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Cherry is a quiet boy who loves to make haikus based off of the things he sees. One summer day in a city in the Japanese countryside… At a shopping mall, he meets Smile, a beautiful girl in a mask. Cherry has trouble speaking in anything but haikus, and Smile wears a mask to hide her big, braces-covered front teeth. The two of them get closer as the south wind blows. One day, the two of them learn from Old Man Fujiyama, a master of Haiku who’s started going senile, that he’s searching for a certain record. “If I can hear this record again, I can remember… Something I don’t want to forget, but can’t remember…” Cherry and Smile decide to help. This is the story of their summer, set in a shopping mall… (Source: Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures)
Why this rank?
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| Source | Score | Normalized | Votes | Rank there | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AniList | 74 | 7.40 | 98,912 | #1741 | 7/8/2026 |
| IMDb | 6.8 | 6.80 | 7,152 | — | 7/4/2026 |
| MyAnimeList | 7.38 | 7.38 | 153,829 | #2699 | 7/9/2026 |
| Kitsu | 75.24 | 7.52 | 9,047 | #1929 | 7/9/2026 |
| Reddit r/anime | 260 | — | 81 | — | 7/9/2026 |
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