Why I Hate Your Name (Kimi no Na wa)

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Shinkai's influences with body swapping -
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Anti-Bullying LGBT Japan
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LGBT bulling in Japan
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Daisuke Watanabe on Your Name and it being Sekai-Kei (Japanese article untranslated) -
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Making of Your Name -
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Performative Acts and Gender Constitution -
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Japanese Definition of Sexual Assault -
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US Definition of Sexual Assault -
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Women in the Workplace -
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3/11 Disaster -
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Ethics of Sekai-kei -
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Maya Deren Creative Use of Reality -
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[@breadbotblue]

"Why I Hate Your Name" Me: But... What's so bad about my name?

[@mr.machees6488]

It’s not english

[@mugii4807]

@@mr.machees6488 lol

[@somedude8346]

The name is ok but the pfp makes 1 million times worse

[@heinzkohl7739]

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[@heinzkohl7739]

@@somedude8346 k yours truly stands out as superb though

[@RamiroEloy1997]

The Director/writer said he didn't like it. He wished he had more time to finish it.

[@tender3545]

More money

[@heinzkohl7739]

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[@singhji_437]

@@tender3545 it's the most grossed anime in the box movie in the world

[@tender3545]

@@singhji_437 that doesn't mean that they had enough money to make it?

[@rahulkuriakose136]

Probs to lessen the plot holes

[@25.nayakasyahidah58]

From personal experience, I think most people, including me, is distracted by the BEAUTIFUL visuals and didn't notice some of the flaws that you pointed out. Seriously, I came in thinking "How is it possible for someone to hate Kimi no Na Wa?" and after the first 8 minutes I was thinking "Huh. Good fricking point."

[@awkwardorangedrawz5914]

Yeah... Pretty much! 😂

[@SOLDIER1st_Class]

Hate is a strong word.

[@Nyayato]

Weathering with you is much more visually appealing

[@fredstead5652]

The stunning visuals and music just makes you forget about everything else

[@bmagada]

doesn't help that he's being nitpicky af and mostly because he doesn't get parts of it.

[@eatyourcereal7553]

I’m glad that this guy actually criticizes this movie with good points. it’s something I haven’t seen much of.

[@metalsadman]

And exposed other big movie reviewers, i laughed at chris's based statements of the movie xd.

[@K.a.Z__]

your name was beautiful but this guy got some points that are actually true

[@windandcloudshadow158]

@@metalsadman He gave It a higher score then Princess mononoke even thou Your name had a weak plot and forgettable characters but It was pretty to look at lol.

[@SM-ky6pb]

@@windandcloudshadow158 well i think it's a matter of personal preference. I like the plot. It gave a different look to an overused plot (body switching). The plot has depth for me and i don't think the plot is weak.

[@windandcloudshadow158]

@@SM-ky6pb Hmmm sure it all comes down to personal preference, to someone Twilight could have the best plot in all movie history I respect your opinion but to me it was nowhere near as good as the best anime movies of all time and is extremely overrated not bad but overrated.

[@NiiKey]

New movie genre: Lo-fi landscape gif generator

[@AntiCuteness]

Nii Key BRUH

[@MrSunnyboy1999]

ayyy u dropped a mad truth bomb

[@NaPH273]

mah man

[@wmurd]

more like hi-fi

[@zibsidian5215]

You just described 99% of Makoto Shinkai's work.

[@luiscortazar6291]

So how come they left notes on each character's smartphones and never checked the years.

[@tarogent]

When they switch bodies, each character will be in the others respective timeline, and so will their phones and the dates on their phones. For example; if you were to wake up in someone else's body living in 2016, their phone wouldn't show the date in the time YOU were living in.

[@luiscortazar6291]

@@tarogent I get the logic. But I still think its a bit farfetched that the year would never come into question especially seeing as the same date wouldn't fall on the same day. Like instead of a Thursday the 12th would be a Monday for example.

[@ashenguard_1437]

luis cortazar well a lot of phones won’t display the year but rather just the month and day so if it was taking place on the same day of a different year it’s plausible that they wouldn’t notice... but more importantly it’s just for the sake of the plot twist lol

[@bmagada]

@@luiscortazar6291 You think thats far fetched but not that fate itself deleted the messages?

[@rook349]

Mostly because Makoto Shinkai himself admitted that he could’ve had more time to properly finish the film.

[@lunatunaluna]

i feel like mistuha fell in love with taki's body and his school life rather than taki. like, she wanted to be him rather than be with him.

[@pyuun8275]

you could also argue that this is one of the most intense forms of love since two people loving each other so deeply that they emulate each other has been explored in things like the twin flames concept. in this, it’s not necessarily you love the idea of living the your partner’s life or being in their position, but the love you feel is so intense that every aspect of the latter is incorporated in your own life since you’re so greatly intertwined with them. meaning your connection with them is so great that you fall for everything that has to do with them, you seek out the same lifestyle that they have unconsciously and practically become the same because of that love. in mitsuha’s case, initially it appears she is infatuated with the city lifestyle of taki’s, and it’s apparent that she’s enjoying the experience because she desires elements of taki’s life but not him. the more the cycle progresses, though, it’s shown that she starts to fixate on taki’s affairs and things pertaining directly to him like his interests. living in his shoes, she’s exposed to the very things that make taki who he is, and in turn, her experience with these things makes her more drawn to the person’s life she’s living. in their own ways, i think they both come to love each other based on the information they pick up on one other during the cycle. even sharing the same experience individual to them of the cycle in itself is something that binds them together. the mutual understanding that only they have is the basis of the bond that grows between them. summed up, i think the love that stems from being in another’s perspective is due to the fact that you come to admire the position you find yourself in, not because you enjoy their environmental factors or you love yourself, but because you truly understand the other person and would further implement the qualities in their life in yours out of love for that person

[@alianor_x7722]

not true (lol) late

[@six______]

@@pyuun8275 you have made a fantastic point but to live through someones shoes and to say, fall in love with them due to how they live, still kind of seems like they just want to be eachother, not be with eachother

[@appleomangay2969]

They changed time to be with each other thats like breaking risking the world

[@Jinglejam425]

Yea but if u give me your name and then gave me a silent voice I will personally pick silent voice

[@domo5314]

My problem with this movie is how the relationship between the guy and girl is not really explored, the movie kind of just expected you to be like... oh they like each other for some reason ok.

[@user-bz1xk3pm2v]

Agreed. Your name still being my top 3 most favorite anime movies of all time. I’d have to say that the characters of the show are kinda it’s lowest point. I tried to remember the two main characters personalities, but they don’t rly have any personalities or love.

[@Jinglejam425]

That's what I thought also lol. Like I liked it but I felt like "is it about the town ending or love or both?"

[@Time-cc2qb]

I mean that's what made this movie unique

[@alakirte1399]

Yea, you don’t really see their chemistry and their dynamic but I think it’s doesn’t really need that. I think that it’s just natural for them to start falling for each other because you’re literally swapping bodies with them, you would be thinking “Is this fate?” You’re literally getting to know them by BEING them, it’s just something psychological.

[@cps1017]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@RaenTheBlack]

The problem with this movie or it's just me that I can't feel their love for each other. The love just came out of blue

[@a-rpo3705]

It's the movie, I feel that almost nothing about that movie narratively was done to such a degree that i can call it more than "meh"

[@openshores4288]

this! and it doesn't make sense that he/she is not aware of the dates provided that they are making daily notes and attending school and watching news

[@jackster34567]

But that kinda why it makes sense, love hits you like that , it has for me anyway. Infact the only true love i have had hit me like that out of the blue

[@chion6432]

Both of them never had lovers, so its kind of their first time having that kind connection by connection i mean sharing their lifestyles literally.

[@chion6432]

@Ben Tennyson Its not true love either, its just infatuation.

[@alejosuarez7584]

Citing sources?!? What kind of anime youtuber does that?

[@brianlowe904]

Alejo Suarez pause and select does it

[@dromalloma2651]

Alejo Suarez A competent one.

[@T.Gundham]

Comment with 666 likes coupled up with a reply with 69 likes? Perfection.

[@liam2988]

As much as I love Makoto Shinkai and his movies (especially Kimi no na wa) the fact that Taki has almost no personality is never brought up and I'm glad someone finally brought it up cause it's so true. Taki is just there, his only importance is that he switches bodies with Mitsuha. He is *as stated* "an observer"

[@VincentX709]

it's a positioning on "disconnection" the underlying themes suggest interconnection to be a primary theme. One character is extremely disconnected the other is the opposite, but both characters have connection & disconnection along their ways as well. Very simple truthfully.

[@liam2988]

@@VincentX709 I'll give you that. I obviously did not think about that, but honestly, I feel there should still be some reason for me to like or really care about Taki. I'm not trying to come off as rude or cynical about it, but if I'm speaking honestly, I just feel as if his character wasn't fleshed out enough. I get the whole idea around connection and disconnection. It makes perfect sense, especially within the plot's narrative, but in my opinion, I just don't think Taki got enough depth for his character that he deserved.

[@sayan-4971]

He is supposed to be your typical highschool student i think it's intentional that he doesn't have any personality

[@stratejic1020]

Since when? Seems you are deliberately ignoring him which explains why you fail to see throughout the entire movie that he has a ton of personality and a much bigger role.

[@liam2988]

@@stratejic1020 Explain please, and I'm not trying to sound mean, I just want to hear your view on him.

[@gamingrex2930]

This movie is more of a “awww so much wasted potential” kinda thing. Shit even the director said that he’s quite unsatisfied with the end product. Like you mentioned, there was soooooooo much more that could be done.

[@shuhhua]

Kinda reminds me of mirai nikki.

[@nikolinakovacheva3177]

Saaaaaaaame

[@bait5257]

@@shuhhua Bruh don't remind of that shit

[@giannilyanicks1718]

so Rex resumed what the video guy has said here.

[@laBoogy]

I think if Your Name was a series we could’ve learned more about the characters and how they interact with their environment and how living someone else’s life has affected theirs. Like show how Mitsuha living Taki’s rash nature made her not second guess herself or how Taki picked up drawing and Architecture because Mitsuha liked art and buildings and vice versa. It would’ve been WAY cooler seeing the slow burn of them realizing they love and care for each other that they end up changing parts of themselves for the other person

[@opvegeta7302]

um that could have made the movie better but then could we like it as we like it today?

[@whoshotcupid5119]

@@opvegeta7302 wdym?

[@opvegeta7302]

@@whoshotcupid5119 some shit ig just ignore it but if you wanna know just read it again lol

[@abrararifify]

Fucking exactly. The issue is the movie was too focused on being eye porn instead establishing any sort of meaningful plot and character development. It is unfortunately a huge flaw with Makato Shinkai films in general, like Weathering With You.

[@whoshotcupid5119]

@@abrararifify agreed

[@shivpuri5769]

You're not alone, makoto shinkai dosent like his own series too.

[@NintendanGX]

As much as I like the film, you brought up solid points on its flaws and why it fails to be the monolith people pretend it is. I honestly believe A Silent Voice deserved far more acclaim than Your Name, because that was a film that committed to its themes and did so by utilising the medium of film & animation. Sure, it's based on a manga, but the fact that it adapted said source material into a cohesive film that stands well enough on its own is more praise alone than I can give to Your Name's muddled plot, especially toward the end.

[@DiamondSupport10]

^ yes

[@parijanaable]

A silent voice is also hell as overrated

[@Sammy-S]

@@parijanaable I think the movie is alright, but having read the manga first I couldn't stop thinking about all of the little things that got cut out in the adaptation.

[@louiesharpe7745]

@@parijanaable it’s rlly good imo, but i am a casual viewer so i wouldn’t have lots to compare it to

[@jcdesierto4761]

This is what I am saying to literally everyone. A SILENT VOICE should have the spotlight.

[@beybladekatie]

I think one little scene/shot that could give Taki 100x more backstory would legitimately just be a shot of Taki's empty apartment, shown after the one time we see his dad and around when he draws in his room. It would establish that his parents are absent while he has to work on his own to make it where he wants to be. We can contrast it with Mitsuha's family where sure her dad is pretty absent from her life, but she has a loving grandmother and close bond with her little sister. Show us more shots of an empty apartment. Give us a living area with nothing but legal paperwork, and let the audience empathize with his issues. Differentiate between Taki and Mitsuha's home lives and explore how that affects their interactions

[@cathe-2179]

I had a clear relatable moment seeing that because I could tell he didn't have a good family life He also stressed about money and has to work at a young age which furthers that idea

[@firstnamelastname3592]

This is not a "Hate" video! This is called Real Criticism! Good points, Bro! I like the movie, not much, but I also "like" this video!

[@crono3015]

Lwin Moe Paing It's more like an Echo chamber for people who dislike the film.

[@Deid]

Man, don't you love when new terms get thrown around all over so there's no logical way to know what the terms are even supposed to describe anymore? Hmmhmhm, how can I make this video sound bad? I'll call it an echo chamber, nice. gottem.

[@firstnamelastname3592]

Yeah, Echo Chamber is the most accurate description! But, to be honest, this isn't hateful video! People should watch this video to the end before showering the dislikes! P.S - "Hate" is just being used for "Clickbait"!

[@Deid]

but it isn't really an echo chamber. an echo chamber is "an insular communication space where everyone agrees with the information and no outside input is allowed". Not only did he say and reply to a ton of comments that he's fine if they like the movie even after understanding his points but there's generally a ton of clashing comments. The complete opposite of an echo chamber.

[@firstnamelastname3592]

alegra _ I'm so "Lost in Translation"! Beats me!

[@pjdougherty6442]

I’m looking through the comments to see if I can find anyone making puns about the title. Things like “what’s wrong with my name?” Or “my name is still better than yours”. It seems like I’m the only person who thought of that.

[@GoatJesus]

#satire

[@Envy_May]

change the be you world to want in the see

[@eri-zj8kr]

@@Envy_May did you use a translator lmao

[@Envy_May]

@@eri-zj8kr no l o l

[@alex-vs4jv]

Every time someone comments 'incoming dislikes from people who didn't watch the video xDDDDDD' I die a little on the inside

[@KaitlynFedrick]

new drinking game?

[@shineyconker]

Tom the Mega Dunsparce more like new way to die from alcohol poisoning

[@LightzUp]

It's really cringy, it's like a preventing shield they use that means "If people disagree with the video and opinions that I agree it's because they did not watch the video, not because they can be wrong" fuck off.

[@frz1148]

ayee

[@sashap.9232]

I'm late to the party, but wow, this is refreshing! I felt crazy for thinking this movie was bad. You talked about a lot of the issues I had with this film and I felt seen. Thanks for the thorough discussion!

[@tardigradeColonies]

Same here, my partner and I (both of us are queer trans people, for context) watched it relatively soon after we first started dating because a friend described it as "romantic and good to watch with a partner" and we both found it painfully mediocre. I think the only time I actually felt moved by anything was that one surreal sequence that involved cells dividing and turning into the characters as they grew up. The rest of the time was a lot of cringing at thd lack of thematic follow-through and how many missed opportunities there were to explore both the nuances of the characters effectively living as queer and trans people while swapped (and all the social ostracization and psychological suffering and constantly having to figure out how to pretend to be cis involved in that sort of existence) AND the nuances of how living each other's lives would actually mold each other. At first Your Name seemed like two very individual self exploration stories where the characters cared about each other but were ultimately just exploring themselves individually and seeing what living a different life in a different body would be like (again, another frustratingly unexplored thing) rather than two people falling for each other by truly living each other's lives. Then the romance was added and it felt so forced and dimensionless it made we want to scream, because honestly, the only reason so many people buy this sort of romance is heteronormativity (because people see a boy and a girl they assume things must be going on and that the end result of a boy and a girl having that sort of experience must inevitably be romance..... and they project all sorts of stuff onto the relationship that hypes it up into something it just isn't) and pretty, atmospheric visuals. It seemed like an overly ambitious thing that kept shifting gears and hopping from thematic non-sequitur to thematic non-sequitur without actually saying anything substantial about love other than this very overrused idea of saviorism and the idea that romantic love is always just supposed to magically arise from close contact and intimacy between boys and girls. It felt so alienating and uninspiring to me as both a queer person and as someone who was actively falling in love with someone for the first time through casual coexistence and quiet, slowly-building intimacy. The fact that it dethroned Spirited Away in various lists and ranking measurements makes me want to cry, because even Chihiro and Haku who aren't even explicitly romantic ahd probably aren't into each other that way have more interesting and believable chemistry than the Your Name duo. The concept had something going for it, though, so I'll give it that.

[@thebateman761]

​@@tardigradeColoniesso much yapping dawg your people are like 0.001% of the population, it aint gonna be cartered to you.

[@ghostofsparta757]

I do appreciate that Makoto Shinkai acknowledged that his film is not the most amazing thing ever. Just hope that alludes to him trying to improve in future works and hopefully the success hasn't gone to his head.. He is still young after all.

[@WickedAnimeTroll]

I think the bigger issue will be the expectations that his next movie will create. The hype will be gignatic for his next movie(s)

[@LeReVaQ]

I became dumber after reading that.

[@animebro3598]

But Shinkai is the next Miyazaki

[@nemeru3352]

I don't think that will happen when he's telling people to stop watching he's own most successful work. Or dismisses claims that he is the next Miazaki

[@Iantorchwood94]

Great Teacher He said himself he wanted people to stop watching his movue because it is not as good as people say and it just puts more pressure onto him.

[@moveslikeninja1]

I think the main issue with this film is the lack of showing relationship developments between all the characters Not showing taki’s meaningful/emotionally profound interactions with mizuha’s grandmother/sister/father etc. And not showing genuine interactions between mizuha and taki’s friends and such. Overall it would’ve more or less strengthened ALMOST everything you touched upon.

[@noro329]

R.B. I just wanted them to kiss in the end

[@noro329]

Hero Slayer Thank you for taking your time to reply to me after 9 months

[@jesterknight3837]

Romance anime is poop

[@voltgaming2213]

TIME ASSHOLE TIME

[@jesterknight3837]

@@noro329 What are you $lut? Gay?

[@ariamillicent7342]

this movie sold better than spirited away and honestly im offended

[@ariamillicent7342]

then that's good for you. all i'm trying to convey is that i thought SA was a better movie. why're you being spiteful lol

[@chasechapman581]

Aria Millicent I'm with you on this one man. How the actual hell are people saying this movie is better than Miyazaki films. Like it was okay, I'd even say I'd watch Your Name again sometime, but to have the balls to say it was better than Spirited Away or even Princess Mononoke??

[@ariamillicent7342]

yes thank u. agreed that your name wasn't even a bad movie, i myself have watched it like 3 times (lmao) bc im a sucker for pretty animation and cute, albeit unrealistic, romance. SA explored things like childhood vs adulthood, which personally affected me more. in the end it's all up to ur taste.

[@freshlymemed5680]

Foxygaming its fine we all have preferences, especially the surreal more eastern based theme of Spirited Away. But you can agree that the visuals are astounding, right?

[@nadesomewhatasandwic]

Aria Millicent to be fair, spirited away came out 15 years before your name. and since then anime has gotten significantly more popular world wide. It's a little silly to be mad at your name's box office compared to spirited away, something was bound to dethrone it.

[@hakuOTR]

I know this is a really old video, but I've been looking for some reason why I enjoyed this film so much and why it seriously changed my life and made me rethink the way I want to live. Why did this happen and looking at the film analytically, it doesn't seem all too amazing. I totally agree with you on that. But I think there's an important distinction to be made when analyzing movies like these. Cultural impacts if you will, which I personally believe this is. I think this movie isn't meant to say something unique or profound. It's not meant to teach the audience anything. Nor is it meant to change your mind about something or think about anything in a new/unique way. It's not mean to have great interesting characters, or have interesting relationships at all. I think, even if this wasn't Shinkai's desire, the reason why this film is so good, is that it has a believable depiction of a hopeful reality. Life is suffering, it's hard, people work hard to fail most of the time, just for a chance of success. Most people probably don't really know for sure what they're working so hard for. Call it escapism if you will, but this movie mirrors the life of the audience (Japanese people keep in mind, so a lot of the culture will probably be lost to the international audience. Although if numbers are anything to go by, this isn't true) in a unrealistic hopeful way that makes you want to hope and believe that your efforts aren't in vain and you might still be able to have what you're reaching for, even if you don't really know what that is yet. Shinkai doesn't write with rationality, primarily because we as people aren't rational. We're emotional, and that's what I believe Shinkai captures so well. Our emotional ourbreaks, our awkwardness, our wonder and surprise at the stars and models put in front of us, our averageness. That brings me to the characters. You mentioned that they could be caricatures (Taki at least) that we project ourselves onto, and while I believe that is true, I think it goes a bit more than that. Taki is fundamentally different than almost everyone in the audience, but we can still empathize with him so well because he suffers and wants like the rest of us do. Often times in movies like Eternal Sunshine, the character's actions and desires are rational and relate-able, but they're so far from emotionally relate able and they don't force empathy out of you like Shinkai's characters do. I personally chose to pursue life more quietly due to this film. The desires I have and the work I want to put into them burned much brighter than before the film and I felt inspired to keep wanting the things I wanted. I understand you didn't like the film and I fully respect your opinion. I agree with most of the points you had as well! It was an extremely well put together argument. But throwing things out like "people overhype stuff all the time" isn't a good explanation of why movies succeed. The primary audience of this film probably is at least in high school if not older, and there are touching things about this film. At the very least, it changed my life and years later I'm still thinking about it. Thanks for hearing me out, if anyone does.

[@keoriebelzner339]

Same sort of

[@AK-tm3lg]

Wow...just wow

[@Isaac-qo2kg]

I love this comment. I had a similar experience where this film affected me very deeply. Interestingly the first three times I saw it I thought it was an ok film. In all honestly I didn't understand why it was getting so much praise. To keep it short I thought I had missed something. So I tried watching it again and at the end of the film I kind of felt empty but not emotional at all. The third time I watched it I felt the same emptiness. I thought to myself maybe its just a shallow film. So I went on with my life and forgot about "Your Name". A year or so passed, then one day I went to see the movie "A Silent Voice" In theaters. I thought it was an amazing film. It touched my heart. I went home and carried on with my days listening to the beautiful soundtrack of "A Silent Voice". At this time of my life I was very lonely and confused and I didn't have many interests. I was living the life of "the average Joe" a very robotic life. I was very absent-minded. It was "A Silent Voice" that made me think about anime again. I hadn't watched anime for a long time, but "A Silent Voice" intrigued me so much I couldn't miss it. After that I realized it came out in 2016 in the same year of "Your Name". So I started watching some videos on "Your name" the cute orchestra covers on the streets of Japan and some videos on Makoto Shinkai. I finally decided I'd give it an other shot. At some point in the movie I started to see some things in myself in Taki's and Mitsuha's personalities. I started to feel what they were feeling. During the Katawaredoki scene my eyes teared up. I was filled with warmth and sadness.The next thing knew I was sobbing. I had chills go down and up my spine and felt so many moods and emotions I have never felt before in my life. I felt like the film was comforting me and telling me it was going to be ok. That I have to keep going. It was giving me sense of hope and melancholy at the same time. After the film finished I was crying throughout the whole credits. I then went to bed still sobbing until I fell asleep. "Your Name" to me wasn't a deep, unique, philosophical film It was an empathetic one. I am very grateful for "A Silent Voice" and "Your Name" . That was my experience with this film. They are certainly not cinematic masterpieces but they will always be special to me. There's this analysis I really like its called "Kimi No Na Wa. (Your Name.) Analysis | The Ties That Bind". This video helped me put it into words. I'm not good with words lol Anyways, Thank you for your time.

[@hakuOTR]

@@Isaac-qo2kg Hey, I'm glad you liked it and thank you for replying. You comment means a lot to me as I felt a lot of the same things you felt and it warms my heart that so many people had the same reaction and our hearts were moved so much by something so seemingly pointless. I know things are going to turn out well for you and I hope you're okay now :)

[@rebeck6651]

Here have a like.

[@lanatherana157]

You know, actually have to agree with the lack of connection the characters share...which is why I liked A Silent Voice a lot more....the movie is beautiful though...:)

[@LadCorazon]

The visuals deserve such a better movie ;A;

[@yaro8860]

Shinkai is someone who can draw great but his writing has many plotholes and tropes that he hopes nobody notices because of the art. I love the goddamn landscapes and character designs and tbh I enjoyed the movie that I would watch it again but I wasn't as immersed in the characters like I was in A Silent Voice. I still watch the ending with that goddamn soundtrack called "lit" nearly every day because it's so gosh darn beautiful.

[@Odinsday]

A Silent Voice is fucking beautiful.

[@Sandra2445x]

i love a silent voice too but i just wish they developed the surrounding characters more in the anime. i still don't really know what exactly was the point of the red-haired friend or how him as a character made an impact...

[@OrtegaSeason]

sandra@ Honestly, I wish they'd just dumped a lot of the side characters altogether. It tried to be too faithful to the manga, which often loses focus from the relationship between Shoko and Shoya.

[@kaiju2127]

Why are they so many dislikes ? I saw your video one day after it was published, I love Kimi No Nawa so much it's one of my favorite films, but your opinion is so interresting, and you have a very constructive critique, this video is underrated...

[@mai-aiyaah]

I'm assuming a lot of people who love Your Name (and don't want to hear from anyone who hates it) clicked on the video, disliked, and then didn't stick around the hear to actual contents of the video.

[@oof-rr5nf]

Kaiju Agreed.

[@1WEareBUFO1]

Deku baby of course they did 😉 i mean, how DARE someone have an opinion!

[@TheHazelnoot]

Kaiju I think it's partially because of the general way that humans function. When someone takes a negative stance towards something you enjoy, the brain automatically goes into a defensive stance because of leftover survival genes 'n' shit. It's normal for humans to defend what they like and attack views that oppose it. I personally find that the tone near the end of the video and the general cutting in clips from... Whoever the hell that was praising it like it was the best thing ever made throughout, saying the humour was original, yadda, yadda. They personally sounded really stupid to me and cutting in examples of him made me feel like I was being insulted for liking something, which you know, it's fine, it happens. Gave me a sort of "If you like this movie, you're mindlessly praising it for things that aren't unique and should feel bad" feeling which I can totally see raising the dislikes. It feels a lot more negative than I personally feel it had to be, which gives me some negative vibes towards the critique in general, it's only human to feel that way. I dunno, maybe that's just the style of this channel? But it's just, in general, a style I don't care for. I don't care much for nitpicks, I find it to be kinda... Unnecessary? Nitpicks are nitpicks. Personally, I didn't enjoy this movie because I found it necessarily deep. As stated, a movie where two people in love travelled back in time to stop the Titanic from sinking is totally a movie I'd go see, so as a critique I guess I can just shrug at it? It's not exactly a dealbreaker. I felt that as stated, the critique being done here is aimed more at people who blindly think it's a masterpiece. I am not one of those people, so, well, it did nothing to convince me of an opposing view, nor did it feel like it really tried. It kinda fell flat for me because I just enjoyed it for what it was on the surface, a body-swapping comedy with a twist that felt, well not original, but at least somewhat interesting. Travelling back in time to stop a tragedy is a decent enough plotline for me to feel somewhat invested and I have no issue with different tones throughout a movie. All in all, this video kinda left me feeling not angry, more disappointed? Like it could've worked a lot better at explaining what they didn't like by removing a lot of the interruptions at 0:37 4:40 8:09 13:33 15:27. Without these parts being included, I can definitely see it being a far better-received video but as it stands, it feels unnecessarily negative towards the people that enjoy it. Wow, this was originally meant to be a very short comment about why people are quick to see something in a negative light and now it turned into this. Well, shit. Have it anyways.

[@OrdinaryMemer6969]

Yeah this kind of idea is great

[@menals2968]

i think even the director agrees with you!! he often says how the movie felt unfinished to him. i still love the movie for the animation and just the emotional impact it had on me, but all of your are so well articulated and really made me think. all in all this is a pretty amazing analysis!

[@GoatJesus]

Thanks~

[@kasumimori1798]

It is very unfinished, but I think to have gone any further than it did would have meant having to go a lot further... as in an entire sequel further, but as part of the same movie, rather than as a sequel. I think the point at which the movie ends is very artful. A viewer can choose to wait for the sequel, or create their own end to the story

[@cathe-2179]

I just love the romance in your name because it is implied instead of shown. The banter showed how similar they are (the texting, the writing on each other, the notes, etc) they also both decided to find the other, they even "finish each other's sentences" The one scene wih Takis dad kind of made me feel like they dont have a good relationship (again its not shown but implied) which was prob why hes stressed about money and working at a young age they seem to be those couples who you meet them and you can tell they are like 2 halves of the same coin

[@TaraLeee]

I totally see your points. I would have loved a little more character development, but I still believe this film is amazing and I cry every time watching it. But I'm wondering if they did have more clips to this film (like the parts of Taki's home life) but they cut them out because the film was to long. Honestly I would of been fine with a longer film!

[@kirkymaus6261]

TaraLee they also didnt have a big enough budget. The director apparently has said so himself he wasnt satisfied with the movie, particuarly the ending and that was due to not having a big enough budget (dont take my word for that, but thats what ive read/heard). Either way, I still really love this movie, plus the soundtrack is sooooo good :)

[@okiedokie5358]

I completely agree with your points . Even taki’s drawings are empty and emotionless

[@Axios_Deminence]

They have a novel about Taki's life in Mitsuha's body (or the other way around, I don't remember).

[@yuehan6711]

I want to post my opinions before the video and see how well they line up. The time hopping thing was creative but a little dumb (not the core concept but the execution), the plot was pretty logical yet complicated (a good thing imo) with the in universe rules, yet the power of love kept on breaking some of the laws set up. Kinda annoying. That is dwarfed though by my fustrations toward the romance aspect of the movie. I hated it. The characters only flirted with each other through time, they met during that twighlight scene but they don't even fucking remeber it afterwards so what is the point. Yeah sure while they might be twirling around their stupid strings of faith, I'm left feeling nothing. I cannot empathize with a relationship that consists of a few words, none of which are even remembered. I want witty dialouge, funny scenes, and heart felt conversations. Not this fate bullshit. I can't feel anything about it if the movie just keeps on waving this "ooooo destiinnnyyy ooooo" in my face. While the concept of feeling empty all the time is a feeling I'm rather aquainted with*, that dosen't make we wish these characters got together. Love should be an attraction towards because of a personality, not an escape from a supernatural depression. *like seriously give me my inter dimensional ring or my superpowers or my ability to see dead people already. Make my life an esekai already. I'm so fucking bored and all my friends are now hundreds of miles away and im surrounded by morons, fucking everyone around me (literally everyone, I doubt there is a single person in my school who even knows this movie, which in a school of 3000 is baffling)! And you may be thinking that "what are the chances there's not a single sane individual around me", which makes me even more terrified because that means I'm the insane one! I just want to a part of something intresting and worthwhile, and I sure as hell am never going to on my own ability so send me off to hogwarts already fuuuuuccckkkk.

[@ethan2163]

The film was decent to me and I did enjoy parts of it but why would you cry? I didn't see anything very emotional in the movie. The ending of the movie was also happy one.

[@sakurabiskuit]

There are more "incoming hate comments from people that didn't even watch the video" comments than actual hate comments from people that didn't watch the video.

[@Strombowli]

That happens every someone posts a controversial video. There's the few hate comments, the many, many comments bashing on the few hate comments. And lastly the comments acknowledging the comments that bash on the hate comments.

[@DinoDays703]

FrenchToost And then one of your comments, one of my comments, and so on until infinity.

[@janetestherina7169]

Scroll low enough. You'd find them.

[@redm6n]

I don’t hate it, but I think it’s extremely overrated. I don’t think it’s nearly as good as people say and I don’t think it’s very memorable. Edit: Also I feel like it overshadows" A Silent Voice" which I thought was a much better movie.

[@joseph0098]

TJR agreed, i think is an okay film with gorgeous visuals but it's not the masterpiece that people is naming

[@Haneur]

Imho all Makoto Shinkai's films are overrated. Gorgeous when it comes to visuals, but with mediocre stories.

[@Roescoe]

"Gorgeous when it comes to visuals, but with mediocre stories." I think that's exactly it. It's like he's got the artistic talent to draw incredibly, but can't articulate the story. It seems as though this is the only way he can monetize incredible art. I just wish he could focus on the drawing and not have to force it into a narrative film structure. The music is always incredible too. It almost as though they should be dialogless films.

[@joseph0098]

Roescoe or he could just not write the screenplays of his movies and hire someone more capable

[@Roescoe]

True that'd probably help tremendously.

[@meltyholic]

This is so well researched and exactly what people need to see. As pretty as it is, I find it almost insulting that it's seen as taboo to dislike this clearly very flawed film

[@cyberbully7718]

Yeah the crazy otaku's will not hesitate to kill you if you try to even criticize or insult the movie in anyway i've seen it first hand.

[@yaboiplank6764]

tbh he should A Silent Voice next those kids were about as evil as the average character in redo of healer

[@matheus5230]

At the same time, no one should judge those who love it. People are allowed to love flawed art. Perfection is overrated, and that's the only time you will ever see me use the word overrated

[@aadas6322]

@@matheus5230 lol but yea the director of this film is a genius according to me as me being an otaku I think this movie is kinda flawed but a masterpiece at the same time (idc about other opinions).

[@shrisiva4016]

@@yaboiplank6764 Kids can be assholes, that's not exactly unrealistic to portray them as such

[@odinsayson]

Maybe these are the reasons why Shinkai is not really that proud of this film

[@GoatJesus]

He says he's happy with the story, actually. Which is def the weakest part.

[@demiworld1011]

I thought Shinkai was unhappy with the film because Kimi No Na Wa was left unfinished.

[@simonkete4809]

Shinkai has never been really good with stories in his productions, and he is ... you know... still straggle to learn how to be an average story teller at age 45. I still remember how people talk him up when 5cm/s just came out, but that was like more than 10 years ago...

[@CT--xj5jf]

@@GoatJesus i respectfully but strongly disagree

[@lokazoum4816]

To me the romance feels a bit forced, I dont know if its just me, but from out of nowhere they go from friends that switch bodies, to partners, or at least potentially partners, but it comes out of nowhere, but whatever, I still thought is was a great movie, and I would still recomend it to everyoje (Sorry if my english is bad, Im not from america)

[@RandomGuy-om1vy]

Hell yeah.

[@novasmith1255]

I agree, like Mitsuha never showed interest in him until she set him up on a date

[@paridhigupta4958]

So actually, when mitsuha set up a date for taki, and thought that taki is going on a date with other girl, She started crying. She realised that she has started loving taki. And for taki, when they stopped swaping bodies taki realised how much he misses her. Love is like that. You will realise that once you felt separated with one another.

[@user-rn8sn3uy9c]

Interesting! I personally liked Kimi no na wa - both manga and movie, but its nice to see the other's side opinion!

[@GoatJesus]

Good I'm glad!

[@rihana_1604]

me too

[@Bruh.Master]

idk why but It feels really nice seeing ppl respecting each others opinion

[@hisokamorow2470]

Thank you for not being a jerk.

[@cinemaniak1055]

Yep, everyone can have an opinion on something without tearing someone else down for theirs, I personally really liked the film, but I can certainly see why it’s not for everybody

[@hunter5993]

Person:So this is my opinion Internet: *So you have chosen death!!!!?????*

[@gamerinferno7]

I am with you

[@ml9602]

I myself loved Kimi no Na Wa, but I found this video quite refreshing. I think as a fan of the industry it helps to see where people found it fell flat, so works in the future can continue to improve. While I didn't agree with everything, Im glad this review was made as it had some valid points which definitely hint on some issues I found myself, and in other works

[@whathappenswhenimbored]

I agree with you. I still do like the film, but I don't think it's the best film ever. I honestly think A Silent Voice had a much better romance and it sucks that it was overshadowed by Your Name.

[@SugarCubesMiki]

Nathan Feist where i live it was the opposite xD nobody knows kimi no nawa xD

[@whathappenswhenimbored]

Miki Kat So everyone saw a Silent Voice there instead? Awesome! Glad that film got some recognition!

[@SugarCubesMiki]

Nathan Feist yup , sadly for me tho i rather kimo no nawa xD , and i didnt like silent voice

[@juliazimin_tikhomirov2285]

I totally agree that A Silent Voice is better in terms of having the characters to actually develop a deeper connection with each other throughout the plot. Right after, I've watched Your Name, I've felt that the plot was a bit dull and confusing :/ But nonetheless, I'd rather rewatch A Silent Voice :)

[@etona6147]

Nathan Feist Yeah, I couldn't agree more.

[@SwaggerJoyce]

Oh my gosh did I read the title correctly?? WHAT A RARITY IN LIFE :OO

[@evo683]

Swagger Joyce actually, not so much. I’ve seen way more hate shoved onto this movie for being overrated than praise to be honest. It’s a simple movie that tried to be deep, which is the crux of this guys frustrations with it. And there I was sitting on my couch watching the film looking at the gorgeous visuals and not knowing what was going on. But hey it was fun lol

[@nadesomewhatasandwic]

Swagger Joyce is the rarity you reading something correctly? 😉

[@monnd]

Evo i would love to know why you think the movie tried to be "deep". It's a simple movie, it has a good plot, and is well done, whenever something is popular there's always people saying how overrated it is just because they like to have a opinion different than the rest of people

[@evo683]

Drifter M No, it’s just even the people who used to say they adored this movie are now only ever talking about it like an overrated piece of shit. I think it presented some ambitious themes, but wasn’t totally able to fulfill them all fully. Still a very well directed film, though and is one of my favorites Edit: additionally I agree that people like to have controversial opinions but nowadays hating this film has become commonplace among the anime community, with Koe no Katachi being the new Anime Movie Saint

[@user-cp1lj3bn3b]

Drifter M I didn't get the movie because it just wasn't good in my opinion, but I pretended it was because everyone else thought it was. It had an amazing soundtrack and visuals, but the plot lacked creativity. It was kind of boring and overdramatic. We never get to connect with the characters that much so I never felt anything about them. I feel like Japanese movies lack a good moral movie but focus more on the beauty of visual (an exception would be A Silent Voice, a.ka the only good japanese movie I've ever watched).

[@tender3545]

I can't be the only one who thought that the whole movie felt like the intro... Never got to know the characters that well. Didn't have any idea as to how it would end, and I didn't even understand what this movie really about. Like yeah this guy and girl switch bodies and live each others lives but I don't know. It didn't seem like that good of a story at all. Glad to know I'm not the only one

[@bmagada]

@jhopeful Have you ever had a long-distance relationship? It's like that, but seeing everything from each others perspectives. I'd argue that more intimate than talking.

[@tender3545]

@@bmagada its like having a long distance relation ship, except your not in a relationship and you never interact with each other, and you are given no reasons to like each other, but fate says your in love so its emotional

[@hypeman1825]

So overrated it's unbelievable.. Then i read dumb crap from dumb people like "it's not perfect.. but it's as close to perfect as a movie has even gotten!." Or "It's honestly Shakespearean"... 😂😂😂.. wtf is wrong with people?. Man are the flaws overlooked for this movie. Honestly at a loss for words.

[@tender3545]

@@hypeman1825 This is straight facts. Its not even that this movie is overrated, its the fact that this movie isn't even that good at all and is still the number one best selling anime of all time. It pisses me off. A Silent Voice and Spirited Away are the only two anime movies that deserve that title. Not only that but this movie when it was recommended to me was described as sad. What the hell is sad about this movie? Also I know this is a personal thing but I hate anime where everyone makes it out alive. ex: Promised Neverland, Rascal does not dream of dreaming girl. I mean i guess it can be done good as long as these characters advance the story, but in most cases they don't. Thats probably why I like attack on titan so much

[@hypeman1825]

@@tender3545 I truly just don't get it. My friends hyped it up for months and after I finally decided to watch it.. I came out with an "That was pretty good" and everybody flipped out because I didn't think it was the 2nd coming of Jesus. I literally at one point did say "Why is it whenever the guy is in the girl's body, that he acts all aggressive and tomboyish and like he's too cool for school but whenever he's himself he's completely bland and boring" and everyone just told me to stop hating lol. Went to comments and pretty much got the same response. THEN after I decided to watch a silent voice and I really loved it. Thought it was much better but I saw that I rarely found anybody who thought the same.. THEN it ended up winning anime of the year or something, beating out Your Name.. so honestly I don't know what to make of it?.

[@marianavasquez2128]

I completely agree. I liked kimi no nawa, it was a good beautiful looking movie. But the romance didn’t touch me. 5 centimeters per second is still my favorite movie. The romance felt real, and the sadness that came with it was even better built.

[@lumpyspaceprincess734]

Mariana Vasquez I just brought 5 centimetres and planning on watching it after this vid to listening to a different opinion of Your name 😁

[@bretbatac21]

hotarubi no mori e =) pain in the heart all over the place

[@chevychelios4672]

Mariana Vasquez Heck, even Wall-E feels more real?

[@chevychelios4672]

Soda Pop / SUGAbabe It is!

[@arenkai]

5cm Per Second broke me

[@CasualShinji]

Some good points you raised there. Especially regarding the gender roles -- those scenes were kinda embarressing. One of my biggest issues with this movie is the whole meteor strike. It's treated as something that just happened once like it's nothing. You'd think a metreor strike that killed 500 people and whiped a town from the face of the Earth would be one for the history books, seeing as I can't think of any such event ever being recorded in human history. In Your Name this is shelved as just another disaster, like it's an earthquake. I'm sorry, but it doesn't work that way. Certainly not only after 5 years have passed. This is an occurance that would've had the entire world shocked for the next decade, and placed that town among the likes of Pompeii. But our male protagonist actually needs to be reminded that this happened no more than 5 years ago?

[@kirbyofthestars9904]

Not only that, but for such a comet small like that strikes the town in the film is pretty damn small. The last time we had a falling comet hit the earth, which was the Russian Comet in 2013, did not cause such an awful dramatic explosion compared to the exaggerated version like the one in the film. That and how the hell did space organizations look closely at such a comet coming nearby not notice an oddity of the comet maybe splitting? Considering modern day technology to look closely at space rocks and whatnot.

[@bleach00101]

CasualShinji I think to be fair he was just a little kid when it happened and given that yes it's significant but not close enough to impact his personal life it's at least believable that he would forget or even if every year there is some kind of Remembrance Day for it there are so many rando villages in the outskirts that his personal bias of not wanting her to be dead may of made him filter out that possibility

[@dynamitrix1006]

@@bleach00101 Except he wasn't, he was 14 when the comet struck. Not a little kid.

[@bleach00101]

Dynamitrix 100 yeah sure but i don’t think his specific age really matters that much. Just the fact that minors are usually more self absorbed not to hold onto info about things that happened to randos in the middle of nowhere. People are vastly underestimating our ability to not remember tragedies. Take California right now, the wild fires have killed I believe 74 people and 1000 people unaccounted for and over 8000 structures destroyed. Big problem? Yes. Will people remember in 3 months? Nope, unless you were personally affected. In the gulf coast they have what are called 500 year flood plains. Basically there are areas that have a huge ass flood that is likely to kill a bunch of people most likely to occurs once every 500 years. But people still live there and people still die and every time it happens we who don’t live there say oh the horror and then forget until it happens again. My point being that besides the novelty of it being a comet. The death toll and the inoperable status of the town aren’t that big of an influence to stick in people’s minds or make it into mainstream education beyond being a fun fact mentioned in astronomy class that one time in 10th grade because the teacher was trying to make science cool by mentioning something you might remember hearing in the news. What matters most is location. If a major city was hit then it doesn’t matter how small the death toll is. There would be a fucking remembrance day and everything but rando village out in the boonies gets a nice aside comment every time a comet comes close. People mention it would be on the level of recognition of Pompeii but that was a major trade city not a rando village near a volcano. Which I will now mention a village called San Miguel Los Lotes which was destroyed 5 months ago this year by a volcano with 300 people still missing or dead and nobody really cares (so no not a thing the whole world would call notice too). A year after 9/11 people personally harmed by it struggle to receive aid because its no longer the trending tragedy. Humans are pretty shitty at showing empathy when we don’t have too. So is it believable that the government just relocated everyone and called it a day without putting it in the texts books? Yup. Is it believable that he didn’t remember a tragedy 5 yrs ago? Well given that we can’t be bothered to remember tragedies from a year ago I think that would be fair portrayal. I appreciate the optimism in believing we would care or at least bother to jot it down into many more texts books but even if that was the case what would that effectively change about the people in the movie? He would still need a village survivor to recognize his sketches for the movie to have a creditable connection for why he thought the two towns were the same one

[@junyiw4369]

@@bleach00101 exactly my thoughts!! kudos on writing this out.

[@notbadsince97]

Pretty colors

[@aaronsquire2872]

YES THANK YOU! I finally found someone else that found the same flaws I did in this movie. Great reasoning behind all of them. Great video!

[@SuperPeapot]

MY GOOOOOOOOOD okay I actually really really reaaaally like this movie but your video is just awesome and you make some really valid points and I appreciate that. Like I really liked this video and I thank you so much for bringing all these aspects that otherwise I would have missed. I don't care of the hate that might come, this video is super constructive and I love it.

[@thebeastofchaos]

I thought this movie was at most okay. I wasn't able to put my finger on why I was unimpressed while everyone else was raving about it, I thought I missed something when I didn't care that much for the characters and plot. You explained everything, now it all makes sense. Thanks GoatJesus, I needed to see this video.

[@MidnightOwlASMR]

Ok I loved Your Name, but these criticisms are very legitimate, and your change to Takis background was so good I really wished the story went that direction too

[@prinzexisalowqualityytber]

did this man spent 27 mins yapping actually good points if so im all for it

[@user-is9vg9rn2b]

All completely valid points, like destroyed it to the core. Even I was surprised I didn't notice so many flaws in this movie.

[@210Caveman26]

Pop Team Epic ruined it and also made it better for me. Every time I hear the phrase "Whats your name?", I can only see Popuko saying "IM ME!!!!!"

[@enkelegy]

Glad I wasn't the only one.

[@jackglanville6466]

This movie felt so empty

[@skybuildergaming7618]

This is my favourite anime movie ever and i cant describe how much i love it but i agree with your criticism. It could have been so much more but i am more than happy with what we got. And stop disliking the video just because its true

[@Epic-hs7kl]

what other anime movies have you watched?

[@skybuildergaming7618]

@@Epic-hs7kl Violet Evergarden movie, Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Garden of words, Weathering with you, Rascal does not dream of a dreaming girl, Promare, No game no life: zero, Porco rosso, Silent voice, I want to eat your pancreas, Anohana movie, 2 Death note: rewrite movies (thes ones shouldnt really count since its just a recap of the anime with some added scenes), and of course Your name. My number one factor in determining how much i like a movie is by the feelings it gives me. Your name was the first anime movie i've seen and it blewme away. I was invested in the main characters, the visuals and the soundtrack were amazing and i was boiling with emotions while watching it. That was the first time i cried that much watching any movie and is the sole reason i sought out more anime movies. I would LOVE to be able to experience it for the first time again. I'm interested what you thought of the movie an which other movies you saw.

[@Epic-hs7kl]

@@skybuildergaming7618 Honestly I didn't like it, it had a good soundtrack and very good animation but the characters and other small things kinda drove me away. Silent voice and fireworks are the only two movies I've seen and I hated fireworks. Silent voice was pretty good and the manga was even better, the manga could be considered a masterpiece. The anime version was alright though, what's your favorite movie out of all those anime movies?

[@skybuildergaming7618]

@@Epic-hs7kl Your name probably impacted me the most on the first viewing so i'd have to go with it even though my opinion has changed up to now

[@EngersEdits]

@@Epic-hs7kl me too, it was so boring but the visuals kept me watching. It's just as bad as a silent voice, they're both beautifully animated with mediocre and mundane plots.

[@kyleschuessler6383]

My main issue with this film is with the plotting. When comparing this movie to that of "A Silent Voice" we see the exposition in the first 20 minutes. The viewer gets to see how Ishida and his friends treat Shouko and get a foundation of what the film is about, how each character operates, etc. From there we see the inciting incident where Ishida becomes isolated from his friends, is put into a similar perspective to that of Shouko, and eventually tries to kill himself. The story continues into the rising action as Ishida slowly regains friends and attempts to make up for his past mistakes. This is all halted in the climax, where he pushes his friends away and Shouko attempts suicide. A Silent Voice follows the basic principles of story telling, whereas Kimi no Na wa throws these concepts out the window. The movie starts with an exposition where it does similar things to that of A Silent Voice, (establishing setting, characters, etc.) and then continues to the inciting incident which was intended to be the mysterious switching of Taki and Mitsuha's bodies. This inciting incident falls rather short however, as the ensuing rising actions feels more like an exposition rather than the building of tension. In the first hour of the film, there is no building of tension, or real development to the story. It seems the writer intended on showing the dysfunctional way the teens were living out each other's lives and making that the rising action, however, this viewing experience is rather bland as the characters (specifically Taki) don't really evolve or showcases their passions, dreams, and life to the viewer (which you pointed out in your video). You point out that the date between Taki and Miki was rather pointless (which I very much so agree with) and the characters don't have deep interactions with the characters around them when they switch lives; leaving no room for the viewer to latch on to their love for each other. Overall the entire first hour of the film intended on being the rising action didn't achieve the goal of furthering the story or developing the characters, and the rising actions was more or less two teenagers living out their lives dysfunctionally and grabbing each others titts and dick. An hour into the film Taki comes to the realization that Mitsuha is dead, with the only thing left of her being the faint memories he has of her and her family. This realization feels more like the inciting incident, but at this point we are already an hour into the film. The rest of the movie where Taki and Mitusha go on to save the town from the meteor more or less follows the premise of rising action, climax, and falling action (however time traveling felt very confusing and just a random aspect of the movie that was thrown in to continue the story) ; however, because the first hour of the film is wasted not developing the story, the meteor being the main conflict feels rather cramped in and doesn't really connect with the themes and symbolism of the movie. The falling action at the end of the film, where Mitsuha and Taki are attempting to reconnect with one another but can't seem to find each other is supposed to be the nice bow at the end of the movie, where the two lovers finally meet again. However, because the first hour of the film didn't really develop the characters or give a reason for the viewer to feel a deeper connection to the characters and their relationship, I found myself not really caring that they ended up with one another or their love for one another in general. The film is by no means bad, and is one of the most visually stunning animes I've ever seen, however, in comparison to a film like A Silent Voice (which Your Name greatly overshadowed) I can't help but think this film was outdone by that of A Silent Voice and had the potential to do much better.

[@MarcelWilsonLynch]

Honestly agree with you. They spend more time taking us out of the story to show us a music video with a standard anime op than actually developing the story yeah the stuff they showed us was funny and nice to watch but the flip from the girl getting the gut a date and suddenly realising she liked him and he her was really sudden. I still liked the ending though but it felt like they were more just good friends for 90% of the film. And I don't like 5 centimeters per second. That ish annoyed me to no end.

[@abbgfdhkkhfvn5497]

The food looks better than real food, that's not fair now normal food can't satisfy me anymore

[@thechineserussian]

I have said time and time again, makoto shinkai films are popular for their amazing visuals and music, which carry the weight of the lackluster story. This leads to people saying "I liked the visuals and music so I like the film". The visuals and music are a parade of Ferraris, the story is the dirt road they drive on, it only serves to get them from Point A to Point B. If the spectacle is good, you don't care what they're driving on.

[@ex3_69k5]

The fact that they were using a phone to communicate with each other but they didn't notice that the calendar was strange even though they were students is very but VERY strange, so when the 3 year thing is shown to us I was like "what?hold on...how did they not notice something like that?" But hey, it's a good movie, far from perfect, not the best work of Makoto Shinkai on my opinion

[@Naziroxx]

Oh no. Incoming hate comments from people who haven't even watched the video.

[@EdgardR.]

Naziro Bring the 🅱otions

[@Naziroxx]

oh god dammit

[@doodlebugfour7070]

Slay the THOTS!

[@samb443]

Incoming likes on these comments from people who haven't finished the video either

[@sen8368]

Naziro you cant escape your shitposts naz

[@coffeebreak5367]

You... Actually have a point My world is a lie

[@Sam_Braun]

liked that you gave examples of ways to change the story instead of just criticizing it. Also completely agree with you on your point about montage sequences. Its just lazy writing IMO. They work in the moment but don't really create a lasting image in the viewer.

[@Kaosxca]

A silent voice is better

[@user-11Il10I1]

I admire the effort you exerted and your courage in making this video despite the fact that there will be a lot of butthurts. But for me, Kimi no Na Wa is one of my favorite anime movies. _(Yes, I've watched several anime films but there is something that this movie somehow connected to me.)_ *You only point out the story aspect.* I agree to you that it has some flaws but you didn't mind discussing how high quality the animation and the soundtrack is, which I love the most. The only thing that I hate about this film is that this became too mainstream and over hyped.

[@katrinepetersen2566]

Kaneki Kenpachi For me the major reasons I love This movie is the art. Not the story. And I Think most peoplehas that feeling.

[@souffle-d-eclair]

The video's called "Why I Hate Your Name." I don't think he was trying to make a fair and balanced critique.

[@mazerumaze]

It's as balanced as a critique of a movie with THAT poor of a balance can be to begin with. It was horrendous on literally every aspect aside for the animation and sound. Neither the story nor the characters themselves had balance- hell, even pacing lacked it. So, yes, I would not expect a balanced critique. Fair one, though- most definitely.

[@notepadnoted2305]

I wholeheartedly agree that the animation and soundtrack is wonderful, and the former is definitely Shinkai's forte. But I do want to defend GoatJesus a little bit and maybe provide a bit more discussion. 1) For the story aspect, I'm assuming you mean the themes and events that occur in the film right? Because he certainly did focus on other aspects, such as the characters, and imo characters =/= story. Characters add flavour to the story; the ways in which they are characterised to react to certain events are what humanises them and helps engage the audience. I hate to appear as some "raving, hateful Ghibli fan", but Miyazaki has created some great films with stories that are less dramatic than Your Name, and yet have people rewatching them over and over largely due to great characterizations. So all in all, he didn't "only focus on the story aspect". 2)As for why he didn't talk too much if at all about the great art and soundtrack, I might offer my perspective on this. Your Name is so overhyped to the point that pretty much every anime reviewer has praised it in their videos, and hell, Your Name's own music video is so popular that I think that pretty much everyone who has heard of this movie knows for its beautiful art. Perhaps it just doesn't need to be said, as at this point, praising Shinkai's art for being fantastic is like praising the coolness of a cold drink in summer. Maybe thats why he just included a clip or two. But I think that even more importantly, there may be a shared opinion that good art and good soundtrack does not equal to a good film ( I do want to emphasise "opinion" though, as I do respect your love for this film). I think that, even above a great story, great characters are needed for a film to be emotionally enagaging, and to me, Shinkai did not deliver that, and no amount of detailed backgrounds, detailed lighting and albeit great colours can make me rewatch something I can't/ don't want to connect to. Maybe he felt the same. The soundtrack is, again, wonderful but I guess it just isn't enough to make some people overlook the other flaws and to find this film "good". Sorry for the essay, but that's just a few points I'd like to share.

[@nArturoUsumaqui]

No matter how much you decorate a piece of shit its still a piece of shit

[@marieisgae6296]

Not enough character devlopment...the characters are basic. Like strangers that came together and were told they're meant for each other out of the blue...i wish they had more depth in the story is all. Like, the story is basic and even Shinkai can agree on that, I feel like it was a big talk cus of the animation and the soundtrack tbh. It didn't make me cry at all, it was decent to me.

[@yusufmohd100]

I see our baby Ranpo.

[@nikmendoza6500]

marie is gae have u heard of Japanese culture lol

[@na-ll1yl]

then give them the budget then, they were limited to animate and add stuffs because of the tight budget

[@daredevilxd2056]

I absolutely agree with you

[@Eri-jw2ts]

@@nikmendoza6500 have you heard about the word opinion

[@kurlykayla9013]

I've been saying this for ages now. Shinkai's movies are gorgeous from a visual standpoint. Literally every shot can be used as a wallpaper. But...that's mostly it. No hate to him, he works hella hard and is hella talented, but he's also the perfect example as to how visuals do not trump narrative.

[@19Rena96]

That pretty much sums it up. I think all of his movies are ok, but really plain when it comes to the story.

[@alexconnor3368]

Absolutly agree, i can see why people like it so much but they aren't masterpieces in terms of writing

[@na-ll1yl]

Shinkai said it himself that he thinks this movie is overrated and is unfinished, but still hating on something just because it's famous doesn't make you a more tasteful person...

[@DoubleComedyG]

@@na-ll1yl I thought some parts were missing. It felt like it

[@na-ll1yl]

@@DoubleComedyG yes Shinkai said it himself that they were artistically restrained because of the budget, so it really was unfinished

[@cap7992]

it was such a beautiful movie imo, and it’s probably one of my favourite movies, but it felt incomplete

[@protag1956]

I didmt hate it, but it was SO overhyped. How tf did people consider it a masterpeice?? It wasn't that original or groundbreaking. It just was a shallow love story (which btw had hardly any chemistry between the ones who fell in love) with pretty animation. I liked it but it really didn't live up to the hype people gave it tbh. It was a cute little story with a few nice visuals and a plot twist. A Silent Voice was way better imo. Much better, more complex characters, better development, more original, left way more of an impression, and tbh I think it had better animation.

[@exalxe5701]

True af I really don't get why a lot of people like Kimi no na Wa more....

[@franandfriends199]

Best Girl it's not overhyped

[@mrajata1551]

it is.

[@mrrickstur]

masterpiece in terms of visuals and animation. That's it

[@KobeSande]

​@@exalxe5701becausevits just good

[@nikkothegoblin]

You know what’s a perfect anime movie? Castle in the Sky

[@alejandroabraham4250]

Chiiin Man no

[@michaeldeguzman3852]

That's one of Miyazaki's weaker works IMO

[@ruf8236]

A silent voice ?

[@666melodeath666]

Incoming Shit Storm of people disliking before watching the video

[@htimelines1089]

I mean, the title is pretty clickbaity, but I guess that's what you need to do to get views. Better have a clickbaity title with a good video than a good video that doesn't get the recognition it deserves.

[@DinoDays703]

Oh shit you got me

[@mrajata1551]

Htimelines In what way?

[@gavinmcg2100]

I watched it after hearing my friends rave about the movie and say they've watched it several times. After watching it, everything felt completely off, and you hit it all perfectly. The rendering is fantastic, the directing is fine, but the writing and the story, drive my crazy, and any emotional points felt so manipulative. Most of these negative comments do nothing to respond to your criticism. My friend was explaining to me that Taki was a blank slate for the viewer to insert yourself into. I find that kinda creepy. If thats the case, it kinda carrys a message that you dont need to be interesting to like be interesting to anyone. this movie stressed me out so much. Thank you for making me feel at least sane.

[@bmagada]

You find it creepy because the director wanted you to see the events as Taki. Maybe get the point that the movie makes sense logically if you see all of the connecting from his side seeing as Mitsuha is dead. You do get that they lived days as each other and probably knew each other better than anyone else right? He has a character and its a pretty clear one, it's just not as defined by his family as he's is. Her family and friends are all she has while he's focusing on architecture, his job, his crush. You'd literally have to not pay attention or fight noticing these things in order to miss them.

[@hypeman1825]

@@bmagada His character is that he's bland and reserved?.. oh yeah UNLESS he's switched.. THEN he's a tomboy who seems too cool for school?.

[@KhadaJhin04]

main characters are not justified in their affection to one another because they fall flat and are almost one dimensional, debunking what should have been the main focus and even, premise of the movie. The movie focuses on the art porn or whatever and that's pretty much it I do agree sir

[@snowy3842]

i feel the intention of the movie was it was a feeling of something missing so it would make sense for them to not know much about each other and have them seem one dimensional trying to find whats missing in your life but not knowing what it is and the fact that we don't know much about the characters lenses itself to that theme of missing something but not being able to figure it out u don't need deep characters to tell a good story

[@GranValor97]

I once saw a video of a guy explaining why he hated “The Departed”. Since then, I’ve learned to appreciate this extreme, but well constructed opinions. Of course I still LOVE this film, but it’s interesting to see why someone can HATE it as much as I love it!

[@ecupcakes2735]

A silent voice was BETTER than kimi no na wa. It Deserved MORE!

[@bankaispirits]

eCupcake s it came out within the "your name" rave, I hate that this came out within that time, if it have came out maybe a bit later after that movie settled down, maybe October, then it would've have way more support

[@justalostlocal]

ᑭᖇIᔕOᑎ ᗰIKE Oh, I didn't realize that while watching the movie (for 4 times) it actually engages me until the end. Can you explain what you meat be that? I'm genuinely interested :)

[@blobpoop457]

The animation is beautiful and the body swaps at the begining spike your curiosity but that's it. No interaction between characters, "love" comes out from nowhere, comet comes out from nowhere, time travel comes out from nowehere and all the stuff that you said. It's like they sent some random bullshit along a love story to add more depth but it doesn't work like that. It was still enjoyable to watch even without getting "hooked" but it was so praised and compared to the Myasaki movies that when I went to watch it in the theaters I expected better. At the end , getting hooked on a show is purely subjective. A lot of people hate cm per second but I loved it.

[@RandomKun]

Yeah, me too! I too loved your name so much that it made me cry but 5 cm per second was something else. Like your name give you a bit of happiness and hope, just a bit but it surely gives you some, but 5 cm per second just suck every drop of it. It's so simple yet so realistic and sad. When I watched it I realised that dreams might come true but reality may be full of regrets. And boii I cried like a newborn after it. In the end, both of them are very different from each other, one shows how love can be so strong and other shows how it can be so painful. Peace ☮️

[@blobpoop457]

@@RandomKun Haha to be fair I have watched 5cm such a long time ago that I don't completely remember the story but I still have this lingering feeling in my heart when I think about it. Maybe it's time for a rewatch and get depressed again XD

For me it boiled down to the shallow romance, the twist and the climax. Couldn't adress better myself, I think the movie has a chunck of nice landscapes and "cute" jokes to make the audience giggle, but not for me. I enjoyed the first 20 min or so before the amv as an stupid gender swaping lighthearted comedy but really when the twist comes I felt like I'd experience an Urobuchi's style of shock, beacause YOU NEVER WILL HAVE GUESTED RIGHT? Fuck

[@KaitlynFedrick]

the whole date thing completely broke any immersion I had.

[@joseph0098]

Eselpedré i think this movie will be better if it wasn't a romance, well even that wouldn't have save this movie because of the plotholes and the insane amount of shit it handles

[@kanashiida]

I didn't even realise it was a romance until they showed taki's confession which to me just came out of no where since the relationship development between mitsuha and taki was non existent..

[@AmuraHiboshi]

I'm sorry that we like to have frequent safe consensual sex or to simply hang out with no need for fanfare. Seriously, why does that matter when calling out underdeveloped relationships?

[@GoatJesus]

+Ragnarok Grandpa--what are you doing here on KZbin? I'm sorry you guys, it's not often that my grandad sneaks on to KZbin. I'll just escort him back to the retirement home.

[@adriannaa545]

I absolutely love this movie. The soundtrack, the visuals, and yes, even the romance. I do agreee that there should have been more time to explore the body switching. And, I do wish we got to explore the lives and personality of their friends. But there were tons of little moments where we learn about Taki. For instance, when he swapped into her body, we already know he has a short temper becuase he had the band aid across his face. Unlike her, he sticks up for himself and thats why people started to like her more. Because she is bolder and more charismatic since Taki feels that confidence in her life and she feels that way in his BECAUSE they WANT to help each other out, NOT becuase they are just simply being themselves. And as for the gendered aspect, I dont really think thats the point. I think they swap bodies in order to live the opposite lives of one another. She wishes to abandon her life as a shrine maiden and pursue a life unweighted by family pressures, and he lives in a bustling city and was needed to show the slower parts of life and town as opposed to his go go attitude. The grandma also serves as a somewhat parental figure for Taki as its clear he doesnt get to learn tradition at home. Finally, I heavily disagree with the disaster aspect. The whole point was that they used Misubi and the themes of the past to change the fate of the town. That was what the ancestors were attempting to secure. I think Mitsuha leaving to pursue her dreams but maybe showing her sister taking on the role of shrine maiden would have been beautiful. Finally, Taki wrote I love you on her hand because he knew they would eventually forget regardless since the gods were altering their memories and the whole sequence became more like a mistful dream. So he wanted to show her in that moment no matter she is loved because writing the name is useless. Overall, while I agree with some points, I think this movie is amazing and its something you watch as a feel good with a touch of romance. Id argue the main point is cultural past figuring out what your purpose is and then the romance. But thats just me. Will forever love this movie.

[@triangleangle7544]

Do you know who else got #Rank1 in MAL sometime ago... *Erased*

[@GoatJesus]

*SHOT*

[@poppag8281]

come on that was over a year ago!

[@ranzlaiv]

But unlike Erased the joke isn’t over yet.

[@KaitlynFedrick]

and Pingu

[@zachmontminy]

I remember when Owarimonogatari season 2 reached #1 on MAL and tons of Kimi no Na wa fanboys went en masse rating Owari a 1/10 without seeing it just to keep KnNw at the top. Petty fans. What a joke of a website.

[@clobby2736]

I adored this movie when I first saw it, but even then, I never thought it was flawless. I could articulate a few problems I had with it, but they seemed really easy to ignore. You've really nailed down what I haven't been bothered to think about because it makes me uncomfortable a movie with flaws such as these. I deeply value your opinion, and I'm glad you aren't one of those people who just tear something down for the sake of it or to detract from other people's enjoyment. I love this film, but it'll never be anywhere near perfect. Great video.

[@MoSenpai]

I respect your opinion and can see where you're coming from, but the flaws you mentioned don't hold me back from still liking this film. I think circumstances of Taki and Mitsuha where enough for most people to get emotionally invested. There's a video of Japanese elders watching Your Name and loving it because of they relate on an emotional level with growing apart from someone you love and not confessing to them before they never see them again. Maybe the movie has less to say about stuff, but it leaves enough open for people to relate to certain parts and nailing those things enough for people to love the movie.

[@GoatJesus]

Mo Senpai you should still like the film. But connecting with the characters =\= connecting with the concept. Elderly people might relate to the concept and not the execution. Then again, I could probably find elderly people to rag on this movie too if I wanted to make it look bad. I don’t really see your point. Popularity has never equaled quality.

[@MoSenpai]

GoatJesus My point is the same as yours. Popularity does not equal quality, but quality doesn't dictate audience consensus. Can legitimately bad movies have a big fanbase ? Yes, but not all movies with flaws are devoid of merit. People are not hung up on the lack of characterisation, because they're only vehicles for the audience to project themselves on. The people I talked to related to the situations and circumstances and that's what the movie was going for in the first place.

[@MoSenpai]

TheLonely Otaku It's split. Here's a video about it kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYXWkpl_e9CritU

[@Mimmuro]

Yaass I totally agree with you on this!! 😊👍

[@seroccoprime2774]

Clearly the execution was good enough that enough people felt a connection to the characters in this romance story.

[@measureface]

rumours has it that makoto shinkai's next project will be a romantic fantasy drama with incredible animation 😲

[@HFeyn]

He already did that with that Ghibli-style movie about a hollow earth that somehow allows you to resurrect the dead. Can't remember its name for the life of me, but it wasn't very good.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

+H. Feyn children who chase lost voices, i think

[@blurredmirrors]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! The “romance” was nonexistent for me. Plus the characters were just so flat. And empty, in a way.. plus, the scene near the end where Taki writes “I love you” on Mitsuha’s hand? Everyone raves on about how sad and tragic that moment is, and I just snorted and rolled my eyes. It’s so forced and corny.. 😂 That aside, the animation for all the starry skies and landscapes of grass fields, etc. are really pretty, though.. but that’s legitimately all I liked about it.

[@connor7960]

Man just finished the movie hours ago, yes I did cry at the ending and I think it is beautiful, but all the parts you've pointed out all makes sense and agreeable not gonna lie

[@leongkinwai9709]

13:28 And also Taki, upon being in it for the umpteenth time and probably by that point being someone who should know better or at least have enough goddamn respect for her as a person to NOT do it again, and we also expect him to not do it again because the film has taken on a more dramatic tone... fucking does it again. A barrel of laughs, a pound of fish of laughs; the entire theatre raging into rapturous fits of convulsion. I remember really liking this movie, though also questioning if watching it again wouldn't just make it fall apart, and even then that was absolutely the worst part of it, hands down; all for a cheap shot of laughter, it uses the same punchline and throws away with it a potential to more firmly establish the shift in tone and the character development that Taki should've undergone by now, or at least getting tired of doing that so goddamn often.

[@bendytheinkdemon8699]

Finally found someone who felt the same way as me

[@havocbringer2100]

Savage. And delicious. Great writing advice there too. I love how you suggest alternatives for a more effective story. Also I need to check out Shin Godzilla. I think this is my favorite video of the week, thanks for the insight.

[@ech78928]

What did you think of Shin Godzilla, since time has passed?

[@MiawMomo]

I am usually very sensitive to anime, I always identify with some character and had great expectations with what this anime was going to generate for all the hype I had, but despite the amazing and beautiful animation I was not moved, it did not make me feel that connection with the characters.

[@Evan-xs8ts]

Yeah it's a bit hard if you are not Japanese

[@Evan-xs8ts]

@@mikeyua7 It doesn't have shoddy storytelling for Japanese people. its just that if you don't know Japanese culture or listen to the sub you won't be able to connect to the characters

[@gloomypeaches6476]

Thank you! I watched this movie with my family (whom don’t like anime) and they were ALL praising it and such. For whatever reason I couldn’t bring myself to give it another go and try to like it. I found the girl average and the boy a blank slate so I really didn’t care for the couple at all. I agreed with most of the things in this video and I liked the way you gave constructive criticism like the progressiveness of Your Name. Keep up the great quality videos!

[@giannilyanicks1718]

they were supposed to be normal teenagers , they didn't have a particular personality. they were more or less supposed to be kinda like us. it's just a shame that their relation wasn't enough clear. funny howx ppl who doesn't like anime appreciated this film. don't suddenly reply me , i just say that like that. i just pass.

[@djlowd3259]

One thing I do agree with 100% is that a lot of the relationship building happened through the montages and I would have liked to see them swapped making friends with eachothers friends

[@dknuts7080]

To be fair I love this movie, I think it has a good writing and it’s beautifully animated but I do agree with your criticism and it makes me curious how Taki’s character could have been built better and how his backstory could have been and how the gender things could have played better. I really enjoyed your point of view

[@alitagaming8330]

A silent voice is way better and more heartbreaking

[@user-ui7op7kl4p]

people can like the movie but they can't deny how shallow it really is

[@ZipMapp]

小可 shallow as you and me, I can relate to people being ordinary shallow. Unique snowflakes cannot

[@Sakaki98]

ZipMap People aren’t shallow, man. They just appear to be because of such things as cultural zeitgeist and social norms that put them into boxes DESPITE what they have going on outside of that. Now are there people out there with no direction in life? Yes. But they are outliers and typically have a reason for being that way which, in practice, makes Ben just as deep. Dissociation to cope with some form of abuse is one way, being forced to conform to something like a societal standards or a family business at the cost of your personal agency is another, and having no role model due to a broken family would be another. Even shallow characters aren’t shallow in the way that you seem to think. Life and people are more nuanced than that.

[@Emilie13love]

As someone who unsurprisingly loves Kimi No Na Wa, I really appreciate you doing research and actually backing up your points. My personal critique of the film is that I don’t understand how drinking 3 year old sake made from the saliva of the girl you’re connected to means time travel.

[@Dumbo-zx7oc]

It’s in Japan folk lore in the folk lore it what makes people connected I think I heard it from a friend

[@ToruKun1]

Chris Stuckman: THIS UNIQUE JAPANESE HUMOR IS SO REFRESHING Kimi no Na Wa: *a guy swaps bodies with a girl and gropes 'her' boobs* LOL it's only "unique" and "refreshing" if you didn't know anime existed and/or never saw that episode of Futurama where Fry's head was sewn onto Amy's body

[@horaciosi]

He got one thing right: This humor is very Japanese

[@zoneteiko2995]

I agree with the “We need to see more connection stuff when they are switching”. I too wanted more scenes where they switch and experience each other’s lives. But when you went personal about taki talkin to his dad, i disagreed. You gotta remember they are teens, and if i was mitsuha in Taki’s body, i wouldnt even dare interact too much with the father, so that everything can go normal and smooth without anyone realising the switch. You take it like these characters should already be experienced in the switch, you are forgetting that both of them are shocked by the phenomena and they will always be anxious of their actions, especially towards their parents or relatives. Both of them want the phenomena to stop and continue life without change, but what you suggested was “change”.

[@JohnKayJr]

I think a lot of the appeal is despite these points.. the characters are seem average and underdeveloped and I think that has resulted in the audience projecting what they feel and what they want to imagine about the characters. Which works for mass appeal.. because the is so little to judge. It then allows you to just focus on the complexity of the spiritual aspect of the movie. And the ending, while emotionally satisfying, ends up being very open ended.

[@JohnKayJr]

Otherwise I agree that it's not actually that deep or well developed and Makoto Shinkai was right when he could have done a better job. There didn't seem to be a clear theme, it was just.. a pretty movie, with some feel good stuff in it. But no Amazing lessons, or deep character development. It lets people just fill in the void with whatever they like. Which, I guess led to a lot of people filling it in with everything they like! But the reviewer her was waiting to be filled, and didn't get much.. this movie is actually a thriller mystery movie, pretending to have romance and spirituality and deep emotion.

[@JohnKayJr]

The more I think of it. The more it's not a romance in my mind. It has some of the clutches of one near the end, but it doesn't really feel that way most of the movie. Just feels like your average flawed characters, dealing with a bizarre situation. Reminds me more of thrillers like Memento, or Princess Mononoke (which also don't have much character development)

[@ZipMapp]

Fucking thank you, I thought there were only retards in comments. It's so obvious that I'm shocked by the number of people who just can't get it

[@fuzzy2401]

I agree, I do see his point of view, but some of his points seem to be too picky, then then again that’s what critics do.

[@heinzkohl7739]

@@ZipMapp I haven't found one negative comment. Gosh, how that came to be is a mystery

[@TBoneTony]

Body swapping? I have seen that in Dating the Enemy that was a film in the 90s. It was an Australian film after looking at info online and I can say this is a Body Swapping storyline in a live action film. Those who want to say that Your Name was revolutionary I can say it was not the first storyline of body swapping.

[@CoconutButt]

My blood.. BOILED when I watched the evacuation scene. I was so frustrated that NOBODY WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE WERE LOUD SIRENS, NO LIGHTS, TWO EXPLOSIONS AND AN ONGOING YELLING PERSON OVER SPEAKERS TELLING PEOPLE TO EVACUATE. WHY!? It made no fucking sense, and I felt like I was going to explode.

[@idagergely6235]

FINALLY!!! I SO AGREE WITH YOU!!! AND GOD THE FANSERVICE BOTHERED ME SO MUCH!!

[@jennybenny7547]

Right? It is so fucking weird, just out of fucking no where

[@winterjewel9387]

SAME!!! PREACH!!!

[@TBoneTony]

I do think that Your Name is a good film, but not a great one. I enjoyed A Silent Voice allot better. It was a good couple of films that I brought within a close few months of their DVD release. I think that Your Name should have been a 12 to 24 episode series as there are things can be delved more deeper in the story. A movie with only 90 minutes can only delve into the main part of the story and only that main story is shown in the film. All other side stories need to be told in a separate OVA series that can give each character a side to their stories that the film does not give it.

[@MADGuy248]

TBoneTony there’s a novel of Your Name about stories of some main characters. Shinkai’s movies are often expanded with other forms of media like novels and manga, so that the characters development can be more complete.

[@benzoFE88]

A Silent Voice should've won best movie ;-;

[@ZipMapp]

8enzo the Oblivious no

[@elysium8131]

yes

[@vaachaspathibonala4019]

ZipMap why no?it was way more focused than your name,a narratively better movie imo

[@ZipMapp]

Vachaspathi Bonala Lol stop playing the cinema apprentice, there are plenty of more character focused shitty films, this is not a good criteria to evaluate shinkai's work thats all. Its mad you guys can't understand that the only problem in this pseudo analysis is the guy's ego

[@vaachaspathibonala4019]

ZipMap no don't get me wrong,I really liked your name,just pointing out a different perspective,each person's preferences on art are different and there's nothing wrong with that,each frame of your name is absolutely gorgeous and oozes style and simply breathtaking,a silent voice on the other hand could have a better sense of closure from a narrative perspective in the ending as one of the characters simply weren't as well defined as I would've wanted,I'm not here to fight which is a better movie,we can both agree that these 2 films are some of the best of the year and deservedly getting praise from everyone,I'm just here to gather pserpectives is all.

[@mlggodzilla1567]

Love how people compare this with classics like spirited away or akira

[@GentleFD25]

God, I couldn't put my feelings into words about why I can't stand this movie but you did it perfectly. It's funny, I really did like it at first too, but like everyone else, I was just entranced with the visuals. But narratively, it's pretty empty and one-sideded.