First, cringe, I avoid romance whenever possible. But... I do come across them from time to time and it's for live-action Five Feet Apart and animated My love story
There is another anime by the same studio that I just LOVE. It's called Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho [Beyond the Clouds, The Place Promised of Our Early Days]. I remember being so completely blown away by the animation as well as the touching story. But of course, another bit of a tear-jerker. Otherwise, the other anime romance that I really liked was from Rurouni Kenshin between Kenshin and Kaoru. From beginning to end, just pure dedication.
It is confirmed by the Makoto Shinkai that they got together, the couple also has a cameo in his other work. Community also made a theory that Mitsuha wanted to write 'I love you' as well. The way she started writing, the first stroke doesn't match the the way she writes hiragana for MI, but does for SU as in sukida (I love you). It was also confirmed by Shinkai that this is the case. The I love you on her hand didn't disappear, cause just like in after a dream when we wake up, we forget names, faces, situations, but we remember the feelings. Love is a feeling, that's why it stayed.
Yup, they married and got their memories back (according to Shinkai) and the only member of her cast we're not sure if survived is her dad. Her grandmother, her sister and her friends all survived. Her dad most likely survived too but nothing was mentioned either way. Some readers have said they had kids too in the end but I haven't seen it yet so I'm not sure on that one. It wouldn't surprise me though.
I still remember, when I watched this movie the first time I totally assumed that the price for them saving the town would be them not getting to get together again. And I was actually okay with that idea for a moment (it seemed a fair trade in the bigger sheme of things and I'm usually a quite rational person)....but then the two of them started to go on about how they were always searching for something and how it made them basically constantly unhappy and they kept just missing each other. And I realized: "No, no, I'm actually NOT okay with this! I NEED them to get back together!" So when Taki finally turned around there at the end I was litteraly bawling my eyes out just out of sheer happiness!😭😭 This movie was the first one that made me truly cry (not just feel sad or tear up a little), it was the first time where I realized how relieving and cathartic it can be to just let loose and cry about a movie. I've cried on many movies since then (out of happiness and out of sadness) but this one will always have a special place in my heart; not just because it is an absolute masterpiece on itself, but also because it was the movie that "thaught" me tor cry!
Your Lie in April is a series that's just often brought up in conversations along with Your Name, A Silent Voice, Grave of the Fireflies, Anohana, Clannad, etc...
An interesting little fact about why Tessie acted the way he did when Mitsuha cut her hair, is that in Japanese culture, cutting your hair is a very huge deal. Cutting of hair has been a big part of their culture for a long time, for example, samurais used to cut off their top knot as a sign of them stepping down from their position. So when you cut your hair, its very much symbolism, which means an end to an era of someone's life, and the beginning of another. In Mitsuha's case, its her basically trying to move on from Taki.
@@whitenoiseanimereacts usually from what I’ve seen through Japanese, Chinese and Korean dramas is that girls usually cut their hairs as a sign of breakup (in healthy, means letting go off their love respectfully) to fully move on in life and start another chapter of life.
Makes you wonder why even in western culture it kind of has become such a common idea, to imply a breakup to women cutting off their long hair? I wonder since when this idea is even a thing...
@@Tooba-K123 @ohnaminami @whitenoiseanimereacts I don't think this is the reason for the hair cut - Tessie makes the assumption that it is to do with a breakup, Sayaka says 'why do men always think that she scorns that men always make that assumption. I think the real reason is that Mitsuha usually uses her braid to tie her hair at the back, but she gives the braid to Taki in Tokyo so she no longer has the braid and decides to cut her hair short since she no longer has something (something meaningful to her) to tie it up with. Then when Taki gives her braid back to her she ties the braid over her head instead since her hair is now short.
@@AlexTapisevic Bro what? You are taking this way too out of context. She clearly enjoyed it and almost no reactor fully understands everything. You have to watch this like twice to fully get it.
A couple small trivias for you! The director Makoto Shinkai is known for movies without happy endings. I was bloody scared they would not meet again. The stairs they meet up at in the ending is a real place. J.J Abrams production company Bad robot owns the rights to make a live action adaptation of Kimi No Na Wa. Radwimps was supposed to make the music based on sketches Makoto Shinkai showed them, they came back with the music from the movie and told Shinkai "This is better" so he changed the movie to fit the music.
Honestly just how beautiful the animation is is part of it. I have 0 interest in a live action version because it could only be worse. At best we would get the same without the amazing art. Also although at some parts Your Name is sad at least it isn't like 5 centimetres per second which just makes you hate life when it ends.
It took them days to realize to figure it out that they were switching bodies because its like having a dream. You dont remember much of your dreams after several minutes you woke up right?😊
The "comet reveal" destroyed me twice when I watched it for the first time: First, there was the emotional gut punch of realizing that the body switching had stopped because Mitsuha had literally died (and not because it was just a "magical comet" and once it was gone the switchingwould just have stopped because the magic was gone....which was 100% what I had assumed had been happening until that point😭). And second, came the absolute mindfuck when it was revealed that the impact had happened 3 years ago (because not even for a SECOND did I think about the fact that there could have been ANY other aspect to the body switching than what we had been shown previously in the movie😮)
This is the very first anime(not cartoon) movie that I watched ever. And thanks to kimi no na wa, I am an anime addict now. Especially romance ones. Watched hundreds of romance anime since then. I love watching animes and japanese culture is sth I love in my life. My dream is to travel there someday. Korean dramas are also beautiful though. 😊 please keep reacting similar animes if you haven't yet. Peace. ✌️
You know, I’m obsessed with this movie because it gives you A LOT to think about. One of the things I love the most about this movie is the analogies to real life it uses. First, it uses the Asian myth of the “red string of fate” to play with the idea of destiny. It is portrayed with Mitsuha’s ribbon during the whole movie to show how Taki and Mitsuha are attached (destined) to be together through this ribbon. Second: the time difference is an analogy to distances and difficulty of finding that person who is destined for you. Taki and Mitsuha went through time and back to finally be together. Just shows all the sacrifices you must do to find your soulmate. And third and my favorite one, the main idea of them forgetting their names, not knowing their names, represents every day life and the idea of romance that’s in our heads. Technically speaking, we all know the person we are destined to be with. We know how we want them to be. We know that person will be funny, charming, chivalrous, hard working, smart, family person, adventurous, etc… we know the person who is destined for us.. we know who that person is… but we haven’t met them yet… and therefore, we are yet to know.. their name…
This is the 90th reaction I´ve seen on YT of this movie. It keeps drawing me back in. I saw it kinda late maybe 2 years ago, but I don´t regret waiting til the hype had died down. This movie is amazing and if it wasn´t for the existence of Spirited Away, it would probably be the best animated movie I´ve ever seen.
I love watching reactions to this movie and yours was great as well! Most of the things I was gonna say Robert said below, but one thing that I notice every time I watch this movie (that I didn't notice the first time either) is that when Taki calls Mitsuha and she doesn't answer because the comet hit, when you cut back to Taki, it shows a clear view of the sky multiple times to emphasize that they are not in the same time, or you'd see the comet. It's a great detail shown way before the time difference is exposed. I was also surprised the "I love you" on Mitsuha's hand didn't make you cry more. It gets me every time 😭
This is my favourite movie out of all the ones I’ve seen. Not jus anime movies but every one. It evokes a powerful emotion every time I watch it or watch a react to it. The music is played on any one of my sad days and it is just such a emotional roller coaster that brings this hope in our lives to light. That some people you are just destined to meet that will brighten your life. Loved your reaction and the tears. I’m showing this to my best friend in a month, I can’t wait to see her reaction to seeing her first non English movie and first anime movie.
It is hard to pick up on everything in this movie on just one viewing. Here are some of the points that might not be obvious. Yes, Mitsuha's father is the mayor which we learn when he said "Mitsuha, stand up straight!". Perhaps the most difficult part is keeping track of who is in each body during the bicycle ride to the shrine. It is Taki in Mitsuha's body remembering the meeting in Tokyo when Mitsuha gave Taki the ribbon. When Taki's body wakes up in the shrine, it is Mitsuha who says "I'm Taki again". Not only that, she also remembers seeing the comet when it killed her. It is Mitsuha coming back from the dead. That is why she says "at the moment, did I die?" But Taki's body is still in 2016, three years after the comet. When Taki-in-Mitsuha arrives, he/she is in 2013 on the day of the comet. But due to the power the the god Missubi, they can hear each other through time. The background with one lake or two is the clue as to which year they are in. You can see the background switch as the camera switches between Mitsuha-in-Taki and Taki-in-Mitsuha. You can tell they are switched by what name they call each other with. Then when Twilight begins, two things happen at once. One is that they each go back to their own bodies. The other is that Taki's body is transported through time to 2013 to be in the same time as Mitsuha and they can see each other. This is the only time in the whole story when physical time travel occurs. Then when Mitsuha heads back down from the crater rim she is now fully Mitsuha, but now with the knowledge she got from Taki. That is why Tessie asks her "That think is going to fall?" she says "I saw it with my own eyes." And she is right, because this version of Mitsuha's mind is a continuation of the mind that actually did see the comet fall and died. By the way, you mentioned it is October right now. If you follow the dates in the movie you will know that "5 years later" is October of 2021. Then we see snow, followed by cherry blossoms, so it is then spring of 2022 and that is when Taki and Mitsuha finally meet. The director, Makoto Shinkai, has also said that they get married a year later - 2023.
I always enjoy seeing another person enjoy this movie, it's so well crafted and really tugs at the heartstrings. Beautiful visuals, amazing sound design, compelling story.
i just finished this movie yesterday. i am in love with everything about it. the beginning was kind of rocky but the movie hits on all the important notes for me. every scene in this movie feels like a background i can have on my phone/pc. this movie is so well done.
Makoto Shinkai's works have a unique world view and visual beauty. The latest movie will be released next month, so in Japan there are commercials about it almost every day, and people are looking forward to it.
Others: Hugo Weaving as Masbe Robin Williams as Lukyn Hugh Jackman as Nackrog Margot Robbie as Tasha Mandy Moore as Sailor Moon Zachary Levi as Tuxedo Mask Bella Ramsey as Sailor Rini Moon
I definitely recommend A Silent Voice and Howl’s Moving Castle. But also Erased, which is a 13 episode series and probably my favourite animated show of all time even if parts of it did make me cry like a baby
This film has been out for a long time since 6 years (2016).. But what's interesting is that the end of the timeline in this film occurs in the spring of this year (2022)!
I went on a trip to Tokyo last year and took some photos of some of the real life places from the movie. It is amazing how close they got to the real thing. If you have a social where I can post the pictures I'd be happy to share them. Love this move and I'm glad to see other people enjoying it. Like I said above, the scenes in Tokyo are spot on accurate and, from what I've heard, the area in Nagano that Mitsuha's town is based off of looks pretty close to the movie as well. The small towns and countryside here in Japan are amazingly beautiful and they are some of my favorite places to visit.
I tecently went to Tokyo and yes , i made a pilgrimage to many of the places in Your Name.. it was surreal to be standing at the stairs from the end. Also the station he runs out of is Yotsua and there a few other places around there in the movie. Also Your Name is just a beautiful piece, i lost count of how many times ive watched it
Loved your reaction! Honestly when I first saw this movie I was struck by the animation, but then the story line hit hard too. If you are interested, the same director made another movie “Tenki no Ko” AKA “Weathering with you” which takes place in the same world (Taki and Mitsuha make cameos). Although a little different, “Weathering with you” also follows two teenagers with some supernatural elements mixed in. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it! Then releasing this November in Japan will be a third movie after the events of the second. This reaction got me hyped for the next one coming out!!
Not sure if you know this, but "The Garden of Words" (Kotonoha no Niwa) is loosely the first film in this series. Both Takao and Yukari make cameos in "your name.". Yukari is Mitsuha's teacher, and Takao's cameo is during the first time Taki thinks he sees Mitsuha - he crosses right in front of her before Taki sees the ribbon. Also, the restaurant that Taki works at is "Il giardino delle parole", which is "The Garden of Words" in Italian.
The director Makoto Shinkai made another movie called Weathering With You after this one and I love it just as much! I know some people didn’t like it but I think that’s just cause it falls into the trap of people comparing it to how special Kimi No Na Wa is
i know this is a bit late but since you enjoyed this movie i know that you will also enjoy a second movie made by the same creator called 'weathering with you' its set in the same universe and the story and the imagery are both beautiful.
Nice to meet you. I'm a Japanese person who loves anime. I watched it using the machine translation function. Thank you for being moved by this Japanese anime. I also have another Japanese anime I'd like to recommend. It's "Violet Evergarden." It's a masterpiece. I'd love for you to watch it and make a reaction video. I hope you'll be even more moved by it.
A fan wrote an after story that continues from where the credits rolled and follows their story and relationship afterwards, I really liked it and it seemed to follow Makoto shinkai's way of storytelling. If interested I'll try to find and post the URL for it. This movie has the second soundtrack that I've liked enough to buy the CD along with a silent voice.
Now you know why this is considered a truly beautiful masterpiece of a film in every way literally!! Also the song at the end is famous too!! Also I just wanted to say that you are very beautiful when you cry and you are both beautiful on the inside and outside too ❤👏🙌👍🎉
great reaction!!! & fun fact: if taki did end up writing his name on her hand instead of 'i love you' it would've been smudged or erased like the messages on his phone. This is because in Japanese mythology messages of love are protected by the moon goddess, so i love you stayed on her palm. Which is a very cute detail ))
The two meet on the mountain during the "Katawaredoki" time period explained by the teacher at the beginning of the film. A time when day and night, and the world of the living and the world of the dead mix together. Another reason is that this place is a sacred area. Director Makoto Shinkai specializes in works that use motifs from Japanese classics and mythology.
12:00 i just started to laugh whem you quote Skate Boi, love this song. 54:00 I never coment on how i love how MItsuha reacts on this scene. Because we spend the movie seing her on both her body and Taki's and we she has very especific face experssions and voice tones and i find so mastefull how the voice actors managed to interpret both characters and keep it so untouched. I was jus watching and thought "That's a very Mitsuha reaction". This is how effective this movie is with just 90 minutes or whatever Thank you for the great reaction ande great content, i love this movie and i love to see people experiencing this for the first time. Is Always beautiful. This is a truly impactful movie.
This movie is a masterpiece. The director is kinda considered the modern Miyazaki. The concept of body swapping was a cool hook but the time twist was awesome. It's a movie that really does move you emotionally and I still cry even when watching reactions to it. I don't think it moves slow at all. You're just following the characters in their lives and then it ramps up when they have to save the town. Not only were her friends in the end there after they saved the town, MItsuha's sister was in a shot with her in a school classroom, 5 years older. The spagetti arms of Mitstuha is actually very "girly", if they aren't used to sports and running, IMO. Guessing someone else probably posted about messages of love not disappearing. They did call out the mayor as being her dad in the beginning of the movie when he was campaigning and called her out to stand up straight. Then they had the flashback with her story and dad leaving and going into politics, leaving the grandmother to raise them. Japan is a very interesting culture steep in tradition and legends. I think that's why their stories are so rich, because they can pull from those ancient stories and put a twist on them. Excellent reaction. You didn't cry as much, but that's okay. I'll have to check out the rest of your channel.
(Sorry in advance for the long post) I'm not sure if anyone mentioned it, but at the beginning, the slicing of the tomato signifies that it's the next day, where Mitsuha was back in her body. I was very confused the first time I watched it too! Something that the director/creator Makoto Shinkai confirmed later, was that after Taki wrote "I love you" (すきだ - sukida) on Mitsuha's hand, she was actually going to write "I love you" as well... you can tell because Hiragana (one of the Japanese alphabets) have specific stroke orders for characters - Mitsuha writes her "mi" with a curving downward stroke (we see that earlier in the film when she writes it on Taki's hand during her first time in his body), whereas she started a stroke from left to right, which is the first stroke of "su" for "sukida". If you ever rewatch it, you'll notice that Tsukasa and Okudera both are wearing rings at the end. With Tsukasa it was when they were giving Taki crap for his suit in the cafe. There's a physiological response that some people get with music in movies called "frisson" - one way it comes out is via "goosebumps"... there's a video about frisson on YT that I'd highly recommend by KindaNeet. Directors intentionally attempt to draw out those feelings that cause frisson because it's such a powerful feeling. I'm so glad you liked it, because this anime changed my life. It got me into drawing art again, and making it my career.
As an individual that’s bilingual in English in Japanese, let me explain 12:42-12:50 for you in depth! She as Taki said “Watashi” in a casual situation. That’s a very feminine term to use _casually,_ and I highlight that because men will use Watashi formally. Then, she jumped to an even stranger term for a teenager to use, “Watakushi” which is typically used by older or more experienced individuals, *NOT* a teen boy talking to his buddies. She realizes this from their expression and jumps to “Boku,” which is a moderately masculine term for self. This wouldn’t be wrong, if not for Taki himself. Taki isn’t really polite and boku is used in casual situations where someone is being a little more uptight or polite. Finally, she jumps to “Ore” which is much more fitting for a loud-mouthed, impulsive teen boy like Taki talking with his buds.
A little explanation: Mitsuha's family devoted their lives to the shrine and tradition in Itomori but for generations it was unknown about the reason of the tradition because of the fire disaster grandma mentioned. The point of keeping the ritual and shrine is to prevent the demise of the people of Itomori, the shrine have a picture of the tiamat comet meaning it's already been put in a prophecy. The body swap is the gift of the god for Mitsuha's family and by extent people of Itomori for still keeping the tradition even when it's lost the meaning. Mitsuha's soul was sent to the future asking to help and where do soul attach? To the body of their soulmate of course! Mitsuha's soul asking for help from Taki in an indirect way. So I believe Taki and Mitsuha were always destined to meet because they're soulmates. The same thing probably happens with Mitsuha's mom and dad, and Mitsuha's Grandma and grandpa but they forget most of it because the danger was far away in the future, that's why Mitsuha's dad knew there's different person inside Mitsuha when she grabbed his neck, and Grandma also told that she have similar dream when she's young. Plus the I love You scene is particularly powerful since people don't remember others from what somebody said or do, but by how that person make them feel, that's why Mitsuha can keep going on and convince her mayor dad to evacuate.
I've experienced something like this before. dreaming about that one sweet girl. feels so real but ik it's a dream. after I woke up I cried my eyes out and wanted to go back to dreaming again so I can meet her... that was the last time I saw her, never again :') until now I'm still curious about that girl... feels like something is missing and I don't know why...
One of my favorite movies that i was just wasnt expecting it to be so amazing when i first heard about that. I remember when it was revealed that Mitsuha was dead by the comet and that it happend three years ago, I was blown away by those twists since I just assumed it was a normal love story with switching bodies. I also didn't expect that mitsuha and her friends to become basically terrorist to save everyone. The director also did Weathering With You which Taki and Mitsuha make a cameo appearance in.
I'm a year late. But.. 15:20 Stella: The ladies love the feminine man. Stella: What did I tell ya, I know this things. 😌😎 Also the movie is released on 2016. You're not wrong, if its in 2016 maybe. 🤭
The United States is not a country of natives, it's a country of immigrants, that's why it doesn't have traditions, it has people from all over the world living in it, like for example chinese people that go to America take their traditions with them and celebrate their own holidays and stuff like that, same with any other nationality, that's why the United States doesn't have a strong personality and traditions as other countries like Japan, because people don't share the same mentality and traditions
ive watched this movie 2 or 3 times now in the last year and have watched 2 reactions in the last week, it feels like so much goes on but happens so quick at the same time
The dance that Mitsuha and her sister Yotsuha perform in the ceremony was actually choreographed by some modern Kabuki dancers hired by the creator expressly for the film. The dance actually tells the story of the comet, how it breaks up, and has done so in the past and will do so again. In the story that meaning was lost, but apparently people who know kabuki who watched the film knew what was was going to happen. If you notice the town was built in a crater, and the "underworld" was also a crater, which had been formed a previous time 1200 years earlier when the comet came by and a piece broke off. Rewatch it and you'll pick up other threads especially if you pay close attention to everything they say. Shinkai is master at hints in his visuals, like seeing Mitsuha's friends and sister in Tokyo at the end but only in passing, but he is also a wordsmith, and the translators did a great job of making sure the English caught the clues from Japanese. This film should go down as one of the all-time greats.
1200 years before: Comet Tiamat is passing by earth and splitting while 2 parts hit near Itomori village. The larger one creates a hole, which would fill up with water and create Itomori lake. A smaller one hits a nearby mountain top and creates the place for the later to be found shrine. Inbetween the local residents form Itomori village and the Miyamizu shinto priest family founds the vessel for their local deity in the nerby crater to honor the creation of their lake and village. The origins were painted on the inside of the cave, where they would worship their past. 200 years before: A fire sparks in the bathroom of a local resident named Mayugoru. The fire spreads over the village and also the local shrine, where the scrolls of the rituals where stored. The rituals and their meanings are destroyed at this incident and the Miyamizu family keeps continuing their traditions and rituals without knowing their true meaning. ... Miyamizu Hitaba (Mitsuhas grandma) is having dreams of a stranger in her youth, but loses all of her memories. She never finds her "soulmate", but keeps going on passing the family traditions to her later born daughter Miyamizu Futaba. Futaba is having strange dreams in her youth. One is a reoccuring nightmare of Itomori getting destroyed by a comet. Also she seems to switch bodies with an unknown stranger. A few years later she meets a young man from Tokyo, which she would fall in love "on first sight" and marry. She would later tell him about her reoccuring nightmare and that she knew she would marry him, when she first saw him, because she felt she knew him for her whole life. Futaba would have two children: Mitsuha and Yotsuha. Some years later she will die to an unkown illness. Her husband never copes with the loss and leaves the shrine he is supposed to lead, because he was in love with futaba, not the shrine. The two girls stay with her grandmother, who would pass the Miyamizu shrine traditions on them. September 2013: Mitsuha is having strange dreams in which she would live the live of a young boy named Taki, who lives in the city area of Tokyo. For a few weeks they keep switching their bodies while sleeping and living the other ones live. October 2013: The day before the comet is getting at his closest to earth Mitsuha is visiting Tokyo and finds Taki in person, which does not recognize her. She is giving him her braided cords. When she gets back home, she asks her grandma to cut her hair. The next day comet Tiamat is passing earth again and another part is splitting, which hits Itomori village which leads to its total destruction. September 2016: Taki is having strange dreams in which he is living the daily life of a girl named Mitsuha, which lives in the rural area in the town of Itomori. For a few weeks he is switching places with her in his sleep. After a few weeks the switching suddenly stops and does not occur anymore. Taki is despereate to find Mitsuha and starts looking for a way. November 2016: Taki has recreated a few pictures of Itomori town from his very blurred memory. He takes his notes and starts a one-day-trip to the rural area to find the city. He learns, that the city was destroyed in the comet incident three years ago. The next day he is visiting the vessel of the local deity. He wakes up the next day without knowing, why he was there in the first place and returns to Tokyo. Summer 2021: Taki has finished school and is looking for a job. He still has the feeling something is missing in his life and he keeps searching for something or someone. December 2021: Taki expieriences a moment, where he would meet a women on a footbridge, but he feels weird asking a stranger out, so he just keeps going by. April 2022: Taki sees a women on a bypassing train and feels, she is the one he is searching for. The next stop he is leaving the train and running to find her. They meet a few streets away and pass by. Taki finally asks her for her name.
A few things aside: - The reason Taki and Mitsuha are forgetting their time in the other ones body is because "dreams are fading, after you wake up". It's part of the construct of time keeping itself safe, so they would forget each other. - The same things happened to other female members of the Miyamizu family in the past, accompanied with reoccuring nightmares of the town getting destroyed by a comet. Mitsuhas mother actually also found her "soulmate" years after her "dream time" and married him. When she met Mitsuhas father she had the same "feeling" of knowing that person, but doesnt know why, like Mitsuha and Taki, when they meet at the stairs. - The notes on Takis phone are disappearing for the same reason. They are a proof for time being distorted and therefor may not exist. - The ritual performed by Mitsuha and Yotsuha in the beginning is actually telling the story of the comet splitting and crashing on earth to create Itomori lake 1200 years ago. But because all of the rituals meaning was lost in the big fire of Mayugoru, noone knows that anymore.
- Taki knows, that writing down his name on Mitsuhas palm would not work because it would either vanish (as other messages they left) or Mizuha would not know, what the name is supposed to mean. Again time protecting itself. BUT as told by japanese folklore all true messages of love are protected by the moon god, so they would not be affected by that. By writing "I love you" he is leaving her the only message he can, to help and motivate her. - Mitsuha does also not try to write her name on his palm. When she finishes the day we first see her in Taki's body she is leaving her name and writing it with a downward loop at the start... But when she is starting to write on Takis palm while in "kataware" - the twilight - she starts with a horizontal line... Exactly the same way Taki did for the "I love you". - Mitsuha is able to convince her father of evacuating the town because when she enters his office she reminds him of his beloved wife and he remembers her telling him about her reoccuring nightmare of the town getting destroyed by the comet. - The reason Taki and Mitsuha are forgetting the other ones name after their meeting in Kataware is because of the "sacrifice". Remember, that place is the underworld and as Mitsuhas grandma explained in order to leave you have to sacrifice, what is the most important thing to you. For both Taki and Mitsuha after leaving that place, that is the identity of each other... They forget because they are the most important thing to each other. - In 2021 we see Okudera is married, when she is with Taki. She actually married Tsukasa, Takis friend and classmate. They became a couple after their trip to Itomori, where Taki ditched them at the inn and they returned to Tokyo on their own. - After meeting in April 2022 Mitsuha and Taki also get married later on (in 2024). They have a guest appearance in the movie "Weathering with you" by the same director, which is playing in the same universe.
12:42 in japanese language , there are many words mean '' I '' . for example ... watashi , watakushi , boku , ore , atashi , uchi , oira , ora(Goku) , oi , wate , temae , sesshya , atai , chin ... we japanese use them differently depending on our position and the situation at the time .
loved the reaction!! idk if this is your first solo reaction but it’s my first time seeing you on a video alone, and i’m happy you’re part of the channel ❤
Studio Ghibli is infamous for killing reaction channels! I heard they wait until three videos are uploaded and then strike all three at once with copyright infringements. Therefore as great as their movies are, I don’t recommend reacting to them. That said, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Howl‘s Moving Castle are indeed must-watch anime. And you probably also like When Marnie Was Here.
Definitely recommend A Silent Voice. An amazing film. A series that you'd like that is very similar to Your Name is Erased. Won't say to much more about it but it does evoke some of the same feelings as Your Name but told in a diffrent way across 12 episodes. Loved the reaction to my Fav movie of all time ❤️
There was a Japanese show that reflected on this movie sometime after its release as they noticed its popularity among the older generation keeping it in the movie charts (despite the film being marketed to young adults/teens). They invited some older generation folks to a special screening and placed cameras in the movie theatre towards the audience, then interviewed the people afterwards. Needless to say, many of the old folks were in tears, and noted that the "red string of fate" which is prevalent in Eastern oriental cultures was something they experienced in their own lives - like an invisible bond - some people said they met their spouse/soul mate or found something they were looking for. Here's the segment from that Japanese show back then - th-cam.com/video/gTsafIFkxTs/w-d-xo.html
a small note about the sake. alcohols are derived from a fermentation process. chewing the rice physically breaks it down along w salivary amylase, an enzyme in the spit, helps chemically. it seems gross now, but that's relative to modern times. the chewing process is still used today w/ some tribes in the amazon and probably various locations around the world.
One thing I don't think enough people talk about is how uniquely Japanese this movie is. The issue of tradition vs modernization is a very big part of the Japanese discourse, and natural disasters as well are unfortunately quite a common occurrence in Japanese history and tie into a lot of the folklore. Obviously art is up to interpretation, but to me this movie seems like a heartwarming message of cultural solidarity across generations, genders, and more - a message that the bonds between people and places are stronger than their differences and stronger than whatever catastrophes may come their way.
What a great reaction, your feeling felt very real when you saw the movie! It's the first video I see on your channel, so I'll recommend you another anime movie: A Silent Voice, it's also very good.
Would totally love to recommend my favourite non-action movie which is "I want to eat your pancreas". Yes it is a weird title. But boi did it win my heart. I only seen Your Name, Silent Voice and 'I want to eat your pancreas' for movies, but i put 'I want to eat your pancreas' on a much higher pedestal of love compared to silent voice and your name for myself ^_^
I have always wanted to make a movie or tv series make me sob but my damn dysfunctional tearducts refuse to, this movie and plastic memories were the only ones close to it
First off you are so beautiful 😍. I would say "Me Before You", "Love Jones", "Kate and Leopold" as far as live action romance. "Your Name", "I Want To Eat Your Pancreas" (not really romance but did have some elements), "Weathering With You"-anime movies, "Love, Chunibyo, and Other Delusions" , "Tsukigakirei", "My Dress Up Darling", "Toradora", "Fuuka" anime series. That's all I can think of at the top of my head
"Imagine knowing a place like that and just having it gone in a second, the entire town" The 311 tsunami in 2011 that hits a lot of Japanese people and their coast side home towns. 🕯
I whatch this movie 3 year past I really like it our this anime movie is my favourite 🤗🤗🤗🤗 I whatch 18 time 😀😀😀 and this anime Hindi dubbed is really good 🤗 love from India
Every single person I have seen watch this forgot that the very first scene, in the opening credits, has them both as adults in Tokyo thinking about how their is something missing from their lives.
Did you get the version where they didn’t show that he wrote “I love you” instead of his name? I can’t believe you wouldn’t have reacted to that if you saw it.
I also do t think they were taunting the audience with them not meeting - I think they were trying to show that the universe was trying to bring them together, but as they didn’t remember each other, weren’t willing to take that leap of faith to say “hey, don’t I know you from somewhere” until eventually, they just said “I can’t take it any more, I have to know why she seems to be a part of me”
I must say I really love this movie! It's definitely one Shinkai's best, not really surprising, if you consider the production level and animation quality. Yet it is still a bit different from his previous ones, which were even more artistic, but essentially makes it a bit more suitable for a wider audience. Still the story itself is so well thought out and the whole production catches and transports so specific, romanticised and almost nostalgic emotions, it really stands out compared to other modern movies, animated or not. And on top, the movie is really suitable for multiple views! Because if you know what happens, you are much more susceptible for all the small hints spread out through the movie. Not only hinting the possible "background" of the story and it's past, especially surrounding Mitsuhas family. It also leaves hints to whats happening in the news that run in the background, the phone screens of both protagonists but especially in the stories of Mitsuha's grandmother... A really well thought out love story, even for those who aren't normally fans of animated movies! Unfortunately this movies successor isn't quiet at that level. It is still at a very high production level and the story is nice as well, but if you have seen this one, you'll realize immediately that they are just too similar for it to really stand out on it's own, which is actually unusual for Shinkai's works. But I can definitely recommend his older ones, doesn't matter which one...
@11:30 im an identical twin, and in school we would swap classes, and let me tell you, its so hard to sit there and try to navigate a classroom you've never stepped foot in, no clue if your bff's with the kid next to you, or enemies, not knowing where your seat is, or what the teachers teaching :)
Howl’s Moving Castle is my favorite Ghibli film next to Spirited Away. I would love to see y’all do a reaction if you haven’t already seen the movie. 😊
Idk if it was mentioned but you need to watch “Weathering with you” from the same director and makers of “Your Name” & it’s in the same universe! A must see
In my mind, the town's Kami was working very very hard to save its people. I like to think it was 'cheating' very hard to manipulate those threads of fate.
Some of the most beautiful stories I have seen I seen them in anime. This is one is one of my favorite ones, it is amazing, it has everything, romance, mistery, thriller, and a happy ending. Not to mention the animation which is amazing to be 2D hand draw animation as far as I know. I would recomend you to watch some others I love that I have in my personal collection. All of them are series, I little old and some kind of long, like Eureka Seven, One Punch Man, that one is hilarious, Oh! My Goddess! The OVAs, that is how it came out first, Sowrd Art Online, the first seasson is the best, altough I havent seen all of them. Just to mention some. Great video and reaction! Thank you!
What is your favorite romance story? Real or fake, personal or otherwise!
First, cringe, I avoid romance whenever possible. But... I do come across them from time to time and it's for live-action Five Feet Apart and animated My love story
"let me eat your pancreas" recommend.
Who ever think that 'A Silent Voice' should be next...leave a thumbs up :D
There is another anime by the same studio that I just LOVE. It's called Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho [Beyond the Clouds, The Place Promised of Our Early Days]. I remember being so completely blown away by the animation as well as the touching story. But of course, another bit of a tear-jerker. Otherwise, the other anime romance that I really liked was from Rurouni Kenshin between Kenshin and Kaoru. From beginning to end, just pure dedication.
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It is confirmed by the Makoto Shinkai that they got together, the couple also has a cameo in his other work. Community also made a theory that Mitsuha wanted to write 'I love you' as well. The way she started writing, the first stroke doesn't match the the way she writes hiragana for MI, but does for SU as in sukida (I love you). It was also confirmed by Shinkai that this is the case. The I love you on her hand didn't disappear, cause just like in after a dream when we wake up, we forget names, faces, situations, but we remember the feelings. Love is a feeling, that's why it stayed.
How about "the garden" the shoes maker and teacher movie another Makoto shinkai movie? Are they together?
Won't faces,names and situations not disappear too when you write it?
@@somerandomguy4216 The real reason is that declaration of love is protected by the moon god or something as opposed to just a name
Good I'm not in public while reading this, because learning that she wanted to write "I love you" too makes me cry
Yup, they married and got their memories back (according to Shinkai) and the only member of her cast we're not sure if survived is her dad. Her grandmother, her sister and her friends all survived. Her dad most likely survived too but nothing was mentioned either way. Some readers have said they had kids too in the end but I haven't seen it yet so I'm not sure on that one. It wouldn't surprise me though.
I still remember, when I watched this movie the first time I totally assumed that the price for them saving the town would be them not getting to get together again.
And I was actually okay with that idea for a moment (it seemed a fair trade in the bigger sheme of things and I'm usually a quite rational person)....but then the two of them started to go on about how they were always searching for something and how it made them basically constantly unhappy and they kept just missing each other. And I realized:
"No, no, I'm actually NOT okay with this! I NEED them to get back together!"
So when Taki finally turned around there at the end I was litteraly bawling my eyes out just out of sheer happiness!😭😭
This movie was the first one that made me truly cry (not just feel sad or tear up a little), it was the first time where I realized how relieving and cathartic it can be to just let loose and cry about a movie.
I've cried on many movies since then (out of happiness and out of sadness) but this one will always have a special place in my heart; not just because it is an absolute masterpiece on itself, but also because it was the movie that "thaught" me tor cry!
i cried so hard when i saw the "i love you" instead of taki´s name, was it just me?
Yep, and I break when the pen drops too.
Bro i died crying
I did not cry, but it was a very beautiful moment.
I want to, but my tear ducts don't work
I died in that scene
Your Lie in April is a series that's just often brought up in conversations along with Your Name, A Silent Voice, Grave of the Fireflies, Anohana, Clannad, etc...
An interesting little fact about why Tessie acted the way he did when Mitsuha cut her hair, is that in Japanese culture, cutting your hair is a very huge deal. Cutting of hair has been a big part of their culture for a long time, for example, samurais used to cut off their top knot as a sign of them stepping down from their position. So when you cut your hair, its very much symbolism, which means an end to an era of someone's life, and the beginning of another. In Mitsuha's case, its her basically trying to move on from Taki.
Oh that’s cool!!! I didn’t even understand that
@@whitenoiseanimereacts usually from what I’ve seen through Japanese, Chinese and Korean dramas is that girls usually cut their hairs as a sign of breakup (in healthy, means letting go off their love respectfully) to fully move on in life and start another chapter of life.
Makes you wonder why even in western culture it kind of has become such a common idea, to imply a breakup to women cutting off their long hair?
I wonder since when this idea is even a thing...
@@Tooba-K123 @ohnaminami @whitenoiseanimereacts I don't think this is the reason for the hair cut - Tessie makes the assumption that it is to do with a breakup, Sayaka says 'why do men always think that she scorns that men always make that assumption. I think the real reason is that Mitsuha usually uses her braid to tie her hair at the back, but she gives the braid to Taki in Tokyo so she no longer has the braid and decides to cut her hair short since she no longer has something (something meaningful to her) to tie it up with. Then when Taki gives her braid back to her she ties the braid over her head instead since her hair is now short.
The "I love you" scene can make any human cry❤️❤️
A silent voice is another fantastic one
She didn't apreciate this for what it is, she will hate A silent voice.
@@AlexTapisevic Bro what? You are taking this way too out of context. She clearly enjoyed it and almost no reactor fully understands everything. You have to watch this like twice to fully get it.
A couple small trivias for you!
The director Makoto Shinkai is known for movies without happy endings. I was bloody scared they would not meet again.
The stairs they meet up at in the ending is a real place.
J.J Abrams production company Bad robot owns the rights to make a live action adaptation of Kimi No Na Wa.
Radwimps was supposed to make the music based on sketches Makoto Shinkai showed them, they came back with the music from the movie and told Shinkai "This is better" so he changed the movie to fit the music.
I hope they don't do anything with it!!! I hate these live action remakes!!
Honestly just how beautiful the animation is is part of it. I have 0 interest in a live action version because it could only be worse. At best we would get the same without the amazing art.
Also although at some parts Your Name is sad at least it isn't like 5 centimetres per second which just makes you hate life when it ends.
@@InDeathWeLove yeah, 5 Centimeter per Second is just painfully relatable. It took me a week to recover my mood
@@windygrass9807 wait i watch this movie too. It was so good!
@@whitenoiseanimereacts You are so dam beautiful
It took them days to realize to figure it out that they were switching bodies because its like having a dream. You dont remember much of your dreams after several minutes you woke up right?😊
The "comet reveal" destroyed me twice when I watched it for the first time:
First, there was the emotional gut punch of realizing that the body switching had stopped because Mitsuha had literally died (and not because it was just a "magical comet" and once it was gone the switchingwould just have stopped because the magic was gone....which was 100% what I had assumed had been happening until that point😭).
And second, came the absolute mindfuck when it was revealed that the impact had happened 3 years ago (because not even for a SECOND did I think about the fact that there could have been ANY other aspect to the body switching than what we had been shown previously in the movie😮)
This is the very first anime(not cartoon) movie that I watched ever. And thanks to kimi no na wa, I am an anime addict now. Especially romance ones. Watched hundreds of romance anime since then. I love watching animes and japanese culture is sth I love in my life. My dream is to travel there someday. Korean dramas are also beautiful though. 😊 please keep reacting similar animes if you haven't yet. Peace. ✌️
My first anime movie as well ☺️. Any suggestions?
i'm in the same boat right now haha. Im consuming alot of anime now!
The chills, it's creeping within me again. This movie is so so good
You know, I’m obsessed with this movie because it gives you A LOT to think about. One of the things I love the most about this movie is the analogies to real life it uses.
First, it uses the Asian myth of the “red string of fate” to play with the idea of destiny. It is portrayed with Mitsuha’s ribbon during the whole movie to show how Taki and Mitsuha are attached (destined) to be together through this ribbon.
Second: the time difference is an analogy to distances and difficulty of finding that person who is destined for you. Taki and Mitsuha went through time and back to finally be together. Just shows all the sacrifices you must do to find your soulmate.
And third and my favorite one, the main idea of them forgetting their names, not knowing their names, represents every day life and the idea of romance that’s in our heads. Technically speaking, we all know the person we are destined to be with. We know how we want them to be. We know that person will be funny, charming, chivalrous, hard working, smart, family person, adventurous, etc… we know the person who is destined for us.. we know who that person is… but we haven’t met them yet… and therefore, we are yet to know.. their name…
Wow, your comment is so amazing! I agree with all you've said!
What an amazing comment! Love it!
This is the 90th reaction I´ve seen on YT of this movie. It keeps drawing me back in. I saw it kinda late maybe 2 years ago, but I don´t regret waiting til the hype had died down. This movie is amazing and if it wasn´t for the existence of Spirited Away, it would probably be the best animated movie I´ve ever seen.
I love watching reactions to this movie and yours was great as well!
Most of the things I was gonna say Robert said below, but one thing that I notice every time I watch this movie (that I didn't notice the first time either) is that when Taki calls Mitsuha and she doesn't answer because the comet hit, when you cut back to Taki, it shows a clear view of the sky multiple times to emphasize that they are not in the same time, or you'd see the comet. It's a great detail shown way before the time difference is exposed.
I was also surprised the "I love you" on Mitsuha's hand didn't make you cry more. It gets me every time 😭
This is my favorite romance movie
In fact this is my fav movie
The track, music, animation, feelings, story all 10/10
This is my favourite movie out of all the ones I’ve seen. Not jus anime movies but every one. It evokes a powerful emotion every time I watch it or watch a react to it. The music is played on any one of my sad days and it is just such a emotional roller coaster that brings this hope in our lives to light. That some people you are just destined to meet that will brighten your life. Loved your reaction and the tears. I’m showing this to my best friend in a month, I can’t wait to see her reaction to seeing her first non English movie and first anime movie.
Thanks, it's the best movie(not just anime) I've ever seen.
It is hard to pick up on everything in this movie on just one viewing. Here are some of the points that might not be obvious. Yes, Mitsuha's father is the mayor which we learn when he said "Mitsuha, stand up straight!". Perhaps the most difficult part is keeping track of who is in each body during the bicycle ride to the shrine. It is Taki in Mitsuha's body remembering the meeting in Tokyo when Mitsuha gave Taki the ribbon. When Taki's body wakes up in the shrine, it is Mitsuha who says "I'm Taki again". Not only that, she also remembers seeing the comet when it killed her. It is Mitsuha coming back from the dead. That is why she says "at the moment, did I die?" But Taki's body is still in 2016, three years after the comet. When Taki-in-Mitsuha arrives, he/she is in 2013 on the day of the comet. But due to the power the the god Missubi, they can hear each other through time. The background with one lake or two is the clue as to which year they are in. You can see the background switch as the camera switches between Mitsuha-in-Taki and Taki-in-Mitsuha. You can tell they are switched by what name they call each other with. Then when Twilight begins, two things happen at once. One is that they each go back to their own bodies. The other is that Taki's body is transported through time to 2013 to be in the same time as Mitsuha and they can see each other. This is the only time in the whole story when physical time travel occurs. Then when Mitsuha heads back down from the crater rim she is now fully Mitsuha, but now with the knowledge she got from Taki. That is why Tessie asks her "That think is going to fall?" she says "I saw it with my own eyes." And she is right, because this version of Mitsuha's mind is a continuation of the mind that actually did see the comet fall and died. By the way, you mentioned it is October right now. If you follow the dates in the movie you will know that "5 years later" is October of 2021. Then we see snow, followed by cherry blossoms, so it is then spring of 2022 and that is when Taki and Mitsuha finally meet. The director, Makoto Shinkai, has also said that they get married a year later - 2023.
I always enjoy seeing another person enjoy this movie, it's so well crafted and really tugs at the heartstrings.
Beautiful visuals, amazing sound design, compelling story.
i just finished this movie yesterday. i am in love with everything about it. the beginning was kind of rocky but the movie hits on all the important notes for me. every scene in this movie feels like a background i can have on my phone/pc. this movie is so well done.
Makoto Shinkai's works have a unique world view and visual beauty.
The latest movie will be released next month, so in Japan there are commercials about it almost every day, and people are looking forward to it.
I think Tessie trusts Mitsuha's story about comet easily because he likes occult things.
Others:
Hugo Weaving as Masbe
Robin Williams as Lukyn
Hugh Jackman as Nackrog
Margot Robbie as Tasha
Mandy Moore as Sailor Moon
Zachary Levi as Tuxedo Mask
Bella Ramsey as Sailor Rini Moon
America Ferrera as Sailor Mars
Emma Stone as Sailor Mercury
Kath Soucie as Sailor Venus
I definitely recommend A Silent Voice and Howl’s Moving Castle. But also Erased, which is a 13 episode series and probably my favourite animated show of all time even if parts of it did make me cry like a baby
As great as this movie was, I'd rank Silent Voice, A Lie in April or Clannad higher.
Ahhh, a fellow Erased anime fan.
Have to agree, Erased has quickly become one of my favortie anime series along with Your Name becoming one of my favorite anime films!
Same erased brings me memories of middle school it was soo good but the ending :(
Your laugh is just so pretty!!!👉👈
that’s such a wholesome compliment thank you🥺🥺
My favorite movie ❤️ i love everything about it, the animation, the soundtrack, the characters ❤️ just perfect
Thank you for your reaction Stella! This movie is such a beautiful experience and I'd love for you to see more anime movies as well when you can.
This film has been out for a long time since 6 years (2016).. But what's interesting is that the end of the timeline in this film occurs in the spring of this year (2022)!
I went on a trip to Tokyo last year and took some photos of some of the real life places from the movie. It is amazing how close they got to the real thing. If you have a social where I can post the pictures I'd be happy to share them.
Love this move and I'm glad to see other people enjoying it. Like I said above, the scenes in Tokyo are spot on accurate and, from what I've heard, the area in Nagano that Mitsuha's town is based off of looks pretty close to the movie as well. The small towns and countryside here in Japan are amazingly beautiful and they are some of my favorite places to visit.
I tecently went to Tokyo and yes , i made a pilgrimage to many of the places in Your Name.. it was surreal to be standing at the stairs from the end. Also the station he runs out of is Yotsua and there a few other places around there in the movie. Also Your Name is just a beautiful piece, i lost count of how many times ive watched it
Loved your reaction! Honestly when I first saw this movie I was struck by the animation, but then the story line hit hard too. If you are interested, the same director made another movie “Tenki no Ko” AKA “Weathering with you” which takes place in the same world (Taki and Mitsuha make cameos). Although a little different, “Weathering with you” also follows two teenagers with some supernatural elements mixed in. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!
Then releasing this November in Japan will be a third movie after the events of the second. This reaction got me hyped for the next one coming out!!
Not sure if you know this, but "The Garden of Words" (Kotonoha no Niwa) is loosely the first film in this series. Both Takao and Yukari make cameos in "your name.". Yukari is Mitsuha's teacher, and Takao's cameo is during the first time Taki thinks he sees Mitsuha - he crosses right in front of her before Taki sees the ribbon. Also, the restaurant that Taki works at is "Il giardino delle parole", which is "The Garden of Words" in Italian.
The director Makoto Shinkai made another movie called Weathering With You after this one and I love it just as much! I know some people didn’t like it but I think that’s just cause it falls into the trap of people comparing it to how special Kimi No Na Wa is
i know this is a bit late but since you enjoyed this movie i know that you will also enjoy a second movie made by the same creator called 'weathering with you' its set in the same universe and the story and the imagery are both beautiful.
I don't even know how they manage to draw so well. Each image has almost as much detail as reality.
Nice to meet you. I'm a Japanese person who loves anime. I watched it using the machine translation function. Thank you for being moved by this Japanese anime.
I also have another Japanese anime I'd like to recommend. It's "Violet Evergarden." It's a masterpiece. I'd love for you to watch it and make a reaction video. I hope you'll be even more moved by it.
I'm 10 minutes into the video and already this is one of the best Your Name reactions I've seen on youtube. Great job!
A fan wrote an after story that continues from where the credits rolled and follows their story and relationship afterwards, I really liked it and it seemed to follow Makoto shinkai's way of storytelling.
If interested I'll try to find and post the URL for it.
This movie has the second soundtrack that I've liked enough to buy the CD along with a silent voice.
why im crying so much everytime music start playing
Now you know why this is considered a truly beautiful masterpiece of a film in every way literally!! Also the song at the end is famous too!! Also I just wanted to say that you are very beautiful when you cry and you are both beautiful on the inside and outside too ❤👏🙌👍🎉
great reaction!!! & fun fact: if taki did end up writing his name on her hand instead of 'i love you' it would've been smudged or erased like the messages on his phone. This is because in Japanese mythology messages of love are protected by the moon goddess, so i love you stayed on her palm. Which is a very cute detail ))
This movie and "5 centimeter per second" always gets me.
Good reaction.
The two meet on the mountain during the "Katawaredoki" time period explained by the teacher at the beginning of the film.
A time when day and night, and the world of the living and the world of the dead mix together.
Another reason is that this place is a sacred area.
Director Makoto Shinkai specializes in works that use motifs from Japanese classics and mythology.
12:00 i just started to laugh whem you quote Skate Boi, love this song.
54:00 I never coment on how i love how MItsuha reacts on this scene. Because we spend the movie seing her on both her body and Taki's and we she has very especific face experssions and voice tones and i find so mastefull how the voice actors managed to interpret both characters and keep it so untouched. I was jus watching and thought "That's a very Mitsuha reaction". This is how effective this movie is with just 90 minutes or whatever
Thank you for the great reaction ande great content, i love this movie and i love to see people experiencing this for the first time. Is Always beautiful. This is a truly impactful movie.
Ooh Princess Mononoke, Ariety I think it's called The Borrowers. And Howl's moving castle.
this video reaction was gold PURE GOLD
This movie is a masterpiece. The director is kinda considered the modern Miyazaki. The concept of body swapping was a cool hook but the time twist was awesome. It's a movie that really does move you emotionally and I still cry even when watching reactions to it. I don't think it moves slow at all. You're just following the characters in their lives and then it ramps up when they have to save the town. Not only were her friends in the end there after they saved the town, MItsuha's sister was in a shot with her in a school classroom, 5 years older. The spagetti arms of Mitstuha is actually very "girly", if they aren't used to sports and running, IMO. Guessing someone else probably posted about messages of love not disappearing. They did call out the mayor as being her dad in the beginning of the movie when he was campaigning and called her out to stand up straight. Then they had the flashback with her story and dad leaving and going into politics, leaving the grandmother to raise them.
Japan is a very interesting culture steep in tradition and legends. I think that's why their stories are so rich, because they can pull from those ancient stories and put a twist on them. Excellent reaction. You didn't cry as much, but that's okay. I'll have to check out the rest of your channel.
(Sorry in advance for the long post) I'm not sure if anyone mentioned it, but at the beginning, the slicing of the tomato signifies that it's the next day, where Mitsuha was back in her body. I was very confused the first time I watched it too!
Something that the director/creator Makoto Shinkai confirmed later, was that after Taki wrote "I love you" (すきだ - sukida) on Mitsuha's hand, she was actually going to write "I love you" as well... you can tell because Hiragana (one of the Japanese alphabets) have specific stroke orders for characters - Mitsuha writes her "mi" with a curving downward stroke (we see that earlier in the film when she writes it on Taki's hand during her first time in his body), whereas she started a stroke from left to right, which is the first stroke of "su" for "sukida".
If you ever rewatch it, you'll notice that Tsukasa and Okudera both are wearing rings at the end. With Tsukasa it was when they were giving Taki crap for his suit in the cafe.
There's a physiological response that some people get with music in movies called "frisson" - one way it comes out is via "goosebumps"... there's a video about frisson on YT that I'd highly recommend by KindaNeet. Directors intentionally attempt to draw out those feelings that cause frisson because it's such a powerful feeling.
I'm so glad you liked it, because this anime changed my life. It got me into drawing art again, and making it my career.
As an individual that’s bilingual in English in Japanese, let me explain 12:42-12:50 for you in depth!
She as Taki said “Watashi” in a casual situation. That’s a very feminine term to use _casually,_ and I highlight that because men will use Watashi formally. Then, she jumped to an even stranger term for a teenager to use, “Watakushi” which is typically used by older or more experienced individuals, *NOT* a teen boy talking to his buddies. She realizes this from their expression and jumps to “Boku,” which is a moderately masculine term for self. This wouldn’t be wrong, if not for Taki himself. Taki isn’t really polite and boku is used in casual situations where someone is being a little more uptight or polite. Finally, she jumps to “Ore” which is much more fitting for a loud-mouthed, impulsive teen boy like Taki talking with his buds.
A little explanation: Mitsuha's family devoted their lives to the shrine and tradition in Itomori but for generations it was unknown about the reason of the tradition because of the fire disaster grandma mentioned. The point of keeping the ritual and shrine is to prevent the demise of the people of Itomori, the shrine have a picture of the tiamat comet meaning it's already been put in a prophecy. The body swap is the gift of the god for Mitsuha's family and by extent people of Itomori for still keeping the tradition even when it's lost the meaning. Mitsuha's soul was sent to the future asking to help and where do soul attach? To the body of their soulmate of course! Mitsuha's soul asking for help from Taki in an indirect way. So I believe Taki and Mitsuha were always destined to meet because they're soulmates. The same thing probably happens with Mitsuha's mom and dad, and Mitsuha's Grandma and grandpa but they forget most of it because the danger was far away in the future, that's why Mitsuha's dad knew there's different person inside Mitsuha when she grabbed his neck, and Grandma also told that she have similar dream when she's young. Plus the I love You scene is particularly powerful since people don't remember others from what somebody said or do, but by how that person make them feel, that's why Mitsuha can keep going on and convince her mayor dad to evacuate.
I've experienced something like this before. dreaming about that one sweet girl. feels so real but ik it's a dream. after I woke up I cried my eyes out and wanted to go back to dreaming again so I can meet her...
that was the last time I saw her, never again :')
until now I'm still curious about that girl... feels like something is missing and I don't know why...
I'm jealous of you. Cause u can feel the first time watch that movie. I Miss that feeling :'
The anime movie "Weathering with you" mitsuha and taki made an apearance as cameo, glad that they are married now.
Stella is the best thing that ever happened to this channel
Agreed!!! Lol
Super cool thanks for the reaction!
One of my favorite movies that i was just wasnt expecting it to be so amazing when i first heard about that. I remember when it was revealed that Mitsuha was dead by the comet and that it happend three years ago, I was blown away by those twists since I just assumed it was a normal love story with switching bodies. I also didn't expect that mitsuha and her friends to become basically terrorist to save everyone. The director also did Weathering With You which Taki and Mitsuha make a cameo appearance in.
I'm a year late. But.. 15:20
Stella: The ladies love the feminine man.
Stella: What did I tell ya, I know this things. 😌😎
Also the movie is released on 2016.
You're not wrong, if its in 2016 maybe. 🤭
The United States is not a country of natives, it's a country of immigrants, that's why it doesn't have traditions, it has people from all over the world living in it, like for example chinese people that go to America take their traditions with them and celebrate their own holidays and stuff like that, same with any other nationality, that's why the United States doesn't have a strong personality and traditions as other countries like Japan, because people don't share the same mentality and traditions
ive watched this movie 2 or 3 times now in the last year and have watched 2 reactions in the last week, it feels like so much goes on but happens so quick at the same time
I love this movie and I watched it so many times. OF I rewatched it with your reaction and I got tears again 😢
This music always gets me😖
The dance that Mitsuha and her sister Yotsuha perform in the ceremony was actually choreographed by some modern Kabuki dancers hired by the creator expressly for the film. The dance actually tells the story of the comet, how it breaks up, and has done so in the past and will do so again. In the story that meaning was lost, but apparently people who know kabuki who watched the film knew what was was going to happen. If you notice the town was built in a crater, and the "underworld" was also a crater, which had been formed a previous time 1200 years earlier when the comet came by and a piece broke off. Rewatch it and you'll pick up other threads especially if you pay close attention to everything they say. Shinkai is master at hints in his visuals, like seeing Mitsuha's friends and sister in Tokyo at the end but only in passing, but he is also a wordsmith, and the translators did a great job of making sure the English caught the clues from Japanese. This film should go down as one of the all-time greats.
1200 years before: Comet Tiamat is passing by earth and splitting while 2 parts hit near Itomori village. The larger one creates a hole, which would fill up with water and create Itomori lake. A smaller one hits a nearby mountain top and creates the place for the later to be found shrine.
Inbetween the local residents form Itomori village and the Miyamizu shinto priest family founds the vessel for their local deity in the nerby crater to honor the creation of their lake and village. The origins were painted on the inside of the cave, where they would worship their past.
200 years before: A fire sparks in the bathroom of a local resident named Mayugoru. The fire spreads over the village and also the local shrine, where the scrolls of the rituals where stored. The rituals and their meanings are destroyed at this incident and the Miyamizu family keeps continuing their traditions and rituals without knowing their true meaning.
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Miyamizu Hitaba (Mitsuhas grandma) is having dreams of a stranger in her youth, but loses all of her memories. She never finds her "soulmate", but keeps going on passing the family traditions to her later born daughter Miyamizu Futaba.
Futaba is having strange dreams in her youth. One is a reoccuring nightmare of Itomori getting destroyed by a comet. Also she seems to switch bodies with an unknown stranger. A few years later she meets a young man from Tokyo, which she would fall in love "on first sight" and marry. She would later tell him about her reoccuring nightmare and that she knew she would marry him, when she first saw him, because she felt she knew him for her whole life.
Futaba would have two children: Mitsuha and Yotsuha. Some years later she will die to an unkown illness. Her husband never copes with the loss and leaves the shrine he is supposed to lead, because he was in love with futaba, not the shrine. The two girls stay with her grandmother, who would pass the Miyamizu shrine traditions on them.
September 2013: Mitsuha is having strange dreams in which she would live the live of a young boy named Taki, who lives in the city area of Tokyo. For a few weeks they keep switching their bodies while sleeping and living the other ones live.
October 2013: The day before the comet is getting at his closest to earth Mitsuha is visiting Tokyo and finds Taki in person, which does not recognize her. She is giving him her braided cords. When she gets back home, she asks her grandma to cut her hair.
The next day comet Tiamat is passing earth again and another part is splitting, which hits Itomori village which leads to its total destruction.
September 2016: Taki is having strange dreams in which he is living the daily life of a girl named Mitsuha, which lives in the rural area in the town of Itomori. For a few weeks he is switching places with her in his sleep. After a few weeks the switching suddenly stops and does not occur anymore. Taki is despereate to find Mitsuha and starts looking for a way.
November 2016: Taki has recreated a few pictures of Itomori town from his very blurred memory. He takes his notes and starts a one-day-trip to the rural area to find the city.
He learns, that the city was destroyed in the comet incident three years ago. The next day he is visiting the vessel of the local deity. He wakes up the next day without knowing, why he was there in the first place and returns to Tokyo.
Summer 2021: Taki has finished school and is looking for a job. He still has the feeling something is missing in his life and he keeps searching for something or someone.
December 2021: Taki expieriences a moment, where he would meet a women on a footbridge, but he feels weird asking a stranger out, so he just keeps going by.
April 2022: Taki sees a women on a bypassing train and feels, she is the one he is searching for. The next stop he is leaving the train and running to find her. They meet a few streets away and pass by. Taki finally asks her for her name.
A few things aside:
- The reason Taki and Mitsuha are forgetting their time in the other ones body is because "dreams are fading, after you wake up". It's part of the construct of time keeping itself safe, so they would forget each other.
- The same things happened to other female members of the Miyamizu family in the past, accompanied with reoccuring nightmares of the town getting destroyed by a comet. Mitsuhas mother actually also found her "soulmate" years after her "dream time" and married him. When she met Mitsuhas father she had the same "feeling" of knowing that person, but doesnt know why, like Mitsuha and Taki, when they meet at the stairs.
- The notes on Takis phone are disappearing for the same reason. They are a proof for time being distorted and therefor may not exist.
- The ritual performed by Mitsuha and Yotsuha in the beginning is actually telling the story of the comet splitting and crashing on earth to create Itomori lake 1200 years ago. But because all of the rituals meaning was lost in the big fire of Mayugoru, noone knows that anymore.
- Taki knows, that writing down his name on Mitsuhas palm would not work because it would either vanish (as other messages they left) or Mizuha would not know, what the name is supposed to mean. Again time protecting itself. BUT as told by japanese folklore all true messages of love are protected by the moon god, so they would not be affected by that. By writing "I love you" he is leaving her the only message he can, to help and motivate her.
- Mitsuha does also not try to write her name on his palm. When she finishes the day we first see her in Taki's body she is leaving her name and writing it with a downward loop at the start... But when she is starting to write on Takis palm while in "kataware" - the twilight - she starts with a horizontal line... Exactly the same way Taki did for the "I love you".
- Mitsuha is able to convince her father of evacuating the town because when she enters his office she reminds him of his beloved wife and he remembers her telling him about her reoccuring nightmare of the town getting destroyed by the comet.
- The reason Taki and Mitsuha are forgetting the other ones name after their meeting in Kataware is because of the "sacrifice". Remember, that place is the underworld and as Mitsuhas grandma explained in order to leave you have to sacrifice, what is the most important thing to you. For both Taki and Mitsuha after leaving that place, that is the identity of each other... They forget because they are the most important thing to each other.
- In 2021 we see Okudera is married, when she is with Taki. She actually married Tsukasa, Takis friend and classmate. They became a couple after their trip to Itomori, where Taki ditched them at the inn and they returned to Tokyo on their own.
- After meeting in April 2022 Mitsuha and Taki also get married later on (in 2024). They have a guest appearance in the movie "Weathering with you" by the same director, which is playing in the same universe.
12:42 in japanese language , there are many words mean '' I '' . for example ... watashi , watakushi , boku , ore , atashi , uchi , oira , ora(Goku) , oi , wate , temae , sesshya , atai , chin ... we japanese use them differently depending on our position and the situation at the time .
Your eyes are very pretty. I liked your reaction and analysis!
This movie made me cry for the first time in 4-5 years probably never understood people who cry while watching movies but this one broke me 😭😂
loved the reaction!! idk if this is your first solo reaction but it’s my first time seeing you on a video alone, and i’m happy you’re part of the channel ❤
A Silent Voice
Let Me Eat Your Pancreas are others greate anime movie! LMEYP already got live action version!
Before Your Name in Makoto Shinkai's universe, there is the Garden of Words. The story is all about Mitsuha's teacher and her teen lover.
Studio Ghibli is infamous for killing reaction channels!
I heard they wait until three videos are uploaded and then strike all three at once with copyright infringements.
Therefore as great as their movies are, I don’t recommend reacting to them.
That said, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Howl‘s Moving Castle are indeed must-watch anime. And you probably also like When Marnie Was Here.
Definitely recommend A Silent Voice. An amazing film. A series that you'd like that is very similar to Your Name is Erased. Won't say to much more about it but it does evoke some of the same feelings as Your Name but told in a diffrent way across 12 episodes. Loved the reaction to my Fav movie of all time ❤️
There was a Japanese show that reflected on this movie sometime after its release as they noticed its popularity among the older generation keeping it in the movie charts (despite the film being marketed to young adults/teens). They invited some older generation folks to a special screening and placed cameras in the movie theatre towards the audience, then interviewed the people afterwards. Needless to say, many of the old folks were in tears, and noted that the "red string of fate" which is prevalent in Eastern oriental cultures was something they experienced in their own lives - like an invisible bond - some people said they met their spouse/soul mate or found something they were looking for.
Here's the segment from that Japanese show back then - th-cam.com/video/gTsafIFkxTs/w-d-xo.html
That was every interesting, thanks for sharing that and the link.
a small note about the sake. alcohols are derived from a fermentation process. chewing the rice physically breaks it down along w salivary amylase, an enzyme in the spit, helps chemically. it seems gross now, but that's relative to modern times. the chewing process is still used today w/ some tribes in the amazon and probably various locations around the world.
This movie wasn't a sad cry. I love non-sad cries.
Thank your reaction I love it.
One thing I don't think enough people talk about is how uniquely Japanese this movie is. The issue of tradition vs modernization is a very big part of the Japanese discourse, and natural disasters as well are unfortunately quite a common occurrence in Japanese history and tie into a lot of the folklore. Obviously art is up to interpretation, but to me this movie seems like a heartwarming message of cultural solidarity across generations, genders, and more - a message that the bonds between people and places are stronger than their differences and stronger than whatever catastrophes may come their way.
Your name is my favorite movie ❤️💙💚
What a great reaction, your feeling felt very real when you saw the movie! It's the first video I see on your channel, so I'll recommend you another anime movie: A Silent Voice, it's also very good.
Would totally love to recommend my favourite non-action movie which is "I want to eat your pancreas". Yes it is a weird title. But boi did it win my heart. I only seen Your Name, Silent Voice and 'I want to eat your pancreas' for movies, but i put 'I want to eat your pancreas' on a much higher pedestal of love compared to silent voice and your name for myself ^_^
よく見るとミツハはi-phone5使ってて、タキはi-phone6使ってるからこの時点で時間軸にズレがあることを表してる
I have always wanted to make a movie or tv series make me sob but my damn dysfunctional tearducts refuse to, this movie and plastic memories were the only ones close to it
Mitsuha reappears in Weathering With You, as a bit part
Since you mentioned grave of firefly, I would suggest in this corner of the world, this movie is very underrated in the west and it shouldn’t
Go watch "weather with you". Then you will know the ending of Mitsuha and Taki
First off you are so beautiful 😍. I would say "Me Before You", "Love Jones", "Kate and Leopold" as far as live action romance.
"Your Name", "I Want To Eat Your Pancreas" (not really romance but did have some elements), "Weathering With You"-anime movies,
"Love, Chunibyo, and Other Delusions" , "Tsukigakirei", "My Dress Up Darling", "Toradora", "Fuuka" anime series.
That's all I can think of at the top of my head
if you would like another movie, In This Corner of the World(Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni) is a great one 😶🌫
"Imagine knowing a place like that and just having it gone in a second, the entire town"
The 311 tsunami in 2011 that hits a lot of Japanese people and their coast side home towns. 🕯
I whatch this movie 3 year past I really like it our this anime movie is my favourite 🤗🤗🤗🤗 I whatch 18 time 😀😀😀 and this anime Hindi dubbed is really good 🤗 love from India
Every single person I have seen watch this forgot that the very first scene, in the opening credits, has them both as adults in Tokyo thinking about how their is something missing from their lives.
Did you get the version where they didn’t show that he wrote “I love you” instead of his name?
I can’t believe you wouldn’t have reacted to that if you saw it.
Also, when you saw Miss Okudara with his friend, you asked if they were going to get together, and according to the person who made it, yes they did.
I also do t think they were taunting the audience with them not meeting - I think they were trying to show that the universe was trying to bring them together, but as they didn’t remember each other, weren’t willing to take that leap of faith to say “hey, don’t I know you from somewhere” until eventually, they just said “I can’t take it any more, I have to know why she seems to be a part of me”
I must say I really love this movie! It's definitely one Shinkai's best, not really surprising, if you consider the production level and animation quality.
Yet it is still a bit different from his previous ones, which were even more artistic, but essentially makes it a bit more suitable for a wider audience.
Still the story itself is so well thought out and the whole production catches and transports so specific, romanticised and almost nostalgic emotions,
it really stands out compared to other modern movies, animated or not.
And on top, the movie is really suitable for multiple views! Because if you know what happens, you are much more susceptible for all the small hints spread out
through the movie. Not only hinting the possible "background" of the story and it's past, especially surrounding Mitsuhas family. It also leaves hints to
whats happening in the news that run in the background, the phone screens of both protagonists but especially in the stories of Mitsuha's grandmother...
A really well thought out love story, even for those who aren't normally fans of animated movies!
Unfortunately this movies successor isn't quiet at that level. It is still at a very high production level and the story is nice as well, but if you have seen this one,
you'll realize immediately that they are just too similar for it to really stand out on it's own, which is actually unusual for Shinkai's works.
But I can definitely recommend his older ones, doesn't matter which one...
This has nothing to do with the movie (which I love dearly), but I love your style and make up in this video. You are literally radiating beauty :)
@11:30 im an identical twin, and in school we would swap classes, and let me tell you, its so hard to sit there and try to navigate a classroom you've never stepped foot in, no clue if your bff's with the kid next to you, or enemies, not knowing where your seat is, or what the teachers teaching :)
Howl’s Moving Castle is my favorite Ghibli film next to Spirited Away. I would love to see y’all do a reaction if you haven’t already seen the movie. 😊
Spirited away. Howl's moving castle. Are two golden oldies in anime movies.
Idk if it was mentioned but you need to watch “Weathering with you” from the same director and makers of “Your Name” & it’s in the same universe! A must see
i havnt seen a reaction for it on this channel, i recommend The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Ok!! ill keep that one in mind!!!
In my mind, the town's Kami was working very very hard to save its people.
I like to think it was 'cheating' very hard to manipulate those threads of fate.
この映画は愛を可視化した物語です
ハッキリ愛が見えたでしょ?
Man you made me tear again.
Some of the most beautiful stories I have seen I seen them in anime. This is one is one of my favorite ones, it is amazing, it has everything, romance, mistery, thriller, and a happy ending. Not to mention the animation which is amazing to be 2D hand draw animation as far as I know. I would recomend you to watch some others I love that I have in my personal collection. All of them are series, I little old and some kind of long, like Eureka Seven, One Punch Man, that one is hilarious, Oh! My Goddess! The OVAs, that is how it came out first, Sowrd Art Online, the first seasson is the best, altough I havent seen all of them. Just to mention some. Great video and reaction! Thank you!