Book Review
Title: After the Rain Vol 1 by Jun Mayuzuki
Genre: Manga, Romance, Contemporary
Rating: 4.25 Stars
The only thing I can compare this manga to is Komi Can’t Communicate since it has a similar premise with the main character, Akira Tachibana being too shy to confess her feelings to her manager at work, Masami Kondo. The only difference is that instead of being a high school romance, Kondo is 45 and has a young son while Tachibana is only 17 and I do love me a good age gap romance.
This was very slice of life so there isn’t much to really discuss about the volume but it was nice to see some diversity in the romance manga coming out recently. Tachibana has been aware of her feelings for her boss for some time but unable to communicate them while Kondo is completely clueless as he doesn’t believe that someone young and beautiful like Tachibana could possibly be interesting in a middle-aged divorced man.
Over the course of the manga we get to see Tachibana confess and go on her first date with Kondo as well as making a connection with his son. It was full of humour and light-hearted moments which is exactly what I needed after Chainsaw Man and I can’t wait to see where this series goes in the future.
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