One summer, a tenth grader named Hodaka ran away from his home on a distant island and came to Tokyo. The noisy capital city, which knew no peace, greeted him with endless rains. It is there that the young man meets Hina, a girl endowed with an amazing gift. In a world ruled by bad weather, they will challenge fate. We present to your attention the novel “Child of the Weather” from the director of the film adaptation of the same name, Makoto Shinkai, written by himself.