A second novel, "Serizawa's Story" ( 芹澤のものがたり, Serizawa no Monogatari ), was distributed starting on January 28, 2023.

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Nippon TV previewed the first 12 minutes of the film on October 28, 2022, during a broadcast of Your Name on NNN's Kin'yō Road Show [ ja] program. A novel adaptation written by Shinkai was released on August 24, 2022, under the Kadokawa Bunko imprint. The cat leaps onto another ship as Souta tells Suzume that the cat is a "keystone", and that the worm was released after the keystone's removal from near the door. This film evokes memories of a serious incident in Japan for the present generation, and also allows future generations to inherit those memories.It was also revealed that TikTok singer Toaka provided the vocals for the first theme song, "Suzume" ( すずめ), [22] which debuted on music streaming services on September 30, 2022.

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There he explains the legend of the worm Namazu, and that he is the last descendant of a family that, for many generations, had been responsible for locking all the doors that lead to the Ever-After. Suzume no Tojimari follows a 17-year-old girl from a quiet town in Kyushu, one day she comes across a young man looking for a door. It is a road trip movie around the country of Japan, it’s a story about “closing doors” rather than opening them, and it’s a reason to visit the movie theater. The novel is the best-selling physical light novel volume of 2022 in Japan, and has sold over 369,000 copies by May 2023.He said, "In Japan, it is customary to hold a jichin-sai [ ja] or groundbreaking ceremony, before construction begins on a new building or home, but we do nothing when we close them down. Schley also found the film's climax "somewhat disturbing", and said that it might divide viewers on whether Shinkai "earns" it. Shinkai immediately decided for the film to have a female main character, since Weathering with You had a male main character, and also felt that a "buddy" character was necessary.

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Suzume was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on September 20, 2023, and includes English and Chinese-language subtitles. Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film an 89% positive score, with 72% saying they would recommend it. However, Shinkai's producer discouraged the idea, saying that the audience for his films was still enjoying the typical romance aspects of his films. The film told the story of a high school boy who befriends a girl with the power to control the weather through prayer.The two end up going on a mysterious journey which leads to doors all around Japan opening and bringing trouble from the other side. Souta explains that the portal within the door leads to the Ever-After, a place where souls go after death. A special screening for the film was held on March 1, 2023, at the BFI Southbank in London, with Shinkai himself attending the event. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average of 77 out of 100 based on 27 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Initially, he wanted Suzume's companion to be another girl, with a " sisterhood type of romantic story," as he believed that he had exhausted the potential of the "boy meets girl" formula in previous films.