Your Lie in April is a story about trauma and love. The main character, Kousei Arima, is a pianist who suffers from a form of PTSD after his mother’s death. He is unable to hear the music he plays, and he has given up on his dream of becoming a concert pianist.
Kaori Miyazono, a violinist, enters Kousei’s life and helps him to overcome his trauma. She teaches him to play music with his heart, and she shows him that there is still beauty in the world. Kousei and Kaori fall in love, but their relationship is ultimately cut short by Kaori’s death.
Kousei’s Past and Kaori’s Future
Kousei’s mother was a demanding and abusive piano teacher. She pushed him to practice for hours every day, and she often beat him when he didn’t meet her expectations. This abuse caused Kousei to develop PTSD, which manifests itself as an inability to hear the music he plays.
Kaori’s own life was also marked by trauma. She was diagnosed with a terminal illness, and she knew that she didn’t have much time left. This knowledge caused her to live her life to the fullest, and she often took risks that others would not have taken.
The anime shows how trauma can affect people in different ways. Kousei withdrew from the world and became a shut-in. Kaori, on the other hand, decided to live her life to the fullest, even though she knew that she didn’t have much time left.
The present that they spent together in Your Lie in April
Kousei and Kaori’s relationship is a beautiful and tragic love story. They fall in love quickly, but their relationship is ultimately cut short by Kaori’s death. The anime shows how love can help us to heal from trauma but also shows how love can be fleeting. Kaori’s death is a reminder that love is not always forever.
To have loved and lost is better than to have never loved at all. Of course, one can say, “There was a way both Rose and Jack could have survived”, or “There was a way for Achilles to save Patroclus and himself from their fate”, or “There was a way for Orpheus and Eurydice to both get out of the Underworld”, “If only they had done this”, “If only they had thought of this” but in the end, the people involved are not gods.Â
They are stirred by their emotions and preconceptions, the limits of their knowledge, and their fears and ambitions. In good tragedies, there is always a way out that is plausible and even easy to find but the humanity of the characters drives them to mistakes that ultimately add up to the most heartbreaking conclusion you can imagine. And that is beautiful.
There are some things you may never get over. You are not supposed to exist as if things didn’t happen to you. Grief is a sign that you care deeply and that you were impacted. Feel without trying to forget.Â
Conclusion
In conclusion, Your Lie in April is a story about both trauma and love, but love wins over trauma at the end of the day. It is a moving and thought-provoking anime that explores the power of music to heal the soul and the beauty of love, even in the face of loss.