For the past year, Tokyo has been suffering harsh rainy weather, but there is still hope
from a sunshine girl who can make the weather better again. This Story is a story of Faith,
To believe or not to believe is up to us. Hodaka Morishimi is a sixteen year old boy
who has run away from his home in hopes to have a better life in Tokyo. He is traveling by a cruise
to the Kanto region, away from his family and friends. Life in Tokyo however, it’s not simple.
But still, Hodaka is looking forward to it. As the cruise closes into the shores of Tokyo,
there is a storm warning on the ship. Hodaka, who loves the rain, rushes out to embrace it. He runs
to the deck of the ship. Suddenly a large wave hits the cruise and Hodaka almost falls overboard,
but is saved by a middle aged man named Keisuke Suga. Thankful for what he has done,
Hodaka asks if he can get him something. The man asks for an expensive beer.
When they part, Suga gives him his name card if he ever needs help. Hodaka however,
doesn't want anything to do with the man. Life in Tokyo is as much as, more than what
Hodaka expected. He cannot get a single job since he is a runaway and has no student ID.
Hodaka is forced to go from one place to another searching for decent food and a place to live.
It's almost always raining and Hodaka spends most of his day’s expenses on hot baths.
Life is frustrating and saddening. Having almost run out of money and with
no luck with any job, a frustrated Hodaka cowers outside an apartment, when suddenly a
man appears from inside, alongside two beautiful women. He trips the boy over, just to show off.
Hodaka stumbles upon a trash bin spilling it all over the floor. As the humble boy tries to
clean it up, he finds a bag lying around. Not knowing what else to do, he picks it up.
He then heads to a restaurant and sits down. After much contemplation he looks at what's inside,
it's a gun. A toy gun surely, Hodaka thinks, and puts it back.. He brings out Suga’s name
card and takes a look at his office’s location. It's his last hope and Hodaka isn't thrilled at
all. He reminisces of the days when he was at his hometown, the day when he saw the moving light.
Suddenly a girl from the restaurant comes to him and gives him a burger.
She smiles and leaves Hodaka perplexed. Hodaka enjoys the burger regardless, it's the best meal
he has had in the sixteen years of his life. Sometimes one single moment can make everything
start to fall in place. This was that moment for Hodaka.
After this, Hodaka makes his way to Suga’s office. He enters to see a beautiful woman lying
asleep on the sofa. She gets up and introduces herself as Natsumi. Natsumi does not disclose
her relationship with Suga, so Hodaka, having experienced a lot of weird stuff in Tokyo in the
last few days, assumes she is Suga’s mistress. Suga arrives a few moments later and both of them
offer Hodaka a job. They are actually writers who write columns on supernatural stuff in various
magazines in Tokyo. Hodaka is hired instantly and as a bonus, the job includes food and
accommodation. Almost all of Hodaka’s issues are cleared at once. His new life has now started.
The job starts almost instantly and Hodaka is asked to interview people who have experienced
or witnessed some supernatural activities. Suga gives him a top to start with “100% Sunshine
Girl”. They interview a psychic, some old couples and even children. Most of his time, Hodaka works
on recording the interviews and transcribing them to the laptop and the rest of the day he
helps Suga and Natsumi with household chores Life is hectic and fast but Hodaka has started
to enjoy it. The rain continues to fall in Tokyo almost everyday but now that Hodaka
has a roof to stay under, none of it matters. One day, as Hodaka is strolling down the street,
he notices the girl who handed him the burger the other day, being escorted by two men. One of these
men is the same arrogant guy who tripped Hodaka for no reason at all some days ago.
The girl looks scared and Hodaka feels there’s something wrong going on. He quickly rushes to the
scene and pulls her away. They start running, for some reason the girl doesn't even question him,
until, well, they are surrounded. The guy brings Hodaka down and starts
punching him. Not knowing what to do, Hodaka pulls out the gun from a few days earlier.
The men laugh at the toy gun, but when Hodaka fires it, it turns out to be real. The bullet
lands centimetres away from the man and strikes the lamppost. All of them are shocked. The girl
takes this opportunity to free Hodaka from the man’s grasp and they both run away.
They take shelter in an abandoned building. It's safe to say that she is pretty bummed about the
fact that Hodaka pulled out a literal gun. Hodaka tells her that he thought it was a toy which is
why he kept it. He is scared and his hand trembles when he holds the gun again, so he throws it away.
After some time the girl warms up to him. She tells him that she was letting go of her last
job and stumbled upon the man for another job. The girl realises that Hodaka is a runaway. She
finds him a little lost and scared so she takes him to the top of the abandoned building. There
is a small shrine built on top, She tells him that it's hard to enjoy Tokyo with such rainy weather.
She then starts praying. The wind changes, rain starts to revert back to the sky,
suddenly the sky clears and the clouds move apart to reveal a ray of sunshine upon them. The girl
introduces herself as Hina. Hodaka instantly realises that she is a sunshine girl.
She asks how old Hodaka is, and he tells he’s sixteen. Hina smiles and replies
that she will be eighteen next month, so he must treat her with respect.
The rain returns once again and people all over Tokyo start witnessing weird objects
that look like fishes that arrive along with the rain. Natsumi and Hodaka watch various
posts about this online. Natsumi remembers what a guy told them during their interview
that there is a world full of an ecosystem larger than the ocean, up in the sky.
Hodaka then heads to Hina’s place where they had agreed to meet. When he reaches the door,
he comes to his senses. It was the first time he had ever visited a girl’s house.
Before he can prepare himself the door opens and Hina greets him cheerfully.
She lives alone with her brother. They both enjoy the lunch Hodaka brought with him.
After lunch, Hodaka shows Hina some of his ideas. He thinks that she can use
her powers to earn money rather than to do a job in the harsh nightlife of Tokyo.
They create a website where people can order her services for a clear day.
Just as they press the button to publish the website, Hina’s younger brother Nagi.
Hodaka instantly realises that he is the same middle schooler who was juggling five girlfriends.
Hina introduces Hodaka as her business partner and just then they get a request to clear the
weather of the flea market the next day. Hodaka prepares weird props which Hina refuses
to use, but in the flea market Hodaka brings them anyway. He also has Nagi dressed up as
a rain puppet. The people in the market are skeptical at first after seeing the shenanigans
of Hodaka and Nagi but soon the sky clears. The owners are so happy that they pay them 20000
yen, almost four times what they had asked for. Their business was a hit.
They start helping more and more people after that and take a lot of requests clearing the skies out
for anyone who needs it. One day, they go to help an old woman who wishes for clear weather
to pray for her departed husband. Hodaka also realises that Hina lost her mother last year
and so she too does the ritual with the old woman. As she is occupied, Taki talks with
Hodaka. He asks their age and Hodaka suddenly remembers that next week is Hina’s birthday.
Taki suggests that he gets her a present. Hodaka has started to develop feelings for Hina
and wants to get her something truly special. Life was good now so he could afford something
nice. However, times can change for the worse as fast as they change for the better. One day, Hina
is hired to clear the weather for the Jingu Gaien Fireworks festival. She does her job as usual but
a media outlet manages to take her picture which is why they decide to lay low for sometime.
Elsewhere, Natsumi continues to work on the article on the summer girl and goes to visit
a temple. They interrogate an oldman about the legends and he tells them that years ago
there was one Sunshine girl for each village. These women took the prayers of the villagers
and relayed it to the sky world, however there is a heavy toll to pay by the end.
The next day, Suga, his daughter and Natsumi, hang out together with Hodaka,
Nagi and Hina. As the boys play, Natsumi, who was told of Hina’s ability by Hodaka, tells her about
the prophecy the old man had told them. Hina simply looks at the video but doesn't reply.
The rain keeps falling in Tokyo and the man who had beaten up Hadoka is caught by the police.
They aren't actually after him. The gun that Hodaka was using belonged to one of the cops
who had dropped it. On top of that Hodaka’s parents had filed a missing person’s complaint.
The cops just want to know where he is. Elsewhere, Hodaka goes to get a gift for
Hina’s birthday and settles for a ring. The owner of the shop is Mitsuha, who tells him that he has
chosen a great gift. That evening as Hina and Hodaka walk back home together, Hodaka thinks
of a way to profess his love to her. Just as he gathers the courage to speak. Water drops start to
surround Hina and she starts floating to the sky, when she comes down her hands are weird and blue
like water drops. She is scared and confused. She then tells him that a year ago today was when
she gained her powers. Her mother was sick and so she prayed and prayed that she could have
one good sunny day and walk alongside her mother. She accidentally stumbled upon the shrine on the
abandoned building praying and that's when she gained her powers as a sunshine girl.
She got connected to the sky. Tokyo’s rain is unrelenting. As
Hodaka showers at Hina’s place, the police show up and question Hina about the boy’s whereabouts.
They realise that Hina has been staying alone with her underage brother which is unacceptable.
After the cops leave, Hina tells Hodaka that the police will be back with social services
for Nagi which she cannot let happen. Just then, Suga also arrives outside
disguised in a completely random outfit. He hands some money to Hadoka and tells him that he cannot
come back to the job. Suga was currently fighting for custody of his daughter and
couldn't handle a law problem. He suggests hodaka to return back to his hometown.
Saddened Hodaka returns to Hina and suggests that they run away together. The trio walk through the
rainy streets of Tokyo with little luck finding a place to sleep. They offer more money but no
one is willing to allow minors to stay without a guardian or an ID. The media reports that today is
going to be the rainiest day of the year and there is an increasing danger of floods and tsunamis.
Soon the streets start flooding and the air gets chillier. The whole of Tokyo is affected by this.
Suddenly it starts snowing. The weather is all sorts of crazy.
They are suddenly apprehended by policemen. They have been searching for Hodaka for possession of
a firearm and running away from home. Hodaka runs away and tells Hina to take Nagi with him
and flee in the opposite direction. Hina watches the policemen rough up Hodaka
and she cannot bear it. She rushes to help him, in her anger, the sky's grumble and a lightning
strikes nearby truck creating the huge blast. They take this opportunity to run to a super exclusive
and expensive hotel which costs twenty eight thousand yen just for a night.
Money is no issue for them and they agree to stay there. The rooms are large and unlike
anything they have seen before. All of them have a grand time taking showers,
eating great food and singing karaoke. At this moment, Hadoka wants nothing but this. He prays
to god that even if there is something better for him he doesn't want anything more than this.
That night, Hodaka hands his gift to Hina who is very happy to receive it,
but she soon gives him the bad news. She tells him that Natsumi had told her, sunshine girls
are actually human sacrifices. Hodaka doesn't believe it at all but Hina shows him her body,
it's almost already turned into liquid. She tells him that once she is gone the weather will return
to normal because such is the fate of a sunshine girl. Hodaka is lost for words, but tells her that
they will stay together no matter what. The next day when he wakes up, Hina is gone.
The police have also caught up with them and they take Hodaka to the
police station and Nagi to social services. On their way, Hodaka hears that Hina was actually
only fifteen and had faked her ID to get a job. He realises that he was depending on someone
younger than him instead of helping them. Upon reaching the police station he runs away again.
He is determined to bring back hina from wherever she is. The policemen follow him but he is aided
by Natsumi who gives him a ride on her scooter. She takes him close to the abandoned building but
is stopped because of the flooded streets. The sun is high and clear in the sky and the
weather is slowly becoming normal. Hodaka races through the train tracks to reach
the abandoned building. He gets apprehended by Suga who just wants him to stay out of trouble
and even the police, but he manages to get to the shrine on top of the building wishing, wanting to
save Hina. As soon as he reaches the shrine he is dropped to the sky and sees her. Hina leaps
towards him and they both start falling down. Hodaka tells her that she no longer needs to take
other people’s prayers, she will pray only for herself. Hina is hesitant as her return would
make the weather worse but Hodaka tells her that he doesn't care about the weather. She
is more precious to him than any sunny day. Three years have now passed, and the weather
in Tokyo never really recovered. The whole city was now flooded. After the incident,
Hodaka had been sent back to his hometown and was on probation. He could have gone back to Tokyo
but he waited till the day of his graduation. After graduating High School, he headed back to
Tokyo with hundreds of questions in his mind. Did he do good? Was it worth it? Was the fact
that Tokyo is now drowning his fault? But just as he sees Hina, all of these
questions vanish. He is sure that he chose this and that is what matters to him.
He has faith. The pair embrace after meeting after such a long time and Hodaka tells her.
“We’ll be alright” Subscribe for more videos like this,
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