Finished watching #AmeToKimiTo
Very nice slice of life anime! Nothing to binge-watch, but perfect for one episode every week. I'm gonna miss it.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/59619/Ame_to_Kimi_to #AnimeVany
Ame to Kimi to

As novelist Fuji is returning home in a rainstorm, her attention is caught by something peculiar: an animal resembling a dog asking her to take it in. Although she is reluctant at first, the animal impresses her by handing her an umbrella, resulting in Fuji welcoming the creature into her apartment. Soon, Fuji realizes that the animal is even smarter than she initially thought, as it begins communicating with her through writing. Whether the two are alone or hanging out with her family and friends, Fuji's new little friend never fails to entertain with its whimsical actions. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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With You and the Rain Episode 12(.0) – “I Can Hear the Sound of the Rain”

Yeah, I know, the numbering I did for this episode is odd. But I'm not gonna let you guys be as caught off guard as I was with how this episode was...ordered? Is that the proper terminology that I should be using here? Look, I don't know, my brain is scrambled eggs at the moment. Or maybe it's sunny side up now. Who knows. So, it's time for me to divide my thoughts based on how they're divided in the episode. EPISODE 12 For this section of the episode, we have two halves: the critter asking […]

https://saratalksanime.com/2025/09/20/with-you-and-the-rain-episode-12-0-i-can-hear-the-sound-of-the-rain/

With You and the Rain Episode 11 – “New Things, Old Things”

With all the news coming out in the world, it can be hard to find peace, serenity, and calm within all of it. And, in all honesty, that's perfectly fair, since in a lot of cases, it can be hard to fully separate yourself from what's happening in the chaos of the outside world. That's when you take time to unplug yourself from the chaos in the bigger world and take time to keep yourself feeling okay mentally, and forge moments of peace whenever you can. And for me, With You and the Rain is how […]

https://saratalksanime.com/2025/09/13/with-you-and-the-rain-episode-11-new-things-old-things/

Enjoyable to see Fuji finish her work, have that introversion show through with how she was at the film preview, BEES, and a cute gift for the little one. #WithYouAndTheRain #AmeToKimiTo

With You and the Rain Episode 10 – “A River That Cannot Be Crossed”

Fuji’s writers block is so severe, it seems like the remaining episodes will be an arc detailing how Fuji deals with her writer’s block…as if the other episodes haven’t been evidence of it. Then again, the last episode was more “Fuji wants to keep the fact that she’s an author a secret from the people she knows” instead of Fuji actually dealing with writers block.

And that’s fine. Writers block can suddenly reappear after you think you’ve defeated it (even if, to my knowledge, Fuji didn’t […]

https://saratalksanime.com/2025/09/06/with-you-and-the-rain-episode-10-a-river-that-cannot-be-crossed/

Because as has come through with Ren and Mimi, Fuji can have friends who understand the distance the girl inherently wants but can still embrace there’s something underlying where they want a friend and to understand other people. #AmeToKimiTo #WithYouAndTheRain
And the show as a whole still respects Fuji’s nature, instead of treating her as someone who must change or is wrong in what they do, but tends to lean towards understanding her and not belittling her. Introversion isn’t in of itself a bad thing and it’s cool when a show embraces that. Like I don’t expect this to end with her being a little butterfly, but perhaps Kimi making her reflect a little and soften around the edges. #AmeToKimiTo #WithYouAndTheRain
I really embrace this show because it feels like an exploration of what it’d be like as a fairly independent, introverted person, who enjoys their own company, to have something that softens them. Kimi extends Fuji is both small and big ways that feel beneficial, not that she’d suddenly be outwardly clinging to others, but perhaps be not as defensive of their space which can come with introversion. #AmeToKimiTo #WithYouAndTheRain
With You And The Rain is this lovely embrace of introversion I’ve been in love with this season. Giving us this impression of Fuji after having some alcohol felt so relatable. #AmeToKimiTo #WithYouAndTheRain