Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso or You lie in April is tells us the story of Arima Kousei a young pianist who lost the ability of hear the notes of piano, but only when he, yes himself, plays it. He decided to stop playing piano and meets, in spring season, a girl called Kaori Miyazono, who plays violin and push him to start playing piano as her companion. Things move on, and obviosly theres a love story envolving he, she, and the others characters Tsubaki Sawabe whos Kousei childhood friend and Watari Ryota, another schoolmate.
You lie in April is for those who are searching for an romance but not with ecchi, or sexual stuff on it as majority of anime series today. It's for those who seeks a show with an amazing soundtrack, if you like classical music as Ravel, Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt, you will love this series, and is for those who wants to think about life. It's relaxing, it's about the simple things we should see in life, we should search on life. It's a lesson, it's surely a life lesson.
Move on. Life is about move on. If you can't go foward, move on. If you can't resist, move on. Since you meet someone you'll never be alone, move on. Your life is not only yours, move on.
It's an anime series that not an otaku or anime/manga fan should watch. It's for everyone.
The art is beautiful, the story I'll not tell here, obviously I'll not spoil it here.
I'll tell you guys why character and enjoyment I not gave a 10.
Some of the characters are just there to not make sure that the whole story will not be only between the four schoolmates. I'm not complaining, I like all the characters in it, they just could make it less envolving just Kousei. But again I'm not complaining, the story is about Kousei and for Kousei, so it's great as it is and since this adaptation is loyal to the manga I thing they couldn't not make big changes on it.
The enjoyment is not 10 because sometimes when the shows goes deeper you will start to asking yourself why am I watching it? Why am I in this feeltrip? Who bought me the feel trip ticket to make this feel travel? lol
Seriously guys this show is a masterpiece, but I'm pretty sure that sometimes you'll ask yourself one of these questions.
Overall I rate this anime as outstanding because it gives you a bitchslap on your face. I read the manga before watching it, the loyalty to the original work and the art improved on it makes this show an epic adaptation. It's beautiful, relaxing, lovely, nostalgic, makes your chest aches (I should see a doctor) makes you start thinking if you are living as you should live, sharing love and making good stuff to people that are around you.
I'm not pro at revewing, sorry if this wasn't clear enough to make you see or not see this show. But in resume, Shigatsu wa kimi no uso it's for those who are seraching for a romance anime, with an amazing soundtrack, you'll not find any so great in most of the anime series, and also for those who just want to go in a feeltrip.
That's it.
