However, in an interview, Shinkai, together with producer Genki Kawamura, revealed that their relationship in the movie is very different from the one from the original script. In the final product, AKA the movie itself, Taki and Mitsuha never even met before, but in the original script, Taki and Mitsuha already met, with Mitsuha already having a one-sided crush.
They were still gonna swap bodies in the original script, though thankfully, Shinkai and Kawamura decided to change a few things.
The story of city boy Taki and country girl Mitsuha has wowed audiences with its beautiful story and amazing animation.
But that really makes one wonder what might have been if Shinkai decided not to do those revisions, right?