I spent almost a year working on this essay analyzing the themes and cultural traditions behind Kimi no Na wa, and its connections to Makoto Shinkai's entire filmography. I hope people can relate to the emotions of Makoto Shinkai's films I explore in this essay, and to my appreciation for the pivotal role beauty plays in all of these movies.

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0:00 Threads and Monologues (Introduction)
18:05 Dreams and Twilight
23:26 Musubi and the Dimensions
28:30 Tanabata Festival
32:20 Voices of a Distant Star
37:33 The Importance of Names
41:56 Natural Disasters
44:19 Izanagi and Izanami
50:09 5 Centimeters Per Second (Part I)
1:00:44 Beauty
1:03:05 Comet Tiamat
1:10:40 5 Centimeters Per Second (Part II)
1:17:09 Conclusion
1:24:26 Epilogue

Google Doc Essay here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d...

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