In the book, Taki wonders to himself about this.

Humans are mysterious creatures. We forget the important things, and all we remember are the things that don’t matter. Unlike memory cards, we don’t have the ability to keep the important stuff and delete what we don’t need. I always wondered why that was.

However, now that I’ve read this book, I feel as if I understand, just a little.

People forget the important things.

That said, by resisting, by struggling against that, they gain life.

your name., a movie that tells the love story of a boy and girl “struggling, magnificently” in this cruel world, will be completed very shortly. Without a doubt, it’s going to be “Makoto Shinkai’s best film”— No, let me rephrase that. The world is about to meet “Makoto Shinkai’s ultimate masterpiece.”

Now, with the same feelings as the people who’ve read this novel, I’m looking forward to my encounter with that movie from the bottom of my heart.

(Film producer and novelist)