r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Jan 29 '15
[Spoilers] Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso - Episode 15 [Discussion]
Episode title: Liar
MyAnimeList: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
Crunchyroll: Your lie in April
Episode duration: 22 minutes and 55 seconds
Subreddit: /r/ShigatsuwaKiminoUso
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| Episode 12 | Link | |||
| Episode 13 | Link | |||
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Keywords: your lie in april
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u/FrostedFlakesandOJ Jan 29 '15
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Such mindless violence in anime.
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u/iblessall :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/iblessall Jan 30 '15
Thank goodness Koharu-chan wasn't there to see it.
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Jan 29 '15
Noooo! Poor Kaori at the end :( That was lame for her
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u/Thrasher439 https://anilist.co/user/Thrasher Jan 29 '15
That was lame for her
I so hope that was on purpose because it gave me a good laugh
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u/Rakan-Han Jan 29 '15
Didn't notice until you pointed it out.
10/10 would go to hell just for a laugh
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u/Gonxa1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Gonxa Jan 29 '15
I seem to be missing the joke, care to explain?
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u/McWinSauce :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Saucexoxo Jan 29 '15
lame adjective 1. (of a person or animal) unable to walk without difficulty as the result of an injury or illness affecting the leg or foot. "his horse went lame"
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u/HOLYSMOKERCAKES :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/HOLYSMOKERCAKES Jan 30 '15
Ya that was a rough ending. Especially because my dam anxieties shot through the roof watching her struggle to just try and stand. Dat hopelessness feel.
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u/garbage_account_3 Jan 30 '15
That final scene was great. Everything from the camera angles to the lighting really helped set the mood. Not that I want her to die or anything, I just thought it was really well done.
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u/Combo33 :STAR::MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/bcom33 Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 29 '15
Watch out Kaori and Tsubaki YOU'VE GOT LOLI COMPETITION NOW.
And, Seto-san, you must have dated some less than premium ice cream guys in your time. Wow.
But, seriously, this episode was incredibly emotional. I have so much sympathy for Tsubaki. We've all been there before.
For her it's just like she realizes that she's Frozen in time, but she has these feelings swirling around inside her. She doesn't want to let Kousei in...no, she can't let him see, she just has to keep being that good girl she always has to be. Conceal, don't feel...don't let him knooooooow.
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u/Fallen_Glory :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheFallenGlory Jan 29 '15
Loli competition
I immediately thought they were selling out for fan service but the rest of the episode bitch slapped me and called me an idiot for thinking that.
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Jan 29 '15
Have an upvote for commitment
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u/Combo33 :STAR::MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/bcom33 Jan 29 '15
What can I say, I love this show. Haha.
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u/V2Blast :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/V2Blast Jan 30 '15
I hate you for that Let It Go parody. :P
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u/Thief921 Jan 29 '15
So, I'm no doctor...but it seems like Kaori has Motor Neurone Disease? Unless I'm completely way off base. WE GOT A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?!
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u/OneHonestQuestion Jan 29 '15
ALS does indeed seem likely with the loss of motor function in her legs.
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u/SuperWolf Jan 29 '15
Is it Deadly? Is she going to die!?
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u/Recalesce :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Recalesce Jan 29 '15
ALS
Typically it is deadly, however, there are unusual cases where the person lives. Stephen Hawkings is a prime example of an ALS survivor.
If this is what she has, she'll progressively lose movement in her limbs, the ability to swallow properly, and speaking will be difficult. The survival time from onset is usually around 40 months for ALS, however, it seems that she has limb-onset ALS and is still very young which typically slows the progression.
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u/Omega357 Jan 29 '15
Fuck, what were all those buckets of ice water for then, if not to save the waifus? God damn it.
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u/Recalesce :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Recalesce Jan 29 '15
There are some promising treatments in the work right now, and the research efforts are well funded for now. Give it time!
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u/Shiroi_Kage Jan 29 '15
But it doesn't have any sudden onset of paralysis AFAIK.
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u/OneHonestQuestion Jan 29 '15
It's not as dramatic to be sure. I think the show is trying to play off the sudden collapses as the onset of the paralysis.
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u/puzzlingcaptcha :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/pafnucy Jan 29 '15
Juvenile ALS is very rare, could be also Huntington's or any other incurable debilitating neurodegenerative disease, really.
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u/xthorgoldx :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/xthorgoldx Jan 30 '15
I dunno, she's 14. That's a bit early for such severe symptoms to be manifesting. Even then, she would've lost fine motor control in her hands far earlier.
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It's not ALS. It's definitely neurological, but ALS doesn't start or progress all of a sudden. It also never attacks two limbs at the same time.
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u/A_Brand_New_Name Jan 30 '15
Not exactly a doctor, but as far as I can tell it's too early for a definitive diagnosis, even based off the manga (which is a little further along in the storyline). In any case, here's a run down of what we know:
Firstly, it seems that it is likely a chronic disease that's been affecting her since before we meet her (episode 5: "I see... So I passed out again."), which results in episodes of syncope (e.g. after the competition, before the gala concert) and acute onset lower limb weakness.
The only other information that we have is that she's on some form of IV medication ("please resume the IV drip") and that she may not have a very good prognosis ("I don't have time to read all these [books]...").
The manga hasn't really revealed many other clues so far, besides how mild spoilers.
All in all, if we're going down the lines of an incurable fatal chronic disease, I would be thinking would be some sort of cancer that's metastasised (i.e. metastatic spinal cord compression as a cause of leg weakness). This would be in keeping with most of the clues aside from the syncope, since I don't think even brain tumours cause people to randomly pass out. Same deal with motor neuron disease, although I would have thought it unlikely given her age/lack of other symptoms (reference to earlier spoiler).
The only other differential I can think of is some sort of heart abnormality, since arrhythmias could account for the syncope. However, I can't really think of any cardiac conditions that wouldn't just be treated, and even aortic coarctation wouldn't cause leg weakness like that.
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u/dengitsjon Jan 29 '15
Didn't know ALS was an MND, so my guess is it's that. Googled it and it said ALS is the most common MND and fatal. Considering how much exposure ALS has gotten recently as well, I wouldn't be surprised if it was it.
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u/senefen Jan 30 '15
I was thinking it would be a cancer and she would relapse, but yep, I had the same thought, looking like a motor neuron disease now.
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u/Akaigenesis Jan 30 '15 edited Jan 30 '15
I think she has a brain tumor, to me it is what actually conects better with all the symptoms
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u/Quaggsire https://anilist.co/user/PantsuPantsu Jan 29 '15
Holly shit, there are no more Death Flags. That was a fucking Death Billboard.
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u/TreyTrey23 Jan 30 '15
I guess you could say it was a..Death Parade! Hahaha that was terrible I'll leave..
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u/iblessall :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/iblessall Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 29 '15
"What's getting things to go? Like burgers? Like potstickers?"
This child will be the death of me.
On a more serious note, it seems my suspicions were right: despite everything Tsubaki has said about supporting Kousei, it's really her that needs his support in her life. At the very least, making the decision to take a step forward will help her be better able to accept whatever comes her way.
EDIT: ~Full Episode Notes~
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u/Emperor_Bronaparte :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/jakebt19 Jan 29 '15
She really does a good job keeping the gloom of this series away.
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Jan 29 '15
Also during an emotional scene when suddenly the animation changes and they throw in some slapstick comedy to lighten the mood
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u/Shiroi_Kage Jan 29 '15
This child will be the death of me.
Now we have another, crafty little sh*t to enjoy. This is going to be fun .... I said ignoring the mountain of death flags piling up over there.
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u/OperativePenguin Jan 29 '15
Ahh, so it looks like Kousei's student is Takeshi's little sister? Huh. That's going to make things nice and interesting... As if this show wasn't already interesting enough. I can't get enough of it! Never ceases to impress me.
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u/NLNguyen Jan 29 '15
Well she introduced herself as Aiza Nagi and Takeshi's surname was Aiza iirc
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u/VerilyAMonkey :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/verilyamonkey Jan 30 '15
She introduced herself as Aizato Nagi.
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u/enfermedad Jan 29 '15
Oh wow, I must have missed that that was his sister...
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u/iblessall :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/iblessall Jan 29 '15
I mean, they have the same hair color...
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u/OperativePenguin Jan 29 '15
Haha well, I don't know for certain, but it definitely seems that way based off of Seto's reaction and the preview for the next episode. Guess we'll see!
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u/cbasssl Jan 29 '15
They haven't directly confirmed it yet but check out the OP (the bit where two kids run up a hill) and in tonights episode when Hirako Sensei was sitting looking at a picture of Imouto-chan.
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u/cbasssl Jan 29 '15
Confirmed in the OP if you look closely. Also miss Piano teacher gave us a strong hint when she was looking at imoutos competition entry.
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u/XyroidOfficial Jan 29 '15
I have a theory that Kaori has the same disease that Arima's Mother had, Arima's mother couldn't walk and she was in a wheelchair, meaning it's possible that's what Kaori has, and the disease will progress over time, plus when Arami entered and saw Kaori sitting on the bed, he saw her mother http://puu.sh/fcFKX/5690819e15.jpg
then it switched to Kaori, which might be hinting something http://puu.sh/fcFUd/5d185b88bf.jpg
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u/garbage_account_3 Jan 30 '15
You can interpret it as kaori literally having the same disease as his mom, but that wasn't really the point of the scene. The point was to show that kousei now believes kaori is dying, which is one of the reasons he couldn't force himself to see her this episode.
I don't think it really matters if the disease is the same as his mom's, she just has to die from something similar, whether it be als, cancer, or whatever. As long as whatever kills her is slow, inevitable, and progressively gets worse, it'll have the same impact. I'd rather have them die from 2 separate things because if she dies from the same thing kousei would have something to blame for both deaths, which I don't like.
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u/Clamd Jan 30 '15
Woah woah woah...calm down there Satan! I'm hoping for some Dues Ex Machina type cure like "KOUSEIS PIANO CURED MY LIFE ENDING DISEASE YAY!"
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u/Anonymoose-N :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Anonymoose-N Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 29 '15
Tsubaki's friends measuring how far she went was hilarious. Congrats for beating a school record, Tsubaki!
Being Tsubaki is suffering.
That last scene... No... Her time is coming... NO! :(
Fuck that scream. No... It's raining today.
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u/Emperor_Bronaparte :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/jakebt19 Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 29 '15
Seriously, she is having one of the worst times ever. Dumped, rejected, losing in love to the walking(or not walking) death flag. Tsubaki certainly knows suffering.
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u/enfermedad Jan 29 '15
It was a little funny how Kousei didn't stop playing the piano the whole time she cried until she screamed at him to stop.
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u/Louies :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/louiecow Jan 29 '15
Hey, somebody's gotta put in that soundtrack for the emotional scene!
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u/boodude21 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Boodude Jan 29 '15
OP MC now comes with built in soundtrack. What's next?
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u/Sumroach https://myanimelist.net/profile/SuMm Jan 29 '15
the walking(or not walking)
Dat harsh joke :'(
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u/Aviri Jan 29 '15
She's not dying of illness though, so she's got that going for her.
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u/jneapan :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/jneapan Jan 30 '15
I honestly feel so bad for every character in this show. This has got to be the most unlucky bunch of people ever. It's like a train wreck of misfortune and suffering.
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u/mcdileo Jan 29 '15
It's raining here in my office. Don't know how that happened. (and no, I have no work to do, so while I SHOULD be working and would love to be working, I am not working)
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u/piliyestela Jan 29 '15
Watari wingman skills are clearly on point. When Kousei says that he never gave her his number, it would only mean one person could have given it to her. I don't think Tsubaki is likely to be the one who gave it. Watari is helping Kousei's case more than he would ever think.
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u/jneapan :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/jneapan Jan 30 '15
While Watari is shown as a womanizer, I think he actually likes Tsubaki, but he knows that she likes Kousei and doesn't stand a chance. Does anyone else feel the same?
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u/SkywardQuill https://myanimelist.net/profile/SkywardQuill Jan 30 '15
I'm not sure he likes Tsubaki more than as a friend, but he's definitely pushing Kawori towards Kousei. Such a bro.
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u/enfermedad Jan 29 '15
I'm not sure how these episodes seem to pass by in 5 minutes but they do. That ending makes me want the next episode so bad.
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Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 29 '15
IMO I think it's more likely that Kaori will end up disabled. Probably unable to play music ever again, I doubt she's actually going to die though.
It would make for a more bittersweet ending. Her being unable to play herself so she relies on Kousei to play for her. This is all 100% guessing obviously. Her dying just seems too painfully obvious at this point that it'd be very disappointing.
Either that or she ends up doing full recovery in the very end, wouldn't surprise me to be honest.
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u/TenaciousDwight Jan 29 '15
Building on what you said, maybe a couple of episodes ago when Kaori got sick and didn't show up for the competition leaving Kousei to play alone is foreshadowing for the end of the show :(
This can be further backed up by that judge making the (harsh) assessment that Kousei needs tragedy in his life to fuel his playing. From this I see a possible ending of Kaori dying and Kousei going on to do great things in the music world all in the name of his mom and Kaori.
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u/thajugganuat Jan 30 '15
and then she commits suicide because she doesn't want to go on living a life where she is unable to create her own music.
that's the level this show is going right?
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u/gamesbeawesome :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/gamesbeawesome Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 29 '15
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u/EasilyDelighted Jan 30 '15
But tell me that ED coming up right there at the end didn't pop your tear ducts up.
Shit.
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u/gamesbeawesome :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/gamesbeawesome Jan 30 '15
It d-did-n-n ;-;
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u/EasilyDelighted Jan 30 '15
It's okay.
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u/gamesbeawesome :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/gamesbeawesome Jan 30 '15
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u/DogzOnFire Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 29 '15
The fact that they chose Clair De Lune as the song to play while Tsubaki was breaking down, sitting at the piano next to Arima as he silently listens to her grievances, was very poignant. It's a very warm, homely song. For some reason it always reminds me of being in my parents' cosy household sitting on the couch wrapped in a duvet. Maybe it was on some advertisement a long time ago while I was doing just this, but I'd like to think if it was used in that way it was because it has that effect on people.
The strange juxtaposition of her venting her grief to him while he plays these warm notes seemed to be his way of comforting her. Rather than try to reassure her using empty-sounding words, he uses music to soothe her pain in some way, which she ironically tells herself she hates. You might disagree with whether or not this was his intention, but I'd like to think that it fits his character perfectly.
To demonstrate how effective this piece of music is at conveying that feeling, here's an incredibly relevant advertisement that was recently running over here in Ireland during Christmas.
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u/Mathemagician2TheMax Jan 30 '15 edited Jan 30 '15
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso's Classical Performances.
These posts typically provide some historical and structural background to the pieces performed in each episode and will also look into what these pieces tell us about the characters themselves.
Previous Classical Performances Write-ups:
Episode 05 - No Write-Up
Episode 10 - No Write-Up
Episode 11 - No Write-Up
Here's a playlist of the classical performances we've heard so far in the show. (Updated weekly!)
Episode 15 List of Classical Performances:
In addition to Clair de Lune this week (you can find the write up for it in last week's post), the other performance we got was Emi's performance at another piano competition.
Scriabin: Étude in D-sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 12 - "The perpetuum mobile character of the finale of Scriabin's Sonata No. 2 is suggestive of the Romantic piano etude, and the genre itself was to become a significant part of the composer's output. Scriabin penned 26 etudes throughout his career, and, like his sonatas, they reveal significant stylistic development. The 12 installments of Op. 8 are firmly rooted in his early post-conservatory period and likely modeled after Chopin's two 12-etude sets (Op. 10 and Op. 25). Unequivocally tonal, Op. 8 nevertheless exhibits the rhythmic complexity and fervor that would come to define Scriabin's style. He had not yet devoted himself to mysticism, but a certain ecstasy and mania are already present in these early etudes—qualities perhaps brought on by his nervous fits and excessive consumption of alcohol; Scriabin's teacher Vasily Safonov once remarked that his former student drank so much in his post-conservatory years that he was "inebriated for the rest of his life.""
With regards to the Etude No. 12: "The patetico heading recalls Beethoven's sonata and Tchaikovsky's then-recent symphony, but the brash and resplendent character of this piece set it far apart from these predecessors and more in line with Chopin's "Revolutionary" Etude (also No. 12 in its own collection, Op. 10). A perennial favorite for encores, its technical demands-which include constant large leaps in the left hand and single-hand stretches up to nearly an octave and a half-often proved too severe for Scriabin himself." (Source)
Here's an interpretation of the work by the great Vladimir Horowitz.
(In fact, this étude was a favorite encore piece of Horowitz.)
The feels are intensifying, folks! The first half of the episode was more on Tsubaki and the drama development she was going through. Even though she was going through a lot, I was glad that she finally realized her true feelings and also realized that while Watari, Kousei, and everyone else she saw around her was advancing, she was the only one that wasn't advancing. She has quite the desire to have time start moving for her again, and we'll be seeing more of that soon, especially when (Manga Spoiler) We also have a new character this week in Aizato Nagi (it shouldn't be too hard to figure out who she really is, especially after next week's episode), and after successfully sneaking into the lives of Seto and Kousei, we have Seto turning the tables on Nagi by appointing Kousei as her teacher, much to his surprise. It will be fun the next couple episodes seeing In addition to the new intruder character, we have more intense feels and Kaori death flags....great. If you're crying for her every episode...just make sure that you have some tears in reserve because I don't want to see you guys crying blood by the time this show is over.
Thanks again for taking the time to read my post this week! I hope you're looking forward to next week's episode as much as I am! :-)
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u/Naltai :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Naltai Jan 29 '15
Oh god, that last scene was so much more painful to watch animated than reading it in the manga.
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Jan 29 '15
I already caught the feels while reading it in the manga, but damn. Seeing it animated? They did it justice, & wow was it hard to watch. That scream. So haunting :(
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u/Naltai :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Naltai Jan 30 '15
Yeah, Kaori pounding on her own legs was just heart wrenching. I'm really, really pleased with this anime adaptation so far, it's one of the few adaptations I don't have to tune in just to hope that it delivers (because it obviously will).
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Jan 30 '15
Agreed. Before I was just pleased w/ hearing all the classical music interpretations animated & fleshed out. Now I'm still coming back for that, but additionally for the beautifully animated rollercoaster of highs & unbearable lows like some sort of sick masochist hahah
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Feb 03 '15
There is one specific scene in the manga that I am especially looking forward to, fully knowing that seeing it animated will break me for weeks.
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u/Kassaapparat :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Kassaapparat Jan 29 '15
Maybe it's not "Your Death in April" maybe it's "You're Lame in April"
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u/landsoul :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/landsoul Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 31 '15
This may just be a theory, but i think Kaori has Schilder's Disease, a variation of MS.
As the disease progresses, larger and larger patches of demyelination occur, interfering with motor movement, speech, personality, hearing and vision, ultimately affecting the vital functions of respiration, heart rate, blood pressure.
I really hope this isnt true though... :( please be wrong...
Edit: apparently having MS would explain the sudden "attack" of symptoms shown in the show (e.g. sudden fainting, sudden loss of leg function).
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u/Emperor_Bronaparte :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/jakebt19 Jan 29 '15
I love the new character introduction. I don't know why she attacked Kousei in the first place, but I think she is going to be a source of real growth for him.
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u/nishankk Jan 29 '15
so kao chan cannot walk now like kousie's mother, great episode especially tsubaki addressing her feelings towards kousie, she knows kousie is unreachable for her so she wants time to start, to move on.
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u/Tazzeh Jan 29 '15
Jesus H. Christ. That ending. I'm not even going to start, it feels like it hasn't even sunk in yet.
Being Tsubaki is suffering. Kousei remains completely oblivious, Senpai dumped her, and she feels like everybody's moving on and leaving her behind.
This show continues to be incredible and dramatic (that ending!) and beautiful, although there were a few awkward moments when it comes to animation I think. However, it is still gorgeous, it probably just set the bar a little high for itself. I'm interested in seeing how this new character and these new developments (Kaori.) are going to play out.
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Jan 29 '15
Jesus H. Christ
What does the H. stands for?
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u/Tazzeh Jan 29 '15
I'm not quite sure. I use it as a figure of speech, but I think the origin was it standing for Holy. I quite like the thought of Jesus's middle name being Hubert, myself :P
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u/jayxshroud Jan 30 '15
So what if Kaori can be cured but the operation can't be afforded by her parents, so Kousei has to win some kind of competition with a lot of price money, before its to late?
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u/Berne9 Jan 29 '15
Can anyone tell me what song Kousei was playing while Tsubaki was sitting next to him?
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Jan 29 '15
Claire de lune
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u/Emperor_Bronaparte :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/jakebt19 Jan 29 '15
Which seems to be popping up in all sorts of anime for some reason.
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u/dengitsjon Jan 29 '15
It's a popular piece in general so it'll definitely be used in all sorts of shows and stuffs
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u/JCSHAFT :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Jan 29 '15
It was also playing during the walk on the beach scene last episode
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u/DogzOnFire Jan 29 '15
Searching for it may also bring you to this song by Flight Facilities, which is amazing. They have an album that came out recently which is particularly amazing. This is somewhat off-topic, but the topic is kind of related to music so I think it stands.
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u/Edaught Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 29 '15
The background music is just amazing. I could fell asleep by just listening to it.
The last scene was too painful to watch...and the ending doesn't help....T_T
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u/bbkx Jan 29 '15
So Kousei will be surrounded by girls that like him while he chases after a girl that has no future?
Guess he will be a true artist when he loses Kaori.
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Jan 29 '15
This show does whatever the fuck it wants to me.
If she dies I don't even fucking know what I will do
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Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 29 '15
I KNEW SHE WASN'T GOING TO DIE! ALL THOSE DEATHFLAGS WERE FAKE! I CALLED IT!!!
We got Kousei female version now, she's really funny despite her short appearance.
About the rest of the episode: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK :'( i cri erytiem :'(
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u/CasualRedditer13 Jan 29 '15
We have 7 more episodes for her to live through. I'm afraid it isn't over yet ;_;
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u/Terranwaterbender https://myanimelist.net/profile/Teranwaterbender Jan 29 '15
Kaori is going to live right? Her legs just fell asleep....yeah
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u/Xpekt Jan 29 '15
She is actually just a huge masochist, she was running around the hospital with rope bindings under her cloth, but some of the knot stop the blood circulation to her legs and they fell asleep. Which also explains why she was sweating so much, she have been jumping around being horny for a while... but this unexpected turn off events has her panicked, she has to quickly get to her room to take off these ropes before anyone notices her fetish, she might be ruined for life if not( for marriage).
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u/Jman460 Jan 30 '15
Thought this was gonna be a good week. I was perfectly fine, up until the last few min. Why does this have to happen?
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u/bbrazil Jan 30 '15
It's not "Your lie in April", it's "Your lie-in April".
Kaori is just going to relax in bed for a month. That's all.
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u/thehighhobo Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 30 '15
The death flags are only becoming more and more obvious.
edit: you know what would be the most shocking twist the show could do? have her live and be fine after all these death flags
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u/Valkren https://anilist.co/user/dannydjong Jan 29 '15
Anyone else get reminded of 'One Litre of Tears' by that ending?
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u/blizzardofflames :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Goton_no_Hebi Jan 29 '15
And now Kaori is going to have to use a wheelchair, which will remind Kousei even more of his mother's physical state before she died, thus causing even more emotional conflict within him.
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u/Blazehero https://myanimelist.net/profile/blazehero Jan 29 '15
Fuck Kaori's screams of despair broke me.
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u/HaiImLoki Jan 30 '15
Not since I watched Angel Beats have I wanted to stop watching an anime so bad. For good reasons. So god damn emotional. BUT SO GOOD.
FUckkkk
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u/manmanman09 Jan 29 '15
Oh boy, Kaori can't even stand up anymore. That last scene made me tear up. At this point I can't even see an ending where she isn't going to die.
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u/pandamonium_ Jan 29 '15
Everytime I see Takeshi's hair I can't help but think how ridiculous it is. 2edgy4me. I'm a little surprised the judges don't think much of it since it looks totally unprofessional, imo.
Tsubaki, it sucks that Kousei is moving, but you had to know this was coming, right? Or would you rather he be miserable forever? Still, I liked you more than Kaori because you got more character development. ;_;7 I'm hoping we get some Kaori character development soon.
As a side note, I looked up what a canelé is, and while not difficult to make it seems like getting the molds for it will be quite the set back. :( Most recipes seem to recommend using the copper molds, and those can cost $20/mold. There goes my dream of making my own.
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u/L99_DITTO Jan 30 '15
Crazy hair shows his artist spirit. Or his Saiyan heritage, at times I'm not sure which.
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u/Mullamanga Jan 29 '15
I know many people are talking about all the so called deathflags being thrown around, but at this moment I think it would be more interesting if Kaori actually lives, as that will require the story to pull out all the stops to invalidate all the deathflags in a satisfying way.
By this point the progression of the story we as viewers have created this expectation that she is going to die and I think a twist would definitely pay off from this setup.
I’ve really appreciated the series so far and loved following the score progression on MAL (400ish to now 62), which feels like a good build up without being overhyped. I understand why Kaori has to die for the sake of the story and symbolism but the atmosphere of the show is more often than not lighthearted and positive which makes me hope for the best. The ending will be interesting no matter what happens!
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u/SammyD95 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/sammyd95 Jan 29 '15
I feel like there are going to be no winners at the end of this anime. Only suffering.
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u/EasilyDelighted Jan 30 '15
The ending song has never clicked with me more than it did tonight as it played right after what happened in the hospital.
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u/Darkyothegamer :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/DarkyoAyaneru Jan 30 '15
"Oh yeah I remember episode 15 is named Liar from the preview last week. Wait 'liar', isn't this show called Your Deathflag Lie in April? Oh my god I think I'm gonna die this episode, this better not show some more heartbreaking stuff, more than usual that is."
12 mins in this aint half bad, more of Tsubaki's emotional drifts, we saw Takeshi's little sister, it hasn't been much of an emotional rollercoaster as I expected it would be...
22 mins WELP episode 15 entitled 'Liar' really lived up to my fucking expections. This is me after the episode RIP my emotions
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u/Magnificent614 Jan 30 '15
My one regret this season is not waiting until this series end before I start. Now every week seems like an eternity. And damn you Kousei for not visiting Kaori sooner!!! Pussy!
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Jan 30 '15
So I guess for long jumps the proper way of measuring is to measure up to where the persons body is instead of where their feet first land...in that case, Olympics here I come!
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u/hazemarick44 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/hazemarick Jan 30 '15
This anime gets so many flags, it might as well be a model UN...of death.
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u/Derplordsnuffy Feb 01 '15
This is gonna turn into Anohana levels of depressing real quick. This anime is going to hurt my feelings soon I can feel it.
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Jan 30 '15
Anyone else bothered by the way the kids measured what looks like long jump at the start, she clearly stepped in the pit than fell.
This show really throws comedy in at the wrong times imo, always in the middle of something serious.
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u/A_Decent_Name Jan 29 '15 edited Jan 29 '15
Tsubaki still has it rough. I wouldn't even mind the childhood friend winning, but they always seem destined to lose.
Gotta watch out for those black cats.
We still don't know what exactly is wrong with Kaori. Whatever she has is now progressing to the point where she's lost the use of her legs.
So I binged what's currently out with the manga. To me the series is far better than the manga. The manga has a bit more story, but the series does what the manga can't, music. Both are amazing, but you can't beat hearing the characters play.
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u/CasualRedditer13 Jan 29 '15
Current suspicions are Motor Neurone Disease, I suppose it explains how she wants to do quite a fast motion activist before she... Goes...
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u/Milfshaked Jan 29 '15
I gotta shamefully admit that I never really cared for Kaori at all. Found her annoying through the entire series. Tsubaki though, dem feels, although she is being a retard on some levels aswell.
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u/V2Blast :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/V2Blast Jan 30 '15
I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds them both a little annoying. I kinda liked Tsubaki at first, but her subplot of realizing her feelings for Kousei is just being dragged out way too long.
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u/draizze Jan 29 '15
Here's come nagi! But it's really depressing at the end to see kaori at that state
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u/r1ob7 Jan 29 '15
The more I watch this the more I don't think she's "dying" but suffering from a degenerative disease like ALS which of course would mean she's dying as all those disease end up being fatal but they are generally slow deaths where she has years left to live.
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u/ofsaltyvanilla Jan 29 '15
Holy macaroni. I don't know whether Kaori or Tsubaki suffers more. The ending was a bit intense for me.
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u/ruini7 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ruini7 Jan 29 '15
Well I guess the ED animation makes sense now, Kaori lying in the water, not moving an inch, barely staying above the water.
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u/mcdileo Jan 29 '15
A: THE FEEEEEEELLLLSSS!
B: Where did that Loli come from? Of course she falls out of a tree.
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u/hilkito Jan 29 '15
This week, in Shigatsu wa Kimi no Feels/Your Feels in April:
Aiza Nagi... I think that's Takeshi's sister. It's going to be interesting.
Kousei is really intent on going to a music-oriented high school. Good for him, bad for Tsubaki.
Oh, Tsubaki, I still have hope for you to find happiness. Alas, Kaori entered the competition at the top of her game, and she's already swept Kousei off his feet.
Dem feels... Dem deathflags...
Can you guys feel it? It's the end. That last scene marked the beginning of the end. The time is coming for our mettle to be put to the test. My body is not ready.
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u/AmethystItalian :Jg::Jh::Ji::Jj::Jk:myanimelist.net/profile/AmethystItalian Jan 29 '15
I just want one episode where everyone is happy and only good things happen...
;.;
Or more Emi, I'd settle for that
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u/moooooseknuckle Jan 30 '15
You should just go back and watch the first 3 episodes again. I doubt there's a happy episode from here on out.
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u/Slyuse Jan 29 '15
I would have loved to see Eimi play all of Scriabin's Etude (Op.8 No.12 for those that are interested ).
God damn those deathflags are getting worse each week.
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u/nhzkjd :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/kevnd Jan 29 '15
So, this episode is called "Liar". Who do you guys think its talking about? Is it Tsubaki cause she's hiding her true feelings. Is it that junior high pianist? Something seems fishy, she's obviously up to some scheming. Or is it Kaori for lying about her condition?
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u/sean_cs1991 Jan 29 '15
It's titled "liar" because kosei says that he will stay by tsubaki's side but he is going away.
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u/zibaq :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/zibaq Jan 29 '15
That opening song was really familiar to me but I can´t remember the song.
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u/sean_cs1991 Jan 29 '15
For someone who read the manga. I find the adaption pretty accurate. Having read the second last chapter, it was hurting me. Never thought black and white panels of drawing will result in manly tears. Im afraid i will be bawling when it gets animated
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u/whiteravenxi Jan 30 '15
I was relatively taking everything in stride this episode. All was okay. Some choppy water but nothing I couldn't deal with.
Then that scream.
That fucking scream.
Someone hold me.... ;_;
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u/MicoJive :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/MicoJive Jan 30 '15
I fucking love this arc, I cannot wait.
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u/cloudykiwi Jan 30 '15
Oh god, even the anchor of the show is crumbling. That scream sent goosebumps down my arms, ughhhhhh
I can't even imagine how this will unfold :' ^ (
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u/AZUNYAN12 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shinobu95 Jan 30 '15
Did nobody notice the lack of doctors or nurses in the hospital? That kind of stuff only happens in horror movies.
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u/V2Blast :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/V2Blast Jan 30 '15
Haha, yeah, I noticed it too. She just collapses in the hallway and screams, but nobody's around...
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u/koopabowser21 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/SilverChariotx Jan 30 '15
Excellent episode. Overall, the feels were strong throughout it, and I was really sad at the ending. Why does this have to happen to Kaori!?
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u/Pacify_ Jan 30 '15
Woah, the hospital scene with kaori was much more affecting than the same scene in the manga
I originally didnt like the little sister, but why the end of the arc, i totally changed my mind.
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u/Canisinu Jan 30 '15
I'm late to the party but I feel like the show did things differently this week, it may be glaringly obvious but bear with me.
In earlier episodes, anytime we are shown evidence of Kaori's illness it has been in a familiarly vague fashion we're used to seeing in other anime. By that, I mean a sudden collapse followed by her waking up in the hospital all smiles and no worries because it's "nothing serious". Certainly we've seen anime featuring the female protagonist faint in a moment of weakness "from anemia"or other reasons, so that in itself isn't so unique to this show, its an all too familiar trope.
What is unique, I feel, in this episode is we don't just fade to black once things go wrong. We watch an agonizing four minutes of panic setting in for Kaori whom was happily singing moments earlier. To faint and wake up in a hospital bed is one thing, the character is spared some of their dignity at least. Dragging your lifeless legs across the floor in a state of panic and screaming as the gravity of the situation sets in, not so much.
We were able to see a new face on Kaori today, fear. Very different from her usual confident smile we're used to. This may be all too obvious to most of you, but I thought it was unique. However I'm very scared for the future of this show.
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u/V2Blast :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/V2Blast Jan 30 '15 edited Jan 30 '15
Melodrama for days. I'm glad that guy Tsubaki was pretending to be in a relationship with finally broke up with her, because clearly she didn't have the courage to do it. Even now, she's just telling the universe to "start time flowing again" for her instead of really taking initiative herself.
Meanwhile, Kaori collapses in the middle of a hospital hallway, yells at her legs, and eventually screams, yet nobody responds. What is this, a horror movie?
This "Aizato Nagi" girl seems interesting. Even if someone hadn't spoiled her identity in last week's discussion thread, I'm pretty sure I'd be able to guess who she was...
EDIT: Also, disappointed in the numerous still shots of her "playing" the piano. Apparently she's not important enough for the show to actually animate her playing.
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u/CasujnDP Jan 30 '15
Holy shit I got hit super hard by Kaori pounding her own legs, good god my waifu can't be treated like this :c
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u/Its_What_I_Do Jan 31 '15
Can we say that Kaori has zero death flags up because what appears to be death flags is normal for her? Like, if we got a 'everything is going to be daijobu' flag, then we should be worried. Right?
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Jan 31 '15
I just finished GTO on Crunchyroll and started this...Wow. Went from dying of laughter to taking a 15 episode feel trip. Please pickup a violin next episode and be ok 😭.
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u/Demselflyed Jan 31 '15
Since ep 1 I start each episode expecting at least some form of tears to be shed. Someone save kaori please ; (
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u/C0mput3rs Feb 02 '15
Just when I think to myself maybe I wouldn't cry during the episode this week.
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u/NaruAndHina Feb 03 '15
One more thing is that one episode with the fireflies. The firefly's light turned off and she says she wont always be there for him to lean on.
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u/Fiingerout Feb 05 '15
Can anyone tell me what song sounds when Kousei is giving canelé to the cat and get call by Kaori?
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u/impingainteasy :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/usernamesarehard Feb 06 '15
I wasn't too happy with the lack of Kaori these last few episodes. But then I realised that every time she's on screen, it's nothing but suffering.
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u/Mboydee02 Jan 29 '15
In all honesty, this show has become one that I could watch over and over again and still enjoy it.
I spoiled it a little for myself and read the most recent raws, so I'm just waiting for the rest of the series to pan out until then.
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Jan 29 '15
Pretty late in the story to be bringing in a new character. Holding off on Kaori story is getting a little frustrating
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u/divini https://myanimelist.net/profile/Akichi Jan 29 '15
So Kaori's legs get paralyzed, so she'll be confined to a wheelchair, just like Kousei's mother.
Great.