Meanwhile, the weather is unusually gloomy and the rain never seems to stop. High school freshman Hodaka runs away to Tokyo and finds work as a writer for an occult magazine. I wanted to delve deeper into problems that arise between the Shinto gods (or at least the film’s depiction of them) and mankind, and consider how those seemingly insurmountable problems can ultimately be resolved by the all-powerful and all-loving (singular) God. I was also, however, very troubled, because true to Shinto folklore, the gods in Weathering With You are impersonally transactional, which ultimately instigates the main conflict. The first time I watched the film, I was fascinated by the story’s numerous references to Shinto (“the way of the gods”), Japan’s indigenous religion, and the relationship between the gods and the human characters. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Makoto Shinkai, Tenki no Ko, or “Weathering With You,” is a beautifully animated and poignantly told story of love, loss and sacrifice, grappling with universal questions about the value and sanctity of human life and the extent one would go to rescue a loved one at the expense of the common good.
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