Arc Number: Five, in the form of "Five X per Y".Ambiguous Situation: Takaki comes across a woman who resembles Akari at the train crossing, but it's intentionally left ambiguous as to whether or not he really encounters Akari here to illustrate that Akari or not, he's content to move forwards with his life.
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All Love Is Unrequited: The driving force behind the story, this movie illustrates how reality does not follow the "happily ever after" route, and how love is sometimes unrealised.Alien Sky: Takaki's recurring dreams feature sweeping panoramas of familiar landscapes juxtaposed with skies featuring unique sights ◊.Air Voyance: The Fully Automatic Clip Show in the third act includes a flashback to Takaki leaving the southern islands as Kanae watches his plane depart, although the fact that Tanegashima is a small community with few flights would make it easier for Kanae to determine which flight he's on.Airplane of Love: A rocket launch mirrors how distant Takaki is to Kanae, rapidly ascending out of reach with every passing moment.Both the manga and One more side show what happened on Akari's side of things in the third act, albeit with more detail in the latter.Unlike the manga, he never goes back to Iwafune Station, still gets broken up with via email and Kanae's final chapter is not included. Takaki's life after returning to Tokyo from Tanegashima is depicted in greater detail, including the fact that he had at least two girlfriends before Risa. The novel also expands on the story, but differently.Contrasting Takaki's implied meeting with Akari, Kanae decides to pursue him when she appears to have found him again. With her life passing through the same cycle of entering and leaving relationships, she ultimately decides to confront her feelings head-on by trying to meet up with Takaki.
Takaki's relationship with Risa and experiences in adulthood are portrayed in a level of detail not offered by the film, and it concludes with exclusive content for Kanae after the events of the film proper.
To this end, his heart has not gone yonder rather, it becomes a little more malleable and open.
For most of the movie, he is unable to have the individual who invoked such feelings in him because he is too rigid to move toward anyone - until the end, at which point he becomes capable of taking control of his own life and driving it in the direction that he wants it to go.