“All this time, I think... I was chasing the light that you bring, Miss Hina.”

Almost exactly like the movie but it goes over why exactly Hodaka left his hometown more in depth. And there’s a couple of extra scenes that were added in the manga! I really enjoyed the movie so I had to get the manga ver. Can’t wait for the second volume!

If for some reason you didn't want to watch the Weathering With You movie, this is a very faithful and reasonably well-done adaptation. That said, if you're able to watch the movie you might as well just do that. Volume 1 does not cover the full events of the movie, and leaves off on cliffhanger.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me this eARC to review.

Weathering With You is a great manga. It follows a young runaway who goes to Tokyo and finds that it is raining a lot of the time. Throughout the manga, he finds friends in places he doesn't expect- one of these friends being a girl who can control the weather.

This volume is quite slow but also quite nice as it built up the world and its characters.

Loved this. I love the movie and was excited to read this one! It’s always fun reading books that are also anime. You get a lot more of the backstory and I find it often gives clarity to the story line, as this one did. Excited for the next book!!

This book was cute, though a bit odd. The worldbuilding was very interesting though and I would like to know more about the weather powers.

Let me preface this review by saying that I have not read the novel nor watched the movie, so I cannot and will not make any comparisons with those.

The story is really interesting, and the idea anc concept of Weather Girl is quite clever. I liked how we first hear about her, Hodaka's relationship with her and the research about ther phenomenon, as well as the possibilities it brings with it.

The pace is another good aspect the manga has going on in its favour, it's fast to get into and it never drags down. The characters are all compelling and you want to know more about them, not only the two main characters, but also their friends. But that's where I have my first complain, and it's that once Hodaka starts knowing Hina, our Sun Girl, we kinda forget about the rest of the characters, who should be featured a bit more in it, given their relationship with Hodaka.

I have a couple other concers about the story, nothing major, that I cannot get into without spoiling some aspects, but they're mainly about the characters and how calm they're about everything. Sometimes the way they dealt with what was happening and their reactions was confusing and too chill for me.

It's the first volume, so I understand not getting all the answers immediately, but it's a bit funny how good Hina is at controlling her 'powers'. I'd also like to know more about her and why she's the way she is, so I'll definetely be reading volume 2 soon.

This was an odd one. I definitely do want to read more, and it was very atmospheric (pun not intended!) but I'm still not sure whether it's going to hold my attention for a longer run! I will be getting the second volume though, so colour me intrigued.

A lovely adaptation of the film by the same name. The pacing of this manga allows the reader to gain insight into and feel something for each of the characters. Although just book one, it sets up future volumes nicely.

I began reading Manga in 2020. Weathering With You, vol. 1 was the 2nd Manga I read. I enjoyed the premise of the story. A young man runs away to Tokyo and meets a young woman that has the ability to control the weather.
The idea of rain moving through the atmosphere in different shapes amused me (I felt like a little kid again wondering what that would be like realistically.)

The very beginning of the story was a bit confusing for me. I did need to backtrack on multiple occasions to reread the story for better understanding. Once the story gained speed, I gained a better understanding and enjoyed it very much.

The relationship between the two main characters was moving and heartfelt. The obstacles faced, true in content. The artwork was lovely and synced well with the storyline.

Thanks to NetGalley and Vertical Comics for an ARC in return for an honest review.

To be fair, I've yet to find a manga that I enjoy. I did go through a Peach Girl phase in my younger years, but I've never found anything since. I do enjoy anime, however.

The problem I had with Weathering with You V1 is the storytelling and art just didn't paint a clear enough image for me to grasp or care. I started with the manga before watching the anime. It was a huge difference.

The anime was able to take the lifeless and colorless images and turn it into a realized world where the story made greater sense. The manga did not transport me like the movie did. There were moments that got lost in the manga version, whereas, the anime spoon-fed to me the moments that mattered that made the story more impactful.

I wasn't able to finish this arc in the time I had it however from what I did read this was so fantastic! And I will defiently be getting a hold of my own copy and finishing it in the future!
Thank you to Netgalley for sending me a free copy to review.

A slightly sad first volume where nothing much happens plotwise but the art keeps you hooked with how beautiful and ethereal it is.

Aaah, Makoto Shinkai is officially one of my favorite manga authors. The stories he writes aren't just ~ there, you know? The stories are always more heart wrenching then I expect. E.G. Your Name and now; Weathering With You.

While Weathering With You made me very happy and smile a lot, I can sense that there's deeper feelings involved in the story that has yet to be told completely in volume one. Saying this; I can't wait until I'm able to pick up volume two !!

Fun quick read. Enjoyed the characters and storyline enough to want to continue on with the other volumes.

This would have been much more amazing and a very good read if there’s more amazing events or the events that happened had been more eventful.

The story is beautiful and I did like most of it but it’s just that I was looking for more and was kind of dissatisfied a little bit.

Nevertheless, it was a good story. Like I said, the art is beautiful and there characters were likable. I just hope that the next volume would WOW me.

Slow, ethereal, wet, twee, and slightly depressing, this fantasy manga is long on meaningful gazes and short on plot. The art was gorgeous (especially the scenes of sun through the clouds) and this was a fun and peaceful group to visit with, but didn't really grab my interest.

Volume 1 of Weathering With You is a very sweet introduction to the story on the whole. I haven’t seen the movie itself but I absolutely adored Your Name so I wanted to check out this other work of art from the director.

The story follows Hodaka, who’s trying to make a living in Tokyo after running away from his island home. It starts off very sad as he’s homeless but he soon contacts someone who introduced themselves to him on the way to Tokyo and ends up gaining a job from them that includes food and board. Although this is just the first volume, we also meet a character called Hina and we quickly see that she can impact the weather by making rain stop – making her a ‘Sunshine Girl’.

The artwork throughout is incredible but I particularly love the way that the weather and landscapes have been drawn, it really grabs your attention.

Hodaka as a main character is very young, being only 16, which adds to the cute side of the story but also helps to make it more accessible. He’s endearing in the fact that he’s always trying to do what’s best but there are a few times when he makes mistakes at the same time – it’s very much so a coming-of-age story.

My only real qualm with the story is that not much happens in the first volume, but then I don’t think I could mark it down for that too much because at the end of the day it is just an introduction. I’m also a bit more used to action-filled mangas at this point so I don’t think it’s fair for that reason too.

Overall, it’s a very cute start to a story and I think I’ll be watching the film next – if I end up loving that as much as Your Name then I’ll definitely be picking up the rest of this series.

I enjoyed this, I'm a fan of the original film....so I do think this may have influenced my rating...

This is a nice start to the story, with lovely artwork and a few stunning panels.
The art goes in detail and you need to study both the words and design to get the full story.
Everyday beauty is shown in the illustrations and everyday problems talked about in the story despite a focus on a girl who can make the sun shine by praying...

The plot moves quickly along in this volume and we already get to know our characters and glimpse of potential consequences for them to come. I would have preferred a slightly slower introduction with some more background of our characters introduced.

The translation works well, though the characters have a slight different "feel" than their film counterparts...but that may be true in the original Japanese manga too.

I enjoyed this one! I'm a big fan of Makoto Shinkai and saw the movie for this one when it came out in theatres. This is the beginning of a story of a girl who can control the weather (known as a Sunshine Girl) and a boy who ran away from home. They start a business together bringing sunshine to people on their special days and form a little found family in the process.

This was a lovely beginning to the story with beautiful artwork. Some panels were truly stunning. My only gripe is that I miss the colour of a Makoto Shinkai world. I know manga is typically in black and white, but it just felt like something was missing from this volume without the colour of the original story.

*Thank you to Netgalley and Kodansha Comics for giving me this eARC in exchange for an honest review*

The art is really lovely in this book. Things are shown in detail which I think is very important in certain comics (not everything is told through speech, allowing the reader to do their own exploring).
The main character, Hodaka, falls on hard times but even when he is at his lowest he is willing to help Hina and so much comes after that. I don't want to spoil too much because I didn't know much about this book before reading it, other than what I read in the blurb, and I am grateful for that.
This book really is just an introduction but it introduces so many ideas that are very interesting. I love urban fantasy and I think that reading this story may have convinced me to watch the film too.
The one thing that I could have done without was that one of the characters was objectified and her character wasn't expanded upon, she just seemed to be there for the one closeup on her chest. Not only is this shown to the reader but the main character has to comment on her cleavage too... Not something I like seeing in stories and there was nothing said about it. I mean it would have been better if he was called out for staring (in the very least) but instead this scene had nothing to do with the story and could have been removed.