The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Why this pick
Like Weathering With You, it wraps a buoyant teenage romance in a fantastical premise, then lets the consequences bring real tenderness and longing.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Like Weathering With You, it wraps a buoyant teenage romance in a fantastical premise, then lets the consequences bring real tenderness and longing.
Why this pick
Its luminous contemporary animation, youthful connection, and emotionally sincere turns suit the intimate romantic ache beneath Shinkai’s rain-soaked spectacle.
Why this pick
A melancholy supernatural mystery gives two isolated teenagers a chance to connect, with the same polished skies, yearning, and bittersweet emotional stakes.
Why this pick
This shares Weathering With You’s blend of adolescent loneliness, magical escape, Tokyo-area atmosphere, and an earnest romance that treats young feelings seriously.
Why this pick
It trades weather magic for grounded drama, but offers the same direct, beautifully animated portrait of a life-changing teenage bond and lingering emotional resonance.
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01 / THE STORY
When high schooler Hodaka runs away to Tokyo in the summer, he finds a city soaked in endless rain and his own life slipping into poverty and solitude. But everything changes when he meets Hina—a cheerful, spirited girl living with her younger brother, and who has the strange ability to stop the rain with a single prayer. For a city desperate for sunlight, her gift may change everything…
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Hodaka Morishima

Hina Amano

Keisuke Suga

Natsumi

Tomi