“Two teens mysteriously swap bodies between rural Itomori and Tokyo, navigating each other's lives and a supernatural connection.”
Your Name.
君の名は。
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Synopsis
Two teens mysteriously swap bodies between rural Itomori and Tokyo, navigating each other's lives and a supernatural connection.
Mitsuha Miyamizu is a high school girl living in the countryside town of Itomori. She yearns for a life in Tokyo, as she is sick of living in the countryside. At the same time, Taki Tachibana, a high school student, lives in Tokyo and has a great interest in architecture, aiming to become an urban planner in the near future. One day, Mitsuha dreams of herself as a boy living a life in the dense capital, while Taki dreams of living as a girl in the rural town of Itomori. As time passes by, the two discover that these are not just dreams, but that they actually swap bodies upon falling asleep! Kimi no Na wa. revolves around Mitsuha and Taki as they experience the supernatural. With both of them working together to deal with the strange phenomenon, how will this impact their everyday life?
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Derived from 12 sampled reviews
What 12 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.59 · split reception
6.6 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 2.0
↓ 1.25
Running avg · Feb 2018 → Aug 2025
- 8 “Really enjoy time travelling stories. Beautiful story written in only three volumes. Read it all in no more than two hours. Perfect if you want to read something in a short time but with a good...”
- 9 “go watch the movie. The manga is the same with the movie, with some few additional scene that were cut from the film. if u read this b4 watching the movie, you are doing a disservice. Because the...”
- 7 “Your Name is an awesome film, the manga though lacks a lot of things. For instance, while the film was so beautiful for its animation, the manga artist wasn't really bad, but wasn't able to capture...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 9 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 12m approx
- Published May 2016 – Jan 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M39722 catalog