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Ok so semi-rant about After the Rain.

The reason I picked this show up initially was mostly because the description reminded me of The Garden of Words, which is a comparison I still feel is accurate. However the more I watch, I feel like this show is just missing something that The Garden of Words had, which is...well...a real relationship between the two leads. In Garden of Words, the continued interaction of the two leads is depicted as natural and balanced while being exactly what both of them needed in their lives, which is fundamentally why I thought it presented such compelling drama. With After the Rain and the way the status difference works in that show, however, it seems like (almost) every interaction the two leads have was designed to be as inorganic and as uncomfortable as possible, which really makes it hard for me to get invested at all. It's a shame because I like both characters as individuals a lot, and from a technical perspective the show is very solid also, but I just can't actually get into at all.

Of course, while I don't think I'd prefer this route either way, this is all fine if they're trying to depict a darker drama about the realities of such a relationship and the effect it has on them rather than something light-hearted, but it really doesn't seem like the show is actually doing that. There's hints here and there I guess, but at best they're half-assing it when they need to go all in or not at all, and so it just doesn't work imo.

All that said I'm still enjoying the show enough to continue watching (which just means I'm enjoying it at all), but man there is a pretty big blemish on this show right now.
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