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Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (jap. 四月は君の嘘 Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, rus. your april lie) - Manga by Naoshi Arakawa. An anime adaptation of the manga was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired on Fuji TV on the noitaminA programming block from October 2014 to March 2015. The manga has been ranked among the most popular in Japan several times, rising to number 14 in the country in October 2014.

Plot

The young genius pianist Kosei Arima won many children's competitions and became famous among musicians. After the death of his mother, who was his teacher, Kosei breaks down and breaks down in the middle of another competition. He blames himself for a quarrel with his mother that occurred shortly before her death. Since then, playing the piano, Kosei is unable to hear his playing and quits playing at the age of 11. Having no other talents, he becomes a simple schoolboy, living an ordinary school life with his friends - Tsubaki and Watari. But one day, Tsubaki introduces him to Kaori Miyazono, a beautiful and headstrong violinist who helps Kosei return to the world of music by convincing him to become her accompanist.

Characters

Main characters

Kosei Arima (jap. 有馬公生 Arima Ko:sei) - the main character, a former child prodigy who received the nickname " metronome"For his strict playing style. Possessing the ability to flawlessly reproduce works of any complexity, he became famous in musical circles and won many competitions. His teacher was his mother, who was mortally ill and wanted to teach him as much as she could in the time that was left to her, which caused her to use very cruel teaching methods. Shortly before his mother's death, Kosei quarreled with her and in anger wished her death. After her death, Kosei suffers psychological trauma and loses the ability to hear music performed by himself, which he considers his punishment.

Having met Kaori, he falls in love with her at first sight and agrees to become her accompanist, warning that he still does not hear his game. After failing in the competition, Kaori nevertheless forces Kosei to continue studying and enrolls him in a piano competition. Being famous, Kosei finds himself at the center of the competition and meets with his old rivals, Takeshi and Emi, whom he does not remember, however, as he did not show any interest in rivalry before. During this contest, Kosei breaks down again and doesn't play to the end, automatically dropping out of the contest and disappointing the competition. However, thanks to Kaori and her peculiar free style of playing, he does not give up, finds a new meaning for himself in playing the piano and continues to study hard. In the end, he decides to connect his life with music and enter a music academy in another prefecture.

Kaori Miyazono (jap. 宮園 かをり Miyazono Kaori) - the main character, classmate and friend of Tsubaki, a freestyle violinist. For his unwillingness to adhere to the rules, the jury is constantly criticized and does not win competitions, but wins the love of listeners. She asks Tsubaki to introduce her to Watari, saying that she is in love with him. However, in this way she meets Kosei and persuades him to play with her in a pair. Having received an invitation to perform at a gala concert, he chooses to perform the composition “Pains of Love” by Fritz Kreisler, which Kosei's mother often played in her childhood. Before the concert, Kaori is hospitalized and Kosei decides to perform alone.

After Kaori gets to the hospital, it turns out that she is terminally ill, which she diligently concealed from her friends. However, she convinces Kousei that she will perform with him again and forces him to keep practicing. To get a chance to go on stage again, he agrees to a risky operation, after which he dies. Before the operation, she writes a letter to Kosei, in which she confesses her love and says that she never loved Watari, and used this excuse only to get to know the pianist whom she admired as a child. The title of the anime is a reference to Kaori and Kosei meeting in April.

Voiced by: Risa Taneda Violinist: Yuno Shinohara

Tsubaki Sawabe (jap. 澤部 椿 Sawabe Tsubaki) is Kosei's neighbor and childhood friend. Having been together all their lives, Kosei and Tsubaki developed a relationship similar to that of a brother and sister. As a child, despite the fact that Kosei was almost constantly busy with piano lessons, she constantly dragged him into various adventures. She later fell in love with Kosei, but did not confess, knowing that Kosei is in love with Kaori. She is a member of the softball club, considered one of the best athletes in the school, but noticeably lags behind in her studies. After learning that Kosei decided to leave to study in another city, he improves his academic performance and enters a high school in the same place.

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura

Ryota Watari (jap. 渡亮太 Watari Ryo:ta) is a childhood friend of Kosei and Tsubaki. The captain of the school's football team, who dreams of becoming a famous football player. Popular with girls. He pretends to be interested in a relationship with Kaori, but later admits that he actually knew about her feelings for Kousei.

Voiced by: Ryota Osaka

Minor characters

Saki Arima (jap. 有馬 早希 Arima Saki) - Kosei's mother, a pianist. Having decided to teach her son, she decides to teach him an impeccable game in any way, since she was terminally ill and wanted to provide her son with the opportunity to earn a living with her talent after her death. After one of Kosei's successful performances, he breaks down on him for a few incorrectly played notes and hits him hard, because of which he finally quarrels with him and dies without having time to make peace.

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto

Hiroko Seto (jap. 瀬戸 紘子 Seto Hiroko) is a well-known pianist in Japan, a close friend of Saki from college. One day, while visiting Saki, he discovers Kosei's talent and persuades him to teach him how to play the piano. He blames himself for Kosei's psychological trauma, since it was because of her that he began to study with his mother, and subsequently quarreled with her. After Kosei starts playing again, he becomes his mentor.

Voiced by: Mie Sonozaki

Takeshi Aiza (jap. 相座 武士 Aiza Takeshi) - pianist, rival of Kosei. As a child, he was a naughty child, because of which his mother tried to find something for him to enjoy, until she took him to piano lessons, where his talent was discovered. At her first competition, she meets Kosei and Emi. He loses to them, but admiring Kosei's game, he makes him his idol and main competitor, setting the goal of surpassing him. After the disappearance of Kosei, he continues to participate in competitions in the hope of his return, which is why he refuses the opportunity to leave for Germany. Always walks around with messy hair.

Voiced by: Yuuki Kaji

Amy Igawa (jap. 井川 絵見 Igawa Emi) - pianist, rival of Kosei. Was in the auditorium when Kosei participated in his first competition, after which she decided to become a pianist. He is a person of mood, which is why he performs inconsistently and does not always win competitions. He fills his performances with emotions, so after the departure of Kosei, he begins to perform worse and worse. After his return, she becomes angry with him, expressing her anger in a speech. Thanks to this, Takeshi bypassed the competition.

Voiced by: Saori Hayami

Nagi Aiza (jap. 相座凪 Aiza Nagi) Takeshi's younger sister. She envied her brother and went to Hiroko under the pretext of scouting information about her rival. She asks Hiroko to be her teacher, but Kosei becomes her teacher. Despite the fact that Nagi often calls Kosei his enemy, he studies diligently and achieves success. At the school festival, he successfully performs in tandem with Kosei, after which he finally ceases to see him as an enemy.

Voiced by: Ai Kayano

Saito (jap. 斎藤 Saito:) - former sempai Tsubaki, baseball player. When Saito was in middle school, Tsubaki had a crush on him, however, the feelings faded when Saito moved into high school. Later, Tsubaki proposes dating and she accepts despite her lack of feelings. Saito soon realizes that Tsubaki is in love with Kousei and breaks up with her under the pretext that he fell in love with another.

Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu

Nao Kashiwagi (jap. 柏木 奈緒 Kashiwagi Nao) is Tsubaki's friend who often gives her valuable advice. Overcame Tsubaki's stubbornness and forced her to admit her true feelings for Kousei.

Voiced by: Shizuka Ishigami

Media publications

Manga

List of episodes

For a long time I puzzled over how I should write my commentary on this anime, so that it would be clear how much and why I liked it and at the same time describe it in such a way that it would be clear what awaits a potential viewer. I even reviewed the series for the second time before watching the last episode and to my surprise I was not at all bored, as I expected. After the second viewing, I swept all my ideas aside and decided to write differently:

I rarely post numbers in comments. Immediately, I decide to build a commentary on the numerical assessment of the anime. For me, it consists of four parts: 1 Drawing/graphics (whatever you like, call it that). 2 Atmosphere. (all those small details that make the anime atmospheric including music, pauses in dialogues, setting static frames, opening with an ending, etc.) 3 Plot (including characters). 4 The human factor or corny my emotions that arose for the anime.

1 And so drawing. She is very, very good. The anime is very beautiful, probably the most beautiful of those that I watched. What the hell is worth drawing the moment when Watari scares Arima in one of the episodes or Arima's embarrassment when Kaori touches his palm with her own. There are a lot of similar episodes, but they are less significant. If all the comedy inserts were replaced with such a drawing, it would be a masterpiece. But the situation with the series is such that this is not yet possible. In any case, I think few people will argue with this, according to the schedule, this anime has 10 out of 10.

2 Atmosphere. Sometimes she broke down. It was torn first of all by the authors' excessive enthusiasm for flashbacks. But the main disadvantage of the atmosphere is not this. And in the fact that I will describe in the category of the plot (what spoils this anime). Trying to be objective, I give the atmosphere 8 out of 10.

3 Plot. The biggest bone of contention among viewers. Many talked about secondary character, many about wooden characters, many about predictability, and so on.
Characters. I'll start with them. Whatever one may say, there is only one main character in this anime and this of course is Arima Kosei. Dot. All other characters are secondary or even in the background. As important as Kaori is, as important as Tsubaki or Watari are to the plot, they are only minor characters that affect Arima or show how Arima affects them. In the center is only Arima with his broken psyche due to the tragedy in his life connected with his mother. Arima who is a brilliant musician, Arima who is about to break down if nothing happens, Arima who has already done a lot and who has already experienced a lot, despite such a young age, because he is only 14.
The secondary characters turned out to be uneven: Watari is an athlete and a womanizer, to be honest, for me he remained a moving picture. Tsubaki, here one friend said that she was from the category of gray mass and I was surprised: an athlete, a Komsomol member and just a beauty, an uninteresting gray mass, besides, she is far from stupid and with a twinkle in her eyes ... well, well. I would like to live in a world where such people are a gray mass. Well, Kaori, the most important among the minor ones: eccentric, overly emotional, poorly balanced, which is not surprising, is a violinist who breaks into Arima's life like a storm. I love images like this, no matter what they are. For all the characters I can say this: everything is in place and to the court. It was not possible to reveal and revive everyone completely or not at all (I hint at Watari), as for the rest of the characters appearing on the horizon, they generally go by the wayside and have remained moving pictures.

And now what spoils this anime. There will be a couple of SPOILERS here.
The predictability of the plot is definitely a minus. In this work, the predictability is extremely ridiculous. Already in the third series, when Kaori gets off at the bus stop with the name Tatsuhara University Hospital, it becomes clear that Kaori is not a tenant, but there is still hope. For what the author did with Kaori's sweetheart, I want to tie him to the table and pull out all the paws with pliers. Already at the end of the 11th episode, when Kaori mentally tells Arima that he would not get used to the fact that she is nearby, the fact of her future death becomes undeniable. At this point, there was a desire to drop the series. An experienced anime viewer can predict what happened next from two notes, or even do without notes at all, which some famously did in the ongoing bot.
SPOILERS ARE OVER.

In fact, secondary and predictable are the same thing. If anime is secondary, then it is predictable and vice versa, isn't it. Yes, it is secondary with a bunch of templates and so on. But all this does not prevent him from being interesting. Unfortunately, the words go on so I do not like: in spite of. So, despite all the secondary nature, it was interesting for me to follow how Arima comes to his senses and how he gets on his feet as a musician. It was interesting for me to watch the competitions and how Arima struggles with himself and the circumstances. And music. The music was wonderful, no matter what anyone said, the music in the anime is wonderful, as well as the fact that the characters play and the opening with the ending, as well as the music to accompany the anime. Flashbacks, although they spoiled the atmosphere, made it clear to the viewer what Arima had gone through and what he had to deal with. The characters were correctly placed so as to show how Arima managed, including thanks to them, to get up from his knees, even though some of them remained just pictures on the screen. Well, the end came out predictable but very beautiful with great music, whatever one may say.
And that, trying to be objective, according to the plot of this anime, I can put only 6. Nothing more. Not even. More precisely, it will be 5 points.

By a simple calculation of the arithmetic mean, we get an objective 7.6 points.
And here the fourth factor influencing the rating of this anime comes into play. It hooked me. It hooked me so much that I watched it twice almost before I finished watching it. I am deeply parallel to all those minuses that dug up experienced anime people, and judging by their comments, they are not very stupid people. I am deeply parallel to the secondary nature and even what I would like to do with the authors, described in the paragraph with spoilers. All the stupidities that cynical viewers will see in this anime are deeply parallel to me (I would like to advise them separately to go to the topic of Onizuka and disassemble the anime into pieces there). All this is parallel to me, because: romantic, touching, musical, a couple of fun and just insanely bright and beautiful.
So only 10 out of 10.

In conclusion: I don’t think that I managed to describe this anime in such a way that the viewer who didn’t watch would fully understand what awaits him. But I think I managed to convey, at least in part, my impression of this work. Naturally, I recommend it for viewing and I hope that you will like it as much as I do, or at least half as much as I do.

Your April lie ... Only three words, but how many feelings and meaning are hidden in them. For a long time I put off writing a review for this anime, for a very long time, but the time has come to overcome myself and overcome the storm of emotions seething in the depths of my heart. I warn you right away - it is purely physically impossible to write a review on the anime "Your Lie in April" without spoilers. Therefore, I say in advance: this anime is definitely worth watching, you can proceed to watching. Just keep in mind that it is emotionally strong, and if, for example, you are in a state of depression, then watching it will only make it worse. If, for some reason, you are not afraid of spoilers (and in the case of Your Lie in April, they can really spoil the viewing experience), then you can continue reading the review. I warned you!

Brief information

So, the musical anime Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso ("Your lie in April", "Your lie in april") was released in late 2014 - early 2015 by A-1 Pictures. A total of 22 episodes were shown, and in the spring of 2015 an additional episode (OVA) was released about very young main characters. The series aired on Japan's Fuji TV as part of the noitaminA block. The original for the anime this time is a popular manga, and one interesting fact is connected with it: the release of the manga ended just a month before the end of the anime! That is, even the most ardent fans learned about the ending only a month earlier than everyone else. An interesting gimmick in which the anime managed to gain increased attention while boosting the sales of the manga.

"Your Lie in April" tells us the story of a talented pianist - fourteen-year-old Kosei Arima (Kousei Arima). As a child, he won absolutely every competition in which he participated, thanks to relentless training under the guidance of his strict mother. However, his mother was seriously ill, and after her death, Kosei lost the ability to hear his own playing, as a result of which he abandoned playing the piano. Since then, the whole world seems to him monotonous and devoid of bright colors. The only joy in his life is his friends - neighbor Tsubaki Sawabe (Tsubaki Sawabe) and friend Ryota Watari (Ryota Watari). This continued until a masterful violinist named Kaori Miyazono brazenly burst into his gray life. She will help the main character to return to the world of music, whether he wants it or not.

The first impression is deceptive. In this I was convinced by my own example. When I watched the first episode of Your Lie in April, I abandoned further viewing until better times. It seemed to me that this is another stupid anime about ordinary schoolchildren who play musical instruments in their free time and sort things out with each other. Damn, I've never been so wrong in my life...

Returning to watching a month later, I watched all 22 episodes in a couple of days - the whirlpool of emotions is so addictive. I again felt like an ordinary fourteen-year-old schoolboy who is not watching what is happening through the monitor screen, but is standing somewhere next to the characters at arm's length. As if everything happens not with drawn anime characters, but with people you know well, with your friends. I haven't experienced anything like this in a very, very long time. The feeling of such viewing is many times stronger than usual.

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Main characters

Okay, it's time to take a closer look at the main characters. There are four of them in total:

Kosei Arima.

A pianist who has lost the ability to hear his own playing. Even though Kosei was afraid of his mother, he loved her and tried to win every competition in the hope that it would make her feel better. Not surprisingly, after her death, Kosei lost his purpose in life. So he would have lived at half strength if he had not met one impudent violinist on his life path.

I think many people might not like such an insecure and "ordinary" protagonist. But think for yourself: how would you grow up, constantly being under the yoke of your mother? What would you be like if you lived through everything Kosei went through? Even though he also wanted to have fun with his friends, he trained hard all day to please his mother. I liked Kosei: he is a simple, talented guy who has survived many cruel trials. As the plot develops, he opens his soul to others, which causes even greater sympathy.

Kaori Miyazono.

A wonderful violinist, living a full life, kind and sweet. When she was little, she saw Kousei perform, and since then, her dream has been to play a duet with him. Since childhood, Kaori had poor health, which often ended up in the hospital. Knowing that she did not have long, she decided to live the way she wanted so that she would not regret anything in heaven. Since Kaori knew that Tsubaki would not be happy to be asked to introduce her to Kosei, she decided to go for a little trick - "your April lie". She said that she was in love with Ryota, because it was the only way to get closer to the inseparable trio. And only in this way could she finally meet the person who inspired her to play the violin, and play a duet with him.

One of the most beautiful female characters I have ever seen. It's impossible not to fall in love with her. There are people around whom a special atmosphere literally hovers - an atmosphere of positive and joy of life. Therefore, it is not surprising that Kosei fell in love with Kaori, because in her he saw his opposite, he strove to become like her: do what you want, play the way you want, in general - enjoy life. Many people should learn optimism from Kaori, otherwise sometimes you walk down the street, look at the lean faces of others, and you yourself become sick.

Tsubaki Sawabe.

Kousei's childhood friend. She was always by his side. Honest and fair, she always puts the interests of her friends ahead of her own. About Kosei, she expressed herself as follows: "He is like an unlucky younger brother to me." However, as the story progresses, the fact that she is in love with Kousei becomes apparent. Everyone sees it, except for themselves. Tsubaki is the only one who was childhood friends with Kosei despite his strict mother. Tsubaki is very athletic and is on the baseball team at school.

Yes, we can say that Tsubaki has a stereotyped type - a childhood friend who is in love with the main character. But you know, I don't have the guts to say that. Still, she turned out no worse than Kaori. Tsubaki herself did not understand how much Kosei was dear to her, did not understand until she began to lose him. As the saying goes, we don't appreciate what we have until we lose it. So appreciate what you have!

Ryota Watari

Another friend of Kosei. Football team captain, noble heartthrob. Which does not prevent him from being a good friend to both Tsubaki and Kosei. Moreover, he is one of the first to realize that Kaori actually loves Kousei. Even though he is one of the four main characters, he was assigned a small role in the plot. It seems to me that he was added in order to show his contrast with Kosei. After all, to be happy, it is not necessary to be popular with girls and win sports competitions. It is enough to do what you love, and not go a single step from the chosen path. Even when it's hard and you want to give up.

In addition to the listed four main characters, there are also about six or seven minor ones. I will not give a detailed list, but I will note that all the secondary characters are in their places. I don’t see any superfluous among them, each conveys some idea and plays a role in the plot. For example, Takeshi Aiza and Emi Igawa demonstrate that competition can lead to positive results, and that it is not worth making idols for yourself so that you do not have to be disappointed later. Or, for example, Kosei's mother is a vivid example of the fact that one should not try to realize one's own dreams in one's children. In general, I have no questions about the choice of characters: each in his place.

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The plot can easily be divided into two parts of eleven episodes each. If the first part is light and bright, and is devoted mainly to Kosei's internal struggle with his mother, then the second part is much more sad. An attentive viewer will notice that even the color scheme changes - if in the first part of the series the picture is pink and light, then the second part acquires gray shades. In general, such a construction of the plot is more than justified: only in this way can the maximum psychological effect be achieved. The viewer needs to get common memories with the anime characters so that later they can empathize with them.

If I have no complaints about the second part of the plot, then in the first part I did not like a couple of moments. The first is a huge number of flashbacks, that is, scenes where the characters remember what happened in their past. This was especially abused in the moments when the characters play the piano. And the second is the storyline about Kosei's mother. It's too long and I found it boring. Not everyone will be interested in watching the mental anguish of the protagonist, especially if his psychological problem may seem strange. Summing up: the first part of the anime is a bit long and not without flaws, the second part is just gorgeous.

A few words about the ending. I've heard a lot of negative reviews about this. However, I categorically disagree with them - in my opinion, it was simply impossible to come up with a better ending. Happy ending would spoil the impression. I would never exchange a pleasant melancholy in my heart for a cloying sweetness from a good ending. In addition, with a happy ending, we would not have that wonderful letter, each line of which penetrates to the depths of the soul. A young violinist with sparkling eyes will remain in my memory for a long time, as well as in the memory of millions of viewers who watched this anime. And this means that we fulfilled the main desire of Kaori. “You came from where it is always spring. You exist only there, and nowhere else.

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Okay, the characters were considered, the plot was considered. It's time to move on to painting. She is unique and strikingly beautiful. At first, the design of the characters (especially their lips) may seem unusual, but after watching a couple of episodes, you don’t notice such little things. Gorgeously drawn backgrounds, gorgeously drawn characters. I knew A-1 Pictures was good at drawing, but in Your Lie in April they outdid themselves. Another very cool fact is that the color scheme matches the overall atmosphere and conveys the mood. I made a huge number of screenshots, everything is clearly visible on them.

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The primary reason for watching "Your Lie in April" for me was the music. I love musical anime, what can I do. Of course, she did not disappoint me: the immortal classic will never get old. Music is the key to people's hearts, it is the universal language of communication. Classical music knows how to reach the most hidden corners of the human soul in a special way. Watching can serve as an impetus to engage in creativity, because this is the easiest way to stay in people's memory forever, as Kaori wanted.

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When I started watching, I did not expect to see drama in this anime at all. Yes, there are a couple of moments in the plot when Kaori unobtrusively hints about her illness, but I still wasn’t ready for the ending. Before that, only Clannad made me cry over and over again. The hospital rooftop scene is just something. And reading a letter on the roof of the school is in no way inferior to her. It is most painful to realize that somewhere in our vast world a similar story could really happen, the heroes of which were real people. I can't even imagine what they went through. Watching what is happening from the outside is one thing, but experiencing it on your own is another. Especially if you, like the anime characters, are only fourteen years old.

I think some of you may say: “What's wrong with that - anyone can come up with a tearful story. Nothing special, and nothing to admire like that. You know, I've already seen so many anime that I lost count (537). And the number of scenarios that could break through the defenses of my heart, and made me truly empathize with the main characters, can be counted on the fingers. To do this, a beautiful and touching story, well-chosen characters, and high-quality music must intertwine together. And it rarely happens that all these characteristics are at the same time at a high level. It takes a titanic amount of work on every aspect of an anime to make it look like Your Lie in April. I bow to the work done by A-1 Pictures.

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For all its drama, the anime is very skillfully diluted with humor. Just like our life - it also consists of a series of black and white stripes. No one can be sad or happy all the time. Proper use of humor makes the characters closer to the viewer, this is what makes them alive. Few people want to empathize with a depressive lump of hopelessness. The more valuable Kaori's character seems to me: even knowing that she will die soon, she does not give up and enjoys every minute she lives. Isn't that the meaning of life? Who knows…

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Characters - 10.0. I just can't put Kaori in anything else.

The plot is 8.0. The second part of the anime is very powerful. I have several complaints about the first part, which I described above in the review.

Drawing - 10.0. Just look at the screenshots.

Music - 10.0. Excellent. Not only is classical music used in the anime, but also the openings and endings are gorgeous. Listen and enjoy

Drama - 10.0. I do not want to repeat myself, I have already described all my feelings above. Let me just say one word - awesome.

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Conclusion

You know, I thought for a long time how I should put the final grade. From an emotional point of view, the anime deserves the highest rating. I remember walking away from the first viewing of "Your Lies in April" for another week - it had such a strong effect on me. Such an emotionally strong anime has not appeared for a long time, and is unlikely to appear in the near future. Watching is a must, but be prepared for the fact that it can affect you both motivatingly and depressingly. It all depends on the interpretation and your life position. However, with all the pluses, I can not give the highest rating due to the weak first part of the plot.