The Garden of Words

After watching the anime, I came here to watch it. I felt comfortable with the ending.

There is faint thunder and a hazy sky, but I hope the wind and rain will come and keep you here. There is faint thunder and a hazy sky. Even if it doesn't rain, I will stay here. ——Man'yoshu·Thunder God Tanka After watching all the works of Makoto Shinkai that I can find resources for (from the very early "Voice of the Star" to "Weathering With You" which was just released in China 10 days ago and some other short films), "The Garden of Words" is still my favorite. Maybe it is because I have an inexplicable yearning for the world of Kotono, or maybe I am attracted by the emotions depicted by Kotono and cannot extricate myself. I'm really happy to read Yan Ye's novel this time, and see the follow-up I've been longing for (although I most want to see Takao and Koyuki being together directly). Takao and Koyuki finally see each other again, and their feelings burst out at the moment they face each other ( Just like the ending of Your Name (Mitsuha and Taki meet), I was deeply moved and couldn't help but think about what will happen next, how they will embrace each other, what they will express to each other, etc. (It's a pity that it's gone again here, Mr. Shinkai Makoto, you make me feel a little uncomfortable...). But this also gave me the fantasy of Yan Ye's follow-up. Alas, this is also a contradiction, so I can only continue to like it.

The animation made me burst into tears, and the novel also made my heart swell.

Brother Cheng, you can consider a continuation of the story of Ye Ye.

I seem to have watched this anime a long time ago. Or the Forest of Fireflies? Forgot. Read it when you're bored while traveling. To be honest, the author always changes his perspective and it's a bit uncomfortable to read. But the story itself quite attracted me. Go catch up on anime when you have time. The author said at the end that writing novels is easier than making animated expressions. This is indeed the charm of words. Ciao 23.9.27 venezia, Italy.

But I hope that when the wind and rain come, I can keep you here

It's quite beautiful, but some people can't understand it.

The novel Garden of Words supplements a lot of content from the animation 😆, and I have read it many times

I remember there was a sequel, is it available here?

I finished reading the paper version in three and a half hours. It was very interesting and left me with a long aftertaste.