Umi ga Kikoeru

Taku Morisaki is a 2nd year high school student in Koshi. His grades are failing and he is working part time at a restaurant to help pay for his school trip to Hawaii. The reason for his poor grades is in his last year of junior high his school decided that since the academic average is below the public high school, all of the jr high students shall be penalized and no one will be able to visit Kanto. Him and another student Yutaka Matsuno protested this breach of policy but the teachers just blew them off as stupid students who know why they weren't going to go (BTW Taku and Yutaka were top students on the council). Taku fell down to #93 while Yutaka stayed a top student. One day a new transferee showed up, Rikako Mutou. Beautiful, smart, and talented, Rikako was the envy of the girls and admired by the guys, in fact, Yutaka told Taku that he is going to 'go' for her. But Taku also has feelings for this girl and has to supress them because of his best friend.

As the next year goes on, Taku keeps finding himself in situations with Rikako but because of his loyalty he treats her badly. What will happen later? How will this be resolved.

From Studio Ghibli and the director of Koko wa Greenwood

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Note : This is one of the few Ghibli projects that was not controlled by Miyazaki