Your lie in April
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
#105 Most Rated#20 Most Popular#2 Most Rated · Fall 2014
At eleven, Arima Kousei was the most decorated child pianist in the country. At thirteen, he watched his mother — also his teacher — die in long, slow pain that he had nothing to do with but could not stop blaming himself for. The next time he sat at a piano in public, he could not hear the notes he was playing. Two years later, Kousei lives in monochrome until a violinist named Miyazono Kaori detonates her way into his quiet life. Her playing breaks every rule he was raised on, and she insists that he accompany her.
An anime that you can fully experience once
A High Note within a Long and Vivid Melody
If you haven't watched this anime, do it. Don't let the music tag scare you. It left me speechless, also crying... HARD
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A deceptively beautiful series, and one worth shredding tears for.
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A visually poetic masterpiece, exploring trauma, mutual influence, and personal growth, with a bittersweet ending.
Read this quite a while ago, but it was the spark that led me to get addicted to anime— it's my all-time FAVE feel-wise
how wonderful! but sorrowful.
A beautiful, devastating story about love, loss, and finding the courage to live again through music.
Music, love and sadness combine to make an anime that hits nearly all the right notes.
A counter-review to the top review for this show: an exemplary work with great writing that is commonly misunderstood
