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[Thaumaturgic Tomato]

Recently checked what this is. They sure embrace the teal and orange schtick relentlessly. It's fine in the end. They're complimentary after all. Just can't unsee it in movies once you figure it out. (Do not google "teal and orange" if you don't want movie viewing negatively affected for the rest of your life.)

Good animation quality, but between those good parts there is a lot of internal monologue with repeating still shots and animations. Shows how a studio manages a budget which is interesting for educational purposes. Sure hope it moves past woe-is-me monologue syndrome found in many shows. Get this teal and orange plot moving!

 

[CornBurrito]

Good animation quality, but between those good parts there is a lot of internal monologue with repeating still shots and animations. Shows how a studio manages a budget which is interesting for educational purposes. Sure hope it moves past woe-is-me monologue syndrome found in many shows. Get this teal and orange plot moving!

It doesn't. Quit while you're ahead. I'm a fan of the show and even I sometimes just sigh and roll my eyes since the monologue happens every fuckin episode.

 

[victreeb3l]

Kousei you baka!

Gotta say the way Tsubaki just started running and crying like a little kid was sorta cute in a way.

 

[Corgi]

Waste of tears tsubaki. kaori's gonna die before highschool anyways. Then you be the rebound girl!

 

[Nestled_Grizzly]

Waste of tears tsubaki. kaori's gonna die before highschool anyways. Then you be the rebound girl!

Sad but true lol.

 

[-Horizon-]

Waste of tears tsubaki. kaori's gonna die before highschool anyways. Then you be the rebound girl!

Nah, at that point all my support goes to Emi.

 

[darkwing]

ok, that foreshadowing

dem feels man

 

[Rainy]

I just watched the latest ep, feel so bad for Tsubaki...but we know how this is gonna end..

Spoiler

Or do we? If Kaori kicks the bucket who knows what could happen.

 

[darkwing]

I just watched the latest ep, feel so bad for Tsubaki...but we know how this is gonna end..

Spoiler

Or do we? If Kaori kicks the bucket who knows what could happen.

I'm already sad that maybe we already had seen the last time they made music together

and Kaori is the reason why Arima came back to playing the piano, they should be together, feels bad man

 

[mdubs]

I just watched the latest ep, feel so bad for Tsubaki...but we know how this is gonna end..

Spoiler

Or do we? If Kaori kicks the bucket who knows what could happen.

She's stuck being the other girl in a romance anime, sucks to be her. I know I'm not on her ship, SS Kaori all the way.

Also is that Hori in your avatar? You have excellent taste if so.

 

[Rainy]

I'm already sad that maybe we already had seen the last time they made music together

and Kaori is the reason why Arima came back to playing the piano, they should be together, feels bad man

She's stuck being the other girl in a romance anime, sucks to be her. I know I'm not on her ship, SS Kaori all the way.

Also is that Hori in your avatar? You have excellent taste if so.

Oh I agree Kaori the whole way, just feel bad for Tsubaki.

And yes that's Hori

 

[darkwing]

new episode, nice that they are going back to the piano playing stuff

surprising twist for Kousei though lol

poor Kaori

 

[Rainy]

This show makes me so sad LOL

God that last scene.

 

[SCChappy]

i got curious so i went ahead and read some chapters of the manga and it seems to me like the show is quite literally the manga animated
i kinda wish i hadnt because it loses a bit of suspense knowing whats gonna play out

 

[darkwing]

what kind of sickness does she have anyway? I thought at first it was like sickle cell anemia, but could that cause what happened in the last scene?

that last scene though, that impact, then cut to the ending song, yikes

 

[LordCanti]

I expected her to return to school or something for a while before taking a big turn for the worse but I guess that wasn't to be.

I don't know how this little girl fits into all this but she seems like she'll take time away from things I'd care about more so..mmm....

what kind of sickness does she have anyway? I thought at first it was like sickle cell anemia, but could that cause what happened in the last scene?

that last scene though, that impact, then cut to the ending song, yikes

Whatever she has it's degenerative and she appears to be declining fast. ALS or something maybe, though I doubt there's any official answer for what she has.

The death flags have been so obvious that when it happens it won't be that impactful to me I think. That's kind of a bummer but they've been waving so hard for so long that it would almost be weird if she didn't die at this point.

 

[mdubs]

Poor Tsubaki, more or less gets the friend zone from good old baka Kousei, who seems to be realizing his love for Kaori more in her absence. It's tough to tell if he's getting a clear grip on what his feelings are though, but then again what 14 year really knows what they want.

 

[darkwing]

yup, some form of ALS would show the same symptoms , that is so sad,slowly losing control of the ability to play music, the scream at the end, ouch!

having the little girl would mean more character development for Kousei , it seems to me though that it is Tsubaki who can't move forward and just want things to remain the same while her other friends are forging ahead

it's obvious where Kousei's feelings are, in the sub I watched , it said that 'why I love her so much'

it's just sad, we already might have seen the last time Kousei and Kaori playing music together in the early episodes

 

[sheamus]

I'm seriously trying to resist reading the manga. But the wait is killing me.

 

[mdubs]

yup, some form of ALS would show the same symptoms , that is so sad,slowly losing control of the ability to play music, the scream at the end, ouch!

having the little girl would mean more character development for Kousei , it seems to me though that it is Tsubaki who can't move forward and just want things to remain the same while her other friends are forging ahead

it's obvious where Kousei's feelings are, in the sub I watched , it said that 'why I love her so much'

it's just sad, we already might have seen the last time Kousei and Kaori playing music together in the early episodes

Believe.

But I don't think there's any way they won't perform one last climactic time in the last couple episodes

 

[darkwing]

Believe.

But I don't think there's any way they won't perform one last climactic time in the last couple episodes

I really don't see it, unless it's a concert at the hospital or just the two of them playing in the hospital room

 

[jorgejjvr]

Hello guys, I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this anime. So much so that I started a channel called AnimeGames&More and my first ever review was episode 14 of this anime xD Feel free to check it out and my channel, i just started out because I love anime oh and my episode 15 review is coming up soon, Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUh4zl43GM0

edit: episode 15:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J_UQnTdUcY

 

[metsallica]

Just watched the new episode, interesting that they're seemingly going down the ALS path with Kaori. Maybe I haven't been watching the right stuff but it's somewhat refreshing to see some real-world seriousness dealt with in anime. Mother's Rosario (SAOII, the only somewhat "bright spot" in the trash heap that is that franchise) was equally notable.

 

[Corgi]

yeah real weird... was just rewatching Space Brothers too.


There is something hilarious about kaori crawling around miserably, while piano boy is getting in that rebound action, and just snagged himself a loli too!

 

[darkwing]

Episode 16

wait what, did I read that right, the last line.....

and stupid Kousei , you should have asked during that bicycle ride

nice twist there by Nagi, so she is doing those things for her brother?

 

[EndlessSky]

Episode 16

I never expected the main girl's behavior to turn out to be like that. I guess Freud was right with being attracted to your mother and all that. Also, Nagi was his little sister from the second I saw her.

 

[darkwing]

Episode 16

I never expected the main girl's behavior to turn out to be like that. I guess Freud was right with being attracted to your mother and all that. Also, Nagi was his little sister from the second I saw her.

I just checked the book she was reading, I think that is a line from it since it dwells about similar circumstances

 

[Firemind]

I see what you did there...

Spoiler

Kaori wants to leave a lasting impression on this world through Kousei and as a consequence Kousei relives his moments with his sick mom.

"What a cliché."

 

[mdubs]

Episode 16

I never expected the main girl's behavior to turn out to be like that. I guess Freud was right with being attracted to your mother and all that. Also, Nagi was his little sister from the second I saw her.

Illness does crazy things to people. Although its notable that he isn't attracted to her for the similarities to his mother despite her showing them in this episode. This is a good opportunity for character development on Kaori's part and what will make the difference in the end is if she faces her illness in a different way that Kousei's mother did. This is only the beginning and I think we'll get a happy ending

 

[Corgi]

hope he agrees and the rest of the show just follows loli girl.

 

[mdubs]

Context for anyone wondering: Japan has a long history of couples committing double suicides and there was a period where it was somewhat idealized as a very romantic gesture and way to go. This episode establishes that Kaori likes Kousei back, so her proposition makes sense considering her feelings for him as well as her increasingly erratic behavior. It actually makes a lot of sense in the story now that I think about it rather than just for shock value

 

[LordCanti]

She can't even hold a violin bow anymore :c She's gone from walking and playing instruments to barely mobile and unable to grasp things. I don't think we're ever going to get an answer for what she has but whatever it is, it's burning through her.

I guess this show could end in some sort of miracle cure, but it's looking less likely considering how she's acting.

Context for anyone wondering: Japan has a long history of couples committing double suicides and there was a period where it was somewhat idealized as a very romantic gesture and way to go. This episode establishes that Kaori likes Kousei back, so her proposition makes sense considering her feelings for him as well as her increasingly erratic behavior. It actually makes a lot of sense in the story now that I think about it rather than just for shock value

I'm pretty sure she's just quoting the book. She likes to do that (like when she quoted Lucy from Peanuts).

It wasn't actually a request to do it.

 

[mdubs]

I'm pretty sure she's just quoting the book. She likes to do that (like when she quoted Lucy from Peanuts).

It wasn't actually a request to do it.

Definitely, but she certainly chose an interesting point to quote haha even if that isn't her intention.

 

[mightynine]

Man, that was a roller coaster of an episode, huh? A feeling of the tempest boiling underneath everything?

 

[mdubs]

Man, that was a roller coaster of an episode, huh? A feeling of the tempest boiling underneath everything?

I get a "night is darkest before the dawn" sort of feeling. It's going to be dark for the next couple episodes before leading to the finale.

 

[Corgi]

feel like the show should end in 1-2 eps with the momentum they got building up.

 

[Rainy]

yikes this isnt going to end well! not like we haven't seen it coming though.

 

[mdubs]

yikes this isnt going to end well! not like we haven't seen it coming though.

#believe. This isn't going to be bitter ending (sad maybe but definitely going to be hopeful in tone with the general tone of the series).

 

[darkwing]

sly Kaori, you said you were waiting for Watari, when you were really waiting for Kousei, the substitute

You said you left your bag at school, but you really wanted to visit it for the last time

You had one last time to leave the hospital and that is how you spend it......




why are there so many onions and death flags here

 

[CornBurrito]

Are. you. fucking. kidding. me..............................

I really really really fucking hope the blonde girl isn't seriously talking about romantic love towards her brother. For fucks sake, does brother-sister incest need to be in every anime?

 

[mdubs]

Are. you. fucking. kidding. me..............................

I really really really fucking hope the blonde girl isn't seriously talking about romantic love towards her brother. For fucks sake, does brother-sister incest need to be in every anime?

It wasn't, at least not in this episode. It was more of a hero idolization, where she idolizes him as a role model at the piano but is frustrated by his obsession with Kousei (who she views as an inferior pianist). It's similar in the manga (which I have not read ahead on) so at least on this point there is no incest angle.

 

[darkwing]

It wasn't, at least not in this episode. It was more of a hero idolization, where she idolizes him as a role model at the piano but is frustrated by his obsession with Kousei (who she views as an inferior pianist). It's similar in the manga (which I have not read ahead on) so at least on this point there is no incest angle.

this is basically it, that is the reason why she is trying to 'destroy' Kousei in my opinion, that lipstick mark was hilarious btw

 

[Xyber]

Are. you. fucking. kidding. me..............................

I really really really fucking hope the blonde girl isn't seriously talking about romantic love towards her brother. For fucks sake, does brother-sister incest need to be in every anime?

I thought it was more like that her brother used to spend all his time playing with her, but then he put all his focus in the piano because he wanted to be better than Kousei. So now she wanted to destroy Kousei because he took her brother away from her and all she wants is for them to get back to the way it was before when he spent all his time with her.

Or incest.

 

[jorgejjvr]

I feel bad for Tsubaki, she's always been there for Kousei, I think she needs to let him know how she feels. It's weird because I also want the best for Kaori and I know she and Arima have a mutual musical connection. I just want everyone to end up happy somehow honestly lol. But I don't know how any of this well get resolved. And Kaori please don't die on me!

 

[mdubs]

But for real, the best of this episode is that Kaori loves Kousei back (but he's too thick to see it as you would expect for a 14 year old)

 

[jorgejjvr]

But for real, the best of this episode is that Kaori loves Kousei back (but he's too thick to see it as you would expect for a 14 year old)

She misses his voice. Ding Ding Ding lol. And it was too obvious she was really not looking for Watari

 

[mdubs]

She misses his voice. Ding Ding Ding lol. And it was too obvious she was really not looking for Watari

She admitted in the school she was waiting for Kousei

 

[darkwing]

I really think the lie in Your Lie in April was the one where she said she was waiting for Watari in the first/second? episode

 

[jorgejjvr]

She admitted in the school she was waiting for Kousei

Oh that's right. She also does not want to be forgotten by him. As if, I mean she's the one who brought back color to his life

 

[mdubs]

I really think the lie in Your Lie in April was the one where she said she was waiting for Watari in the first/second? episode

This is what I was speculating way back at the time, but had forgotten about it until now and I think it really does make sense if this is the case. I bet we find out in the letter Kousei will inevitably get (the one shown in the last shot of the second OP)