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Honestly, I had high hopes for this anime after watching an advertisement for it. But a few episodes in, the enjoyment I had while waiting for what was going to happen next disappeared.

STORY
The biggest issue for me was that the plot changed, it seems like the producer went off topic.I did not read the original material so I don't know if this is based off what the author wrote or if the producer just made a mistake. Either way, it ruined the show immensly for me. The show was supposed to be about the "Heroes of the SIX Flowers" going to defeat the rising ... Demon God, yes? But somewhere along the way, the fact that people are dying just seems to slip their minds and the biggest issue becomes that there are SEVEN "Heroes of the SIX Flowers" instead. Seriously, what? Why does it matter if their is an imposter? Especially since it says near the beginning that only demons and the Heros of the SIX Flowers could enter the Land of Howling Wind (I don't remember if this is the correct name or not), so if there is an imposter they'll die anyways.

ART & SOUND
The art is mainly what drew me to watch this anime. The animations were great. Sometimes the background music did not match what was going on, but overall it was okay.

CHARACTERS
I personally like the character variety a lot. Each character has their own stories, some kind of motivation to defeat the Demon King. They don't share the same personalities, each character is unique.

ENJOYMENT
I actually did enjoy this anime, it's just that the fact that they dropped their mission to find an imposter was very annoying. If they had just ignored the fact that there happens to be an extra then I would have enjoyed this much more. But I guess it wasn't that bad.

OVERALL
It's a good show but I wouldn't watch it again. I would recommend this to mystery fans, since that's what this turns out to be.

This is my first review so it probably isn't worth a read.

First, I will say that I only picked this up because of the music. Classical music is my favorite so when I heard the synopsis, I just had to watch it. I'm very glad I did. If you are like me and play the classical piano, this would be great to watch. It has such beautiful pieces that some even brought me to tears.

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso is a lovable anime. It isn't incredibly long, so if you have nothing to do you can most likely finish it in a day ... or two. That is unless you keep playing the songs over and over again, which is what I am doing (at the moment I am only 10 episodes in.)

In my opinion, the storyline is one of the best. The fact that Arima Kousei was a piano prodigy until the incident causing him to be unable to play, and then his friends are all trying to him become a pianist again; I think it is very touching. The characters all give good advice that I personally have never heard before. It makes me wonder if I can become a better pianist.

At the moment, I rate this an 9. Even if it is mainly because the music selections are beautiful.