Japan.
Kao Entertainment's private cinema.
Inside a private room.
Ishikawa lounged with his legs crossed, a dismissive smile curling his lips. "Miss Yui, is this the top screenwriter you hired? Many of my screenwriters can produce this kind of plot."
Body swap, then discover affection for each other, then meet and confirm feelings, and finally the two end up together.
As an industry insider, Ishikawa had seen this kind of plot many times.
He could immediately predict what would happen next, so he found it somewhat boring.
However, seeing Morita Yui engrossed in the giant screen, he began to doubt her taste.
Why was Morita Yui so confident about a plot that ordinary screenwriters could produce?
"Indeed, your company is full of talented individuals, Mr. Ishikawa," Morita Yui replied with a polite smile.
She didn't want to explain, because she knew.
The plot's true nature was only just beginning to reveal itself!
"Itomori Town?"
"Are you talking about, the one struck by the comet..."
The words of the noodle shop owner.
Finally led Taki to find this place!
When the three of them arrived at Itomori Town.
The huge crater appeared. Although it was still a beautiful landscape, the chirping birds in the background and the scenes of ruins everywhere Taki saw, created an eerie atmosphere!
"Taki, is this really the place?"
"Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
"No, it's definitely right. This playground, and the mountain next to it, I remember this high school clearly!"
"But, how is that possible? You know about the disaster three years ago that caused hundreds of deaths, right?"
"Died... died three years ago?"
Taki's incredulous expression, coupled with the sudden appearance of the comet footage.
Sent shivers down every viewer's spine!
Died?
Mitsuba died three years ago??
The timeline is wrong!
"Look... her diary is still intact."
The moment Taki pulled out his phone.
He watched, dumbfounded, as Mitsuba's diary entries disappeared one by one.
At this moment, many viewers' bodies twitched involuntarily, a chilling realization creeping into their hearts, goosebumps rising in layers.
And when they saw Taki return and search for information, finding Mitsuba's name on the death list.
Everyone lost their composure.
Damn it, Mitsuba really died!!!
"Holy crap! He's at it again!"
"This familiar feeling, I knew the old fox Jiangnan wouldn't do anything out of the ordinary, it's not his style!"
"It's the female lead dying again, right? If she's not resurrected, I'll send him a knife!"
"It's over, the familiar taste of the old fox Jiangnan!"
...
"Nani???"
Ishikawa jumped up from his chair.
He recalled the date prompts that had appeared intermittently before, and combined them with the current plot.
He seemed to have guessed something.
"Surprised?" Morita Yui finally smiled. "That's right, different timelines."
The most brilliant stroke of this drama was breaking the established tropes of body swapping and adding different timelines for the male and female leads. The most striking part was that during the viewing of the earlier plot, subtle clues were left behind, and when the truth was revealed, these clues suddenly connected, causing a mind-blowing sense of dread!
"Heh, quite interesting." Ishikawa sat back down, feigning composure.
However.
As the plot unfolded.
It was like a wave, one wave after another.
Taki found the place where the kuchikami sake was kept.
He drank the sake and sank into Mitsuba's memories.
From birth, to family, to the events that transpired between them.
This dual impact of visuals and plot gradually fleshed out Mitsuba's character, deepening the audience's immersion!
When the emotion reached its peak.
The screen suddenly went black.
Then, Taki entered Mitsuba's body again!
The time was just before the meteor strike!
Taki prepared to save Mitsuba, and the people of this village!
However, it seemed that the villagers didn't believe him.
He suddenly thought, if it were Mitsuba, she would surely have a way.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of a place.
On the way riding his bicycle.
He finally remembered everything.
It turned out Mitsuba had come to find him!
It's just that he didn't know her then, the person he would love the most three years later!!
"Mitsuba... Mitsuba..."
"Huh?"
"Uh... it's me, don't you remember?"
"Who... are you?"
"I'm sorry..."
This scene completely devastated the audience!
The moment Mitsuba prepared to get off the bike.
"Wait! What's your name?"
"Mitsuba! My name is Mitsuba!!"
So the bracelet Taki had been wearing was given by Mitsuba!
It had been given three years ago!!
Mind blown!
The sudden explosion after the build-up once again heightened the audience's emotions!
The helplessness and despair of their time-crossing connection had already brought tears to the eyes of the more emotional viewers.
However.
It wasn't over yet.
The truly spine-chilling scene finally appeared!
Beside the meteor crater.
They could hear each other's calls.
But they were separated by two timelines!
So close, within reach!
Yet so far away!
Divided by the radiance.
They reached out but could not touch each other.
"Holy crap, this part of the plot is absolutely explosive!"
"My goosebumps haven't gone down!"
"So sad! But it feels so good to be sad!"
"Damn, are audiences really used to Jiangnan's sad endings now?"
"Although I cried, I just want to say, what a beautiful scene!!"
Both visually and audibly, this segment was too explosive.
Perhaps it was the calmness of the first half, and then the sudden turn with one climax after another. The contrast and drop in emotion had been precisely controlled for the audience.
The old fox Jiangnan is truly terrifying!
However.
Just when the audience thought the emotional torment would continue.
They actually met at dusk!
Another unexpected plot twist!
This brief sweetness seemed to dispel all the previous bitterness.
"Mitsuba, to ensure we don't forget each other after waking up, let's write our names."
"Mm!"
Taki wrote on Mitsuba's hand. When it was Mitsuba's turn to write, the moment she put pen to paper, dusk ended.
The pen dropped to the ground.
Taki looked around, lost.
"Mitsuba..."
"Mitsuba..."
"I was going to say, no matter where you are in this world, I will come to see you."
"Your name is Mitsuba, it's okay, I remember!"
"Mitsuba!"
"Mitsuba!!"
"Your name is..."
"Who are you?"
"Why am I in this place?"
"I... I came to see her, I came to save her, I hope she's alive!"
"Who... who... who!!"
"Your name is..."
As the audience watched Taki forget Mitsuba's name again.
They could no longer hold back!
"Damn it, her name is Mitsuba! Mitsuba!"
"Where's my knife!!"
"Old fox Jiangnan!!"
At this moment.
They finally understood.
Why the movie was called "Your Name."
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