The Garden of Words
Kotonoha no Niwa · 言の葉の庭
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By Makoto Shinkai, Midori Motohashi
DramaPsychologicalRomanceSlice of Life
7.50Combined
7.59MAL · 7K
7.20AniList · 2K
Synopsis
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches...
Characters
Yukari YukinoMain
Takao AkizukiMainThe anime
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Tags
Coming of AgeHeterosexualAge GapSeinenMale ProtagonistSchoolFashionIyashikei
The Garden of WordsMovie · 2013 · 1 episode