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Your Name manga #1

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A story of two people determined to hold on to one another.
Mitsuha, a high school girl from a town deep in the mountains, dreams of an unfamiliar life in Tokyo. Taki, a high school boy from Tokyo, dreams that he is a girl living in the mountains. As the two begin swapping lives, a miraculous story is set in motion.

176 pages, Paperback

First published August 23, 2016

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Makoto Shinkai

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SHINKAI Makoto
Name (in native language): 新海 誠
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СИНКАЙ Макото
Makoto Shinkai


Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠 Shinkai Makoto?), born as Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠 Niitsu Makoto?, February 9, 1973) is a Japanese director of anime and former graphic designer. A native of the Nagano Prefecture, Shinkai studied Japanese literature at Chuo University where he was a member of juvenile literature club where he drew picture books. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle school. His favorite anime is Castle in the Sky by Hayao Miyazaki. Shinkai has been called "The New Miyazaki" in several reviews including Anime Advocates and ActiveAnime, comparisons which he calls an "overestimation".

Zodiac: Aquarius

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Profile Image for Steven Medina.
189 reviews843 followers
April 28, 2021
¿Cómo reaccionarías si te contaran que tú comportamiento ha sido inusual el día de ayer, pero realmente no recordaras tus acciones?

Incluso el arroz, el sake, el agua... las cosas que entran en tu cuerpo conectan con tu alma. También eso es Musubi.


Desde que vi la película por primera vez —hace aproximadamente tres años— esta historia se volvió una de mis favoritas y por ello he repetido la película cinco veces. Pero, irónicamente, aún no había leído el manga, y todo por culpa de mis hábitos. Como me acostumbré tanto a que todo lo que leo lo reseño extensivamente en este sitio, entonces desde hace unos años he dejado de leer manga porque me parece muy difícil opinar —sin hacer spoilers— sobre cada tomo. Y obviamente no tiene sentido escribir una reseña exclusivamente con spoilers porque mi objetivo justamente es no hacerlos, para que de aquella forma cualquier lector pueda interesarse por el contenido en cuestión. Sin embargo, desde inicios de este año he extrañado muchísimo leer manga por lo que ya no puedo reprimir más mis deseos: Prefiero navegar contra la corriente y hacer reseñas difíciles, así sea con lentitud, que abstenerme de leer algo que me gusta bastante. Por ello, he elegido a Kimi no na wa como experimento de mis intenciones.

Este volumen de Kimi no na wa (Your Name), nos cuenta la historia de Mitsuha, una adolescente quien está completamente inconforme por el lugar en el que vive. Ella está sumergida en la monotonía y por lo tanto su deseo más profundo es vivir en Tokyo porque allí, ella cree, que será feliz por la cantidad de tiendas y lugares que podrá visitar. Por otra parte, tenemos a Taki, un chico que vive en Tokyo y que, al igual que Mitsuha asiste a clases, pero con la gran diferencia de que trabaja en un restaurante al salir de su jornada estudiantil. Sin embargo, lo interesante y gracioso de la historia, es que ellos al dormir sueñan viviendo la vida de la otra persona. Obviamente ellos nunca se han visto y no se conocen, pero poco a poco lo irán haciendo dándose cuenta de que sus experiencias son más que un sueño.

Fueron tres capítulos que si bien son divertidos por las anécdotas que tienen que vivir los protagonistas, también está compuesto —al final del tercer capítulo— con momentos de drama que sufre Mitsuha por sentimientos encontrados que empieza a mostrar. Esa transición de diversión-drama es perfecta para hacer que el lector logré encariñarse con los personajes, para luego más adelante sufrir con sus problemas. Mitsuha me hace recordar mi propia adolescencia en la que me daba pena expresar mis verdaderos sentimientos y seguir las tradiciones de mi familia en frente de mis compañeros de clase. Poco a poco vamos perdiendo ese miedo infantil, pero en esa etapa somos tan sensibles al rechazo que es natural comportarnos así a esa edad. Por lo tanto, pienso que Mitsuha es un personaje muy bien trabajado porque sí parece una adolescente: Tierna, romántica, intrépida y solidaria, pero reservada, evasiva con sus propios problemas y desencantada por lo «aburrido» de su mundo.

Las ilustraciones me parecieron muy bien trabajadas porque muestran lo necesario y nunca llegan a abrumar visualmente al lector. Asimismo, me gusta mucho el énfasis que el autor le da a las expresiones de los personajes —sobre todo cuando cambian de cuerpo—, así como la forma como juega constantemente con el tamaño de los paneles usados.



Este volumen me ha hecho reflexionar seriamente sobre lo difícil que debe ser vivir la vida de otra persona. No solo por las actividades diarias, estudio y trabajo, sino también por el modo que hablamos y tratamos con las personas de nuestro alrededor. Muchas veces pensamos que nuestra vida está vacía y que no hay nada interesante en ella, pero eso es mentira. Podemos compartir actividades, profesiones o gustos, pero absolutamente todos tenemos una vida completamente única que nadie más aparte de nosotros mismos puede vivir. Así como sufrimos desgracias únicas, también gozamos de experiencias únicas e inolvidables. La siguiente imagen representa perfectamente lo que quiero expresar:



En resumen, lo he disfrutado como lo esperaba y más con la banda sonora de la película como melodía de acompañamiento. Próximo destino: Volumen número 2.
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164 reviews88 followers
August 28, 2019
Me muero, la historia está bellisima
Necesito ya el segundo tomo<3

Profile Image for CW ✨.
644 reviews1,696 followers
October 30, 2017
The movie is probably my favourite movie of all time, so I had to read the manga.
The narrative style and perspective is a little different to the movie. The manga is still worth reading for people who enjoyed the movie, but I'll still recommend the movie over the manga any day. The rating (3.5/5) is relative to how much I liked the movie (which is a whole lot).

However, something that was in the manga but wasn't in the movie and that I liked:
Profile Image for Nicolo.
2,120 reviews131 followers
March 23, 2021
Your Name, the celebrated animated film by Makoto Shinkai is one of my favorite movies. I've seen it countless times. It's a beautifully animated story of a love that defied time, space, and memory. I'll never get tired of re-watching it.

This adaptation is contained in three volumes, which coincide into three acts of the movie, The first volume contains the signature body-switching between main character Taki and Mitsuha.

Although this adaptation could not recapture the visual feast the movie was, the emotions behind the story are conveyed properly. This should be read after watching the movie, while still basking in its afterglow.

March 23, 2021
These bilingual books are the best way to enjoy this adaptation in the English language. The Japanese love their books and produce volumes with excellent production values. This three-volume set by Kadokawa made for the best souvenirs for a book lover from pre-Covid Tokyo.
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137 reviews26 followers
February 2, 2021
پايان جلد اول مانگا

فرق نداره رمان باشه ، انيمه باشه ، مانگا باشه
اين شاهكار شينكاي توي هر سايتي بالاترين رتبه ها رو داره
از IMDB و goodreads گرفته تا animelist و بقيه سايت ها

بينظيره

خوشحالم كه اولين تجربه ي خواندن مانگا رو با چنين شاهكاري شروع ميكنم

توصيه ام اينه كه براي شروع اين مانگا، فيلم رو ببينيد و رمان رو بخونيد و بعد به سراغ مانگا بريد .

٥ ستاره ي واقعي به اين شاهكار
Profile Image for Emma.
913 reviews870 followers
February 8, 2021
3.5/5 Stars

I had been wanting to read this manga for some time and I'm so glad I finally got the chance to do that! It was good, I enjoyed the story and I'm very looking forward to seeing how it continues in the next two volumes.
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1,041 reviews946 followers
August 18, 2017
Your Name, or Kimi No Na Wa, is an absolutely wonderful new Japanese animated film written and directed by the talented Makoto Shinkai. If you have a chance to go see it in theaters or watch it on Bluray or any other way, I would encourage anyone to do so — it is a visually gorgeous movie with great story and characters. It's beautiful, funny, thrilling, gut-wrenching and tear-jerking in all the best ways. It's probably in my top three movies of the year. This manga adaptation, though? I really don't see the point.

The book follows the film's story almost beat for beat. It doesn't expand much on anything, doesn't show any new perspective, nothing like that. The manga also looks inferior to the movie, because it's in black and white and is drawn by a single artist, as opposed to a whole big budget studio of professional animators. The story is still good, of course, but you only get about one third of it in this first volume, and the following books aren't even released yet. The sad truth is, this adaptation is completely unnecessary — watching the anime is a much better experience in every single way.

So the choice is easy: definitely watch Your Name. It's an incredible film. Skip the manga.
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564 reviews354 followers
January 27, 2018


About a year ago, during my flight to Tokyo, Japan, basically everyone on the flight was watching Your Name at one point or another. I didn't think anything of it and to be honest, I had no idea what it was so I decided to skip out on it. Fast forward many months later and I really wish I had watched it! I had heard nothing but amazing reviews and I really felt as though I had missed something special. Fast forward a few more months and I still haven't watched it, but I did find the manga version online and decided to pick it up!

This first volume sets up the storyline pretty well and it is definitely very intriguing! One of my favourite mangas of all time is Orange and while I was reading Your Name, it really did remind me of Orange just a little bit. I'm super intrigued by this story and I really want to continue reading and hopefully watch the film in the near future!
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Author 1 book956 followers
October 26, 2017
This was fun.
El argumento es entretenido y las interacciones entre los personajes principales son súper dulces. El final con el súper game changer cambia todo lo previamente establecido, me encanto. Ya quiero el segundo.
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168 reviews16 followers
April 1, 2020
Fue una primera entrega bastante amena, me encanto la ambientación y la manera en que se manejaban los diálogos y la personalidad de cada uno de los personajes, no pude evitar amarlos a cada uno de ellos☁️

Todo el tiempo te empuja a seguir leyendo, lo cual agradezco bastante, tiene una trama muy interesante y EL FINAL AYYY NOO muero por tener el siguiente🌙
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201 reviews187 followers
March 8, 2022
I have always loved Kimi no na wa. Not only in anime but Your Name is simply one of the greatest movies ever made, it is a masterpiece.



I've seen the movie quite a few times now so I finally decided to pick up the manga, the art style is gorgeous and the story is exactly the same so obviously, i love it<3
Profile Image for Neil R. Coulter.
1,064 reviews104 followers
June 11, 2018
I love the movie Your Name, so I was interested to read the manga adaptation. This first volume is basically just what's in the movie. A few scenes are slightly extended, but there are no significant changes. Because one of the things I love most about the film is the vibrant colors, the story isn't quite as interesting to me as a black-and-white manga. I think it would be fantastic as a full-color graphic novel.

I'll go ahead with the next two volumes of the story, but for me so far, this adaptation is just okay. (I know almost nothing about manga, so I have no idea if this is technically a good one or just an adequate one.)
Profile Image for Kübra  Yağmur Aslanhan.
1,721 reviews308 followers
April 12, 2021
uzun zamandır mangalardan alamadığım bi’ tat vardı, türden uzaklaştığımı düşündürüyordu bana sürekli. bana bu ilk vol’ü bitirince fark ettim ki aradığımı nihayet buldum!

hemencik ikinciye geçmek istiyorum :)
Profile Image for Tasnim Ahmed Jency.
15 reviews2 followers
October 13, 2022
This book drifted from beginning to end weaving a story that was difficult to pause. From explanatory engaging text with a warmth that binds you to the tale. Through chapters of excitement and emotional suspense that feel endlessly mesmerizing. This story is not the easiest to comprehend at the beginning, but it all clicks in the end and it will stay with you forever.
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116 reviews409 followers
August 10, 2020
Cca v půlce mi došlo, že už jsem to viděla jako anime. Ehhh. Oukej. Tím pádem aspoň vím, na jaký emoční sady se připravit. Milá romanťárna, sem tam docela tearjerker. Za mě dobrý.
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434 reviews88 followers
February 1, 2022
Slice-of-life with some romance elements (which I expect to get stronger in the subsequent two volumes). The two lead characters are both great and the body-switching stuff is introduced well and makes for compelling reading. The art is great too. I'm excited to read the rest of the series!
Profile Image for Sylvs (NOVELty Reads).
400 reviews43 followers
May 15, 2020
I love this manga already! Your Name has such a unique art style and storyline that it's not hard to fall in love with it.

The book follows two students, Mitsuha and Taki. Mitsuha wishes she was a boy who lived in the city, Tokyo whereas Taki wishes he was a girl from a small village. The two miraculously change bodies and have to adapt to each others lives at least 2-3 times a week. Although this is the first book in the series, a great story arc can definitely be seen and continued on from volume 1 through to the end of the manga.

I loved the characters, the storyline and the art (which honestly just complemented the whole book) but I guess my main criticism was the start of the manga. It took me a while to understand what was going on but it got easier as it continued. With manga reading, I'm still learning how to read a manga correctly. Sometimes its bottom up, right to left other times it's up to down, right to left. I was confused at some bits as to how to read it but in all honesty, I just read whichever way made sense to me.

All in all, a solid book. I found that the movie does the book justice too and it's pretty similar to the manga from characters, the art, setting and storyline. I don't think there's anything the movie cut out. At least so far... I've only watch an hour of it.

ACTUAL RATING: 4.2 STARS
Profile Image for Ricardo Marín.
596 reviews92 followers
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March 25, 2020
4 / 5

Al principio es una historia un tanto complicada de seguir pero sin duda te deja demasiadas ganas de querer seguir leyendo y conocer más.
Profile Image for Bine.
645 reviews95 followers
October 20, 2017
Ein recht schön gezeichneter und kurzweiliger erster Band. Von der Story her ist noch nicht viel passiert. Man hat als Leser das Gefühl, noch ziemlich im Unklaren zu sein.
Den Zeichenstil mochte ich sehr. Eine schöne Balance von klaren Linien und schön ausgearbeiteten Hintergründen. Da ich Körpertauschgeschichten sehr mag, hatte ich Freude an der Geschichte, auch wenn die Charaktere mir noch sehr fremd sind und ich noch keine rechte Verbindung zu ihnen habe.
Also ein ganz netter erster Band mit einem fiesen Cliffhanger, der noch viel verspricht.
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