Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

[Buffalobiian]

I wonder how much of a problem it is to stop practice for a week.

It can feel pretty bad. Even if you miss a day or two you feel as if your fingers are rusty. Objectively it might not be a big deal, but it feels terrible.

Nagi is 13, Kousei 14 years old. Nagi is a bit childish by style and behavior, but if she revamped herself, wouldn't she actually be quite similar to Kaori?

And in this show the growth from 12-14 years is stunning: from midget to middle-schooler. Remember flashback Kousei?

To be honest I thought I would be disappointed at this show during the earlier parts of Kousei's performance. It didn't strike me as being particularly emotional, until we hit Kaori's disclosing letter. I still didn't get as teary as in Death Parade's emotional outburst but the feels were there. The highlight was seeing a more graceful, knowing Arima (and the final conversation that followed) - Kaori's permanent mark.

Only two points that peeved me off a bit in this show. One of them was earlier figurative "drowning" of Kousei's piano playing we had so much of. In retrospect it's necessary to contrast the scenery we see when he recovers, but it was still a dull none the less. The other point would be the medical inaccuracies (that's just me). At the same time, the detail given to the equipment was surprisingly well drawn.

I only just learned about the OVA now. I have no idea what it'd be about but hopefully it'll be a timeskip epilogue instead of a backstory. Things have finished off enough as they are. I'd rather see them moving forwards.