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小晶對店長的愛慕絲毫不見減少。
而店長雖然感到困惑,
卻也漸漸被小晶的直率喚醒早已消失的情感。
生命中不會再有第2次,
少女17歲的夏日,
那份青澀,讓青空變得更加湛藍──

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 11, 2015

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Jun Mayuzuki

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See also: 眉月じゅん

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Profile Image for Jon Ureña.
Author 3 books121 followers
January 11, 2021
Everything under this sentence will contain spoilers to some degree.

Now that the protagonist has declared her inexplicable love for the forty five year old manager of hers, who describes himself as "an empty middle-aged man", and he has acknowledged that this isn't a prank, but that this elegant, precocious high schooler we have for a protagonist is indeed in love with him, he has grown fond of her in an "ain't she sweet" kind of way, but not contemplating a relationship with her. She, however, has found meaning in pursuing a relationship with him. She has learned that he's into reading. They bond over Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's "Rashōmon" (I believe they also mention his "Hell Screen", and I recall reading it a few years ago because it was mentioned in the anime). My favorite scene of this volume happens when they discuss in the break room at work the incoming exam she's going to have that will feature that book. They discuss the reaction of one of the characters upon learning that some old woman is looting corpses to take their hair and sell it as wigs, to make a living. The character in the book considers that maybe stealing and such risky behaviors are justified if it's a matter of life or death. The protagonist asks the manager if he would ever consider doing such a thing, and the manager starts saying something to the effect that at his age he doesn't want to rock the boat, just wants a quiet life, but that in any case he's unlikely to face such a life or death situation of that nature for the remainder of his existence. However, he realizes that he has this lovely, youthful girl who is offering him a whole new life, and he's distressed. At that point even contemplating such a disturbance is painful, and brings up way too many bad memories that need to remain buried to keep living.

As she's attempting to read books regularly both to seem more interesting and also to feel closer to the manager, they run into each other at the local library. She gets some suggestions from him, one of the first examples of the main thread of the story: that of two isolated people who grow up as individuals through learning from each other, when otherwise they would have remained frozen. However, the manager realizes that one of the new books on display is written by someone he knows. At this point of the narrative we don't have the details, but he says later on that he does know the author. The manager is clearly bitter that the author managed to do something with his life, while the manager, in his words, had "done nothing at all". In the lowest point between the manager and the protagonist, he suggests that despite her youthful delusions, she doesn't actually know anything about him.

We also get some stuff between the former best friend of the protagonist and her. They used to be together all the time from middle school, and both belonged to the track team. The flashbacks show a protagonist more lively and open, something that has changed since she suffered her career-ending injury. Although the protagonist probably doesn't realize it, she avoids continuing a relationship with this former best friend because having lost her passion is too painful to revisit, and the former best friend is still on the track team.

By the end of this volume we learn that a typhoon is hitting her city, and that although she needs to work at the restaurant, the manager is home with a cold. The college-age dude that forced the protagonist into going on a date with him on the previous volume brings up that she's backing the manager into a corner by pursuing a relationship with him, that he probably feels that she's doing nothing but causing him trouble. Distraught, the protagonist ventures through the typhoon up to the protagonist's home, who is enduring a fever. The distress is evident on her face as he opens the door to let the protagonist in. She likely feels that she's close to losing the only thing that gives meaning to her life any longer.

Very pleasant read as usual, and you get invested in the small lives of these two confused people.
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3,505 reviews207 followers
September 10, 2020
This series has a lot of literary references, mostly to one story: Rashomon by Akutagawa Ryunosuke. There was a brief mention of it in one of the previous volumes, but here it becomes a plot device to bring our potential lovebirds together. The literary references don't end there. The two even meet in a local library to talk about books in general.

Suffice to say, I enjoyed this volume more than the last two.
Profile Image for Martha.
157 reviews
August 11, 2018
(En inglés) De verdad que estoy en una lucha de seguir leyéndolo o abandonarlo. Pero el dibujo de Jun Mayuzuki es tan bonito que es de lo único que realmente disfruto cuando leo el manga.
Profile Image for Pflanzis.
357 reviews10 followers
February 1, 2022
Ich mag das Erzähltempo dieser Reihe. Und auch die Szenen, die mit wenigen Worten auskommen. Insbesondere die Sommerszene in der Akira von der Schule aus nicht den Bus nimmt, sondern durch die brütend heiße Stadt zur Arbeit geht. Die Zeichnungen drücken auch ohne Dialoge sehr viel aus.
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489 reviews18 followers
August 29, 2020
Sigo en mi línea, el dibujo me gusta y la historia por el lamento sin más.
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825 reviews23 followers
May 27, 2023
Cute story about an injured ex-track runner/ student that is now working in a restaurant and falls for an older man- her boss.
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156 reviews13 followers
August 25, 2018
La historia de amor no decae y cada vez vamos conociendo un poco más a los protagonistas, entendiendo su forma de ser y profundizando.

La pareja protagonista sigue siendo encantadora, pese a que el hombre sea un poco pusilánime, la verdad es que no es tan exagerado como para que no te lo creas. Y la chica me encanta por lo sincera que es.

Solo puedo decir que voy corriendo a la librería ni bien salen los tomos.
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594 reviews2 followers
August 7, 2019
I loved that volume: more hamster, more good qualities of the boss shown (he's caring, nice, loves books, we get to know more about him and it's sweet to see that through her eyes), more of the friendship between Akira and Haruka and how it fell apart (that made me cry). The art is very poetic and contemplative, which I love, and the vignettes are well chosen, they make the story so atmospheric, perfect for a quiet moment with a cup of tea.
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1,643 reviews24 followers
February 11, 2018
Mi è piaciuto molto questo volume perché ad un certo punto si parla della passione del signor Kondo con la lettura e si cita un racconto che mi piace molto che per di più si incastra bene nella storia di Akira e Kondo. L'altra parte del volume parla di Kiyan, amica di Akira, che spero abbia maggiore spazio nella storia perché il rapporto delle due ragazze è molto complicato ma interessante.
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14 reviews2 followers
February 4, 2019
Der dritte Band der Reihe "After the Rain" überzeugt mich bisher voll und ganz. Ich halte ihn für den besten Band der ganzen Reihe bisher. Das kommt vordergründig dadurch, dass ich zum ersten Mal auch über die Lektüre hinaus stimuliert wurde. Der Band hat inhaltlich viel zu bieten und brachte mich dazu auch weiter zu recherchieren im Feld der japanischen Literatur. Das ist großartig und gelingt kaum einmal einem Werk.

Inhalt:

Akiras Gefühle für ihren Chef werden stärker. Das weckt bei Kondo Emotionen, die er eigentlich schon vergessen hatte. Doch die Verliebtheit der 17-jährigen Akira hat gerade erst richtig begonnen ...

Rezension:

Ja, mit der Liebe geht es drunter und drüber im dritten Band. Akira scheint weiterhin wild entschlossen zu sein Herrn Kondo mit ihren Gefühlen zu überwältigen. Sie hat sich nun zunächst entschlossen ihn näher kennen zu lernen. Dieses "näher kennen lernen" zieht sich wie ein roter Faden durch den dritten Serienteil. 

Herr Kondo scheint immer noch unsicher zu sein, wie er mit der Lage umgehen soll. Er hatte nach dem zweiten Band schon damit gerechnet, dass sich die Sache wohl erledigt hatte, aber das erweist sich nun als Trugschluss.

Aber wir erfahren viel mehr aus Akiras Vergangenheit und werden wieder, ähnlich wie Akira, schmerzhaft daran erinnert, dass die schwere Sportverletzung Akiras Leben radikal veränderte.

Nachdem sich Akira schlecht fühlt und über die Sportverletzung noch nicht hinweg ist, muss fast die Überlegung angestellt werden, ob es wohl ihrem Selbstwertgefühl geschadet hat, dass sie diesen Sport nicht mehr erfolgreich ausüben kann. Dies könnte auch eine plausible Ursache dafür sein, dass sie sich zu dem Lebensverlierer Kondo hingezogen fühlt. Ist es etwa doch lediglich eine jugendliche Schwärmerei? Oder steckt mehr hinter den Liebeserklärungen Akiras?

Rashomon - Die Ehre des Samurai

Im Buch gibt es ein auffälliges Zitat. "Rashomon" ist ein Film von Akira Kurosawa aus dem Jahr 1950. Im Film geht es um eine Gerichtsverhandlung, in der auch eine Vergewaltigung eine Rolle spielt. Ist das bereits eine düstere Anspielung auf das, was uns in dieser Mangareihe noch bevorsteht? Erstaunlich obendrein, dass der berühmte Regisseur den gleichen Vornamen trägt wie unsere Hauptdarstellerin...

 
Im Buch selbst wird "Rashomon" zitiert aus der gleichnamigen Kurzgeschichte von Ryunosuke Akutagawa, einem Dichter und Schriftsteller, der dafür bekannt war, den japanischen und europäischen Stil miteinander zu verknüpfen. Die 1915 erschienene Geschichte war die Vorlage für den Kinofilm Kurosawas. 

Akira entscheidet sich in der Bibliotheksszene für ein Werk von Soseki Natsume. Hierbei handelt es sich gar um einen der berühmtesten japanischen Schriftsteller überhaupt. "Der Tor aus Tokio" erschien erstmals 1906 und ist der Band, der ihm u. a. zum Durchbruch als Schriftsteller verhalf. 

Fazit:

In diesem Band 3 "After The Rain" gab es richtig etwas zu lernen. Japan rückt ein bisschen näher, wenn plötzlich Dinge wie Rashomon klar werden. Die Literatur hat die einmalige Gabe, eine kleine Flamme weiter zu entfachen und den unbändigen Willen durchzusetzen, Dinge näher kennen lernen zu wollen. Auch das schließt wieder den Kreis in diesem Manga.

Ich kann die Lektüre inzwischen uneingeschränkt empfehlen. "After The Rain" ist ein grandioser Manga, mit nun auch interessanten Querverweisen, die das eigene Leben und die Denkweise bereichern. Absolute Leseempfehlung, aber bitte mit Band 1 beginnen!

Jun Mayuzuki. After the Rain 3. Altraverse 2019. 164 Seiten. Romance (Altersempfehlung 16+). 10€

Profile Image for Rach' B.
424 reviews
April 23, 2021
Reseña:
Nos cuentan la historia de Akira, quien antes era una atleta, pero debido a una lesión en su talón de Aquiles se ve forzada a dejar esto y es así como comienza a trabajar en un restaurante familiar. En el transcurso de su empleo como camarera sus sentimientos hacia su jefe van surgiendo. El jefe del restaurante lleva una vida honesta a sus 45 años, divorciado y con un hijo menor, apasionado por la escritura pero frustrado al no poder continuar su sueño.
Las historias de ambos se ven unidas en el momento que Akira declara su enamoramiento a su jefe, las circunstancias los ven obligados a pasar tiempo juntos, es así como empiezan a conocer más del otro y poco a poco curar sus heridas y miedos juntos.
Opinión personal: Esta historia es de las que realmente me encantan, el trasfondo de los personajes y como ese "enamoramiento" ayuda a ambos personajes a encontrar su verdadero camino. La historia en sí realmente te deja un sabor de boca bastante extraño, en el buen sentido. Toco mi corazón el como ambos se daban cuenta de sus sentimientos.
El único "problema" que tuve era la diferencia de edad entre ambos, 17 y 45 años, aunque en una parte me gusto como al final colocaron partes de "que pasaría si él tuviera 17 años". Sin duda el final del libro de una forma u otra te deja con bastantes esperanzas.
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847 reviews11 followers
March 16, 2023
Me medio agrada el universitario compañero de Akira porque a pesar de su actitud chinga quedito lo que le dice es cierto: que nada bueno saldrá de relacionarse romanticamente con el gerente.
Por otro lado, los dos se encuentran en la biblioteca y parece ser que alguien a quien el gerente conoce es escritor, yo le apuesto a la exesposa. Ya se daba indicios de que el gerente está interesado en la literatura e incluso tiene unos manuscritos en su casa.
Estoy intrigada. No creo que el gerente sienta algo por Akira, solo que su juventud le recuerda la propia, por eso varias veces se imagina joven a su lado, como si por medio de ella recordara lo que un día él también vivió.
Profile Image for Isa.
124 reviews
January 11, 2018
El año pasado leí un montón de manga, y ni modo lo puse aquí. Lo que afectó a que en mi challenge saliese que leí menos...Tonta de mí. Ah, pero este año no, no, no. Pondré todo como enferma.

The last year, I read a lot of manga and I never put them here. That made me look like I don't read enough like in my 2017 challenge I promised (Fool of me) But this year I will count everything, like a crazy. Mangas, novels, short storys, books from college... At least I hope so.
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562 reviews4 followers
July 22, 2020
I am really, really enjoying this series. Even if for the most part nothing happens in this volume until its very end, it was strangely enjoyable nonetheless.

There is something more to this story. I don't know if it's the atmosphere, the way emotions are conveyed through expressions rather than dialogue... I can't really put my finger on it but I'm loving this.
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2,451 reviews
January 13, 2025
Un volum amb sortides molt divertides (pàg 40 "Cuando un grupo indie se vuelve mainstream, sus fans de siempre suelen sentirse un poco abandonados" fent referència a l'èxit sobtat de l'encarregat entre els seus treballadors gràcies al hamster del fill ^^') i ocurrències (com ara el gra que li surt a ella i després a ell) que serveixen per aprofundir en la psicologia dels personatges ❤️
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7,212 reviews136 followers
June 23, 2019
Beh, almeno cominciamo a conoscere altri lati dei due protagonisti. C'è Akira che ha un'amica da cui si è allontanata; Masami, invece, è un appassionato di lettura.

La cosa mi sembra sempre altamente strana, però la storia si fa leggere.

Bellissimo vedere Akira nei panni di un criceto...
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1,448 reviews26 followers
April 23, 2023
The manager is extremely wishy washy. One day he is all smiles engaging in the conversation and driving it forward and one day he is cold. It is good that some boundaries are being set up but I have a hard time seeing him reinforce them.
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165 reviews16 followers
March 8, 2020
En algún momento de mi vida he sido como Akira
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230 reviews
February 21, 2021
The ending made me concerned for what will happen in volume 4. I still don’t understand why Akira likes her boss though.
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896 reviews
October 25, 2021
The manager has the experience of a 13 year old when it comes to women. How long can this secret go on?
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95 reviews1 follower
February 14, 2024
di vol 3 ini mangakanya cerdas dalam mendeliver penggambaran karakter dalam manga. terutama perbedaan karakter cara pandang, psikologis tokoh yang age gap ini.
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38 reviews
January 5, 2025
Pues bastante bien, la historia avanza a paso lento pero cada personaje tiene una personalidad totalmente diferente, así que no me parece aburrido, a pesar de que se tome su tiempo.
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