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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''I wanted to tell you that… Wherever you may end up in this world, I will be searching for you.'']] |
| 3 | ->''Connecting people is Musubi. The flow of time is Musubi. These are all the god's power. So the braided cords that we make are the god's art and represent the flow of time itself.'' |
| 4 | -->-- '''Hitoha Miyamizu''' |
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| 6 | ''Your Name'' (''Kimi no Na wa'') is the sixth film by Creator/MakotoShinkai. The film was animated by [=CoMix Wave Films=] and distributed by Creator/{{Toho}}. The film premiered at Anime Expo on July 3, 2016, and opened in Japan on August 26, 2016. Shinkai published a novelization a month prior to the film's theatrical premiere. |
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| 8 | ''Your Name'' follows the lives of two high school students, Mitsuha Miyamizu and Taki Tachibana. Rural-bred Mitsuha has long been dissatisfied with her life in the countryside and resents her role as a {{Miko}}, as well as the way her father focused on his political career instead of caring for his children. |
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| 10 | Her wish of being reborn as a handsome Tokyo boy is seemingly granted when she wakes up in Tokyo and is treated to a day in the life of a busy Tokyo high school student, adjusting to the hustle and bustle of the city that stands in stark contrast to the sleepy town of Itomori. While she [[AllJustADream dismisses her experiences as a dream]], the phenomenon, seemingly related to the appearance of Comet Tiamat, begins to occur with increasing frequency, bringing Taki and Mitsuha together in a way they previously thought unimaginable. |
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| 13 | !!''Your Name'' provides examples of: |
| 14 | * AbortedArc: Despite being presented as a source of conflict in the film, the relationship between Mitsuha and her father remains rocky right up until Mitsuha attempts to persuade him one final time to [[spoiler:evacuate the town]]. However, the novel ''Another Side: Earthbound'' suggests that things between the two have become more cordial. |
| 15 | * AdaptationExpansion: The manga adds unique content not present in the film, such as giving Taki more interaction with his hitherto one-scene father, expanding on what Taki did between the stopping of the body-swapping and his trip out to Itomori, and more of the entries Mitsuha left in Taki's phone. |
| 16 | * AdaptationDeviation: In the manga, Miki finds [[spoiler:a now-adult]] Taki in person on [[spoiler:the anniversary of the Tiamat strike]] rather than contacting him on the phone while he's with his friends. |
| 17 | * AdultsAreUseless: Mitsuha only has Tessie and Sayaka's assistance [[spoiler:in attempting to evacuate Itomori ahead of the impact event, as all of the adults have dismissed their claims and pay them no heed. However, this becomes subverted when Mitsuha attempts to convince her father to order an evacuation and succeeds.]] |
| 18 | * AirplaneOfLove: After Taki's date with Miki, we see a airplane flying in the night sky. |
| 19 | * AllForNothing: The side novel ''Another Side: Earthbound'' reveals that, after his wife Futaba's death, Toshiki had set out to become mayor of Itomori in order to modernise the town, spending two years preparing and then getting elected into a 4-year term. As he's preparing for re-election at the start of the film proper, [[spoiler:comet Tiamat destroys the town into it one month later]] and with it, his goals of revitalising Itomori. |
| 20 | * AlliterativeName: The main protagonists' names, Mitsuha Miyamizu and Taki Tachibana, have the same characters in their given and family names. |
| 21 | * AllJustADream: Taki and Mitsuha initially dismiss the body swapping as a dream until the occurrences become more persistent. Later in the film, Taki is left to wonder if his experiences were a figment of his imagination, when [[spoiler:he learns that Mitsuha perished in the impact event annihilating Itomori.]] |
| 22 | * AllMenArePerverts: Taki never fails to grope Mitsuha's breasts when waking up in her body, which becomes a RunningGag. |
| 23 | * AllThereInTheManual: Supplementary materials, such as the movie novelisation and side novel, ''Another Side: Earthbound'', provide additional details into Tessie, Yotsuha and Mitsuha's father's perspectives, including how Mitsuha's father first met Mitsuha's mother. |
| 24 | * AlternateUniverse: It is implied that ''Your Name'' splits off from ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'' in that Yukari moves to Itomori rather than to Shikoku. |
| 25 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Mitsuha's father interrupts his political rally to lecture Mitsuha for her posture while she's passing by on her way to school, embarrassing her in front of the town's citizens. |
| 26 | * AngryCollarGrab: When Taki-as-Mitsuha tries to convince Mitsuha's father to evacuate Itomori, he brushes it off as either a bid for attention or mental illness, and picks up the phone to call the hospital. Taki loses his temper and yanks the older man forward by his necktie, shocking him. |
| 27 | * ApocalypseHow: Local area societal disruption [[spoiler:due to the Tiamat fragment's destruction of Itomori. In the original timeline, 500 of Itomori's 1,500 inhabitants die and the rest abandon the town. In the changed timeline, there are no fatalities, but 104 are still injured, and though its exact fate is never made explicit, at least some inhabitants leave it afterwards.]] |
| 28 | * ApocalypseWow: Tiamat's fragmenting means [[spoiler:Itomori is running out of time]], but also results in a beautiful sky. |
| 29 | * ArcSymbol: The RedStringOfFate figures very prominently in the movie to signify the connection between Taki and Mitsuha. |
| 30 | ** Doors and thresholds form a recurring motif as well, fitting the theme of connection between worlds. |
| 31 | * ArcWords: |
| 32 | ** "[[TitleDrop Your name]] is..." appears frequently throughout the movie. |
| 33 | ** "WhoAreYou" |
| 34 | * TheArtOfBraRemoval: The opposite holds true here. Taki lacks the familiarity to put on a bra while he's inhabiting Mitsuha's body, and goes braless instead. Mitsuha eventually has to deal with it herself by wearing one to bed, as we see the morning of the trip to the mountain shrine. Unfortunately, one of the switch days before she does so is a day the girls play basketball in gym class, leading to some very obvious bouncing. |
| 35 | * AttackOfTheTownFestival: [[spoiler:A fragment of Tiamat falls on Itomori the night it is holding an autumn festival.]] |
| 36 | * BaitAndSwitch: At the film's closing, [[spoiler: Taki and Mitsuha walk past each other, seemingly passing by without a second glance and leading to an ending consistent with Shinkai's earlier works, but ultimately, Taki stops and calls out to Mitsuha, noting she seems familiar, allowing the two to introduce themselves to one another.]] |
| 37 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: |
| 38 | ** Near the beginning Mitsuha wishes "make me a handsome boy in my next life". According to some cultures, waking up each day is a kind of rebirth... |
| 39 | ** In Tessie's part of ''Another Side: Earthbound'', he fantasises about destroying Itomori, because with his family company's strong ties to the town, it's the only way he'll ever be allowed to leave the town and get out from under his father's thumb. However, Tessie does not anticipate the [[spoiler:impact event that ultimately destroys the town.]] |
| 40 | * BigDamnReunion: Mitsuha and Taki [[spoiler:meet by chance at the very end and ask each other if they'd met before, tearing up in happiness at finally seeing the person they'd subconsciously longed to meet.]] |
| 41 | * BilingualBonus: |
| 42 | ** The name of the Italian restaurant Taki works at translates as ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords''. Curiously, [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-12-20/interview-makoto-shinkai/.110150 this decision was made by the environment artist]], rather than Shinkai himself. |
| 43 | ** The name of the comet "Tiamat" sounds strikingly similar to the Italian phrase "ti amo", which means "I love you." Now consider the genre of the film... If you want to head straight into Latin, "Tiamat" also sounds quite similar to "te amat", which directly translates to "he/she loves you". |
| 44 | * BlandNameProduct: Although there is ProductPlacement in the film, [=KFC=] appears as [=KEO=], Prudential Financial becomes Pararudenta Financial and Tsukasa uses a [[https://i.imgur.com/25SAXyB.png Somy phone]]. This last one is odd because Sony in its unedited form is visible in shots of Yunika Vision. Miki and Taki also pass by a building with "Top Camera" in Akasaka-Mitsuke at the end of the film. The actual building has a Bic Camera outlet instead. |
| 45 | * {{Bookends}}: The film opens and closes with Taki and Mitsuha [[spoiler:spotting one another in opposing train cars]], although the ending presents the subsequent events, as well. |
| 46 | * BoyMeetsGirl: [[spoiler:And it involves [[FreakyFridayFlip body switching]] and TimeTravel.]] |
| 47 | * BroadStrokes: This cannot be fully in continuity with ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'' because at the end of that film, Yukari moved back to her hometown in Shikoku rather than going to Itomori (which is in Gifu, Honshu). |
| 48 | * BrokenMasquerade: When Taki-as-Mitsuha almost physically assaults Mitsuha's father, the man is at first shocked, and then seemingly realizes that Mitsuha quite literally isn't herself at the moment. |
| 49 | * TheCameo: |
| 50 | ** Yukari Yukino from ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'' makes an appearance as Mitsuha's literature teacher. |
| 51 | ** Makoto Shinkai revealed that Takao Akizuki from the same movie is in as well and challenged the viewers to find him. [[spoiler:See the entry for FreezeFrameBonus for the cameo scene.]] |
| 52 | * CassandraTruth: Mitsuha's grandmother tells her that no one will believe her about [[spoiler:the impact event]], correctly surmising Mitsuha's father's response to the threat; he decides that Mitsuha must either be lying or else, mentally ill. |
| 53 | * CatapultNightmare: Taki is jolted awake when awakening as Mitsuha for the first time. |
| 54 | * CensorShadow: The first time Taki and Mitsuha switch bodies, bright sunshine covers Taki-as-Mitsuha's breasts when he looks in the mirror. |
| 55 | * ChekhovsClassroom: |
| 56 | ** Yukari mentions the phrase "tasokare-doki/kataware-doki", an ancient term for "twilight" sounding phonetically similar to "who is that?", characterising twilight as "when the world blurs and one might encounter something extraordinary". Mitsuha and Taki [[spoiler:subsequently meet one another under twilight for the first time.]] |
| 57 | ** While inhabiting Mitsuha's body, Taki learns about the concept of "musubi", which he later recalls, leading him to [[spoiler:drink the kuchikamisake that Mitsuha had made and send himself back to Itomori with the goal of saving the town.]] |
| 58 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 59 | ** Taki's bracelet bears resemblance to [[spoiler:and is]] Mitsuha's hair ribbon and becomes an artefact that helps Taki to recall that [[spoiler:he and Mitsuha had met in the past.]] |
| 60 | ** The ''kuchikamisake'' Mitsuha created during the kagura dance allows Taki to switch back into Mitsuha's body. |
| 61 | * ChekhovsHobby: |
| 62 | ** Tessie works part-time as a construction worker, and his father [[WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities tells him to learn how to handle explosives]]. His skill with explosives are called upon when Mitsuha asks him [[spoiler:to destroy a local transformer to prompt an evacuation.]] |
| 63 | ** Tessie's room shows him to be a collector and tinkerer of audio and electronic equipment, which is how he comes up with the idea to make the fake evacuation broadcast. |
| 64 | ** A member of the broadcasting club, Sayaka hijacks the town's broadcasting system to announce [[spoiler:the need for evacuation.]] |
| 65 | ** Mitsuha's experience in weaving allows Mitsuha-as-Taki to mend Miki's skirt when it is slashed by ruffians. |
| 66 | ** Taki is a capable artist, and is first seen drawing Itomori while inhabiting Mitsuha's body. His renditions are accurate enough to remind a local of the town's name, bringing Taki a step closer on his journey to learn more about Mitsuha. |
| 67 | * CometOfDoom: Comet Tiamat turns out to have a major influence upon the plot. |
| 68 | * ContrivedCoincidence: |
| 69 | ** The owner of the ramen shop Taki and his friends stop at is a former Itomori resident who later helps Taki reach [[spoiler:the remains of Itomori]]. According to the manga, [[spoiler:he too escaped the Tiamat strike]] only because traffic just happened to be bad that night. |
| 70 | ** As Mitsuha waits [[spoiler:to board a train to go back to Itomori after a day of fruitless searching for Taki in Tokyo, a train Taki was taking just happens to show up at the station she was at. This gives her the chance to pass him her ribbon, which becomes important chronologically later.]] |
| 71 | ** In the final scene of [[spoiler:Taki & Mitsuha's reunion,]] both are on their usual way to work. The fact that both are able to spot each other through the train window at the same precise location & time where their two trains run parallel to each other, [[spoiler:after years of this never happening before,]] is almost an act of god. |
| 72 | * CosmicPlaything: An entire town. As of present day, Itomori has been [[spoiler:hit by a meteor]] at least three times ([[spoiler:One time forming the crater where the shrine is, one time forming the lake and one time destroying the city]]). |
| 73 | ** This could also apply to the entire Miyamizu bloodline, since it's heavily implied that members of the family in the past often shared Mitsuha's 'swapping bodies' experience with someone else, [[spoiler:which may be related to some supernatural attempt to protect the town from the constant meteor strikes during each Tiamat passing as well.]] |
| 74 | * CreatorCameo: In Taki's bedroom, a mug bearing the same cat Shinkai uses as his Twitter avatar can be seen. |
| 75 | * CreatorProvincialism: ''Your Name'' draws a lot of inspiration and reference from Shinkai's hometown. For example, Lake Itomori is inspired by [[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E5%8E%9F%E6%B9%96 Lake Matsuraba]], and ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumihimo kumihimo]]'' braid-making along with the concept of ''musubi'' it's [[{{Pun}} tied]] to are presented in the film. |
| 76 | * CrotchGrabSexCheck: Mitsuha pensively inspects Taki's lower regions when waking up in his body for the first time. She later seems a bit unnerved after having to pee. |
| 77 | * DamnYouMuscleMemory: ''Another Side: Earthbound'' mentions that Mitsuha's smaller stature made it more difficult for Taki to adjust to movement while inhabiting her body. |
| 78 | * DarkestHour: Mitsuha, Sayaka and Tessie's plans to [[spoiler:save Itomori's citizens]] appears doomed to fail when [[spoiler: Sayaka is caught mid-broadcast and is forced to stop. Meanwhile, Mitsuha trips and falls en route to trying to convince her father to order an evacuation]]. |
| 79 | * DarkReprise: The upbeat vocal opening theme, "Dream Lantern", is remixed into the slow, melancholic instrumental "Kataware Doki" that is played when Taki and Mitsuha [[spoiler:meet in person at the caldera's edge by twilight.]] |
| 80 | * DeadAllAlong: Taki is shocked to learn that [[spoiler:Mitsuha and Itomori's residents perished prior to his interventions altering the course of history.]] |
| 81 | * TheDeadHaveNames: Taki, Tsukasa and Miki find a book in the local library that contain the list of deceased from [[spoiler:the impact event]], including [[spoiler:Tessie, Sayaka and Mitsuha's names.]] |
| 82 | * DeathFromAbove: [[spoiler:A fragment breaks off Comet Tiamat's main body and decimates Itomori, producing five hundred casualties and leaving a crater beside the original lake.]] |
| 83 | * DelayedExplosion: Of the Realistic variety; [[spoiler:when the comet fragment strikes Itomori, there is a brief delay before the sound of the impact is heard.]] |
| 84 | * DelayedRippleEffect: When Taki learns [[spoiler:of Itomori's destruction and Mitsuha's death]], his memories of her begin fading, and diary entries in his phone spontaneously erase themselves before his very eyes. |
| 85 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: |
| 86 | ** Taki tries finding Mitsuha and Itomori with nothing but a drawing of the town and without even knowing Itomori's name. Predictably, it doesn't work out. |
| 87 | ** Similarly, [[spoiler:Mitsuha trying to find Taki in Tokyo]] on a whim without proper planning goes equally poorly. |
| 88 | ** Taki forgets having met Mitsuha [[spoiler:in Tokyo in 2013]] because the likelihood of remembering someone who seemingly randomly bumps into you [[spoiler:3 years ago]] isn't high. |
| 89 | ** Mitsuha, Sayaka and Tessie's aim of [[spoiler:evacuating Itomori prior to the projected impact event]] is stymied by their limited resources and the adults dismissing their predictions as ludicrous. Even then, all they can do is [[spoiler:evacuate the town; outright stopping the comet fragment, like might happen in a more fantastic story, is never even considered.]] |
| 90 | * DistractedFromDeath: Mitsuha's father Toshiki NeverGotToSayGoodbye to Futaba because he was out trying to find other doctors to try curing her. |
| 91 | * DramaticDrop: Emphasising her shock at Taki's outrageous actions, Mitsuha drops the rolled omelette she was about to eat when she hears that Taki had kicked over a table in class the previous day while inhabiting her body. |
| 92 | * DramaticIrony: |
| 93 | ** One of the news commentators remarks that [[spoiler:the probability of Comet Tiamat's fragment striking a populated area was unlikely.]] |
| 94 | ** Toshiki's section of ''Another Side: Earthbound'' discusses how many shrines pass on all their secrets to only one designated heir, including the disadvantages of this system should that heir die before passing those secrets on in turn. Anyone who's watched the film before reading the book will wince, knowing exactly what's going to happen to Futaba in future. |
| 95 | * EarlyBirdCameo: The owner of the ramen shop owner that Taki and his friends stopped at [[https://infinitemirai.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/cameo.jpg can be briefly seen]] listening to Toshiki's rally. |
| 96 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: After [[spoiler:eight years of searching and feeling a persistent sense of longing during this period, Taki and Mitsuha finally meet one another. Their earlier efforts, while unable to stop the town from being destroyed, allow Itomori's residents to be saved, whereas in the original timeline, a third of the citizens had died in the impact event.]] |
| 97 | * EquivalentExchange: The price for crossing into the "underworld" (the place where the Miyamizu god Musubi is enshrined) is "the thing that you value most". [[spoiler:In other words, Taki and Mitsuha have to give up their memories of each other as the price for Taki's chance to save Mitsuha.]] |
| 98 | * EurekaMoment: In ''Another Side: Earthbound'', Toshiki comes to understand the significance of what he had been previously told about the Miyamizus' beliefs upon seeing [[spoiler: the fragment of Comet Tiamat.]] |
| 99 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: Taki and Mitsuha's friends and family observe a noticeable change in their respective personalities during their body swaps, and later, Miki feels that [[spoiler:Taki has fallen in love with Mitsuha, despite not knowing her.]] |
| 100 | * EveryoneLives: It turns out that through Taki, Mitsuha, and her friends' combined effort, [[spoiler:they were able to prevent major casualties from the impact event that destroys Itomori.]] |
| 101 | * FakedFoodContaminant: Near the end of [[FreakyFridayFlip Mitsuha's first day in Taki's body]], a customer at the restaurant Taki works at reports finding a toothpick in his pizza. Mitsuha points out the restaurant doesn't have toothpicks, so the man tries to make a scene and Miki decides it's better to follow the manual and make his pizza free of charge. After the restaurant closes for the day, the staff lament that it was clear he was scamming them, and it further turns out that he slashed Miki's skirt with a box cutter on his way out. |
| 102 | * FamilyThemeNaming: Mitsuha's name means three leaves, her sister Yotsuha's name means four leaves. Their grandmother's and mother's names, Hitoha and Futaba, mean one and two leaves respectively. |
| 103 | * FateDrivesUsTogether: Taki and Mitsuha are brought together by the body switching phenomenon. |
| 104 | * FinishDialogueInUnison: |
| 105 | ** Taki and Mitsuha voice their frustrations at the others' actions when they realise that they are "switching places". |
| 106 | ** Tessie and Taki-as-Mitsuha do this as they conclude their plans to [[spoiler:evacuate Itomori.]] |
| 107 | * FiveSecondForeshadowing: After Taki asks the ramen shop owner to help him reach Itomori, the man and his wife exchange looks that indicate foreboding. Tsukasa and Miki's remarks similarly hint at the sights awaiting Taki. |
| 108 | * FlippingTheTable: When Tessie and Sayaka talk to Taki-as-Mitsuha about how the small "clique" had bullied Mitsuha previously, Taki's reaction is to forcefully kick a desk near them over, then DeathGlare the trio into submission. After this, thinking that Mitsuha has [[GrewASpine Grown A Spine]], they take it down a notch. |
| 109 | * ForegoneConclusion: Mitsuha's first appearance in the movie is as an adult, [[spoiler:leading to the question of how she gets to this point if she's dead.]] |
| 110 | * TheForeignSubtitle: The movie was released in Germany as ''Your Name: Gestern, Heute, und für Immer''[[note]]''Yesterday, Today, and Forever''[[/note]]. |
| 111 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 112 | ** Mitsuha's grandmother mentions that a great fire destroyed Itomori's records, taking with it the meaning behind their rituals. This hints at the idea that even if people can be saved, their traditions will be lost to time. It's also possible that [[spoiler:there was a record of Tiamat's previous orbit, when a fragment impacted and created the town lake.]] |
| 113 | ** When Mitsuha-in-Taki first visits a cafe and gapes at the prices, she is asked jokingly what era she's from. [[spoiler:She actually is from the past after all.]] |
| 114 | ** In the novelisation, Mitsuha comments that Taki's crush on Miki is one-sided because she's older than he is, but [[spoiler: as it turns out, so is Mitsuha.]] |
| 115 | ** At one point, Mitsuha & Taki insulted each other for having no girlfriend/boyfriend. This ended up true as in the epilogue, both still remained single & not in any romantic relationship [[spoiler: until their fateful reunion, which reinforces the RedStringOfFate at play]]. |
| 116 | ** When both Taki and Mitsuha [[FreezeFrameBonus flip back to]] their previous day's journal entry, both are dated September 12. However, [[spoiler:Taki's falls on a Monday, whereas Mitsuha's falls on a Thursday, suggesting that their timelines differ.]] |
| 117 | ** During Taki's date with Miki, they visit a photo exhibition on nostalgia where some of the photos showcase Itomori and life in a bygone era, as well as remembering [[spoiler:a town already destroyed.]] |
| 118 | ** Right after Taki's failed date with Miki, he finds a message from Mitsuha in his phone that mentions Comet Tiamat, which [[spoiler: had passed three years earlier]]. When he tries to contact her directly, he cannot connect as [[spoiler:her number no longer exists.]] |
| 119 | ** Mitsuha cuts her hair short and doesn't wear her red hair tie, [[spoiler:because she had already given it to Taki when she went to Tokyo to see him, but since Taki doesn't start swapping bodies with her until three years later from his perspective, he didn't know who she is.]] |
| 120 | ** Taki and his friends first see Itomori from the derelict high school, [[spoiler:which was spared from destruction. Later, Taki-as-Mitsuha gets the citizens to evacuate here knowing the site will be safe.]] |
| 121 | * FourIsDeath: October 4th is when [[spoiler:Tiamat crashes into Itomori and destroys it, killing 500 of its inhabitants.]] |
| 122 | * FreakyFridayFlip: Taki and Mitsuha inexplicably switching bodies when they wake up is what drives the narrative. |
| 123 | * FreezeFrameBonus: |
| 124 | ** In the scene where Tessie's father and Toshiki are having dinner, there is [[https://imgur.com/a/5IWIO a very small calendar that shows]] [[spoiler:the year is 2013.]] |
| 125 | ** The first time Mitsuha attends school in Taki's body, a poster can be seen in his classroom [[spoiler:showing the year is 2016.]] |
| 126 | ** When Taki and Mitsuha are looking through their phones at one point, one of the dates shown is September 12, although [[spoiler:the day of week is different.]] |
| 127 | ** When Mitsuha is [[spoiler:walking around Tokyo trying to find Taki]], one of the places she is seen passing through is [[spoiler:the set of stairs where she would eventually reunite with him.]] |
| 128 | ** When [[spoiler:Mitsuha meets Taki in Tokyo before Taki even knew Mitsuha]], Taki is seen with notes to study English. The two phrases shown on his notes are: "Have you seen Tiamat's comet?" and "I'm looking for my counterpart", both of which are significant within the film's context. |
| 129 | ** The unused clubroom that Mitsuha, Tessie and Sayaka met in is filled with old game consoles like the Platform/NintendoGameCube, and the one shot of the room door shows that the room was formerly used by many other clubs. The presence of games like ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' suggest that the students had transformed the club room into a game room after the other clubs were shut down. |
| 130 | ** When the adult Taki briefly sees Mitsuha in the train station, [[spoiler:Takao Akizuki from ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'' can be seen among the crowd.]] |
| 131 | ** During the final act, [[spoiler:the kanji for Miyamizu can be seen on the nameplate of the now-adult Mitsuha's apartment front door, confirming that it's really her and not an IdenticalStranger.]] |
| 132 | * GenderVocabularySlip: When Mitsuha [[FreakyFridayFlip is inhabiting Taki's body]] for the first time, she accidentally uses the first-person pronoun "watashi" while with Taki's classmate. While not strictly a female-only pronoun, in this context (male high school students who are friends) it would come off as effeminate. She then tries to correct herself by switching to [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns "watakushi", "boku", and finally "ore"]], much to his friends' confusion. |
| 133 | * GenreShift: The movie started as a body-switching romance-comedy drama but later becomes tragic romance [[spoiler:with elements of Sci-Fi (namely time traveling).]] |
| 134 | %%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition. |
| 135 | * GilliganCut: On the day of the visit to the mountain crater shrine, Taki says that, for Mitsuha's sake, he shouldn't play with her breasts. When the scene cuts to Yotsuha opening Mitsuha's bedroom's door, he is seen doing exactly this. |
| 136 | * GirlOfMyDreams: Taki and Mitsuha occupy one another's bodies and do not meet, but their experiences eventually lead them to develop a strong sense of longing to meet with one another in person. |
| 137 | * HairstyleInertia: Taki and most of the characters sport hairstyles that remain consistent throughout the film, but Mitsuha's hairstyle undergoes several changes: she wears folded twin braids in the beginning, shortens her hair following an ImportantHaircut halfway through the film and finally, wears her hair down with a French braid as an adult following the TimeSkip. Sayaka spends most of the film with twin braids but has short hair as an adult. |
| 138 | * HairTriggerTemper: Taki has one, according to Tsukasa and Takagi; or at least he doesn't back down from a fight. |
| 139 | * HatedHometown: Mitsuha loudly expresses contempt towards her hometown. |
| 140 | * HaveWeMet: Upon meeting one another for the first time [[spoiler:at the film's conclusion, Taki asks this question to Mitsuha, confirming that the other person has indeed been the person they've been longing to meet after eight years.]] |
| 141 | * HeroicBSOD: Both Taki and Mitsuha are devastated when they learn of Itomori's fate. |
| 142 | * HeroStoleMyBike: In the climax, Taki-as-Mitsuha borrows Tessie's bike so he can get to the Miyamizu goshintai; his body (and Mitsuha's consciousness) are there in 2016, which allows the two to meet face-to-face for the first time. On the way there Taki slips on a hill, barely saving himself but breaking the bike; later Mitsuha (back in her own body) tells Tessie "He said 'sorry about your bike'", much to the latter's confusion. |
| 143 | * HistoryRepeats: Tessie remarks that Itomori Lake is [[spoiler:a meteor crater]] that formed 1200 years previously in response to Sayaka after she says that [[spoiler:an impact event]] is purely hypothetical. This holds true when [[spoiler:a fragment of Tiamat breaks off and forms a second crater close to the original.]] |
| 144 | * {{Homage}}: |
| 145 | ** There are not one but two moments where [[spoiler:the now-adult protagonists pass each other seemingly without recognizing]], heartwrenchingly similar to what happens at the end of ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'', [[spoiler:which makes Taki calling out to Mitsuha and her responding positively so much more touching and awesome for not letting it play out the same way.]] |
| 146 | ** The way [[spoiler:Mitsuha's trip to Tokyo to find Taki]] works out - a country girl travelling to the big city in search of someone important to her and spending a day in fruitless search only to find him at the last minute - also mirrors [[spoiler:Kanae's]] experience in the manga adaptation of the above. |
| 147 | * HopeSpot: When Mitsuha sees what Taki's written on her hand after she'd tripped, she realizes it reads [[spoiler:"I love you" in lieu of his name]]. While [[HeroicSecondWind encouraging her]] to continue to city hall, she also feels that this rather defeats the purpose of helping her to remember who he is. |
| 148 | * HowWeGotHere: |
| 149 | ** The film starts when Taki and Mitsuha are adults, reflecting on the dream they cannot quite remember. After briefly glimpsing one another while on separate trains, the narrative returns to when they were high school students. |
| 150 | ** Toshiki's section in ''Another Side: Earthbound'' starts with Taki-as-Mitsuha attempting to convince him to order [[spoiler:Itomori's evacuation]] before flashing back to Toshiki's first meeting with Futaba and Hitoha twenty years prior to the events of the film. |
| 151 | * HumanNotepad: Taki and Mitsuha scribble notes on the other's body to communicate and express their frustration at one another when the body-switching starts. Taki later suggests that they write their names on one another's hands so that they do not forget one another [[spoiler:after meeting in person for the first time. It doesn't work, both because Taki writes "I love you" instead of his name, and because they get shunted back into their own times before Mitsuha can draw more than the first stroke of her name.]] |
| 152 | * ImagineSpot: Mitsuha imagines herself in two different situations near the film's beginning, and both lead her to recoil in disgust: |
| 153 | ** After being informed of her unusual actions the previous day, a [[https://infinitemirai.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/vlcsnap-00008.png vision of her with bedhead and creepy laughter]] enters her mind's eye. |
| 154 | ** Yotsuha suggests that she market and sell ''kuchikamisake'' as a product, [[https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51659212696_727ea3748b_z.jpg prompting Mitsuha to imagine a rather gaudy advertisement]]. |
| 155 | * ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy: Mitsuha begins tearing up seemingly for no reason when thinking about [[MatchmakerCrush the date she set up for Taki]]. When she and Taki are older, they are also prone to waking up in tears, although beyond a persistent sense of yearning, neither can pin down why they feel this way. |
| 156 | * ImportantHaircut: Mitsuha cuts her hair the night before Comet Tiamat's perigee. Tessie suggests that Mitsuha might've had her heart broken, and this turns out to be true that she did it because of her feelings for a guy. While seemingly far-fetched, it turns out that [[spoiler:Mitsuha went to Tokyo to bid Taki the best on his date with Miki, but because of the disparity in their timelines, the Taki she finds does not recognise her]]. Considering that [[spoiler:learning about her death was a surprise,]] it cannot be said that she was anticipating to reduce the physical toll from having to do a lot of running [[spoiler:during the Itomori evacuation]] the next day. |
| 157 | * IndirectKiss: Taki drinks Mitsuha's ''kuchikamisake'', which was made by mixing rice and saliva in her own mouth. This allows him to inhabit her body [[spoiler:and work to prevent the town's destruction]]. |
| 158 | * InTheBlood: Mitsuha's grandmother mentions both her and Mitsuha's mother experienced dreams of living other lives, implying their body-swapping ability is due to their ancestry. |
| 159 | * ItAmusedMe: This seems to be the only reason why the {{Jerkass}} in the restaurant slashes Miki's skirt after she has already given him his meal for free. |
| 160 | * ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue shows that Takagi and one of Mitsuha's former classmates ended up working at the same Lawson convenience store. |
| 161 | ** also applies to Mitsuha, where she now resides in Tokyo, something she has always wanted since her days in Itomori. Unknown to both Mitsuha & Taki, the very thing they both seek since the comet incident is now in the same city. |
| 162 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Mitsuha attempts to advance Taki's relationship with Miki, unaware that he has fallen in love with her by this point. |
| 163 | * IWillFindYou: Taki resolves to meet Mitsuha again after their first meeting; he keeps his promise, as [[spoiler:the two meet in the film's final moments.]] |
| 164 | * KarmaHoudini: The ruffian at the Italian restaurant is never mentioned again and presumably never gets any comeuppance for his wrongdoing. |
| 165 | * KimonoFanservice: Sayaka accuses Tessie of wanting to go to the autumn festival just because he wants to see Mitsuha in a yukata. |
| 166 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: Both Taki and Mitsuha [[spoiler:lose only their memories about one another after altering the past.]] |
| 167 | * LiminalTime: Twilight, the time between day and night. [[spoiler:Taki and Mitsuha are able to meet despite being three years apart during this brief window.]] |
| 168 | * LineageComesFromTheFather: Inverted with the Miyamizu, a matrilineal bloodline who apparently produce only daughters, all of whom are implied to have had body swap experiences. |
| 169 | * LonelyPianoPiece: "Date", which plays [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin during Taki's date with Miki,]] becomes this after [[spoiler:it becomes apparent that the date's a failure]]. There is also the similar-sounding "Mitsuha's Theme" playing during [[spoiler:the flashback to Mitsuha's trip to Tokyo where she initially fails to find Taki and, when she actually does so, it's a younger him who doesn't recognize her.]] |
| 170 | * LostInTranslation: A scene where Mitsuha-in-Taki confuses his friends by repeatedly [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns using the wrong pronouns]] was replaced with her saying "when a girl... when a gal... when a ''guy''" in the English dub. There wasn't much else they could do, since English doesn't have gender-specific pronouns for "me," but accidentally saying "atashi" instead of "ore" is a lot more plausible than seemingly forgetting one's own gender (men sometimes use "watashi," just not to their friends), so this makes it seem strange that Taki's friends move on afterward as if nothing happened. |
| 171 | * LoveBeforeFirstSight: Even though they have not met the other in person, Taki and Mitsuha eventually fall in love with each other. |
| 172 | * LoveConfession: Taki-in-Mitsuha is shown receiving them from her schoolmates. Later on, [[spoiler:Taki writes one on Mitsuha's hand instead of his name.]] |
| 173 | * LoveEpiphany: Mitsuha realises she has feelings for Taki after recalling Taki's upcoming date with Miki, and Taki realises thus when [[spoiler:[[BelatedLoveEpiphany Mitsuha suddenly disappears from his life]].]] |
| 174 | * LoveTranscendsSpacetime: Despite being separated by time and space throughout the film's run, Taki and Mitsuha persistently feel a connection with one another [[spoiler:that allow them to meet again under twilight, and even after their memories for one another dissipate, lingering feelings led them to recognise one another immediately upon meeting again.]] |
| 175 | * MakeAWish: Mitsuha complains frequently about having to live in a backwater town, and at one point declares that she wishes to be reborn as "a handsome Tokyo boy" in her next life. |
| 176 | * ManIFeelLikeAWoman: The first thing Taki does in Mitsuha's body is look down and grope Mitsuha's breasts out of confusion, since he thinks it's just a particularly realistic dream. |
| 177 | * MaybeEverAfter: The film leaves the outcome of Taki and Mitsuha's reunion open, while [[spoiler:the novel suggests the two [[HookedUpAfterwards end up together]].]] The light novel to ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'' [[spoiler:implies they are married by 2024, as there is a one-line mention of "her grandson's wedding" when Hodaka visits Taki's grandmother after the Time Skip]], but considering the timeline incompatibilities, one is free to decide for yourself the canonicity of that. |
| 178 | ** [[spoiler:Shinkai has since confirmed in a Q&A for ''Anime/WeatheringWithYou'' that they did, in fact, end up marrying. Mitsuha even made a braided cord for Taki's grandmother!]] |
| 179 | * MeaningfulName: The name Itomori (糸守) translates to "thread-guard", in keeping with the ideas of how threads can bind together even the intangible. |
| 180 | * MentalTimeTravel: [[spoiler:Taki and Mitsuha exchange bodies]] during different time periods. Taki discovers this when he learns of [[spoiler:Itomori's destruction]], while Mitsuha never realises that this is the case. |
| 181 | * MindScrew: The last section of Yotsuha's part of ''Another Side: Earthbound'' contains a strange sequence where Yotsuha might or might not be experiencing a waking body swap with or dream of one of the Miyamizu ancestors. Little explanation is offered of the surreal events she encounters therein. |
| 182 | * MisplacedAccent: Takagi makes a comment about how Mitsuha-as-Taki is suddenly speaking in a rural dialect. |
| 183 | * MissingMom: |
| 184 | ** Mitsuha lost her mother to an illness when she was young. |
| 185 | ** Taki's mother is absent in the film and is never mentioned. |
| 186 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: In Toshiki's section of ''Another Side: Earthbound'', he speculates on why a shrine like the Miyamizus' that enshrines the celestial deity Shitori no Kami would find affinity with terrestrial deities like Izumo Taisha's. He suggests that they might have once worshipped a rebel against the other celestials like Ame no Kagaseo, at least until [[spoiler:a meteorite impact]] and the consequent deaths that would be viewed as the deity letting them down, prompting the Miyamizu to switch to worshipping Ame no Kagaseo's enemy Shitori no Kami instead. |
| 187 | * MoodWhiplash: |
| 188 | ** The film projects a comedic atmosphere surrounding the misunderstandings that arise when Taki and Mitsuha exchange bodies, but once the phenomenon ceases, things take on a much more dramatic, emotional tone. |
| 189 | ** When Taki and Mitsuha [[spoiler:meet in person on the edge of the caldera, emotions begin building up right up until Mitsuha seizes the moment to call Taki a pervert]]. The rest of the scene remains light-hearted until the twilight ends. Mitsuha subsequently [[spoiler:vanishes, unable to finish writing her name on Taki's hand.]] |
| 190 | * MushroomSamba: When Taki consumes the ''kuchikamisake'', he falls into a dream-like vision of Mitsuha's past that is rendered quite differently than the rest of the film. |
| 191 | * NakedFirstImpression: When Taki wakes up in Mitsuha's body for the first time, he initially believes himself to be dreaming, blearily arises and undresses in front of the mirror to get dressed. After seeing Mitsuha's body in the mirror, he is jolted awake at this unexpected turn of events. |
| 192 | * NeverGotToSayGoodbye: |
| 193 | ** The suddenness of twilight's end means that [[spoiler:Taki and Mitsuha never say goodbye to one another. Instead, they resolve to remember the other's name.]] |
| 194 | ** ''Another Side: Earthbound'' reveals that Toshiki wasn't able to be by Futaba's side when she took her last breath, which probably contributed to his remorse and subsequent actions. |
| 195 | * NeverTrustATrailer: |
| 196 | ** The iconic promotional image of Taki and Mitsuha encountering one another on the stairs as high school students never occurs in the film. |
| 197 | ** The Suntory commercials show a scene of Mitsuha and Taki chasing after each other through the streets of Shinjuku while wearing the winter uniforms of their respective schools. |
| 198 | * NextSundayAD: The film's epilogue is set in 2021, although Tokyo's skyline remains largely unchanged from how it appeared during 2016. |
| 199 | * NoAntagonist: The narrative in ''Your Name'' is driven by the characters' desires and goals, rather than any conflicts arising from any one individual or group's actions. The closest thing to an outside antagonist is a non-sentient CometOfDoom. |
| 200 | * NoNameGiven: Taki's father and Tessie's parents remain unnamed, even in the credits and official artbook. |
| 201 | * NoodleIncident: Mayugoro's precise involvement and actions in the fire that annihilated Itomori's historical records are never explicitly mentioned, being lost to time. |
| 202 | * NoPeriodsPeriod: Played totally straight: the law of averages alone would seemingly guarantee that Taki and Mitsuha must have switched places at least ''once'' while she was having her period, but apparently not. The topic never comes up in the movie, novel or ''Another Side: Earthbound''. |
| 203 | * NumericalThemeNaming: All of the women of Miyamizu lineage have given names with numbers in them. Hitoha means one leaf, Futaba corresponds to two leaves, Mitsuha is three leaves and Yotsuha is four leaves. |
| 204 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: How exactly Mitsuha manages to [[spoiler:convince her father to evacuate the town]] is never depicted in the film, novelisation or sidestories. |
| 205 | * OfficialCouple: According to Makoto Shinkai [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUnoaeKS-q4&feature=youtu.be&t=14m15s/ Taiki and Mitsuha got married after the events of Your Name.]] |
| 206 | * OnceDoneNeverForgotten: A sandalmaker now only known as Mayugoro was allegedly responsible for the Great Fire of Mayugoro that destroyed Itomori's records two hundred years ago. Yotsuha comments on how sad it is that, whatever his other contributions may have been, the fire is the sole legacy he has anymore. Toshiki makes a similar remark in his section of ''Another Side: Earthbound''. |
| 207 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Tessie's full name is Katsuhiko Teshigawara, but only his father refers to him as such. |
| 208 | * OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions: In ''Another Side: Earthbound'', one of Toshiki's motivations for entering office as Mayor was to eliminate the Miyamizus' Shinto influences on Itomori after Futaba's death shattered his faith in the gods. He ends realizing that there is indeed truth in the old myths. |
| 209 | * PaintingTheMedium: In the novelisation, different fonts and sizes are used to distinguish between Taki and Mitsuha's perspective. |
| 210 | * PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The final scene pans up to a brilliant blue sky and gentle clouds after [[spoiler:Taki and Mitsuha find each other again.]] |
| 211 | * ParentalAbandonment: |
| 212 | ** After Mitsuha's mother Futaba died from an illness, a grief-stricken Toshiki abandoned his duties as a priest and leaves after his mother-in-law, Hitoha, tells him to get lost, leaving Mitsuha and Yotsuha with her. From here on out, their relationship is a contentious one. |
| 213 | ** Taki's mother is absent in the movie; Taki and his father never mention her, and neither the novel nor Taki's section of ''Another Side: Earthbound'' provide insight as to how this came to be. According to Makoto Shinkai, she and her husband are divorced. |
| 214 | * PastLifeMemories: Early on, Tessie jokingly suggests that Mitsuha's odd behaviour might be the result of having lived a previous life. The lyrics of "Zen Zen Zense" also allude to this notion. |
| 215 | * PhoneCallFromTheDead: The reason why Mitsuha and Taki are unable to call one another is because [[spoiler:Mitsuha has already been dead for three years by the time]] Taki starts swapping bodies and leaving phone app diary entries with her. |
| 216 | * PopStarComposer: The soundtrack is composed by famous Japanese band RADWIMPS, with multiple songs for frontman Yojiro Noda to sing on. Its international success would go on to greatly raise global awareness of the band. |
| 217 | * PostModernMagik: In the novel, Mitsuha considers cursing Sayaka and Tessie by means of [=LINE=] when they show up to watch the ritual she's performing in spite of her request for them not to come. |
| 218 | * ProductPlacement: |
| 219 | ** Boss Coffee machines are seen in Mitsuha's town, and are considered "cafes" in lieu of an actual eatery. Shinkai also directed a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go5hxDAcbM8 series of commercials]] where Taki and Mitsuha promote Suntory drinks. |
| 220 | ** Taki has a [[https://www.hermanmiller.com/products/seating/office-chairs/aeron-chairs/ Herman Miller Aeron chair]] in his room. |
| 221 | ** The [[https://line.me/en/ Line]] web service shows up whenever Taki or Mitsuha receive a text. |
| 222 | ** Billboards in Tokyo show many real world brands, including Sony and Panasonic. |
| 223 | ** An ad for Z-Kai, which Shinkai has also directed a commercial for, briefly appears on the train Mitsuha is taking [[spoiler:while trying to find Taki in Tokyo]]. Another one is seen in the train [[spoiler:adult]] Taki is on in post-TimeSkip. |
| 224 | ** Tessie at one point is seen eating from a container of "Tocky". |
| 225 | ** [[https://twitter.com/azuma201512/status/1164185939163439107?s=19 Tessie rides a Honda scooter.]] |
| 226 | * RaceForYourLove: When Mitsuha and Taki catch a glimpse of one another on board trains headed in opposite directions, they [[spoiler:disembark and run off to find each other, despite neither having any recollection of the other.]] |
| 227 | * RealPlaceBackground: |
| 228 | ** [[https://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2017/10/14/a-photogrammetry-exercise-in-kimi-no-na-wa-your-name-determining-the-location-of-takis-apartment-and-a-fly-through-from-tokyo-to-hida/ The surroundings of Taki's home are based on Wakaba, a neighbourhood near Yotsuya Station and Shinjuku]]; true to its incarnation in the film, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building is visible, and a straight line projected from Taki's apartment through the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building does intersect with Lake Suwa and Hida in Gifu. |
| 229 | ** The stairwell in promotional materials and seen in [[spoiler:the film's ending]] are [[https://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2017/08/26/the-stairs-to-suga-shrine-in-yotsuya-shinjuku-home-of-the-fateful-meeting-in-kimi-no-na-wa-your-name modeled after the stairs leading up to the Suga shrine in Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Tokyo]]. |
| 230 | ** The town of Itomori is modeled after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hida,_Gifu Hida]] in Gifu Prefecture, while Itomori lake is modeled after [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Suwa Lake Suwa]]. |
| 231 | * RecurringRiff: |
| 232 | ** "Itomori High School" and "Visit to Hida" share common sequences. |
| 233 | ** As do "Date", "Mitsuha's Theme" and "Date 2" |
| 234 | ** "Aki Matsuri/Autumn Festival" and "The Night Inn". |
| 235 | ** "Library", "The Night Inn" and "Persuading Mayor". |
| 236 | ** Parts of "Yume Tourou/Dream Lantern" come back as a DarkReprise in "Kataware Doki". |
| 237 | * RedStringOfFate: A physical red string is depicted on several occasions, including the film's opening sequence, to denote the connection that Taki and Mitsuha share. |
| 238 | * RetGone: After Taki learns of Itomori's fate, [[spoiler:Taki's memories of Mitsuha begin fading, along with all of the electronic journal entries indicating that they had been swapping bodies.]] |
| 239 | * RetrauxFlashback: The flashbacks shown [[spoiler:when Taki drinks Mitsuha's kuchikamizake]] have faux-VHS effects, including deliberate fuzziness and scan lines. |
| 240 | * TheReveal: It turns out that Taki and Mitsuha [[spoiler:swapped bodies over different time periods, with Mitsuha's timeframe being three years behind Taki's. Further to this, Mitsuha originally had died in the timeline.]] |
| 241 | * RewatchBonus: Sharp-eyed viewers will start to notice minor details that supplement the setting and the characters on subsequent viewings. |
| 242 | * RippleEffectProofMemory: While their memories of one another [[spoiler:cease to be after Taki changes the past to prevent Mitsuha's death]], a [[WistfulAmnesia trace of longing lingers with them]] until [[spoiler:a chance meeting with one another allows their memories to fully return.]] |
| 243 | * RunningGag: Taki takes to [[ManIFeelLikeAWoman groping Mitsuha's breasts]] every time they switch bodies, and Yotsuha never fails to barge in while he's doing so. Mitsuha [[CrotchGrabSexCheck does something analogous]] on some of the swaps, but this is only shown a couple of times. |
| 244 | * SarcasticConfession: In ''Another Side: Earthbound'', while Taki is inhabiting Mitsuha's body, Sayaka says that Mitsuha should be more concerned about her appearance. To Sayaka's confusion, Taki remarks that maybe he's not a girl. |
| 245 | * ScareChord: A sudden chime is heard before instances of [[spoiler:the comet fragment impacting the surface save the impact that occurred after Itomori had been successfully evacuated.]] |
| 246 | * SceneOfWonder: Mitsuha is fed up with small-town life and wants to go to Tokyo, so when she first swaps bodies with Taki she is awestruck at seeing Tokyo for the first time. |
| 247 | * SceneryGorn: The [[spoiler:remains of Itomori]] are rendered in a hauntingly high fidelity, highlighting the extent of the devastation following [[spoiler:the impact event.]] |
| 248 | * SceneryPorn: In keeping with Makoto Shinkai's style, ''Your Name'' features [[https://infinitemirai.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/kimi-no-na-wa-your-name-a-review-and-full-recommendation-on-makoto-shinkais-2016-film/ incredibly vivid and detailed settings, making use of the weather and lighting to accentuate the landscapes surrounding Itomori, Tokyo's cityscape and the building interiors]]. |
| 249 | * SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: After consuming the ''kuchikamisake'', Taki is [[spoiler:sent back in time to Mitsuha's body prior to the meteor's impact. He enlists Tessie and Sayaka to help evacuate the town. When Mitsuha returns to her own body, she continues with Taki's efforts, managing to convince her father to order the town's evacuation and saving the populace.]] |
| 250 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Mitsuha calls Taki out for being careless while in her body, [[InnocentFanserviceGirl although this arises as a result of Taki's understandable lack of familiarity with being a girl]]. |
| 251 | * ShooOutTheClowns: ''Your Name'' shifts from a comedic to more dramatic tone following the revelation that [[spoiler:Itomori was destroyed three years earlier.]] |
| 252 | * ShoutOut: |
| 253 | ** The composition of the shot and narrative context when Taki and Mitsuha meet [[spoiler:at twilight at the mountain shrine crater]] is [[https://infinitemirai.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/placepromisedinourearlydays.jpg very similar]] to one from ''Anime/ThePlacePromisedInOurEarlyDays''. It's not the [[https://kiminonawalove.tumblr.com/post/168016403042/comparison-1-like-all-great-directors only]] [[https://kiminonawalove.tumblr.com/post/168016466097/comparison-2-a-place-promised-your-name similar]] shot either. Both films also begin with HowWeGotHere scenes where now-adult protagonist(s) reflect on the feeling of having lost something before flashing back to their younger days. |
| 254 | ** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/KimiNoNaWa/comments/5wxfwr/spoilers_two_major_theories_a_new_metaphor/ As this Reddit post points out,]] the concept of a god's body in the underworld, where one goes to [[spoiler:try and save a dead love interest]], and having to make a sacrifice to return to the mortal realm was also present in ''Anime/ChildrenWhoChaseLostVoices''. The external appearance of both places is also similar. |
| 255 | ** Yukino from ''Anime/TheGardenOfWords'' makes an appearance as Mitsuha's literature teacher. The Italian restaurant that Taki works at is called "Il Giardino Delle Parole", Italian for "The garden of words". The café Taki and friends go to [[https://www.reddit.com/r/KimiNoNaWa/comments/70sz8o/did_anyone_notice_that_takis_cafe_is_called/ is also "Leaves of Words"]], which is almost a literal translation of the Japanese word for "word", ''kotoba'' 言葉. |
| 256 | ** The club room has many retro game consoles such as the [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]], [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]], Platform/SegaSaturn, Platform/SegaDreamcast, and Platform/PlayStation. A game case for ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' is also visible. |
| 257 | ** Train tracks akin to those seen in ''Anime/FiveCentimetersPerSecond'' separate [[spoiler:Taki and Mitsuha when they spot one another and run to meet up at the film's conclusion]]. Both films also have shots where the male lead traces out a route on a map using a marker while finding the way to the female lead. |
| 258 | ** In the novelisation, Mitsuha is so embarrassed by the thought of doing the miko dance that she inwardly thinks that she would rather be killed by [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]. |
| 259 | ** In Taki's section of ''Another Side: Earthbound'', he dances Music/MichaelJackson's "Smooth Criminal" while in Mitsuha's body. |
| 260 | ** When Taki is in Starbucks [[spoiler: as an adult]], [[https://www.reddit.com/r/KimiNoNaWa/comments/mg72sa/the_first_time_i_watched_your_name_i_instantly/ one of the staff that can be seen]] looks suspiciously like Chihiro from ''Anime/SpiritedAway''. |
| 261 | * SingleSexOffspring: The Miyamizu are a matrilineal bloodline who apparently produce only daughters. |
| 262 | * SleepCute: En route to Itomori, both Miki and Tsukasa fall asleep on Taki's shoulders on a bus. |
| 263 | * SlowElectricity: After Tessie sets off explosives destroying a local transformer, the lights in the town go out one area after the other. |
| 264 | * SlowMotionFall: After drinking the ''kuchikamisake'', Taki slips and falls backwards in slow motion. |
| 265 | * SmallTownBoredom: Mitsuha wishes she could move to Tokyo and get away from Itomori, which lacks any major amenities and has short daylight hours. While she gets her wish, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor she has to adjust to being male, as well as putting up with Taki's hectic school life and part-time job]]. |
| 266 | * SnapToTheSide: Taki looks in this manner at Miki and Tsukasa, who are taking pictures of a mascot at the train station. |
| 267 | * SorryThatImDying: Futaba apologises to her loved ones some time prior to her death, but the details vary; ''Another Side: Earthbound'' says it was only to her daughters, whereas in the film, Toshiki is also present. |
| 268 | * SpitTake: In the manga, one of Mitsuha's schoolmates does this when Taki!Mitsuha emerges from a cubicle in the male toilet. |
| 269 | * SpoilerOpening: The opening sequence contains parts from later in the film. This is a modification of the original storyboard, which further depicts details such as [[spoiler:the second lake following the impact event.]] |
| 270 | * StarCrossedLovers: As expected from Makoto Shinkai's work. Not only are Taki and Mitsuha separated by distance, [[spoiler:but time and death as well. Although unlike the couples from Shinkai's previous films, it's implied in the story's conclusion that it's more likely than not that [[EarnYourHappyEnding Taki and Mitsuha will end up together rather than apart]].]] |
| 271 | * SuperpowerfulGenetics: Females in the Miyamizu line are implied to be able to experience the body switching phenomenon; Grandma Hitoha mentions that she also had such experiences before, and Hitoha's daughter, Futaba, notes that, shortly after meeting Toshiki for the first time, felt that he is the one she would marry. |
| 272 | * SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Moreso considering that Makoto Shinkai is not known for these. [[spoiler:It takes 5 years after their last meeting for Taki and Mitsuha to find each other, but they do.]] |
| 273 | * SymbolicDistance: The poster seen on this page shows the two main characters separated, trapped within their respective urban and country environments and [[LongingLook looking longingly at each other.]] They spend the movie trying to reach each other. [[spoiler:As it turns out, this would end up having a layered meaning when we find out they are separated not just physically, but ''historically'' too]]. |
| 274 | * TakeOffYourClothes: When Mitsuha (who is in Taki's body) sees that Miki's skirt has been slashed, she takes her into the office and tells her to take her skirt off. It's only because she wants to mend it, but Miki is understandably flustered by the request. |
| 275 | * TearsOfJoy: Taki sheds tears resulting from happiness when he wakes up in Mitsuha's body for a final time. Both Taki and Mitsuha are also moved to tears when finally [[spoiler:meet one another after eight years.]] |
| 276 | * TemptingFate: Taki and Mitsuha proclaim that [[spoiler:their memories will endure even after they separate from the caldera]], only for their recollections of one another to fail not long after. |
| 277 | * TextileWorkIsFeminine: Mitsuha's grandmother Hitoha is a master of ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumihimo kumihimo]]'', the Japanese art of braid making, and she passes on this skill to her granddaughters. Also, Mitsuha (while in Taki's body) uses her sewing skills to mend Miki's skirt, and Miki is impressed, saying she didn't realize that Taki had a feminine side. |
| 278 | * ThisIsReality: When Miki gives Taki an inordinately upbeat greeting in the novel, Taki inwardly wonders if Miki fancies herself the lead character of a moé anime. |
| 279 | * ThoseTwoGuys: |
| 280 | ** Mitsuha's unnamed classmates, two female students and one male student, occasionally make snide remarks about her but otherwise have a minor presence in the plot, showing up only for a brief moment in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue. |
| 281 | ** Tsukasa and Takagi are Taki's friends, being supportive of him but otherwise have a limited role in the narrative. [[RedOniBlueOni They share contrasting personalities]]; Tsukasa is more level-headed and is concerned with Taki whenever Mitsuha inhabits his body, while Takagi is more quick to jump into a situation. |
| 282 | * TimeCompressionMontage: Almost all of the body swapping occurs in a couple minutes' worth of scenes. |
| 283 | * TimeSkip: After the [[spoiler:impact event]], the narrative moves forward five years, to when Taki has finished his education and begins hunting for employment. From Mitsuha's perspective, [[spoiler:eight years have passed.]] |
| 284 | * TimeTravelRomance: It turns out that whenever Taki and Mitsuha switch bodies, [[spoiler:they travel three years from their respective timelines.]] |
| 285 | * TitleDrop: The phrase is mentioned several times in the movie; Taki and Mitsuha ask one another to reinforce the other's identity, and they also ask one another again [[spoiler:as the film's final lines when they reunite.]] |
| 286 | * TooLongDidntDub: In English, the pronoun "I" is gender neutral. The English dub dispenses with the confusion arising when Mitsuha, while inhabiting Taki's body, refers to herself in a feminine manner; new dialogue is used in its place, while the subtitled version provides a brief explanation of the original joke. |
| 287 | * TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Subverted; Taki lives in Tokyo, and some parts of the story are set in this city, but many important things also happen in or around Itomori, which is in the relatively obscure to foreigners Gifu Prefecture. |
| 288 | * TruckDriversGearChange: "Nandemonaiya" increases in pitch slightly from the closing title switches up during its climax. |
| 289 | * TwoGirlsAndAGuy: Mitsuha, along with her two friends, Tessie and Sayaka. |
| 290 | * UptownGirl: Mitsuha comes from a wealthy family and ditches her high-status upbringing for a lower class city boy. |
| 291 | * VehicleVanish: The opposite occurs when Taki is waiting for Miki to show up for their date; she [[InvertedTrope appears seemingly out of nowhere]] behind him where some people were passing. |
| 292 | * WeirdnessCensor: [[spoiler:After the people of Itomori are saved from the Meteor and the body swaps stop Mitsuha and Taki forget everything that happened to them, at least on the surface level]]. Emotionally (and probably spiritually) a part of them still remembers that they loved somebody and miss them dearly. |
| 293 | * WelcomeToTheBigCity: Mitsuha is awestruck by her first view of Tokyo, but while working Taki's shift at the restaurant later that day, she gets him into trouble with an uncouth customer. |
| 294 | * WhamShot: Taki is shocked to [[spoiler:learn that Itomori was destroyed by an impact event three years previously, and that Mitsuha was among the casualties.]] |
| 295 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Mitsuha's grandmother and father are not present after [[spoiler:the evacuation of Itomori]], with the latter only showing briefly in a news article. |
| 296 | * WhatIf: The official MV for Sparkle suggests a different ending to the film, one in which [[spoiler:Taki and Mitsuha reunite three years into her future and thus present day for Taki, rather than the eight in the film.]] |
| 297 | * WistfulAmnesia: After their [[spoiler:memories of one another begin fading]], Mitsuha and Taki experience a continuous sense of yearning for something that they cannot quite place their finger on. |
| 298 | * WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Towards the end of the film, moments involving the minor characters, including Itomori's residents and Taki's friends, are depicted. |
| 299 | * WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Itomori is a fictional town in Gifu Prefecture, drawing elements from Hida as well as from Suwa Lake in the Nagano Prefecture. |
| 300 | * YouHaveToBelieveMe: Mitsuha's efforts to convince her fellow citizens to evacuate the Itomori falls upon deaf ears. |
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