3 stars
I just recently stumbled across the film, Your Name, and oh my goodness it is a complete masterpieces and everyone should watch it immediately it will change your life and it is amazing.
Phew. Now that I got that out of my system. After falling in love with the movie, I was excited to see that there was a manga adaptation as well. I’ve been trying to read more manga so I thought this would be a good point to start.
Overall, the manga was a good adaptation. It follows the movie pretty closely. I can definitely see this book being confusing for those who haven’t seen the movie or don’t know the story. Honestly, for most of the movie you have no idea what’s going on until it finally hits you and you are left with all the feels. The story is worth the wait and confusion, I promise.
Anyway, this was a good book. The one downside to adapting Your Name into a black and white manga is that there is so much beautiful color in the film (the sparkle of Tokyo, the lushness of the Hida region, and of course that darn comet). You get a little peek at that gorgeous color in the full color bit at the beginning of the book, but miss out on it in the rest of the book. The artwork was still very well done with great detail.
I also found the translation notes very interesting. They added more depth to some of the issues brought up in the book (what pronouns to use). Plus, it was fun to see “Yuki-chan sensei”/Yukari Yukino pop up as the Classics teacher. Garden of Words is also a beautiful movie.
A nice read for Shinkai fans. Can’t wait to read the next volume.