Kimi no Na wa.

Manga adaptations based to Shinkai Makoto's movies have been very rewarding and practically obligatory reads in the past. There where the movies have been simplistic feel-good experiences that are -arguably doing their job - but still aren't much more than pretty to look at, the manga alternatives have been pushing the characters and story much further: offering the real emotional content.

Voices of a Distant Star manga build an incredible melancholic atmosphere with powerful, bittersweet conclusion. 5 centimeters per second manga, on the other hand, continued the story much further, introduced a whole new aspect to the narrative, and utterly focused on character feelings. Kimi no Na wa is thus far the only manga adaptation that is inferior to the anime.

Despite Kimi no Na wa movie's mediocre cast and below average story, the amount of details and pretty scenes made the thing worth of my while to a point where I watched it twice and bought it on bluray. It wasn't very good, but it was enough for sure. This manga version is not enough. They somehow managed to make the story inferior, too fast paced, and completely lack in spirit and polish. An empty shell: a polar opposite of what the movie was.

Our characters convey zero personality and emotions. The art, especially during those gender bender boob touching moments, is hideous. Simplistic sketches of faces that are typically drawn for side characters in gag comedies. The panel to panel transition is awkward and random and most of all, makes it look like the series was drawn simply by pausing the movie at certain points and remastering the seen in paper. That's not how you make a manga, that's a collection of still, reference-based artwork. Nothing more.

I can only recommend this to those who insist that the story and characters in the movie are of good quality: read this and realize how half of all romances are better written than Kimi no Na wa: the movie was good for completely different reasons.

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This manga is totally same as the movie and light novel.

8/10 story - Two teenagers, totally stranger to each other living in two different places starts to body swap and a melodramatic and romantic story sprinkled with a bit comedy follows.

8/10 art- above average, the few color pages that this manga have are very beautifully drawn and pleasing to look at at just like the movie.

7/10 chatterers - not much to say they are just average,seriously.our main guy is a shy boy who is nervous to ask out his coworker while our main girl is a country bumpkin who has father issues and wants to get out of her town.hehe

8/10 enjoyment - well i enjoyed it.though the open ending killed a bit of my enjoyment but still it was above average.

overall score - 8/10

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Pretty good, but not as good as the film. The best parts of this manga, in my opinion, are the added scenes that give more character to the supporting cast (and even the main cast, Taki always seemed flat in the movie, this remedies some of that).

If you haven't seen the movie, go watch it, it's pretty great.

If you enjoyed the movie and you want more, this is a worthwhile read.

If you didn't like the movie, this manga probably won't change your opinion too drastically.

Story [8]: Same story as the movie, won't go into detail due to spoilers, but know that it is enjoyable. Only downside is that it could do with some more depth, but its source material (which it stays faithful too) is only like an hour and a half long so that's understandable.

Art [8]: Well drawn for the most part, color pages especially, but sometimes the characters can look a little wonky (primarily in the first chapter or two, straightens itself out after that).

Characters [10]: The characters in this story are all at least somewhat interesting, and this manga helps create some attachment to the side characters. Every single character is written well and is believable, and they are my favorite part of the manga.

Enjoyment [8]: I was sucked in most of the way through, although it began to drag a little bit towards the beginning of the second volume. Gets back on track quickly, and still very entertaining nearly the entire time.

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