Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

[Kraco]

Kaori looks like she is more interested in Arima than the soccer dude.

The soccer dude has absolutely nothing in common with her except the "bi-" in front of bishounen and bishoujo. It would be strange if Kaori didn't get more interested in Arima, assuming they continue to play together and encourage each other to get better. They would be sharing not only music but a lot of practice and performing time as well. It's also hard to imagine somebody playing like Kaori would be only interested in the superficial looks of a guy.

Childhood friend and soccer boy are fans/gallery/supporting characters. I guess they are to lose in the end, in any romance matchup... unless they fall for each other.

The childhood friend aside, you forgot the soccer dude already has like 10 girlfriends. He won't lose to anybody in the romance deparment, haha.

[shinta|hikari]

It's also hard to imagine somebody playing like Kaori would be only interested in the superficial looks of a guy.

Which makes it hard to believe she fell for him in the first place. I'm not saying that Kaori is becoming more interested in Arima. I'm saying she was interested in Arima from the start. She knew who he was but pretended not to, after all. She even goes out of her way to call him Friend A, as if she is intentionally painting the image that their meeting was accidental.

[David75]

The soccer dude has absolutely nothing in common with her except the "bi-" in front of bishounen and bishoujo. It would be strange if Kaori didn't get more interested in Arima, assuming they continue to play together and encourage each other to get better. They would be sharing not only music but a lot of practice and performing time as well. It's also hard to imagine somebody playing like Kaori would be only interested in the superficial looks of a guy.



The childhood friend aside, you forgot the soccer dude already has like 10 girlfriends. He won't lose to anybody in the romance deparment, haha.

It's true I didn't tell I was referring to taking Kaori for Soccer Boy, and taking Arima for Childhood friend.

[David75]

Childhood friend and soccer boy are fans/gallery/supporting characters. I guess they are to lose in the end, in any romance matchup... unless they fall for each other.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm with fireheart. The music and animation is fine, but the way everything came together felt really forceful. The randomness stops me from immersing properly into this, and I felt White Album 2 did a better job overall.

So Kaori is dying and wants everyone to hear her music before she does, and Arima will train as an accompanist to get her to grander stages.

[Kraco]

Episode 5 - Horrible



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So Kaori is dying and wants everyone to hear her music before she does, and Arima will train as an accompanist to get her to grander stages.

How do you know she's dying? Of course fainting isn't normal, but it's not necessarily a sign of something lethal. Now we learned it's not the first time, as expected, but she's still able to pull off quite a lot and her parents don't keep her from doing something stressful like competing, so I reckon it's not a condition she should be extremely careful about. Unless she indeed has a limited time left and nothing's gonna change it, so it's all the same if she tries to achieve something before the literal deadline. She would surely be a super strong 14 years old to have a personality like that in such a case. It would be more understandable with some 40+ years old.

The football dude is quite a bro, encouraging Arima to chase Kaori even though he's himself doing the same. That's a genuine playboy for ya.

But, man, Kaori really is shining.

[Buffalobiian]

It's a guess, I don't know. Given that she's had to go there for checkups and the fact she's not at all surprised she fainted again, It's my guess on how this is going to affect everything. The fact she lied about the seriousness of it is another factor that raises suspicions.

As much as I admire and want to be someone like Kaori, I can't just let it all go and live life just for certain moments. I also speculated that her personality was a coping mechanism for her illness.

[Kraco]

As much as I admire and want to be someone like Kaori, I can't just let it all go and live life just for certain moments. I also speculated that her personality was a coping mechanism for her illness.

Your theory is quite sound, and would of course offer heavy drama (and tragedy). I guess we will have to wait for her weaker moments. If it's like your theory goes, she has to have those. Now even when she was alone after waking in the hospital bed, she didn't seem particularly depressed or emo in any way.

[Buffalobiian]

I can't say whether she'd have weak moments currently as that depends on how much the personality is a front vs how much she's actually grown/accepted that personality as her own. If it was developed in response to her illness, I would at least say she had weak moments in the past.

[Kraco]

Episode 6 - HS




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The best moment, in a certain sense, was right at the very end when we saw some people who view Arima as a mortal enemy. It'll be beyond funny when these two (and maybe others) go the competition extremely excited about the prospect of again having a chance to compete with Arima, and then find Arima won't give a shit about them (likely won't even remember them) and might not even clear the first round.

Kaori is getting more and more awesome with every episode. I feel kind of bad for Tsubaki who obviosly has been in love with Arima forever, but Kaori simply is so brilliant that I can't grant Tsubaki even a single percent of hope. Actually I feel more sorry for the senpai who wants to date Tsubaki - only to have to listen to her prattle endlessly about another guy during the date.

I wonder if Kaori feels anything for Arima now. If she does, she might be trying to hold back, whenever she remembers to, in favour of Tsubaki. At least the womanizing playboy dude didn't have any time with Kaori in this episode. I hope he won't in the future, either, even if Kaori tries to create some distance between herself and Arima for Tsubaki's sake.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm more of a Tsubaki/Arima shipper. Kaori's pulling him out of his slump, but I do feel that the other two have much more of a connection. I'm biased however, as unpredictable, happy-go-lucky girls make me stressed.

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[Kraco]

I'm biased however, as unpredictable, happy-go-lucky girls make me stressed.

That's exactly why these two make such a jolly pair: One is, or was, an almost robotic, meticulous, systematic perfectionist after her mom's prussian teaching and upbringing, the other is an epitome of free will and happy-go-lucky mentality.

[shinta|hikari]

Connection? You ARE biased. (The fact that you know it is worthy of respect, though.)

Kaori and Kousei look like they are destined to be together. Kaori's "confession" to soccer dude now looks like an excuse to get close to Kousei. Everything she has done in the show so far has been all about him. In contrast, everything Tsubaki has done so far has been to avoid him or her feelings for him.

I find that having only Kaori's thoughts a mystery to the audience a very nice touch. Everyone's thoughts are vocalized except hers, at least as far as I remember.

[Buffalobiian]

Yeah, this show almost makes me want to play with a piano again. I was like Kousei in that I only reproduced sheet music as is without personal input. Unlike Kousei however, I wasn't good.

[Kraco]

Episode 7 - HS





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I guess I should have only used the sentence in the parentheses in my prediction, as not giving a shit was far too strong an expression, but otherwise I surely foresaw it nicely. The younger Arima, however, clearly didn't see the other competitors. It was quite funny he didn't even look at the results, only walked away. He really was a piano playing robot. Now he's a real aberration, and I do have a feeling he won't do too well. I can't see how he would. He ought to be even more terrified than the normal players since he can't hear what he's playing. Furthermore, he must be half, if not more, expecting to fail horribly and most probably many in the audience expect him to fail as well, especially after his funny performance with Kaori earlier. That's some pressure.

I'm not altogether sure what's the point in participating in a contest anyway. Is Kaori trying to use this as shock treatment? It's obviously a way to force him to play, but I can't help but feel it's counter productive if he accumulates more and more of experiences of failures. She did manage to make him play once at the cafe, which was a more forgiving environment. In the end it seems to me that he would just need to forget his mom and enjoy playing to be able to hear it again. How do these contests make him enjoy it?

Other than that, the park scene was very nice. Arima and Kaori must have seen the hand touching moment quite differently.

[shinta|hikari]

Their previous performance showed how Kousei is indeed a performer (ensousha). The music critic said as much. Kousei even involuntarily tried to steal Kaori's show from her. As much as he "hates" to play the piano, he was born and raised for it, and obviously loves it since he could not let it go after 2 years of struggling. A competition is the best way to make him realize that himself.

[Kraco]

A competition is the best way to make him realize that himself.

Is it? That's the exact thing I'm unsure of. Forcing himself to go in front of all those people despite knowing he's going to fail, one way or another, since he can't hear his own playing, is kind of negative energy shock therapy. If he can conquer the situation, he might indeed gain something out of it. Otherwise it's going to be pure horror. I kind of feel that if it works, it only works because of the far more positive moments he has with Kaori. His only other music related person was the tyrannic mother, but now he has the angelic Kaori as well. He might start to hear his playing as soon as the ghoulish image of his mom inside his head is replaced by an image of Kaori when he tries to play.

[shinta|hikari]

I don't think Kaori is sending him out there to fail. He won't win, sure, but that doesn't mean it will be a disaster.

[fireheart]

It probably will be a disaster, he's been away for a long time and facing a competition on his own for the first time. Before he played the piano for his mom, this is the first time he more or less plays for himself so unlike before the pressure and how nervous he is should be far worse. If I had to guess it'll probably turn out the same way as the other times he's played in that he plays fine at the start then panics once he can't hear the notes anymore, upping the tempo and smashing the keys just to give up. Though this time he won't have Kaori next to him to tell him to play again.

Also we're all biased no matter which couple we're shipping.

[shinta|hikari]

You're missing the part that this is entertainment. Him falling apart at this point won't please anyone, save for a depressed author. This isn't Tomino or Anno, at least I hope. We've already seen him fail. Repeating that is not only boring but needlessly depressing.