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Your Lie in April
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White Album 2
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Have not watched 1 of the 2 series
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Jun 1, 2015 1:37 AM
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I just recently finished Your lie in April which I thought it was a good series,however I preferred White Album 2 due to a better execution of the story in regards to the series. They do give a similar vibe in character development and the pace of the story but White Album 2 is more realistic and dramatic.

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Jun 1, 2015 1:38 AM
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You made me curious, I'll check out white album ;)
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Jun 1, 2015 1:40 AM
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Nodame Cantabile.
Jun 1, 2015 1:40 AM
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Tenshi_Shura said:
Nodame Cantabile.

yes
Jun 1, 2015 1:46 AM
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Yeoun said:
Tenshi_Shura said:
Nodame Cantabile.

yes
this!
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Jun 1, 2015 1:46 AM
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I prefer Your Lie in April, both as a romance and as an anime.

Unyilkdr said:
Yeoun said:

yes
this!

i feel y'all
Jun 1, 2015 1:53 AM
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Tenshi_Shura said:
Nodame Cantabile.
of course
this would take those 2 down
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Jun 1, 2015 1:54 AM
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YLIA TKO'd in the first round.
Jun 1, 2015 1:55 AM
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White Album 2 is way better than Your Lie In April,which is in my opinion frankly terrible.

Nodame Cantabile on the other hand...it was good,but I may have liked White Album 2 more.
Jun 1, 2015 1:55 AM
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Shitgatsu if you fancy teenage angst, nonsensical drama, pointless blabbering of life philosophy and the phase when teenagers going through puberty.

White Album 2 if you don't mind terrible ending, forced drama and licking ice cream.
Jun 1, 2015 1:57 AM
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they both sucks tho
Jun 1, 2015 2:53 AM

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but i have not watched 2 of the 2 series
i feel underrepresented in this poll
Jun 1, 2015 3:13 AM

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Shigatsu is the lesser of two evils

And yes, Nodame is better than these 2 combined
Jun 1, 2015 3:18 AM
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Kids on the Slope
Jun 1, 2015 3:23 AM

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Kids on the Slope
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Jun 1, 2015 3:24 AM
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worldeditor11 said:
Shitgatsu if you fancy teenage angst, nonsensical drama, pointless blabbering of life philosophy and the phase when teenagers going through puberty.

White Album 2 if you don't mind terrible ending, forced drama and licking ice cream.
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shit vs shit lol nice contest


nice meme
Jun 1, 2015 3:35 AM

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Your Mom on the Slope

Jun 1, 2015 3:36 AM

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Renaultclio101 said:
They do give a similar vibe in character development and the pace of the story.
Except they really don't. Pacing wise, WA2 is shorter, and more abrupt, having the first 6 episodes with the story going forward, then 6 episodes going backwards. Shigatsu has only one backward episode (the final one) and I found it more fluid.

Character development wise, WA2 is mostly based around SOL flirtation and talking to each other about their feelings, while Shigatsu is based around overcoming trials, and introspection.
Jun 1, 2015 3:40 AM

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mayukachan said:
I prefer Your Lie in April, both as a romance and as an anime.

Unyilkdr said:
this!

i feel y'all

This
Jun 1, 2015 3:46 AM

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EratiK said:
Renaultclio101 said:
They do give a similar vibe in character development and the pace of the story.
Except they really don't. Pacing wise, WA2 is shorter, and more abrupt, having the first 6 episodes with the story going forward, then 6 episodes going backwards. Shigatsu has only one backward episode (the final one) and I found it more fluid.

Character development wise, WA2 is mostly based around SOL flirtation and talking to each other about their feelings, while Shigatsu is based around overcoming trials, and introspection.

The build up is similar. Hiding the back stories and past and them slowly throwing clues at the viewers and then having a giant climax near the end where the MC finds out the truth and changes himself. Both were pretty depressing as well in the same dramatic way.
Jun 1, 2015 3:56 AM

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Lol I just said Nodame because I prefer college over highschool since I'm a college student myself. But I don't get this Shigatsu hate that's prevalent in MAL.
Jun 1, 2015 4:19 AM

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LOL, I wondered what Your Lie in April is and forgot I finished downloading it for more than a month now. Don't know about former yet, I'm still gonna watch it, but White Album 2.... I dislike it after knowing the ending... I hate the MC....
#CHEXIT
Jun 1, 2015 4:25 AM

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both are equality overrated and equality good.
Jun 1, 2015 4:28 AM

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Darkbow said:
You made me curious, I'll check out white album ;)


You should know there are 2 version of White Album, This is the one you should be watching

http://myanimelist.net/anime/18245/White_Album_2


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Both had crap endings. Shitatsu had better music. WA2 had a better love triangle...WA2 wins because it was shorter.


WA2 hasn't been finished yet that was season 1 as the visual novel is still on going
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Jun 1, 2015 4:36 AM

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Lancehot said:


By anime standards, it had an ending. I couldn't give a rats arse about the Visual Novel.


Well the anime series followed the Visual novel route so can't really say much as I believe there is more character development afterwards.

I do feel You lie in April is repetitive and seems a lack of story development but that may be a petty issue to viewers but for me I felt the story could somehow be expanded and character personality which only Kaori succeeded.
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Jun 1, 2015 4:43 AM

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Lancehot said:
Both had crap endings. Shitatsu had better music. WA2 had a better love triangle...WA2 wins because it was shorter.

Shigatsu has a fantastic ending. Last episode was better than the ones before it.
Jun 1, 2015 4:44 AM

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mayukachan said:
Lancehot said:
Both had crap endings. Shitatsu had better music. WA2 had a better love triangle...WA2 wins because it was shorter.

Shigatsu has a fantastic ending. Last episode was better than the ones before it.


it's not fantastic, mainly because it was all obvious and predictable, sure to happen from like halfway through the series - and that kinda can't be fantastic
it's just as terrible as any episode before it
Jun 1, 2015 4:47 AM

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Lancehot said:
mayukachan said:

Shigatsu has a fantastic ending. Last episode was better than the ones before it.

The first half is good. The second half was frankly an insult to my intelligence.

I also didn't like the second half as much (mostly because of the other blonde girl) but the last episode was worth watching.
Jun 1, 2015 4:51 AM

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White Album II, because unlike Shigatsu it doesn't get boring with too many flashbacks and repeated scenes.
Jun 1, 2015 4:54 AM

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Texhnolyze has a better ending than Shigatsu
All credit goes to Sacred.
Jun 1, 2015 4:56 AM
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I haven't watched White Album 2 yet, so I'll just chose this one

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Your Mom on the Slope
Jun 1, 2015 5:00 AM

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Apples and oranges.... However for anime Your lie in April , for Visual Novel White album.
Jun 1, 2015 5:09 AM

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FireEmblemIke24 said:
Texhnolyze has a better ending than Shigatsu


that's not an achievement, though
Jun 1, 2015 5:10 AM

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FireEmblemIke24 said:
Texhnolyze has a better ending than Shigatsu

Nami ending >>>> Texhnolyze ending
Jun 1, 2015 5:12 AM

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Ridiculous to compare the two.

White Album 2 anime covers only the "PROLOGUE" of the story. The main story lies in closing chapter and coda.

WA2 Closing Chapter is one of the best VN I've ever played, I'm ignoring the shitty character designs.

While its no Baldr Dive 2 level of writing, its definitely better Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso.
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Yeoun said:
FireEmblemIke24 said:
Texhnolyze has a better ending than Shigatsu

Nami ending >>>> Texhnolyze ending
Sayuri would wreck those endings though
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Jun 1, 2015 5:20 AM

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yosuoka said:
Ridiculous to compare the two.

White Album 2 anime covers only the "PROLOGUE" of the story. The main story lies in closing chapter and coda.

WA2 Closing Chapter is one of the best VN I've ever played, I'm ignoring the shitty character designs.

While its no Baldr Dive 2 level of writing, its definitely better Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso.


Why is it ridiculous to compare the two when White Album 2 is only the prologue? What we've gotten from WA2 is already pretty damn good as a standalone piece of work.
Jun 1, 2015 5:22 AM

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Remv_quevav said:
Yeoun said:

Nami ending >>>> Texhnolyze ending
Sayuri would wreck those endings though
but nami and sayuri are not romance. it's not equal. better comapre it to shitcom.
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