No. Hold it together, Tsubaki. And try to appreciate classical music while you're at it.
Your Lie in April (Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso) IOTI Life is Colorful
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its anime. she will play mentally.
if by it all you are refencing everything that makes the show only decent not great then sure.
wasted time on childhood stuff that wasn't needed check.
wasted screen time with pointless childhood girl check.
wasted time with drama between main character and pointless childhood friend check.
the end was fine, but until then it was a really really really boring episode. likely doesn't help that I have been rooting for the childhood friend to just move away and never be seen again since episode 3 or so though >.>
assuming tsubaki is childhood friend girl (I dislike her enough that I don't even care enough to learn her name) then the only cheering for her I do is for her to go away forever.
I'm catching up right now with this (I'm on ep 16) and, like, crying a little on every episode. Can't remember the last time when anime worked on me like this. On paper, it's really nothing special, and I'm usually not into school dramas, at all... but it really clicked with me.
And it's goddamn beautiful.
So good.
And it's goddamn beautiful.
So good.
mightynine
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#TeamTsubaki
Always root for the underdog.
Always root for the underdog.
Masterful episode, now they just need to nail the landing.
I was half expecting them to reveal half way through Kousei's performance that they kissed (who knows it may still happen) Now that the mystery of the letter is solved, we'll see the final hand holding part of the opening happen next episode I assume.
I was half expecting them to reveal half way through Kousei's performance that they kissed (who knows it may still happen) Now that the mystery of the letter is solved, we'll see the final hand holding part of the opening happen next episode I assume.
I think that was as close as we are going to get this episode now that's she going through the surgery. I'm ok with that, at least she got a last moment.
I have a feeling this is going to end like Ichigo Domei (which I could live with)
Newtype-001
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No but it wont happen!
Newtype-001
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This anime could have done with a 24ep run.
this episode felt way too rushed.
Last ep next week and ive managed to keep away from manga spoilers so lets see how this pans out.
this episode felt way too rushed.
Last ep next week and ive managed to keep away from manga spoilers so lets see how this pans out.
UberTag
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This series makes me wish it had a pair of matching snowglobes as merchandise.
One that recreates Episode 1 with Kaori in her school uniform perched atop that playground sculpture with her melodica.
Shake it and you get a swirl of simulated cherry blossoms.
And the other that recreates Episode 21 with Kaori in her hospital garb alongside Kousei while she plays on her violin made of snow.
Shake it and you get a swirl of snow blowing around them both.
Bonus points if they play their corresponding music when you shake them.
In addition to next week's finale we have a direct-to-DVD episode to look forward to in May... so there's that as well.
One that recreates Episode 1 with Kaori in her school uniform perched atop that playground sculpture with her melodica.
Shake it and you get a swirl of simulated cherry blossoms.
And the other that recreates Episode 21 with Kaori in her hospital garb alongside Kousei while she plays on her violin made of snow.
Shake it and you get a swirl of snow blowing around them both.
Bonus points if they play their corresponding music when you shake them.
In addition to next week's finale we have a direct-to-DVD episode to look forward to in May... so there's that as well.
This is a great idea, love the look of the anime, Kaori's Rondo Capriccioso would be perfect
it can't be that cruel, maybe just one final scene between the two of them
metsallica
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Such a wonderful, earned moment when we saw all the faces of the people who love Kousei as he struggled to play. And I guess we learned why they never called it ALS in this episode.
She'll make it through, they'll spend a couple months together because it will have prolonged her life and she'll die in April (the cherry blossoms suggest this)
...
I don't think I can take the next episode.
Just one more left.
T_T
i do think that all the abundant death flags in earlier episodes was wayyyy too much. :/
I'd rather have Emi win at that point.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
This was probably the most emotional episode yet, and honestly I was laughing the whole way through. The monologues have been awful since the beginning, but the moment Arima actually
was my breaking point. I wish the show had more trust on its own imagery to tell the story, because what's underneath all the expository and intrusive dialogue is very good.
blames music for killing people
The thing is that 14 year olds tend to think dramatically. In the state of mind he was in, it's perfectly understandable why he'd think such a thing even if it isn't rational considering the trauma he's had to deal with. It's easy for us as older people not in that state of mind to reflect on how ridiculous a sentiment that might be, but to him it's real. I don't particularly buy any of the criticisms of the monologues people have made in general, they reflect his state of mind well and they are over dramatic because that's the type of person he is.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I don't think you understood me. It was not the melodrama that I disliked, but the way the show narrates every single piece of information regarding what's happening. It gets particularly grating during the performances, when you can infer most of what is being explained in the dialogue through the music and the montages that already accompany the pieces. The over-reliance on expository monologues is the one thing that keeps this show from becoming something truly amazing.
It is necessary though to show his state of mind. Plus some viewers are less discerning than others, for example I would not be able to see the variations in his performance so its helpful when they explain what I'm supposed to be seeing. I don't see them overnarrating at all, for example when Kaori stood up and played her air violin there was no dialogue there, which was appropriate.
btw looks like there is a Twitter campaign going on at
http://www.kimiuso.jp/nodame/
just copy this #君嘘応援 and a sentence or two about the show, when we reach 10,000 something magical happens
http://www.kimiuso.jp/nodame/
just copy this #君嘘応援 and a sentence or two about the show, when we reach 10,000 something magical happens
UberTag
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But that's not the title of the series.
It's not You'll Die in April. It's Your Lie in April.
We need to hear about the lie. No one must die.
Basileus777
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But that's not the title of the series.
It's not You'll Die in April. It's Your Lie in April.
We need to hear about the lie. No one must die.
It was kind of obvious what the lie was from the early episodes. It was Kaori pretending to be into Watari when she was after Arima from the start.
yeah, I realized this, after several episodes
btw we need 200 more tweets until 10,000!
UberTag
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Pretty much everything about this series is obvious.
I'd still like to see that lie spelled out to Mr. Oblivious.
thank you beautiful people
we will get an OVA hopefully
There's an OVA coming in May included with the final volume of the manga. It's likely it'll be a side event that happened during the course of the series as the final episode will finish the manga right off so there won't be an extra material there.
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