He interprets that the lines “You're here, / there's nothing I fear, / And I know that my heart will go on / We'll stay forever this way / You are safe in my heart / And my heart will go on and on,” (Jennings, lines 23-27) represent how Rose still sees Jack and that she knows that he will always stay by her side. Even though Rose ended up marrying another man, she remembers Jack through the drawing he gave her and also the child they ended up having together as well. The song represents hope in love, that one day these lovers will be reunited once …show more content…
Connecting people is Musubi. The flow of time is Musubi. These are all the God’s power. So the braided cords that we make are the God’s art and represent the flow of time itself. They converge and take shape. They twist, tangle, sometimes unravel, break, then connect again. Musubi – knotting. That is time. (Shinkai, Kimi no Na wa).
As a Shinto shrine maiden, Mitsuha had a lot of experience with making braided cords and becoming one with nature. But according to Tumblr poster Chennyyeo, “One of the important things in the movie is the braided cords. It is not only a symbolism of culture, it is like the ‘red string of fate’ between Mitsuha and Taki” (2016, Analysis on the ending of Kimi no Na wa). This further proves that once two lovers meet, they are connected by the red string of fate, which makes them destined to stay together.
Another element of the artwork is the comet splitting the night sky. Anime amino analyst Jade Miss Murder