After the Rain
Best Anime of 2018 (Must Watch Anime)
After the Rain’s premise is a little out of the ordinary, even when it comes to anime’s standards. To put it very bluntly, 17-year-old Akira Tachibana falls in love with a man that’s over twice her age while working at a restaurant part-time.
I assure you, as strange as that may sound, there’s plenty more than just questionable relationships in this show.
Akira is a terribly flawed character who once loved running track and field, yet can no longer perform the way she used to thanks to an injury she sustained. Akira’s crush is a 45-year-old divorcee who’s barely getting by in life and whose colleagues think he’s a complete moron.
After the Rain certainly makes viewers wonder what love truly is, and if society can really put up distinctions as to what is or isn’t permissible in love.
Is Akira’s attraction for an older man something to condone, or does she just see a lot of herself in him?
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card
Best Anime of 2018 (Must Watch Anime)
The joy that is Cardcaptor Sakura is back and better than ever in the Clear Card saga. Everyone’s favorite magical girl returns alongside all her friends nearly two decades since we last saw her.
Equipped with modern technology like a smartphone, Sakura feels as if she transcends time itself, as there’s no noticeable difference between the show that aired in the 90’s and the show that’s airing right now. All of that innocent charm remains, too.
In the new Clear Card arc, Sakura is tasked with finding out how all of her cards have mysteriously turned blank and powerless.
In trying to find out the cause, she uncovers a whole new set of transparent cards. It’s all basically a repeat of what we’ve seen before, yet it still warrants a watch to witness everything come to life in a modern atmosphere.
