Weathering with You
天気の子
Weathering with You
天気の子
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What this film brings
Content barometer
Violence
3/5
Notable
Fear
2/5
A few scenes
Sexuality
1/5
Allusions
Language
1/5
Mild
Narrative complexity
3/5
Complex
Adult themes
1/5
Mild
Expert review
Weathering with You is a fantasy romance anime with a rainy, emotionally rich atmosphere, mixing visual beauty, adolescent vulnerability, and a strong sense of longing. The main sensitive material involves a runaway teen, poverty, police pressure, a briefly fired handgun, and recurring emotional tension connected to danger, separation, and self sacrifice. Nothing is especially graphic, yet several scenes can feel intense for younger children because the protagonists are isolated and the story often places them in urgent, unstable situations. There is also a brief suggestion of adult exploitation when a teenage girl is pressured toward dubious work, though the film does not show explicit sexual content. For younger viewers, it helps to watch together and talk about the difference between fantasy and real life choices, especially running away, weapons, and the sadness carried by some key scenes.
Synopsis
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
Difficult scenes
Early in the story, Hodaka runs away from home and ends up alone in Tokyo with no money, no support, and constant rain surrounding him. This section can be upsetting for sensitive children because it shows a teenager in real hardship, drifting through the city, struggling to eat, and feeling deeply isolated. One striking scene shows Hodaka finding a handgun and later firing it in panic to scare off a threatening adult. The moment is sudden and can be startling, even without graphic injury, because a young main character is shown handling and using a real weapon. Hina and her younger brother live without parents and fear being separated by child services and other adults. This creates strong emotional tension, since the film emphasizes their loneliness, their forced independence, and the worry that they may be taken away from each other. Several sequences involve chases, police intervention, and a general state of emergency caused by extreme weather, including heavy rain, unusual cold, and dangerous lightning. These scenes are not horror based, but they can feel intense because of the sound, visual chaos, and repeated sense that the characters are under pressure.
Where to watch
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Availability checked on Apr 01, 2026
About this title
- Format
- Feature film
- Year
- 2019
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Countries
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
- Studios
- CoMix Wave Films, Story, TOHO, KADOKAWA, jeki, Lawson Entertainment, "Weathering With You" Film Partners
Content barometer
Violence
3/5
Notable
Fear
2/5
A few scenes
Sexuality
1/5
Allusions
Language
1/5
Mild
Narrative complexity
3/5
Complex
Adult themes
1/5
Mild
Expert review
Weathering with You is a fantasy romance anime with a rainy, emotionally rich atmosphere, mixing visual beauty, adolescent vulnerability, and a strong sense of longing. The main sensitive material involves a runaway teen, poverty, police pressure, a briefly fired handgun, and recurring emotional tension connected to danger, separation, and self sacrifice. Nothing is especially graphic, yet several scenes can feel intense for younger children because the protagonists are isolated and the story often places them in urgent, unstable situations. There is also a brief suggestion of adult exploitation when a teenage girl is pressured toward dubious work, though the film does not show explicit sexual content. For younger viewers, it helps to watch together and talk about the difference between fantasy and real life choices, especially running away, weapons, and the sadness carried by some key scenes.
Synopsis
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
Difficult scenes
Early in the story, Hodaka runs away from home and ends up alone in Tokyo with no money, no support, and constant rain surrounding him. This section can be upsetting for sensitive children because it shows a teenager in real hardship, drifting through the city, struggling to eat, and feeling deeply isolated. One striking scene shows Hodaka finding a handgun and later firing it in panic to scare off a threatening adult. The moment is sudden and can be startling, even without graphic injury, because a young main character is shown handling and using a real weapon. Hina and her younger brother live without parents and fear being separated by child services and other adults. This creates strong emotional tension, since the film emphasizes their loneliness, their forced independence, and the worry that they may be taken away from each other. Several sequences involve chases, police intervention, and a general state of emergency caused by extreme weather, including heavy rain, unusual cold, and dangerous lightning. These scenes are not horror based, but they can feel intense because of the sound, visual chaos, and repeated sense that the characters are under pressure.