Ame to Yume no Ato ni

Details

Title (kanji): 雨と夢のあとに (あめとゆめのあとに)
Title (romaji): Ame to Yume no Ato ni
Also known as: After the Rain and Dreams
Episodes: 10
Genre: Fantasy/horror drama
Viewership: 9.84%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2005-04-15 to 2005-06-17
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Theme song: "Ame to Yume no Ato ni", by Okuda Miwako

Synopsis

Based on a novel by Akutagawa Prize-winning author, Yu Miri, 'Ame to yume no ato ni' is a story about the supernatural and the bonds between a father and daughter.

Sakurai Tomoharu is a single parent who has an extremely close relationship to his daughter. One of his hobbies is catching and collecting butterflies, and he has traveled to Taiwan to catch a very rare butterfly, the Troides magellanus. It's so rare it's been called the "phantom butterfly." The legend goes that whoever catches this butterfly will become a phantom themselves.

Back in Japan, Tomoharu's daughter, Ame, hasn't received a phone call from her father in days and begins to worry. However, when Tomoharu does return, he has no recollection of how he got back to Japan, or what happened at all. Ame notices strange things beginning to happen all around her . . .

With the help of his neighbor Akiko, Tomoharu begins to piece together what happened back in Taiwan, and comes to a horrifying conclusion.

- synopsis by awrittensin

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Episode Titles

Ep 01: 「死んでも君を守る」 "Even If I Die, I'll Protect You"
Ep 02: 「母を探す美少女霊」 "The Ghost of a Beautiful Girl Searches For Her Mother"
Ep 03: 「告白」 "Confession"
Ep 04: 「親」"Parents"
Ep 05: 「嘘」"Lie"
Ep 06: 「別離・第一章完結」"Separation - The Conclusion of the First Chapter"
Ep 07: 「破綻」"Broke"
Ep 08: 「決心」"Resolution"
Ep 09: 「暁子」"Akiko"
Ep 10: 「希望~永遠の雨~」"Hope ~ Eternal Rain"

-- translated by awrittensin

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