This is a solid story that I will pursue in visual media when it becomes available that way. Unfortunately I’m not sure this resonated well for me in a manga format given the pacing constraints of the medium. Trying to convey so much without the additional movement or sound means you can lose a lot of context. I liked the premise, and the chapters in neat bundles were nice by themselves. I just did not care for the connections or breaks in connection that seemed to occur with every chapter transition.

Review to come somewhere in October (my schedule is just filled up) on blog/Goodreads.

I received this manga from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

I so so so need to watch the movie, but it never aired in any big cinemas here, I believe there were a couple tiny ones, but none close by. Hopefully I can one day watch it because I am a big big fan of Makoto Shinkai. I am glad I got the chance to at least read this manga and boy I loved it, hopefully I can also read the other books in the series.

This one is about a world where it, apparently, constantly rains. Wow, I am glad I don't live there, because that would just make me sad.

Meet Hodaka, he decides to run away from his home to the big city of Tokyo. We later do find out a bit more about why he did that. I did love seeing him find his way in the big city. Try to find a job, a place to live. Which isn't easy because he isn't old enough for everything. But he does manage to find something, and along the way he makes friends as well. I loved how he quickly managed to find a safe place. I do hope that one day we will go back to his island and see his family and friends. We did manage to see some of his classmates, before he quickly ran away.

One of the people he meets is Hina. A girl who can make the sun shine through praying. At least it seems that she needs to be praying for it. I found it an amazing power, one that certainly would be loved in a world that is plagued by rain and water monsters. But, I quickly noticed that things weren't easy for her, that this power may do something to her that won't be good in the end. We see her tire, emotions go up and down. I wonder what the power of bringing this sunshine does to her and what the ominous warning was that we see later on when a duo goes to find out more about weather maidens. Knowing Makoto Shinkai... it will probably get very sad and emotional. I will be having tissues present when I read the rest of the series.

I did love the business they made and the looks on the people they help was amazing and had me smiling so much. People could finally have some fun without having to worry about the rain.

The drama near the end had me rolling my eyes though. Come on both of you...

I found it very interesting that it rains so much, and not only that, that there are rain/water beings around that make the weather even worse. I am curious what happened to have this weather change so drastically.

The art is really pretty and I love the style.

I would definitely recommend this book to all.

A girl can somehow control the weather but only by making the sun come out on rainy days. A boy is escaping his village and trying to make it in Tokyo. This took nearly 200 pages to tell? It's a very shaky story that's underdeveloped, too simple, and unsatisfying in its lack of explanation for the girl's powers or what the boy is trying to do and why he's escaping his home. I feel like a lot of this should've been edited down and more built upon, but, like a lot of mangas, they're designed for longevity, so I expect we'll get the full story over 55 books when it should really only take a couple, if that. Disappointing.

I've seen the Weathering With You movie, so I was interested in seeing how this works as a manga. Gladly this works and is quite steady too! High schooler Hodaka used to live on an island, but decided to run away and now is by himself on a boat. There he meets a man, who helps him, and eventually arriving in Tokyo Hodaka ends up working for the man, since he needs the money. Hodaka does odd jobs and also begins to write an article about myths and thus meets Hina, who's a sunshine girl. Her power is sunshine, but the god of weather needs a payment. The manga follows the movie quite nicely although felt slightly out of place. The rhythm isn't the best and the panels feel detached at times. I don't know how long the manga will be, but this first part takes up most of the movie already.

The art looks nice and fits with the movie, so this surely is a tie-in no matter how you look at it. It's not a bad thing, but perhaps I wished more of the weather myth and such, since it's slightly thin compared to the movie. My Japanese friend told me I'm a hare hito, a sun person, since it never rained when we met. Thus this story has a dear place in my heart! Weathering With You is a good manga version still though and if you liked the movie, you'll like this too.

Loved the anime, loved this manga. As expected and so much more from Makoto Shinkai. This heartwarming story of a young boy and a young girl making sunny miracles is a great read.

4.5 stars. Whimsical, yet...not exactly brutal, but darker than I expected. I adored the concept of the Sunshine Girl, but I fear the dark underbelly of this story will likely bring me to tears. A tear through the pages read that has me desperately wanting more.

Definitely recommended.

Hodaka runs away from his island home to Tokyo. He is homeless for a while, and during this time a girl gives him a hamburger. Later, he saves this girl from a guy who is trying to take advantage of her. They get away after Hodaka almost shoots the man in the face. Hodaka then finds out the the girl, Hina, has the power to affect the weather. They make a business out of creating sunshine for special occasions. The volume ends with an ominous feeling as Hina seems to be getting more tired and the authorities are looking for Hodaka.

Weathering With You is, quite obviously, from the creators of Your Name. And not in a bad way.
The story starts off with a boy who ran away from home to live in Tokyo, from there the story progresses (as much it can in just the first volume!) very typically for the genre. It's wholesome, it's raw, it's dancing on the edge of a real-life story. I'm definitely going to be reading the upcoming volumes.
The art style is vey nice and clean, again very obviously similar to Your Name, and I like it a lot.
I'd recommend this manga to anyone who's interested in the premise, as it's starting off quite strong.

*Thanks to NetGalley and Kodansha USA for providing me with an ARC of this title in exchange for an honest review.*

3.5 stars

I went in blind reading this manga. I've REALLY wanted to see the movie for quite some time now and when I saw there was a manga of Weathering with You, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to see the movie more fleshed out.

I was a little disappointed because it was much slower then I excepted and, for some reason, I had a hard time connecting with Hodaka. I think it was because of the mystery surrounding his past as we don't know why he left the island to come to Tokyo and I WANTED to know why.

On the other hand, I LOVED Hina! I love her joy and her desire to make other people smile. It was something I could deeply resonate with.

With many of the panels, I could definitely see being this a beautiful film to watch! I think the movie would be a little bit faster paced and seeing the panels of Tokyo really made me want to hear the sights and sounds. Though I was really impressed how the manga DID do a great job of bringing those sounds "to life" with the sound effects when reading. That was amazing!

Overall, I really enjoyed the premise and I would be intrigued to see how things unfold in the second volume!

*I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley. All thoughts expressed are my own.*

ARC Copy...only read the light novel but I have not seen the movie however feels accurate to the text and so far plus the art style looks good.