We Were There

Sometimes love is impossible. A girl and a boy from Hokkaido in Northern Japan fall in love and pledge eternal fealty to each other. Circumstances soon separate them geographically, but the two are no less in love and soldier on with one another. Soon, however, it becomes clear that loving someone is more than maintaining a linear path and abiding by one's promise. Well, at least it becomes clear to one of the two.

It is the sophomore year of high school and Yano has to transfer to a school in Tokyo because of her family. Yano promises Nanami that they will meet again. A couple of years pass and Nanami is searching for a job. Yano and Nanami have stayed in contact, but that soon changes.