After the Rain (恋は雨上がりのように)

BOTCHAN SOSEKI NATSUME

Mr. Kondo seemed a bit down that day.

I wish I could say something to him at times like this.

Not over a phone call though.

MR. KONDO

REMINDER 00

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

Messenger? You mean the app on smart phones?

HEAVY RAIN

Yes. My friend's workplace has a group chat that's approved by their manager.

They talk about things like their shifts on the group chat.

Oh, that sounds useful.

But if I'm not mistaken, Mr. Kondo...

-Oh yeah... -He has a flip phone.

You can use the messenger app on a flip phone too.

-Really? -Huh?

Well, I just thought it'd be convenient to have a group chat.

Right?

-We could text like crazy. -Right?

Texting with our manager? Give me a break. It'd be awful.

There's no way he could figure out how to use the app anyway.

Let's forget about this idea.

Tachibana, it's too bad about the group chat,

but how about we message each other?

Can you tell me your ID then?

She's disappeared again.

He can use the messenger, and text too.

Mr. Kondo probably won't be able to use the messenger app properly,

so, we can text instead.

If I could text Mr. Kondo...

KONDO TACHIBANA

CAFÉ RESTAURANT GARDEN

WINDOW BY THE WAVE

CUSTOMER REVIEW

Hello.

Oh, hi.

Let's text each other.

Would that sound weird?

Can I text you?

Right.

Mr. Kondo!

-Um... C-- Can...? -What?

Botchan is an interesting book.

Botchan?

Oh, the book you borrowed from the library the other day.

Soseki writes his books in a colloquial style,

so, it's easy to read them regardless of the reader's age.

-Uh, um... -Hm?

Was the book you borrowed interesting?

-Yeah. -What kind of book is it?

Well, it's just an ordinary work of pure literature.

The author is an acquaintance of mine.

What? That's incredible.

The author's your friend?

Yeah, kind of.

Wow, that's impressive you have a friend like that.

You're amazing, Mr. Kondo.

My friend who wrote the book is the amazing one.

I didn't do anything.

I'm just a middle-aged guy.

But, you read a lot.

There are millions of people who read books.

You can even explain books like a teacher because you know so much about them.

You're also...

You're also...

You know nothing about me.

The typhoon may reach the Kanto area today around 9:00 p.m.,

and strong winds and heavy rain are expected.

I'm off to work.

What? There's a typhoon coming.

Can't you take the day off?

Yeah.

No, I won't.

Hello.

A cold?

That's right.

Honestly, I can't believe our manager.

He caught a summer cold at a busy time like this.

Honestly, it's so inconvenient.

It happens to be Nishida's day off too.

I'm very much here, and I'm ready to work hard!

You just need to work hundred times harder at washing the dishes.

Yes, Ma'am.

Well, I don't think we'll be too busy since the weather is so bad,

-but I'm counting on you. -Okay.

Come on. Go do your job.

Oh, okay.

A cold, huh...

I'm sorry.

You can clean that up later. Go make another one.

-Hurry! -Okay!

We got past the worst of it.

Thanks to the typhoon it wasn't too bad.

The weather is awful out there.

I wonder if the trains are still running.

You must be tired, Tachibana.

You can go on your break now.

Oh, okay.

You know nothing about me.

Hey.