Your Lie in April
LastChapter said: this comment emotionally destroyed meWhat is really depressing though and still gives me the feels is that Kaori lives her life to the fullest due to being inspired by Kousei and progressed her life only for the hope of getting closer to him. She knew she didn't have enough time, so she got closer to him by treating him as just a normal friend and pretended to like his best friend instead. And finally when Kaori has fulfilled her wish to be by Kousei's side, death comes knocking, so she takes a life-threatening surgery for the slight chance she can be with him longer. It reminds me back of what happened in chapter 41 before the surgery when she starts crying about how this is the extent of getting to know the boy she loves, that there is still so much she doesn't know about him, and how she doesn't want Kousei to leave her side. Unfortunately, that chance will never come and Kaori dies prematurely, leaving behind a letter confessing everything because she wasn't alive long enough to confess everything herself. Life has given her the short end of the stick as when she is about to finally reach her goal, she wasn't able to cross the finish line. Never again will we hear the violin and piano duet brimming with the players' love for each other. Never will Kaori spend time with Kousei again, and never again will Kousei see her brimming smile in spring. The series had a sad but beautiful ending, every character involved had their development fleshed out splendidly, if only we can give Kaori a second chance and let her stay with Kousei just a little bit longer. |
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LastChapter said: What is really depressing though and still gives me the feels is that Kaori lives her life to the fullest due to being inspired by Kousei and progressed her life only for the hope of getting closer to him. She knew she didn't have enough time, so she got closer to him by treating him as just a normal friend and pretended to like his best friend instead. And finally when Kaori has fulfilled her wish to be by Kousei's side, death comes knocking, so she takes a life-threatening surgery for the slight chance she can be with him longer. It reminds me back of what happened in chapter 41 before the surgery when she starts crying about how this is the extent of getting to know the boy she loves, that there is still so much she doesn't know about him, and how she doesn't want Kousei to leave her side. Unfortunately, that chance will never come and Kaori dies prematurely, leaving behind a letter confessing everything because she wasn't alive long enough to confess everything herself. Life has given her the short end of the stick as when she is about to finally reach her goal, she wasn't able to cross the finish line. Never again will we hear the violin and piano duet brimming with the players' love for each other. Never will Kaori spend time with Kousei again, and never again will Kousei see her brimming smile in spring. The series had a sad but beautiful ending, every character involved had their development fleshed out splendidly, if only we can give Kaori a second chance and let her stay with Kousei just a little bit longer. This comment trippled my heart break over Kaori's death..... why the hell would other people want a realistic ending over fictional characters? we have fiction to run from real life cuz real life sucks for most people, thats how life is we all know that the hard way. Fiction is my ticket for escaping the harsh reality life has to give us..... I learned to love Kaori's character and I wasnt supposed to cry this much but her letter man, her LETTER! after I read the ''Arima Kousei Kun, I love you, I love you, I love you'' it just broke me.... I cant even describe how I feel atm. I might seem like a weirdo crying over a fictional character but I dont care..... The last time I cried like this was in Clannad AS but at least that gave us a wonderful miraculous ending but this.... this is just too much.... I dont want to watch the anime anymore but for the memory of Kaori and what the author wanted to show us I shall watch it and Ima ready some tissues for it. |
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wtfitsmegaman said: Usually truck-san takes out all shoujo girls I am quite surprised that kaori died a natural death Dammit, this reminds me of what happened in the manga |
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| As real as the ending was in comparison to any real life situation (with no miraculous recovery and whatnot) It still doesn't take away the sadness this ending produces... You could say that the last few pages were of Kousei moving on, but because we don't have anything like a time-skip or a period of mourning so-to-speak, Kaori's death and everything that happens afterwards feels so raw at the conclusion of this manga.... Damn ninjas..... Even though she's fictional, I'm seriously gonna miss her. |
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szympus11 said: angelica89 said: Since I am sick of the "miraculously saved" clichés, I liked the way the author ended his work. Imo it's more realistic this way. +1 for you my friend because i was tired of that kind of ending too and this manga changed it and showed how real life is like . I was waiting for this end, I'm not disappointed. |
| I know it didnt follow the cliche route but the story was really predictable ._. Seriously i think most of us figured out what the lie was early on and also it was kind of implied that she is going to die . So deep down i was actually hoping for an ending that would surprise me :/ The ending we got left me wanting more . So meh for the ending :| Overall good story i guess but predictable. Still deserves 9/10 . I hope they throw in some extra scenes or something in the anime . Maybe an ova with a time skip. |
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| yeah the ending and the letter itself the whole story was predictable i mean even from the start you can tell that she really like arima from the start and then not much later you could tell she was dying i even realized that she was just like his mom as to how she was rushing to do things and so on because she was running out of time but still even though all of it was predictable the letter still broke me just even thinking about it now still makes me wanna cry and when it happens in the anime its gonna make it even more emotional.. but overall even with it ended i do want a bit more as the story still feels incomplete i wanna see what happens after them going to high school and and more amazing series now just to watch till the end with the anime |
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| This ending just doesn't feel complete for me. What I got out of the story is that he finally moved on from his Mother's passing because he met someone that essentially took her place. After a bunch of developments and a few performances, she dies and we're expected to believe that Kousei is able to move on after his pillar of support literally dies? Just feel like there should be more to the ending. I'm not complaining about her death, I just think that its a bit abrupt at the end which the author clearly wanted us to feel empty. Perhaps most of it is due to the fact that the focus of the show shifted from music to becoming full on drama which I honestly didn't like. I guess it is what it is. |
yahzeeFeb 7, 2015 6:23 PM
| This is a shitty ending not because she died. It's because the story ends right after she dies... |
Smooched said: This is a shitty ending not because she died. It's because the story ends right after she dies... Pretty much this^. You basically summed up my 2 paragraphs of ranting in one sentence. |
| Lol RIP Kaori. In more seriousness, I called Kaori's death from the whole beginning because she rised her own fucking death flag "I want people to remember me" everything was predictable and thus it was a boring read. 3/10 |
Ryuku-TsukuyomiFeb 9, 2015 9:22 AM
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| Holy dick balls penis, I can't wait till this ending to be animated to see the faces and what the butt hurt lads write. |
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| Damn... it won't make me stop watching the anime, but... now I really hope the OVA will be some alternate ending where Kaori lives... SHE DESERVES HER HAPPY ENDING DAMMIT! T.T |
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| it's ironic that the anime had the most colourful palette ever at the beginning. it gave me hope as what fiction should have done but turned out that when you know your end you suddenly want to make your last seconds of your life being colourful. and Kaori ended up sharing her colours to Kousei, making herself losing her colours--- i don't even know if she felt happy dying. she must've been filled with regret not being able to perform for the last time, although she managed to perform with Kousei once in her most colourful period ever. i thought this series couldve been a great encouragement for your creative side, now i'm not really sure. i have mixed feelings where i loved the first cour of the anime but reading the last two volumes of the manga was so frustrating. Also i wanted more epilogue on Kousei. did he stay for the in-country high school or did he go overseas? Emi somewhat said Kousei was gonna go for a "journey" at the end of his performance, does that mean he's going overseas? But Tsubaki said that she would stay by his side "forever like a ghost haunting your back" so does that mean Kousei won the competition and gets to go to his first-choice high school? Kousei grew at the end but i just wanted to see a little bit more. |
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| its make me really tearful somehow after read this well... feels coming |
| i stopped breathing awhile there.. T_T |
“They stood together in a false intimacy, a nervous contact. And he was in love with her.” ― D.H. Lawrence, Women in Love |
| That's good, she stopped suffering. |
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epicSHIN said: That's good, she stopped suffering. I'm suffering ;~; |
Azn210 said: epicSHIN said: That's good, she stopped suffering. I'm suffering ;~; You'll recover right away. |
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| Well, at least Kaori feels the same for Kousei. But still *sighs* |
| The world shall know the truth soon. |
| Where the hell these tears came from?? |
Seepos said: Where the hell these tears came from?? The onion beside you. |
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epicSHIN said: Seepos said: Where the hell these tears came from?? The onion beside you. Didin't even noticed that them were there. |
| oh...depression for a week :'( what started as a funny and enjoyable manga,turns into an ending of sadness and them feels..9/10 for me |
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| i havent felt this happy or sad reading something for a long time.... |
LastChapter said: It seems people are equating predictability to "shit story." It's not being unable to guess the development that makes the series good, but how the development is executed, and Shigatsu did a pretty damn good job. Oh, so you "knew" what was going to happen before the ending came? Congrats, so did those who paid attention to all the death flags blatantly being waved at the reader halfway through the series. Perhaps I should now spoil myself the ending to every series before I read/watch it and call it shit when I'm done because I knew the ending? The author wasn't going for the surprise factor that Kaori died, the author was painting a story of how it inevitably concludes. Thank you for that! Besides if you think in wider perspective there is no story that wasn`t already told at some point of the time. Yet we still keep reading stories... As for Kaori death... at first I was very disappointed. I mean I have enough bad endings in real life, but after sometime I thought maybe it`s for the best. If she just survived the operation and got better for a while I would be harder on her and Kousei, plus she didn`t suffer anymore. But still I would`t might a miracle even unbelievable one. I don`t think they`ll alter the story in anime, besides even if they did everyone knows how it really ended, so whats the point? Now it would be only to please the fans ( or alt least some of them). Smooched said: This is a shitty ending not because she died. It's because the story ends right after she dies... Yeah, I really would like to know what happened after. What happened with Kousei Tsubaki and others. Does he still remember Kaori for who is he now playing? Does he visit her grave/parents? Btw. Am I the only one who is under impression That Watari knew all along that Kaori really is into Kousei not him? |
| I thought it was pretty obvious. I mean the show is called "Your Lie in April" and the only thing repeated over and over was "I'll stay by your side" and "I'll never leave you". Also there was the cat who was always compared to Kaori died and her final words "we all need someone to kiss us goodbye" Nonetheless,great manga. I should have stuck with the anime. |
humaidk2Feb 24, 2015 2:25 AM
| I'm not sad that Kaori passed away, it was inevitable. I'm lying, I'm crying my eyes out. What makes me more sad is the fact that even though WE know that in the end, they both love each other, they didn't. At least not directly. Would've loved a confession before the surgery. Interesting to see if the anime will be faithful to the original or tweak some stuff here and there. Time to go to my corner and cry like a b*tch for a week for being emotionally weak. I can never handle a main character's death. FEELS/10 An epilogue would've been nice though. What happened to Emi?, Takashi? his sister? and the rest. |
natsuculeFeb 24, 2015 11:17 AM
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| I'm going to seriously miss this series. but first things first, i have to brace my tear canals for the anime, then i can look back at this series in hindsight. uugghh i honestly don't even know. i'm speechless |
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| That ending was so bad ugh I was hoping for a successful surgery and the two playing on stage together once again, making a big comeback shocking the classical world in their world. Tragedy isn't even listed as genre for this series so that was really unexpected, at least her suffering ended. |
| Really?? Thats how it ended? Well, can't say I didn't call it. I just can't feel for this, honestly think its a terrible end |
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| RIPieces. |
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| No happy end for us ;__; We all saw it coming, but I really hoped for a miracle. Sad endings aren't my thing even if they are "realistic." |
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| what a sad ending :( RIP Kaori |
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| I knew she would die... I knew it... but that letter... that letter made my cry... then I translated it to spanish and cried again... Kaori Miyazono, you're one of the best female characters i've seen ; _ ; giganta said: That ending was so bad ugh I was hoping for a successful surgery and the two playing on stage together once again, making a big comeback shocking the classical world in their world. Tragedy isn't even listed as genre for this series so that was really unexpected, at least her suffering ended. It IS listed tho. |
| ^^ Totally agree. Ass-pulls like "she ends up living"is what you'd call a bad ending as Kaori was part of the plot device for Kousei to walk that road of sorrow and overcoming it.....5/5 for this chapter and a 9/10 overall for the manga. Now I just hope the adaptation stays faithful unlike a certain other 2014 anime(akame ga....oops) and Kaori kicks the bucket. Sadist that I am would not forgive A1 if Kaori miraculously lives and plays duet with Kousei. The guy needs to be a soloist thru and thru...and no shipping for Tsubaki either (mean face) |
| The tears can't stop. |
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| So Kaori became like a medium to make Kousei come back to being a Pianist and making both him and Tsubaki realize something. She really made a lot for those last months she had. And it was all devoted for her childhood crush. Kinda romantic. |
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