Your Lie in April
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| I'm watching this over and over! I just love this episode, specially the way Arima plays in the end, it was beautiful! |
| This episode was so beautiful!!!! I was almost at tears since the very beginning but that last part with his mom smiling just hit it off for me! :') Fucking Kousei Arima and his newly lost-and-found piano skills. This show is breaking me. |
| Not a trace of regret on his face. >_< Best line I've read in the sub for this episode! XD |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| Well he pulled it together at the end |
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| This episode confirms yet again that this is seriously the best anime of the season, it was beautiful to watch on many levels. I believe the woman at the end, who called him "Mr. Mediocre", was the woman who originally discovered his talent. His mother's friend, or something like that. I'm guessing, even though I have refrained for the time being from reading the manga, that she will become his new teacher. I kind of dislike his dependence on Kaori, I know he's in love and no one else matters to a boy in love- but it's inevitably going to end badly for him. I love Kaori as a character and a catalyst, but playing only for the sake of someone else isn't the way to go. If you can't do it for yourself, for your own sake, you shouldn't even try it. So far I think Emi's performance has been the most powerful, and I love how flustered she gets about Arima. Her almost confession last episode and the way she could see his imagery when he played for Kaori, she's got the makings of a very strong character and I hope to see more of her in the remaining episodes. In fact, I may actually ship Emi x Arima more than Kaori x Arima even though I find Kaori to be a very beautiful and lovable character with her passion and ruthlessness. |
| Odds are I'm not going to find my way back to a thread after my first post, it happens on occasion but not often. So, if I say something that offends you and you feel the need to force your opinion on me because obviously everyone should have your opinion or none at all, feel free to post it in the thread that I'll probably never see again. However, if you are interested in intelligent discourse, feel free to message me. |
| While music and visuals were up to standard again, I wasn't impressed with these last two episodes. I'm surprised though, as I didn't expect him to completely or at least partly overcome his past trauma and the transition between those three styles was an interesting way to depict that. I find the romance a little redundant here, yeah he's in love with Kaori and he's come out with it, okay fine, not that there should be any expectation that anything will come from it. I particularly liked that prologue at the start with Watari. Good episode? I think so, but I've lost track of some of the inventive charm from earlier performances while watching and repeated dialogue has played some real irritance along with the trickling pace. |
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mayukachan said: Kaioshin_Sama said: Most threads are enough of an echo chamber of "the feels" and "I cried this many buckets" It's almost as if you haven't read the meaningful comments in this thread. This thread has meaningful comments? Looks like it's just mostly made up of the usual interchangeable fan-wanking comments you can find in just about any A-1 show thread on MAL. |
Kaioshin_Sama said: mayukachan said: It's almost as if you haven't read the meaningful comments in this thread. This thread has meaningful comments? Looks like it's just mostly made up of the usual interchangeable fan-wanking comments you can find in just about any A-1 show thread on MAL. Yo, have you not read surfboard and Skyleo's discussions? Even as a classical musician, I don't understand most of what they're talking about. |
mayukachan said: Kaioshin_Sama said: This thread has meaningful comments? Looks like it's just mostly made up of the usual interchangeable fan-wanking comments you can find in just about any A-1 show thread on MAL. Yo, have you not read surfboard and Skyleo's discussions? Even as a classical musician, I don't understand most of what they're talking about. Oh those. Those are a bit of a nice breather from the usual declarations of how beautifully beautiful and monumental the show is week to week. Surfboard- in particular seems to be one of those rare types around here that can see right through all the glitz and glamour to what is really going on with this show and has definitely provided some more food for thought than I figured I'd ever see in these threads so my bad for not acknowledging that above. [quote=PrinceTY] Nidhoeggr said: [ ..And your post is a giant ad hominem. And unlike E Minor, you do not even present arguments, you just say "shit taste". I guess I prefer E Minor's opinion that is presented with some facts and actual pros and cons over your simple insult. Then again, that itself is probably what qualifies me as a hipster in a medium that is dominated by teenagers and otaku, who - and let's be a bit more honest here - demand an aboslute criticism-free enviroment that negates all negativity simply out of their own insecurity. But I digress. Quality MALpost right here. |
PeacingOutDec 12, 2014 9:03 PM
Kaioshin_Sama said: mayukachan said: It's almost as if you haven't read the meaningful comments in this thread. This thread has meaningful comments? Looks like it's just mostly made up of the usual interchangeable fan-wanking comments you can find in just about any A-1 show thread on MAL. That's not an A-1 exclusive thing. That's every episode discussion thread on this entire site. |
| show is starting to testing my patience this felt like a repeat of his performance with Kaori minus her being on stage with him,though i'm glad he finally over-came his trauma was getting worried we wouldn't have time left if they focused the whole show on it but i just noticed it's a 2cour |
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Nidhoeggr said: dont tell me you just quoted moesucks.. LMAOhttp://moesucks.com/2014/12/11/shigatsu-wa-kimi-no-uso-ep-10-magical-golden-balls/ I really think this says it all, the constant heavy-handedness and slightly pretentious, condencending tone coupled with the constant interruptions through "revealing" monologue that just repeats itself over and over really ruined what could have been the best scene in the entire series. It's pathetic how this Nodame wannabee is too stuck up its own arse to be actually entertaining and about music, rather than just about at best mediocre character interactions full of anime cliches. Kaioshin_Sama said: i can smell the elitist in you and its suffocating. I don't know why you keep posting on these forums if you hate half the anime produced in today's industry, yet you stick around and watch every single one of 'em.This sort of thing is wasted here IMO where people will only ever see what's just on the surface of the show and what is immediately obvious about it which it amusingly makes even more obvious with the dialogue. Clearly this show does not think much of it's audience. Anyway if it plays itself off like it's deep and profound than that is what it is, no other considerations to be made on MAL. MAL has decided yet another pretentious overwrought A-1 show is a beautiful masterpiece, they (A-1) count on this sort of thing and this sort of audience to keep themselves going and feed their own massive ego and are really good at convincing those sorts of people that their shows are deep and exceptional. Just kind of have to smile and nod really. |
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| I really liked the prologue Watari and Kousei. And the 2nd part of the performance was good. Other than that, I find the episode to be a bit average. |
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| I don't hate this show. As much people say its a pretentious show and glorificaion of female-male violence with Kaori and Tsubaki hiding behind its happy go lucky tone, trying to force everyone to think "it's not so serious guys". People are like he's been abused as a child and is traumatized, this is awful. Meh, if Kousei's fine with it, why are you bothered by it, ok maybe it contradicts torwards his abuse with his mom in some way, its anime slapstick not like you never seen it before. The in your face nature of this show is the selling point, I just think its trying too hard. I don't mind the slapstick. Those pretentious lines are pretty common in the pure shoujo/romance genre so they are not too abnormal. Maybe its drowning in its melodrama. Maybe its just a mediocre show hiding behind pretty animation (ahem fate/stay night UBW). Anyway its not terrible |
| My life is boring cause I'm boring If you're not at school what can you do, you stare at a screen of bright pixels |
| http://gyazo.com/204ba2e8ccfb5ee272c92c793488a6e9 ^ that's some deep sh!t man .. |
Kaioshin_Sama said: mayukachan said: Yo, have you not read surfboard and Skyleo's discussions? Even as a classical musician, I don't understand most of what they're talking about. Oh those. Those are a bit of a nice breather from the usual declarations of how beautifully beautiful and monumental the show is week to week. Surfboard- in particular seems to be one of those rare types around here that can see right through all the glitz and glamour to what is really going on with this show and has definitely provided some more food for thought than I figured I'd ever see in these threads so my bad for not acknowledging that above. The ironic thing is that you are by far the most toxic person on this thread so far. And don't get me wrong, I am not a fanboy pissed at you by your opinions, as I too think that Shigatsu is a show FAR from perfect. Yeah, the majority of people use the episode discussion post to express quick toughts about how they felt about the episode, while others analyze things more deeply. Why does that bother you so much? I like to think about what I'm watching, but everyone have to be a critic (who agrees with your opinion) or they are dumb people with no brains? WTH is that? Anime is entretainment in the first place, not everyone wants to be a super l333tz critic as yourself, some people just want to enjoy a piece of entertainment without thinking too much about it. In what world does that gives you the right to act almighty and insult people for no reason? |
| Ohh, thread consisting arguments, lol. |
-Skyleo- said: Interesting point here. Can you explain further what you mean ? From the beginning of the series, Kousei is presented to us as a prodigy piano player, one that play the score perfectly and don't miss the tempo. We also get to know about his mother's training program, and a little later we also get to know everybody's opinions about Kousei as a pianist. What do we get from it? That Arima doesn't have his own will over the piano and all that he is just there to play everything perfectly and win competitions. We start to think that Kousei doesn't really think about much about the music he is playing or his tastes/feelings towards it. Isn't that right and wasn't it one of the topics we could see through the past episode discussions? Well, everybody (us and the anime characters) are wrong. The first to realize Kousei actually cares about music and his own feelings is Emi, but we don't get to hear what Arima played in that first competition so we can't really have a final say, but we do know that she got inspired enough to play the piano, and had a flashback of her feelings during this competition. Another factor that evidences that Kousei isn't about memorizing the score and reproducing as if a robot comes when he get his trauma regarding to not being able to hear the notes. Once he stop listening to himself, he can't keep up with the playing. He isn't playing because he just memorized the score, but because he actually learned the music and guides himself through it by both the score and how it sounds. I mentioned Beethoven right? Kousei could do the same if he managed to pay attention to the frequencies each note emit, and even if he doesn't realize this possibility, he still could fake his problem by simply playing by the score, since he is the human-metronome, right? Despite I said this as a certain thing, this is nothing but what I believe it actually takes place in the anime. His trauma isn't totally clarified, so this argument shouldn't be taken as a definitive thing. But the part where he decided to "play for Kaori" for me felt like a manifestation that he actually isn't the meme-metronomemetik guy we used to thnk of. -Skyleo- said: Yeah, I think it's probably something like this. I don't think it was that ugly, clumsy may be a more appropriate word, well, at least for me. About the string arrangement, honestly, I personally found it unnecessary, but it was beautifully made and I don't mind. Clumsy definitely fits the description of what happened, yeah. And the string arrangement was beautiful and even if unnecessary, its not like we're there to hate it, since we've seen something a lot more cruel done to Emi (Jesus Christ, whoever had that idea to add percussion and the guitar, just kill yourself). -Skyleo- said: Tbh, I can't help but think the idea to play music (or any other art) only for someone is err... "Immature", maybe ? I think the whole idea of 'playing music' is somewhat spiritual and constitute a long path toward yourself. You can play or make music for someone, I have no problem with that, but you have to play for yourself beforehand. I think that, after a certain age, you absolutely have to play in order to seek for yourself through music because it can help you to learn to understand and, musically speaking, appreciate yourself. Then it allows you to fully understand your feelings toward someone/something. And finally, you will be able to assume your choices and your feelings through your music/playing. It's a long process. Ironically, my point of view is also very cheesy, because, basically, it's something like "learning to love yourself allows you to fully love someone else", but I believe in this kind of thing and I find it more subtle and closer to the truth than just "I will play for her". And Chopin's music is not just about romanticism, his music is also all about subtlety. So yeah. As a result, I don't disagree with the message Shigatsu was trying to send in this episode, but I can't help to think it was presented in a clumsy way, the all "only for you, thank you, thank you, thank you" was, as far as I'm concerned, more reminiscent of someone like Lionel Richie than Chopin. I love the dialogue in Shigatsu. I think it's the essence of the show, but in this episode I find Kousei's monologue not enough poetic, and a bit too honeyed, maybe, I don't know. To do that in a recital is definitely an immature and selfish approach (he could secretly do it while playing it in his first attempt, whatever), but for the situation I think it was a proper resolution, since Kousei wasn't in a good mental condition, it felt like he was inebriated by his own thoughts and Kaori, enough to make he decide to do the "absurd". Just look at his gestures while playing, doesn't it look like he is alone in his own world (autism topkek omfg xDdDdD) enjoying himself for a while? I think this is the typical posture he would have while learning the piece, enjoying himself, smiling and laughing over the playstyles and possibilities he could give into it. At least it is something I do once in a while. While I don't disagree with your opinions towards playing music and learning it (its more than fitting, a reality for me and a bunch more of players or amateurs like me), sometimes the world can present us beautiful music through Kousei's resolution. For example, Beethoven wrote his Sonata No.14 while in love with his pupil. The fact isn't 100% proved, but not only this sonata is dedicated to her (well, this is legit) he was probably in love with her, as he wrote to a friend (in the same year he completed the sonata): "My life is once more a little more pleasant, I'm out and about again, among people – you can hardly believe how desolate, how sad my life has been since these last two years; this change was caused by a sweet, enchanting girl, who loves me and whom I love. After two years, I am again enjoying some moments of bliss, and it is the first time that – I feel that marriage could make me happy, but unfortunately she is not of my station – and now – I certainly could not marry now." The poet Petrarca also had a one-sided love with Laura de Noves and dedicated a lot of poems to her. Later, in Italy, some musicians started to compose madrigals using Petrarca's poems for Laura and among them there was Nicola Vicentino. Just look how based and beautiful this madrigal is |
surfboard_Dec 13, 2014 4:40 AM
| It's funny how much of a difference there is in what he played at first, and what he played at the end. The beginning was so depressing to listen to that it almost seemed like he was playing off key :P |
| For those who seek perfection, there can be no rest on this side of the grave. Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment. |
| Shigatsu....i try to get angry with you with your over the top melodrama but why do you leave me so satisfied after every episode. >.< |
| Shigatsu....i try to get angry with you with your over the top melodrama but why do you leave me so satisfied after every episode. >.< |
Lacertoss said: The ironic thing is that you are by far the most toxic person on this thread so far. And don't get me wrong, I am not a fanboy pissed at you by your opinions, as I too think that Shigatsu is a show FAR from perfect. Yeah, the majority of people use the episode discussion post to express quick toughts about how they felt about the episode, while others analyze things more deeply. Why does that bother you so much? I like to think about what I'm watching, but everyone have to be a critic (who agrees with your opinion) or they are dumb people with no brains? WTH is that? Anime is entretainment in the first place, not everyone wants to be a super l333tz critic as yourself, some people just want to enjoy a piece of entertainment without thinking too much about it. In what world does that gives you the right to act almighty and insult people for no reason?  |
| I disliked this episode, but I'm finally glad they finally sh*t the performance that was dragged for far too long in my opinion. Also I didn't feel any emotion from the performance nor did I feel the atmosphere they tried to create, so I really didn't enjoy all the commotion about it. :/ Shame, but hopefully next episodes will be better. |
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| Kousei is finally back, it took 10 episodes out of 22 but this episode were great, Anyway is it really that good that he playing just for someone else again. i get a bad vibes here, i think that something bad going to happend to Kaori and Kousei will break again. |
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| I really want to be immersed in this story, but sometimes this anime is too much. |
| Don't play for anyone but yourself, Kousei. It's okay to get inspired by Kaori, but making her the "reason for playing" will eventually lead to the same trauma he was struggling with up till now. |
| The episode ended and it seemed great and all but to be honest it felt like I was watching a 1 hour long episode with contents worth mentioning only of 5 mins. I am starting to think now the anime is getting more credit than it should have. I hope they pick the pace up. |
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| The first half of the performance was terrible, then he stopped and continued again. That comeback was absolutely beautiful, I felt like the audience. That lady at the end though, dammnnnn. |
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| Not a bad performance, but Emi's performance seemed better to me. Still, this episode finally showed Kousei getting over his fear of the piano. Really interested in where this goes next, hopefully not a tragedy. |
"You either die an Ashita no Joe, or you live long enough to see yourself become a Naruto."  |
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| Great episode, Kousei's performance reached me as well. That music with violin, so overwhelming. At last, Kousei is improving with his play. Is that Kousei's sister at the end? |
| A great but not without its flaws episode, the build up from last episode did not meet my expectations, yet because of character development i forgave it, but i must say, this show is floooding with flashbacks that were all acxustomed to.( i mean kousei stop with dem flashbacks, i know whats your story now so please stop it) I do hope the next arc after this is great and focus more on music part of the show, Kousei performance was to me, was exactly like the audiences reaction i felt "calm and soothing" And to you guys that say this is a "i love you kaori performance" i say you are wrong, its a "thank tou Kaori performance" as he is not stating he likes her , he's sjust saying thank you to her PRAISE TO EMI X ARIMA!!!!! |
| Why be Someone Else .When the only thing you know is how to be Awesome and Fantastic! Am I right or What? Self Five! I Thank You guys for having the time to read my sig thx! |
| Does anyone have a high quality pic of Kousei playing with the cherry blossom and the starry night sky in the background? *.* |
Smudy said: Does anyone have a high quality pic of Kousei playing with the cherry blossom and the starry night sky in the background? *.* 720p screenshots~ http://imgur.com/2mbgtOT,pBU9WKW,dKIDTVS |
| Thank you! Tried to look for it everywhere with reasonably good quality. :D |
Smudy said: Thank you! Tried to look for it everywhere with reasonably good quality. :D If you need anything specific, feel free to PM/profile comment me :) |
| Can you feel the love tonight? I sense someone falling in love <3 |
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| Spring has come for a passionate adolescent. If you weren't turned off by the overbearing delivery of the show, this episode is quite possibly one of the most surreal, beautiful moments in the anime medium. This is what I love about the anime medium. This is why I can get passionate about my cartoons far more than I ever will for 'realistic' or straight up live-action stories. 10/10. |
| God damn, I literally had to skip 3/4 of this episode because I kept thinking HOW LONG ARE THEY GOING TO DRAG THIS OVER THE TOP MELODRAMA???!!!! Way to ruin the music though at this point I'm convinced this show is more about over dramatic internal struggle while spouting as many pretentiously cheesy lines as possible than about music. It is great when they actually gave us music like the back-to-back performances of Arima's rivals but it seems those are the exceptions rather than the norm. |
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| Well that was a satifsying conclusion to that part. Really good. Loved how it all played out in the end. |
MoeGod said: God damn, I literally had to skip 3/4 of this episode because I kept thinking HOW LONG ARE THEY GOING TO DRAG THIS OVER THE TOP MELODRAMA???!!!! Way to ruin the music though at this point I'm convinced this show is more about over dramatic internal struggle while spouting as many pretentiously cheesy lines as possible than about music. It is great when they actually gave us music like the back-to-back performances of Arima's rivals but it seems those are the exceptions rather than the norm. I know right? I really hope theres no more melodrama after this and focus more on Relationship and music.....Especially the Music part |
| Why be Someone Else .When the only thing you know is how to be Awesome and Fantastic! Am I right or What? Self Five! I Thank You guys for having the time to read my sig thx! |
| i love how there's two kinds of reactions in this episode. hahaha either: MoeGod said: God damn, I literally had to skip 3/4 of this episode because I kept thinking HOW LONG ARE THEY GOING TO DRAG THIS OVER THE TOP MELODRAMA???!!!! Way to ruin the music though at this point I'm convinced this show is more about over dramatic internal struggle while spouting as many pretentiously cheesy lines as possible than about music. It is great when they actually gave us music like the back-to-back performances of Arima's rivals but it seems those are the exceptions rather than the norm. or ZeroHumor said: Spring has come for a passionate adolescent. If you weren't turned off by the overbearing delivery of the show, this episode is quite possibly one of the most surreal, beautiful moments in the anime medium. This is what I love about the anime medium. This is why I can get passionate about my cartoons far more than I ever will for 'realistic' or straight up live-action stories. 10/10. |
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