ururuization said:
ya the whole time thing got me kind of confused when i start thinking about it lol. wish i knew if they actually where able to meet and what the age difference would have been, if any at all. If i remember correctly the ship has faster communication speed but it was only for important messages between the fleet and control
yeah, that was implied by a line mikako said early on in the manga.
its also confirmed in which noboru gets her message 8 years later as hes about to leave on the rescue expedition, it pretty much implies that command had FTL communication, maybe even a small vessel they used to warp back to earth,
the same sort of one that took misa back to earth once she was injured, it may also carry messages
anyway
all in all, this was a fantastic manga, it took the concept of the movie and improved on it and added a lot of great extra stuff between the 2 main characters, and all the side characters added were simply fantastic, and really helped the mood of the story.
the parallels between noboru on earth and takaki from 5cm per second were very apparent towards the end of the manga.
the art was also simply great, and the ending was heartwarming.
easy 10/10