Your Lie in April
| Agreed with everything. I was sickened by the anime three episodes in, but I still watched the rest just to find out what the fuss was all about. Nope, didn't like it; didn't like it at all. Kousei is very clearly suffering from some sort of mental trauma from his abuse (my armchair diagnosis says PTSD, but what do I know) and playing the piano is a trigger for him. People who are supposed to be his friends - who also have full knowledge about his abuse - are forcing this poor child to continuously face his trigger, then acting offended when he isn't magically "cured". I didn't like either Kaori or Tsubaki for exactly the reasons you mentioned and it was especially horrifying when both of them essentially ganged up on him. No, it's not cute because they're two little girls and he's a boy, and boys can't be bullied by girls, amirite? Tsubaki was arguably worse, especially since it's been proven that she's physically stronger than Kousei and is constantly hitting him for "comedy". Just.. no. I can't describe my rage at her character when this happened. So when I watched it, a lot of my friends on a Discord server made similar observations to mine, albeit less harsh, save for this one guy. His personality is a lot like Kousei's - he's quiet, sweet and quite introverted - and he loved Shigatsu to bits. I didn't want to out and out fight him because he'd been nothing but stellar ever since I'd known him, so we got to discussing Kousei as a character. See where I thought that Tsubaki and Kaori's pushiness was uncomfortable, this guy put it down to the girls doing what friends do. He's quite introverted like I said and hated going outside to hang with friends, so his friends would often bug him till he gave in. So he just saw the girls as friends with good intentions. End of the discussion, he still stood by his point and I didn't engage any further. I liked the guy a lot and I didn't want to burn any bridges over anime. I imagine that most anime viewers are like him, hence the high scores and critical acclaim. This became longer than I expected it to. I clearly have a lot of feelings about this anime. (￣▽￣;) |
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| Yea this violence humour is the only point big thing i dislike about this show... |
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| I think you've made a good point worth considering, and it's very interesting. However, in my opinion, and being an introvert myself, I can see 1. how introverts would be affected positively by attention from friends when they want to keep all of their emotions inside of them. That's not psychologically healthy. And my main point, 2. Some talents are so great as in the case of Arima, the main character of the show, that losing that talent is tragic for everyone involved. Yes, his mother was a witch, but she also created this amazing talent. Hiding that away is bad for the world and society. His value is also that he inspires others. When you lose a voice who is central to an art, it can have negative impacts on that art. It can take time to overcome such a loss and in the end it may never be overcome. Such as Heath Ledger, Kurt Cobain, that time Dave Chappelle hid in a hole for 15 years. If you're still alive, friends are going to chide you to rejoin the party. Plus his friends want to see Arima get better. Arima is important to them. |
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