Depressive Screenwriter

On the movie screen, text information appeared, making the audience understand that the first act of the movie had ended and the second act was beginning.

Starting with the astronaut in the second act, the movie's style became more magnificent and fantastical.

The story's main perspective shifted to a high school girl named Sumida Kanae.

She had a crush on a boy.

A boy named Tono Takaki who transferred to this small island.

?

Qiao Yueling carefully examined this high school boy.

He had handsome features and indeed bore some resemblance to the male lead in the first act, 'Cherry Blossom Copy'.

But why did Takaki also transfer to the countryside?

Moreover, Qiao Yueling had been to Sakurajima before, and she pondered the location of the female lead's transfer and the location of the female lead's high school in her mind.

Those weren't two opposite locations in the Sakurajima area.

A distance several times greater than a long-distance relationship in middle school?

Qiao Yueling felt a bit of a stomachache.

Old Thief,

Are you really sick?

Was it necessary to arrange things this way?

And who the hell is this Sumida?

A homewrecker?

Don't think that just because you have a crush on Takaki, I'll accept you?

The male and female leads of this movie have already been decided, you're just the second female lead!

But five minutes later, Qiao Yueling completely forgot her previous thoughts.

A girl who worked hard to complete her studies and was also learning to surf.

A girl who always waited a long time in the bike shed in order to go home with the boy together after school every evening, then pretended to bump into him and ride home together on a small motorbike.

A girl who, even if she wasn't sure if she liked it, had to try the same flavor of drink as the boy after seeing his choice in the convenience store, then spat it out in shock from the strange taste, but would still stubbornly choose this flavor of drink a second time, just hoping to have a common topic with the boy.

In modern times, some people who have no expectations for love would call these people 'licking dogs'.

But Qiao Yueling and the audience watching the movie didn't think so.

Because the opposite of a 'licking dog' is that the other person is a bad person who doesn't deserve to be treated gently and plays with emotions.

But Tono Takaki, whom Sumida liked, wasn't like that.

He always treated Sumida with a gentle smile.

He would always patiently answer her questions.

Moreover, during his high school life, he didn't have much contact with other girls, and the girl he had the most contact with in school was Sumida.

Apart from being alone on the hillside, sending text messages to someone with his phone, everywhere else, he was a perfect boy who was hard not to be moved by.

Qiao Yueling didn't think Sumida was a 'licking dog'.

She was a pure love warrior!

Because if Qiao Yueling had such a boy by her side, she would also fall in love with him.

【Every time I'm near Tono-kun, my heart aches.】

The girl thought, watching the boy still using his phone, seemingly editing a text message to someone.

Qiao Yueling probably understood that Takaki was sending a text message to Akari.

The story interspersed some astronomical knowledge.

It mentioned satellites launched into space decades ago.

Imagining its lonely journey flying alone in the dark universe, not even touching a single hydrogen atom.

Is it the satellite in the universe that is lonely?

It's the lonely Sumida who secretly loves you, and you who only have another person in your eyes.

And then, Tono Takaki's inner monologue made Qiao Yueling's mood break down even more.

Before, she thought that Tono Takaki had been editing text messages on his phone to send to Akari.

But here, Takaki himself said.

【When did the habit of writing text messages without a recipient start?】

The plot didn't need to be explicitly stated, but Qiao Yueling understood it at once.

So, Takaki and Akari, didn't exchange text messages?

Even Takaki and Akari, were no longer in contact?

On a bright morning.

She steadied herself in the turbulent water, standing on the crest of a wave on a surfboard in the plot.

At that moment, she decided to confess to Takaki!

Qiao Yueling's heart ached.

For some reason, she felt that Sumida's confession would most likely fail.

As always, waiting after school, and then pretending to run into Takaki again.

Agreeing to go home together, and at the convenience store, choosing the same drink that she wasn't used to, but was exactly the same as Takaki's.

The car also conveniently failed to start.

The gentle boy chose to walk home with her.

But the camera pulled back, and the orange-red light of the setting sun dyed the sky.

The boy treated her gently, but his eyes were only looking at the distant sky, walking slowly ahead alone.

What was he thinking?

Qiao Yueling wondered in her heart.

Look back at Sumida.

She's been behind you so many times, wanting to tug at your clothes.

If you have even a trace of affection between a man and a woman for Sumida, instead of all being friendship, at least, you have to look at her.

Choosing to walk home with her is your gentleness.

But walking alone in front, without subconsciously looking at her even once, is.

No feelings of love for her at all?

Some things don't need to be said explicitly, and what the audience can feel, Sumida also felt.

She wanted to open her mouth, but in the end, she didn't, and just suddenly cried behind Takaki.

【What's wrong?】 Takaki asked in confusion.

The girl just answered.

【Nothing. I'm sorry.】

Only, she was praying in her heart.

Please, don't be so gentle with me anymore!

Knowing that she's not in the other person's eyes, but still hopelessly falling in love with him.

But only at this moment, when she's about to confess, paying attention to the boy's eyes, did she infinitely realize this.

Her confession will definitely fail!

Knowing that this is a hopeless unrequited love, but unable to stop her feelings.

At this moment, a space satellite was launched above the island where the male and female leads were located in the movie's background.

The sudden tail flame of the soaring satellite split the sky in two.

It also completely broke through the atmosphere that was about to become awkward between the two!

The boy and girl witnessed this scene.

Sumida's inner monologue sounded.

【My expectations for Tono-kun will definitely not be realized, but whether it's tomorrow, or the future, I will definitely always, always like him!】

As the movie's plot progressed to this point, Qiao Yueling and the audience in the theater were all in a completely low mood.

The atmosphere of the story was not pleasant at all.

Even knowing that Sumida was the second female lead, she still felt heartache for her failed love.

The second act ended.

The story, up to this point, used a lot of space to depict the male lead, Tono Takaki.

The first act portrayed his feelings for Akari.

In the second act, although he and Akari had lost contact due to being in different places, he still only had her in his eyes, and didn't even notice Sumida, who was so excellent by his side.

And what about the third act?

Qiao Yueling felt a bit of a stomachache.

Since he gave up such a good girl as Sumida, then the third act must let Takaki and Akari meet again!

The third act opened with an adult male and an adult female passing each other on the railway, but in the moment when the two brushed past each other, both felt something.

【At this moment, I have a strong feeling that if I turn around at this moment, she will definitely turn around too!】

Qiao Yueling's heart was pounding at this moment.

The train passed by, blocking their line of sight as they turned to look at each other.

It was hard to imagine what she felt after seeing this scene after the previous two acts of the plot?

Akari and Takaki's last meeting in middle school.

The letters they didn't exchange.

The loss of contact in high school.

Then, after graduating as adults, the two met by chance on the streets of Tokyo.

Everything was so wonderful.

As long as they turned around, as long as they looked at each other, could the broken relationship be continued?

Did the old thief want to tell us in this movie that true love will not fade away with the passage of time, as long as there is an opportunity, it will build a bridge of fate for both parties again?

Thinking of this, Qiao Yueling couldn't wait.

The third act, '5 Centimeters Per Second', tells the story of the male lead's numb life after graduating from college.

Work was numb, like a walking corpse.

Emotions were numb.

Clearly, he had an understanding girlfriend, but in the end, she broke up with him, saying 【Even if we exchange 1000 text messages, the distance between our hearts will not get closer by even 1 centimeter!】.

The reason why he was numb was not difficult to see.

From the day he separated from Akari on the platform, and then later when the two completely lost contact, Takaki lost the ability to fall in love with others.

At the same time, the perspective was also given to the female lead's side.

She was getting married.

Qiao Yueling's expression was dumbfounded?

But fortunately, having watched too many TV dramas of weddings being robbed, what did it matter if she was about to get married?

It didn't matter!

But before this, the female lead, Akari, flipped through her previous letters.

Those were letters written more than ten years ago, to someone named Tono Takaki.

The letter that was never sent.

The content of the letter made her dream of that time.

That time in middle school, when she and that boy liked each other.

A man who resigned, was lovelorn, but had a numb heart.

A woman who was about to get married, but dreamed of her first love before the wedding.

Their story, will have a result at the moment when the railway alarm bell rings, and the two seem to be about to turn to look at each other on opposite sides of the railway.

Everything was the same as the scene at the beginning of the movie, with the boy and girl rushing down the slope.

The same slope, the same intersection, the same people.

Just at different times.

Qiao Yueling recalled the beginning of the film, when the girl held an umbrella and smiled at the boy across the railway.

The words 【It would be nice if we could watch the cherry blossoms together next year too!】.

Takaki's letter that was blown away by the wind.

Sumida's failed confession.

The scene of Akari and Takaki turning around to face each other as adults.

Multiple shots echoed in Qiao Yueling's mind.

What exactly is the result?

The theme song of '5 Centimeters Per Second' sounded.

The screen flickered, and accompanied by the sound of the theme song, the screen explained why the two didn't exchange letters after that meeting.

Being in different places, different lives, different social circles, were ultimately huge gaps.

Gradually drifting apart, and eventually even forgetting each other.

But between each other, they always found that the deja vu of the other person's figure inadvertently appeared in their lives.

They subjectively forgot.

Subconsciously, they still remembered.

The two met again on this street more than ten years later.

Qiao Yueling looked at the train that was still running non-stop in the movie, and had only one thought in her mind.

Destroy this train, why is it so long?

Also, you two, after this train finishes running, quickly smile at each other and be sweet.

Qiao Yueling was almost collapsed by the repressed plot atmosphere of '5 Centimeters Per Second'.

After a long wait, almost everyone in the entire theater had the urge to rush into the movie and kick over the train.

Finally, the train passed by.

Tono Takaki looked back at the opposite side.

Cherry blossoms fell, and the scene was so beautiful that it was breathtaking.

But the opposite side of the railway was empty!

There wasn't a single person on the opposite side!

Akari didn't linger, didn't wait.

She left!

Qiao Yueling's expression froze, and the atmosphere in the entire movie theater was silent.

It was completely different from what everyone expected.

But a feeling of emptiness rose in her heart.

What the hell?