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!

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 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.

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.

Japan has 3 times the rain than London does? Holy shit.

Your Name: Sacrificing your love to save a city Weathering With You: Sacrificing a city to save your love

This was the last movie I saw in theaters before COVID-19

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

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".

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!"

I loved that you used breathe of the wild background music

Your positivity on life is so infectious. Basically, just thank you for being you and this was an amazing video.

The way you explained the ending, made me change my whole point of view of this movie. Truly stunning I say.

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.

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.

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.

Amazing explanation. The way you worded it and in how your voice fits well while giving us the details of weathering with you.

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!

Great analysis. I lot of the points you made I never thought of before and now I see. You're really underrated.

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 :)

Okay, this is the best explaining channel I have seen to now. I liked this explanation of the movie. Keep it up like this!

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 🙏

Really enjoyed your perspective. Actually can't wait to watch it again now keeping your insights in mind.

You remind me of my old friends in the best way, stay well my g I hope your healthy

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

I watched this in theatre and was waiting for your video on this... took so long but at least finally!

Oh man this was a beautiful essay mate!

Notification squad...... Tbh I didn't sleep and right now KZfaq is my home

Watching this movie in theaters blew my mind. Great video as always

Loved the video man and what you said in the end really hit me.

The Zora music was a great touch when you were talking abt the rain. Nice.

That ending was awesome. What a video. Amazing!

This video is vastly underrated good work

You’re so underrated man I hope you go big

Beautiful review, thank you so much!

Bro I loved how this video talks about my favourite movie ever and how the background music is from my favourite video game ever

You earned a like. Really amazing 🥺

Also hearingn your voice describing this is.... So nice, thank you

Great and thorough review!

Excellent analysis, well done 👍🏻

Wow, your video made the movie make a lot more sense. Thank you for this!

Makoto Shinkai catalog just keeps building love to see it

Another fantastic video guys. I always appreciate your thoughts.

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.

Very beautiful video and good perspective

The music was definitely on point. Love the video

Totally forgot about this movie, thanks for this

thankyou this was beautiful

Thank you for the amazing recap of the movie. I am sure after your video, I will enjoy more the movie.

THANK YOU FOR WAKING ME UP!!!!!

this review was great !

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.

SO many chills i have to stop this video and watching this movie tonight, ill be back

Leaving my comment here to thank you Bonsai!

A very beautiful video! TYSM

You guys make great videos!

That was fantastic! I agree, change will eventually come...if you want it or not.

Thank you, Mike.

Man... That's some pretty rain

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.

You’re quite poetic in your descriptions. I always appreciate that!

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.

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.

This was a bop of a video.

6:55 I love how your choice of anime to show in the background was Highs School DxD

This is just beautiful!

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

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.

I hope you're doing well Mike and Tyler :) I only cried a few tears.

Jesus this video was very very awesome

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

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.

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.

This was a great video. Certainly one of the best. In particular, I appreciate your emphasis on some of the religious elements. Unfortunately though, a constant theme I see in Western analysis of Japanese culture is trying to only see Shinto & Buddhist symbolism in their media. However, even Japan itself doesn’t see itself that way. Japan regularly melds various different religions in their media and Christianity is undoubtedly one of them. Unlike Your Name, Weathering With You had a ton more Christian symbolism and one of the reasons you didn’t see a parallel to Hina in Japanese folklore is because she is very much a Christian symbol as well. In the future, please be sure to be inclusive. Japan regularly utilizes Shinto, Buddhist, AND Christian symbolism & metaphors in their art.

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.

Such a Legendary Review

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.

Mike bringing the feels!

holy shit the quality of this video is on Shinkai level, thank you now i understand Tenki no ko much more

ff7 music xD great taste! and good video review 👌

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

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

I really did need this kind of video. Great work!!

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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.

i dont normally comment on videos but this was absolutely a wonderful watch

I always appreciate these videos and the breakdowns that I never took the time to do! Much love!

Amazing

Y'alls videos always give me a new perspective on life, keep up the awesome work :)

Lmfaoooo I lost it laughing when I heard Leroy Jenkins. My favorite video of all time and you guys you used it 😂😂🤣🤣 (Leroyyyy Jenkinsssss!!)

I live in New Orleans and I regularly get sad about this. Also thank you for saying New Orleans right 👌

Miyazaki is the only Miyazaki, but Shinkai's stories, like Miyazaki's are fresh... he's the next Shinkai.

The Shining: "Nobody knew i was a movie about Spaceships" Weathering with Yoy: "Hold my Raindrops"

People in Tokyo: *complains about rain* Me in Bangkok: look at what they need to mimic a fraction of our power

This was great.

That's really awesome

Bonsai, you are a refreshment on KZfaq. You always transport my mind to a relaxed, awe inspiring place. Your meraki is self evident and I deeply appreciate it yo. Keep doing what y'all doing :-).