Hi everyone, thanks for watching! I know this is a bit of a different video but hey, this is a bit of a different time we’re in no? Appreciate you taking the time to indulge us and hopefully you stay till the end and get all the cool stuff we found in this film. You guys rock, check out the Bonsai PopCast! We’re everywhere!
Dormio Vibes if any music is specifically made for a video I (Mike) do it, the intro song and the first song in this video we’re created by me, otherwise I use a lot of video game music. This video was mostly Zelda breath of the wild tuned down a little with rain in the background, there’s a song from the waterworks video game in here and one from final fantasy 7 (cry of the planet I believe) I try to keep it on theme and mix it up! I also do all the music editing for every video
I also really felt like the ending gave the message of "people can and will adapt to anything, no matter how daunting it may seem right now." As you said, change is inevitable, and you can either run away from it or embrace it.
I haaaate people calling Shinkai the “next Miyazaki”. As directors they really don’t have that much in common except that they both make beautiful, wildly popular anime. They don’t overlap much in style, theme, aesthetic, or motif. It makes me feel like I’m missing something when people say that.
You aren't missing anything, the people that say, "next Miyazaki" don't really care about the medium and are using an easy comparison. Like how any hard video game is the, "Dark Souls of X."
They honestly couldn't be farther apart. The message of Weathering With You is troubling and foolishly uneducated at best, whilst something like Princess Mononoke shows that Miyazaki actually knows what he's talking about. Miyazaki's films are something to learn from whilst Shinkai really just provides a fun time with pretty animation.
@@eeveeboba5046 I'll have to strongly disagree with that statement. Princess Mononoke was a wonderful film of course but weathering with you as well. I had a hell of a time watching princess mononke but I didn't go searching for a moral lesson neither did I go searching for that in weathering with you. Miyazaki's films have a heavy message on fantasy, compassion, love and the ego of a person. while Shinkai's films have a heavy connection to shinto and buhdism, you'll have to understand japanese culture to understand shinto's films.
So if I got this right, the “moral” of this movie wasn’t climate change or love, it was about accepting what you have right now. People wished for change and used the power of the sunshine girl to do so and even went as far as wanting to sacrifice her, when in reality, the rain is inevitable. It was meant to be and the people couldn’t accept it, so they sacrificed weather maiden after weather maiden. I really liked this movie and wanted to better understand it better because so many people expected a successor to your name when I was coming into this movie with the expectations to just enjoy it.
I thought it was that u don’t need to push yourself too hard to do what others want you to do or you will lose your personality and ease to exist and you should do something good for yourself
I think the movie was about young love, youth and regret. You get to be a teenage once. This movie shows you how you'd go back and relive your life with hindsight. That's how I see it.
FINALLYYYYYY SOMEONE GETS IT! 😭💕 I took it as the same way. The disruption of balance because of the sunshine girls that existed throughout the millennias but i didn't know about the Buddhism aspect. Its just, its was literally said in the film that a sunshine girl using its power has its costs. And it was possible that many sunshine girls were sacrificed to keep Tokyo afloat all those years prior. So, my refusing to sacrifice Hina, it was just an undoing rather than something as stupid as, "we sank tokyo for our love".
Yeah, the old guy said that back then there was a weather girl in EVERY village of the country, and they were probably all sacrificed to keep Japan afloat.
London has about as much rainfall as Berlin or Paris (600mm per year). Though it rains often (sometimes 2-3 times times while you smoke a ciggy), it's usually VERY mellow and goes in minutes. Most of the US has much more precipitation than London. New Orleans or Florida has almost as much annual rainfall as Tokyo, if not more.
Finally, this was the take I was looking for. I walked away from the film knowing it wasn't about climate change, as everyone seemed to want it to be. Great connection to Zennyo Ryuo and Buddhist philosophies.
I watched this movie in theaters, and the story and animation alone made me cry, but the characters are incredibly relatable as well. Fantastic movie, up there with Ghibli films
@@catzor4795 Not just that, they're in the same universe - if you pay attention you can spot Taki and Mitsuha and some other character throughout this movie.
You're right, even though everything is inevitably gonna be gone one day, we are here right now and we are alive and our feelings are real so if something makes you happy despite everything happening around us then cling to it. Ps you look tired af mike,get some rest
That Buddhist philosophy makes a lot of sense. The interpretation I left the theater with was it was a bit of a thesis on the trolley problem, and maybe a bit of a condemnation of Japanese society? That they were willing to sacrifice a person. And she in turn was willing to sacrifice herself so Hodoka could get that sunshine, which he absentmindedly affirmed. And the rest of the film is "Oh shit, no! I DIDN'T MEAN THAT! I TAKE THAT BACK!"
Nah fam, that's some top tier use of FF7 city of the ancients music. Not disputing BotW as a fine choice, just saying Uematsu's music from the PSX is still chilling to this day. Maybe because it means someone is going to get impaled with an impossibly long sword very soon.
Æron deMan FF7 is a classic. No matter which version between original or remake. I personally think Breathe of the Wild is better than FF7 despite how much of a d rider I am for Final Fantasy
@@hartfantom I have nothing disparaging to say on BotW, or really any Zelda game. For the record I will play Links Awakening any and every day over pretty much any of the others, but there's a heavy nostalgia bias there, plus it's such a well contained experience, both in game length and form factor (it's fairly short and available on portable systems). But that being said, if I have the luxury of having the time to finish another playthrough, I absolutely will dive headfirst back into FF7 without a moment of hesitation, and over pretty much anything else. Yes it has its flaws, done of which add to it's charm, and some of which really are detrimental to the experience. But every time I play, I not only get to explore and discover new ways to interact with the game, but I also get a new and renewed appreciation for everything the team over at Square was able to do back then. The story elements were kind of extreme for its time, and have really only become mainstream somewhat recently. The themes were executed so well that they continue to resonate after each playthrough but in a different way each time. And all of that despite the limits of the hardware and the abilities of everyone involved given things like deadlines. I think the reason why FF7 holds up so well today is that the themes are universal and timeless, the story is excited by real world events instead of the other way around, and the amazing quantity and quality of details like the music that not only tie everything together, but also speak directly to the player on an emotional or otherwise more fundamental level . To me FF7 is just such a classic that it gets better every time I play through it, and because of that anything that successfully and respectfully borrows a piece of it is going to also be quality, I guarantee that. It's also going to make me find the time to play it again as soon as possible.
Shinkai has a real connection with the real world for making sci-fi anime. He is able to write in a language that connects with your soul. Such a gift. Thanks for sharing.
your message about loss, change, and the inevitability of everything at the last part changed me. i realized and learned from you. thank you so much. i'm so glad that i stumble upon this video. that literally made my tear shed. thank you i even forgot that i'm here for the movie.
The key reason I knew this movie wasn’t about climate change was when they mentioned that Tokyo was once submerged in water. That fact completely reframed the message in my mind into one about the nature of bad times. When we’re in the good times (sunshine/prosperity) we forget that there were bad times (rain/destruction). We try to fight it, but it must come. Our young lovers learn to embrace the rain and choose life.
I love this movie so much. I tear up easily when I experience moments, the soundtrack, and character beats from this movie. It seriously could turn me to a puddle sometimes. Thank you for this video, I really enjoyed the Japanese folklore and the inclusion of teruterubōzu. As a Japanese, I grew up making those with my family and taping them to the living room window, and I also learned a bit about Japanese folklore, thanks again for a great video 🙏
i always thought something like this; like, things will change and we will lose and lose and lose and we will still love and be happy and at the end of the world we'll still share oranges and laugh about things if that makes sense. anyway this analysis was great and i feel like i was able to think about it a lot more. thanks
a very nice video I especially like the section where you used the city of the ancients to give it a fantastic vibe while talking about the water dragon I personally don't think that the message of the movie is that hidden it is just that most people don't bother to watch things in context they would just rather inject the movie with their own perspective which is a shame cause that ends up handicapping most movies which should always be judged in their own merits not on what you think it is about which is why I love you guys cause you always give things the chance they need and view things based on what is presented not on how you want them to be which you pointed out is a theme in this movie I hardly think that is a coincidence
Loved your interpretation of this sublime film. Cities may change or die… but change / death in inevitability. Maybe Tokyo or any other coastal city will become more Venice like. We shouldn’t sacrifice someone who doesn’t need sacrificed when maybe we just need to grow.
And finally I'm able to understand the true essence of Weathering With You, your video is super informative and immersive, thank you so much for putting it out!
Injtresting take; main take away I got form it was 'Sometimes you have to put yourself first' admitedly it's on a grand scale but it's nice to see someone who says 'No I'm giving too much, I have to stop somewhere or it's going to destroy me' and remember Japan is a country with a word for working yourself to death. No idea if it was intentional but that's what I got out of the ending.
Thanks for the breakdown But there's something you missed, When the main character goes to buy a gift for the girl, The person he eventually buys from was one of the main characters from the movie "your name". GO CHECK IT OUT GUYS Ps: sorry I don't tell remember their names in particular
Yes, that's Mitsuha, the girl in Your Name. The guy, Taki, also appeared in the movie, being the nephew of the son of an old grandma Hadaka and Hina helped.
Personally, I think the movie is largely about choice, similar to how Your Name was about fate. Hodaka and Hina are both defying their "fates", and everything is built on their choices and the consequences thereof. While the main characters of Your Name were brought together by powers of destiny beyond their control, Hodaka was only in Tokyo because he chose to leave a bad situation at home, and he only encountered Hina because she defied the rules about child labor to try and support herself and her brother. The biggest point however is at the end, after they make that one huge choice to return Hina to Earth despite the impact it will have. Hodaka fails to contact Hina at all for three years because he doesn't know what to say, as he's weighed down by guilt over what they'd done. Similar to the common complaint about Hodaka's decision, he sees this as him choosing one girl in exchange for dooming millions. As he travels through Tokyo, still too afraid to go see her, he's told by numerous people reasons that his choice wasn't that big. He wasn't "dooming" the city, it was bound to end up like that as it's the natural state of things. He didn't destroy anything, the world has always been crazy so stop being so arrogant. Everything in the surrounding supports this. His choice didn't kill anyone, and honestly there wasn't reason to think it would. Yes, the waters have been rising, but it took years to reach its current state and people simply moved and then moved on with their lives. Suga's relationship with his daughter has been getting better, and she seems to be doing great regardless of the rain. As he walks along, the buses still travel, the people go on with their lives like nothing's unusual, small children run and play without a care in the world. At the same time, while the world itself is making it clear that truthfully, their choice wasn't as devastating as they make it out to be, and he's trying to come up with things to say to her to convey that they aren't really all that responsibility, the moment he sees her his heart shouts out that no, that's wrong. That day, they *changed* the world. He chose her, chose a world with her regardless of the pain. The world is forever different because of their decisions, but that's fine and they themselves will be okay. Choice is a funny thing. It often feels like such a huge thing that will make or break everything. But when you get down to it, no matter what you choose life goes on for the very people you think will be most devastated. No matter how much influence your choice has, people will still keep going and they'll be fine. Everything will be fine. But at the same time, your choice does mean a lot. You chose the world you'll live in, who will be in your world and who won't. You change that world with your decisions. From the outside looking in you may seem like just a meaningless nobody who puts far too much stake in actions that didn't really matter at all, but still for you it means everything. Your fate is up to you, and you can change everything with the smallest choice, but you'll still be okay.
Another great video! Again I completely agree. I reached the same conclusions prior to watching this. First it has nothing to do at all with "climate change" in its current form. Second, It is suggested that for the past few hundred years someone has continually made that one person sacrifice to allow Tokyo to exist. Even though a star trek ii "good of the many outweigh the good of the one" argument is compelling, In this case it goes against the natural order and balance of the land. Thus their decision is NOT selfish but a return to the natural state and overall harmony/balance.
Love is still love though. I'm in a similar boat, but early romance with your partner could still have the same innocence and inexperience, even if either of you have dated before. :)
I was one of those that thought the two of them said f the world, we’re in love. And I didn’t mind it. It’s okay to be selfish and sometimes you have to say f the world. Great video.
This is probably the best explanation I've seen of weathering with you. While watching it I felt so many emotions and had so many diff thoughts that I couldn't categorise it into a romance or a climate change social commentary but this seems like the concise and holistic way to put it. All in all this movie was the best work of anime cinema I've seen
Overall I very much agree with the analysis, but you did get the mythology slightly wrong as there is precedence for people who prayed to the Kami for the rain to cease, and interestingly it is tied to the first Kami that you mentioned, Kuraokami and its twin aspect/paired Kami, Takaokami(高龗 lit. high dragon kami of water), the Dragon God of Rain and Snow. The shrine on the top of the building was almost certainly dedicated to Takaokami. From the website of the Kifume Jinja, the place where Takaokami/Kuraokami is enshrined: "The deity presiding at Kifune Shrine, Takaokami, is also known as Kuraokami. It is stated in shrine records that “even if the name differs it is the same god.” A god that presides over rain he summons clouds, makes rain fall, *calls forth sunshine, fills the land with fallen rain* and makes it spring out little by little. One theory states that Takaokami is the “Dragon God of the Mountain” while Kuraokami is the “Dragon God of the Abyss.” Water is the source of all life. Takaokami and Kuraokami are “Headspring Gods” that preside over supplying of precious water vital for all living creatures." The important parts of this section is that explicitly in the mythology they are linked with stopping the rain and calling forth the sun. This is the exact thing that Hina does in the film. And that they are described as "filling the land with fallen rain", which is exactly what happens to Tokyo at the end. Also of note is the fact that in order to pray for rain and to pray for sun to shine the sacrifice of a horse was crucial and, in your video at 12:59 when Hina prays and at 13:03 when Hodoka teleports, you can see two figures in front of the shrine. Those are a type of Ema (絵馬 lit. Picture Horse), which come from a myth and practice regarding Takaokami and Kifune Jinja, where the emperor would offer horses in order to either call for or stop the rain. A black horse for rain, and a white horse for sun. In the movie this is the eggplant horse, standing in for the black horse, and the cucumber horse, standing in for the white horse. Lastly, Takaokami is also worshipped as a kami of marriage and as a kami of separation, which is also seen in the movie as Hina's prayers to Takaokami is what brings them together and eventually separates them. The giant water dragon in the movie is certainly Takaokami. I still very much agree with your overall analysis and the references to Zennyo Ryuou, but the shrine was definitely not dedicated to Inari.
Ahhhhh DUDE! This was great, and learning about the Snow Women legend was a cherry on top for this. As always, the Bonsai Pop take nails it and adds to the story at the same time. Edit: Your conclusion was super on point. I agree with the philosophy of change being inevitable but enjoying the time that you have in the conditions you have.
14:43 I watched Your Name and Weathering with You for the first time, back to back, just the other day. And I noticed that Zennyo Ryou picture in weathering with you and immediately realized that in Your Name, Mitsuha dresses up the exact same way as Zennyo Ryou when she’s doing that traditional dance and making the Kuchikamizake (saki made using saliva)
As much as ii am against global warming, the image of people resisting change also bothers me. Sometimes, no matter how much we love something or someone and no matter how many ways we try to hang onto it, we can't. Weather that's a city, a person, or a state of the world, things change.
I don’t really see why some people hate this movie. Other than the ending, I loved this movie. I thought the plot was actually pretty interesting and enjoyable.
Just a little note. That plug at the beginning with the yu yu hakusho theme playing in the background, was torture! You're always in anticipation for the lyrics to come and they NEVER do. I needed to go listen to the opening a couple times just to get the anticipation out of my system.
TENKI NO KO Hodaka and Hina accept his world The last thing that dies is love and happiness, nature at first can be very scary but in the end it shows us its true beauty, stabilizing us emotionally, giving us to understand that everything is fine, Hodaka is right about something, "we gonna be alright!" this is not just optimist is the truth !!💑🕊🌱🏞🌦🌏. Nature always finds a way to balance itself, the only question is, what role will we have!
Yes, that probably is the message. But the ending still bothers me... "I don't care if Tokyo sinks, I don't care about laws, I just wanna get Hina back!" That's what bothered me about Place Promised in Our Early Days too.
Wow...... this video completely changed my view on the film, really gonna be a diffrent experience watching this when I get in on blu ray than when I watched it in theatres
Thank you so much for this analysis! While I enjoyed Weathering With You, I thought it was just okay. But with now knowing more of the symbolism from Japanese culture, I can appreciate it that much more. Found your channel after watching your Samurai Champloo video and I have to say, I'm looking forward to what you curate next. These deep dives have really changed my perspective on anime and how I watch them. Thanks again for the time and effort put into these. It does not go unnoticed :)
I think I saw this on a Buddhist Twitter... but it was something like, "What is done to children is done to society." I thought about that a lot while watching Weathering With You.
this video deserves WAYYYY more views that this. I just did a college level film class final on weathering with you and this video helped soooo much. Love the video, amazing to see so much work put into the editing in this vid, sad to see it doesnt have as many views as it deserves.
I really liked weathering with you but after listening to your analysis, I think I love it even more. it's deeper than I expected and I admit I was one of those dudes that thought they were selfish for ruining tokyo for their love but it all makes sense now. thanks!
Great analysis on the non-climate change angle. While climate change is an important issue that's more and more ever-present, I didn't really feel it fit with the narrative for the movie, especially with Taki's grandma's explanation about how Tokyo used to be a bay. It does feel like with the constant media attention to it, climate change has become the goto for any conflict relating to weather. Btw, how about those cameos by Taki and Mitsuha, eh?
Honestly beautiful movie, I’ve moved away from watching anime and stated reading manga and manhwa. But I saw this and just decided to watch it. I went in completely blind and I must say it was absolutely amazing.
This movie was perfect this was so good i loved it so much i loved everything about this the last 20-30 minutes had my heart aching like this was so good when she disappeared I almost lost it this was so good I can’t bruh
Hi everyone, thanks for watching! I know this is a bit of a different video but hey, this is a bit of a different time we’re in no? Appreciate you taking the time to indulge us and hopefully you stay till the end and get all the cool stuff we found in this film. You guys rock, check out the Bonsai PopCast! We’re everywhere!
Great video guys I've never heard of this anime at all
Dormio Vibes if any music is specifically made for a video I (Mike) do it, the intro song and the first song in this video we’re created by me, otherwise I use a lot of video game music. This video was mostly Zelda breath of the wild tuned down a little with rain in the background, there’s a song from the waterworks video game in here and one from final fantasy 7 (cry of the planet I believe) I try to keep it on theme and mix it up!
I also do all the music editing for every video
Loved it.
loved seeing this in the watch party and I love your videos! always bringing the insight and feels
@Dormio Vibes those are the breath of the wild ost
I also really felt like the ending gave the message of "people can and will adapt to anything, no matter how daunting it may seem right now." As you said, change is inevitable, and you can either run away from it or embrace it.
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You probably said/evaluate the wholepoint message and lesson of this anime to the reality❤️😲😍
I haaaate people calling Shinkai the “next Miyazaki”. As directors they really don’t have that much in common except that they both make beautiful, wildly popular anime. They don’t overlap much in style, theme, aesthetic, or motif. It makes me feel like I’m missing something when people say that.
I think it's moreso the tone of the movies that they parallel instead of their personalities or perspectives.
You aren't missing anything, the people that say, "next Miyazaki" don't really care about the medium and are using an easy comparison. Like how any hard video game is the, "Dark Souls of X."
He’s not the next Miyazaki, he’s THE FIRST Makoto Shinkai
They honestly couldn't be farther apart. The message of Weathering With You is troubling and foolishly uneducated at best, whilst something like Princess Mononoke shows that Miyazaki actually knows what he's talking about. Miyazaki's films are something to learn from whilst Shinkai really just provides a fun time with pretty animation.
@@eeveeboba5046 I'll have to strongly disagree with that statement. Princess Mononoke was a wonderful film of course but weathering with you as well. I had a hell of a time watching princess mononke but I didn't go searching for a moral lesson neither did I go searching for that in weathering with you. Miyazaki's films have a heavy message on fantasy, compassion, love and the ego of a person. while Shinkai's films have a heavy connection to shinto and buhdism, you'll have to understand japanese culture to understand shinto's films.
So if I got this right, the “moral” of this movie wasn’t climate change or love, it was about accepting what you have right now. People wished for change and used the power of the sunshine girl to do so and even went as far as wanting to sacrifice her, when in reality, the rain is inevitable. It was meant to be and the people couldn’t accept it, so they sacrificed weather maiden after weather maiden. I really liked this movie and wanted to better understand it better because so many people expected a successor to your name when I was coming into this movie with the expectations to just enjoy it.
I thought it was that u don’t need to push yourself too hard to do what others want you to do or you will lose your personality and ease to exist and you should do something good for yourself
I think the movie was about young love, youth and regret. You get to be a teenage once. This movie shows you how you'd go back and relive your life with hindsight.
That's how I see it.
the ending was so shit
same
You probably said the wholepoint of connection of this anime to the reality!💕
Your Name: Sacrificing your love to save a city
Weathering With You: Sacrificing a city to save your love
FINALLYYYYYY SOMEONE GETS IT! 😭💕 I took it as the same way. The disruption of balance because of the sunshine girls that existed throughout the millennias but i didn't know about the Buddhism aspect. Its just, its was literally said in the film that a sunshine girl using its power has its costs. And it was possible that many sunshine girls were sacrificed to keep Tokyo afloat all those years prior. So, my refusing to sacrifice Hina, it was just an undoing rather than something as stupid as, "we sank tokyo for our love".
Yeah, the old guy said that back then there was a weather girl in EVERY village of the country, and they were probably all sacrificed to keep Japan afloat.
Japan has 3 times the rain than London does? Holy shit.
TheAwesomeMed Tokyo does, some areas have far more than that
Dude, don't even get me started on the humidity too.
London has about as much rainfall as Berlin or Paris (600mm per year). Though it rains often (sometimes 2-3 times times while you smoke a ciggy), it's usually VERY mellow and goes in minutes. Most of the US has much more precipitation than London.
New Orleans or Florida has almost as much annual rainfall as Tokyo, if not more.
If Japan has 3 times rain than rainchester then it must be bad 🤯🤯
I thought Ireland was bad 🇮🇪 😬🤐
Finally, this was the take I was looking for. I walked away from the film knowing it wasn't about climate change, as everyone seemed to want it to be. Great connection to Zennyo Ryuo and Buddhist philosophies.
Makoto Shinkai started it was heavily inspired by climate change, because obviously so... :/
There is alot of Christian imagery and metaphors in this film which was unfortunately ignored. Japan regularly melds the three religions together
I watched this movie in theaters, and the story and animation alone made me cry, but the characters are incredibly relatable as well. Fantastic movie, up there with Ghibli films
Check out Kimi no Nawa as well. Both are from the same writer.
@@catzor4795 Not just that, they're in the same universe - if you pay attention you can spot Taki and Mitsuha and some other character throughout this movie.
Vaktaren : oh I’ve seen that one too, gorgeous movie and incredibly awesome story. My favorite so far out of all of these new movies is A Silent Voice
@@ihavenoname8628 Ah, my favorite too.
This was the last movie I saw in theaters before COVID-19
Same! I can't believe I saw this in 2020
I was about to buy tickets to this movie as it just came out in my country, but then covid-19 came and I never got to see it in theaters :(
for me it was Onward :)
Me too
On Valentine's Day
Same. Jan 15, 2020
You're right, even though everything is inevitably gonna be gone one day, we are here right now and we are alive and our feelings are real so if something makes you happy despite everything happening around us then cling to it.
Ps you look tired af mike,get some rest
That Buddhist philosophy makes a lot of sense.
The interpretation I left the theater with was it was a bit of a thesis on the trolley problem, and maybe a bit of a condemnation of Japanese society? That they were willing to sacrifice a person. And she in turn was willing to sacrifice herself so Hodoka could get that sunshine, which he absentmindedly affirmed.
And the rest of the film is "Oh shit, no! I DIDN'T MEAN THAT! I TAKE THAT BACK!"
The way you explained the ending, made me change my whole point of view of this movie. Truly stunning I say.
Your positivity on life is so infectious. Basically, just thank you for being you and this was an amazing video.
Yeah... this video alone made my day.
I loved that you used breathe of the wild background music
The saddest version ever. Did it seem slowed down to you?
Nah fam, that's some top tier use of FF7 city of the ancients music. Not disputing BotW as a fine choice, just saying Uematsu's music from the PSX is still chilling to this day. Maybe because it means someone is going to get impaled with an impossibly long sword very soon.
Æron deMan FF7 is a classic. No matter which version between original or remake. I personally think Breathe of the Wild is better than FF7 despite how much of a d rider I am for Final Fantasy
@@hartfantom I have nothing disparaging to say on BotW, or really any Zelda game. For the record I will play Links Awakening any and every day over pretty much any of the others, but there's a heavy nostalgia bias there, plus it's such a well contained experience, both in game length and form factor (it's fairly short and available on portable systems).
But that being said, if I have the luxury of having the time to finish another playthrough, I absolutely will dive headfirst back into FF7 without a moment of hesitation, and over pretty much anything else. Yes it has its flaws, done of which add to it's charm, and some of which really are detrimental to the experience. But every time I play, I not only get to explore and discover new ways to interact with the game, but I also get a new and renewed appreciation for everything the team over at Square was able to do back then. The story elements were kind of extreme for its time, and have really only become mainstream somewhat recently. The themes were executed so well that they continue to resonate after each playthrough but in a different way each time. And all of that despite the limits of the hardware and the abilities of everyone involved given things like deadlines.
I think the reason why FF7 holds up so well today is that the themes are universal and timeless, the story is excited by real world events instead of the other way around, and the amazing quantity and quality of details like the music that not only tie everything together, but also speak directly to the player on an emotional or otherwise more fundamental level .
To me FF7 is just such a classic that it gets better every time I play through it, and because of that anything that successfully and respectfully borrows a piece of it is going to also be quality, I guarantee that. It's also going to make me find the time to play it again as soon as possible.
Shinkai has a real connection with the real world for making sci-fi anime. He is able to write in a language that connects with your soul. Such a gift. Thanks for sharing.
So far every time this man is released a movie it is not just beautifully stunning but the story is actually riveting
your message about loss, change, and the inevitability of everything at the last part changed me. i realized and learned from you. thank you so much. i'm so glad that i stumble upon this video. that literally made my tear shed. thank you i even forgot that i'm here for the movie.
The key reason I knew this movie wasn’t about climate change was when they mentioned that Tokyo was once submerged in water. That fact completely reframed the message in my mind into one about the nature of bad times. When we’re in the good times (sunshine/prosperity) we forget that there were bad times (rain/destruction). We try to fight it, but it must come. Our young lovers learn to embrace the rain and choose life.
I love this movie so much. I tear up easily when I experience moments, the soundtrack, and character beats from this movie. It seriously could turn me to a puddle sometimes. Thank you for this video, I really enjoyed the Japanese folklore and the inclusion of teruterubōzu. As a Japanese, I grew up making those with my family and taping them to the living room window, and I also learned a bit about Japanese folklore, thanks again for a great video 🙏
i always thought something like this; like, things will change and we will lose and lose and lose and we will still love and be happy and at the end of the world we'll still share oranges and laugh about things if that makes sense. anyway this analysis was great and i feel like i was able to think about it a lot more. thanks
Great analysis. I lot of the points you made I never thought of before and now I see. You're really underrated.
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Tbh I didn't sleep and right now RUclips is my home
You remind me of my old friends in the best way, stay well my g I hope your healthy
Okay, this is the best explaining channel I have seen to now. I liked this explanation of the movie. Keep it up like this!
Would have to second you there
a very nice video I especially like the section where you used the city of the ancients to give it a fantastic vibe while talking about the water dragon I personally don't think that the message of the movie is that hidden it is just that most people don't bother to watch things in context they would just rather inject the movie with their own perspective which is a shame cause that ends up handicapping most movies which should always be judged in their own merits not on what you think it is about which is why I love you guys cause you always give things the chance they need and view things based on what is presented not on how you want them to be which you pointed out is a theme in this movie I hardly think that is a coincidence
Loved your interpretation of this sublime film. Cities may change or die… but change / death in inevitability. Maybe Tokyo or any other coastal city will become more Venice like. We shouldn’t sacrifice someone who doesn’t need sacrificed when maybe we just need to grow.
And finally I'm able to understand the true essence of Weathering With You, your video is super informative and immersive, thank you so much for putting it out!
6:55 I love how your choice of anime to show in the background was Highs School DxD
Man... That's some pretty rain
You’re quite poetic in your descriptions. I always appreciate that!
Bro I loved how this video talks about my favourite movie ever and how the background music is from my favourite video game ever
Injtresting take; main take away I got form it was 'Sometimes you have to put yourself first' admitedly it's on a grand scale but it's nice to see someone who says 'No I'm giving too much, I have to stop somewhere or it's going to destroy me' and remember Japan is a country with a word for working yourself to death. No idea if it was intentional but that's what I got out of the ending.
Thanks for the breakdown
But there's something you missed,
When the main character goes to buy a gift for the girl,
The person he eventually buys from was one of the main characters from the movie "your name".
GO CHECK IT OUT GUYS
Ps: sorry I don't tell remember their names in particular
Yes, that's Mitsuha, the girl in Your Name. The guy, Taki, also appeared in the movie, being the nephew of the son of an old grandma Hadaka and Hina helped.
Personally, I think the movie is largely about choice, similar to how Your Name was about fate. Hodaka and Hina are both defying their "fates", and everything is built on their choices and the consequences thereof. While the main characters of Your Name were brought together by powers of destiny beyond their control, Hodaka was only in Tokyo because he chose to leave a bad situation at home, and he only encountered Hina because she defied the rules about child labor to try and support herself and her brother.
The biggest point however is at the end, after they make that one huge choice to return Hina to Earth despite the impact it will have. Hodaka fails to contact Hina at all for three years because he doesn't know what to say, as he's weighed down by guilt over what they'd done. Similar to the common complaint about Hodaka's decision, he sees this as him choosing one girl in exchange for dooming millions. As he travels through Tokyo, still too afraid to go see her, he's told by numerous people reasons that his choice wasn't that big. He wasn't "dooming" the city, it was bound to end up like that as it's the natural state of things. He didn't destroy anything, the world has always been crazy so stop being so arrogant. Everything in the surrounding supports this. His choice didn't kill anyone, and honestly there wasn't reason to think it would. Yes, the waters have been rising, but it took years to reach its current state and people simply moved and then moved on with their lives. Suga's relationship with his daughter has been getting better, and she seems to be doing great regardless of the rain. As he walks along, the buses still travel, the people go on with their lives like nothing's unusual, small children run and play without a care in the world. At the same time, while the world itself is making it clear that truthfully, their choice wasn't as devastating as they make it out to be, and he's trying to come up with things to say to her to convey that they aren't really all that responsibility, the moment he sees her his heart shouts out that no, that's wrong. That day, they *changed* the world. He chose her, chose a world with her regardless of the pain. The world is forever different because of their decisions, but that's fine and they themselves will be okay.
Choice is a funny thing. It often feels like such a huge thing that will make or break everything. But when you get down to it, no matter what you choose life goes on for the very people you think will be most devastated. No matter how much influence your choice has, people will still keep going and they'll be fine. Everything will be fine. But at the same time, your choice does mean a lot. You chose the world you'll live in, who will be in your world and who won't. You change that world with your decisions. From the outside looking in you may seem like just a meaningless nobody who puts far too much stake in actions that didn't really matter at all, but still for you it means everything. Your fate is up to you, and you can change everything with the smallest choice, but you'll still be okay.
Another great video! Again I completely agree. I reached the same conclusions prior to watching this.
First it has nothing to do at all with "climate change" in its current form.
Second, It is suggested that for the past few hundred years someone has continually made that one person sacrifice to allow Tokyo to exist. Even though a star trek ii "good of the many outweigh the good of the one" argument is compelling, In this case it goes against the natural order and balance of the land. Thus their decision is NOT selfish but a return to the natural state and overall harmony/balance.
The Shining: "Nobody knew i was a movie about Spaceships"
Weathering with Yoy: "Hold my Raindrops"
i will never know the feeling of young love. im 25 those days are behind me and ill never get them back... and i think im okay with that.
Dude same
Love is still love though. I'm in a similar boat, but early romance with your partner could still have the same innocence and inexperience, even if either of you have dated before. :)
That's teenage love. You are a young adult until 40.
Im young i don't understand what is the difference between yung love and Old love pls tell me different
The Zora music was a great touch when you were talking abt the rain. Nice.
Amazing explanation. The way you worded it and in how your voice fits well while giving us the details of weathering with you.
I was one of those that thought the two of them said f the world, we’re in love. And I didn’t mind it. It’s okay to be selfish and sometimes you have to say f the world. Great video.
This is probably the best explanation I've seen of weathering with you. While watching it I felt so many emotions and had so many diff thoughts that I couldn't categorise it into a romance or a climate change social commentary but this seems like the concise and holistic way to put it. All in all this movie was the best work of anime cinema I've seen
Well it's 2020 and Philippines is just like Weathering with you right now because Everyday and Everynight it's always Raining☹️☹️
This video is a very good analysis of the theme of the movie which is a theme I didn't realize until I watched this video. Keep up the good work :)
Overall I very much agree with the analysis, but you did get the mythology slightly wrong as there is precedence for people who prayed to the Kami for the rain to cease, and interestingly it is tied to the first Kami that you mentioned, Kuraokami and its twin aspect/paired Kami, Takaokami(高龗 lit. high dragon kami of water), the Dragon God of Rain and Snow. The shrine on the top of the building was almost certainly dedicated to Takaokami. From the website of the Kifume Jinja, the place where Takaokami/Kuraokami is enshrined:
"The deity presiding at Kifune Shrine, Takaokami, is also known as Kuraokami. It is stated in shrine records that “even if the name differs it is the same god.” A god that presides over rain he summons clouds, makes rain fall, *calls forth sunshine, fills the land with fallen rain* and makes it spring out little by little. One theory states that Takaokami is the “Dragon God of the Mountain” while Kuraokami is the “Dragon God of the Abyss.” Water is the source of all life. Takaokami and Kuraokami are “Headspring Gods” that preside over supplying of precious water vital for all living creatures."
The important parts of this section is that explicitly in the mythology they are linked with stopping the rain and calling forth the sun. This is the exact thing that Hina does in the film. And that they are described as "filling the land with fallen rain", which is exactly what happens to Tokyo at the end.
Also of note is the fact that in order to pray for rain and to pray for sun to shine the sacrifice of a horse was crucial and, in your video at 12:59 when Hina prays and at 13:03 when Hodoka teleports, you can see two figures in front of the shrine. Those are a type of Ema (絵馬
lit. Picture Horse), which come from a myth and practice regarding Takaokami and Kifune Jinja, where the emperor would offer horses in order to either call for or stop the rain. A black horse for rain, and a white horse for sun. In the movie this is the eggplant horse, standing in for the black horse, and the cucumber horse, standing in for the white horse.
Lastly, Takaokami is also worshipped as a kami of marriage and as a kami of separation, which is also seen in the movie as Hina's prayers to Takaokami is what brings them together and eventually separates them.
The giant water dragon in the movie is certainly Takaokami. I still very much agree with your overall analysis and the references to Zennyo Ryuou, but the shrine was definitely not dedicated to Inari.
Ahhhhh DUDE!
This was great, and learning about the Snow Women legend was a cherry on top for this.
As always, the Bonsai Pop take nails it and adds to the story at the same time.
Edit: Your conclusion was super on point. I agree with the philosophy of change being inevitable but enjoying the time that you have in the conditions you have.
14:43 I watched Your Name and Weathering with You for the first time, back to back, just the other day. And I noticed that Zennyo Ryou picture in weathering with you and immediately realized that in Your Name, Mitsuha dresses up the exact same way as Zennyo Ryou when she’s doing that traditional dance and making the Kuchikamizake (saki made using saliva)
Miyazaki is the only Miyazaki, but Shinkai's stories, like Miyazaki's are fresh... he's the next Shinkai.
As much as ii am against global warming, the image of people resisting change also bothers me. Sometimes, no matter how much we love something or someone and no matter how many ways we try to hang onto it, we can't. Weather that's a city, a person, or a state of the world, things change.
This video is vastly underrated good work
SO many chills i have to stop this video and watching this movie tonight, ill be back
Makoto Shinkai catalog just keeps building love to see it
I don’t really see why some people hate this movie. Other than the ending, I loved this movie. I thought the plot was actually pretty interesting and enjoyable.
Just a little note. That plug at the beginning with the yu yu hakusho theme playing in the background, was torture! You're always in anticipation for the lyrics to come and they NEVER do. I needed to go listen to the opening a couple times just to get the anticipation out of my system.
TENKI NO KO
Hodaka and Hina accept his world
The last thing that dies is love and happiness, nature at first can be very scary but in the end it shows us its true beauty, stabilizing us emotionally, giving us to understand that everything is fine, Hodaka is right about something, "we gonna be alright!" this is not just optimist is the truth !!💑🕊🌱🏞🌦🌏.
Nature always finds a way to balance itself, the only question is, what role will we have!
I watched this in theatre and was waiting for your video on this... took so long but at least finally!
Also hearingn your voice describing this is.... So nice, thank you
Totally forgot about this movie, thanks for this
Really enjoyed your perspective. Actually can't wait to watch it again now keeping your insights in mind.
THANK YOU FOR WAKING ME UP!!!!!
Very beautiful video and good perspective
Oh man this was a beautiful essay mate!
You’re so underrated man I hope you go big
I watched this movie at the Animation Is Film Festival and Makoto Shinkai explained the film. You were pretty accurate on the aspect of change theme.
Watching this movie in theaters blew my mind. Great video as always
This was a bop of a video.
Yes, that probably is the message. But the ending still bothers me... "I don't care if Tokyo sinks, I don't care about laws, I just wanna get Hina back!" That's what bothered me about Place Promised in Our Early Days too.
I live in New Orleans and I regularly get sad about this. Also thank you for saying New Orleans right 👌
Loved the video man and what you said in the end really hit me.
That ending was awesome. What a video. Amazing!
Wow...... this video completely changed my view on the film, really gonna be a diffrent experience watching this when I get in on blu ray than when I watched it in theatres
People in Tokyo: *complains about rain*
Me in Bangkok: look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power
You earned a like. Really amazing 🥺
Thank you so much for this analysis! While I enjoyed Weathering With You, I thought it was just okay. But with now knowing more of the symbolism from Japanese culture, I can appreciate it that much more. Found your channel after watching your Samurai Champloo video and I have to say, I'm looking forward to what you curate next. These deep dives have really changed my perspective on anime and how I watch them. Thanks again for the time and effort put into these. It does not go unnoticed :)
Jesus this video was very very awesome
I hope you're doing well Mike and Tyler :)
I only cried a few tears.
Leaving my comment here to thank you Bonsai!
datta boy
Beautiful review, thank you so much!
That was fantastic! I agree, change will eventually come...if you want it or not.
I think I saw this on a Buddhist Twitter... but it was something like, "What is done to children is done to society." I thought about that a lot while watching Weathering With You.
this review was great !
Lmfaoooo I lost it laughing when I heard Leroy Jenkins. My favorite video of all time and you guys you used it 😂😂🤣🤣 (Leroyyyy Jenkinsssss!!)
Yes! Many people don't like the ending, but I do. It just makes sense to me
this video deserves WAYYYY more views that this. I just did a college level film class final on weathering with you and this video helped soooo much. Love the video, amazing to see so much work put into the editing in this vid, sad to see it doesnt have as many views as it deserves.
I really liked weathering with you but after listening to your analysis, I think I love it even more. it's deeper than I expected and I admit I was one of those dudes that thought they were selfish for ruining tokyo for their love but it all makes sense now. thanks!
I really did need this kind of video. Great work!!
Thank you, Mike.
Great and thorough review!
So this is how the hidden rain village was created
This was wonderful to watch
The music was definitely on point. Love the video
Excellent analysis, well done 👍🏻
Another fantastic video guys. I always appreciate your thoughts.
Great analysis on the non-climate change angle. While climate change is an important issue that's more and more ever-present, I didn't really feel it fit with the narrative for the movie, especially with Taki's grandma's explanation about how Tokyo used to be a bay. It does feel like with the constant media attention to it, climate change has become the goto for any conflict relating to weather.
Btw, how about those cameos by Taki and Mitsuha, eh?
I don't mind the rainy season too much but yeah. It floods a lot here. Every single year. Lots of warning announcements
Thank you for the amazing recap of the movie.
I am sure after your video, I will enjoy more the movie.
I wondered with this movie by the end thinking, "how did they get rid of that much water in few years" mainly cause of "Your Name"
Honestly beautiful movie, I’ve moved away from watching anime and stated reading manga and manhwa. But I saw this and just decided to watch it. I went in completely blind and I must say it was absolutely amazing.
This movie was perfect this was so good i loved it so much i loved everything about this the last 20-30 minutes had my heart aching like this was so good when she disappeared I almost lost it this was so good I can’t bruh
i dont normally comment on videos but this was absolutely a wonderful watch