ANIME

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Rumbling Hearts (The Eternity You Desire) (Kimi ga Nozomu Eien) (KGNE) (Kiminozo) (Kimibou)

Rumbling Hearts anime opening OP: "Precious Memories" by Minami Kuribayashi

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  Rumbling Hearts is a drama and romance anime about the love triangle between three high school friends that is intensified after a tragic accident. Mitsuki Hayase is a talented swimmer at her high school is a prospect to join the Olympic team in the future. She is best friends with Takayuki Narumi, a male classmate, but she also has a deep crush on him. Yet when one of her friends, the shy and timid Haruka Suzumiya, expresses interest in Takayuki, Mitsuki puts aside her own feelings and sets them up on a date.

  Things are going well for Haruka and Takayuki’s relationship. Even Haruka’s younger sister, Akane Suzumiya, takes a liking to Takayuki and fully supports the couple. However, Mitsuki’s affections for Takayuki never faded. On her birthday, Mitsuki bumps into Takayuki on the street. He is meeting Haruka for a date, but Mitsuki insists that he makes a little time to shop with her. Takayuki buys her an inexpensive ring from a street vendor as a birthday gift, but its importance to Mitsuki far exceeds its price.

  Events turn for the worst from then on. When Mitsuki and Takayuki reach the place where Haruka is waiting, they find out that she was hit by an out of control car. Haruka is seriously injured and enters into a deep coma. Takayuki is racked with guilt because the accident could have been avoided if he arrived on time for their date instead of shopping with Mitsuki. He enters further into depression when Haruka’s parents refuse to let him visit their comatose daughter. Takayuki’s health begins to degrade and he starts neglecting his school work. Mitsuki neglects her swim training to care for him. Initially, Mitsuki tries to comfort him as a friend but soon her own feelings for him take over and they become lovers.

  Three years later, Mitsuki and Takayuki are living together. To everyone’s surprise, Haruka wakes up from her coma. However, in her mind time has not advanced since the day of her accident and she still believes she and Takayuki are dating. Fearing the shock of reality will cause Haruka to regress back into a coma; her parents beg Takayuki and Mitsuki to play to their daughter’s fantasy. Takayuki is torn between the girl he once loved and the one he now loves.