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This is a character from 5 Centimeters per Second. For another character of the same name from Weathering with You, click here.

Sasaki (佐々木, Sasaki) is a minor character in 5 Centimeters per Second manga and mentioned in 5 Centimeters per Second and 5 Centimeters per Second novel.

In 5 Centimeters per Second: one more side, a Sasaki of the same age is mentioned. Whether they are the same person is up to the reader's interception.[1]

Background[]

Sasaki was a classmate of Takaki Tōno and a top student of the year. She also joined the literature club and was known to plan to apply to a university in Tokyo.

In 5 Centimeters per Second[]

On the day Kanae decided to confess to Takaki, the news of Sasaki's being confessed to by Yamada spreaded in Kanae's class.

In 5 Centimeters per Second manga[]

It was rumored that she had hung out with Takaki, but she calmly denied the rumor and revealed that she was in a relationship with her cram school teacher.


In 5 Centimeters per Second: one more side[]

Sasaki enrolled in a Tokyo's so-called Megaversity for British & American Literature. At 21, she decided to marry and get her wedding in Hawaii. She was going to take a year off from college and coming back the year later. Her decision became a discussion topic of her peers and greatly surprised Akari Shinohara.

Trivia[]

  • Hints of both Sasaki are the same person:
    • They are of the same age.
    • Tanegashima Sakaki was in a literature club while Tokyo Sakaki enrolled in the British & American Literature department.
    • Tanegashima Sakaki was applying for a university in Tokyo.
    • Tanegashima Sakaki's romantic involvements were usually the topics of discussion among her friends, just like Tokyo Sasaki's.

References[]

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