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Is it possible the aunt is a future self of Makoto?

The aunt somehow knows about time leaping and isn't surprised to hear Makoto can do it.

Makoto promises she will ensure the painting is there in the future for Chiaki to see. The aunt is dedicated to restoring that painting.

They look alike. http://animewriter.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/makoto-aunt.jpg

Makoto seems to trust the aunt (or feels comfortable around) over her own father and mother.

The only unknown thing is how the aunt went back in time to arrive at the time of her younger self. Although it is very possible time leaping was invented before she found Chiaki in the future and used the new invention to return back to the current time of the movie.

I have never thought about that, but after have red your post and pondered awhile I think you're right. Instead of waiting for Chiaki she could travel back to the time she new Chiaki was going to visit to see him again. It wouldn't suprise me if there was something like that behind it.

Actually Makoto's aunt was the main character in the book and in the original movie (live action - 1983), so she gained the same abilitly before.

Really? That chars name was Kazuko.

The aunt was called Majo.

True. I read what gabrielt said on Wikipedia

Wikipedia is not a reliable original source.

That means Makoto's mother is her sister? O.o
Cos if she's the aunt then the sister of the aunt is Makoto's sister.

Am i making sense? O.o

WHOA! I thought that too! o_o

I was watching one scene, trying to figure out how the aunt might know about time leap, and then it occurred to me that the aunt might be Makoto. I thought of some of the things you said, and everything that you said makes sense. But when you think about what Syurba just said, and a few other things...you're like..Naah. So I don't think Makoto is the aunt. Also I think she is the protagonist from the previous movie because they showed her two friends in the photo she had.

It's implied that The aunt is the protagonist from the original 1965 novel. Majo can translate as Witch and is moste likely a nickname since she's called "Auntie Witch" in the Dub

i was thinking this too while watching the movie. they do look alike and there's something very mysterious about the aunt. i'll have to see the movie again and look closely for any clues. i dont remember seeing any blatent clues about this

Like others before me stated: I don't think it makes much sense that Makoto will end up being her own aunt, or in the case of Makoto's mother; it doesn't make sense that her own daughter will become her sister.

Also, according to my memory, Makoto had short hair while she was in middle school, while her aunt was shown in the photo to have long hair. Which indicates by their different hairstyle that they aren't the same person. This evidence might not be accurate though, since it's been some time since I last watched the movie.

Don't make a big deal about Wikipedia when it comes to stuff like this; its a character's name in a book.
Its not the history of American progressives during the later end of the 18th century.
Wikipedia also sourced the ISBN and a French copy of the book, which has the character's name as Kasuko (French don't like z's or something?)

your all missing the fact that when she goes back in time, she takes over the body of the past mokoto.
In other words, there cant be 2 mokotos at the same time.

ah , there was this same discussion of makoto being her aunt in manga fox xD

but why does everyone thinks so >.<? , I mean, it's almost obvious that she's not makoto .......though you COULD get confused with the manga because it showed kazuko's time leaping thing , but in the anime they weren't almost any hints of her with the power of time leaping (I mean, she even made an scepticall joke about time leaping)