Reviews

“Kimi no na wa” or otherwise known as “Your name” follows our two main characters Mitsuha, a highschool girl from the rural country side, and Taki, a higschool boy from Tokyo, as they unravel the secrets to their strange ability to switch each others bodies in their dreams. The overall story was intriguing and incapacitated the lives of our protagonists in such a heartwarming yet bittersweet manner. The plot was original and had all kinds of elements of surprise which kept me wondering “What in the world is happening?”. Honestly, you won't completely understand the entire film until the very end when you are drowning in tears. The romance in this film truly depicted a sort of first love or young love kind of feel which fit perfectly with our cast. However, I felt as if the beginning was a bit unclear at times on who was in who’s body and the sequence in which the events took place but I feel like this uncertainty reflects the mental state of the main characters since they too were kind of lost and disorientated. Nonetheless, I did wish they could have highlighted more of the daily lives of our characters when they switched bodies. I felt like that could have added to the clarity of the beginning. But if i were to choose to allocate more time to setting up the the plot instead of actually proceeding with the plot, well that would be shitting all over Makoto Shinkai’s grave. The main highlight of the story is the ending or perhaps the climax and after. When all the pieces start falling into place, you truly see the beauty of this film and the depth of meaning behind even the smallest of details. Absolutely when of the best anime films I've seen in the last decade. Highly recommend this!