# Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart. (2017)

> Two very different high school students drift into a daily walk home together as their feelings quietly deepen.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/64429

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, romance, comedy
- Network: TOKYO MX, BS11
- Cast: Kenichi Suzumura, Aki Toyosaki, Hiroshi Kamiya, Haruka Tomatsu, Yuki Kaji, Kana Asumi, Hikaru Midorikawa
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7351628/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: gentle, wistful, sincere, comedic, romantic

## What critics say

Audiences find this short romantic anime sweet and nostalgic, with its gentle slice of life high school romance rated as mixed overall.

## Synopsis

Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart. (2017) is a Japanese animated romance series created for TOKYO MX and BS11, produced by studios including Lay-duce and Aniplex. Set in a contemporary Japanese high school, it follows Miou Aida and Haruki Serizawa, two students with very different personalities who feel an unexplained connection from the entrance ceremony onward. Voiced by Aki Toyosaki as Mio Aida and Kenichi Suzumura as Haruki Serizawa, the leads anchor a story told across six short episodes. The engine is simple and sincere: their daily walks home together gradually turn into something more, and each episode is made from small school moments, awkward conversations and quiet hesitation. Supporting voices from Hiroshi Kamiya, Haruka Tomatsu, Yuki Kaji, Kana Asumi and Hikaru Midorikawa add friendships and rival feelings around the central pair. The tone is gentle, wistful and comic in turns, with a restrained romantic longing that never rushes. Fans of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, Your Lie in April and Horimiya will find similar resonance in its teen awkwardness and slow-burn emotional pull, delivered in a compact, self-contained format that is easy to finish in a single sitting.

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