Your lie in April
四月は君の嘘
Piano prodigy Arima Kousei dominated the competition and all child musicians knew his name. But after his mother, who was also his instructor, passed away, he had a mental breakdown while performing at a recital. This resulted in him no longer being able to hear the sound of his piano playing. Two years later, Kousei hasn’t touched the piano and views the world without any flair or color. He was content at living out his life with his good friends Tsubaki and Watari until, one day, a girl changed everything. Miyazono Kaori is a pretty, free spirited violinist whose playing style reflects her personality. Kaori helps Kousei return to the music world and show that it should be free and mold breaking unlike the structured and rigid style Kousei was used to.
Your lie in April is a tv with 22 episodes, from Fall 2014, produced by A-1 Pictures, rated 8.4/10 on AniList.
Synopsis
Piano prodigy Arima Kousei dominated the competition and all child musicians knew his name. But after his mother, who was also his instructor, passed away, he had a mental breakdown while performing at a recital. This resulted in him no longer being able to hear the sound of his piano playing. Two years later, Kousei hasn’t touched the piano and views the world without any flair or color. He was content at living out his life with his good friends Tsubaki and Watari until, one day, a girl changed everything. Miyazono Kaori is a pretty, free spirited violinist whose playing style reflects her personality. Kaori helps Kousei return to the music world and show that it should be free and mold breaking unlike the structured and rigid style Kousei was used to.
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Tags
- Tragedy — Centers around tragic events and unhappy endings.
- Classical Music — Centers on the musical style of classical, not to be applied to anime that use classical in its soundtrack.
- Primarily Teen Cast — Main cast is mostly composed of teen characters.
- Coming of Age — Centers around a character's transition from childhood to adulthood.
- Disability — A work that features one or more characters with a physical, mental, cognitive, or developmental condition that impairs, interferes with, or limits the person's ability to engage in certain tasks or actions.
- Rehabilitation — Prominently features the recovery of a character who became incapable of social life or work.
- Male Protagonist — Main character is male.
- Female Protagonist — Main character is female.
- Love Triangle — Centered around romantic feelings between more than two people. Includes all love polygons.
- Shounen — Target demographic is teenage and young adult males.
- Heterosexual — Prominently features a romance between a man and a woman, not inherently sexual.
- Tsundere — Prominently features a character who acts cold and hostile in order to mask warmer emotions.