Recently Mitsuha Miyamizu hasn’t acted herself. For friends and family it’s obvious that something has changed in her behavior—leading to worries about the teen being possessed by a fox. The truth is even stranger: Mitsuha’s body is being periodically possessed by a teen boy from Tokyo, Taki Tachibana. For those familiar with the original Your… Read More Review: Your Name – Another Side: Earthbound
Mitsuha has spent her life in middle-of-nowhere countryside Japan; the oldest daughter in a family of shrine maidens who dreams of the big city and escaping the boring traditions and expectations of her hometown. Taki is a high school boy in the middle of Tokyo who spends his time balancing working hard at his part-time… Read More Review: Your Name
For general information on this novel: Your Name entry This review is for Your Name – Another Side: Earthbound, a novel by Arata Kanoh. It is a short story collection tied to the originalĂ‚Â Your Name story by Makoto Shinkai. The English translation of this book was released in November 2017. The cover illustration was by… Read More Review: Your Name – Another Side: Earthbound
For general information on this novel: Your Name entry This review is for Your Name, a novel by Makoto Shinkai. The English translation of the book was released in May 2017. Shinkai was also the director of the Your Name animated film, which was a pretty big hit in Japan and overseas. A bonus volume… Read More Review: Your Name
It’s time for our second and final discussion of the novels Your Name and The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku. Spoilers ahoy! Your Name What is there to say about the story of Your Name that hasn’t been said a hundred times already? That’s the first thing that comes to mind for me as I try… Read More Summer Reading — Your Name, Hatsune Miku (June 29)
For the first week of this year’s summer reading program, we will discuss the first half of Your Name and the first half of The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku. That means chapters 1 to 4 of Your Name, and up to the “07/05 Thur 11:30” chapter in Hatsune Miku. If you have read further ahead,… Read More Summer Reading — Your Name, Hatsune Miku (June 14)
