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[ANALYSIS] Why SEVENTEEN's Run To You Is A Perfect Match For Kimi No Na Wa (Your Name)


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Yes, the song has a very anime-ish feel but more than that the lyrics eerily echoed the movie.

 

 

 

 

I hold in tears and I hide my fearful (heart)

And I’ll come to you

 

I try to fall asleep but I think of you and I run outside

 

Sleep is used as a method to change bodies in the film.

 

I walk and before I know it, I’m running just as my heart wants to

 

There's so much running in this movie.

 

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I may not know where you may be

I swiftly follow the compass in my heart

I peruse the map drawn in my heart

 

Taki literally drew a map from his memory.

 

I can come to you, so what if you’re a little far

 

Taki is a Tokyo boy while Mitsuha lives in the small town of Itomori. In the latter part of the film, we see Taki taking a long train ride to the countryside to find remnants of Mitsuha.

 

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I follow the line that two of us are connected

 

The red ribbon that Mitsuha wears throughout the film (which she gifted to a younger Taki) plays a significant role in connecting the two protagonists. This is heavily influenced by the red string of fate prominently featured in Chinese folklore. "According to this myth, the gods tie an invisible red cord around the ankles of those that are destined to meet one another in a certain situation or help each other in a certain way."

 

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When you told me that my name is etched in your heart

 

Remember the reason my eyes widened

 

Right now, I need the same things as you, whatever they are

 

There is a great sense of longing and loss in this film. They want to meet each other but they often forget who the other person is.

 

But I don’t have them so let’s meet again

 

They lost memories of each other but in their hearts/subconscious minds they know they are searching for each other. They want to meet again.

 

Be well until I arrive

 

This seems like a line Taki will say to Mitsuha. Itomori was hit by a comet and most of its residents, including Mitsuha, was killed by the incident in the original timeline.

 

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I’m coming to you now

 

One, two of your time, one, two of time without you

 

The flow of time, the manipulation of time, the multiverse, and the possibilities of different timelines is a major theme in this movie. In the first timeline, Mitsuha is deceased so Taki has to live with that fact that Mitsuha doesn't exist anymore.

 

I hear the sound of me going but I don’t have the time to spend in my heart

 

Without you in this place, all time

If it flows the way my heart ticks

If I believe that the day will undoubtedly come

 

Again, more longing.

 

I can come to you, so what if you’re a little far

I follow the line that two of us are connected

When you told me that my name is etched in your heart

Remember the reason my eyes widened

 

Right now, I need the same things as you, whatever they are

But I don’t have them so let’s meet again

 

Be well until I arrive

I’m coming

 

To you, I’m coming, if I gave you my heart

Even if it doesn’t reach you

 

A little more, I may be a little more out of breath, I will hurry

 

So wait for me there a little longer

 

The day your time and my time

Come face to face, I will embrace you

 

Twilight is where Taki and Mitsuha's timelines cross paths and they finally met.

 

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Be well until I arrive

I really really

Miss you

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