Kathmandu, March 13 -- Takaki and Akari are both introverted young children, both preferring to stay indoors in the library than outside in the playground. They become fast friends in primary school and soon realise that their relationship has evolved into something more than friendship. After graduating from primary school, Akari moves to a new city and the two begin writing letters to one another, but eventually start to drift apart. When Takaki learns that he too will be moving to a new city, Kagashima, on the other side of the country, he decides to go see Akari one final time. Despite a severe snowstorm that delays his train, Takaki and Akari finally meet and share their first kiss. They fall asleep in an abandoned shed and the next ...