History Manga / YourLieInApril

A [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/04/05/your-lie-in-april-stage-play-hits-tokyo-and-osaka-in-summer-of-2017 stage play]] ran in Tokyo and Osaka through Summer 2017. In July of 2020, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-10/your-lie-in-april-manga-gets-stage-musical-with-broadway-team-in-july-2020/.152072 a stage musical]] premiered in Japan, with songs penned by Broadway's Frank Wildhorn (who previously worked on another manga-based musical, ''Theatre/DeathNoteTheMusical''). This production is would later have its English-language premiere in (appropriately enough) April 2024 at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London.

A [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/04/05/your-lie-in-april-stage-play-hits-tokyo-and-osaka-in-summer-of-2017 stage play]] ran in Tokyo and Osaka through Summer 2017. In July of 2020, [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-10/your-lie-in-april-manga-gets-stage-musical-with-broadway-team-in-july-2020/.152072 a stage musical]] premiered in Japan, with songs penned by Broadway's Frank Wildhorn (who previously worked on another manga-based musical, ''Theatre/DeathNoteTheMusical''). This production is set to make its English-language premiere in the spring of 2024.

A [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2017/04/05/your-lie-in-april-stage-play-hits-tokyo-and-osaka-in-summer-of-2017 stage play]] ran in Tokyo and Osaka through Summer 2017.

[[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-10/your-lie-in-april-manga-gets-stage-musical-with-broadway-team-in-july-2020/.152072 A stage musical is planned for July 2020 in Tokyo.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The entire main cast prefers to be barefoot, especially Kaori Miazono, who takes off her shoes and socks and plays music barefoot in a park on top of the playground equipment on a warm spring day.

* GratuitousEnglish[=/=]GratuitousGerman: Kaori loves throwing random heavily-accented English and German words into her conversations.

''Your Lie in April'' (known in Japanese as ''Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso'' [[note]]Due to the use of "wa" as a topic particle, it could also be loosely translated as "April is when you lied to me".[[/note]] or just simply ''Kimi Uso'' [[note]]''Your Lie''[[/note]] for short), is a [[ShonenDemographic shounen]] manga written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa, which was serialized in ''[[Magazine/ShonenMagazine Monthly Shonen Magazine]]'' from 2011 to 2015. An {{anime}} adaptation started airing in the Fall2014Anime season produced by Creator/A1Pictures. It can be watched legally on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/your-lie-in-april Crunchyroll.]]

* IllGirl: Kousei's mom, Saki, who already passed away before the series began. [[spoiler:Also Kaori, first hinted in Episode 4 when she collapses after her performance and further shown in Episode 9 when a lot of pills can be seen in her bag. Then in Episode 15, her legs give out in the middle of the hospital hallway at night. And in Episode 16, her arms can't hold up her bow or even a bottle of juice Kousei hands her]]. While her disease is unnamed, it's explained that she will lose control of her legs and her limbs and suffer from seizures that will lead to heart failure. Most fans have suspected that due to the symptoms, Kousei's mom [[spoiler:and Kaori as well]] suffered from ALS. However, there is no surgery for ALS, so it could also be a carcinoma which metastasised to the spinal cord/cerebellum. Other possible diseases include multiple sclerosis and Friedreich's ataxia.

''Your Lie in April'' (known in Japanese as ''Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso'' [[note]]Due to the use of "wa" as a topic particle, it could also be loosely translated as "April is when you lied to me".[[/note]] or just simply '''''Kimi Uso''''' [[note]]''Your Lie''[[/note]] for short), is a [[ShonenDemographic shounen]] manga written and illustrated by Naoshi Arakawa and serialized monthly in Shounen Magazine. An {{anime}} adaptation started airing in the Fall2014Anime season produced by Creator/A1Pictures. It can be watched legally on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/your-lie-in-april Crunchyroll.]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: Of ''Manga/NodameCantabile''. Both are musical series featuring a prodigious yet cynical male pianist whose life changes when he meets a talented and wild female musician.

* {{Meganekko}}: [[spoiler:Kaori]] was a cute girl who initially wore glasses. [[spoiler: Prior to properly meeting Kosei, she started her "change" in looks by wearing contacts (which she previously were too scared to use) as she said in her letter.]]

* AdultFear:
** Saki's main concerns about Kousei are about how he will be able to live decently without source of income and parental advice after she is dead and while her husband is away with business.
** Also, one of the RealLife parents' nightmares is [[spoiler:having their only child succumb to terminal illness at a young age, like Kaori.]]

** The scenery with both of them playing in the opening changes from a sunny sky with white clouds into a clear night full of twinkling and falling stars.

-->'''Kousei Arima:''' Soon it will be the time of year it was when I met you. Soon, it will be a spring without you.

A live action film [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-03/kento-yamazaki-suzu-hirose-to-star-in-live-action-your-lie-in-april-film/.92493 was announced]] and released in 2016, starring Kento Yamazaki (L from the ''Series/DeathNote'' 2015 drama series) as Kousei and Suzu Hirose (Chihaya from the ''Manga/{{Chihayafuru}}'' 2015 live action film) as Kaori.

* RealityEnsues:
** Unlike the AmusingInjuries caused by Kaori and Tsubaki, Saki's mistreatment of Kousei is played exactly as the child abuse it really is.
** If you have a serious illness, reality won't load the dice in your favour even if you're a main character. [[spoiler:Despite taking up a high-risk surgery in an attempt to stave off her illness, Kaori doesn't survive.]]