Princess Principal (dub) eps 7-9
Three character driven episodes. The first was quite moving especially at the end and the last was basically The Prince(ss) and The Pauper although the reveal had already been heavily hinted at in an earlier episode.
BOFURI ep 2
First event and a fishing trip.
Kabukichou Sherlock eps 12 & 13
Catch the Neko and a backstory episode.
Your Name. (re-watch, at the cinema)
Weathering With You (at the cinema)
Right up towards the end I was going to say this was better than Your Name., but I felt the ending was fumbled a bit. I felt that even though it was less obscure than YN it didn't feel quite as earnt especially as there's a time skip that which seemed a bit weird and stalled the flow a bit. I know YN had a time skip, but that made sense with what had happened before, also the environmental message was a bit muddled with lots of the people telling our MC that what was happening was natural, etc and nothing to be done, but then the MC says "we did it" which related to the story, but possibly is supposed to have a double meaning? Personally I would have liked the ending of our male lead fighting to reach the girl as she was fading away and then either sacrificed himself to stay with her or even taking her place.
What I did like, apart from the usual things Shinkai is known to be excellent at, was the characters and there relationships, especially the leads who interacted face to face a hell of a lot more than in YN (although that was a massive part of the plot of that film) and was very sweet. The comedy felt a lot more natural than the, oft repeated, boob joke of YN, although there was a few similar gags.
Obviously art and animation were great.
8/10 (same as YN, but a lesser 8)