The psychology of After the Rain: A psychosocial perspective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGC5FK6uzmY - 7:56
One of the ways I find anime to reflect on is based on video recommendations from youtube.
That is how I found the video I use for this reflection. After watching the video for the first time, I
then proceeded to watch the anime (I don't do this for all these reflections actually). After watching
the anime, and this video again (several times actually - I usually do that though for the videos I use
in these reflections), I definitely was not disappointed. I think why I like After the Rain so much is
because of how down to earth and realistic it is. I will explain what I mean by this by looking into
examples of what the video says about the anime, and the two important characters in it, with the use
of psychosocial theory, an important theoretical perspective in the field of psychology.
What makes psychosocial theory, or development, an important theoretical perspective in the
field of psychology is that it can serve as a guide for what people do, and why they do it, based on
their age group. Each age group has important developmental tasks, a crisis to resolve due to these
developmental tasks, a way to resolve this crisis, and reactions to this crisis, one positive and one
negative, based on the developing person (for the purpose of this reflection, I will only focus on two of
these age groups - there are obviously more). With this in mind, let's now look at the two important
characters in this anime from a psychosocial perspective and with examples of what the video in this
reflection says about them, as well as the anime itself.
First, we have the character in high school who is most likely near the end of the age group of
early adolescence (12 - 18). The important developmental tasks for this character are
physical maturation, formal operations, emotional development, membership in the peer group, and
romantic and sexual relationships. The crisis resulting from these tasks is group identity versus
alienation and the way to resolve this crisis is peer pressure, which gets either a positive reaction of
letting your peers help you or a negative reaction of not only not letting your peers help you, but also
not being able to help yourself either. Several examples of this can be seen throughout the anime and
what the video talks about, like the importance of peer pressure for this character and how it
influences what she does, like her developmental reactions, which is also seen in the other important
character in this anime according to their age.
This other important character in this anime is the 45 - year - old that the other character interacts
with. For this character (in middle adulthood: 34 - 60), the important developmental tasks are
managing a career, nurturing an intimate relationship, expanding caring relationships, and managing
the household. The crisis resulting from these tasks is generativity versus stagnation and the way to
resolve this crisis is person - environment interaction and creativity, which gets either a positive
reaction of caring about all of this or the negative reaction of not only not caring about all of this, but
also not accepting it. In other words, helping himself, but also other people, like the other important
character in this anime, is important for the development of these characters. Several examples of this
can also be seen throughout the anime and what the video talks about, like in the swallow metaphor
described in this video.
There is much more I can say about both of these characters, this anime, and video reflection of it
that I use for my reflection, but the important thing I want to stress is that everything that happens in
this anime can be explained from a psychosocial perspective. For example, the reason we know more
about the thoughts of the older character than the younger one is because knowing more about your
thoughts, and relying on these thoughts, as well as thinking, is more important, and is clearer, with
age. The younger character clearly has trouble with this, but this trouble is due to her development, not
a preference for a certain character over another. Looking at anime from a psychosocial perspective
could also be done with other anime, but I think this is easier to do with an anime like After the Rain
due to its down to earth and realistic nature, as well as the fact that age differences are more noticeable
in it, especially between the two important characters in the anime.
One of the ways I find anime to reflect on is based on video recommendations from youtube.
That is how I found the video I use for this reflection. After watching the video for the first time, I
then proceeded to watch the anime (I don't do this for all these reflections actually). After watching
the anime, and this video again (several times actually - I usually do that though for the videos I use
in these reflections), I definitely was not disappointed. I think why I like After the Rain so much is
because of how down to earth and realistic it is. I will explain what I mean by this by looking into
examples of what the video says about the anime, and the two important characters in it, with the use
of psychosocial theory, an important theoretical perspective in the field of psychology.
What makes psychosocial theory, or development, an important theoretical perspective in the
field of psychology is that it can serve as a guide for what people do, and why they do it, based on
their age group. Each age group has important developmental tasks, a crisis to resolve due to these
developmental tasks, a way to resolve this crisis, and reactions to this crisis, one positive and one
negative, based on the developing person (for the purpose of this reflection, I will only focus on two of
these age groups - there are obviously more). With this in mind, let's now look at the two important
characters in this anime from a psychosocial perspective and with examples of what the video in this
reflection says about them, as well as the anime itself.
First, we have the character in high school who is most likely near the end of the age group of
early adolescence (12 - 18). The important developmental tasks for this character are
physical maturation, formal operations, emotional development, membership in the peer group, and
romantic and sexual relationships. The crisis resulting from these tasks is group identity versus
alienation and the way to resolve this crisis is peer pressure, which gets either a positive reaction of
letting your peers help you or a negative reaction of not only not letting your peers help you, but also
not being able to help yourself either. Several examples of this can be seen throughout the anime and
what the video talks about, like the importance of peer pressure for this character and how it
influences what she does, like her developmental reactions, which is also seen in the other important
character in this anime according to their age.
This other important character in this anime is the 45 - year - old that the other character interacts
with. For this character (in middle adulthood: 34 - 60), the important developmental tasks are
managing a career, nurturing an intimate relationship, expanding caring relationships, and managing
the household. The crisis resulting from these tasks is generativity versus stagnation and the way to
resolve this crisis is person - environment interaction and creativity, which gets either a positive
reaction of caring about all of this or the negative reaction of not only not caring about all of this, but
also not accepting it. In other words, helping himself, but also other people, like the other important
character in this anime, is important for the development of these characters. Several examples of this
can also be seen throughout the anime and what the video talks about, like in the swallow metaphor
described in this video.
There is much more I can say about both of these characters, this anime, and video reflection of it
that I use for my reflection, but the important thing I want to stress is that everything that happens in
this anime can be explained from a psychosocial perspective. For example, the reason we know more
about the thoughts of the older character than the younger one is because knowing more about your
thoughts, and relying on these thoughts, as well as thinking, is more important, and is clearer, with
age. The younger character clearly has trouble with this, but this trouble is due to her development, not
a preference for a certain character over another. Looking at anime from a psychosocial perspective
could also be done with other anime, but I think this is easier to do with an anime like After the Rain
due to its down to earth and realistic nature, as well as the fact that age differences are more noticeable
in it, especially between the two important characters in the anime.
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