I'll probably ramble here as I try to put my thoughts together. I have watched my fair share of anime and over the last year or so have really dove into a heavy amount of anime romance. I've known about Your Lie in April for a while and had been putting it off. That changed ironically this April.
I don't know if I was spoiled or not but I had a feeling or internal knowledge of what was going to happen. Each episode built up that internal dread of knowing how this was going to end, hoping I'd be wrong, and finally here in the finale it happens.
However, unlike some anime, I didn't really shed any tears here. Why? Because Your Lie in April, like Darling in the Franxx has a much deeper impact than 'in the moment' tears. It is so tragically beautiful that it truly hits you at your core.
Yes, Kaori's death is gut-wrenching, and it makes you feel like you've seen a real 14 year old pass away far too soon. But the impact she had on those around her, the way they send her off, and reveal the titles meaning is nothing short of sensational.
Seeing her and Kousei play together in some sort of quasi-dream is exactly how she would have wanted to go. Her lie to get closer to Kousei shows not only how much she loved him but how much she appreciated spending each and every one of their moments together. It's raw and relatable, simultaneously painful and uplifting, something that I'll be thinking about for days, and will stick with me indefinitely.
I don't know if I was spoiled or not but I had a feeling or internal knowledge of what was going to happen. Each episode built up that internal dread of knowing how this was going to end, hoping I'd be wrong, and finally here in the finale it happens.
However, unlike some anime, I didn't really shed any tears here. Why? Because Your Lie in April, like Darling in the Franxx has a much deeper impact than 'in the moment' tears. It is so tragically beautiful that it truly hits you at your core.
Yes, Kaori's death is gut-wrenching, and it makes you feel like you've seen a real 14 year old pass away far too soon. But the impact she had on those around her, the way they send her off, and reveal the titles meaning is nothing short of sensational.
Seeing her and Kousei play together in some sort of quasi-dream is exactly how she would have wanted to go. Her lie to get closer to Kousei shows not only how much she loved him but how much she appreciated spending each and every one of their moments together. It's raw and relatable, simultaneously painful and uplifting, something that I'll be thinking about for days, and will stick with me indefinitely.