Audience reviews
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Prithve
I started watching this anime because I thought the art style is good and looked liked it's a story about controversial relationship and how it unfolds. It was good for first few episodes. Then after few episodes the story was not going anywhere and stayed stagnated.then suddenly it left the current story of the main characters relationship and started a new story of their passion. And that too in last 4 episodes.although we can relate to female lead as her struggle and passion for dream was clearly shown.the male lead was a full wishy washy character. He was a character of no significance and he is a type of character who would not even qualify for side character.thats the level of presence he has in this story.so this anime didn't show how the relationship unfolded nor how they achieved…
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Koi wa Ameagari no You ni, or After the Rain, is a wonderful coming of age drama that's been regarded in a problematic light all too often. Of course, it's not without reason: Akira is a 17 year old former track star that was forced to quit due to an achilles injury. Having withdrawn from those around her, she currently works a part time job at a family restaraunt, harboring a one sided crush on her manager at work: Kondou Masami, age 45.
Now, seemingly immoral as the premise may be, After the Rain handles its tension with tact and sensitivity. The "pedophile bait" tactic that I've seen used to diminish the show's appeal doesn't stand a chance in the face of its delicate approach to its own "fault". Well aware of the unusual nature of Akira's feelings, the protagonists slowly warm up to t…
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First, let me state what I appreciated of this anime. As per usual, Wit Studio made a wonderfully animated series. The characters and scenes are all beautifully drawn and, to me, this was the primary (if not only) well done aspect of the show.
Despite the appeal of its aesthetics I had to force myself through this series. Superficially it is supposed to entice with its provocative scenario, but its really just another story of adolescent angst. Now, stories like these aren't inherently bad to me but I think this show could have done much MUCH more with its story. To be honest, if it wasn't for its MC I probably would have enjoyed this much better. For such a beautifully drawn character (especially her eyes) Akira is the most frustratingly unpleasant MC I've ever had to watch. Selfish and…
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It was just too boring. Too slow. Hard to watch. Visuals are great though. However, not a lot is really there to see in way of the relationship between the two MCs. It was just mostly awkward staring on the girls part. slightly a waste of energy to be honest. Also, the fixation on rain is really much. Basically every other minute of the frame looks the same. Rain and water everywhere lol.
The female character is not much of a character really. I found her a bit awkward.
The male MC was also awkward at best
It also seemed the story sorter gets lost from the middle, with no aim. So it feels tiring to watch.
Nevertheless, the art and music definitely score a 10/10 for sure. Nothing overtly sexual to distract from the plot.
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I hate to be harsh, but i figure that's the great thing about reviews, even if it's an anime that i loved, i'm always interested in seeing why someone may have disliked it. I had to force myself to finish this like a child sitting in front of a plate of spinach and brussel sprouts.
Story: POOR!
I want to start by saying i enjoy animes that explore different and even taboo romantic attractions so i was looking forward to this. My problem with the story isn't a moral objection, it's that there is no story. The whole thing could have been delivered in 10 minutes and nothing in the 12 episode arc fleshed out that 10 minutes in a way that was enjoyable. A LOT of rain, a LOT of staring, a LOT more rain and a LOT more staring and awkward silences and gazing off into space and ugh! It's excrucia…
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Well, for being a romance story between a 45 year old man (Kondo) and a 17 year old girl (Akira), it didn't come off as creepy as I had thought it'd be. I suppose I don't have much moral qualms with it though since 17 is legal in a lot of places... barely. Anyways, I absolutely adored the art style. It's just so pretty, and well executed. I adore all the facial expressions the some of the characters make. I did think some of the pacing is kind of rushed. I did read the first volume of the manga series before this, and it's a lot more slow burn than this. Though given this anime only has 12 episodes, maybe this issue is to be expected. I love how the anime slowly unravels details about the characters. We don't learn that Kondo is a writer until way later in the series, though we can see gli…
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Let's forget about Vladimir Nabokov. After the Rain is a literary masterpiece. The saying, "Love knows no boundaries," is often used to justify love between two people separated by age. After the Rain speaks to something similar, but in an unexpected way.
I'll say it now, I loved this anime.
Contrary to what others are saying, this anime is very much a romantic one.
The symbolism was sometimes a bit heavy-handed, but never obtrusive.
Youth is a large theme in this show. Through Tachibana, Kondo rediscovers pieces of his youth. Previously bright hopes and dreams that were shunned and broken throughout the course of his life. He looks at these pieces through a nostalgic filter--wistful and bittersweet, like coffee.
Life isn't easy to navigate and neither is love. Tachibana and Kondo p…
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I was a teenage girl very recently. And based on my own experience, this is the most honest portrayal I've ever seen of what it's like to be a teenage girl in love. It portrays quite openly all the weirdness, misplaced lust, and slight insanity of a young heart's growing pains.
(Maybe it's also a good portrayal of what it's like for all people in general. Or maybe it's not a very good reflection of the majority of people's experience at all. But I just wanted to start off this review by pointing out that I could definitely relate.)
Story: 9
Despite the fact that the main storyline deals with Akira falling in love with her middle-aged boss, the underlying theme of the story is actually not about that at all. Instead, it's about following or giving up on dreams; how our over-commitment or…
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What is "I love you"? We know what those words mean, we've seen them, we've heard them and we've read them. And we've spoken them. But do we really understand the value they hold, the weight they pull and the strength they possess?
I started watching this anime with reservations, partly due to the synopsis, but partly due to experience with teen drama anime. And since I finished watching it, a particular question has been circling in my mind - When will it stop raining?
Koi wa Ameagari no You ni is, as the title suggests, a love story. But it's not your typical boy-likes-girl or girl-likes-boy. No, it's girl-likes-old-man. This might seem off-putting to some but to me it was a deciding factor in this anime's success. But in order for me to express my thoughts further, we'll need to delv…
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The synopsis of this is a little misleading. It's not just a 12 episode typical love anime. Each character has so much depth. I'll admit, I was a little apprehensive about reading that it followed a 45 year old man and a 17 year old girl, but this show does an amazing job of not making it weird.
The animation is also AMAZING. Tachibana's eyes are gorgeous. The rain scenes aren't just randomly added in, they usually happen when something emotional is going on, and watching the rain is so comforting.
Overall, I think it's a nice slice of life anime and even though I was a little disappointed by the ending because it did not live up to my expectations based off of every other romance I've seen, it was still amazing.
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Koi wa Ameagari no You ni: A forced "Play Safe"
Koi wa Ameagari no You ni threatened to touch controversial and even delicate topics, but ended up staying in a simple flirtation.
As I said in my first impressions, this series was presented with a very interesting setting to take us out of the typical high school and introduce us to the world of a family restaurant; In addition, from the beginning, it strongly opted to show us that "crush" that Tachibana had for her boss, to the point that even the girl forced the man to notice it.
However, already at that moment I noticed that the fact that this series was based on an ongoing manga could lead us to the fateful "open end"; and sadly that was just what happened.
But the worst was not that, but the final episode showed a very big change…
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My point of view: I didn't read the manga. (Also, if this happens to be relevant to you, I went into this anime not supporting relationships with age gaps like this one)
Story: Although this anime is considered a romance, I honestly like how the main relationship was already set up to fail. The main character was a confused young teen who "fell" in love with a goofy guy in his 40's. Rather than progressing their "romantic" relationship, they explored the factors behind it. Why does she believe that she's in love with a middle-aged man she knows nothing about? What happened to make her feel this way? What do both parties get out of the relationship? Because of this, the characters were really the shining part of this anime. In regards to the story, I felt as though the climax, the conflict…
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I’m feeling particularly listless approaching this review, as this show took every pleasure in building up and subsequently breaking down my expectations by showing me in intimate detail the assembly of its ingredients, ingredients I thought to be everything necessary to cook up a masterpiece, only for the final product to come out of the oven burnt to imperfection. Age-gap romances are usually squandered by the author’s fearful inability to commit to the taboo, but seeing as this was based on a manga written by a woman, my hopes were set sky high by my knowledge women usually tend to script their stories more shamelessly and therefore more realistically to their insecure male counterparts, especially if the controversial aspects are based in sexuality or romance. These preconceptions atop…
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This is my first review, so have patience. Warning: spoilers ahead. I think this anime is very polarizing. Some will love its visuals, which are very good, and its shift away from a controversial subject that makes them uncomfortable. Others will see it as a disjointed, poorly plotted story that loses its way after episode 7. The story advertises itself as a romance between a 17 year old girl and a 45 year old man. It's clear both from the OP and ED that this is the main audience draw.
The story starts with a depressed Akira, apparently a budding track star who has suffered an achilles injury. She meets Kondo in a restaurant to which she runs to get out of the rain. Rain is a metaphor here, but the anime hits you over the head with it. In contrast to Koi Kaze, where wind was used to mark…
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Anyone who has not already given After the Rain a go will more than likely have some serious reservations about watching an anime apparently centered upon some middle-aged dude getting with a high school girl. A glance at the premise and a quick 'no thank you', most people's experience with this anime will be a few seconds at best.
True, even when one puts aside the moral implications of such a romance, these sorts of encounters are often left to erotic fiction (the sort people would do their best to enjoy in complete and utter secrecy) and rarely depicted or even acknowledged in any serious context. The man is a manipulator, a pervert, and the girl merely a confused soul. There is no happy ending to be sought, for the situation itself is a crisis without salvation.
If I told you After…
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When I look back on this show after everything has concluded, I find my thoughts to be at odds. On one hand, I really loved the way Akira and Kondou’s relationship was handled and developed over the season. On the other, I felt as if the show lost momentum when it focused on their interactions with the supporting cast.
For those of you expecting a straight age gap romance plot, I’m here to tell you now you’re going to be disappointed. The romance ends up being the lens through which to tell a story about two people confronting their inner struggles and how those inevitably shape their identity.
After a leg injury that leaves Akira unable to run for months on the track team, she finds solace in working at a family restaurant whose manager has caught her interest. She sees Kondou as a re…
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After the Rain, an anime full of imagery, symbolism, a mildly controversial plot, and hot track anime girls... I mean, two characters at the crossroads of their lives.
After the Rain could have stood to be more ambitious. It plays it so safe and measured that for long stretches of time I was asking myself why I was watching this, or why anyone was watching it.
The premise can be a little dicey and most of the fan dialogue around this show will mostly be concerning "the implications of dating someone old enough to be your parent", The protagonist/MC: Akira Tachibana, is in a bit of a slump. Her Achilles injury has caused her to quit track-and-field and she fills the void by working a part-time job where she continually grows infatuated with her boss(Mr. Kondo).
Now let me be clear. I am…
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[Indirectly spoils the ending, and possibly other elements of the show. This is the sort of thing that's hard to avoid in reviews, and which I don't think should necessarily be avoided. Consider yourself forewarned.]
Today, I want to write about love. It's no coincidence that this show is about love and writing, and the love of writing, among other things, because I don't often write in the first place. From time to time, I find that there are some shows which evoke certain feelings, or thoughts, that I have to write about them. This is one of those shows.
There are many kinds of love. The advertising for this show, and its OP/ED, focus largely on the romantic kind. It's almost a shame, because the show focuses mostly on the love of hobbies or work. Akira and Masami are the kind of peopl…
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After the Rain takes the idea of slice of life and romance to a very different, analogous level. You have two people adrift in the world disconnected from their passion, if not obsession, in life. The story is as much about the intense, irrational emotions of youth as well as the surrender of dreams. It is two unlikely people connecting in the face of similar despair with young love as the rocket fuel catalyst. Two people who find they need each other in unexpected ways.
The shaping of the characters is one of my favorite subtleties of this series. Akira is single minded, intense and down right forceful, which lends to the humor of the show. She is robbed of her greatest joy and focus of that intensity, which, to me, shows the level of devastation she is going through dealing with the los…
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Human feelings are complicated. It’s hard to fully understand anyone except yourself. That might not even be a case if you find yourself attracted to someone. Yes, I’m talking about the type of person that you can’t get off of your mind. I’m talking about the type of person that makes your heart pound the moment you see him or her. When I began watching Koi wa Ameagari no You ni (After the Rain), it felt like taking a test that challenges human feelings. It accomplished that with such impact that by the time I finished watching this series, I was in awe.
Based on the manga of the same name, this series came like a storm of rain, like a roller-coaster of emotions. As someone who have read the manga, my expectations were high. The first few episodes establishes the general premise as we me…
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