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Well anyway, long story short, power of love and all that, Arima Kousei finally regains his piano-playing skills and learns to play pieces that powerfully move his audience by channeling all his emotion into them.В Btw, it was never resolved whether he could hear himself play or not by the end, but it doesnвЂ™t really matter because LOVE IS EVERYTHING.

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A shorter, tighter series would have left a bigger impact on me. Is she dying or not? SheвЂ™s dying, no sheвЂ™s not, sheвЂ™s dying, no sheвЂ™s not. Does Kousei want to go see Kaori in the hospital or not? Sometimes he does, sometimes he doesnвЂ™t, sometimes he goes, sometimes he doesnвЂ™t. The stretch also means thereвЂ™s a lot of meandering and repetition. The stretching out means that key characters like Kaori (!!) and Tsubaki and Watari all go out of focus for long stretches during the eps 14-22 gap, making it appear forced and unnatural when they suddenly show up again like theyвЂ™d never left. If Nagi had to be in the show her arc could have been done in one episode, one and a half at most. The whole sequence with Kousei helping his rivalвЂ™s little sister find herself was really not necessary to the show (except to show us who will be filling KaoriвЂ™s shoes when sheвЂ™s gone, sorry Tsubaki!).

Why stretch it out 12 episodes past its due date? Because they just wouldnвЂ™t end it, they ended up having toВ find things to fit into the space the show would have been better off without (yes I know it was originally mangaka Naoshi ArakawaвЂ™s fault, but itвЂ™s the anime I watched so itвЂ™s the anime IвЂ™m reviewing). It was obvious by the 10th episode that Kaori was dying and that, as a Japanese show, they were definitely going to kill her off instead of miraculously saving her. TBH I thought Your Lie in April would have been better off as a 13-episode series instead of a 22-episode one. But in a way itвЂ™s natural for 14-15 year olds to worry their heads over that kind of thing and miss the woods for the trees. ItвЂ™s also clear Kousei doesnвЂ™t like Tsubaki that way and that Tsubaki herself didnвЂ™t see him romantically until a potential rival showed up then sheвЂ™s all like вЂњHeвЂ™s mine!вЂќ So that part just had me rolling my eyes non-stop. The love triangles were a bit ridiculous because from the perspective of the viewer itвЂ™s blatantly obvious Kaori liked Arima and wasnвЂ™t particularly interested in Watari as a romantic prospect.

Play enough music and everything will be all right with the world.Д«ut still the concert/contest episodes were excellent and the characters werenвЂ™t too dumb (plus theyвЂ™re only fourteen), so I tried to move past the facile way everything was resolved in the show.

If you have a problem itвЂ™s because you just havenвЂ™t met the right person yet.

Love fixes everything including grief, parental neglect, long-term abuse and lasting mental trauma.

Not only that but heвЂ™ll also be better able to face the violent, crazy young ladies who will fall in love with him later down the line.

No matter how much you beat and abuse your son, once he meets the right cutie-pie who forces him to play the piano again heвЂ™ll be right as rain.

After all youвЂ™re his only parent (not true) and heвЂ™ll starve otherwise (not true) and thereвЂ™s no other path for him in life except musicВ (also not true). Somehow itвЂ™s okay to physically and mentally abuse your son if youвЂ™re dying and only want the best for him.TBH I was mainly watching for the awesome classical music sections because some of the plotlines were a bit hard to swallow: So basically itвЂ™s a romantic slice-of-life coming-of-age show all in one, about growing up and letting go of the past and embracing ones emotions etc etc. Can she bring Kosei back to music, and back to life?. Having resigned himself to a bland life, he is surprised when he meets Kaori Miyazono, a violinist with an unorthodox style. Driven by his pain to abandon piano, Kosei now lives in a monotonous, colorless world. Plot ( according to Amazon) Kosei Arima was a piano prodigy until his cruel taskmaster of a mother died suddenly, changing his life forever. Any spoiler you read after this point is your own responsibility.

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IвЂ™ll be writing my full thoughts including spoilers so hereвЂ™s the spoiler-free gist before I start: you should watch Your Lie in April if you like classical music, love triangles and long drawn out tragedies and avoid it if you donвЂ™t like any of these. I liked Your Lie in April, more or less, though the lie turned out to be very stupid.

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