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Playing Takao in the Stage Version of Makoto Shinkai's The Garden of Words

The play is based on the film, but it also uses elements from Shinkai's book version, which adds much more to the characters' backgrounds, especially Takao's family.

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The play is based on the film, but it also uses elements from Shinkai's book version, which adds much more to the characters' backgrounds, especially Takao's family.

This makes me really hope there'll be a way to watch the play online at some point. I liked the movie, but I felt like the novel went into so much more depth and I enjoyed it a lot more. I'd be really interested to see how the stage play adapts it too.