After the Rain (恋は雨上がりのように)

What are you doing?

Were you looking at the moon?

Yeah, kind of.

It's not the supermoon today.

I know.

I didn't realize you make wishes.

I do.

I'm going to go take a bath before you.

Oh, can you hurry up and take those out?

SECONDHAND BOOK FAIR

After school, shoe cupboard, resonating sound of rain

My shirt gets wet as I run out with no umbrella

You’re out of my league

I wish I was the rain... so I could easily feel you

Let me touch you...

One, don’t treat me like a child

Two, it’s even worse to play it off by being nice

I love you （can you hear me?）

I love you

Right now, I can jump over the puddle

After the rain, I caught your eye as a rainbow appeared

You’re so indifferent to romance... That’s why!

Raindrops sparkle against the blue summer sky

Lulu lala I’m in love

After the rain...

Right now, I have no doubts

I need no umbrella

SUDDEN SHOWER

Tachibana!

Sorry for being late.

I'm sorry for asking you out on such short notice.

No worries.

-About today... -About today...

Like I wrote in my message...

Um...

I'm hoping you can recommend some books for me, as my friend.

Sure. I can do that.

At any rate, the weather is great today!

There are quite a lot of stalls out here today.

-Hey, old man! -Oh, hey!

I didn't know you were going to have a stall here.

Yeah. It's a seasonal job.

Seasonal job, huh.

Your store was closed when I was in Takadanobaba the other day.

I thought it went out of business.

I won't let it go out of business. I've grown old, so I don't work during the evenings anymore.

You had me worried.

This is the owner of the secondhand bookshop I used to visit a lot when I was a student.

Oh, hello.

Oh, I didn't know you had a daughter this big.

I really have aged, then.

She's not my daughter.

-She's-- -I'm his friend!

His friend?

That's not important.

So you brought good books, right?

Of course.

I brought tons of good books for book-lovers who can understand their subtle differences.

That's an old postcard that someone actually wrote a long time ago.

That's interesting.

My friend, who owns an antique shop, consigned it to me.

I HAVE READ YOUR LETTER. I'LL BE GOING HOME TONIGHT.

SO I CANNOT MAKE PROMISES FOR TOMORROW.

Yeah. It is simple.

It's quite a letter.

Speaking of which, Tachibana...

Do you know about the world's shortest letter?

No.

-You mean Victor Hugo, right? -Yeah.

He's a French writer.

He was worried about the sales of his book,

so he sent a letter to the publisher that only had a question mark.

The publisher sent back a letter with just an exclamation mark

to tell him that the books were selling well.

In other words,

because Hugo and the publisher had such a close relationship,

one symbol was enough for them to understand each other.

So that is said to be the world's shortest letter.

I'm sure that even within this short letter,

there were many thoughts only the two of them understood.

Wow, sounds like you're still a romantic.

What? Did I sound like a romantic just now?

Come to think of it, you'd probably like the books over there.

Really?

Mr. Kondo, this postcard...

It's no use.

He can't hear anything around him when he's like that.

Oh, looks like he got carried away and wandered off somewhere.

What?

MR. KONDO CALL

KAZA HIGH'S WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD TEAM! NEW MESSAGE

WE'LL BE SENDING OFF THE THIRD YEARS AT THE FAREWELL PARTY TODAY!

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!

NEW MESSAGE MR. KONDO

The old man's place is better after all.

Oh, damn it! It slipped my mind.

You haven't found him yet?

I think he'll be back soon.

I've been doing this job for a long time,

but there are few people who are as much of a bookworm as he is.

Really?

If I'm not mistaken, he used to write too.

Oh, yeah. He was aiming to become a novelist.

A novelist.

Sorry!

Sorry.

I got carried away. I couldn't help myself.

I'm sorry!

No worries.

I'm sure it happens to everyone.

What a nice daughter.

-Did you find anything good? -What?

Oh, well... It turns out this place has the best selection of books.

So can you make this book a bit cheaper, old man?

-No! -Please! I beg you!

No way.

Come on, old man. Please make it cheaper.

I'm the only person who would buy such a book.

You idiot!

This is the first edition.

How about if I give you an old postcard for free?

That should be good enough for you.

-Okay, I'll buy it then! -Thanks.

You're such a good salesman!

You're such a bookworm!

Tachibana. You can choose a postcard.

What?

It's to thank you, and also to apologize for today.

I'm the only one who's been having fun.

I SHOULD CUT BACK ON CIGARETTES THIS MONTH...

Tachibana, did you find something?

-I choose this one. -What?

That was quick.

It's been on my mind for a while.

LET'S MEET AGAIN WHEN THE SEASON COMES AROUND.

It's a nice letter.

-Did you see the thing from yesterday? -Yeah, I did.