your name. - Reviews

ok so i made my own one as i just wanted to make one after i saw hor enourmous amount of negative reveiws there are 

i liked the sotry as it was surpernatural mystical and at certain extent confusing is probably reason for negative reactions because those with negative opinions didn't understand the story

i liked how story began with normal time and it showed how things worked in city and how they worked at small village... i liked how it started with they doing normal things until the plot twist which made it very very confusing and during movie i always hoped that its not having sad ending and those emotions were the ones that made it to get full points from me...

i really liked how the music awaked certain emotions in certain parts and i really loved those two characters how the their soty entangled and they grew to like each others

then comes the mystical element...
they lose connection and he tries to find way to reach to her and tries to find her and when he finally did find the village she lived in and then how he tried to find some ways to save her and reach to her... then he remembered that place where time was nothing and they could meet .

after the saving of the village they forgot each others and got separated even when they lived in tokyo and then they met at last and they just asked each others names.... i started crying at that point and just said in my mind (you beautiful bastard makoto shinkai)

now let me say few things before ending this.

i liked how the story went and i really liked it i recommend it if you enjoy slice of life and comedy

i would say it was story about fate and that time doesnt affect fate and after what ever happens two who are fated to be with each others ends together even after time as great as 8 years...

basically it was just a best anime ive ever seen before 

Summary

The story your name. otherwise known as kimi no na wa. is a 2016 Japanese romantic fantasy drama written, and edited by Makoto Shinkai and is about a High school girl Mitsuha who lives in Itomori. She begins body swapping with Taki, a high school boy in Tokyo, when they wake up, they communicate by leaving memos. Taki as Mitsuha, accompanies her grandmother and sister with ritual alcohol, made by Mitsuha, as an offering at the shrine outside the town. Taki reads Mitsuha's last memo and tells Taki to look up to see the comet but Taki does not know what she's talking about since there was no comet he tries to call Mitsuha but cannot reach her, and the body swapping ends. He decides to visit her but does not know her name as his memories of her are all fading and Mitsuha's memos have disappeared. Taki finds Mitsuha's name in the records of deaths and finds out a the comet she was talking about hit Itomori and realizes their timelines were separated by three years. Then Taki goes to the shrine where he in Mitsuha’s body left the offering of Mitsuha's rice spit alcohol, hoping to reconnect with her body and warn her of the comet. He convinces Mitsuha's friends Tessie and Sayaka to help evacuate the town after he was able to swap bodys with her one last time by cutting the town’s power, broadcast a false emergency alert, and convince Mitsuha’s dad the mayor to validate the broadcast so the citizens will believe it but the plan fails. He realizes that Mitsuha has to be the one to convince her dad so he goes back to the shrine hoping she's in his body there. Although they are separated by 3 years when magic hour falls, they return to their own bodies, he tells her the plan, then he says that they should write each others names on their hands so they don’t forget each other. He writes on her hand, but magic hour passes and Mitsuha disappears, Taki tries his hardest to remember her but soon after he forgets everything even why he was there. As Mitsuha races back to town to convince her dad to evacuate the town, her memories of Taki start to fade and looks at her hand to remember. She realizes that Taki wrote "I love you" on her hand instead of his name. The comet nucleus crashes, destroying Itomori. 5 years later, Taki is looking for a job. He senses he is missing something important, and remembers that the citizens of Itomori survived by following the mayor's order. He recognizes Tessie and Sayaka in a Tokyo restaurant but cannot identify them, and all of the other characters are shown to be pursuing their own paths. One day, Taki and Mitsuha see each other when they are on different trains, and are compelled to search for one another, finally meeting on a staircase. Feeling they have met before, they simultaneously ask what’s “your name?”.

Conflict/Suspense

The conflict in your name. is Man vs. Fate/Supernatural as the two main characters have a supernatural power that lets them body swap on random days, they see the past and future. They also are fighting to save the citizens of Itomori from a fate that will come if nothing is changed. No power comes without a cost as they will both lose their memories of one another whether they save the people or not. The suspense in your name. is that of confusion, after the climax where Taki swaps back with Mitsuha so she can convince her father to evacuate the town, so she runs to her father slowly forgetting everything about Taki and she finds her dad as the comet's nucleus split and hit the town. Then the book jumps 8 years into the future with Taki looking for a job and we go unknowing of what happened until Taki sees Mitsuha on another train.

Themes/Symbols

your name. has many different themes and symbols. The first theme is respect of one's life, both Mitsuha and Taki have to learn that they can’t just change each others lives to the way they think each others lives should be. The second theme is unrequited love as both Mitsuha and Taki both fall in love with one another, but neither of them have time to show it before they lose all their memories of each other. The third theme in your name. is melancholy but also contentment, your name. set itself up to be a very happy and funny book but changed when everything seemed so hopeless, even in the end when everyone was saved the two main characters remembered nothing of it. The first and most important symbol in your name. is  Mitsuha’s hair ribbon that she gives to Taki in his past but she still has it in her time so it connects them together. The second symbol is saké that Mitsuha made the saké was used to reconnect Taki and Mitsuha. The third symbol of your name. is the comet itself and it was used to show absolute beauty and despair.

Characters

Mitsuha Miyamizu is a 17 year old teenage girl living in a small rural town called Itomori. She is a part of her family's shrine and participates in old traditions by being a shrine maiden with her younger sister and grandma. Mitsuha is kind, caring and a supportive girl. She is also determined, sometimes persistent, frank and also adventurous. She also knows that the people of Itomori need her help and she will do anything to prevent hers and all the other Itomori residences deaths. Despite being emotional with many people and just a little impulsive and straightforward she is not giving up on saving the citizens of Itomori. After she saved the people of Itomori she finally moved to Tokyo like she always dreamed.

Taki Tachibana is a 17-year old high school boy who lives in the city of Tokyo. In his daily life he spends time hanging out with his friends and works part-time at an Italian restaurant, hoping for a future in architecture at the same time. Taki even though he is very caring and kind to his friends, family and always trying to do the right thing even though he has a hair-trigger temper as seen whenever someone would bad mouth him or one of his friends. His busy lifestyle takes a turn when he started switching bodies with a girl living in the rural countryside, named Mitsuha. At the end of the book he finishes college and is job hunting.

Setting

your name.’s setting is in many different times and places. The whole book is in Japan and the main two places are in Itomori a small town (which is just based on real places in japan), and the city of Tokyo. There are many locations in these two places that all have meaning in the book, like Suga Shrine which is located in Tokyo and was used for the very last chapter when Mitsuha and Taki passed each other on the stairs. This is important because at this point in the book Mitsuha and Taki have both lost their memories of one another and still recognize each other. Another place in the book is Aogashima a volcanic island part of Tokyo and is located south of Hachijojima. This island is said to be the model of one part of Itomori town and is also where the climax is where Mitsuha and Taki have their first and only talk with all their memories about how their going to save the townspeople. This is a piece of Mitsuha’s hometown and it is a important place for Mitsuha and Taki to reach the truth about why they can’t call or find one another when they are not body swapping. Another spot they go to in the book is Hida-Furukawa station in Gifu which is important because the train was used when Taki and his friends were traveling to Itomori, Mitsuha’s hometown and finds out that the girl and place he is looking for are gone and he leaves his friends to go fix things. The shrine from the book Hida-Sannogu Hie shrine that is located in Gifu and was used as the model for the Miyamizu Shrine. This is where Mitsuha performs Japanese traditional dances with her little sister. Lake Suwa is located in Nagano and was used as the lake in Itomori where Mitsuha lives or was when Taki went there after the meteor shower.

In the book your name. there are three different time periods, the earliest time period in the book is 2013 and this time is meaningful because that is the year when the comet nucleus hit Mitsuha’s town, and is also whenever Mitsuha (other then at the very end) is seen in the book. The next time in the book is 2016, three years after the meteor shower, this year is important because this is where you see Taki for most of the book even though he is seen in all three different years this is where his main storyline takes place. The last year seen just at the end of the book is 2021 eight years after the event, this year is significant because it shows what happens after the meteor hit Itomori. Mitsuha and all the towns people survived and that both of the main characters still recognise one another even though they lost all their memories and ask each other what’s “Your name?”.

Plot

The introduction of your name. is light hearted and funny as your just meeting the two main characters and learning with them about this new power that they have to deal with. The rising action is Taki finding out that Mitsuha is dead, he tries to save her and the people in her town but fails to do so. The climax of the book is when Taki swaps back to his own body to tell Mitsuha what she has to do to save her town and confesses his love for her. The conversation is cut short as their small window is closed and they both start losing their memories of each other, Mitsuha runs to convince her dad to order the towns evacuation and then the town is hit with a meteor. The falling action is the realization that everyone in the town was saved and all the characters have moved on with their lives. The conclusion of the book is when you read that Taki and Mitsuha still recognise each other even after they have lost their memories of one another.

Relate

your name. is a story about true love, loss, confusion, fun, and hard work, things that we can all relate to in one way or another. I can relate to your name. because of all the hard decisions the characters had to make, all the twists and turns that they had to go through with no guarantee that they would work or succeed to bring them where they wanted to go. All the fight and will power that they had even when things were looking so grim knowing that after it was all said and done nobody would know about what they did, not even them. your name. really puts my life into perspective, points out all the hard decisions that I’m going to have to make now and in the future. There is no definite answer to what I want, that I’m just going to have to work hard on the things that I decide to do even if things may look hopeless. I will always just have to grasp onto whatever I can do in times like that and have faith that I can make things work out. your name. has also shown me that not every story has a happy ending, that even if I think everything is fine something can still go wrong because not everything in within my control.

 Opinion Piece

The introduction of your name. sets the body swap scenario and is sweet, funny and charming. It really helps the reader to get to know and care about the characters while it also mostly sidesteps many clichés as the body swapping is less about gender and more about city vs countryside, modern vs tradition and of course distance.

However as the introduction of your name. comes to a end just when you think you know where the book is going, Makoto pulls the rug out from under you with a twist that you won't see coming. Unlike most reads where the 'big twist' is an attempt to make something seem clever, the twist in your name. feels completely unique and deserved.

It's here where the tone changes and that kind of shift is really hard to pull off, however Miyazaki handles it as the tone shift never shakes against the introduction, it actually reinforces it. The rest of your name. has a beautiful sense of sadness and yearning which most reads would find hard to equal or mimic.

I don't often cry when reading especially if it feels they are attempting to force an emotion from me, but for the last couple chapters of your name. tears streamed down my face.

This movie, I believe, is a perfect example of a simple idea or concept that has been used a lot, heightened by all of the elements that make a great animation great, in order to have the result be more exceptional than a lot of what we see on a daily basis. Body swap is obviously not an uncommon quality in movies, however the animation and the atmosphere and the characters, as well as the overall production and execution, enable this common trait to bring forth a movie worthy of the title "classic."

story:

      As I've stated previously, the premise of the story is not an uncommon one. However, it's execution is nuanced enough to elevate the final result in order to produce a quality animation. It may seem like it's been done before, but there are enough mysteries and reveals to keep the viewer entertained. I did not come out of the movie feeling as though I had seen the film before.

animation: 

     I believe one of the most captivating aspects of the film is its animation. While I personally believe that the atmosphere and scernery of the anime is exceptionally better than the character desgin, I wouldn't say that the character animation takes away from the overall result. There were times that it was hard not to admire the art of the scenery. 

sound: 

     The intro music I did not find to be really necessary, but the ending credit song (that played at the very end and led into the credits) made up for that speed bump. Other than that, there was not a problem I found with the voice actors, in fact they sometimes inflicted emotion upon me, quite successfully. The music and sounds that played throughout the anime didn't particularly catch my attention, but they did not distract me either. 

characters: 

      I have to give this section a 10. The two main characters are given equal representation in the grand scheme of things. Although Mitsuha's life is generally the main focus of the plot, it follows the premise of the story and there are no apparent hiccups in the plot due to filler or other unnecessary reasons. Both main characters succeed in making me (personally) want to move on with the story and know more. There isn't much more you could ask for. The immediate side characters for both Mitsuha and Taki all end up playing a part in the outcome of the story. Other characters, like the grandma the sister and the dad, don't hinder the story much. Out of all the characters introduced the dad seems the most unnecessary, but he also isn't "out of place" either.

All-in-all, the movie does exactly what I feel it intended to do. The ending makes me content, although it does leave a lot of questions, it answers the most important one. Other than this, it was wrapped up pretty well.

If you're expecting something revolutionary or something that will blow your socks off, I wouldn't. I wouldn't do that going into any film, unless you're looking forward to the eventual dissapointment. If this is viewed as just another film and is taken for what it was meant to be taken for, I can almost guarentee that someone will be as satisfied as I am. 

Amazing animation, art the overall graphics; Amazing Music, you can tell how emotional and sensual this soundtrack is. It really brings some of the scenes together. The characters were your typical high schoolers but both main characters are relatable and very likable. The only "major" thing that is, in my opinion, takes the movie from a 10 to a 9 is sometimes, you can get lost/confused at certain parts of the film. Overall, I'm not saying it's a bad film by any means, it's got amazing visuals, great voice acting and at certain parts of the film, I was really immersed. I would recommend it.

I watched this after my sister recommended it. I love gender bending type stories. However, it wasn't the story that captivated me the most, it was the music and animation. I was floored by the beauty of it. The slight sounds of the insects in the background with fire crackling nearby made it seem so real. In addition, the music is beautiful.

Story

The story was somewhat confusing at first. In the end, it was okay. It wasn't the best thing about this film.

Animation

Just beautiful. I would watch it again just for the animation.

Sound

Beautiful music. I listened to the opening song for 2 days after watching it.

Characters

The characters are likable and their stories are interesting.