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Tsubaki on the other hand doesn’t realize her feelings until Kousei talks about leaving home to become a famous musician. Kousei realizes his love for Kaori first, and so sets the way for a relapse of depression if she dies like his mother. It’s also around this time that both Kousei and Tsubaki realize their true feelings. He’s constantly haunted by flashbacks of his mother and her abusive teaching methods, and we eventually learn that his last words to her were saying that she should just die already… (No wonder this kid has such a complex surrounding the piano)
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This realization, as well as the similarities leading to his mother’s death, send Kousei into depression. Kousei is one of the first characters to realize the severity of Kaori’s illness, and she eventually confirms it. Fans have speculated she had ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, but the show never actually names it. She plays it off initially as being anemic and hitting her head, but over time it’s revealed to be much more serious.
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Unfortunately, love and music aren’t the only driving forces of this series as we discover that Kaori has some form of chronic illness. There are a few other prominent side characters as well, but I feel they’re slightly less central to the plot. They perform a duet together at a school festival to the dismay of Takeshi, but it gives Nagi a great deal of growth as a musician. Finally we have the younger sister of Takeshi, Nagi Aiza, a young girl, (a year younger than Kousei, but this anime shows crazy character differences in age) who is mentored by Kousei at Hiroko’s request. She eventually mentors Kousei once he picks the piano back up. Next we have Hiroko Seto, a famous pianist and Kousei’s mother’s close friend from college. There’s also subtle evidence she has a crush on him. We’re also introduced to Emi Igawa, who like Takeshi, was inspired at a young age by Kousei to become a musician. We have Takeshi Aiza, who’s aim was always to catch up and surpass Kousei, his hero, on the piano since watching him play at a young age. And anime being as anime is, these feelings are rarely if ever properly expressed - though I will say this show does a much better job than many others.Īlong the way, we’re also introduced to a series of interesting side characters all with some kind of connection to Kousei and the piano. We get a few hints early on that Tsubaki is jealous of Kaori’s relationship with Kousei, and of Kousei’s jealousy towards Watari’s relationship with Kaori. Oddly enough though, Kaori makes it her mission to help Kousei become a musician again as it seems he was pretty famous two years ago before he stopped playing. Right as he takes it however a gust of wind lifts her skirt, forever cementing their angry tsundere-like relationship. When they first encounter, Kousei hears her playing a melodica and tries to take a picture. Shortly after he encounters Kaori who they’re trying to help set up with Watari. We’re first introduced to his childhood friends Tsubaki and Watari. The early episodes of this series are fairly lighthearted while the main focus is on Kousei’s recovery as a musician. However, everything changes when he meets a beautiful violinist, Kaori Miyazono, who stirs up his world and sets him on a journey to face music again.īased on the manga series of the same name, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso approaches the story of Kousei’s recovery as he discovers that music is more than playing each note perfectly, and a single melody can bring in the fresh spring air of April.
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Two years later, Kousei still avoids the piano, leaving behind his admirers and rivals, and lives a colorless life alongside his friends Tsubaki Sawabe and Ryouta Watari. But after the passing of his mother, Saki Arima, Kousei falls into a downward spiral, rendering him unable to hear the sound of his own piano. Music accompanies the path of the human metronome, the prodigious pianist Kousei Arima. I didn’t necessarily go into this show with high expectations, but I knew the show was loved by many. It reminded me of Kids on the Slope from time to time as well as shows like Clannad, Anohana and Angel Beats. This show had a pretty quick turnaround from my first impressions post earlier last week, but I got a little caught up in it and couldn’t stop watching.