[R] 5 Centimeters per Second

Visually, this is one of the most breathtaking movies I've ever seen. The sense of longing is captured so perfectly visually, which is something I've never seen done before in animation. Every shot doesn't just seem composed, it seems understood, it feels missed. It's almost like if it isn't drawn it'll be forgotten, so it's drawn and it's drawn well. It's drawn lovingly. It's drawn with a hesitation and intimacy known only to those who wasted their youth. Who lingered for too long on the arrangement of their classmate's pencils and papers because they knew the end of class bell would soon end the tablemate romance they were too scared to try to progress. It's a movie for the people who wrote letters to their crushes even though they saw each other every day, and for the love of mine I killed when I moved away. To the girl who was told she could always look at the stars and remember that no matter how many worlds apart we were we'd be together but waited for months for a call back because I was too afraid I'd love her again; despite my efforts I love you still.