History Manga / YourLieInApril

** Also seems to apply to Kousei, Kaori, and Watari, with Kousei as the reserved and {{insecure|LoveInterest}} Betty to Watari's [[TheCasanova Casanova]] Veronica. [[spoiler:However, it's subverted at the end of the series, when the titular lie turns out to be Kaori claiming she liked Watari, when she's been in love with Kousei since she was five.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Kousei spitefully telling Saki to die would be totally despicable... if she hadn't beat the crap out of him when she was terminally ill.

* TheCameo: In chapter three of ''Manga/{{Sayonara Football}}'', three children are seen playing soccer in a park and accidentally kick the ball directly into Nozomi Onda's face and knocking her back into a fountain. These children are the [[https://i.imgur.com/yayq3EI.jpg same ones]] seen playing music with Kaori in the beginning of the series.

* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Kousei told Saki to die after being fed up with her abuse and harsh critique of his playing. She died shortly afterwards, and Kousei always regretted that he had said that to her.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Kousei spitefully telling Saki to die]] would be a KickTheDog action almost all the time, but after being [[spoiler:brutally beaten]], no one would side with the "victim".

* NoExportForYou: The final manga volume, titled "Coda", released alongside the Japanese DVD and Blu-ray releases for the anime, has yet to be published in English, despite being published in French, Spanish, and Italian.
** Additionally, the OVA episode titled "Moments" which was included with volume 11 of the manga, has never been released outside Japan, as tends to be the tradition with manga bundle OVA's.

%%* KickTheDog: Her abuse torwards Kousei is very much this, whether she means well or not.

A {{Prequel}} manga telling the story from Kousei and Tsubaki's childhood, ''Your Lie in April: Coda'' is bundled with the DVD releases of the anime. Similarly, an {{OVA}} episode telling the beginning of the childhood rivalry between Kousei, Emi, and Takeshi was released with the last collected volume of the manga on May 17th, 2015.

* FamilyBusiness: Kaori's parents runs a cake shop named "Ma Fille", [[MeaningfulName French for "my daughter"]], as revealed in an OVA episode.

** In episode 16, Kousei explains to Nagi the kind of person Kaori is, calling her a "strong person". Cue a scene of Kaori [[spoiler: crying because she can't hold her violin bow properly anymore]]. Seconds later, we cut to a scene of the gang visiting Kaori at the hospital, with Kaori's anger at Kousei for not bringing her any gifts entirely PlayedForLaughs. After Kousei reveals he's giving Nagi piano lessons, Kaori's further enraged because she thinks he's not taking his upcoming competition seriously to the point she starts crying and makes everyone in the room speechless. [[spoiler: The next scene has Kousei visiting Kaori alone at night, her attitude beforehand drawing parallels to his own 's behavior shortly before her death, further foreshadowing Kaori's eventual demise.]]

** Kousei and Watari sneak an accidental peek at Kaori receiving a sponge bath when visiting her at the hospital. So does Tsubaki, but naturally only the boys get hit by Kaori for it.

Kousei Arima used to be a ChildProdigy at piano. Winning many competitions and earning himself a name in the classical music world, he seemed to have a future that was bright, colorful and full of possibilities. However, after his mother's death, his breakdown at a concert made him stop playing.

* CentralTheme: [[WordOfGod According to Arakawa]], the main theme of the manga is a contrast and interrelation between "death and rebirth". We meet Kousei at a time when he's deeply scarred by the death of his mother, and he can't hear the music anymore, but he meets Kaori who puts so much life into her playing, and she pushes him to wake up to his potential. [[spoiler:But at the same time that Kosei is regaining his strength and confidence as a musician, Kaori's body is weakening more from her illness every day. Finally, Kaori dies at the same moment that Kosei is reborn on stage as a classical musician]]. An important secondary theme was to depict the feelings of a person who is [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of someone else]], or envies what they have.

* TheFaceless: We never see Kousei's mother's face, even when shown from a first-person perspective, until episode 13 where we're given more insight into her character and past.

* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Kousei told his mother to die after being fed up with her abuse and harsh critique of his playing. She died showtly afterwards, and Kousei always regretted that he had said that to her.]]

** In episode 16, Kousei explains to Nagi the kind of person Kaori is, calling her a "strong person". Cue a scene of Kaori [[spoiler: crying because she can't hold her violin bow properly anymore]]. Seconds later, we cut to a scene of the gang visiting Kaori at the hospital, with Kaori's anger at Kousei for not bringing her any gifts entirely PlayedForLaughs. After Kousei reveals he's giving Nagi piano lessons, Kaori's further enraged because she thinks he's not taking his upcoming competition seriously to the point she starts crying and makes everyone in the room speechless. [[spoiler: The next scene has Kousei visiting Kaori alone at night, her attitude beforehand drawing parallels to his own mother's behavior shortly before her death, further foreshadowing Kaori's eventual demise.]]

* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:Kousei's last words to his mother were that he wanted her dead. His guilt over it is an important part of the trauma that keeps him from playing piano.]]

** The tune Kaori plays on the melodica in the first episode is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwvdAo7VSFo A Morning of the Slag Ravine]] from ''Anime/CastleInTheSky''. This seems to be what she's playing in the manga as well, since the kids who are with her lament that her playing isn't attracting any birds and Kaori says it worked for Pazu.

* StageMom: Kousei's mother wanted him to become famous and perform in Europe, which she couldn't do due to illness. She demanded he play the piano to perfection and made him practice for hours, often beating him for small mistakes. [[spoiler:Turns out she actually wanted him to become successful so that he could live on his own when she was gone.]]

* TearsOfRemorse: As part of her MyGodWhatHaveIDone (see WasTooHardOnHim), Saki's crying after hitting Kousei to the point he was bleeding can be counted as this.

** Kousei is the technician, since his mother drilled into him that he must always stick to the score and memorize it inside and out, while Kaori is the performer whose wild and energetic playing greatly deviates from the sheet music.

** The more Kousei rejects the similarity between [[spoiler:Kaori and his late mother]], the more relevant those similarities become.
** Also, shortly after Kousei [[IWishedYouWereDead wished his mother would just die]], his mother passed away due to her illness, making him felt guilty and traumatizing him to the point he can't hear his own piano playing even after the main story begins a few years later.

** Despite the abuse he suffered from her, Kousei's motivation for doing well at piano competitions as a child was to please his mother and make her feel better. [[spoiler: Then he snaps after being publicly beaten and says that after doing so much to try and make her happy, including not playing with his friends, practicing, and getting beaten up by her, he just wishes that she'd die already]].

* ComedicSociopathy: One of main reason for [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere people who dropped this series]] (as pointed out in one [[http://randomc.net/2014/11/07/shigatsu-wa-kimi-uso-05/ anime review site]] that skipped reviewing between Episodes 6-11) is because its [[HeroicBSOD traumatic]] main character, Kousei, is prone to abuse such as being kicked, slapped, or having stuff thrown at him by [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale the girls, Tsubaki and Kaori]]. This lessens during the latter half of the show, though. [[spoiler: Also, in the end, one of them (Kaori) apologizes to him via her posthumous letter for being mean and hitting him all the time.]]

* ComedicSociopathy: One of main reason for people who dropped this series (as pointed out in one [[http://randomc.net/2014/11/07/shigatsu-wa-kimi-uso-05/ anime review site]] that skipped reviewing between Episodes 6-11) is because its [[HeroicBSOD traumatic]] main character, Kousei, is prone to abuse such as being kicked, slapped, or having stuff thrown at him by [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale the girls, Tsubaki and Kaori]]. This lessens during the latter half of the show, though. [[spoiler: Also, in the end, one of them (Kaori) apologizes to him via her posthumous letter for being mean and hitting him all the time.]]

Creator/AniplexUSA confirm that there will be an English dub for ''Your Lie in April'' from Creator/BangZoomEntertainment with Creator/PatrickSeitz as the ADR Director. It is noted to be the first non-action anime title from Aniplex USA's catalog to get an English dub (as Aniplex USA has historically dubbed only action shows or titles with [[Creator/GenUrobuchi Urobuchi]]'s name on them).

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 has been confirmed]] and aired 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.

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]] will run in Tokyo and Osaka through Summer 2017.

** It seems that the only piano manufacturer in this series are Steinway & Sons.

* SecondYearProtagonist: Applies to Kousei and Kaori in the live-action film adaptation.

* DyingCandle: In Episode 12 [[spoiler:Kaori's handheld fireworks]] go out prematurely, foreshadowing her impending death.

--->'''Hiroko''': Look how you've gotten more sensual. You've grown up, have you?
--->'''Koharu''': So cool!"
--->'''Nagi''': ''(blushing)'' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I-it's not like I want to be able to play like him, all right?]] [[CatchPhrase What a cliche!]]

* UnreliableVoiceover: In the final episode [[spoiler: Kaori states in her goodbye letter that Watari will probably forget about her]]. As her voice says this, the viewer sees that [[spoiler:Watari has a picture of himself and Kaori on his cell phone.]]

** Kaori in Episode 5: "[[spoiler:I won't forget, I won't forget even if I die.]]" Also in the same episode: "[[spoiler: Ah. I passed out again.]]".

** In Episode 20 [[spoiler:the black cat that's been around the whole series gets fatally run over and all Kousei and the audience see is the cat lying lifelessly in a pool of its own blood]].

** If you have a serious illness, reality won't load the dice in your favour even if you're a main character. [[spoiler:Kaori doesn't survive her illness.]]

* RealityEnsues: Unlike Kaori and Tsubaki's AmusingInjuries, Saki's mistreatment to Kousei is played exactly for the child abuse it really is.

* RealityEnsues: The cruelties of the camp are played exactly for the child abuse they really are.