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Rain and After
English cover image of the fourth chapter.
雨とその後 (ame to sonogo)
Manga Chapter
Volume, chapter	Volume 1, chapter 4
Written by	Hitoshi Ashinano
Published by	Kodansha Ltd.
English publisher	Seven Seas Entertainment
Magazine	Monthly Afternoon
Page count	22

Summary

Rumbling Stripes (Japanese: しましまのごろごろ) is the third chapter of the first volume of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou. In the Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Manga Scanlations version of the chapter, it is titled "Rumblings of Thunder." Notably, volume 1, chapter 3 is the first chapter in which customers that might not already know Alpha Hatsuseno visit the café. In this chapter, readers learn that Ojisan grows watermelons, and that Alpha can't handle animal protein (even including animal byproducts such as milk and eggs).

Plot

The chapter starts with Alpha asleep in her bed. Once her alarm rings, she begins her wakeup routine by stretching, drinking some water, and then rinsing her mouth with mouthwash. As she passes her attic stairs, she thinks it might be a good way to greet the day by going up to open the attic shutters. As she tries to do so however, she finds that the attic shutters are stuck shut, and she accidentally breaks one of the doors off as she kicks it open.

As Alpha repairs her shutters, she hears Ojisan's tractor approaching her café with a trailer full of watermelon. Ojisan explains that he is thankful for her supervision of Takahiro, and offers her watermelon in exchange. Alpha, who loves watermelon, excitedly rushes down, and sticks out her hands to receive one before Ojisan exclaims that the entire trailer is for her. Alpha and Ojisan talk about how bountiful the harvest was this year, and about how Ojisan has been spending the entire day trying to give watermelon away to anyone who might want some.

Alpha ends up with 12 watermelon as Ojisan drives off with his trailer still full. Unsure of what to do with them, she brings them into the café, and tries to pretty them up for customers by putting bows on them. Just as she finishes, two customers enter and giggle at the watermelons. As Alpha serves them, she tries to get them to take a melon, but the customers point out their truck already full of watermelons just outside the café. To end the chapter, Ojisan is seen sitting in front of his gas station, with a shelf full of watermelons. Sitting at a table, Alpha glances over at her own bow-tied watermelons, and chuckles at herself.

Characters

List of Characters Present

Character	Appearance Count	Pages
Alpha Hatsuseno	59	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Ojisan	20	6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16
Customer A	8	14, 15
Customer B	8	14, 15

Locations

This chapter primarily takes place in and around Café Alpha. We see Alpha wake up in the café and start her day by accidentally breaking her shutters. She then finds herself on the roof, fixing said shutters, when Ojisan shows up. They find a grassy patch near the café to talk, before Alpha once again enters the café with her watermelon. In the final page of the chapter, there is a cutaway shot of Ojisan sitting at the gas station.

List of Locations Present

Location	Pages
Café Alpha	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Gas station	16

Reoccurring Motifs

Many of the instances of fish designs in this chapter occur due to the fish design on Alpha's apron. We also see a mug with a fish design on it, and the ever-present weathervane.

List of Reoccurring Motifs Present

Motif	Pages
Café Alpha bird mugs	1, 3
Fish designs	2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Fish weathervane	2, 9, 12