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2016 - 2016

LETTER 01

Episode 1

It’s the spring of Naho’s second year in high school, and Naho receives a letter from herself, 10 years in the future. The letter accurately depicts what’s about to happen, including details on a transfer student from Tokyo, Kakeru Naruse, who ends up sitting beside her in class. On top of that, the letter also begs Naho not to invite Kakeru out with her group of friends on that day alone, but why?

LETTER 02

Episode 2

Kakeru enters the soccer club as a provisional member, just as the letter says. When the topic of lunches comes up after practice, Kakeru jokingly asks Naho to make lunch for him as well. Naho finds herself bewildered by his words, but feels pushed to act by the letter from herself 10 years in the future, which tells Naho that she wishes she had made lunch for Kakeru.

LETTER 03

Episode 3

In the letter, it says Kakeru won’t join the soccer club, but in reality, he does. This difference between the letter and reality fills Naho with hope, as she believes it may mean that the future is starting to change for the better. But just as she begins to think that, she has to deal with the letter detailing how Kakeru and Ueda-senpai begin to date...

LETTER 04

Episode 4

Naho is so concerned about Kakeru’s date with Ueda-senpai over the holidays, she can’t help but seem preoccupied and unable to focus on her friends’ conversations. Ever since Kakeru started dating Ueda-senpai, Naho has found it difficult to have a proper conversation with him. Naho regrets not directly telling Kakeru how she really felt the day Ueda-senpai asked him out, but what will she do now?

LETTER 05

1st August 2016

Episode 5

Kakeru gives Naho a hairpin. And on the weekend, Kakeru invites Naho to study with him for the upcoming exams. As the pair begin to grow closer together, Naho gets up the courage to invite Kakeru to see the fireworks together with her at the end of the school festival.

LETTER 06

8th August 2016

Episode 6

It's the last day of the school festival. Naho and Kakeru have promised to watch the fireworks together. However, just before they start, Ueda-sama gets in Naho's way. Will Naho get to experience watching the fireworks with Kakeru like her future self did?

LETTER 07

15th August 2016

Episode 7

The letter from the future details the regret felt by everyone for being unable to celebrate Kakeru's birthday. As such, high school Naho and the gang pester Kakeru about what he wants until the big day. On the other hand, 26 year-old Naho and the gang gather at the late Kakeru's grandmother's house to celebrate his birthday, like they had promised in the past.

LETTER 08

22nd August 2016

Episode 8

Up until now, Naho had been doing everything the letter from the future had told her to do, but is the letter always right? The letter from the future asks Naho to make sure Kakeru doesn't run the relay race at the athletic festival, but what does Naho decide to do?

LETTER 09

29th August 2016

Episode 9

Naho feels relieved now that she has the support of all her friends. On top of that, Kakeru and Naho begin to get even closer. Finally, the day of the athletic festival comes. What do Naho and the gang do to insure Kakeru can enjoy the festival from the bottom of his heart?

LETTER 10

5th September 2016

Episode 10

It's the athletic festival. Kakeru hurt his ankle during the pole-toppling game, and hid that fact from everyone else. Kakeru tries to keep his suffering to himself, when Suwa and the gang call out to him. Met with everybody's kindness, Kakeru begins to tell them what he's been keeping pent up inside. And then, the class relay begins.

LETTER 11

12th September 2016

Episode 11

Naho got into a fight with Kakeru on New Year's Eve, and never managed to apologize to him before he passed away. At least, that's what the letter from the future says. However, Naho now believes that she's capable of dealing with whatever may come up, and faces New Year's Eve head-on.

LETTER 12

19th September 2016

Episode 12

Kakeru moves to Matsumoto with his mother mother after she decides to move there for her own reasons. When she passes away on the first day of school after Kakeru transfers, Kakeru blames himself and thus refuses Suwa's invitation to join the Soccer club. Kakeru sees some old classmates from Tokyo, but none of them understand what Kakeru is going through. In the end, Kakeru becomes so distressed that he feels that he has no way out.

LETTER 13

26th September 2016

Episode 13

Naho can't give her Valentine's Day chocolate to Kakeru. Ever since what happened on New Year's Eve, Kakeru keeps putting distance between Naho and himself. But, through all the hardships, Naho refuses to give up and fully intends to tell Kakeru how she feels. And so, the time comes for everyone to face the fateful day outlined in the letters from the past, "Kakeru's Final Day."

Top Cast

Kana Hanazawa•Seiichiro Yamashita•Makoto Furukawa

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One day, Naho Takamiya receives a letter written to herself from ten years in the future. As Naho reads on, the letter recites the exact events of the day, including the transfer of a new student into her class named Kakeru Naruse. The Naho from ten years later repeatedly states that she has many regrets, and she wants to fix these by making sure the Naho from the past can make the right decisions—especially regarding Kakeru. What's more shocking is that she discovers that ten years later, Kakeru will no longer be with them. Future Naho asks her to watch over him closely.

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Full Cast

Kana Hanazawa Image

Kana Hanazawa

Naho Takamiya (voice)

Seiichiro Yamashita Image

Seiichiro Yamashita

Kakeru Naruse (voice)

Makoto Furukawa Image

Makoto Furukawa

Hiroto Suwa (voice)

Natsumi Takamori Image

Natsumi Takamori

Azusa 'Azu' Murasaka (voice)

Kazuyuki Okitsu Image

Kazuyuki Okitsu

Saku Hagita (voice)

Rika Kinugawa Image

Rika Kinugawa

Takako 'Taka' Chino (voice)

Full Crew

Yukio Nagasaki Image

Yukio Nagasaki

Sound Director

Hiroshi Hamasaki Image

Hiroshi Hamasaki

Series Director

Naomi Nakayama

Series Director

Masahiko Suzuki

Prop Designer

Masami Gouda

Prop Designer

Yuko Kakihara

Series Composition

Tadashi Takezaki

Executive Producer

Keiji Ota Image

Keiji Ota

Executive Producer

Noboru Yamada

Executive Producer

Katsuya Shomori

Executive Producer

Masayuki Nishide Image

Masayuki Nishide

Executive Producer

Ken Sakamoto

Executive Producer

Yasuhiko Sakurai

Executive Producer

Jun Murakawa

Executive Producer

Fuminori Ryuno

Executive Producer

Gorou Shinjuku

Executive Producer

Kenichiro Kaneda

Executive Producer

Ichigo Takano

Comic Book

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Nobuteru Yuuki

Character Designer

Kei Ichikura

Art Direction

Tomoyasu Fujise

Art Designer

Satoshi Hashimoto

Color Designer

Kumiko Taniguchi

Special Effects

Masayoshi Takeda

CGI Director

Satoshi Namiki

Director of Photography

Yoshihiro Kasahara

Editor

Yasuyuki Konno

Sound Effects

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Hiroaki Tsutsumi

Original Music Composer

Masataka Mikami

Music Producer

Yoshiki Kobayashi

Music Director

Ikumi Hayashi

Producer

Takashi Yoshizawa

Producer

Midori Horiba

Assistant Editor

Yuichi Morita

Sound Mixer

Satoshi Namiki

Compositing Artist

Yoshimitsu Tomita

Compositing Artist

Akane Ueda

Compositing Artist

Aiko Miyazaki

Compositing Artist

Tan Xiaohui

Compositing Artist

Kentaro Kobuchi Image

Kentaro Kobuchi

Theme Song Performance

Shunsuke Kuroda Image

Shunsuke Kuroda

Theme Song Performance

Ryota Kato

Other

Yoshihiro Furusawa Image

Yoshihiro Furusawa

Other

Nobuhiro Nagayoshi

Other

Mirei Tsumura

Publicist

Mai Aikawa

Publicist

Tomohiro Tokunaga

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