Your lie in April
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
#105 Most Rated#20 Most Popular#2 Most Rated · Fall 2014
Piano prodigy Arima Kousei dominated the competition and all child musicians knew his name. But after his mother, who was also his instructor, passed away, he had a mental breakdown while performing at a recital. This resulted in him no longer being able to hear the sound of his piano playing. Two years later, Kousei hasn’t touched the piano and views the world without any flair or color. He was content at living out his life with his good friends Tsubaki and Watari until, one day, a girl changed everything. Miyazono Kaori is a pretty, free spirited violinist whose playing style reflects her personality. Kaori helps Kousei return to the music world and show that it should be free and mold breaking unlike the structured and rigid style Kousei was used to.
Piano prodigy Arima Kousei dominated the competition and all child musicians knew his name. But after his mother, who was also his instructor, passed away, he had a mental breakdown while performing at a recital. This resulted in him no longer being able to hear the sound of his piano playing. Two years later, Kousei hasn’t touched the piano and views the world without any flair or color. He was content at living out his life with his good friends Tsubaki and Watari until, one day, a girl changed everything. Miyazono Kaori is a pretty, free spirited violinist whose playing style reflects her personality. Kaori helps Kousei return to the music world and show that it should be free and mold breaking unlike the structured and rigid style Kousei was used to.
Piano prodigy Arima Kousei dominated the competition and all child musicians knew his name. But after his mother, who was also his instructor, passed away, he had a mental breakdown while performing at a recital. This resulted in him no longer being able to hear the sound of his piano playing. Two years later, Kousei hasn’t touched the piano and views the world without any flair or color. He was content at living out his life with his good friends Tsubaki and Watari until, one day, a girl changed everything. Miyazono Kaori is a pretty, free spirited violinist whose playing style reflects her personality. Kaori helps Kousei return to the music world and show that it should be free and mold breaking unlike the structured and rigid style Kousei was used to.
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
- 96
A deceptively beautiful series, and one worth shredding tears for.
- 95
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
