

When Taki meets Mitsuha by the shrine, just before the meteor strikes the
town, Taki tells Mitsuha that they should write each other's names on their
hands.

Instead of writing his name, Taki instead writes "I love you" on her hand,
leaving Mitsuha with no way to remember his name.

**Why didn't Taki write his name on Mitsuha's hand?**

[!["I love you" written on Mitsuha's
hand](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4RI6B.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4RI6B.jpg)


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Why didn't Taki write his name on Mitsuha's hand?


I think it was a sweet gesture that showed a little insight into Taki's
character. It shows that he is young, in love, and struggling to find a way to
share his feelings with Mitsuha.

At that moment when an opportunity presented itself for him to confess without
having to say it out loud (the horror! :D), he foolishly thought it was more
important to tell her how he feels than what his name was.

Very frustrating, probably done on purpose by the writer but not completely
baseless.


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Taki knew that all the things which were happening to him from the past few
days, like how his soul went into Mitsuha's body and all other things, would
not remain like that for a long time. I think he could understand that after
the end of the twilight, they would forget each other, like people forget
dreams after waking up. It is obvious that he knew because Mitsuha's
grandmother had told him that she also had the same experience when she was
young and the same thing had happened to Mitsuha's mother also. But none of
them remember much about it.

Based on all these things, according to me, Taki wrote 'I love you' instead of
his name because he could feel that this was the last chance for him to convey
his feelings. After the twilight ends, nobody knows whether they would meet
again or not, whether they would remember each other or forget everything. So
Taki thought his feelings were more important than his name at that moment.

There can be other explanations of this questions too, but I have written what
I think about this topic.


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I saw a video about it sometime back and it said that since they remember
feelings more than facts after they switch back to their own bodies, the best
way he could make sure they remembered each other was by expressing a feeling.
Since love as a feeling is so strong, they remembered it and kept looking for
each other subconsciously even after 5/8 years of being apart.


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Taki wrote "I love you" instead of his name because it was what the shrine
goddess required, that he has to sacrifice what was most important to him upon
going back in time.


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