Kimi no Na wa (君の名は。)

Before, I review this movie on my own version, I want to tell you why i am intersting with this movie. Basically, I only watch anime like Conan, Shincan, and Naruto/Boruto. I don’t like romance anime. The reason why I watched this movie because the orginal sound track “Nandemonaiya - なんでもないや” (meaning : Never mind) by RADWIMDS. There is something at the song that really takes my heart go deeper , just feel that I have to listen this song over and over again. That song makes me be greatful and blessful. I always listen that song every morning to give the positive energy. The lyric says “もう そくし だけ くっついて いよう か - Mou sokushi dake kuttsuite iyou ka ” (meaning: please stay with me, little bit longer). If we look closer, Japanase POP songs espesially on the lyrics so poetic and touching. The lyrics and the music are so matchable, especially when it is played orchestra. The details of the scene, some scenes are taken based on the original place, it is also amaze me.

Back to the movie. This movie was directed by Makoto Shinkai. Kino no Na wa tells the story between two youngster. Mitsuha Miyamizu a high school girl in rurak Japan Itomori Machi (Itomori Village (fiction)- Gufi Prefecture) it take 3 hours from Tokyo (Google map’s version) and Taki Tachibana, same as Mitsuha a high school boy  but he lives in Tokyo. Overall the story is a wistfully lovely Japanese tale about time and fate.

As I mentioned before, Mitsuha a high school student who lived in Itomori Village, Hida Moutains, Gifu Prefecture. Because living in small village seems so boring to her, she wish that she can be a young boy who lives in Tokyo. And then Taki is also a high school boy, live in Tokyo, was woke up from his sleep and realize that his self was Mitsuha. Both of them realize that they exchanged souls and they started to communicate and leave a note on their phone. As time goes by, they are getting used to it, and start to interfere their own life each other. Mitsuha helped Taki to make a relationship with his co-workers Miki Okudera. On other side, Taki helped Mitsuha to get famous at her school. And then, Mitsuha tell Taki about a comet which predicted to crossing and approaching the earth in a few days, and how intersted she is to see it, because the time coincides with a summer festival in Itomori Village. FYI, Mitsuha has a sister Yatsuha Miyamizu and grandma (I don’t know her name lol).They live in family temple which keep in a hundred years until now (movie time).

One day, Mitsuha’s grandma ask Taki who inside Mitsuha’s body, “are you still dreaming?”, and tell her that Miyamizu’s descendants has ability to experiencing dreams about other people’s lives, when Mitsuha’s grandma said that, suddenly Taki was waking up from his sleep. And his phone was ringing and show that today’s dating with Miki which set by Mitsuha when she is inside Taki’s body. He met Miki in station, the date seems good but in the end of the day Miki realize that there is someone else that Taki thinks and the date was failed. It is true that Taki thinks about Mitsuha, and he try to call Mitsuha and tell that he want to meet her, but he didnt make it. After that they never exchange souls. He decide to go to Mitsuha’s Village (Itomori) and meet her.

Without know what Village’s name is, he travel to Hida mountains and only count on the sketch based on his memory when he was in Mitsuha’s body. He travel with his co-worker (Miki) and his classmate (Tsukasa Fujii). He visit a restaurant, and the chef of the restaurant  knows Taki’s sketch as Itomori Village. The chef said that the village was beautiful but the village was hit by comet shards three years ago. When Taki read article about accident, he realize that the comet has killed one third of village’s population. He found Mitsuha, her sister, grandma, and also her classmate Katsuhiko Teshigarawa and Sayaka Natori who listed on the victim list. Taki, and Miki, and Tsukasa go to Mitsuha’s school, delivered by the chef. They can see the village entirely was damaged by comet. Taki check his cellphone to make sure that Mitsuha’ note on his phone is real and he wasn’t dreaming but all notes are deleted automaticly.

Trying to reconnected to Mitsuha’s body, Taki ventured to go alone to Miyamizu secret temple around Hida mountains. He realize that Mitsuha’s timeline with his were several years old. Back to when Mitsuha’s grandma said.”are you still dreaming?”, They (Mitsuha,Yatsuha, and her grandma) went to Miyamizu secret temple to present kuchikami-zake  as gift to god. Kuchikami-Zake is a rice wine which made by chewing rice – vomited back and fermented into “sake”. Her grandma said that Kuchikami-Zake is half of the soul who made it. So to get back to Mitsuha’s body,he drink Kuchikami-Zake and suddenly, miracle was happen, he is back to Mitsuha’s body in the morning in the day before comet hit the village. He still has time to save the village and convince his friend (Katsuhiko Teshigawara and Sayaka Natori) about the comet and asking their help to evacuate the village as soon as possible. They planned to blow up village electricity source and hijack village radio to tell village the comet will hit Itomori, they made it but they were found out by Regent of Itomori District Mitsuha’s father. The goverment immendiately tell people to calm down and stay at home. And suddenly the comet shows up and breaks, and Mitsuha and Katsuhiko ensure their father to evacuate the village immediately. After at Mitsuha’s father office scene, the comet hits the village, and blow up entirely. In the next eight years, it shows that Mitsuha make it, and all village was saved. Back to Tokyo, Taki was graduated from university and looking for a job, and he feels that something is missing. Taki was interviewed by HRD in office. When at one cafe, he listen to Katsuhiko and Sayaka litte chit chat and he is looking to them, they leave the cafe. In train station, they were stunned at each other when they passed each other. And they descend at the next stop to looking for each other. Finally, they are met on a stairs in Tokyo city (Suga Temple Stairs) and asking their name each other. End of the movie (“Nandemonaiya” was sung).

Beside the story I want to tell you that I really love the scene at Miyamizu’s secret temple, the director can mix the movie with japanese’s culture perfectly (Her grandma tells about Kuchikami-Zake, Misubi, and others) and the details. Other details you also can see at Suga temple’s stair. It is real in Yotsuya, Tokyo, the animator drew it perfectly detail (the railing, stairs, the hallway, the gap between houses). I recommend you to watch this movie and listen for the oginal sound track.