Trans Allegories in Film: 'Your Name' (2016)
Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.

After a long day at work, Cai returns home as usual, only to find out that his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, has disappeared. In vain, he looks for her everywhere. Worried and not knowing what to do, he posts an appeal for help on a social networking website. In one single night, his life is going to change.
Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.
In order to learn why an arguably outdated fanfic trope was resurfacing in the contact zone of popular culture, I dove into a vibrant trough of character development.
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