The seasons are the name of the story & the passing of the seasons reflects the progression of the story and relationships therein as well. Each of the 4 main players have one season most aesthetically attributed to them, and I can justify it thematically too...
Daichi: AUTUMN. this transitional season is a descending path from the warmth and life of summer into the cold hibernation of winter. Daichi grew up with hot blood and too many emotions, but for the sake of his family he took it upon himself to mute himself down and shed those feelings like autumn leaves. He's resigned himself to a cold life, forever just quietly shedding leaves until they're all gone. Suzu: WINTER. The cold air of winter drives people into corners seeking warmth & encourages interaction between people. Suzu's cold outside belies the warmth he has inside him, and the frostbite from the frigid weather of the persona he had developed to face his mother and peers with is ultimately what drives him to pursue the warm feelings he discovers he is capable of. Hotaru: SUMMER. this season is bursting with life almost to the breaking point. There's so much life it's almost stagnant. it's hot, sticky, uncomfortable, and leaves one restless. Hotaru's restlessness drives her out of her comfort zone, and while she rapidly matures over the course of the story, she wonders whether she wants to grow or not. The timeless feeling of summer, like life captured in a moment, a postcard, is relevant here. Su2u: SPRING. the opposite of autumn, this transitional season brings light and growth back after a dark winter. Su2u has a rocky path with many setbacks but she still finds a way to break through the frost and bloom. Her development is about coming out of her shell and finding a way to exist among other people. It's still cold, it still rains, but these things start to nourish her growth rather than stunt it. in Autumn&Winter the story is a little more evenly divided in that the first part focuses mostly on daichi and the second mostly on suzu. And the seasons of autumn and winter mostly apply chronologically to these first two parts as well. Daichi & suzu's story actually has 4 distinct parts, though. I try to keep their main goings on mostly confined to those two seasons.... again, for aesthetic and thematic reasons. As for Summer&Spring, I realize the order of those two seasons is backwards. The focus on forcing the story to take place during those two seasons isn't happening either, because it can't really. Taking turns focusing on hotaru and then su2u separately in parts like with daichi & suzu's story won't work as cleanly, so the POV is mixed between the two the whole way through. Here the seasons aren't AS prominent & important to the story as they are with daichi & suzu but I'm keeping the name & aesthetic just to tie everything in more.
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