![]() Both begin by introducing the character and the supernatural aspect of the story–body-swapping and the power to stop the rain respectively. Structurally, both films are built in the same basic way and follow the same general plot layout. For Hina, it’s getting taken to the spiritual realm above the clouds and being forced to remain there forever. For Mitsuha, it is her memories of her body-switching and everything related to that. Moreover, both are forced to pay a price for this power. Hina’s come from accidentally becoming a priestess to a god of the skies. Mitsuha’s powers come from being a shrine maiden to the god of human experiences and connections. On the most basic levels, each film’s story is centered around people who get involved with the supernatural world of the gods. and Weathering with You must take place in similar, yet different, parallel universes.īut characters and similar settings aren’t the only way the films connect to each other. Unfortunately, Weathering with You takes place in 2021 while Mitsuha and Taki’s reunion happens a year later in 2022. Logically, you would think that Mitsuha and Taki ‘s sunny day reunion would have to happen before the events of Weathering with You. In Weathering with You’ s epilogue, we see Tokyo has become perpetually flooded in the years since the climax of the film thanks to the never-ending rain. These conditions don’t happen once in Weathering with You –or after as it turns out. In Your Name, Mitsuha and Taki reunite in Tokyo on a nearly cloudless sunny day with no standing water on the ground. However, if you pay attention to the background details of both films and use that information to build a timeline, you’ll see that while Weathering with You and Your Name share characters, they can’t, in fact, take place in the same world. Later, a couple that appears to be Mitsuha’s friends Tessie and Sayaka (along with their young child) also appear looking out a window during the film’s climax. Mitsuha is working in one of the shops–and she’s even sporting her iconic kumihimo ribbon. ![]() Mitsuha herself appears later in the film as Hodaka goes shopping in a mall. With this little cameo, it seems reasonable to assume that the two films take place in the same world–and this isn’t the only blatant connection. As Hina gets to praying, it’s revealed that the old woman’s grandson is Your Name ’s Taki. On one such job, the two are hired to let a little old lady enjoy the sunshine in her yard. Desperate to make money, they start a business to wipe away the clouds for anyone willing to pay. With perpetual rain falling on Tokyo, the pair learn that Hina has the power to bring out the sun through prayer. Weathering with You, on the other hand, is the story of Hodaka–a highschooler boy from and island who has run away to Tokyo–and Hina–an orphan teenage girl who is attempting to support her little brother after the death of their mother. It deals first with their humorous everyday life and later their attempts to save Mitsuha’s friends and family from an imminent meteor strike. is the story of Mitsuha and Taki–two high schoolers who swap bodies regularly. *Note this article contains major spoilers for both Your Name. ![]() But it’s far more than just the creative team that connects these two films together. Weathering with You is the newest film by Makoto Shinkai, the writer and director of hit anime film Your Name.
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