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I don't like this story, I don't like it at all.
Why am I here writing its review while I'm supposed to sleep?
This manga is one hell of a roller coaster. It pulled you in, and once you're on, it's a non-stop ride towards the end. The end is kinda weak, in my opinion. But overall it's still a good story. An old shounen story with a dark theme (and a lot of blood, seriously, blood is everywhere in this manga). You who like 90s kind of shounen and martical art would enjoy it. I did enjoy the ride, but tell me to read it again? ... No! No! NO!!!
Because it hurts so, so much. Too much killing. Not that it's not neccessary, it fits with the gruesome theme of the story. But still too much, and it gave you hope, and took that hope away from your hands. I just realized, at the end, my hands are all full of emptiness, as the OP has stated.
I really like Fujita Kazuhiro story because the plot is always unique. Karakuri has the best plot and story telling in all of his 3 works I've read (Gekkou, U&T, Karakuri), but I would recommend you try out Gekkou, his latest completed work. His story planning and character building has made great improvement (but there're still plot holes here and there).

My score:
Story: 6 (I feel kind of rush and unimpressed)
Art: 10 (every screen can be cut into a wallpaper, seriously)
Sound: 9 (really good BGMs, the cinema made it better)
Character: 7 (I like the supporting more than the main characters)
Enjoyment: 7
Overall: 7 (my overall point depends greatly on my story and enjoyment points)

This is a spoiler free review.
I like Kimi no Na wa, more than I thought I would be. Honestly, I'm not a fan of Shikai Makoto. I don't like romance stories or stories which have romance as their main element. Still, I found Kimi no Na wa enjoyable. The art is stunning as expected ... from Shikai Makoto's work. The music is absolutely great. Story can somehow hook you up as you cheer for, pray for the MC in some occasions. It also gave out a good message, a good picture about natural disaster, which can be related to many.
But, I still gave it a score 7, why?
Story is not Kimi no Na wa's strong point, in my opinion. I sometimes did hook up to the story flow, but that's it. I had no impression on story over all, I began to forget the movie as soon as leaving the cinema. The movie doesn't give me some urge to go online and send more information or fan arts related to it. The story's not bad, don't take me wrong. It just didn't leave any big trace on me after all. So, to me the story is kind of so-so, better than average but not good enough to be classified as "good".