High school students Miho and Shouta are preparing for college entrance examinations. Miho comes from an island without even one cram school, while Shouta lives in Tokyo and works a part-time job. Both are striving to pass exams so they can enter college. The pair enroll in Z-Kai's correspondence education courses, and their lives cross before they realize it.
| Art | Makoto Shinkai | Art Direction |
| Directing | Makoto Shinkai | Director |
| Visual Effects | Masayoshi Tanaka | Character Designer |
| Editing | Makoto Shinkai | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Masayoshi Tanaka | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Tomioka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kôichi Hayashi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ushio Tazawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Miho Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Taisuke Iwasaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomoyuki Shimoya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masayoshi Tanaka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuu Yamashita | Key Animation |
| Art | Makoto Shinkai | Background Designer |
| Writing | Makoto Shinkai | Writer |
| Camera | Makoto Shinkai | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Makoto Shinkai | Cinematography |