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Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie in April) is a music manga series by Naoshi Arakawa. It has an anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures.

Shigatsu image, characters left to right: Watari, Arima, Kaori, Tsubaki

Your Lie in April (四月は君の嘘 Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) is a music manga series by Naoshi Arakawa, with an anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures.

The story follows a piano child prodigy named Kōsei Arima, famous among his fellow child musicians for playing piano notes with utmost perfection on competitions. However, his mother died of an illness two years ago and this has caused a mental breakdown for Arima. This traumatic experience led to him being unable to hear the sound of his piano playing anymore.

Today, he still views the world in monotone and seems content with his life without music together with his friends, Tsubaki and Watari. This rhythm is disrupted when she meets Miyazono Kaori, a pretty girl of his age and a free spirited violinist. Together with Kaori and his friends, Arima is again plunged into the colorful world of music he left two years ago.

The manga and anime focuses on Arima's is internal struggle, as he tries once more to view the world in vibrant colors and adapt a playing style entirely opposite to his original structured playing. These four teenagers tackle the world of music, friendship and love as they grow closer to each other through their adventures.

The Manga began serialization in Monthly Shōnen Magazine in May 2011. A-1 Pictures began airing their Anime adaptation of the Manga Series in October 2014 with Crunchyroll streaming the series in English Subtitles

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Song from final episode of Your Lie in April

I've just finished Your Lie in April and the last song at the last part of the episode, not the duet or the performance, when kaori says I love you multiple times, a song is played in the background and when watching the dub the lyrics appear at the…
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In episode 13, what piece does Kousei play after he plays Liebesleid?

In episode 13, after Kousei played Love's Sorrow, he played this one song on the piano. What is the name of that song? I've been looking for it for the past four hours, but haven't been able to find it.
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What music was Kaori "playing" in the roof of the hospital in episode 21?

In the scene on the roof of the hospital, in episode 21, Kaori starts mimicking playing a violin (around minute 10): I tried to find out what music she was playing, but ANN's page on the anime does not list the music (at least yet). What music is…
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Is there a recording of Chopin's "Winter Wind" with the drums added, as heard in Your Lie In April?

I've looked everywhere for that Etude in A minor Op. 25 No. 11 with drums, as that song sounded so epic in the anime!! Any idea if that version of the song is purchasable or located anywhere online?
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What was the music playing at background at 13:58 in episode 2 of Your lie in April?

What was the music playing in the background at 13:58 in episode 2 of Your lie in April?
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What does Kousei mean by not being able to hear the piano?

In Your Lie in April, what does Kousei mean by not being able to hear the piano? I play the piano and the more I play, I tend to just look at my hands while it's moving and I can't hear anything except for the noise in the background. It's like the…
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What's the music that plays at the end of ep. 22 of Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso?

What's the music that plays at the end of ep. 22 of Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, when Arima is reading Kaori's letter? I saw this anime a long time ago and want listen this music now, but I can't find it.
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Performers of classical music in Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

The anime features several classical tracks by composers such as Rachmaninoff or Beethoven. Who are the performers behind the performance attributed to Kaori and Arima in the anime?
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What is the first piano song Kousei plays in the Your Lie in April live-action movie?

What is the first piano song Kousei plays in the Your Lie in April live-action movie? It was played during the first minute of the movie, from 0:00:20 up to 0:01:13.
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In the last episode of "Your Lie in April", what was enclosed in the envelope?

This is where the letter by Miyazano Kaori is being read out. The English subtitles said, P.S. I'm enclosing something that I've always treasured. If you don't want it, feel free to tear it up and throw it away. I can't understand Japanese; I…
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What is the piano song that was played around minute 9 of episode 11?

What is the song (piano) that was played around the ninth minute of episode 11?
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Is it known whether Kaori Miyazono is half-Japanese?

Her dad had a pretty big nose, if we want to go there. Nothing is said on the Wikia. And this question doesn't really matter... but I'm sure people want to know! Was Miyazono half-Japanese? What indications are there that she was?
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Does anyone know the violin song that Toshiya Miike plays after Kousei's performance in episode 13?

Does anyone know the violin song that Toshiya Miike (Mikke-kun/-san) plays after Kousei's performance in episode 13? I wish I knew the exact time but I don't. I've searched everywhere trying to see if anyone figured it out or knew what it was but no…
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What was the background music in episode 14 of Your Lie In April, starting from 08:52?

What was the background music in episode 14 of Your Lie In April, starting from 08:52? I can't find it in the OST album. Can anybody help?
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What was the song Kousei played after "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" in episode 3?

In episode 3, Kousei and a little kid play the happy piano, playing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". Kousei then changes the tune. Was what he played a real piece of music? And if so, what was it called?
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