2014 ‘四月は君の嘘’ Directed by Kyōhei Ishiguro, Takahiro Harada …
Kousei Arima was a genius pianist until his mother's sudden death took away his ability to play. Each day was dull for Kousei. But, then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who has an eccentric playing style. Can the heartfelt sounds of the girl's violin lead the boy to play the piano again?
Yutaka Ishikawa Nobuyasu Suzuki Makoto Kimura Tomonori Ochikoshi Yoshio Yokozawa Yuuichi Nakao Kenji Shimizu Ken Sakamoto Shunsuke Saitou Kensuke Tateishi Masuo Ueda
四月是你的谎言, Ton mensonge en avril, Ton mensonge d'Avril, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, KimiUso, เพลงรักสองหัวใจ, Nisan`daki Yalanın, 四月是你的謊言, April is Your Lie
please i just want to fucking cry. what a masterpiece. anime will always have a special place in my heart. this has everything. 🥺
Dear Arima Kousei,
It feels weird writing a letter to someone you were just with…
You’re the worst.
Indecisive. Gullible. Twit.
The first time I ever saw you perform, I was 5 years old. It was at a recital for the piano school I was going to. This awkward, clumsy kid came onto the stage and accidentally hit the piano stool with his butt. It was too funny. He turned to the piano that was way too big for him and the moment he played that first note, I was drawn in.
The sound was beautiful, like a 24-colour palette. The melodies danced.
The girl next to me started crying. I wasn’t expecting that at all.
And even so, you…
Your Lie in April is an anime about a young pianist who gave up playing due to his mother’s death. The psychological trauma caused him issues of not being able to hear the sounds from the piano which resulted him into quitting. Two years later a young woman named Kaori Miyazono comes into his life and she convinces him to become her accompanist. Slowly, Kousei finds himself falling in love with her through their passion of music. I thought it was a well made anime with some flaws - yet still enjoyable.
BUT DAMN THAT LETTER HAD NO RIGHT TO HIT ME LIKE THAT
“What do you think?
Do you think I made it into anyone’s heart like that?
I wonder if I made it into yours.
I wonder if you’ll still remember me.“
(Review of the show.)
I can't breathe right now. This show is absolute perfection in every sense of the word. I can't even process what I want to say about his right now. I absolutely adore every aspect of this series. I may be overreacting, but man, this really hit me emotionally.
The characters in this show are absolutely amazing. They are thankfully believable and you can sympathize with their reactions and emotions. The characters are also developed really well. Their arcs are poignant and engaging throughout the entire season. Kosei and Kaori's arcs are especially impactful. They deal with exploring who you are and the desire for human connection. Each main character was completely fleshed out, with Ryota being…
So I rewatched the series + The OVAs (Basically extra episodes).
Still one of my favorite anime’s, and it always makes me cry. Like I would highly recommend you watch Your Lie in April if you haven’t. It is sad and beautiful, plus you guys already know the music slaps.
The series is probably a: 9.5/10
OVAs: 8/10
But still so amazing.
A poignant and earnest exploration of artistry, love, and loss. Not perfect of course, Kaori falls into a couple of manic pixie dream girl tropes, Tsubaki is pretty one-note at times, and there are some melodramatic teen romance story beats here and there, but that doesn't bother me too much. Although this would probably be a 5/5 if it didn't have those flaws, the show is made with so much sincere humanity that I can't help but absolutely adore it. There is a deeply personal love for music here and that love is infectious. The last episode is sheer perfection.
I hate anime.
I hate how on the nose the dialogue is. I hate how they use love as a subplot rather than a driving force for characters. I hate how melodramatic the characters and stories are. I hate how an anime can have such amazing concepts, but drop the ball on the humane delivery in favor of extra drama. I hate how horny most of them are.
So, I should hate Your Lie in April. It’s very melodramatic, it has terrible dialogue, it treats its audience like they’re stupid children, and it even falls into several character archetype tropes.
Yet, I don’t.
It’s incredible flawed. Several themes repeat themselves, alongside episode plots. Heck, I could probably cut 3 episodes…
La serie più deprimente di sempre ha la sigla più felice sempre...mi sembra giusto.
Un anime che non parla solo di amore, ma della ricerca di se stessi, della felicità e del senso della vita.
Il gruppo di amici protagonista è veramente simpaticissimo e si empatizza con ognuno di loro fin da subito, piangendo e, poche volte, gioendo insieme e per loro.
A livello di animazioni e disegni è qualcosa di incredibile, così come per quanto riguarda la colonna sonora a dir poco straordinaria.
La storia scorre veloce e non annoia mai, e quando si arriva al finale si vorrebbe che continuasse all'infinito.
La seconda parte, cioè dal dodicesimo episodio in poi, l'impatto emotivo è pazzesco.
Oh my god. I've stumbled upon some damn good animes for my first 3. I always avoided anime just because I thought it was all weird and just about big titty anime girls and action and what not. This has really opened my eyes. Its still got the usual anime quirks and cliches, but along with all that it has one of the most emotional stories I've ever had the pleasure of watching. It truly captures the ecstasy of performance along with the complicated nature of teenage feelings.
Will it reach you?
Oh yea the music's really good too.
Truly worth the 22 episode runtime.
aaaAaAaAaaa why do i have such a soft spot for anime characters??? every character in this was so incredibly loveable. i sobbed. ugly cried. this was so hauntingly beautiful and depite the overdramatic and cliche storytelling (that most animes have), i couldn’t help but fall in love.
Clouds fill with rain, people with emotions. The similarity is, they both bleed water when they cannot bear keeping it inside.
You filled me with sundry thoughts and feelings. Here's the very first moment I got smacked in the face: "Stop it" or "Wait a minute". If I'd said something like that, things might've been different. Ever since that day, I've been in my mother's shadow.
Little Kouse... It tore my heart apart every time you cried. Every time you were hit, I felt the pain in me, every time you cried, I felt the teardrops rolling down in my cheeks. "Adults know the best" ha? We do not need to do much. Just remember us as a child and…
El anime me ha enseñado tanto en tan poco tiempo que la gente no se imagina cuánto, y por historias cómo estás es que tiene un espacio muy especial en mi corazón
My first anime, in a way. Set the bar real high.
The use of audio and visual is incredible. Not to mention characters with depth.
Ok so like episodes 1-12 I thought about stopping so many times just cause it was moving so slow. It picked up a bit after the 12th episode and got more interesting. Throughout the whole thing I didn’t get very connected to the characters like I wanted. And I didn’t get connected to the story. It often felt kinda repetitive to me. I would say it’s a pretty good show though I think it just didn’t land with me personally. I also got pretty sick of the dramatic monologues. The last episode is sweet though. If you get invested in the story and connected to the characters I think the ending will break you but for someone who didn’t get connected or invested it’s just cute.
Só tive condições emocionais de ver uma vez, mas nunca esqueço o peso desse anime. É incrível, dês da arte até os personagens, tudo é muito cativante e intenso. Por isso é um dos meus animes preferidos.
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