1:00 this is the moment where kaori realises, what kousei felt for her, she instandly new that this image he had in mind was about her in that clubroom, and that hes indirectly telling her, that hes in love with her, so sad they never talked about their love for each other, it had to be that damn letter where she was already in heaven...
I'm almost always a manga purist, but YLiA is a rare case where I just don't think any other medium can capture the beauty of the music and the story like the anime did. A story like this demands a level of auditory engagement I think, and anime is so stylistically tailored for this with its heavy use of inner monologue, montage, animated mise-en-scene, and, of course, sound design. Hearing the actual changes in Arima's style is so much more effective than just reading other characters state that it changed or dealing with a more rushed pace in a 2 hour film. With anime, each entire tune and sequence gets to fully play out and have a more significant effect. Not to mention how miraculous the actual piano performances are by the real musicians. They went all out with this anime, and I don't believe any other adaptation could ever touch this. It's a masterpiece.
The music and aesthetic in you lie in April really resemble what a true music anime should be, props to the production and musician who interpreted it vividly and are able to express it
I'm not a manga reader at all but i think the best movies/animes are the one who can show something that couldn't be "told". If you go check top 100movies rated by producers or experts, Vertigo and Citizen Kane are always in the top10 even tho they are over 60+yrs old. The Story or the quality of a movie is not that important for a movie (of course it's important if you just want to get money and a lot of viewers) The most important thing in a movie/anime is to show the untranscriptible. YLiA does this job very well, you can test by yourself, try to describe the anime to a friend or someone who didn't see it and you'll see what i mean.
fell in love with this piece when watching this anime. five years later it is my audition piece for college. cheesy to say a show changed my life but it’s true. edit: played the middle section for my audition (college only allowed three minute pieces) and i just heard back from them. i got in! it has been my dream school since i became serious about the piano. :)
Trust me.... it isnt cheesy.... this show opened my eyes, I was on the brink of Quitting music..... then I watched this, here I am going to graduate high school, 100% invested into music
Same here, I always hated the piano but when I watched this show I was like “why do I hate the piano “ and now the piano is the most precious thing to me 😅
this is the best interpretation i’ve ever heard. shout out to the actual pianist behind this i wish i knew their name. the way they played 1:12-1:15 is just indescribable. you can hear that subtle melody so loudly that u NEVER hear in any other interpretation ever. the slow part was a little slower but not to a fault. they really gave character to every single note. just amazing.
@@alloutpotatoit’s so crazy because i haven’t heard that part being played like that ever. not horowitz, not rubenstein, not pollini, nobody. and it’s just soooo beautiful. it’s an indescribable feeling. i wonder if that’s how chopin wanted it to sound.
SPOILER * She was crying because she realized the person she loved also loved her but she knew she will never be with him. This scene adds a whole now level after finishing the anime
I think this one, the one where he plays Love’s Sorrow, and the last are my favorite. I guess it makes sense that these are his performance episodes but also I have the strongest emotional connection with these songs, especially given I’ve watched the anime 15 times (literally)
Quick Story I had a crush on a girl who plays the piano in my class (pretty mediocre playing ngl) so one day i decided to become a pianist to try and and *cough * impress her- anyway i got rejected brutally before i even had a chance to play for her once, ive been depressed since then, but i think i found myself in the piano. i practice 3-4 hours everyday to try and make myself notable, i wish someone would see me once and appreciate my efforts. this piece is the piece i aspired to learn back when i started to learn piano, i didnt understand the wrong notes and thought it was a good melody hindered by the wrong notes- now i understand this piece, the bittersweetness i feel when listening to this, i understand what chopin meant. welp thanks for reading have a nice time
I'm crying again,Please our tears reach to her.Tears become lake,lake become sea...And seas are become Oceans.A ocean when we memorialized you dear Kaori.You aren't just a anime character.You are our missing part,You are in our heart's deepest where...
The musicians that recorded for this anime are actually geniuses. The pianist makes this etude sound so fresh, like it was composed specifically for this scene
It’s literally impossible for me to hear any music from this anime without instantly crying. I thought after 5 years that would be different but no. Instant water works.
No entiendo como un anime te hace sentir este dolor por cada música y por cada subida y bajada del piano, llevo 7 años tocando el piano y otros instrumentos pero nunca lo había sentido de esa manera, la emoción es enorme y te hace retroceder al pasado y regresar a sentir lo que es, cada momento de la alegre y triste vida de esos jóvenes de un simple anime, es asombroso, la música ya no la veo como un par de partituras o tocar como un metalero o alocarse en el piano, la veo como un sentimiento profundo, ya no es lo mismo si ves shigatsu wa kimi no uso.
Que hermoso y si la música tiene vida y puede expresar más que las palabras. No se tocar ningún instrumento siempre quise tocar piano a los 33 años creo que ya es tarde pero me gusta mucho escuchar y llorar y emocionarme con la música. 😉😁
I was listening to all of Chopins music and I heard this one and immediately recognized it, I had to search it up to make sure it was actually the same one from your lie in April
Kaori didn’t confess to Kousei while she was alive because she knew what Tsubaki felt for Kousei and she wanted Tsubaki to have Kousei as she knew her self she didn’t have much time left. But at the end she couldn’t be hold her self and wrote a letter of confession to Kousei but unfortunately she was already in the gates of heaven when he read the letter. Quite unfortunate really.
After watching this anime, I didn't know who I was anymore or what I want to be. The world looked monotone to my eyes. This is the saddest anime ever. I wish Kaori didn't die so it would be a happy ending but know it's attached to my head.
I love music and I play guitar I wish I got into music much sooner, this anime and a bunch of videos on RU-vid make me want to learn piano since it can really sound amazing
Kaori is one of that characters who is designed to be loved I don't like how she was portrayed in the series though She is presented as the most beautiful girl, strong, independent and inspiring That was a bit excessive since she is viewed by the cast as someone absolutely flawless, but if look closer to her actions in a critical way..... I don't really like her just because I was supposed to like her and also because she is indeed a bit manipulative and selfish. that's because at first everything goes exactly as she planned and that was annoying to me because it seemed like she was the puppet master who decide how Kousei should meet her, be impressed by her and fall in love with her (she wasn't asking to get the experiences she wanted with the one she admire and love shortly after). Also I hate how she doesn't want to be honest about his relationship until she is dead (that's a bit selfish too since she wasn't supposed to reveal something.... still most of what she says about the serious stuff isn't genuine) That's shortly because I didn't cry during the letter, I wasn't invested in her story, I felt like I knew much less than I wanted and also I cared way more for the other characters so that I was actually afraid she would be an emotional scar for Kousei (I like him, and also it's wonderful how he recover his heart and passion lost even before his trauma thanks to his love for that colorful girl) and a weight to his bond with Tsubaki ( which can indeed go beyond friendship, I don't know if he could love her but still he can receive her love). What I really like about Kaori is her weak, human and grounded side, when she is not an ideal angel, which she for most of the time until the letter. I like the side of her with glasses, ponytails, problems, difficulties as a pearson. She was in the background as a relatable character and that was really good. She wasn't a puppet master as I thought actually (if you rewatch the first episodes that could still be the impression), at least that wasn't what she planned, she didn't want to fix Kousei's life with a plan (like Misaki wants to do in welcome to the Nhk) as I thought but she was really only wanting to make some good memories with someone she admired. Too bad that letter was the only 100% honest speech about her point of view in their relationship. (Isn't annoying that even in her late speeches she still call him friend A? That doesn't make her thoughts very genuine, don't you think?) (I want to be fair, There are still good moments of character development when she cried showing a bit of her weak side, when she is asked about high school and she is actually desperate and full of regrets and when she faced seriously and honestly her illness and how she was attached to life and wanted to do rehabilitation to walk again.
