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I watched both the subtitled Japanese voiced and English voiced versions of this show. While the essence of the show is still the same. I have to say two huge different experiences.

The first obvious is that the script is actually a little different which leaves alternative empact to the audience, especially on a romance genre. Obviously in most anime the jokes are changed to target toward western audiences but in this case they added subtle ones that make it much more funnier during the awkward and slow moments.. The voice directing and voice actors in the English version went above and beyond and it defininately shows. In the Japanese voice cast there is a lot of silence in places where there could have been more emphasis making the show feel a little slow paced at times and I understand why some people are saying they don't understand why the show was rated so high.

Usually watching two different versions of an anime never really has a dramatic difference but this one definitely did. I would say if you are going to watch this sure be sure to watch the English cast version it is just so much much more colorful and lively.

(8/10) An emotional slice of life that has a bitter sweet ending and it's fair share of drama. After The Rain was moving due to the losses the characters faced and their journeys to not give up on what they failed at but to go back and see it through.

Okay, 4th review so far. This anime starts off with a 17 year old girl who falls in love with her 45 year old boss. There´s no point on giving out more information and, as you will find out if you keep reading, this didn´t seem to be the main argument of this story.

My philosophy: you can always find something in an anime that you´ve never seen before, and for me that´s enough to make it a worthy watch (which is why i´d never tell anyone not to watch an anime). However, there are some things you need to know before you watch. This anime caught me off guard, it´s not finished yet (only 10 episodes so far), but i think i´ve seen enough to make a helpfull review.

I´m new to this genre, but i decided to give this anime one shot mainly because i wanted to see the outcome of the strange situation that it presents. I must say during first episodes i felt the temptation of leaving it. The opening is awfull, it´s childish and stupid, and doesn´t fit for this anime at all. For the first few episodes i felt disappointed because i guessed there had to be a strong reason for this girl being in love with their boss, and i didn´t like the characters nor the way they were introduced.

Having said that, i´m glad i continued watching. This anime is not only about a young girl loving an old man. It´s about an interesting conception of youth and oldness beyond age itself. It´s about dreams and hopes for the future and the way they can affect us. It´s about friendship and trying to move on when we are in a tough spot. I havent finished this series yet, but i will as soon as the new episodes comes out. The last episodes were amazing, showing extremelly mature reasonings from several characters and a way to percieve the world that stunished me.

The more i watched, the more i liked the characters and it´s development. The sountrack is excelent (the opening doesnt count) and the animation is full of detail aswell. I don´t know how this is going to end, but i must say so far i´m pleased. It´s a 9/10 for me, and if you are into this kind of romance genre, i´m sure you will like it. Specially recomended if you have seen and liked the movie "Garden of Words" (and if you saw this anime but you didn´t see garden of words, waiste no more time and watch it, i consider it to be one of the best romance masterpieces ever crafted). Thanks for reading!

You might get impression that this is about some unconventional love story between an middle age man and hopeless teen girl , but its deeper than that and you need to give it a chance with open heart to understand it on next level than just a romantic manga.

For me this story is lot more than just a love story , its a story of down and ups and hope and sadness and you will realise it as you gear towards the end, i really cant eloborate more than this due to spoilers .

For the people who found it boring might not be patient enough for actual good and deep story for them i tell that give it proper time and attention and it will be the best story you ever heard .

Starts off slow and at the beginning you feel as if you've walked into the middle of something. But then you're "caught up" and can follow along. I think the themes and feelings are extremely relatable for anyone - whether young or old. Binged watched it on Amazon Prime as I simply couldn't stop watching. I'm extremely happy that I did! My only disappointment was that there are only 12 episodes as I want to continue to see what happens to the characters. I'm another old dude that is finding myself drawn to not just your action-packed anime's but to this genre as well. And for me, this one didn't let me down.