Weather is emotional and economic
Rain affects work, housing, celebrations, and mood rather than functioning only as visual atmosphere.
Weathering with You follows runaway Hodaka Morishima and Hina Amano, a teenage “sunshine girl” whose prayers create brief clear skies while gradually pulling her away from the human world.
At a Glance
Full titleWeathering with You
DirectorMakoto Shinkai
CountryJP
LanguageJapanese
StudioCoMix Wave Films
GenreAnimation · Drama · Fantasy · Romance
Why Weathering with You is worth your time
The film makes its controversial final choice emotionally coherent by showing how often adults and institutions expect vulnerable teenagers to absorb collective problems.
Tokyo is beautiful and hostile in equal measure. Hodaka's lack of money and documents makes ordinary survival difficult before supernatural danger appears.
The sunshine business provides the film's warm middle movement. Hina's gift creates weddings, playtime, and celebrations, demonstrating why people value the weather without making every request selfish.
Suga mirrors Hodaka as someone shaped by love and loss but more willing to compromise with adult systems. His changing response helps clarify the stakes of Hodaka's refusal.
The flooded ending does not erase consequences. Hodaka and Hina choose each other, and the film leaves them in a transformed city where that choice remains materially visible.
Hina can give Tokyo sunlight, but Hodaka refuses the idea that the city is entitled to purchase normal weather with her life.
Teenagers build a small community
Hodaka, Hina, and Nagi create work and mutual support outside institutions that fail them.
The power has a visible cost
Hina's transparency turns a mythic sacrifice into gradual bodily disappearance.
The ending preserves consequences
Saving Hina changes Tokyo permanently, preventing love from becoming a cost-free solution.
Story
Makoto Shinkai links teenage precarity to a citywide weather crisis, asking whether one person's sacrifice can be demanded for everyone else's preferred climate.
01
Hodaka runs toward Tokyo
The city promises freedom but quickly exposes him to hunger, unstable shelter, dangerous work, and police attention.
02
Hina opens a patch of sky
At a rooftop shrine, her prayer parts the clouds, revealing an ability connected to the unusual rain covering Tokyo.
03
The sunshine service begins
Hodaka, Hina, and Nagi accept requests for clear weather, turning temporary sunlight into income and meaningful moments for strangers.
04
Every prayer changes Hina
Her body becomes increasingly transparent, showing that the weather's improvement is transferring a physical cost to the person producing it.
05
Tokyo demands a sacrifice
The legend of the weather maiden becomes literal when Hina vanishes and clear skies return, framing her loss as the price of restoring order.
06
Hodaka chooses Hina
He crosses into the sky to bring her back, accepting a future where Tokyo continues flooding rather than allowing her to remain a public sacrifice.
Cast
Main characters and performers
Behind the Scenes
Theatrical runtime: 112 minutes.
Released Jul 2019.
Genres: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Romance.
Studios / networks: CoMix Wave Films, Story, TOHO.
TMDB user score: 8/10.
Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter: 92%.
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FAQ
What is Weathering with You about?
A runaway teenager meets a girl who can create sunshine in rainy Tokyo, then learns that every change in the weather carries a cost for her.
What is a sunshine girl?
In the film, Hina is a weather maiden whose prayers can briefly clear the sky and whose body becomes connected to the weather's balance.
Is Weathering with You connected to Your Name?
It is a separate story, though characters from Your Name make cameo appearances.
Who directed Weathering with You?
Makoto Shinkai wrote and directed the film.
How long is Weathering with You?
The listed runtime is 1 hour 52 minutes.
Where can I watch Weathering with You?
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