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 Your lie in April is a shonen romance manga getting an anime adaption on noitaminA this fall, produced by A-1 Pictures. It's about a piano prodigy who has a nervous breakdown during a recital, and who is coaxed back into the music world by a free spirited violinist. That might sound like a hacky premise, but the first episode does a great job of selling it through relatable, likable characters and a lively script. Don't expect subtlety (shonen romance) but do expect big sweeping emotions smartly applied. It's airing on Crunchyroll! Our love quadrangle  Kousei Arima is a sullen middle schooler who only sees the world in monotone. Former piano prodigy. Really fun to gently caress with.  Tsubaki Sawabe is Kousei's childhood friend, no. 1 fan of his piano playing, and fucks with him the most. Eyes always lit up! Baseball slugger. Believes that windows should just get out of the way of her home runs.  Ryota Watari, soccer club captan and the biggest playboy in the middle school. As you can guess, a huge dork.  Kaori Miyazono will teach Kousei to see the world in color, even if it kills him. devtesla fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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this is a good show and everyone should watch it. i wish more of the manga chapters were translated. i also read somewhere that this show was ending the same time as the manga so we are getting the entire story animated which is cool and exciting. ----------------
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Oct 12, 2014 20:47
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This is a good show and a good manga. That's cool if we're getting the full story though.
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Oct 12, 2014 20:52
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Dick Spacious CPA posted:this is a good show and everyone should watch it. i wish more of the manga chapters were translated. If true, that is fantastic news. I'm sick of my romance/drama/burning shoujo-spirit cardgame shows not having real endings.
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Oct 12, 2014 20:52
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To be honest, I thought the first episode was playing the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope much too straight, and I can't take it seriously at all. Also I find the idea that music will soothe his tragic heart a bit sketchy when music is also the cause of his trauma. Can't he just like... live without music? Isn't that possible?
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Oct 12, 2014 20:57
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I liked the colours and animation in the first episode. Jury's still out on the manic pixie dream girl and the childhood best friend stuff. I'm getting shades of Nodame Cantabile, which is one of the shows that got me into anime in the first place.
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Oct 12, 2014 20:59
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a kitten posted:If true, that is fantastic news. I'm sick of my romance/drama/burning shoujo-spirit cardgame shows not having real endings. yea i read an article on ANN that says this: quote:
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Oct 12, 2014 21:00
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Clarste posted:To be honest, I thought the first episode was playing the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope much too straight, and I can't take it seriously at all. Also I find the idea that music will soothe his tragic heart a bit sketchy when music is also the cause of his trauma. Can't he just like... live without music? Isn't that possible? I kind of felt the same way until she started beating Kousei's weak rear end. Also when she summoned rat birds.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:10
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The Devil Tesla posted:I kind of felt the same way until she started beating Kousei's weak rear end. Also when she summoned rat birds. The rat birds struck me as another part of her gimmick: so cheerful and musical that even animals love her. Rat birds are of course disgusting in real life, but so are squirrels if you think about it. Doesn't change the "animals attracted to song" thing. Beating him up is also a twist on the old cliche, but it happens to be the new cliche of anime love interests comically beating up the male lead. It's hard for me to call that an improvement.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:15
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I should clarify: Kaori is a huge cliche, but the show owns it so hard, to the point where she really can summon pigeons and really will beat happiness into Kousei, that it works. Also, it's not like she's any more of a trope than the rest of the cast. What made the first episode feel so fresh is not originality, but instead that it takes these well-worn tropes and uses them in a way that brings out what's so appealing about them that they became well-worn in the first place.Clarste posted:Also I find the idea that music will soothe his tragic heart a bit sketchy when music is also the cause of his trauma. Can't he just like... live without music? Isn't that possible? To go back to your first post, I should mention that the title is a joke. Even though I've only just started, it's pretty clear that what will save Kousei isn't music itself but a way of playing music that is more freeing, instead of the drill instructor method that his mother used or the pop business that makes up his part time job. It's not an original observation at all but I think it'll be fun to watch. Sorry if it seems like I've kind of torn into your posts, but you bring up some reasonable reservations that I think a lot of people will have, and that I think the show will overcome.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:57
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I agree that execution is generally more important than plot, but I just didn't think the execution was all that great either. I guess the big lips and overly shining eyes kind of freaked me out actually... Edit: That sounds a bit too negative: I'll definitely be giving the show a chance to wow me in future episodes. And, well, we've hardly had any time to interact with the main love interest yet so there's little to judge her on. Clarste fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Oct 12, 2014 |
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Oct 12, 2014 22:00
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I think the comedy bits aren't exactly the strongest and sorta distract from the better things going on, but otherwise it's pretty good so far. I like the way they handled the dialogue between the three friends, it felt a lot more natural than a lot of other anime in that genre. Chihayafuru is still better, though.
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Oct 13, 2014 09:43
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chihayafuru is the best and comparing other shows to it isnt fair. also in manga news: horriblesubs is releasing translated chapters now. they released chapter 18 and 19 yesterday. ----------------
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Oct 13, 2014 13:02
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Dick Spacious CPA posted:also in manga news: horriblesubs is releasing translated chapters now. they released chapter 18 and 19 yesterday. This is good news! The quality doesn't seem too bad either. I hope they release the rest of the chapters so quickly too!
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Oct 13, 2014 13:56
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this manga is mean. chapter 19 really got me
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Oct 13, 2014 20:25
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They do a really good job with the color palate in this show. I mean they spent the time ham-fisting it in dialogue in episode 1, but are following through by having the scenes with MC EmoPiano alone have a muted or monochrome look while scenes including him and ViolinGirl have high contrast and are super bright/shiny/colorful.
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Oct 17, 2014 00:27
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Oct 17, 2014 00:36
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Yeah wow, that episode looked really... unfortunate. The violin girl's scene was great, too bad it was stuck between 15 minutes of still frames  At least the script is holding up so far.
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Oct 17, 2014 02:07
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Ugh. I really, really hated that violin scene. I was probably supposed to go, "Wow, she's so artistic and different!" but I was mostly thinking, "Christ, what an insufferable primadonna." I was right there with Angry Classical Judge. You're playing a duet, lady, with someone who has no idea what you're doing... But more than that, you're doing it at a competition! Completely changing up the song gives the pianist two equally lovely options: a) go along with it and probably screw up, because he needs to improvise a variation on a piece with no idea how the other person is going to change it (and after the sudden change-up has already screwed with his head), or b) keep on playing the original, and look like a stubborn stick-in-the-mud while the dissonance makes both of them seem worse. And this is a competition in a highly-competitive world! There are never enough orchestra seats for all the people who have the talent, much less all the people who want to play! What the gently caress was she thinking? And then we got to "I don't really care about that" and "what do you think? *hand shakes*" and I had to pause the video again each time. You're risking someone else's dream or ambition to play in a competition (one you don't care about) because you're looking for an ego boost? loving really? I'll probably keep watching, because I enjoy the rest well enough, but I really hope they don't keep acting like this is a positive thing. Ugh.
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Einander posted:Ugh. I really, really hated that violin scene. I was probably supposed to go, "Wow, she's so artistic and different!" but I was mostly thinking, "Christ, what an insufferable primadonna." I was right there with Angry Classical Judge. Well we already knew she was a prima donna from like the first scene with her. Also, I'm not sure the piano partner was also being graded? Did I just miss that? In any case I still liked the show despite the animation quality drop. In a lesser show the "friend A" crap would have been obnoxious as hell, but they work here mostly because it's a reflection of Kousei being unwilling to allow himself to be happy. Really looking forward to seeing him allow himself to be something other than miserable. devtesla fucked around with this message at 06:53 on Oct 17, 2014 |
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Oct 17, 2014 04:46
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Einander posted:Ugh. I really, really hated that violin scene. I was probably supposed to go, "Wow, she's so artistic and different!" but I was mostly thinking, "Christ, what an insufferable primadonna." I was right there with Angry Classical Judge. B-but how else are we supposed to know she's a special snowflake that doesn't play by any rules but her own, whose carefree whirlwind personality is going to drag our hero out of the doldrums of his grey life!?
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Oct 17, 2014 05:00
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Einander posted:but I was mostly thinking, "Christ, what an insufferable primadonna." This is said at every middle school music competition ever. So the show is pretty authentic. Einander posted:You're playing a duet, lady, with someone who has no idea what you're doing... It wasn't a duet, it was a solo performance with accompaniment. Lighten up dude. One step further, I found the concept of someone trolling a stuffy competition like that pretty hilarious.
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Oct 17, 2014 05:01
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Einander posted:stuff i'm pretty sure the piano player wasn't actually competing, they were just accompaniment for the violinist
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Oct 17, 2014 05:04
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Yeah, to add to what the others have said - while I'm not too familiar with the Kreutzer (so I don't know how much she actually went 'off-script'), it seems that generally in the East they place a lot of emphasis on copying exactly what is written on the sheet music, as they view that as the composer's intention. On the other hand, nowadays especially Western music places an emphasis on personal interpretation, to the point where you will see marked differences in the manner various professional pianists would present a Chopin piece, for example. Also, while it is a bit of a dick move to suddenly subject an accompanist to something like that, professional accompanists are generally skilled enough (and trained to) accommodate the performer. In addition, it's basically unheard of to not have AT LEAST one run-through with your accompanist before a performance so they will know exactly what you're going to do. It's pretty horrible for a competition to be organised without giving that opportunity, and would never realistically happen outside of anime-land. Really, in my eyes Kaori just did what a good musician does - take a piece, create your own impression of it and give a great performance.
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Oct 17, 2014 09:06
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Her trolling the contest was a pretty big improvement over last episode. In this context, it was supposed to reflect on Friend A's own issues, and frankly his reaction wasn't even to her music so much as her attitude towards the contest. I kinda wish she'd stop smiling at him though. It's unnerving. I get the impression that she knows who he is though, which leads to various meaningless conspiracy theories.
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Oct 17, 2014 11:01
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Cake Attack posted:i'm pretty sure the piano player wasn't actually competing, they were just accompaniment for the violinist This part combined with the  in the thread confused me. I was in middle school solo competitions for two out of three years and in each competition I knew who would accompany me on the piano and they knew what I was playing. Hell, we practiced for weeks/months. I was the one being rated, not them, but synergy was very important so I got to choose who to work with. That aside, I agree with Clarste that this was just an attitude thing. Maybe he wanted to jam out on the piano to Rock Me Amadeus instead of what mom wanted? Alpha Kenny Juan fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Oct 17, 2014 |
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Oct 17, 2014 17:11
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Alpha Kenny Juan posted:This part combined with the in a music competition do you have to play the whole piece in its entirety or just like a small part of it? ----------------
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Oct 17, 2014 17:20
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Dick Spacious CPA posted:in a music competition do you have to play the whole piece in its entirety or just like a small part of it? I played pieces in their entirety, but they were short pieces which meant I had a low difficulty rank. Always lost to people with longer sets, but I remember my instructors were happy that I ranked at all. e: I also remember there were competitions with small parts, but they were chosen at random by a judge, and you had something like 5 minutes for memorization time. Didn't do those. Alpha Kenny Juan fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Oct 18, 2014 |
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Oct 17, 2014 19:13
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Dick Spacious CPA posted:in a music competition do you have to play the whole piece in its entirety or just like a small part of it? Generally you choose a piece and play through the entirety of it, which is why people have weeks or months of preparation with their accompanists beforehand. Sometimes you have to do sight-reading excerpts as well depending on the level you're competing on. This differs from auditions in that most of the time you come in prepared with an entire piece, but the judges only listen to a portion to get a gist of your ability. I don't know if the show is going to delve into orchestra playing or if it's going to only focus on the solo-competition aspect, but I think it'd be nice if it did both.
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Oct 17, 2014 21:31
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Redcrimson posted:B-but how else are we supposed to know she's a special snowflake that doesn't play by any rules but her own, whose carefree whirlwind personality is going to drag our hero out of the doldrums of his grey life!? This, but unironically. If I wanted to see a violin competition played straight I would watch, err, nothing, because that sounds boring 
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Oct 18, 2014 23:21
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The little message after the credits of episode 3 reminded me of:
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Oct 24, 2014 02:41
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Oh thank god the animation this week is so much better. Like, there's obviously a lot of the cost cutting tricks you see in every anime, but even stuff like a scene setting shot of kids running to lunch or low priority stuff like Kousei hiding from Kaori looked inspired. But yea this week was exactly the kind of far too on the nose, refreshingly straightforward romance shenanigans I come to this show for. This episode won't convince anyone who wasn't already on board (you know, those people who have an inability to feel), but there are many ways that it avoids being too cloying. For example, the over the top campaign to get Kousei playing piano wasn't a girl who barely knows him invading his life, but instead her and a childhood friend who knows how to mess with him playing off one another. It's also clear how the whole thing reflects Tsubaki's feelings and doesn't really have anything to do with music. The end result is that they can pull off scenes like Kousei literally stepping out of the shadows into the light and it has the intended feel good effect.
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Oct 24, 2014 04:56
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Good episode--just about every part hit the right notes. Good job, writers.
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Oct 24, 2014 07:48
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Holy poo poo, was episode 4 fantastic or what. Thank god I know nothing about music, so my ignorance can smother me in blissful joy at the spectacle. Edit: Oh FFS, remind me not to read 2ch anime threads when there's a manga out already. darkgray fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Oct 30, 2014 |
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Oct 30, 2014 19:14
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Yea that was pretty much the best. The intensity of the scene really sold what is interesting about what's going on here, in a way that her first performance didn't. It was like eva piano and that's basically the best thing.
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Oct 30, 2014 23:38
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Whoever they have doing the music for this is fantastic. That was a legit duel.
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Oct 31, 2014 01:37
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darkgray posted:
I wonder how good the manga is. The music is a big part of the series so I'm wondering how the manga fares without it.
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Oct 31, 2014 01:44
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I want the soundtrack to this show. Even the non-performance songs are pretty good.
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Oct 31, 2014 02:02
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Stall_19 posted:I wonder how good the manga is. The music is a big part of the series so I'm wondering how the manga fares without it. the manga is very good but the stupid idiots scanlating it are slow as heck. sometimes when i was reading i would just youtube what song they were talking about and listen while i read. ----------------
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Dick Spacious CPA posted:the manga is very good but the stupid idiots scanlating it are slow as heck. sometimes when i was reading i would just youtube what song they were talking about and listen while i read. Horriblesubs seemed to have lit a fire under the people who were doing it before, but they've gone back into slow mode again and horriblesubs hasnt done any chapters since.
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