The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
Against all odds, a promise will be kept.
In a post-war alternative timeline, Japan is divided into the North, controlled by the Union, and the South, controlled by the United States. A mysterious high tower rises within the borders of the Union. Three high school students promise to cross the border with a self-built airplane and unravel the secret of the tower.
The Place Promised in Our Early Days keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E12 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)E9/E10 · Adventure, Animation
An American Tail (1986)E9/E10 · Adventure, Animation
Balto (1995)E4/E9/E10 · Adventure, Animation
The Death and Return of Superman (2019)E9/E10 · Adventure, Animation
Patema Inverted (2013)E9/E10 · Adventure, Animation
Alpha and Omega (2010)E9/E10/E11 · Adventure, AnimationAlso bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Doctor Strange (2016)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
The Matrix (1999)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Interstellar (2014)alters at E0 · same rung · rigorous
Avengers: Endgame (2019)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Back to the Future (1985)alters at E0 · same rung · loose
Free Guy (2021)alters at E0 · same rung · looseSame people
Shared director or cast.
