Hirai Miyuki is a terminally ill girl, who dreams of going to Finland to see the northern lights, and falls in love with an orphan boy Watabiki Yusuke, whom she had formed a contract relationship with.

~~ The adaptation movie based on Nakashima Mika's hit song "Yuki no Hana", shot in Finland.
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Both shows checks the different points mentioned below:

- first love
- high school to adult hood
- 2nd chance
- time jump
- reunited
- nostalgic
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Ditto' focuses on a female university student from 1979 who begins talking via HAM radio with another student from her school. They hope to meet, but through a series of misunderstandings, she begins to realize that the other student lives in the year 2000. This bit of the supernatural serves as the foundation for an exchange between these two, who are separated by 20 years during which their culture has been transformed.
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Sung Hyun, who just moved into 'Il mare' receives a strange letter. The letter is from a young woman in the year 1999, two years from the present. Her predictions about the past are amazingly accurate. Her warning about a flurry of snow on a certain day in January of 1998 and the ensuing flu virus turns out to be true. Eun Joo is convinced that her letter has travelled back in time to December of 1997 and starts writing regularly to her newfound pen pal. A professional voice actor, Eun Joo asks Sung Hyun to find her long-lost cassette recorder at a train station. Sung Hyun goes to the train station and gets a glimpse of Eun Joo, who of course, has no idea who he is.
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It all started when Takashi, a talented composer who could not write a love song ever since his girlfriend Rina left him suddenly, accidentally sent an incomplete piece of his latest work to Amane via email. Deeply touched by his music, Amane wrote back to him, without getting a reply. Amane continued writing to him, pouring out her thoughts. Only when she signed as "Teru Teru Bozu", did Takashi responded with a mail saying "WHO ARE YOU?", because what Rina left him as a farewell gift was a teru teru bozu!
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Based on Utada Hikaru song First Love with Mitsushima Hikari & Sato Takeru as FL & ML. A sad touching love story & a must watch romance drama.
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- first love got interrupted then fast forward to them as adults
- music as part of their love story
- sign language is featured in both (but more in Silent)
- Kaho getting in between the main couple
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Aoi Miura was born and grew up in Toyama Prefecture. He has an indecisive personality and does not like summer. He was the focal member of the high school swimming team, but he now works as an assistant at a small architectural office in Tokyo. One summer day, he meets his childhood friend and first love Akari Serizawa. During their school days they spent everyday hanging out together until the fireworks night in their 3rd year of high school. That night, Akari suddenly disappeared.
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Just ignore the age gap for a moment and hear me. My Rainy Days is actually a really heartwarming love story.
As for reason why you might enjoy this title too:
- Its from the same Screenwriter & Directer, Kanchiku Yuri. Its actually her debut movie.
- The male lead is the reason why female lead decided to change herself like how the female lead (in Hatsukoi) was also the reason why male lead decided to study as if his life depend on it.
- The male lead has some brain related issue too (kinda like how female lead in Hatsukoi got one) (*dont know if coincidence or if the writer just get a kick of writing those sad plot lol)
- To put it short. both story are heartwarming, sad, innocent and pure.
- Oh right, the theme songs are also great, not as well known as Utada Hikaru's maybe but its really vibe with story.
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First love coming from childhood, then several things happen and they go seperate ways only to reunite later in life.
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Xiao Jia, a university student, secretly admires her class monitor, Wen Tao. In a twist of an event, Xiao Jia accidentally gets hold of a radiophone. One day, as she daydreams of Wen Tao, the radiophone connects to Jia Hui and they start communicating through the radiophone. From their conversations, they discover that they are actually studying in the same school and plan to meet up, but both of them miss the date and finally find out that they exist in two different worlds.
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I'd say it's quite similar. It's about first love, family, even songs. Yes, songs do have that magic which brings us back to the past even for a moment..
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Childhood romance, first love romance. The characters were together in high school but circumstances forced them to separate. As adults, they reunite.
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First love. As simple and as complicated. This is about first love, about friendship. Well orange is a fantasy and time travel, but i believe if you're looking for first love movies, then it is great.
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First love and time. Past and present.
Between the time when two people first met and fall in love, life kicks in, dreams crushed. Then comes goodbye. After separation, will a chance to meet again change two person?
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