Reseña de ARC: Weathering with You , Vol.1

Weathering With You, Vol. 1 

by 

Makoto Shinkai

Wataru Kubota (Artist)  

 

 198 pages

Published June 16th 2020 by Kodansha Comics 

Original Title: 天気の子 1

ASIN: B089Y8127F

 

 

BLURB: During the summer of his first year in high school, a young man named Hodaka runs away from home to the bustling city of Tokyo. Alone and exhausted, he decides to kill time in a fast food place, where he meets a young woman named Hina who happens to work there. Little does he know that Hina possesses powers that not only affect the weather, but the whole world...

In Weathering with You, Makoto Shinkai dives into topics like love and sacrifice to show how far one boy goes to protect the thing he loves most. This manga reveals the backstories and true thoughts of the characters who stole the hearts of fans and critics worldwide.

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is the first volume of 3, so the story is put on hold.

Hodaka Morishima, a 16-year-old boy, leaves his island to go to Tokyo without a clear plan. The city is hostile, the rain permeates everything, and soon he is homeless on the street. An unknown girl is the only one who gives him a meal, and he ends up looking for a man he met on the ship who gives him a job as an assistant in a self-published magazine that follows strange events.



 

 

When Hodaka meets his benefactress again, he tries to help her and they end up on a rooftop where Hina prays for the sun and it appears to his surprise. Soon the teens start a business where they cash in at events bringing sunshine and clear skies, providing a respite from the rain that keeps falling on the city.

There are several questions that remain unanswered after this first volume. Like what is Hodaka running from? because he is full of band-aids in the first pages of the manga and never explains it. That if counting, how is Hina doing what she does? Why is she a Sunshine Girl? I already knew, like any good fantasy reader, that you cannot change the climate out of nowhere, where does power come from? and what are the consequences? And neither is the climate explained nor is there too much concern from the authorities about it.

I have not seen the movie, nor read the book, so I did not know what I was going to find, and I kind of lack something. I confess that I will read the conclusion, but that I was not amazed.

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Este es el primer volumen de 3, asi que la historia queda con continuación

Hodaka Morishima , un muchacho de 16 años, deja su isla para irse a Tokyo sin un plan claro. La ciudad es hostil, la lluvia lo permea todo, y pronto él se queda desamparado en la calle. Una chica desconocida es la unica que le da una comida, y termina buscando a un hombre que conocio en el barco quien le da trabajo de asistente en una revista independiente que persigue sucesos extraños. Cuando Hodaka se encuentra de nuevo con su benefactora, trata de ayudarla y terminan en una azotea donde Hina ora porque haya sol y éste aparece para su sorpresa. 

 

Pronto los adolescentes empiezan un negocio donde cobran en los eventos trayendo el sol y cielos despejados , proporcionando un respiro de la lluvia que sigue cayendo sobre la ciudad.




Hay varias preguntas que me quedan sin respuesta tras este primer volumen. Como ¿de qué huye Hodaka? porque esta lleno de curitas en las primeras paginas del manga y nunca lo explica. Eso si contar ¿cómo es que Hina hace lo que hace? ¿Por qué es una Chica Sol? Desde me doy cuenta, como todo buen lector de fantasía, que no puedes cambiar el clima de la nada , ¿de dónde sale el poder y cuáles son las consecuencias? Y tampoco se explica ese clima ni hay demasiada preocupación de las autoridades al respecto.

No he visto la pelicula, ni leido el libro, asi que no sabia con que iba a encontrarme, y como que me falta algo. Confieso que leeré la conclusion, pero que no me ha maravillado.