Name: Weathering with You, Volume 1
ISBN: 9781949980837

Makoto Shinkai

"Your Name" Director Makoto Shinkai's latest movie "WEATHERING WITH YOU" will get a complete manga version with beautiful art and delicate depictions by the up-and-coming artist Wataru Kubota!! The summer of freshman year of high school. A boy named Hodaka runs away from his island home and goes to Tokyo, where he spends every day in loneness. Then, in a corner of the bustling city he meets a girl named Hina. But he soon finds out that she possesses a mysterious power. Up-and-coming artist and Afternoon Four Seasons Award winner Wataru Kubota is set to illustrate the complete manga version of the latest film by Director Makoto Shinkai, who received international acclaim for "Your Name"!!

Weathering with You, Volume 1

Ken Yuen

Seems like a pretty faithful adaptation of the movie. I miss some of the beautiful scenes of the movie. Feels like some stuff isn't in there too?

Ethel

An intriguing plot with beautiful artworks

Key words: fiction, manga, fantasy, young adult, Japan

What a promising plot. I found the concept of Hina being able to affect the weather really interesting. I was sometimes a bit confused with the story, I think because I didn’t quite get when time passed or not. I think the story takes place over at least a month but I can’t be sure since there are no indications. The characters are quite nice and I’m dying to know more about each one of them. I think they have all interesting and mysterious stories. However, it was maybe too mysterious as I didn’t learn a lot about the characters and the story just gives me more questions without answering any. On the other hand, the artwork is really nice and beautiful. There is also a movie so I think I’ll watch it after reading the second volume of this manga. I recommend this manga to everyone, especially young adults.

3.5/5

Thank you Netgalley for this eArc in exchange of my honest opinion.

Belle Ellrich

I will always and forever love anything written by Shinkai Makoto. He's one of my absolute favorite authors, and his stories are seriously brilliant. When I found out that there was a manga adaptation of his light novel Weathering with You releasing last year, I just knew I had to pick up a copy for myself. And this month, I finally got around to reading it!

This volume was just as amazing as I thought it'd be. There were definitely a few differences in the storyline and plot from the light novel, but even with those differences, I still really enjoyed the story and thought it actually made it a bit stronger. Shinkai has this brilliant vision that he's able to portray through the story, and with the help of Kubota Wataru illustrating this story, I think I was able to fall in love with it even more, if possible.

Katja

Mostly Cloudy Hodaka has finally started to feel like he's found his place in Tokyo with Hina and Nagi, but his sunny days won't last forever. The Sunshine Girl powers are beginning to take their toll on Hina, putting her in danger of disappearing into the skies. And as the rain returns and Tokyo's weather starts to intensify, an incident from Hodaka's recent past closes in on him. He'll have to fight to survive and keep the light of his life from fading out, but can he change the sad fate that awaits the Weather Maiden? In Weathering With You, Makoto Shinkai dives into topics like love and sacrifice to show how far one boy goes to protect the thing he loves most. This manga reveals the backstories and true thoughts of the characters who stole the hearts of fans and critics worldwide.