Japan treats gender and sexuality vastly differently from the West; while the latter seems to overlap the two, the former has each in its own category. Be it in fashion, literature, or media, this seems to prevail intertextually regardless of the medium. The last of those, specifically, is responsible for creating various tropes unique to Japan, and it made us question how Japan's separation of gender and sexuality is expressed through 「君の名は」and other contemporary media. In 「君の名は」, the two main characters, Taki and Mitsuha, switch bodies throughout the movie. While inhabiting one another’s bodies, they still possess their same personality in bodies of the opposite sex. During their switches, both characters are perceived to express opposite ideals of femininity and masculinity. Taki (inhabited by Mitsuha) is seen as more feminine during the switch, and despite the Western view of feminine men being “gay,” Taki is perceived as more attractive to women. The same goes for Mitsuha (inhabited by Taki); men find her attractive as she acts more masculine.