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highly recommended for those who like anime and dramaTakaki Tohno and Akari Shinohara is a classmate. Akari is a new student in elementary school in Tokyo. Takaki and Akari both have weak bodies so they are more often going to library than in the field. This makes their relationship get closer. They plan to enroll in the same school after graduating. But because of something, after graduating, Akari have to move to Iwafune, Tochigi. Their communication continued on mail. Takaki himself must also move to Kagoshima. Feeling the distance is too far, before the Takaki's moving to Kagoshima they promised to meet each other. By train, Takaki will go to Tochigi to meet Akari. But the journey is not as planned since there is a snow storm.

Takaki entering the High School life in Tanegashima, where existed an outer space research center, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agancy). At this moment Takaki and Akari is not sending mail to each other anymore. In school, Takaki has a female classmate named Kanae. Kanae admired Takaki in secret, but doesn't have the courage to express her feeling. She feels Takaki is looking for something she never able to give him. She always waits Takaki after school just so they can go home and talk together.

Takaki has graduating from college and becoming a programmer in Tokyo. While he ever had a relationship with some girl, he still can't forget Akari. Meanwhile, Akari will be married to some guy. One day, they pass each other in railway line. When facing each other, the train passing and covering their vision.