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Your Lie in Aprilisn’t about complicated, interwoven narratives. It can’t carry the same sort of gravitas that some other great anime can. It doesn’t need to do that, and it doesn’t attempt to be more than it is. It’s a simple story filled with complicated emotions between two characters whose worlds revolve around each other and the music they wish to play for the world.
The story follows a young pianist named Kоosei Arima, who loses the ability to perform the piano after his mother’s death and the subsequent trauma makes him unable to hear the sound of a piano, and he never takes the stage thereafter. However, his monochrome life turns upside down the day he encounters the eccentric violinist Kaori Miyazono, who thrusts him back into the spotlight as her accompanist. Through a little lie, these two young musicians grow closer together as Kaori tries to fill Kousei’s world with color.
The main goal behindYour Lie in April‘s creation
While the story ofYour Lie in Aprilhad so much depth and characterization that fans adore, series creator Naoshi Arakawa had one big reason why he drew the story.During an interview in Anime Expo 2016, the interviewer heard a rumor beforehand that Arakawa-sensei had writtenYour Lie in Aprilto with someone special in mind. Someone whom he wanted to make cry.
For which, Arakawa-sensei said:
It’s true. When I was writing Your Lie in April, my goal was to make my editor (Shinichi Eda) cry.
And he was successful in his mission. The interviewer did ask the editor to confirm the same, to which he admitted: “It made me cry.” This may sound pretty sadistic but Arakawa-sensei really wanted his story to move the audience and he did a lot of homework to make sure it’s authentic.
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In order to obtain a sense of what the lives of the kids were actually like, Arakawa-sensei spent some time observing them while he was writingYour Lie in April. In addition, he presented a bunch of school students with some of his first drafts in order to ascertain whether or not they believed the plot made sense and felt realistic. The fact that they were able to empathize with the characters made a significant contribution to the whole experience.
But the way he kickstarted his career was unconventional but not completely surprising.
Your Lie in April‘s author drew manga for a reason fans won’t believe
When asked about his own school days, Arakawa-sensei had a friend who was heavily into manga and that friend got him hooked on to it so much so he would start tracing out panels, withBeck: Mongolian Chop Squadbeing his favorite. After he entered University, nobody knew he was drawing manga because he was drawing in secret.
And the main reason Arawaka-sensei drew is because he was bored.
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Yes. Nothing else. No major backstory that would inspire generations of mangakas in the future. But it’s not surprising altogether. Even Dragon Ball creatorAkira Toriyamawanted to get into Shonen Jump is because he wanted money to pay for his cigarettes.
As he was growing up, Arakawa-sensei did not have any expectations of becoming a writer; yet, he is now totally at ease with the idea. Having the ability to write anything he wants is one of Arakawa-sensei’s favorite aspects of being a writer. In addition, his aforementioned editor, Shinichi Eda, was a pretty quiet and soft person who would only make change when absolutely necessary so the author’s life is pretty chill.
Your Lie in Aprilanime is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
Anand Bhaskaran
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A Dragon Ball fanatic who also loves to read and talk about Indian spirituality. An MBA finance graduate with a passion for doing everything that is unrelated to it. Anand has over 4 years of experience under his belt, having worked with leading content heads in the anime community. Currently, he’s more into Slice of Life and Romcom shows than actual Battle Shonen. But unfortunately, he’s stuck with a job writing ONLY about Battle Shonen (smh).
