While Kondo is going through a midlife crisis, she's going through her own teenage, coming of age crisis. Was that code for ‘I will do rehabilitation and then we can run again’? Her cold, shy, and intimidating personality keeps her from opening up to most people, including her friends and co-workers. It does seem to bother her. You have to understand the Japanese school system a bit for that. Other schools have less strict rules and tests and thus if you come from there, it might not make a good impression in the future, when you are looking for a job. I think it was just another drop in the barrel that contains her feelings, which will flow over soon so she can start running again. By no means is she perfect, though. It is stressful and way too early, because how can you know what you want to be when you are older at the young age of 15? I watch it and enjoy it, but it's not going to win any awards. Honestly, IMO, Akira is one of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful, anime character I've seen thus far. (Well, almost everything.). What happens with the other two, Yui and Yoshizawa, does that go any further or more detail? Even I fell in love with her after getting to know her better. I think the ending was necessary given current trends in Japanese society. Since we are already talking about jobs, the same goes for universities. This means she wasn't in love with Kondo, he was only her escapism. I think the interaction between the two is also very cute, because she is very patient with the boy and seems so proud when he gets it right. I wish they had never had any of the love elements at all. I read the last chapter as described above, where Akira forgets and Kondo doesn't. It is technically a romance show (it deals with love after all, or, to be precise, different forms love takes), but the relationship between Akira and Kondou is not the point of the show. Akira still has some friends at school, even if it’s not Haruka, and while she keeps pretending that she doesn’t miss running, she soon has to decide on her future path and career. Akira probably would die from happiness if she knew about this scene…. There is no such thing as an Anime elitist. Personally, I thought After the Rain ended flawlessly. Both of them seem to have simply continued their everyday life. Akira was coming to terms with that, and that's why she became distant and lost, but it was ultimately what made her realize that Kondo wasn't what she really needed. It highlights the process of their change as opposed to focusing on the product of their change. Holy shit I didn't even notice that Kase completely walked off the face of the Earth. Makes the series seem like a complete waste of time then. I see Kondo as progressing little towards his writing, but to the extent he does, it was because of his relationship with Chihiro, not Akira. Thanks for the post, I was really curious about the ending! Probably an unpopular opinion, but was anyone else disappointed that the last third of the show focused on the very slow story of Akira and Haruka's friendship? Pardon btw, but Killing Bites is the trashy show of the season. Yoshizawa shouldn’t be throwing around his heart that easily and it will make his relationship with Yui much more meaningful if his feelings for her grow slowly. It is cute, it isn’t rushed and even though I would have loved to see the two of them going out and hugging each other, I think it’s good that they are taking things slow. More After the Rain Wiki. Both of them, grew up in different childhoods in terms of passion, but had their own moments of frustration, anger, happiness, and possibly long moments of stagnation in their life relative to their overall current age. Cookies help us deliver our Services. I finished watching the anime only now but what a bummer.. Can't we just hold onto this show a little longer? In 2018, After the Rain had a summer concert on July 7-8, "Amagoi no Utage/Haregoi no Utage" at the Saitama Super Arena. So deciding on your career path early is essential in Japan, and teachers are there to try and help the students. When Akira taught him to run he was so cute and at first I thought it would be his determination that will make Akira start running again, but then they made this cute little trick where he teaches her the words his father taught him. The way the camera zooms into her piercing eyes, the way the breeze of wind blows through her hair, the way she blushes and reacts to the atmosphere surrounding her, the semi-intimate-but-more-familial relationship she shares with her manager, Kondo, and the soft-spoken words that exit through her innocent heart and soul...all of that makes her incredibly beautiful. Japanse Title: Tsuyu no atosaki (つゆのあとさき), It seems like some time has passed since the fight Akira had with Tencho because the breath of Haruka starts to fog in the air and Tencho needs a heater while he is sitting at home and writing. Also check out the other series we will review next season. The whole setup of Akira having a crush on Kondou is an excuse to force interactions between them that would be nearly impossible otherwise. The whole age-gap romance premise gets dropped after episode 9 without explanation. Yes!! Maybe. Users of MANGA.TOKYO must abide by copyright law and refrain from reproducing images and articles from the site except for personal use. Im disappointed but the beauty of love isn't just 2 people being together but the emotions and trials they bring forth so it can be done correctly. Thank you for saving me hours of time by telling me the manga is ultimately a huge waste of time. We see some interaction between the two of them, see once again how much Yui likes Yoshizawa and in the end we even see that he has taken a liking to her as well and probably forgot all about Akira. When it was no longer needed, it was dropped. Is it because Japan is just like that? This was in no way a positive ending at all, as Kondo looks at the sky like the sparrow he mentioned earlier. Stress. Compensated dating is a big problem, and the author clearly had an axe to grind with middle-aged men. He grew a bit, didn’t he? By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. Its chapters were compiled into ten tankōbon volumes. She showed selfishness, as she thought her relationship between herself and her Track teammate and once-close friend Haruka is not the same anymore.

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