Anime Review: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Hosoda Month)

Today for Hosoda Month, I present a review of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time! Subtle in its message, this is arguably Mamoru Hosoda's best written feature film.
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[@sofitssofi]

I'm seriously disappointed there's no video theorising over the anime's many subtle hints that could make the movie even deeper. The ending is so open to be interpreted yet no one's actually doing that. Why can't we have an extremely detailed analysis just like the ones for Undertale?

[@maujo2009]

Like Auntie Witch being Makoto's future self?

[@sofitssofi]

Mau Jo I hadn't thought of that. One could argue that Summer Wars takes place in the same universe but further in the future where timetraveling is now an option.

[@gab_gallard]

Aunt Kazuko is not Makoto. It's Kazuko, the protagonist of the original novel. What many don't realize is that this film is not an adaptation of the novel, but a direct sequel. Read this and you'll understand better. The ending is actually pretty sadistic when you realize all this stuff www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/yeeoi/the_girl_who_leapt_through_time_isnt_some_gushy/

[@ComedyPal667]

Gabriel Gallardo thanks a lot man

[@monj5492]

I think that's a terrible theory because that would imply Makoto would have been able to see herself during all her time leaps. This wasn't 'Back to the Future' style time travelling. Makoto would be in the position of herself of wherever she was in that moment of time, not a separate entity or body.

[@mparchie]

I too would leap through time to eat my pudding again.

[@monj5492]

I was thinking that Makoto was supposed to have died and Chiaki actually went back in time to save her. I thought that's what was meant by him saying "I'll be waiting for you" at the end when he hugged her, because Chiaki would now be able to see Makoto alive in the future. It only makes sense considering this is after Chiaki told Makoto to not get hurt by jumping in front of things in lieu of what Makato was hoping would be Chiaki reconfessing his love to her. I thought the story was really being weaved by Chiaki as an effort to save Makoto from getting hit by the train. After all, Chiaki did seem to be a regretful and moody figure when he was explaining the future to Makoto. Regarding speculations w/ little evidence from the film: Maybe Chiaki wasn't allowed to directly save Makoto, thus letting her fall on the charging ball device to "mistakenly" give her the powers. There's also the question of how Chiaki was getting punished in the future for telling Makoto of the future before she had leaped for the final time - how was he punished? Maybe the aunt had a connection with this event, and maybe she was meant to serve as an authority figure meant to control Makoto because of Chiaki indirectly giving Makoto leaping powers - so as not to negatively affect the future.

[@jossu7275]

I love this interpretation the most, and it makes so much sense. When Makoto finds the object, it seems like Chiaki dropped it purposely.

[@ryzakatricev.evangelista4623]

THIS! I initially thought this was the plot of the movie especially when Chiaki said that he came from the future. I literally gasped at that moment

[@KevinNyaa]

Hosoda Month vs Ecchi Month You decide. In all seriousness, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is arguably Hosoda's best written film. Do you agree or disagree?

[@zeadsi]

disagreed, *Wolf Children* was his only film that didn't make me want to face palm myself into oblivion lol Hosoda has easy to watch movies but nothing he does really stands out. Very formulaic and easily predictable. enjoyable? yes. Good? not really.

[@unritardatoqualsiasi]

what about alex's praise month?

[@ShroomRPG]

Ecchi month wins because it has ecchi.

[@PersonaSimon]

agreed

[@AlexThekami]

I pick Praise Month. Because fuck Chinese Cartoons.

[@MrSqilz]

2 questions that are left unanswered how did the aunt know about her powers? (didn't makoto get her powers by falling on that futuristic thing?) what's up with the ending? ''i'll be waiting for you''?

[@maujo2009]

There's the theory that auntie Witch _is_ Makoto's future self. Then, if in the future she gained the ability of indefinite time-leaping, she would be in a bootstrap paradox, _having_ to go back in time to talk to her younger self and fulfilling Chiaki's promise.

[@PlaybyRaine]

thats confusing but isnt the aunt the mom's sister..

[@shigechi8627]

+RainDiamond shhh don't question it. It's anime.

[@Statusinator]

This film is an adaptation of sorts of the novel of the same name, of which Makoto's auntie is the protagonist

[@xueyangtew2456]

Genetically passing down time traveling powers

[@Adude12]

I loved it so much! It made me laugh and cry throughout the entire movie. Oh my god i longed a movie like this for so long!!!

[@KiDSZN]

Does it have a happy ending?

[@hameedaafreen9427]

why chiaki wants to see the painting??

[@isam_ii502]

cuz apparently staring at it for too long completely calms you down and throws your stress away

[@zefiro6829]

@@isam_ii502 [cue flashbacks to the Grumps' House Party Let's Play]

[@MasterQuestMaster]

I loved that movie because I am a time travel fan.

[@penguindrummer252]

Der ist selbst hier ?? Kaum zu glauben :D ^^

[@MasterQuestMaster]

Leonard Ganswindt Ich bin überall und nirgends >:O

[@penguindrummer252]

Du bist mysteriös und komplex :o

[@KiDSZN]

I wanna watch it but please tell me it has a happy ending

[@eli-do4zm]

can someone pls explain the ending when chiaki says “ill be waiting for you” like omg THEY NEED 2 be TOGETHER😭😭💖💘

[@thesimplifestyle2022]

eliana someone else already commented that( I haven’t read the novel so you should read their comment explaining the link) or just read it www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/yeeoi/the_girl_who_leapt_through_time_isnt_some_gushy/

[@universalspaceexpeditioner8259]

He is 700 years) in the future (in the books so he just wanted to express his love for her. He knows she will not live long enough to reach his time 700 years later.

[@flowerpufsquid9044]

My theory is that the girl Makoto represents the Now and the boy Chiaki the future. The film is a big metaphor, it isnt here to hypothesize about time travel but rather to implement the importance and meaning of the existence of art and history (the painting), that we must cherish it. Chiaki tells Makoto that his world doesn't have a lot of people, there is a lot of nature.. thus saying that his world is post apocalyptic and it all happened because just one peace of art and history got lost, and so an apocalypse took place. This also shows us how important every single one of us is. One breath will have an affect on the other side of the world its not a matter of if but rather when, thus the saying time waits for no one. It is what you do with the time you have that changes the world for better or worse. At the very end Chiaki says he will be waiting for her, that meant that the future depends and is created by whatever the now does and what history remembered , they are like two ends of a string. They never kiss because the future is bearly visible or known for the now, we can only guess what future holds, it is far away in some sence. Detail scene: they show us that Makoto died as one possibility because she wasn't thinking about the broken break of the byke and was rushing forward way too fast thus we got extinct and a new form of life began (the train).

[@Mc4est]

lol.... my brain is telling me the bad ending... cause her aunt restore a painting while waiting for someone then now makoto making sure "the painting will get through the future" meaning she'll restore the painting while going for someone (which is chiaki) .. and chiaki is time leaping so you know what i mean..

[@Blackbirdofheaven]

I thought the music was great! & the other characters too! Specially chiaki, he was so relatable & he just felt real. Sometimes anime characters make me cringe because they do things that just don’t seem normal or it comes off as cartoonish but Makotos friends made me want to be there with them.

[@billfurler93]

I was really enjoying the movie until the end,what does "I'll be waiting in the future" mean?

[@hikaruriko6504]

Same

[@thesimplifestyle2022]

www.reddit.com/r/FanTheories/comments/yeeoi/the_girl_who_leapt_through_time_isnt_some_gushy/ sorry about that( the link explains everything about the end)

[@soukai3811]

probably he will wait for her in the future ... means they will meet again in the future.

[@loliwinxedits6095]

See u yesterday

[@joselleannetv]

@@thesimplifestyle2022 thank you for the link. I think I just broke my heart after reading it. 😭

[@ArchAngelManga]

I really like this film! And especially love Hosoda, his films have such high rewatchability!

[@GLENLOVESUBWAY]

Would have been an easy 10/10 if it had been "The Lesbian Who Leapt Through Time." Hosoda pls give

[@Vettespeed]

I agree I would have r8 8/8.

[@Lucifer-wi9ue]

GLENLOVESUBWAY i’m 3 years late, I’m sorry but I’m crying back here *wheeze.*

[@Æəæə]

I'm 4 years late & I find your comment hilarious especially in these times.

[@issy785]

5 years late

[@loliwinxedits6095]

Wait. So she has to be gay to make it a better movie?

[@watchulla]

I cried so so bad at the end of this

[@HonestPhil]

"Just how fast time flies by in your life and shouldn't waste it lazing around" Story of my fucking life. Oh you did not just say something bad about the character design, huuuuh?! ... It's fine, you said it was personal preference so I'll forgive you. Good review Kevin~

[@renzlrk4738]

Like what zilean said “time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.”

[@CampingforCool41]

This was the first Hosoda movie I saw, and I loved it. The characters are simplistic, but it's just such a relaxing movie to watch, but also funny at times.

[@TheCartoonCipher]

God damn it Kevin If this is suppose to motivate me to finish my wolf children review then it's working Great vid

[@KevinNyaa]

MrAJcosplay You better, cause like it or not a review of Wolf Children is coming in 2 weeks time! :D

[@hipersonicc9736]

the soundtrack is amazing

[@Elias_90]

yes finally, more than one video in one month Thnx Kevin

[@KevinNyaa]

Lik Chern Lee Your welcome! :3

[@Elias_90]

***** can you also do a review with Glen too?

[@itsAiya]

nice review dude :) i really enjoyed this movie.

[@lopsangdlama]

how did she get a second chance to leap through time after running out of the number of times she could? that is something I didn't understand in the movie?

[@MichaelSchomer]

I have to say very well done review! My only critique is sometimes the white text were hard to read because of the footage you used in some areas were bright.

[@rawdasalmataman7908]

I liked this movie alot and I liked its message. It is one of my favourite films of all time and I like how the time travel is done in it. If I was makoto I would have definitely done the same she did. I still fail to understand this quote " with great power comes great responsibility" But I understood the message of the anime and it is " time waits for no one."

[@suatt38]

Kinda pissed me off when makoto declined the guy's date, than got jealous after when the other girl asked him out, such a spitting image of most girls out there...

[@tobeornottobelikebtob1680]

If chiaki was a teenager how old was he when he did the paint?

[@TheBDT87]

The score was given was fair, I really enjoyed this movie and I enjoy it even more through each time I watch it. The character face designs I don't like as much but not in this film but in Wolf's Children.

[@KevinNyaa]

Yeah, I also have the same problem with Ghibli films. I don't like their character designs, but everything else is great!

[@TheBDT87]

***** taking a stab with me is it! Leave Ghibli alone!!! lol

[@seanmatthewvalmocina1406]

just wanted to know if its happy ending

[@momokolove]

As someone who only can really watch movies with happy or open endings, it was alright. It was more of an open ending, that set up so the future had good possibilities, and everyone was happy at the end, but it still felt a little off for me personally

[@janchrstnuy]

Great review!

[@TamaChien]

What do you think about Steins;Gate and why do you think it's shit?

[@KevinNyaa]

Chien Low I don't think Steins;Gate is shit, where did you get that idea?

[@TamaChien]

merely guessing haha so whats so good bout it

[@KevinNyaa]

Don't really want to spoil, why don't you just go and watch it? :3

[@TamaChien]

i did :p

[@Stuff4funst4g]

I'm not quite sure what's the meaning behind you and Matt's quarrel.

[@RCAnime]

It's professional rivalry.

[@KevinNyaa]

RCAnime Fuck off, Matt.

[@GenkiRuss]

Well I went out to my local HMV (DVD store) and brought the Blu Ray, so yeah you sold it pretty well.

[@KevinNyaa]

It's great, totally worth it!

[@shayoko6]

traveling thru time is interesting but seems the execution seems boring

[@yongliu1230]

why am i the oly one that thought the last scene there was a meteor going to destroy the world with thoe plane engine noises too

[@KiDSZN]

Does it have a happy ending?

[@yongliu1230]

@@KiDSZN yea I guess

[@faydaway]

Did you watch this film in dub? Cos u used the clips and I thought u never watched dubs, it is a very good dub though.

[@KevinNyaa]

Alex Cook I used dub cause I couldn't be bothered removing the sub titles.

[@fan9531]

So when you say the voice acting is good did you mean the dub,sub or both?

[@KevinNyaa]

Sub, I haven't watched this dub.

[@momokolove]

The dub sounds awful from these voice clips tbh

[@deletthis5040]

SPOILERS IDK if the ending was supposed to be sad. It felt that way yo me at least. If Chiaki was going back to his time where the recharge device was made then couldn't he come back whenever he wants and just keep going home to recharge?

[@nicole-ip4yf]

32943810143938 32943810143938 ok im 1yr late but this is a sequel to a novel right? does it mean aunt witch also met chiaki?

[@RCAnime]

Ecchi Month>Hosoda Month

[@KevinNyaa]

RCAnime Good Luck.

[@RCAnime]

***** Merry Christmas

[@FinalFragment1]

Kevin do a reaction video to MeMeMe! Or an analysis please.

[@KevinNyaa]

Cameron Why? So many people have done it already, plus I don't think there's anything really special about it.

[@FinalFragment1]

***** Because your reactions are funny but if you don't wanna do it its fine, I'm still looking forward to your Hosoda Month :)

[@manabe2237]

I liked this movie

[@christianboi7690]

When she speaks fast she reminds me of Helga from Hey Arnold.

[@jewel-kun9730]

Needs a sequel

[@shigechi8627]

00:35 sonuvabitch

[@thevibranteyepc8594]

Sanstheskeleton Ahhh 😂. Steins gate joke.

[@dumebianthony-nwaokolo1072]

So sweet🤗😢😭😊.

[@TehAnimeHQ]

Ah great review for a good movie. :D

[@janele865]

I have read the book I mean the story by Yasutaka Tsutsui, this anime movie is really different from the original book lol I don't understand and still don't get the ending. Actually I have watched the anime movie first then I dicided to buy the book for reading the ending in details but everything is totally different, from the name of character to the content then the plot twist in book the main character doesn't leap through time so many times like this... Ugh and in the book there has one more story behind this story end I didn't get it and still confused lol.

[@Baulx138]

Jane Le In the movie the aunt witch is the protagonist of the novel. She gives subtle hints about it in the movie. From what others have said, this movie takes place after her story

[@CCSakura92]

Erm, question.. How come she still got 1 last chance to time leapt, which was shown after *SPOILERS* Chiaki said goodbye to her? I was counting. When Makoto time leapt to avoid Chiaki asking her if she is time leaping, that was supposed to be her last time. Just how come and why is it that she still have one last time to time leapt?

[@jayce1063]

When chiaki leaped to reverse the train accident makoto regained her last one.

[@CCSakura92]

apocalyse hex Ohh....... Finally. Thanks man.

[@hameedaafreen9427]

why chiaki wants to see the painting? and at the end why he said ill be waiting for u??

[@littletomato6561]

sadia 191491 He wanted to see the painting because it gets destroyed in the future.

[@penguindrummer252]

Does you like Spice and Wolf?

[@penguindrummer252]

Me wanna know :

[@toulyv9370]

I love this movie.

[@BenjamimaLP]

m8 u dissing yoshiyuki sadamoto?

[@aquamarinerhino3291]

3:33 I’d somewhat disagree 😂 not that I didn’t enjoy it

[@joshuafalck_]

Oh boy. The live action film sucked. So much. I want my two hours back.

[@espinoalexandriar.4202]

Lol, want to leap through time?

[@scribeeadia1071]

bruhh

[@zeadsi]

*The Girl Who Leapt Through Time* was very uneventful, with time travel being used in a way done countless of times. It did nothing new, from the use of time travel to the cringe worthy love triangle nonsense. The only thing it had going for it was the nice audiovisuals. 5/10

[@KevinNyaa]

SilverVeil There's no love triangle... Plus time travel hans't really been done that often in anime. There is a climax in the story, with a subtle underlying theme. Also it's only an hour and a half, do you expect it to have multiple events without having a story/message?

[@zeadsi]

***** not in the traditional sense of a "love triangle" but the platform was there. "Plus time travel hans't really been done that often in anime" when did I say anime? I said "time travel being used in a way done countless of times"... I'm referring to all forms of media that deals with time travel. This movie uses the vanilla of time travel, being no different from others. "There is a climax in the story, with a subtle underlying theme" there's absolutely nothing subtle about having "time waits for no one" written on a board moments before the actual leap of time lol It's shoe horned in and felt artificial. Like a movie about life quoting Biblical verses. Besides going back in time to increase the times you can jump was such a huge asspull that there's no need for a set number of leaps you can take, simply reset by jumping time again. That "climax" broke any immersion of plausibility the movie had going for it. "Also it's only an hour and a half, do you expect it to have multiple events without having a story/message?" multiple events? no I simply expect a movie to capture a believable and satisfying story without being juvenile about it's message. *Ghost in the Shell*: 1hr 20mins *Grave of the Fireflies*: 1hr 28mins *Eve no Jikan*: 1hr 46mins *Wolf Children*: 1hr 50mins *Princess Mononoke*: 2hrs within their time periods they managed to tell a compelling story while setting themselves apart. And that's just to name a few. Hell even *House of Small Cubes*, which was only 10 minutes long, captured in depth characterization without even muttering a word, so what's your point?

[@blehbleh8143]

Does film have to be "big" like Avengers to be great? I don't think so. And if you think this film is uneventful, you should watch Makoto Shinkai's films.

[@zeadsi]

+Kezia Hutabarat The Avengers? Why would you compare a movie like that to this? I get what you're trying to say but your example is far fetched. Also when were we talking about the scale of the movie? You're bringing up something that wasn't a part of the conversation. "And if you think this film is uneventful, you should watch Makoto Shinkai's films." The irony is too much. The man that dedicates all his film to timed events that decay or flourish a relationship is used as an example of "uneventful".

[@blehbleh8143]

While Avengers are too far-fetched, I still disagree that a film has to be eventful to be good. In that case, you have to watch The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller, and classics like Taxi Driver. Define uneventful then. You called a film with a concrete story of a girl who misuses her power and learns from it yet you said it's an irony to call a man who only makes a film of two or more saying pretentious poetic shits and writes his story in a speed of a snail.