My Shinkai take is that he'd be one of the greatest directors if he just let anyone else write his films. Like he can sell an emotional moment fantastically it's just that his plots tend to suck.
Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man) doesn't see Director Makoto Shinkai (Your Name, Suzume and more) as the New Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli)
"He continues to create works set in Japan is because he believes that storytelling set in Japan is the arena where he can compete most effectively. I think that’s fine, and a game-like world isn’t wrong in its own right either."