Your Lie in April
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| What a beautiful -yet sad- conclussion to an amazing series. Best anime I've seen in ages. |
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| By Far the greatest anime of all time |
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| Was an 8/10 from the start of the season but I'll justify it and (may) bump it to a 9/10 just for a satisfying experience overall. Ignore my MAL rating. I'm seeing how high it can get. :^) This was a very colourful and dynamic show that let me emit different kinds of feelings. I'm glad the Kousei and Kaori relationship got resolution in the end. I also liked seeing Kousei's character grow from a traumatized boy to a musician who plays for himself instead of for others. He learned to live, grow, and be happy with what he already has. The music selection was excellent, coming from a fellow classical musician. I really enjoyed most performances. My favourites would be the last one (Chopin Etude in G Minor iirc), Emi's Winter Wind, and the one in episode 4. I thought that the insert songs were amazing as well, like mixing Debussy's Clair de Lune with an original song. Loved that. The letter scene was by far the best in this episode. (too lazy to post in ep 21 but the snow scene was magnificent) Another thing I really enjoyed was the symbolism. Even if the characters spoke in metaphors way too often, I really like how they connected nature and other various symbols like colour with characters and the storyline. Like others have said, flaws include misplaced comedy (or just unfunny humour) and sometimes it does feel too forced. I had some moments where I stopped caring about this show (which most airing shows get from me tbh) also currently reading the manga which is also pretty great so far. great foreshadowinggggg |
| Well shit.. I knew it was gonna happen, I felt the cocktease when she first collapsed, but I still got my hopes up, shit got me with a knot in my throat. Thank You A-1 Pictures - You've fucked me again 9/10 |
| shout out to all of the musicians that watched this anime T_T so many feels 10/10 |
| Second saddest Anime I've watched after Clannad? Maybe. I cried on almost every episode at the second season of Clannad but it was probably because it was the very first time I started watching anime, and tearjerker at that. Since I rate my shows on enjoyment, this was an easy 10/10. Though the drama can be very cheesy which made me cringe a bit. The concour, that was amazing. I've never even heard of such thing before in my life but everytime they play at the concour it always seem to amaze me. Came for the art, stayed for the story. Can't wait for the OVA. |
| The series dragged a bit in the middle but most of the performances were pretty heartfelt (and the work they put in to animating the fingers so accurately was actually kinda cool). The soundtrack was beautiful and the ending episode was really feelsy - especially the part with the ED 1 insert. The plot wasn't that much of a plot, but I did enjoy the premise of musicians inspiring other musicians. 8/10 |
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| this show is overrated 7/10 |
| 八雲立つ 出雲八重垣 妻籠みに 八重垣作る その八重垣を |
 Ending i expected. GG with animation. |
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| I an in a depression right now. I literally couldn't concentrate the whole day at school today and almost let some tears out. Kaori was such an amazing girl. To let her die, her vanishing from the world never to brighten my day with that amazing smile and funny outrageous attitude.......it just hurts. I guess this wound will only heal with time. I wish there was some way I could change the ending. |
| What was Kaori's sickness?? 7/10. I have to say, since the very beginning to the fucking ending, I fucken hate Tsubaki. omg, how much of a fucking prick does she has to be? I hope he didn't stay with her in the LN. On another note, this was very good. Not a masterpiece like a lot of people have voted but yeah, very good. If it wasn't for all those beatings, especially the childhoods friend ones, then an 8/10 i would give, but the slapstick is really nasty on this one. |
| There's no magical spell to save someone's life. |
Alpha101 said: I an in a depression right now. I literally couldn't concentrate the whole day at school today and almost let some tears out. Kaori was such an amazing girl. To let her die, her vanishing from the world never to brighten my day with that amazing smile and funny outrageous attitude.......it just hurts. I guess this wound will only heal with time. I wish there was some way I could change the ending. I feel you man. I personally hated the ending as well, I probably would give my life for her to live on. I wish there was a different ending but we cant always have what we want in life. |
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| It'd be suprising for me if they'd let her stay alive. That'd be original, honestly. |
| I feared such an ending but boy was it a bittersweet ending! I really just loved how they finished it, it was just so beautiful in so many ways that I just have too less words to describe the beauty of this anime. Another amazing fact is that it's been so long that I've seen an anime with such a good pacing that I've marathoned the whole series while I was originally planning to watch 10 episodes at first! Just unbelievable good! All in all this anime was great anime a lot of epic factors played role here while not a complete 10/10 this certainly is worth a big fat 9/10!!! |
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| Wow I never knew that she wore contacts, she looked so good with glasses! If she didn't die... I would be like well that's one good ending down the drain. Seriously though, everything was really well thought, emotional, it really pieced me in my metephysical heart! I was deeply moved by Kousei's growing up fueled by many people, and Kaori that started it all. I feel like Watari was left in a dark a little, maybe because Mangaka overshadowed him or he just wasn't all that important but he seems to be a little bit too supporty. There's still so much to say but it feels like ENOUGH was covered but there could've been more potential with other with Kousei and other characters as well. Finally the symbolism of them playing together... was... alright i'll stop typing no.... |
Zarny said: I'm a 25 year old man with a full beard, and i just finished balling my eyes out. God damnit. I knew how this was going to end, from the moment the show even hinted at her being sick, I knew she was going to die, but I still held hope that maybe, just maybe, there would be a happy ending. NOPE. There was no hope, hope does not exist. Anime exists to crush hopes and dreams. I feel hollow inside. 9/10 I fucking loved that show. i absolutely agree with you i just ,just hoped that if kaori lived the anime would've been masterpiece......sadly the world isn't fair |
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| I kind of expected that Kaori would appear healthy unexpectedly while Kousei was looking down and walking, because she usually did that in the series, but when the grave scene played, my heart had been crushed to powder </3 and the letter, the flashbacks, i need a UV drip, I'm legitimately dehydrated from tears holy fish and chips </3 10/10, colorful, sorrowful, i wish it was divided into two seasons, it had a lot of skips to me although i didn't read the manga |
          Galaxy's Dorkiest |
| not a single tear was shed.. beautiful anime though.. glad she died (in a good way) 8.5/10 |
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| The way the performance wrapped up was great, and then I got slapped in the face with all of the emotion multiple times in a row. Kousei ending the performance with "Goodbye" and Kaori disappearing, Kaori's parents handing Kousei the letter she wrote after the last time they talked, him actually reading the letter; I had been tearing up throughout this section but once he got to the section where she said "buy me a violin because I want Kousei to play piano for me" I started crying, then calmed down a little, and then when she was listing her favorite memories with him I actually started crying again, and then did so yet again after she dropped the "I love you." Continued to tear up when Kaori ended the letter with "Thank you" and Kousei responed with "I'm being selfish, I should be the one thanking you," when Tsubaki told Kousei she'd stay with him forever and be his "guardian angel", and when Kousei ended the series with "A spring without you is coming." Great finale to a great series. 9/10 in my book. Story was solid, art and animation were very good, the OP, ED, and OST choices were brilliant, the characters were awesome (seemed like everyone got appropriate development time as well as an intriguing backstory (aside from Watari, who for some reason got next to none of that)), and I just overall loved it. And, now we know why the series is called "Your Lie In April". You'll be missed, Kaori. Edit 1: Just realized during my "post finale thinking" the meaning behind Kaori appearing during Kousei's performance. Kousei asked her to perform with him one last time - this is why she did the physical therapy and opted for the surgery. However, when Kousei saw Kaori's ghost appear during his performance, he realized it meant the surgery was failing, yet Kaori still wanted to have that one last performance with him. As she begins to disappear/fade away, she is slowly fading away from the real world; this is why Kousei whispers "Goodbye" at the end. Very deep and touching, made me tear up again when I finally realized the meaning behind all of that. "Did I reach you? I really hope I reached you." What a perfect way to bring that line back after having it repeated throughout the show; this was the one where reaching the person meant the most. Edit 2: Damn, I just can't stop thinking about this anime. I've been listening to the OST almost all day since I finished, and rewatched the last episode again. I've come to realize that this is one of those special anime that actually affects me in real life. Just like Clannad: After Story made me realize that I should not take family for granted, and really strive to spend quality time with those that I love, Your Lie In April did the same for me with my friends. I just took my friends for granted and never really think about how I should feel so lucky/happy to have as great a group of friends as I do, especially with college coming up in just a few months, which will take all that away from me. Additionally, this anime, through Kousei and Kaori, made me realize how important it is to pursue something that you truly love, no matter how difficult. I've been on and off about starting a band, learning guitar and how to sing better, and putting off doing vocal covers for a while now, but I think that now I'm actually going to get back on that and try to improve. Thank you, Your Lie In April. I will never forget these feelings and lessons. |
jdimaria3Apr 24, 2015 8:59 PM
| I knew this was going to happen. But when it happened I wasn't ready for the feels. I cried like a 3 year old boy. (When she wrote I love you it was over for me holy fuck) |
| The second half of the episode was actually quite moving. Too bad, as much as I liked Kaori, for some reason I couldn't care much about her during the rest of the show. And all those death flags and the most obvious "foreshadowings" I've ever seen, did a great job at desensitizing (rather than preparing) me to her eventual death. I found Tsubaki and even Nagi's scenes to be much more emotional in comparison. Overall, it's a 6/10 for me. The first half was a lot better, especially the first 6 episodes. After that, the overuse of monologues, especially in the middle of performances, the cheesy dialogues that tried too hard to manipulate me into crying, ruined the show for me. But I'm glad at least one childhood friend (I hope) managed to defeat the all powerful anime (manga and visual novels) cliche of childhood friends never winning. |
VhailorMay 2, 2015 4:26 AM
dwdante said: this garbage is horrible Intelligent post. |
| I need a hug right now, do you guys feel the same ? sometimes i hate a cliche ending where the hero and the heroine can live happily ever after, that anime logic that you can't even understand. But the ending of this anime is just to real that it's so painful to watch, i was hoping for a miracle even a cliche ending where Kaori's surgery was success and she can live and do performance with Kousei. I hate Kousei for being such a coward, he didn't even say a word about his feeling to Kaori, at least if he is a man, he should've said " i Love you" to Kaori, i mean he's manly enough to say that to Watari, but i want to see him saying that to Kaori and make her smile before she passed away Overall score 10/10, no i feel so empty thanks to this anime |
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| Is this a cliche live-action Asian drama in anime form? It probably is. Does that mean it's horrible and it can't make you feel anything? No it doesn't. It was still sweet and sentimental. If only the main was a little less childish shoujoish in his face expressions and reactions. This show would have been absolutely amazing. |
Good decision A-1 pictures for respecting the effort of the original author but still the feels man,it hurts Oh Shigatsu Wa kimi ni Uso  |
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T_Tri said: Just finished watching this anime and I'm really cut up about the ending. Honestly binging it was the worst because I felt like a part of their world and now it's like a part of me is gone. I know it's fiction but it feels like I actually lost someone and now will never know more things about them. How does Arima cope with such things is what I can't understand? I would be utterly crushed being in his position but I guess I'm not a musician so cannot fully relate? Every anime I've watched always gives the miracle ending so when I saw the conclusion of this one I was absolutely destroyed. Wasn't sure where to turn to with these feelings so thanks for hearing me out here. I've already posted my opinion about the last episode of this show but I completely ignored other people's comment because of how heavy it is deep inside of me that I was only able to convey it with few words. I understand how everyone here is devastated after watching the last episode and I definitely agree with you about the fact that you were able to connect to something despite it being a fictional piece. And that connection proves that the author of this series is someone with amazing writing skills. If only the author has his own website or any social media account, then everyone of us here will be able to thank him for writing something worth of our tears. |
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| Episode 22 of Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso is one of the best heart touching episodes I have seen. First part of this episode was okay but later in which he read her letter, It was freaking awesome. I watched it 4 to 5 times and I cried every time :D |
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| I honestly think her death saved the show. It was a beautiful Anime series related to music but we've seen plenty of that. I would've rated it lower if she survived because it would've been going against the premise it initially tried to build. What I liked about it was the realism. In reality, surgery or medicine won't save you in some cases. My parents, aunt and cousin all passed away and modern medicine couldn't save them. The only thing I disliked in the series was that I felt that Tsubaki and Ryouta were abandoned. Like they were simply there to give Arima some leverage. We didn't even get to see much of Ryouta's background either. Overall, the series was good but it was too much drama and feels for me. |
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| I really can't think of a better end than this one. That's true that an happy ending could have been possible, but , the thing that she died makes more sense to her personnality. Things like " i want that people remember me" or else ... you understand more things about her personnality |
| Oh well its over... Kaori died like we knew she probably would. Its been quite a while since I felt this sad about a anime.... So about the letter Kaori parents gave Kousei, she lied about liking Watari so she could get closer to Kousei, the one she truly loved.... the saddest thing about this is that this lie was the main reason Kousei never declared his love for her.... I was hoping (although I knew it was very unlikely) that Kaori and Kousei would play music together again. Sadly it didn't happened. My score - 9/10 |
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