Yoshiyuki Okuyama’s ‘5 Centimeters Per Second’ stays faithful to the original and expands on what made Makoto Shinkai’s film resonate, reflecting on life after two people grow apart.

Suzume is a sincere and poignant exploration of humanity's collective grief amid a tragedy. Despite some shortcomings on its story, there’s just something incredibly moving about a young teenage girl making an effort to stop a major tragedy and the deaths of others when she has already suffered the worst tragedy of her life. For once, a Makoto Shinkai film that feels cathartic and soulful.