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'''''The Garden of Words (言の葉の庭, Kotonoha no Niwa)''''' is a 2013 drama anime short film by [[Makoto Shinkai]], his fifth major production. Its soundtrack is composed by Daisuke Kashiwa. It is animated by CoMix Wave Films and distributed by Toho.
'''''The Garden of Words''''' (''言の葉の庭, Kotonoha no Niwa'') is a 2013 drama anime short film by [[Makoto Shinkai]], his fifth major production. Its soundtrack is composed by Daisuke Kashiwa. It is animated by CoMix Wave Films and distributed by Toho.


Fifteen-year-old Takao Akizuki (Miyu Irino, Patrick Poole) is an aspiring shoemaker and resident of Tokyo, Japan who skips school on rainy mornings to spend time in the Shinjuku Gyoen park. On one of these occasions, he encounters 27 year-old Yukari Yukino (Kana Hanazawa, Maggie Flecknoe), an initially mysterious woman who quotes a ''tanka'' at him. As their interactions continue, they slowly open up to each other and grow closer, but each hide secrets of their own, and the good times might not last forever.
Fifteen-year-old Takao Akizuki (Miyu Irino, Patrick Poole) is an aspiring shoemaker and resident of Tokyo, Japan who skips school on rainy mornings to spend time in the Shinjuku Gyoen park. On one of these occasions, he encounters 27 year-old Yukari Yukino (Kana Hanazawa, Maggie Flecknoe), an initially mysterious woman who quotes a ''tanka'' at him. As their interactions continue, they slowly open up to each other and grow closer, but each hide secrets of their own, and the good times might not last forever.
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*[[Adults Are Useless]]: Takao gets no help from his mother, who is more interested in chasing romance than the household finances, or his older brother who moves out halfway through the film. Yukari finds herself ill-suited for the grown-up world too, with her colleagues not really caring about her situation.
*[[Adults Are Useless]]: Takao gets no help from his mother, who is more interested in chasing romance than the household finances, or his older brother who moves out halfway through the film. Yukari finds herself ill-suited for the grown-up world too, with her colleagues not really caring about her situation.
*[[Airplane of Love]]: Near the end, as Takao thinks of Yukari, the camera lingers on an airplane flying high over the school rooftop he's on.
*[[Airplane of Love]]: Near the end, as Takao thinks of Yukari, the camera lingers on an airplane flying high over the school rooftop he's on.
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*[[The Reveal]]: Yukari is {{Spoiler| a literature teacher at Takao's school}} who is on leave pending resignation following false rumours spread against her.
*[[The Reveal]]: Yukari is {{Spoiler| a literature teacher at Takao's school}} who is on leave pending resignation following false rumours spread against her.
*[[Scenery Porn]]: The film continues Shinkai's tradition of beautifully depicting Japan, with verdant visuals that some say remain unrivaled even two more films later.
*[[Scenery Porn]]: The film continues Shinkai's tradition of beautifully depicting Japan, with verdant visuals that some say remain unrivaled even two more films later.

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