Apollo reviewed Weathering With You by Makoto Shinkai (新津誠)
Touching, Vivid Magical Realism
4 stars
I read this novelization before watching the film and enjoyed it thoroughly. The characters were well developed and the imagery was vivid.
Makoto Shinkai (新津誠): Weathering With You (Hardcover, 2019, Yen On)
Hardcover, 192 pages
Published Dec. 17, 2019 by Yen On.
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 loneliness. 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.
(Source: Vertical Inc.)
I read this novelization before watching the film and enjoyed it thoroughly. The characters were well developed and the imagery was vivid.