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“Teenage Akira falls for her 45-year-old divorced manager, navigating love despite age gap and societal judgment.”
After the Rain
恋は雨上がりのように
7.77
1,606 rank · 38,979 readers · 787 favorites
Seinen
Workplace
Award Winning
Romance
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Synopsis
Teenage Akira falls for her 45-year-old divorced manager, navigating love despite age gap and societal judgment.
Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club but, due to an injury, she is no longer able to run as fast as she once could. Working part-time at a family restaurant as a recourse, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man with a young son. Despite the age gap, Akira wholeheartedly embraces his mannerisms and kind nature, which is seen as spinelessness by the other employees, and little by little, the two begin to understand each other. Although unable to explain why exactly she is attracted to him, Akira believes that a concrete reason is not needed to truly love someone. On a rainy day, she decides to finally tell her manager about how she feels. But just how will he react?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 20 sampled reviews
8.5
/10
What 20 readers settled on.
94%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.75
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.75 · some divergence
The polarity gap
5.9 pts
Recommenders 8.9 · others 3.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Mar 2017 → Jun 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “It had been a long time since I hadn't felt this way. I was brought to the manga by the anime and I really have no regrets about it. So first thing that shocked many people: there is an age gap. I...”
- 9 “This manga is less of a love story, than it is simply an uplifting one. The characters are very well crafted, the art is good, and the way themes are explored is well done. Love is the medium...”
- 7 “Story is good. Not outstanding, not bad at all. It is a relaxing setting that makes you want to read it on one go. The love part can be disturbing for some because of the age difference between the...”
Verbosity
Short · 45%
Medium · 45%
Long · 10%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 82 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 56m approx
- Published Jun 2014 – Mar 2018
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M33832 catalog