After the Rain Overcomes a Problematic Premise
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- Oh my gosh I love this show.
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Ref:rain - Aimer
Nostalgic Rainfall - CHiCO with HoneyWorks
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I actually think it's great that the author explored a relationship between an adult man and a teenage girl without it actually being romance. Her love for him was a distraction for her, a way to ignore what was really going on. He realized that and chose not to take advantage of her.
mayushii ok because I was about to say and was thinking when I saw the clips without watching the anime since because of the clips I thought of it that I wouldn’t want to watch it that a young girl and a old man? 😬 I’m not watch that it’s not my thing pls don’t end up together but now that I read this I understand
spoilers!
Alejandro it’s not a spoiler
@@trulyswish5816 English please
ishy LOL when I reread what I wrote I was laughing a lot. I think what I was saying is that from what I got out of the clips I watched of after the rain was a romance between an older man and younger girl and I didn’t like those type of anime. But I’ve never watched the anime and this video cleared it up. So now I know what it’s really about.
I love how romantic fades away as getting closer to end and it concentrates on dreams and promises
Jiwon Lee yeah!!!
Yeah becuz its not romantic loveor matured love its like hmmmmm puppy love
but its said that the manager loves her in the manga
@@m33a do the manga still continue?
@@thatoneguyinthemiddle1910 the story continues after the anime
An anime where it shows more mutual love than romantic? I need to watch this now
I highly recommend that you do watch this anime. The above video did a great job of summing up my thoughts on the show as well. It was beautiful!(Not just visually) It was something different yet sweet. For once I can truly appreciate an open-ended show. I watched on a whim and I'm absolutely glad I did. I found all the characters to be very real and moving. In the end it's up to you if you watch it. I give it five stars! xD
It is certainly very unique in an overly romanticized era. In my opinion it's an ode to wholesome love and care rather than romance.
Does anybody know whether there will be a season 2 or not?
@@caleb5272 It ended with one season. The original Manga ended on the same note as both protagonists embark on new adventures.
@@sunjoexys7251 that's sad and happy at the same time🥺
Holy shit someone gets it. I'm so sick of people claiming the show was ruined because it averted the romance. People are so hung up on the taboo fantasy that they completely miss out on the true beauty of the show. The fact that the MAL score dropped 0.2 towards the end really makes me question the tastes of anime fans.
Lmao the angst
What happened?
lmaAsian beauty? pftt,
this is one of the most obnoxious anime that Ive ever watched in a while
^ I guees I've finally found The Ultimate Edge.
This review and this comment actually kinda makes me want to watch it? lol I would typically avoid any anime with a teenager/middle aged man pairing like the plague, but the fact that some people dropped off at the end tells me that maybe Grex was right about the "romance" only really being a one-sided crush and an old guy who's just flattered by it but not actually interested. Maybe it'll end up being a bit of a Yuri!!! on Ice bait-and-switch (like how they made it seem like Victor was going to be the typical borderline predatory seme but instead, his relationship with Yuuri ended up very balanced and realistic).
I just finished this and oh boy it was beautiful. I was sobbing every two minutes. The relationship between the two of them, giving eachother hope and new perspective of life was so refreshing and unexpected and so much better than just a normal love story would be. The attention to details, feelings and symbolism was outstanding. I binged it all in one day and it got to my top 5 anime list.
It took me two days but ive learned from this, I jist finished it.
Can I ask where you watched it? I can't find it on my usual streaming sites.
lguenther
masteranime.es/anime/info/koi-wa-ameagari-no-you-ni
Enjoy :)
Or Amazon Prime.
Watching it now and yeah its very good, and my feelings now is being affected by this ahaha altho i'm gonna read the manga of this also after i'm done watching this anime.
It's such a beautiful story. And its not perverse as people think it might be. The manager is a charming old man, who is nostalgic about his youth and the good old days. Meanwhile the girl, is going through depression and isolates herself from society. Somehow when both of them meet, they give strength to one another. She reminds him of His Youth, makes him feel worthy and he meanwhile, makes her feel powerful and strong; someone believes in her. Beautiful story. I love the points you made in this video and I 100% agree.
This is the video on After the Rain I wanted.
Cypher Caliban honestly the popularity for the series is small
This show is criminally underrated. I have a number of friends who watches anime and yet not heard of this show. I strongly recommended them to watch it.
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ADerpyReality I guess some people didn’t expect this show to get attention
Definitely!!
This was my fav anime, maybe since early 2017. They still haven't released anything near as good yet,
though i have high hopes for boogiepop phantom. :)
They say, the best love is the kind of love that brings the best out of you... Even if you don't end up together....
yes ending was great for both of them but yet i as a fan of series still wanted them together
Personally i think its not about the romance, but its about two main characters that have been averting their eyes away from their own realities, running away and somehow found shelter under the same "umbrella". Im a bit disappointed with how they handled the ending though; with WiT studio animating the gorgeous background and my favorite Aimer singing the ED, too bad its not a two cours, or else everything wont be rushed and ended abruptly just like that. Really hope they took their time following the manga since its finally done with much sadder ending, would made a bigger impact; but sigh...oh welp.
TADIAN 987654321
yes author didnt explained anything it was very vague but oh well at the end both f them were doing their thing
As a teenage girl, I usually hate shows with similar premises to After the Rain. However After the Rain definitely became one of my favourite anime after watching it. It differs to other similar seinen anime in the sense that the female lead isn't shallow - she seems real. Her actions feel like something I would do and her feelings are definitely ones I've felt before. She isn't portrayed as idealistic, or an object of affection. Her sole purpose isn't to please the male viewer. I love both her and Kondo as characters as they are very well written and feel more alive than most anime protagonists. Tachibana's feelings towards Kondo aren't idealised, either. They feel real and raw and exactly what being young and disillusioned by love feels like. I'd definitely recommend this show to others, even those outside of the seinen demographic.
Says the little girl that reads and watches romance crap thats literally just fanservice for girls.
Men are objectified much more than women. People dont care, just like they dont care if women ars objectified. Anyone saying they care are lying and projecting something.
Objectifying fictional or people we dont know is ok. The whole gossip garbage women watch is just that. People objectified for entertainment. Movies, books and whatnot dont even have real people. The actors are idiolized, not objectified and even if their charactes are depending on the script and directors, they GET PAID FOR THAT, they choose that. Nobody is forcing anyone. Unless someone is being forced to be objectified in which case the problem is not the objectification but the being forced part.
You should take all your little feminism crap and throw it out. Its just communism in disguise calling themselves democrats just like china with their bullshit "people's republic of china" or the best one: "democratic people's republic of north korea".
Are you a communist? Cuz communists killed more people than nazis. And the killing are just estimates because nobody knows how many were and still are being secretely killed in gulags
kato093 ok incel
@@tukutuki4296 ok simp
@@kato093 incel big mad
@@tukutuki4296 little simp sad
Hands down, best show of this season.
Well best romance besides my interest in Karakai no Jouzu no Takagi which is number 1 to me
Definitely best *new* show. 3-Gatsu no Lion was still airing, after all.
eff-fume ehhhhhhhh
+TrevRockOne the show ended
If you honestly believe that your taste is garbage
This is the show netflix should have put instead of cuties.
Lol yeah
What?
It was definitely a good show. But I feel like they were slowly forgetting the very relationship that anime was supposed to be about as more episodes came out. They really could have showed how Akira's obsession towards Kondo decreased a bit better. Still, it's still a show that shows Wit Studio's excellence. ^_^
Eugenefindit Finally Someone mentions the name of the studio
It's not that they were "slowly forgetting it". It's because that's not what the show was actually about. Akira's romantic feelings for Kondo were a fleeting moment of youth, vulnerability, sadness, and innocence. It was not a healthy love. However, it did give birth to a great friendship where both parties where able to grow and learn from each other.
If you read the manga as of now kondo is actually falling for akira
but he pushed her away at the end.
Badalight Yes, I agree that the romance didn't seem to be main theme of the anime anymore after a certain point. But it just feels like their coming to terms with each other didn't really seem very conclusive. Their little exchange at the end of the anime could have been built up better I'd say. ^_^
Well I’m glad she got gently guided from her childish love... that never happened to me...
kiabah joe reminds me of my ex who got seduced by a 21+ year old when she was 15
You cried, you learn.-alanis morrisette.
Dont let that bad experiences crippled you, hons!.
its not someone elses job to do that. this is literally a tv show
And me.
its just a wishful thinking even the old man in this manga had fallen for the girl but somehow he managed to show girl the light
I also place After The Rain as my favorite series of the season. The series plot and character development moved at a VERY consistent pace even for a short series. After the Rain handled two of the mains facets of life very maturely which are "longing" for veterans and "letting go" for young adults. A very good series overall.
The subtle and some not so subtle use of atmosphere and body language to tell the story was also very welcome in this series. Many anime become too dependant on making drama too obvious to force feelings in the audience (Violet Evergarden as a recent example) and forget the genuine pleasure of letting the audience absorb the atmosphere to bring out those "feels" naturaly.
gansmith violet evergarden was better than this anime for sure both are amamzing but violet evergarden provoked way more emotions in me
having read a few japanese classics, i can say that this anime very fittingly plays out like one
especially Kokoro, and the way the storytelling portrays the themes. it's a very leisurely pace, very mundane, giving the reader time to familiarize themselves with the characters. humans dont live according to dramatic story beats, so it feels very genuine to learn the characters by observation
something like violet evergarden does follow specific beats, but much more slowly and leisurely than you'd expect. it better provokes emotions by building up and releasing according to the beats. i definitely cried more, and the one-off episodes were beautiful setpieces with great payoff.
but stories like Kokoro and Rain are the kind that just stays with you, as though they were people as real and mundane as yourself
For me Violet Evergarden and After the Rain are of the same genre or category: hope and determination.
It's interesting that you point out it's demographic because from that context it does seem like it is designed to resonate with a lot of older males because even if you are against the idea of dating a younger girl, it's still a nice feeling to be liked or confessed to by one. It actually becomes very uncomfortable when you put it in that context, like you begin to think is this just fanservice for middle aged men? But if it is, it's clearly more than that.
I love age gap romances because when done right because it is rarely about them getting together and more about them helping each other or coming of age and why lie; everyone one of us in our youth has fallen in love with someone older than us.
Another thing I love is although it's directed to adult men the fanservice is zero. It has nothing "dirty" or vile visually which is really refreshing
"Everyone of us in our youth has fallen in love with someone older than us"
Nope
Ah yes. As notorious "uncle chasers" inmy youth, as my friends mocked me, I almost die of embarassment seeing of akira's, but bitter sweetly reminded me of rejections of my first love, harsh but kindly teaches me about what real love was, and what is broken heart felt like, and in turn, when I got confessions from younger person, I could see their motivations, and return in kind the wise advise of my mentor..
This anime is about love, but love between mentor and mentee, someone who had made mistake that tries to made a youth to not do the same ...
@@TheKrigeron Congratulations, Krigeron! It has never happened to you. Would you like a medal? I can have it delivered to you in a week's time. :D
@@GPrinceps That's what likes are for. If other people didn't experience it, they would my comment in agreement you big dumdum.
I get goosebumps whenever I hear "what a good thing we lose, what a bad thing we knew"
It makes me so happy and relieved that someone reviewed this series, i had an aching feeling in my chest once it was finished. Coincidentally, i also rewatched the show for nostalgia, realizing i had never finished it. As im older, I’ve grown to realize and appreciate the direction this series took, and wish people would talk about and dissect it again!! Thank you.
I’m sad that this anime ain’t gonna be popular like any other anime this season like Place further in the universe
Sorry dude, I still havent watched this series. no motivation
Randomly stumbled onto this critical analysis but pleasantly surprised. Well thought and spoken good sir.
Their relationship seems healthy, it doesn't have to be romance. Def gonna watch this, it has a breath of fresh air feel to it.
The art style are so good, i love how the character look so 90s while the graphic are so colorful
God, I hope this ends like it should, them overcoming their past and striving for a better future for themselves instead of leaching off each other. This may sound harsh but if they get romantically involved, this entire series will be ruined for me. The manga left off on a cliffhanger with Kondo saying he's fallen in love with Akira. I'm anxious and I hope he won't act on it.
Ouch that hurt the anime was allright but people said the manga ending was not good
Matthew Lucas Has it ended yet? I haven't heard anything.
Ouch that hurt heard people didn’t like the manga
It reminds me to Usagi Drop.
All the themes of the series ruined by a romance betwen an Adult and a Child :S
its still ongoing.
The show just kept getting better and better, I didn't know I'd end up liking it as much as I did. Definetely my favorite of this AMAZING season!
Glad to see someone making a video about After the Rain since Mother's Basement has Antarctica covered.
TheLemuroid well the seires isn’t talked too much by other people in the community.It’s so sad we know
I know! The series seemed so neglected. A shame.
Fullmoon Phantom1412 it’s the guy’s channel .He’s usually clickbait and the entire anime youtube community keeps having a lot of Place in the universe
For me, After the Rain touched me more than Antarctica.
This is the type of anime that deserves more than one short season.
I feel like we are always destined to meet someone important in our lives. These people will help to shape our lives and help us grow and mature along the way. These people are generally the ones who help you realize something that you haven't seen in yourself, and at the same time encouraging you to pursue your dreams. But the sad thing is that good things don't really last long and once these people have done their part in our lives, they would have to leave.(Although not all the time, there are of course exceptions but this is generally from my standpoint) And obviously leaving someone or something that we truly hold dear in our hearts is difficult. But you need to understand that people have their own problems that they need to take care of and not everyone can stay by your side and help you all the time. However, knowing that these people had the chance to come into our lives and change us to become the people who we are today really makes it a meaningful experience. So I guess life is about moving on and being thankful for all the actions that people have done for us in our lives. Life is after all a mystery and we are the solvers to it
Your post made me want to cry. Good post
@@uzziahplays1159 aha I did not expect that someone would react this way. I made this post to share my views on my own life experiences and how I relate to them. I wish I can hear everyone's view of life as well
Suddenly, I miss someone😭😭😭😭
That u so much this is very inspirational and an eye opener to read
After watching the first 2 minutes of your video, I immediately went and marathoned through the entire anime.
Man is the animation gorgeous, thanks for showing this to me. 😊
Basic gist the story is him realizing he’s still young at heart and will follow his dream of being a writer and her ability to move forward from an injury and getting back into a sport she’s good at.
I finished this recently and it kinda hits hard because it's how I feel with my girlfriend. Our age difference isn't as large as akira and kondo's (we're 3 years apart) but while I managed to let things from my past overwhelm me and drop out of uni she pushed through and is working in her chosen field. Hell she even used to work with me when I was managing waiters, how kondo feels when he can't finish any manuscripts resonates with the way I feel about pushing myself to actually move forward.
Your perspective manage to convey the story by characters, details, subtleties, etc. Different than viewers who only judge it on the surface as adult-teen relationship.
Thus, I subscribe.
Nice review.
It's a pity that some people will ignore this amazing story just because of the synopsis. I'm glad that the author didn't choose the obvious ending.
I thought the series was perfect. I also really appreciated how Kondo showed restraint and respect towards the female MC, and never acted inappropriately towards her. In real life, people will often take advantage of young people's feelings, and have flings or mistresses for a time because of this, but I thought it made for a better story that the series saw them connecting and healing without resorting to "love and sex heal everything" nonsense. Their relationship ended up helping to heal both of their broken hearts when it came to their life dreams and aspirations, and I resonated very strongly with the overall message of the anime.
I started this show because I was bored of most promoted animes and wanted to see something fresh.
Then I gravitated towards the cute portrail of the character interactions, without it being on the nose noisy "cute".
At last I really, really loved, how it moved it's theme frome romantic to fulfilling ones broken dreams.
If Akira becomes an adult and still love the manager, I ship it.
Cara, uma das melhores Reviews de algo, que já vi. Parabéns, fez um trabalho sensacional
This show is so underrated af. It was well written and mature, so good it even had a live action
YESSSS. Your explanation was BEAUTIFUL and I felt EXACTLY the same way. Just beautiful. So much text, animated as well as words on paper, sometimes, really are deeper than what most people shallowly conclude.
1:44 "old man."
We need to have a talk, son.
This show made me cry like a baby. I felt so bad about kondo and the way he missed his youth. It kinda increased my paranoia about life and youth so much. I'm scared my youth will go away like that and I will be left like kondo. He needs to be protected at all costs. Also the ost is literally the best I've ever heard in anime.
I think the story is about how potential and reigniting one’s passions can be found in any stage in life. Even though the female protagonist feels that her crush for this older man is a distraction for what she considers the biggest failure in her life by quitting the track team. The male protagonist feels very drawn to her youth because it represents hope, he feels the older he gets the more alienated he feels from achieving his highest goals in life.
I have only one problem: her neck is too long...
Have you seen clamp's manga/anime?? Xxxholic, sakura cardcaptor, code geass? Long necks were never a problem
*N E C C*
Its a shoujo style anime.
Not long enough 😭
Mostly because she is skinny as fuck :v
The manga made me feel like in the end she found a caring uncle, and he found a dear niece.
It made me feel good.
This one's really good, I've never seen an anime similar to this. 10/10
I watched after the rain at the same time as you actually and I came across as I am rewatching it. As much as I wanted it to have a sequel, because I frankly couldn’t get enough of the characters , I think it’s best without a sequel because the ending was perfect, in my opinion. I love the love represented in this anime, as I think it’s a reminder that love outside of romantic emotions exists. I absolutely love this breakdown of the show:)
This anime is awesome, great realistic characters, interesting deep conversations and moreover a lot of vibes and wisdom about life lessons. Absolutely not your typical romantic anime. It feels like you're reading a book, and I like that.
I hate that it gets a lot of criticism because of the plot. Yes, it's not very common, but still possible to happen.
Love is what it is, we have to believe in it/respect it.
The whole point of the story kind of reminds me of a Korean drama, that recently ended, "My Mister". It also starts off similarly to this one and leads viewers to predict that it is an old man younger girl love story, when it is just a beautiful story of two people that support each other in their times of need. There wasn't any romance in it but it was beautiful.
Just re-watched this and what a beautiful series it was 😢 I've never seen a show that made me *feel* what the character's were feeling as truly as this. The writing, the directing, the animation quality. It's just too good!! Awesome review dude, absolutely loved it ♥
"We're not adults, we're classmates."
When you realize that the story is not about a girl fall in love in a middle aged man, but rather a two person with a great age gap found a helping hand on each other.
That was awesome, realistic and nostalgia. It is frivolous to doubt this anime in a first glance.
I do think that the show gave more attention to Kondo. Just look what we know from both of them:
Kondo: His son, best friend, dreams, the reason why his marriage ended, his employees perception of him, his hobbies, his thoughs, and a lot of things from his past.
Also, all the mental monologues came only from Kondo.
Akira:
Her childhood friend, her mother (one episode) and her problems about the club she belonged. We really don't get to know that much about her.
It was a really good show (but especially when you notice that this isn't a love story but instead is a story about don't give up on your dreams).
We know all that we need to know about why she ended up where she is at the start of the show. The same for Kondo, but Kondo is defined by his past, that's why he keeps coming back to it. He's a middle aged man so of course he has more experiences to draw upon. Akira is still a teenage girl who doesn't have much life experience.
>Also, all the mental monologues came only from Kondo.
Did you completely miss his point about the show's visual storytelling? It served Akira mostly. It doesn't matter whether you convey a character's thoughts through visuals or narration, they both convey the same thing (and visual storytelling is much more effective).
@@testest12344 completely agree
Very captivating. Your editing and critique is fantastic great content
After the Rain was also my favorite though all the series mentioned were in my top 3. After the Rain was just my favorite. It was hard to choose though. Best OP/ED too.
Fullmoon Phantom1412 It was in my top 5 .Don’t understand why everyone Yuru camp .The comedy was weak in the show .Honestly the only romantic comedy besides this that I liked was Karaki no jouzu no takagi
This is probably one of the best seinen anime I've ever watched. Love is not all about kissing and hugging and romance. But being understanding and doing what is best for that person. Damn, this anime just melted me with tons of wholesomeness.
I'm a person who's seen the full manga (still waiting on the full English translation) and the show. I'm first of all, really _glad_ that you didn't have to bring up the age gap romance. I remember being on Tumblr and the net around January the time Episode 1 came out and the and the amount of sheer disdain from the series purely from the age gap alone was pretty outrageous. I ended up writing an objective review to Episodes 1-2 for the show, and up to 45 for the manga to clear things up. I spoke about how we would need to look at the show with my perspective that we needed to think about it in context, and how it dealt with the issue of underage dating, which is a problem in Japan. There was a fairly annoying site that looked at "anime through a feminist lens" and their real gripe with it was Kondou's "predatory nature". While I can see now that yes, it was in a seinen magazine and perhaps that Kondou did look a little, I don't think it was with any malicious intention. Also, Jun Mayuzuki, the creator, is a female. And Akira isn't really put into fanservicey moments, in both the manga and the series.
I *think* there's going to be a Series 2 for KoiAme, but I don't think any real announcement has been made yet. However, the live action movie is meant to be coming out on May 25th, so I'll be checking that out too. I'm surprised you didn't mention it!
I could add more to my comment, but I spoke enough as it is. Thank you for the fairly objective review and the way you handled it was very mature and sophisticated. I'm glad I re-found this video to watch later and did.
From a feminist, apologized for the "androphobe pseudo- feminist". I am a firm believer of "context matter", and sincerely love this story.
@devicat26 dry-fish woman or hotaru no hikari. It have manga and j-drama adaptation about 27 y.o virgin woman finding love after given up being a woman. And "hataraki man", regardless of the manga and anime title, it is about 30 y.o woman already not considered as woman due to her ambitious and successful career. Story about womenhood and self respect. Check it out. It was in Josei manga magazine.
I read a manga recently that covered a somewhat similar dynamic. It was something of a romance with actual feelings but both decided that Everything else in their lives was too much to give up if they ever wanted to be together. The ending is similar in that they decide to be separate and still make progress with their own problems.
Which is the name of that manga?
💓💓ITS REALLY INNOCENT FEELINGS OF KINDNESS N ALSO TALKS ABOUT LIFE, NOT GIVING UP DREAMS, REGRET AND THE AGE DIFFERENCE IS NICE AS THE MANAGER ACTS AS SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE, AND TACHIBANAS YOUTHFULNESS INSPIRES THE MANAGERS WRITING DREAMS TOO 💓💓
THIS IS RLLY SINCERE AND NOT A ECCHI FETISH ANIME 💛
Now that I think about it this wasn't really a romance anime to me, it's just a teenage girl's perspective on life that was looking for excuses to not pursue her dreams, this applies to actual teenagers too.
Don't know how to explain it, it hit me because I never really tried to pursue my goals even when i was fully capable of doing it. Sad that anime lovers don't see this show in that light and consider them being separated a bad ending lol.
I relate to the MC just a bit, mostly on her avoiding what she wants to do for some reason.
To shorten it this anime is about the perspective of a teenager, at least that's what it is for me.
I read the manga a while back and I’m overjoyed to see that it’s been made into an anime! I enjoyed it a lot. And also I always find that endings resonate more with the theme of the story lol
I feel happy and sad at the same time but it's a win win for me that the two of them achieve their dream
holy shit. this might be the first anime that i'll honestly watch in like 5 years.
when people thought the entire series is just abt a 17 yr old flirting her 45yrs old boss.
I'm glad this isn't just like any romance anime which revolves abt this unrequited love (not sure tho). As the series comes to an end the more we found out that they have their issues that needs to be solved and they found each other to be an inspiration to continue their paths.
I've finished the series and Kondou's words aren't that clear to me when he said
kondou: "when we reach our goals..."
tachibana: "I'll make sure to inform you that"
I'm sure it is something else tho. I think its abt their relationship but yeah, I'm satisfied with the ending, it's a very good series ❤️❤️
It makes me sad, because I want them to fall in love with each other. It's so weird, I know, but it's just so sweet. I'm attracted to a lot older guys, and Tachibana's my age, so it makes me really hopeful XD but Kondo has a kid, so that would be odd and strange, and I assume pretty difficult for all three people.
I was hoping I could indulge in a story of a younger girl and older man falling in love, but no, I've got this emotional mess! What it truly is-is more meaningful and beautiful story.
Hahaha...fellow uncle-chaser? Altough that was in my youth.
SAiKA So, you have nothing against teleiophiles in both real life and fiction after all?
Same even im 17 and i had a crush on a 35 year old guy when i was watching this series. I was hoping for romance, but i got something bbetter. This anime has taught me so many things about life in general. Im glad i came across this one.
same
They did fell for each other but Kondo kept his control. The anime left the door open for them in the end. They still kept in contact so maybe in a few years they could end up together. You just imagine about it.
Honestly I wasn’t a fan of age gaps (note I don’t hate it) but I’m the type that watches trailers instead of the synopsis, so when I first watched it the art and visuals captured me and I didn’t regret continuing with the series.
It’s one of the anime I highly recommend to my friends and the netizens 😊
This anime is a poignant and heartfelt display of dreams, infatuations, life and emotions. I do not really feel great emphasis on the love story or on the lesson to never give up. I wish to view this with a different viewpoint and I have found one. Memories. I believe that this feeling that akira displays towards Mr kendo is a mere infatuation created to fill the hole in her heart. It is my say that this love whatever it may be is transient and will over time cease to be. This time with Mr kendo is a stepping stone towards her future. Mr kendo experienced in the ways and means of life understands that he is just the target of a teenage infatuation but this does not deter him from giving the right advice, help and comfort doing what a man should do. He does not take advantage of her but helps her recover her lost dreams. As this game of life goes on, he will fade away from memory becoming just a bright fleck who contributed towards her better future whereas he will remember her for that feeling of youth and energy that she awakened in him which will never fade away. We must look at this as two different souls with different dreams and different destinies who intervine with each other and reawaken in them feelings of happiness and confidence. The cafe, trees the shrine, chirping birds all contribute towards this realisation and the occasional look and expressions of characters have a deeper effect on the protagonists than we understand. I have finished watching this anime and have decided to understand it as a story of two people who after a fateful meeting have their lives changed and realise their dreams. I have chose to ignore all of the deep meaning and nuances but rather understand this anime as a simple, story of life, love and the mysteries of time
Away Away I definitely agree with your post. To add to it, I remember Hayao Miyazaki saying how his ideal version of on-screen relationships are those in which both individuals change each other for the better, but don’t fall in love and “end up together”.
I think that can definitely apply to what you were saying about how they’re both their own separate individuals who ended up helping each other out in ways they didn’t even realize until the end.
I think it's the little things and details that make a good anime. It feels like the author puts lot of love into it.
At least a good video analysing what After the Rain is. Every critics about this is that it isn't a romance, but the show was so well done about how the two main had a moralisation by the other to finally accept their life. A good moralisation show, without over drama.
I'm so glad you highlighted this anime! This anime was a gem. I feel exactly the same things as you do about it. And I'm going to be watching your channel for more! Glad I found you!
Damn you beat me to this haha. But you hit it on the nail buddy. Great job :)
I'm glad I have this video to use when pitching this show to other people.
*written by a woman*
read the manga. interpretation of art is completely dependent on the individual.
As a guy who left my dreams behind.....this anime hit my heart in a way i can't explain.
Well done.
This show hit me deep right into the center of my soul.
I fell in love with her character art style - cat-ish
I fell in love with the little details in this anime... The rain symbolism is just so aesthetically pleasing ☔
Love between different aged people can work. My wife is 7 years younger than me and we have been married for 33 years now. Age difference is relative. I'm 60 now and she is 53 but if i had met her when i got out of the army at 20 she would have been 13. We met in 1985 when i was 28 and she was 21 so the age difference didn't matter. I could see a season 2 or movie about them when she could re connect with him as she graduates college. That would be very cool.
BlueLemon Power imbalance isn't automatically unhealthy, that's such a simplistic point of view. it can be bad if the more powerful person takes advantage of the "weaker" one, but they can also use that power to help the other person. Life isn't black or white.
They're 28 years apart. Vastly different scenarios here.
SpaghettiNoodlez my boyfriends parents are 26 years apart. his dad was a teacher (at a different school) and his mother wanted to study to also become a teacher when she finished school (legal age here is 16).
there is a huge danger with an age gap that large when one of the people is still young, specifically because of the power dynamic.
thats why we have an age we say is "underage" in the first place, to help protect young people.
but to say that a relationship cannot work and that it is unhealthy is a bit far fetched.
the unhealthiness with the power dynamic is only if the elder treats and thinks of the younger as a child, and if the younger thinks of the elder as someone who should be in charge. then both parties are not equal, one has more control than the other and maybe even has control OF the other.
if they both treat eachother like adults? if they both communicate openly and on equal footing like a healthy relationship should? then there is no problem.
We should be somewhat suspicious of large age gaps with a younger party involved, for sure. but it shouldnt be solely based on "the older male is manipulative!" or "the older woman is just sex crazed!" because thats just cruel.
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I never said the relationship cannot work. I'm not against relationships with large age gaps, my parents themselves have a 13-year gap and its working just fine for them. I just wanted to emphasize that the more dramatic the age gap, the more difficult it's going to be to keep the said relationship going.
Some of that is seen in this anime when her boss starts feeling insecure about his age and what others would think. It's only human nature to feel self-conscious about such things. This can get in between such relationships and usually breaks them apart. But, like you said, if they're both able to treat each other like adults and convey their thoughts and feelings properly, there should be no problem.
BlueLemon I dont like relationships with an age gaps as much as the next guy, but for some reason it always annoys me when someone brought up the “power imbalance” thing. I mean, I agree with what you’re saying of course, but you’re saying that dating someone exactly your age your not gonna get this “power imbalance”, which can also possibly happen if you’re with someone your age, sure its less likely for that to happen, but it depends on each person’s experience and maturity, that can still happen
I love this anime with all of my heart because it's just very... sweet. It's so uncommon these days to see an adult guy with a young, attractive girl that has a wee crush on him, immediately not thinking of abusing the situation. This dude wanted the best for her and didn't want to ruin her life. Knowing that even if he did "wait" for her to be a proper adult, it would lead nowhere and she deserves better. At least that's how I understood all of it. It just felt like he wants to be more of a father figure for her than anything and it's so damn adorable.
It was so gentle, I cried a lot, the soundtrack from it at the end especially connects me and my gf till this day, and if that doesn't play on our wedding, I'm not coming. /j ITS SO BEAUTIFUL THE VIOLIN THE PIANO UGHHHH I CRY JUST THINKING ABOUT IT
Such a good manga
I loved this show and was surprised that somebody talked about it in such detail, putting into words what I thought but eventually forgot. It's a nice show, a very wholesome one despite the themes. Subscribed!
YES this overcomes the issue I've had with anime and mostly Japanese centric media where a teacher and student develop feeling which is always creepy. This grows past that and becomes a story of growth and how young love is and how adult life can be. It's not always creepy it's just life and how awkward but beautiful in the relationships made. This show isn't talked about enough and happy to see it talked about.
both sora yori mo tooi basho and after the rain were such pleasant, human journeys that just remind you that it's not too late
That girl's neck on the thumnail is long as heck
r/TIHI
I still fangirled my head off when they interacted... and cried at the end...
I can assure you, that chick will come back and get that oji san once she gets older and legal
Wish so...
One can dream, I wanted them to end up being together but that's just me.
I want them in the end too, the reason i want to be them in the end is because they got genuine love altho a puppy love too for the girl.. but who knows in the next one... if the author Jun Mayuzuki decide to continue the series.. the manga of this is already finish soo.. who knows.
No she won't. He'll be even older and she'll meet somebody in college.
Really good analysis. I got the true meaning of this story the first time I watched the anime. If you expect this story to be a romance, you'll be disappointed. It is about healing and not giving up. It's never too late to do what you love, and you're the one that sets your own limits.
I also liked this feeling of awkwardness between the protagonist. You clearly know that their relationship is wrong and polemic, but somehow you still want to see them together. At the end it is more like an ageless friendship, that makes you feel wholesome in many ways.
The story was amazing but yeah a 45 year old man/devorced/father,stills got it!
I see Akira and Kondo as a father-daughter perspective. Akira didn’t seem to have a father throughout the season (I didn’t read the Manga), so I suppose the childish romantic love that she shown here towards Kondo was the result of that, she didn’t see how weird it is falling in love to an old man. Kondo on the other hand did a great job at guiding Akira out of her childish romantic affection and helped her set her head back to her dream, which in turn also helped himself in his dream too.
I disagree though Grex. This is a romance. Not every romance is happy. This would be unrequited romance. I see no reason why romance can't also talk about important issues. I thought it was better because of how it went over such important issues in a very careful, but on point way.
Fullmoon Phantom1412 buddy it’s romance drama .Felr more of Akira’s crush to be honest since she got injured to where she couldn’t broke and mr kondo cheered her up at the restaurant
The romance isn't the point of the show, is what he's saying, not that it doesn't include romantic elements. Akira's love for Kondo is born out of the hole left in her heart from having to quit track. He was there in a time where she was sad and vulnerable, so she developed an immature and unhealthy love for him. She becomes quite obsessive and it is shown throughout the show to not be a positive thing. However, through her interactions with Kondo, she is able to slowly recover both mentally and physically and start her life back where she left off. Kondo is also able to heal some old wounds through the youth he finds in Akira and it lights a fire back in his own heart. The characters are able to grow through their interactions together, but it's not meant to be a romantic love story between the two of them. To suggest otherwise is completely missing the entire point of the narrative. It's why the "confession" is made so early on in the series, when any traditional romance would save that for the end.
Badalight I guess your right but I saw it as a perspective on our main character
@@Badalight it is called platonic love, or some of us will called it "the love of their life", it might ends up in understanding, but eternally have that spot, the warmest in our heart.😌
as a 28 y/o man, This show absolutely crushed me. It is implied that they never got together and that akira tachibana forgets about kondo and moves on. Kondo however, remembers and cherishes her, and let her go because he truly and deeply cared and loved her and wanted her to experience life with someone from her generation and not be left alone and heartbroken when his inevitable death snatches him from her. I am having serious issues with being ok after this, because I too have let someone go out of true love while they moved out of the phase of infatuation and moved on, forgetting me and who I was. Sometimes all I can do is bleed, so I can cry, and ironically feel the warmth of a touch of something....anything...to comfort me, in my long and perhaps life sentence of being alone.
if it was a story about the manager as a failed novelist it would have been much better and it also my none sequal anime of the season
That makes what i have seen of this show so far a lot better.
Maybe ill see what it has to offer some time
2:05 I swear that’s the human version of Integra Hellsing
The ed made so much sense now and for that you have my gratitude.
I cried so much at last episode of the season. I really woshed for a romantic relationship to develop because they'd have to work with the taboo and all that and oh my gOD the ending. The song is so very good and Aimer nailed that longing feeling and nostalgia of things lost and gone.
Also on a completely different note am I the only one that thought that some scene had very erotic undertones? Not fanservice style but really just a sexual tone? Like focus on the neck or sitted position of Akira, instance where she was thinking of her crush in her bed etc. Felt like it added to the fact that she was still a teenager developping feelings and exeperiencing them in new ways
I loved this show, and was only introduced to it because Aimer sang the ending. So glad I found this.
Are most people interpreting the ending as one where they permanently part ways? I thought it could be interpreted as leaving possibility of a future relationship open, once Akira has matured....
XingTing Gong that's what I thought bur I realized that akira was really just running from her problems and that she didn't actually love her boss she just had an immature crush on him which fades in the anime
Thank goodness someone is talking about that. I admit, I'm waiting for an English translation myself, because I had to Google Translate the whole dang thing like a caveman, those last few chapters.
I personally took it as them splitting paths FOR NOW, maybe later in the future they rekindle. It's clear Kondoi deeply cares for her, as he got her an umbrella/parasol that's multi-functional and all. Or, they could have been okay with being friends and have to return back to their own lives.
But I don't get it. The ending line says something like "And she was in love, after the rain" so I'm like "What does it mean?"
Either way I'm not that happy with the ending overall with the other characters. So much was crammed into one chapter, I don't know what was up with Mayuzuki there.
Katie M I think the secret was hidden in the title all along "love is like after the rain" After the rain Akira was in love. But who knows if she was still in love with Kondo or running. In my opinion.. it's both :)
sara kilani I knew about that ending line, I'm just saying that the ending line of "She was in love after the rain" wouldn't fit if we interpreted them as just being friends. And I doubt it would be said like that if it were about running.
Apparently the name "After the Rain" is the ENGLISH title BUT (and I always use this one), "Love is like After the Rain" is the literal translation of Koi wa Ameagari no You ni.
Katie M Exactly.. the whole title is very important since it foreshadowed the end of the story. I like that there were a lot of things left unresolved like Akira's love letter (presumably) and Yoshizawa's career choice .. it leaves a lot of room for how you want this story to end and it kinds tells you that there's no such as a real ending .. life goes on.
I hope that made sense.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you! This was the review I feel like needed to be made. As many people only concentrate on their “romance”. Their relationship is much more about personal healing and the innocence of youth rather than a fiery taboo.
I watched this anime in winter .Honestly I agree with you but really on yuru camp .You got to be kidding
I love this vid, I had goosebumps while watching it. You described it soo good, thank you so much