00:00I have this theory that the three Makuto Shinkai films that deal with souls bound by destiny
00:04but separated either by time or by distance,
00:07They are not three different films, but in reality the same story told in three films.
00:11First, there are these two kids, moving at 5 cm per second, deeply in love but separated too soon by
00:16the distance.
00:17A sincere love brutally interrupted, which will give way to a deep melancholy, a feeling of being inexperienced that will never truly disappear.
00:23And then, as if this story refused to truly die, it is reborn in other forms in The Garden
00:27words.
00:28This time it's not distance that separates them but time, the age difference, as if...
00:32'She was the right person but not at the right time.'
00:34And finally comes Your Name, like a last attempt by fate.
00:38This time it's time and distance that are working against them, but something has changed.
00:42As in this Japanese legend, we have a red thread of destiny that refuses to give way.
00:46As if they were trying to remind us that we must always keep hope alive, that if two souls are truly attracted
00:49towards each other,
00:51In this life or another, sooner or later, they will find each other again.
00:54So if you like my theory, I encourage you to watch or rewatch these three films in that order.
00:58to appreciate the evolution of Makoto Shinkai,
01:015 cm per second, The Garden of Words and Your Name.
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