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ItвЂ™s incredibly good at what it sets out to do. This isnвЂ™t gonna be an article where I give a spicy, contrarian take about Your Lie in April being bad, because it isnвЂ™t. ThatвЂ™s exactly the shock they were trying to elicit. It was at that moment that I thought, вЂњWhat is wrong with this show?!вЂќ And thatвЂ™s when I realized that nothing was wrong with it. For example, I remember one episode having two silly, genuinely funny scenes with visual gags flanking a portrayal of pretty severe child abuse. ItвЂ™s that feeling of always needing to be on high alert for random, emotionally gut-wrenching events that produces the kind of exhaustion that Your Lie in April is famousвЂ“or perhaps infamousвЂ“for. By mixing up emotional and silly scenes so sporadically, the showrunners made sure the audience never feels comfortable or safe on a scene-to-scene basis. The tone often felt inconsistent, but I believe that inconsistency was intentional. However, I couldnвЂ™t help but feel a little manipulated while watching it, almost as if it was going out of its way to emotionally exhaust me. Your Lie in April has a sad narrative that is easy to be invested in. ItвЂ™s done beautifully, but maybeвЂ¦too beautifully? Colors are utilized beautifully in every scene, and when the writing wants to, it really makes you feel the emotions behind the story. The music is beautiful, especially to a classical music nerd like me.

Instead, I want to talk about the tone, because Your Lie in April is nothing but a crash course on how tone can be used to create a show with otherwise questionable properties.ДonвЂ™t get me wrong, Your Lie in April has a lot going for it. Kosei and Kaori are by far the most interesting characters, basically carrying the show on their beautiful, musical backs. In a deviation from my usual segments, IвЂ™m also not going to talk about the characters very much. IвЂ™m not going to talk about plot too much in this one the plot is honestly pretty predictable but itвЂ™s executed very well. DonвЂ™t worry about him he sucks and deserves to be forgotten.

The two form a friendship, and over the course of the show Kaori helps Kosei rediscover his love of music and the potential for love in the world. But one day, Kosei meets Kaori (man, they couldnвЂ™t have picked names that were more different?), a high school girl known all over Japan for her incredible yet unorthodox skill at violin. Now in high school, Kosei spends his time listening to musicвЂ“never playing itвЂ“and spending time with his friends like most high schoolers do. It tells the story of Kosei Arima, a piano prodigy of Mozart proportions, who left a promising music career behind with no explanation when his mother passed away. Anyone who knows anime knows this, and I knew this going into it. Crash your car into a tree, something a little less painful than this show. This month, I watched Your Lie in April, because I thought вЂњHey, thatвЂ™s appropriate because itвЂ™s April and IвЂ™m secretly an emotional masochist.вЂќ So let me introduce this with a simple advisory message: If youвЂ™re going through a rough time, maybe visit this anime a little down the road.

#Your lie in april anime tvtropes movie#

Or maybe rewatch a Pokemon movie for nostalgiaвЂ™s sake. Like Mob Psycho 100! ThatвЂ™s a fun, relevant show. This wouldвЂ™ve been a great month to use My New Life as an Anime Fan to watch something fun and silly.

ItвЂ™s been a rough April, emotionally speaking. DonвЂ™t worry IвЂ™ll be putting spoiler warnings where needed so all you late-bloomers like me can read without concern. I never got into anime until very recently, so join me on my journey as I watch some old gems and try to cultivate my newly found anime palate.

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My New Life as an Anime Fan is a new segment from yours truly where I talk about older anime series that I missed out on and IвЂ™ve gone back to watch. My New Life as an Anime Fan - Your Lie in April