Your Name Light Novel Review

His film your name was super super amazing and the novelization is just as good.

Your name light novel review. Reviewed in the united states on may 16 2017 this light novel is a novelization of the movie of the same name that hit american shores earlier this year. Is a wonderful tale about bonds and connections and it is much more than a typical body swap romance. Your name has such a unique art style and storyline that it s not hard to fall in love with it. This did not feel at all like a novelization but a full blown exploration of the author s vision.

Makoto shinkai really is a genius. 5 0 out of 5 stars your name a story that will stick with you. Here s our light novel review. Your name is a story where i wish i could get my memories washed so i can experience it for the first time again.

Shinkai was also the director of the your name animated film which was a pretty big hit in japan and overseas. Instead this is a novel written by the filmmaker while he made the film. The book follows two students mitsuha and taki.

The english translation of the book was released in may 2017. Reviewed in the united states on january 2 2018. It s not a standard american novelization though. This review is for your name a novel by makoto shinkai.

Earthbound will release in english on october 31st. Since there are no equivalent words in english i will. The best that can said of it is that the first three aren t awful. This light novel has four parts all set in itomori each told from the perspective of a different your name character.

A bonus volume of short stories your name another side. This is both good and bad for the novelization. Can t wait to see it again in august. Dream the author uses two different pronouns for i w at ash i and o re to indicate whether mitsuha or taki respectively is narrating.

Mitsuha wishes she was a boy who lived in the city tokyo whereas taki wishes he was a girl from a small village.