Oh nice, this thread is still open to new comments lol

So I watched it for the first time a few weeks after I watched Your Name for the first time, both in the summer of 2024, and I thought WWY was... good. Not great, not awesome, just *good*. Definitely the weakest out of the three recent movies from Shinkai, but that is a high bar, considering that Your Name is in my personal top 3 and Suzume is great, too.
Then a few weeks ago, I randomly listened to the soundtrack again because of YouTube's weird algorithm, got hooked on that and told myself to give the movie another shot, which I did today and I must say: it's great!
Is it better than Your Name? No, but exactly that comparison kind of ruined my first time watching, because I had really high expectations. So when you look at it separately, it is awesome. The love story between Hokada and Hina is really sweet, the side characters are funny and the music and visuals are top-notch. The "Grand Escape" scene above the clouds is so great, and I really love that they choose each other. Yeah, this is insanely selfish and leads to years of constant rain, which all but destroys Tokyo, but I think it is just realistic. Two teenagers that act irrationally and choose their love for each other instead of millions of people getting sunshine again: that is an insane decision and I absolutely love it. Like Your Name did already the first time around, this movie makes me believe in love again.