Weathering with You
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Weathering with You (天気の子, Tenki no Ko, lit. "Child of Weather") is a 2019 fantasy and romantic drama anime film by Makoto Shinkai, his seventh major production. Its soundtrack is by RADWIMPS. It is animated by CoMix Wave Films and distributed by Toho.
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka Morishima (Kotaro Daigo, Brandon Engman) flees his remote island home for Tokyo, which he finds smothered by rain and not as glamorous as he had been hoping. Soon left broke by the endeavour, he reluctantly accepts an offer from shady Keisuke Suga (Shun Oguri, Lee Pace) to ghostwrite for paranormal tabloids in exchange for bed and board. While investigating a legend of the sunshine girl that can bring back the sun, he finds her in the person of recently-orphaned Hina Amano (Nana Mori, Ashley Boettcher). Together with her younger brother Nagisa (Sakura Kiryu, Emeka Guindo), they attempt to make a living by monetizing her power, but soon find the consequences of doing so nipping at their heels.
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- Abusive Parents: While the film doesn't outright say so, the bandages on Hodaka's face when running away from home at the start, combined with his extremely negative reaction to the idea of just going back, imply this. Beyond the physical, emotional abuse or at least neglect is also implied by the way he calls a humble Big Mac that most people would find unremarkable the best meal he'd ever had in his life.
- Always Save the Girl: At the climax, Hodaka decides he's not going to accept Hina being sacrificed to restore normal weather to Tokyo and rescues her from the clouds, telling her to pray for herself instead. She does so and they are returned to Earth, but the rain also comes back. Three years later, much of Tokyo is flooded.
- Bait and Switch:
- After clearing the sky at Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Hina says she's in love, then adds that it's with the sunshine girl job.
- In the final act, it initially seems like one of Hodaka's schoolmates wants to confess her feelings to him. Then it turns out that she's more interested in his being arrested in Tokyo.
- Body Horror: Hina's power turns parts of her body translucent green.
- Disappeared Dad: Hina and Nagi's mother is shown to be bedridden in hospital at the very start and said to be dead by the time Hodaka comes into the picture a year later. Their father is nowhere to be seen or even mentioned. His being dead rather than merely deadbeat is implied by how the authorities never bring up the possibility of dumping them on him, but nothing is spelt out clearly.
- Distant Finale: After Hodaka rescues Hina, he is arrested and sent back home on probation until he finishes high school. The final act takes place three years later. Having graduated, Hodaka goes to a now-flooded Tokyo for university. He speaks to Keisuke and the old woman before reuniting with Hina.
- Ironic Echo: Early on, Hina catches Hodaka looking at her chest and angrily asks where he's looking at. Later in the film, after the backlash from her power has started to turn her body translucent green, she willingly opens her bathrobe and asks him again, this time sadly.
- Real Place Background: Hodaka's island home is apparently Kozushima. Various places all around Tokyo also feature; the derelict building central to the plot is near Yoyogi Station, or at least it was before it was demolished in real life. The nearest train station to Hina's home is Tabata Station. Keisuke stays near Kagurazaka Station. The first sky clearing job takes place in Odaiba, while the one for the fireworks festival takes place on the Sky Deck of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower. Parts of Kabuki-cho in Shinjuku and Ikebukuro in Toshima are also prominently featured.