trivia

* Her role as a childhood girlfriend who moved away is similar to Akari Shinohara from *5 Centimeters per Second*.
Agarthans

**Agarthans** (アガルタ人 , *Agaruta Hito*) are a subspecies of humans that appears in *Children Who Chase Lost Voices*.

## Origin

In the past, the Quetzalcoatl were once worshiped by ancient humans. At some point, the mysterious creatures realized that humans had matured enough and could survive without their guide, so they retreated to an underground realm called Agartha. A few clans of humans chose to follow them and resettled in Agartha. They became Agarthans.

## History

Over time, the Agarthans built for themselves a glorious and wealthy kingdom, more than anywhere on the surface. However, for centuries, armies from the surface came and plundered, bringing death and destruction with them. The civilization of the Agarthans was destroyed, and only a few small villages remained.

Agarthans call the people on the surface Topsiders.

## Physiology

Like the Quetzalcoatl, the Agarthans are unable to stand the polluted air on the surface for a long time.

They and Topsiders can breed and produce healthy hybrid offspring.
Daijin

## **Daijin**in *Suzume*

**Daijin** (ダイジン, *Daijin*) is the false antagonist and tritagonist in *Suzume*.

## Overview

Daijin is a cat that can speak human language. It is also nicknamed so by locals for its appearance similar to an ancient minister. Daijin is one of the two Keystones in the movie. It has unknowingly been released from its seal by Suzume on its post at the door located at Kyushu.

## Appearance

Daijin is a small, mostly all white cat with a dark gray spot around its left eye. Its eyes are large in size and yellow, with green color near the pupils. It’s safe to assume that its skin is a light pink in color considering the inside of its ear and nose are light pink. Daijin has noticeable fluff on its cheeks and hind legs. The cat becomes thinnier when rejected by Suzume and returns to normal appearance when treated with kindness. It can also become a bigger black cat.
Vlare Talis

Vlare Talis is a Netsun male mechanic who was raised on the planet Jayto in the reign of Queen Exia, with aspirations of becoming a pilot. His close friend, Shala Sena, involved him in a wider plot concerning the Schwertellen, leading to him becoming a vital part in the subsequent Holy War.

Vlare Talis was born 40 years after the Arrival of the Darkening Mind, on the planet Jayto. As some point in his adolescence, his parents left him and he became good friends with the cyborg Shala Sena.

The pair worked as mechanics at their shop for a few years, encountering Achaz Ross at one point. However, this met its end after Shala downloaded dangerous plans regarding a Sacree invasion of a Jayto protectorate planet. This caused the pair to be targeted by the Schwertellen, leading them to hiring Ross and Khorlbahn III of the Legacy I, to try and transmit the plans to the Vorpal Legions and gain some form of protection. Whilst on the mission to transmit the plans on the scrap moon Balet, Talis was captured by a beast and was saved by Allestra of Hallah, who helped the Legacy crew transmit the plans before being apprehended by Exia’s royal forces.
Kadoiri Bridge

**Kadoiri Bridge** (門入橋, *Kadoiri-bashi*) is a bridge in Itomori, Gifu. It appears in *Your Name.*.

It is unknown if it is based on a real-life location.

## In *Your Name.*

On September 4, 2013, Mitsuha Miyamizu, Katsuhiko Teshigawara and Sayaka Natori walked on this bridge on their way to school.

On another day at this bridge, Mitsuha received a love letter from another girl, who was charmed by the sudden display of masculinity of hers.

The bridge was destroyed when a piece of Comet Tiamat crashed into the town on October 4, 2013.
Miki

## **Miki**in *Suzume*

**Miki** (ミキ, *Miki*) is a supporting character in *Suzume*.

## In *Suzume*

Miki worked as a part-time waitress at Rumi Ninomiya's Snack Haabaa.

## Etymology

* The name **Miki** is written in katakana (ミキ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (美紀), it could possibly mean "beautiful" (美) (**mi**) and "chronicle" (紀) (**ki**).
Hinako Ogawa

## **Hinako Ogawa**in *The Garden of Words*

**Hinako Ogawa** (小川 比奈子, *Ogawa Hinako*) is a minor character in *The Garden of Words* novel.

## Background

A literature teacher at Yukari Yukino's junior high school in Imabari, Ogawa supervised the Art club that Yukino attended. Two years after Yukari's graduation, she was pregnant and quit her job, but not before having a farewell party with her former students.

During her years of teaching, she treated Yukari with love and kindness, which ultimately inspired her to become a teacher herself.

## Etymology

* The name **Hinako** means "ratio, proportion" (比) (**hi**), "apple tree" (奈) (**na**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
* Hinako's surname **Ogawa** means "stream, brook, bourn/bourne" (小川).
Your Name./Novel 2

***Your Name. Another Side:Earthbound*** (君の名は。Another Side:Earthbound, *Kimi no Na wa. Another Side:Earthbound*) is a novel written by Makoto Shinkai and Arata Kanou with illustrations by Masayoshi Tanaka and Hiyori Asakawa which is served as a side-story to the *Your Name.* film. It was published in Japan by Kadokawa on August 1, 2016. The novel also has a manga adaption under the same name.
Voices of a Distant Star/Manga

Japanese cover

**Voices of a Distant Star** (ほしのこえ, *Hoshi no Koe*) is a Japanese manga written by Makoto Shinkai and illustrated by Mizu Sahara. Kodansha serialized it in its manga magazine, *Afternoon*, from April 2004, and released the manga as a one-shot on February 23, 2005.

## Summary

🕒 ***Timeline in Voices of a Distant Star***
Sixteen-year-old Mikako Nagamine enlists as a pilot to fight in the interstellar war against a force of alien invaders, leaving behind her one true love. Mikako’s only connection to Noboru Terao, who’s living the life of an ordinary high school student, is through cell-phone text messages. As Mikako travels farther away, it starts to take longer and longer for Noboru to receive her messages, until finally one arrives eight years and seven months after she sent it.

The war rages on, and years pass, but out in space, Mikako barely ages. When at last the fighting ends, she is left stranded on the spacecraft carrier. A rescue mission is launched to help – including Noboru, who’s now a lot older. When they meet again, they’ll discover whether their young love survived.

## Chapters

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10

## Characters

***►►►** List of Voices of a Distant Star characters*
Noboru TeraoMikako Nagamine
Comet Tiamat

**Comet Tiamat** (ティアマト彗星, *Tiamato suisei*) is a celestial body. It serves as the key point in *Your Name.* and also cameos in *Weathering with You*.

## In *Your Name.*

### Overview

Comet Tiamat has an orbital period of 50,200 years. For unknown reasons, every time the comet approaches Earth, a piece of itself always mysteriously break out and crash somewhere around the area that would become Itomori. The last time it appeared, a fragment broken from the comet crashed into the area that would become Itomori during the Upper Palaeolithic, with its crater forming Lake Itomori.

### 2013 Itomori impact event

On October 4, 2013, a fragment of the comet hit the town of Itomori at 8:42 pm. Its impact creates a crater 1 km in diameter, with its shockwave spread as far as 5 km, causing an earthquake measuring 4.8 on Richter scale.

In the original timeline, the comet crashes as Itomori people gather at the autumn festival, causing massive casualties. A third of the population, including Mitsuha Miyamizu, are killed. In the second timeline, with the intervention of future Taki Tachibana, mayor Toshiki Miyamizu is convinced to evacuate everyone to the high school grounds and all Itomori inhabitants are saved, with only 104 people injured.

## In *Weathering with You*

In 2021, the comet is the main subject of Mu magazine's reportage series "The day the comet fell" (彗星が落ちた日, *Suisei ga ochita hi*) which spans at least 6 issues.
Yoshino's waitress

## **N/A**in *Your Name.*

This unnamed woman is a minor character in *Your Name.*

## In *Your Name.*

On September 4, 2013, she and her husband were present at the village's ritual dance, where she commented about the likeness of Mitsuha and Yotsuha to their mother.

In 2016, after the comet crash, she and her husband ran a Takayama ramen store somewhere in Gifu. One day, when a customer took out a drawing from his bag, she recognized it to be Itomori and told her husband to come and confirm it. The woman said her husband was born in Itomori.

## Notes

### Portrayal

She is voiced by Yuka Kato, who also voiced Katsuhiko Teshigawara's mother and served as the dialect supervisor of the movie.