The Girl who Leapt through Time - A Timeless Piece
Posted on May 7th, 2007 by Darkshaunz - 8,765 Views
Darkshaunz follows Trunks back to the future
Score: 9.9/10 (An anime movie for the Ages)
As people move from place to place, as events happen, as the landscape changes and as the mankind tries to fill the void between past and future, there is one thing which will always stay the same. There is never enough time. For as long as I can remember, we have done everything in our power to change the one element we could not harness to our advantage, we have construed strange and bizzare astrophysical formulae to comprehend the manipulation of time and to our dismay, it seems it will be a long time before anything of the sort happens in our lifetime. Conveniently, the power to change everything, to turn regret to happiness, to change bad to good, lands on the palms of a young high school girl named Makoto. The master of Time, is truly the master of everything. But…even Masters make mistakes.
Wryyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!
Time Travel, the concept is not a stranger to Anime
This was us before we evolved some decent brains.
My first exposure to time travel was quite basic, it was in fact from a Doraemon Manga. Those of you who know of the Robot Blue Cat, he was sent from the Future Nobita to oversee the successful growth of his younger self. Doraemon himself could time travel, using all kinds of bullshit-hax items like the Time Machine and Time Towel, then again, Doraemon was one cool cat (Pardon the pun). My next encounter was less “straightforward”, this time it came in the form of DragonBallZ. This time, the future was being ravaged by Androids, Trunks who was the son of Vegeta, returned to the past to give Goku a cure for his heart problem and to eradicate the androids before they could destroy his future. Here, I was introduced to the concept of separate parallel timelines, despite having killed the androids, he could not change the events of the future…as his timestream was separated from the one of the past. He did however, get strong enough to return to the future in order to kill Androids and Cell (That’s another doozy of a Parallel timeline).
In this anime movie, time is controlled by a Peanut Time Device.
A lot of time-manipulation enthusiasts reading this would also chime in all kinds of Paradox-Nullifying Theories, Multiverse Theories and “Infinite Us” Theories. I am sure there are many of you out there extremely well read in this rather mysterious field of astrophysics. What I do know, is the closest thing we have to time travel is the ability to observe stars from hundreds of thousands of light years away, as the stars we observe are actually at the state as they were hundreds of thousands of years ago. The void which the light has to travel is kind of a static time-stamp between us and the star. However, this anime movie assumes a basic “Single Time Stream” concept. This concept is easiest to work with, as it assumes your past actions will change the future which you have already observed. It assumes that Time is retrievable after all, however, it also contradicts many time-travel theories which state that past events cannot be changed. But what if you don’t want to change it?, What if you merely wish to skim the surface of the time stream to see someone or something?
Time Start!
“Cabbage in the Hole!”
The movie starts off with a series of digital clocks ticking away, eventually stopping, well I am assuming this represents the user’s future ability to stop time. We get introduced to Makoto, who at first glance reminds me of Shinji Ikari from Evangelion. However, the similarities do end there, Makoto is pleasant to watch and follow from the very beginning. A lovable, outgoing and suitably well-voiced character, she would be our little guide, our point of reference in this Four-Dimensional acid trip across time. So the movie gets it right from the start, you take a look at your VLC Media Player Slider and it reads 1.5 hours, frankly speaking, I knew I was going to enjoy having her as the main character for that time. Makoto’s a very clumsy girl, late for school constantly, can’t deep fry anything (save for a Fireball Cabbage Surprise) and other students seem to like twirling fat people in her general direction when she is minding her own business. What Luck.
Makoto was wondering why that man was getting Bigger. And then it hit her.
Before she can be released from the Jail-like clutches of School, she has to pack away some papers, and she hears some scuffling in the next door Lab preparation room. Heading in to check it out, she finds nobody, and spots a peanut like thing laying on the floor. She suddenly notices a Visage of somebody on the other side of a vial, which startles her. I might note that the visage looks suitably familiar to Chiaki (one of her redhead guy friends). Upon landing on this peanut, which is obviously a time device (obviously!) she activates it, causing her to go through a time tunnel, as the thing passes “charges” into her arm. She witnesses the what looks like the Three main epochs of the world, the Prehistoric world of beasts (represented by horses in massive plains), the World of Men (current day, represented by fireworshipping ape-like men) and the Machine Future (the distant future, we lost to Terminators remember?). She wakes up thinking it was just a dream of sorts and carries on.
This is one mad acid trip!
Time Leaping isn’t just for Space Frogs
They see her rollin’, patrollin’.
Buns don’t deliver themselves, and our Makoto knows this, so off she goes to deliver them to her aunt over at the Museum. As she speeds down the hilly district, nearly flattening a mother and her child, she realizes the train barricades coming down in front of her. Reassuring herself her bad luck is finally over, she goes on to engaging the breaks. Oh snap! the breaks don’t work and her vain attempts to use her feet as friction were equally useless. She impacts the barricade and is flung conveniently at two very hungry looking Death-Trains. At this point, she announces that she is going to die. But we know better, she has both time and Plot armour on her side, making her indestructible for at least for the first hour of the movie. As we expect, her first time leap is accidental, wasn’t a leap at all, more like a “Time Fling”.
Xtreme!!! Gymnastics makes it debut in 2007.
Nevertheless, it does the job, the velocity she was travelling at and the distance she “leaped” (albeit not intentionally) propelled her far enough in time to assume she actually hit the mother on the road first. Of course she knew she should have died there and then, but she didn’t. So like all normal people, we should all go visit our Aunties called Aunt Witch to report on our accidental time travel shenanigans, I know Makoto did. Her aunt suggests to her that she did a “Time Leap”, stating that it happens to girls her age all the time. Its very possible that her Aunt actually did come across a device similar to the one Makoto encountered, hence knowing about the whole concept. However, it seems more likely that she is merely using the “Time Leap” concept as more of an analogy to something Makoto would say in denial to how she feels. Kind of like how we use metaphors to represent a situation when we are talking about something we are not usually comfortable with.
“I’ve got a crazy niece”
If you’ve got it, Flaunt it…or Abuse it
With great power, comes grea-WOO YEAH TIME MASTERY BABY!!!
So Makoto’s gotten her hands on one dandy of a Superpower (Rets is probrably thinking of Hiro from Heroes now or something). She decides to take it for a whirl, and decidedly tries to “leap” from the window, her little sister interprets this as Makoto wanting to choose the “Goodbye Cruel World” option and hastens to ensure her endeared older sister does not become worm food so quickly. After a steady reassuring, Makoto takes her power for a spin. Overlooking a few brats skimping some rocks on a river, as its meant to represent the story itself, the river being the “Time Stream”, and skimping rock representing Makoto’s “Skipping on the Time Stream”. She decides to turn back, thinking that it was all just bad crack, then she changes her mind and bolts to the stream. She is then momentary displaced from our dimension, and enters a Clock-like dimension which has interweaving digital streams and clock gears (representing the future and the past). Forced into a commando roll upon re-entry into our dimension, she is richly rewarded….with delicious Pudding.
“Anybody got the time?”
After a slight pudding injection, it was time for her to re-materialize back into her original point of warping, and the kids overlooking the whole leap was spooked, noting her disappearance from our time plane and tangible dimension. Also important note is that she could not bring her pudding in with her, seeing as the peanut-time device gave her charge, not the pudding, hence it could not be translocated across multiple time streams unlike her. I guess in a concept of twisted physics, some things definitely have to remain constant before it gets all ridiculously confusing. Obviously, her control over time has reached a pretty impressive mark, she was gone only a few seconds according to the kids, yet she spent a good few minutes sampling the pudding and talking with her family who just arrived home.
Ah yes, the spoils of Time Leaping. Delicious Pudding.
Time Start! Version 2.0
Hee~
If you had the power to control time, the natural thing to do is to try out small things first, then move on to the bigger things. It’s kind of a safety net we humans have, start in small amounts then go all out. When you first try out a food you haven’t tried before, you tend to do a nibble, then proceed to a healthy “chomp”. Makoto’s pudding experiment was a success, and now she’s got Groundhog-Dayitis and what better way than to ace a test, dodge that fat man, make another goofball fry that cabbage and destroy your friends in Baseball because you know exactly where the pitches will land? Hell, you can start abusing it like Makoto did and do yourself in for ten hours of non-stop Karaoke. Ah yes, Makoto is so pleased with her seemingly unstoppable power, she seems almost drunk on it. But like everything intoxicating, how much till you realize it was too much?
Cooking Pots are the next-gen of armour shielding against Explosive Cabbages.
Makoto performing her daily stretches.
The Love Confession|niossefonC evoL ehT
“I’m Pregnant”
Makoto’s adventurous time-slinging day has come to a close, and she needs a ride back home, as she did not bring our her bike. After all, why bike when you can Time Leap? Chiaki, being the chivalrous young man that he is, offers our heroine a ride. Upon a romantic river bank generically tailored for love confessions, our Redheaded hero can’t help but stick to the cliche’. With some hesitation and small-talk cover, he blurts out that he wishes to go out with Makoto. The main precedent for this was because Kousuke, their other comrade was confessed to by a junior-classmen by the name of Kaho (The shy type). Makoto’s jaw drops to a point I could probrably fit a Truck inside it. She’s shocked and like all platonic-to-romantic relationship transitions, it almost seems like a Bad Joke to her. She makes her first mistake however, she undoes the event with a Time Leap. Tsk tsk.
Blunder Ahoy!
So the third time around (the second also ended in a confession), she just ignored Chiaki’s offer for a ride home. This means Chiaki never got the opportunity to ask her out anymore, Makoto’s indecisiveness and possible concern over Yuri’s (Her short haired friend) crush on Chiaki may have caused this. In an encounter with Cabbage-Frying man, who was getting his ass hosed by bullying classmates, Makoto indirectly shoves Chiaki into “meeting” with Yuri. From there, the two hit it off relatively well, and Makoto purposely eludes and avoids him because she feels awkwardly about him having ask her out again and that she thinks that “its alright that Yuri and Chiaki are getting along fine anyway”. As if it wasn’t enough, the first time, Cabbage-Frying man literally snaps and starts attacking his bullies with a Fire Extinguisher. The reason being, they tipped what looks like noodles onto his head and uniform. I’m surprised the guy didn’t hose them and then proceed to crack their skulls with the extinguisher instead. He did, however come close.
I has a fire extinguisher.
Makoto and Chiaki enjoy a game of Basketball.
Having reached his limit, the guy throws the extinguisher at Makoto, citing that her request to swap was what landed him in such a situation in the first place. Before the extinguisher case could hit her, Chiaki dives in front of Makoto, with his head (what valiant bravery). However, Makoto burned a Time Leap charge in order to push him out of the way in time before it could have done any serious damage. The rebounding of the extinguisher, did however slam Yuri in the shoulder. It was becoming apparent to viewers that maybe Time Warping across the Time stream wasn’t as fantastic as well thought it would be. Chiaki furthers his relationship with Yuri, and Makoto could only stand helplessly as she sees Chiaki slip through her fingers. However, this could have been what she wanted for her best friend, or was there a nagging doubt at the back of her mind that something was not right? Perhaps.
Oh Makoto, that could have been you sitting there.
Playing Love Doctor
So Moe, you’re already dead.
So she feels like she needs something to make her feel good, the whole Chiaki-Yuri thing was beginning to eat on her. Plus she did feel Kaho and Kousuke needed a little matchmaking nudge to make the romance bloom or something along those lines. Kaho and company told a story about her Kaho used to be in the same volunteer club with Kousuke a long time ago and how she has this thing for him, so being the good love doctor, she Time Leaps back to the time Kaho first approaches Kousuke for the confession (remember, he turned her down the first time). The two attempts she made were pretty bad, the first one had her sounding like a Stalker, knowing about Kaho’s personal life and family were all things which freaked the group out. The second time wasn’t as freaky but was way too blunt, blunter than a Warhammer. She basically confessed FOR Kaho and no doubt this also caused the trio to blast off again.
Attempt number One: STALKER ALERT
Attempt number Two: CONFESSION ALERT
The third time required an awesome leap from the higest diving platform at the school, and a little planning as well. This time she would make it so the Kaho trio were sitting at the tree which got owned by the fat guy, and walked Kousuke to the precise point where she got smashed by the amazing human cannonball. Like clockwork, everything fell into place according to plan, Kousuke was impacted by a massive human jellyroll, effectively shielding a helpless Kaho from certain harm, and “conveniently” landing on her. Kousuke, also chivalrous like Chiaki, offers the fair maiden assistance back to her home and treatment for her ankle. Makoto cheers in delight, but sighs in despair when she only has one charge left.
The things you do for love.
Play with Time, prepare to get Burnt.
One for the road.
Kousuke needs transportation for his rescued damsel in distress, and since he didn’t have his bike around, Makoto’s bike had to do. He informs his comrade through text that the bike will be under his receivership for the time being. All good, friend gets girl and friend gets to ride new girlfriend to the clinic and look totally awesome. Wait. Rewind <<<. Bike...bike, that's right, that's the bike which nearly got Makoto killed at the very start of the movie. The brakes, they do not work, and what a completely horrid state of affairs for our heroine. She chases after Kousuke and Kaho with an amazing speed, I am sure even The Flash would applaud her courageous attempt at breaking the speed of sound using only her legs. She runs and she runs and finally reaches the train crossing before the two, however, there was no accident. Relief. She receives a call from Chiaki and the two share a warm, pleasant conversation...until Chiaki asks her if she has been Time-Leaping (much to her awe and shock). She expends her final Time Leap charge to make it so Chiaki never asks her that question over the phone.
Sometimes, a mistake can cost more than just your own life.
Lamenting wasting a Time Leap charge on something so “small”, Kousuke and Kaho come cruising down, greeting her as they glide down the hill to their eventual deaths. Makoto, could do nothing but run in vain as she watched in agonising slow motion, the faces of a terrified Kousuke trying in vain to brake using his feet, like she did when she was cruising to her death on that very same hill. As she bumps into countless strangers hard, Kousuke’s sneakers slams at her, causing her to go down painfully, tumbling and bruising all over. Like some demented punishment, she was forced to watch in all it’s glory, the blood she that her body and the lives of two other friends had to pay in order for her crime against time. Is the concept of alternate consequences the true representation of cruelty? or is it the frivolous usage of our Time stream as a manner of personal leisure more cruel? Regardless of the answer, it was apparent that doom bethrothed the two, as they are flung exactly as she was that fateful afternoon. Difference is, they can’t Time-Fling.
Makoto wails in agony as she fails to stop Kousuke in time.
Xtreme!!! Gymnastics is getting kind of dangerous.
Time Stop! Collabarate and Listen, Ice is back with his new edition.
The day Tokyo (3) stood still.
If you close your eyes and wish for everything to stop, apparently it will, if you have the power to leap through time. Before audiences can be mortified at the sight of two death, scattered young high school students, everything stops. We cry some form of foul divine intervention, it’s almost too convenient. Until, Chiaki appears with Makoto’s brakeless bike in tow. Seems like Chiaki knows all about the Peanut Time Device and that he has enough of an understanding of Time travel to actually stop time itself. However, the business of a man from the future would be in question, and it turns out he merely wanted to feast his eyes on a Timeless painting which was being restored by Makoto’s aunt at that period. The painting was painted in a time of great famine and war, yet it reflected such beauty and tranquility. He explains that he ran out of charges for the device, with the final ones spent on saving Kousuke and Kaho. Also, In Chiaki’s future they had no bicycles any more and the painting was burnt in a fire, I just hope the future isn’t being destroyed by Androids or Zerglings.
“I totally stopped time with my Future God-like powers”
It came to pass that by telling someone from the past about the Peanut Time Device, he has broken a cardinal rule. In order to minimize the damage of this, he has to disappear from Makoto’s life forever. Like everything she does, she can only try in vain to stop Chiaki from vanishing from existence altogether. It’s a bittersweet irony that has us clocking in and out of the events, how can someone with so much power be so helpless in times of great peril? Makoto can, and its a fine display that the perfect power in the hands of an imperfect being can only lead to one thing, pure and unadulterated misery. There’s no helping feeling bad for Makoto, first she undoes a love confession from a close friend, then she watches helplessly as two friends glide down to their doom and then watches Chiaki vanish from her life despite indirectly getting a second chance at reconciling how she feels about him. With her Time Leap charges completely used up, she can only lead a life of normality once again. Easy come, Easy go, such is the mistress we call Time.
Poor Makoto, things just keep on going wrong for our girl.
Memories can Conquer Time
Bawwww!!! :’(
The aftermath of Chiaki’s disappearance hits Makoto hard, as she is overcome with great grief. She loses it a bit looking at his empty desk, snaps when the class starts spreading bad gossip about him and utterly breaks down when talking with Kousuke about his sudden disappearance. “I’m a terrible person”, she exclaims with a great sense of regret and sadness. She proceeds to run out to the school roof to cry louder than a Spartan warcy, its all extremely depressing and even I felt bad thinking, “I told you so” during this sequence. However, luck was beginning to smile upon our heroine and upon inspecting her arm whilst lamenting on her bed, she spots a one on her arm. How on Earth did she get this new charge? Quite possibly a distortion in the Timestream caused this anomaly, a one in a million chance…or perhaps she managed to Time Leap herself back one charge, effectively creating a recycled-loop effect on the Time Leap charge. Who cares, its time for our girl to run like Forrest Gump did, fucking fast.
From Hopeless Sadness to…
….Confident Flight!
In a glorious final dash, Makoto gives it her absolute all, flying towards a buzzing nightscape, quite a sight to behold if you were a passerby. As she makes her momentous last passage within the Time Dimension, memories of her past with Kousuke and Chiaki come to life, glorious shining and reflecting her true desires. For she was entering a realm that not even time itself could touch, these were all from caches of her memory and although there is never enough time, memories will always be there to cushion the blow and remind us that a part of us existed sometime in the distant past, and a part of someone else exists within us. Knowing this, Makoto forged her way through the Time Tunnel and back into the first day of the movie, the place she received her powers (Science lab), and this provides a nice cyclical effect to whole movie. Makoto tells Yuri to “Stay away from my man, girl” and then tells Kousuke to “Get it on with Kaho by inviting her posse to some Baseball-fo shizzle”.
Pocket Umbrellas seem practical on paper.
“Dude, seriously, go shape up some bitches.”
Our Heroine meets up with Chiaki, and wastes no time in explaining to him she knows all about the Peanut Time Device and about his future self tells her about his intentions about staying in our Timeplane. With the both of them having expended their charges for real this time, it was time for the two to part, I am guessing because Chiaki has a life back in the future. I also know that having a exotic entity from the future on our timeplane can’t be good for the fabric of the universe and universal constants.
/facepalm
Waking up to Yesterday
Parting ways is always the most difficult.
Especially if you are the one saying Goodbye.
Makoto and Chiaki part ways at the same riverbank that Chiaki confessed to her in one instance of our Timeplane. Chiaki seems at one point about to confess to Makoto once more, but instead says, “Take care of yourself properly, think before you act”, citing how clumsy and emptyminded Makoto can be. This surprises Makoto as well, and she beckons him to go back to the Future before the Time-window or Soul Society dimension door closes on his face (I’m pretty close). Makoto weeps upon having to watch Chiaki disappear from her life, once more. Dear God it’s like a constant wave of depression in this movie, I was secretly hoping the Teletubbies and Pirate Ninjas would suddenly show up to cheer this emo atmosphere up hardcore before I reached for a razor blade. Chiaki runs back hastily to embrace Makoto, saying that he will wait for her in the future. It’s a bittersweet end to their friendship, but Makoto manages a weak smile, saying that she will hurry herself to the future, that she’ll “run” towards it.
It is delicious Makoto, you must gently love it.
“Im wearing this totally rad cologne, can you dig it?”
The movie ends with Kousuke complaining about Chiaki not telling him a thing about doing a Houdini on everybody, Makoto and Kousuke are playing Catch-ball with Kaho and her friends and they all seem to be having a ball of a time (no pun intended). As a reflective conclusion to what has been a display of excellence, Makoto gazes to the heavens, no doubt wondering where that mysterious final charge came from, whether it’d be a freak of coincidence or a divine gift from sympathetic deities, our young heroine knows that Time is definitely is of the essence.
Fin. The crowd applauds the closing of a masterpiece.
It’s a Mad world
Great Graffiti idea for Clock shops.
People running around in circles everyday, it’s a very very…Mad world. The lyrics from Gary Jule’s song encompasses the theme very well. We live to rush, everywhere you look people rushing to their families, to their jobs, to their obligations and ironically, to their graves. Our world is one of efficiency, where a premium is paid for Time, and so the vestiges of Time, and the potential to manipulate it will forever captivate our kind in a kind of lusting rapture. I know that I myself continue to rush with assessments and projects, and I curse the quickness of the weekend and the seemingly endless working week. You question why is it that the hands on the clock mockingly inches slowly, numbering our days with twelve alphanumeric characters. Is it there to remind us of our frivolous ways? or will we eventually better the taunting nature of Time?
Follow the Shiny Lights!
I don’t pretend to comprehend fully the power of Time and harnessing the mechanics of the mythical element. What I do know is, power over time holds no quarter to preserving, creating and inciting new and exciting experiences. Makoto’s story, Doraemon’s story, Trunks story from DBZ, they are all the same. Don’t try to change the outcome of the future by altering the past. Realize that although what’s done is done, it’s what you do now that matters. Albeit we only get one shot at life, not only should we make it count, we should let time work in our favour, and not be slaves to it. Alas dear reader, I must be off once more for another engagement. Tempus Fugit.
Cheers,
Darkshaunz
Loading ...
[…] Original post by AnimeNation News and software by Elliott Back […]
Cheers indeed. I greatly enjoyed the screencaptures and the subsequent text. Lawled at many.
Thanks for the informative summary. It helped answer some questions I had about a few plot twists later in the film, which I felt may not have worked, but now I feel better about them. I thought this was an excellent piece of work on the whole, a great way to introduce someone new to anime.
When Chiaki uses his final charge to steal Makoto’s bike to prevent Kousuke from using it, time went back to before Makoto had used her final charge to undo Chiaki’s call that asked her about time leaping.
Thus, she still had one charge left, which she used to go back to the beginning, which was before Chiaki had used his final charge.
At least, that’s how I think it worked…
Erm , i have problems locating the “title” of this animation. Any one care to enlighten me?
The other title you can try searching for is “Toki Wo Kakeru Shoujo”.
Actually, didn’t time travel work out pretty well for everyone (who isn’t evil) in DBZ?
Loved this anime and will make time to watch it again ^^
Hey there,
I really enjoyed reading this entry of yours. Your synopsis of the story is very well written. All the important events were mentioned in a good coherent flow and you added your opinions and analysis, which made it such a good piece of reading. The screen shots were wonderful too, thanks for all the effort!
In the movie, Makato actually did reason out why she still had 1 charge left. As Arkcardo mentioned (above), “When Chiaki uses his final charge to steal Makoto’s bike to prevent Kousuke from using it, time went back to before Makoto had used her final charge to undo Chiaki’s call that asked her about time leaping.Thus, she still had one charge left, which she used to go back to the beginning, which was before Chiaki had used his final charge.” That’s how Makato explained it. She said it pretty fast and that’s what I inferred too.
However, when I think about it further, there are some loop holes to this explanation which the movie provided. You see, if Chiaki was the one who time-leaped, Makato should have no memory of the crash that was supposed to happen. Since she didn’t time leap, she could have been some where else. Afterall, Kousuke was at home (that’s what Chiaki said) and if that’s the case, she didn’t have to go to the slope road to prevent anything.
Another thing that puzzled me was the limit to how many times a person can use a time leaping device. I’m not sure exactly how many charges Makato started out with but it should be more than 90. Even though it had been used by Chiaki, she got a full load of charges after she got pinched by the device. This means that it will work so as long as the person is someone who has never used it before. So it seems to me that in a person’s entire life, he could only use the device once. Otherwise, Chiaki would have the sense to bring along more time devices — just in case.
I liked the way you analysed the ending as one where Makato gazes up to the sky in wonder of where the extra charge came from. For me, it left me clueless, since I already know that she knew where it came from. It left me sort of feeling empty.
I was also quite sad with Chiaki’s parting words when he embraced Makato. The future where he comes from is far too distant; Makato would never be able to live long enough to meet him in his time. I think they both knew this fact, but it’s their way of implying that they liked each other very much. When I think about this, it makes me even more sad.
Anyone who needs someone to talk to about this movie or has any questions about the plot is welcome to drop me a mail at san.sophie@gmail.com. I’ll be most happy to hear from you!
Yous Sincerely,
Sophie
I really enjoyed the movie, I think it was totally awesome
Ok now this is going to be very long, because I’ve spent some time trying to figure it out and here’s what II came up with (WARNING: this is going to be extrememly boring to people who don’t really care about the details,tried not to analyze it -since it’s all fiction any way, and just enjoed the great story and animation^^)!
However, I understood the scene where Chiaki used his last charge differently. Lets see it from his point of view, he calls the girl (however does not ask about the time leaping - the question gets annihilated), the incident happens, he runs there and sees “certain someone crying with guilt”. So he decides to use his reamaining charge to prevent Kousuke from taking Makoto’s bike and NOT asking her about the time leap.
Hope it wan’t too boring to reed 
About the comments above - I agree with you guys in almost everything
From Makoto’s view the time stops at the point before the train hits the couple on the bike and so she actually doesn’t see them die, besides we can see no bruises and marks on her face - which she got from running in despair to the train AFTER using her last charge. That would mean that she simply DIDN’T use her last charge and therefore didn’t run knocking everyone down. Besides Chiaki tells her afterwarsds “So it was you after all”, which he couldn’t have known unless he actually had been to the future and saw her crying and explaining everything to him.
Now the dilema: why CAN Makoto remember, that she used her last charge, BUT can’t remember that Kousuke and the girl died? And why doen’t Chiaki remembering what happened “in the future”? Well i guess you could explain it by the fact that it was Chiaki, who used HIS last charge to change the past and Makoto can only remember things that SHE changed. So before it was her going back and changing the past of others, but now it was Chiaki going back and changing HER past, so ofcourse she wouldn’t remember the events that never happened and were not affected by HER time leap. And the same goes for Chiaki, since he used his last charge and DID not come back to the past (however if he somehow managed to come back he would probably remember of what happened in future).
Now to the MAIN question : “why did Chiaki say that he’ll see her in the future, since his future is too far away and Makoto probably would never live that long to see it?” Would it say he lied to her? I think not! After all he was able to return to his era , where they envended those “devices” (please note Plural here!) and where People (!) could travel through time , wich would say that there are more of those devices and he can probably use some more to come and visit her in the nearest future (heh, who would like to date an old hag, right?)
A big question I couldn’t really answer for myself: I have huge suspision about Makotos aunt…how could she know about all those things, like time leap, concequences of changing past and “the date with someone who came late” and that Makoto would “run towards them”? What is her connection to the picture? why is she restoring it? What was that promise from a guy “to return”? Now, it has been sounded that there could only be one version of you in a timespace, but could it be that there could only be one “you” of the same age (or timespace? And so when Makoto grew up she could travel back and forth through time and space and decided to restore the picture and give some advice to her young self. It would also give meaning by her saying that “you’re different from me”, since Makoto can make different choices and change her future and may be live a happy life with Chiaki ^^ gah… that’s about it
[quote]”A big question I couldn’t really answer for myself: I have huge suspision about Makotos aunt…how could she know about all those things, like time leap (…)”[/quote]
I strongly believe that Makoto’s Aunt is the heroine in the original novel “The Little Girl Who Conquered Time”, which supposedly took time 20 years before the animated movie.
More information can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Girl_Who_Conquered_Time
Overall, an excellent movie. The review/comments above said all I wanted to say about this movie
The review and comments given above really helped me in answering the many questions i have in this movie. There were two different answers to the ‘future question’ as what Sohpie and Alina had said, and i would very much like the answer to be the latter >_
upon reading Sohpie’s response to the answers saddens me but Alina’s outlook to it was more cheerful. Then again, why can’t Chiaki bring Makoto to the future and vice versa.. (hmmm.. definately impossible but worth a thought
)
to conclude, this review is great !! enjoyed reading every bit of it !!
I am Very thank full the owner of this blog. Becouse of this blog is very imformative for me.. And I ask u some thiing You make more this type blog where we can get more knowledge.
thanks you very high work..
http://www.cesurturk.org
wow.. thanks all
thx http://www.hepzinde.com
dank u vel
dank u muchksé
tüm islam aleminin kandili mubarek olsun sizinde admin bey :d
Thanks for this great article
THANK YOU
VEREY GOOD
http://www.libyanyouths.com/
http://www.libyanyouths.com/
thanks my brother
thanks my brother and cousin
wow.. thanks all
thanks
THANKS ALL
thanks my brother
beatiful very good
yep, makoto’s aunt is the heroine of the original novel ” the girl who conquered time” according to official sources. there’s also a live action version of that one, although its a bit old. so that explains why she knew all about that time travelling thing. and this anime is sort of a sequel.
Thanks a lot..
sources. there’s also a live action
I saw it just a half hour ago.
It was very… quiet. Not unlike other foreign films, considering American films these days are all spectacle and noise. I simply adored Makoto. I was waiting for it to be a bit more comical- the scenes with Kaho trying to talk to Kousuke were the funniest- but I laughed anyway. The crowd I was among hardly laughed at all- tough crowd.
zayıflama
thanx man
hiya all,
this was really a great watch! i saw it during the annual Eiga Sai and i had to see it twice. it was funny yet sad. i read that it was a continuation of the original piece which supposedly was about the aunt. Unfortunately her memories were erased.
your blog is very entertaining. Keep it up.
continuation of the original piece which supposedly was about the aunt. Unfortunately her memories were erased
thankss
woooww so good picture
thank you
fine thanks
thank youu
thankks
thanks fine
thanks a lot
your friend from Pakistan is Muslim and goes to a Mosque, he could easily be arrested under this new law. Please tell
Thank for the great stories. I love it. Thanks again.
Yes Thats is a good idea. Thanks a lot very good.
Pakistan is Muslim and goes to a Mosque
thanks dude
thanks you admin
very good .
cool story
muhabbet
thanks
http://www.muhabbetgulu.com
thanks
THAKSSS
thanx
thanks for all
thanks for all
http://www.balimcafe.net/
http://www.balimcafe.net
penis büyütücü hap
thanks.
thanks you…
thanks you…
http://www.sohbetgor.org
Thanks so much. Canım
travesti
travesti
thanks you admin..
Thanks…
kurye, kuryeler, hızlı kurye, yaya kurye, acıl kurye, kadikoy kurye, istanbul kurye, motor kurye, arac kurye
cicimol , arkadaş , arkadaş arama , arkadaş partner , bayan arkadaş , partner , cicim ol
Thans you
thanks for this post
Wery good thanks muxc see
thanksss
seks shop
thanks
thank best regards
thank you very much
thanks bes you
thanksssss you baby
thank you menk you amk you
thank you amk
ver very good
thanks
hım very very goodd i like it
thanks a lot dude
gögüs büyütücüler
she seems almost drunk on it. But like everything intoxicating, how much till you realize it was too much?
Yes Thats is a good idea. Thanks a lot
thanks you
blog hosting [url=http://wordpress.com]blog hosting[/url] blog hosting [url= http://wordpress.com ] blog hosting [/url]
dude fuck you post the movie
thank you
thx
wery good
gooddd
Yes thats is a good idea.
thank you very mach
mp3 indir
Thanks a lot
ohh thankss
)
Very beautifull place , thanks…
thank you kardeşimm
ohh thankss
)
Very beautifull place , thanks…
I notice most of these comments were posted 2007, but since people are obviously still visiting this site, I will post my theory — my version — of what happens at the end of this. I just saw this on YouTube, so it’s still fresh in my mind.
We have a couple clues when Chiaki explains why he came back to this time. Although he never goes in depth as to the importance of the painting, he does say that:
1. The painting gets destroyed in a fire.
2. He’ll never forget the painting.
3. That the something happened in the future which wiped out most of the population.
Rewind to closer to the beginning of the movie: the aunt tells us the painting was:
1. Created in a time of war and famine.
2. Lost, and is being “restored”.
She also tells us that the painter paints such a beautiful picture, despite the circumstances. Remember that the picture is of a woman.
We have one more clue. On the last screen of the movie, right after Chiaki tells Makoto that he would be waiting for her in the future, the screen zooms upwards toward what seems to be a warplane (?).
So here’s my theory. The painting obviously existed in the future that Chiaki came from. It was lost in a fire. Isn’t it ironic that it is being “restored” in the past? I propose that the aunt, the original time traveller, may have something to do with this. Secondly, I would assume that the future in this movie is a time of great war and famine, and in fact, it is a near future, judging by Chiaki’s last words, and the allusions by the plane at the end of the movie. Third, we learn that the painting is of sentimental value to Chiaki — that he must see it at any cost. I say that the painting may have even been painted by Chiaki, himself, and is of Makoto in the future. That is, the he liked Makoto enough to paint that, despite the circumstances.
Therefore, I believe that Chiaki and Makoto really would meet, in an unfortunate near future.
nice galley
thc man goood
Thanks admin.
sohbet, chat, çet, chat odalari, chat odasi, sesli sohbet, sohbet odalari, sohbet chat, chat sohbet, sohbet siteleri, YouTuBe, muhabbet, mirc
So here’s my theory. The painting obviously existed in the future that Chiaki came from. It was lost in a fire. Isn’t it ironic that it is being “restored” in the past? I propose that the aunt, the original time traveller, may have something to do with this. Secondly, I would assume that the future in this movie is a time of great war and famine, and in fact, it is a near future, judging by Chiaki’s last words, and the allusions by the plane at the end of the movie. Third, we learn that the painting is of sentimental value to Chiaki — that he must see it at any cost. I say that the painting may have even been painted by Chiaki, himself, and is of Makoto in the future. That is, the he liked Makoto enough to paint that, despite the circumstances.
thanks for this great post.
thanks again…
it’s really good.
Muhabbet Chat Sohbet Mirc Radyo Oyun Mizah EğLence Aşk Sevgi Hepsi Burada…
thank youu
This was really a great watch! i saw it during the annual Eiga Sai and i had to see it twice. it was funny yet sad. I read that it was a continuation of the original piece which supposedly was about the aunt. Unfortunately her memories were erased.
What’s with all the “thanks” and crap? And reposting information? Zzzzz. Grr.
Anyways, I agree with Jon.
very good
thanks admin good post
kabin ve güvenlik sistemleri kabin
polyester ve polietilen su deposu resimleri fiyatları.
Thanks a lot
This was really a great watch! i saw it during the annual Eiga Sai and i had to see it twice. it was funny yet sad. I read that it was a continuation of the original piece which supposedly was about the aunt. Unfortunately her memories were erased.
very good…
thanks
I really enjoy music and I want to play with it. Its nice visiting your site.
hallo i wish you verry succes operator
good site vanessa hudgens sex tape now
tahnk youu
thank you
thanks you very much
http://www.2de1.tk
thankss
thank you abe
This was a great movie! The ending was confusing and sad, though. I was hoping that he would return at the end, and I am just going to assume that he will go back to meet her again. =/
“So here’s my theory. The painting obviously existed in the future that Chiaki came from. It was lost in a fire. Isn’t it ironic that it is being “restored” in the past? I propose that the aunt, the original time traveller, may have something to do with this. Secondly, I would assume that the future in this movie is a time of great war and famine, and in fact, it is a near future, judging by Chiaki’s last words, and the allusions by the plane at the end of the movie. Third, we learn that the painting is of sentimental value to Chiaki — that he must see it at any cost. I say that the painting may have even been painted by Chiaki, himself, and is of Makoto in the future. That is, the he liked Makoto enough to paint that, despite the circumstances. ”
That’s very interesting. I, too, believe that it was painted by Chiaki, and it is indeed of Makoto. The only problem is that because it was painted in the future, there is a time paradox because the painting exists in the past. Because the aunt was the one restoring it, and because she’s supposedly the heroine in the first movie, the aunt and Chiaki must have met in his era, and went back in time to restore the painting and so that he can be with Makoto. Because of this, he still exists in Makoto’s time, and she will meet him soon.
Or, Makoto is the one who ends up inventing the time travel device in the future.
If anyone wants to discuss this, email me at jasenfisherexpress@ gmail dot com.
That’s very interesting. I, too, believe that it was painted by Chiaki thnxx
thanks for your article sir
thank youu
thanks you very much very good site
thanks you very much yes very good site
I’d like to congratulate you for this beautiful article was a really nice article nice article your health and your new look
Thank you abicim saol
yahoo music
youtube music
youtube music
thank very nice
basari hosting
thank you readwriteweb ..
sohbet
The question I have about photography and the “Golden Mean” is this…Do photographers conciously look for these patterns, or are they just taking pretty shots?
I am grateful to you for this great content.
thank you admin.
youtube music TURKEy
I like Feeds Plus
penis
The question I have about photography and the “Golden Mean” is this…Do photographers conciously look for these patterns,
Good, Thank You Admin…
Good, Thanks
))
thank you
for post
sibersahne mirc script sohbet programı sayesinde binlerce kişi ile aynı anda chat yapma ımkanını sunan resmi muhabbet odaları sitesi.
I am grateful to you for this great content.
thank you all..
thanks a lot.
thanks you
Thanks a lot.
The question I have about photography and the “Golden Mean” is this…Do photographers conciously look for these patterns, …
thank you admin.
thank you admin.
Thanks..
thnakss
Did anyone notice when the Aunt was talking to Makoto they viewed on a photo of her aunt and her friends when she was growing up and how she had a love and he said ‘They’d meet in the future.’ just like Makoto’s life now? And they zoomed into the picture of Aunt Witch and her friends younger and a boy like Chiaki was standing next to her. I don’t know but I thought it might do with something.
thank you for sharing
Thanks a lot
[…] BIT.TRIP Save Files. Finally get to see those other worlds. […]
how she had a love and he said ‘They’d meet in the future.’ just like Makoto’s life now? And they zoomed into the picture
biber hapı
penis büyütücü
gögüs büyütücü
zayıflama hapları
thanks great article
sex shop
göğüs büyütücü
Very cool app. Can you tell me where to download the Help files? Apparently they didn’t make it during the install process, so it won’t load them. Thanks!
http://sakizimu.blogspot.com/
zannetmeyin ki gücümüz yok durgunuz. Zannetmeyin ki silahımız yok suskunuz. Zaman bekliyoruz FIRTINLAR kopacak . Fırtınalar öncesi hep böyle durgunuz.
I really enjoyed reading this entry of yours. Your synopsis of the story is very well written.
porno cd
tahnkk youuuuuuuuuu
thankkkkkkkk youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
thankssss anammmmmmm xDd
Thanks.
Thank you, you answered the question I have been searching for which was whether or not to place keywords when blog commenting.
thanks admin nice sharing
thankkkkkk youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
thankkkkyokkkkkk
thanksss
I am thanking for the knowledge
thanks you adminnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
thank you administrator
thank you..
özel ders
thank you..
porno indir
Thank You
Thank you for your sharing.!
thank you..
sohbet
thankS.
film izle
it sucks
buradan doom gecti kardes ekleyip gectim
Thank you very wonderful theme
http://www.b9mh.com
thanks
uyuyuyuyhjjhoıyhtyty
Thanks a lot. Good idea..
thanks for all admin
owe you gratitude..
thanks
harıka site
super style Thanks very different and of course a different issue
thank you
Thanks a lot..
thanks a lot
harıka site
thank you for link.
thankss
konya chat
good your movie. thank you.
Thanks a lot.Good information..
Loved this anime and will make time to watch it again ^^ Thankyou:)
thwnk youu
i like it thanks
Thanks that is wonderful story.
The question I have about photography and the “Golden Mean” is this…Do photographers conciously look for these patterns, …
kurye,moto kurye,motor kurye,acil motor kurye,expres kurye,gece kurye,arabalı kurye,kurye üsküdar,üsküdar kurye,hızlı kurye,Beşiktaş Moto Kurye, Levent Moto Kurye, Etiler Moto Kurye, Bebek Moto Kurye, Kağıthane Moto Kurye, Seyrantepe Moto Kurye, Çeliktepe Moto Kurye
adultforum
Thank you very much for this information. Good post thanks for sharing.
The post is really interesting! Very helpful! Thank you
thank you admin
thanks admin very god
thanks for all admin
with everything beautiful
Thanks a lot.Good idea…
hehe Diffrent Cartoon İ always Watch a Cartoon
Great Pictures … subject to explain, not the end.
tnxxxxxxxxxxx
cinsel chat
chatt
bursa sohbet
Thanks!
thankss
thanks very good are you
good your web site. thank you
thanks for all admin
with everything beautiful animeblogger.net google account
thanks you
great post and thanks for sharing
veri nice. thanks.
Thanks..
This writing is good and worth reading, I think.
thanks you admin…
thanks admin
information is the most beautiful treasures
thankx admin. perfect subject. thankS
great site, just ….. i don have words to appreciate…but i want some ideas on plywood advt. if u please help me out please mail some ideas on my email id… thanks
a.q. her taraf çöplük ne sikindirik adamsız aq.
türklerim girmediği yer kalmadı:)))
:)
verry nice, thanks
Thanks admin… For this your doc…
Document content and think of all the information very useful.
i watch this anime
Thank you very much for sharing.
gurbet gurbeti gurbetteyiz
thank you travesti trawestiler trasvesti istanbul
thanks
tşkler aradaşım
tşkler arkadaşım
“Anybody got the time?”
güzel çalışma olmuş
tbrikler arkadas
en iyi bu bence
yemek oyunları oynadınız mı
ben 10 oynadin
thnks
Thanks that is wonderful story.
Thanks that is wonderful story.
zayıflama hapı
geciktirici sprey
thanks for sharing
here’s hoping the yt editors and all-powerful analytics tool pick better clips than last year
waw mukemmel sıtee
güzel bir yer
thank you very much
waw mukemmel sıtee
anal kaydırıcı krem
hemoroid hapı
protes penisler
anal vibratör
thak you very much
really this is a nice web thank you thanks admin good post super messege
hello i think maybe you will want some hot and nice words.
hello to everyone who has blog.first I congratulate the blog owner.he is got excellent blog.actually I read all your articles from weary and your writing very attractive waiting to continue thanks