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Been a fan of Makoto Shinkai ever since I watched Byousoku 5 Centimeter at Crunchyroll. This was a time when Crunchyroll was a free site. I can never forget how One More Time, One More Chance was playing in the background while 5 cm per Second reached its climax. I can list several reasons why Makoto Shinkai's movie are well received. The most noticeable point of his movies is that the art style, specifically the vibrant crisp color pallets, is always a stunning view to see. It really makes your eyes stick to your screen like Elmer's glue on your preschool popsicle project for ... art class. In addition to the good visuals are the well formulated stories that appeals to the viewers emotion by giving a sense of nostalgic feeling that clings on realism that it could happen in a real world setting but far fetched enough to be deemed as what would occur in a fantasy world. Sounds is good but at least for me I still prefer tracks from Studio Ghibli or something like what you would hear from Wolf Children. Putting the long introduction aside, what I like about Kimi No Na wa is that it held through what makes Makoto Shinkai... Makoto Shinkai. Whats different about this movie from his others is that this one tilts more on a fantasy setting with the whole body swapping mechanics which in the end I wish they explained more of. Despite of it though, it still gave me the feelings I got from when I watched his past movies. A feeling of "ahhhhhhhhh what if this happend to me?" or "I wonder how (insert name of past important person whom you lost connection with) is doing". One thing I'm torn about this movie is how it ended. If you have watched 5cm and Garden of Words then for sure you will be having a fresh experience with this one. The first two finished with a feeling of nostalgic regret that it makes you more immersed. As to why is for you to find out :) Treat it as a mini game when watching the movie.

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Just watch the movie if you want to have that Disney and Ghibli films feels like it was your first

In the first season they showed you how vulnerable the characters could be despite having immense power. Many of them died whilst being overpowered. This creates that "cling to reality experience" that makes a good plot like AoT. I felt as though they disregarded that and went full dragon ball z which is a strict fantasy power up plot like tengen toppa. Im not saying dbz or tengen is a bad anime but what made the first season good was that slice of reality that they could at anytime die. The drawback mechanics of the source of their power up , which is the medicine, ... was disregarded I felt like. They were popping the medicine like crack whore addicts when taking 2 or 3 of those were fatal if I remember correctly from the first season. In summary, they didnt stick with their guns and just went for "convinient for the plot" route. This really a mediocere season at best.