Even though the first comet isn’t given much attention in the movie, I think it’s important to address that first comet, as I think it shares both a divine and a metaphorical connection with the future comet that will destroy Itomori. So even if Toshiki was Futaba’s spiritual connection, the fact that he abandons Miyamizu traditions keeps him from re-establishing his connection with her—unlike Taki, who visits the Miyamizu Shrine and retains his connection with Mitsuha even after she passes away.

Later, Taki Tachibana, a high school boy living in Tokyo, wakes up and realizes that he is Mitsuha, who herself has somehow ended up in Taki's body. It also makes sense that the god made them meet at the edge of the crater where the shrine is, it could mean Musubi’s powers is more powerful there. So even when Taki gives Mitsuha back her red yarn thread and their memory of one another is severed…they never really forget one another, right? He said that he wanted to make a movie in which the positions of the people in Yuriage would be swapped with the viewers.Taki, however, is unable to convince Mitsuha's father, now the Mayor of the town, to evacuate everyone, as he believes the idea is ridiculous. Taki awakens in Mitsuha's body on the morning of the festival, where Hitoha speaks directly to him, explaining that the body-switching phenomenon has always been in their family. Taki and Mitsuha falling in love was Musubi’s intentions all along and we can say that he was actually hoping for it to happen but it wasn’t relevant enough until the third comet drop actually happened. The only defense, I guess, is that body switching is a stressful event, and he had other things on his mind than checking what town he’s in?

It is very skillfully developed¸ with a beautiful animation style that truly elevates the already captivating story.Everyone's lives diverge in different ways, things happen in dreams and are forgotten the next day, things happen in reality and are forgotten over a lifetime. It also held the record for the highest-grossing non-Hollywood foreign film in China, up until it was surpassed by two Indian films, Dangal and Secret Superstar, in May 2017 and February 2018, respectively. As twilight falls; [note 1] their timelines cross, allowing them to meet in person for the first time.

He just didn’t care until he fell inlove which means he’s almost forgotten everything and is just clinging onto that feeling he has been having. That it shares both a divine and a metaphorical connection with the future comet that will destroy Itomori. she pleads, while performing her Shinto temple duties, which include the kuchikami ritual of making sake with spit and braiding kumihimo cords, representing the strange interweaving of time and space, of gods and men. Last week, Miyazaki revealed that 2019 may in fact see the completion of a full-length version of his short-film project, Boro the Caterpillar. The soundtrack of the film was well-received by both audiences and critics alike and is acknowledged as being one of the factors behind its success at the box office.In 2016 Itomori, Mitsuha wakes up in Taki's body, staggers to the summit of the mountain and realizes that the comet fragment fell on her and killed her.