I have been on and off blogging about anime for a long time and this time I decided to start blogging again with a different tack since I came to realize that writing reviews is a bit soul crushing, or at least boring for me. Also I listen to a couple of podcasts that do it better than I ever could. So I decided to blog about shows that I find important. Hopefully you will find it entertaining.
After last season finished there were no more episodes of March comes in like a lion and and after a month or so I realized that my sad glasses boy anime itch needed to be scratched and I didn't get around to watching Your lie in April when it was first airing so I decided to finally get around to watch this show.
So the show starts and we have our protagonist Kousei Arima. He used to be a child prodigy at the piano but due to some vague emotional trauma from his sick mother. Now he lives in a depressed state with his two friends Tsubaki and Watari as though Kousei is a taller version of the protagonist of Accel world. One day Tsubaki invited Kousei to a double date. When he arrives at the location, he sees a beautiful and mysterious girl, and takes a picture of her playing music on some local kids.
This leads to a misunderstanding and thus unleashes said girl's Tsundere nature. It also turns out that said girl is the violinist Kaori and the person he was supposed to meet. Episode 2 is mostly devoted to showing off Kaori's music talents.
Some people here might complain about this show saying that Kaori is what is called Manic pixie dream girl. Episode 3 shows that this is quite, quite false as the MPDG is someone who doesn't have much in the way of personal motivation while Kaori spends a good part of episode three bullying Kousei into playing piano with her at the next music competition. Eventually he agrees and they zoom off to the next competition with the help of Kousei's more athletic friends.
I found the first three episodes of this show to be decent but it hasn't gotten exceptional yet. I notice that there is quite a bit of foreshadowing and the art of the show is really nice. I will continue watching and hope you find this worth reading.
