

As time passes, they become used to the body swap and start intervening in each other's lives. They start communicating with each other by leaving notes on paper or leaving memos in each other's phones. Taki and Mitsuha realize they have switched bodies. Later, Taki Tachibana, a high school boy living in Tokyo, wakes up and realizes that he is Mitsuha, who herself has somehow ended up in Taki's body.

Mitsuha Miyamizu, a high school girl living in the fictional town of Itomori in Gifu Prefecture's mountainous Hida region is fed up with her life in the countryside and wishes to be a handsome Tokyo boy in her next life. It was published in Japan by Kadokawa on June 18, 2016, a month prior to the film premiere. It is a novelization of the animated film of the same name, which was directed by Shinkai. Your Name ( Japanese: 君の名は。, Hepburn: Kimi no Na wa.) is a Japanese light novel written by Makoto Shinkai.
