Nagi and Kousei played to a very surprised crowd at the culture festival, giving one of my favorite performances in the show in the process. Is she even actually physically able to play now? She’s worked incredibly hard to get to the point where she can play on equal footing with a prodigy, and her response to Kousei’s selfish playing is something she chose for herself. It was once unfathomable for Kousei to make it through a performance, much less while musically dueling a partner. She begins to cry, which causes the children to start attacking Kousei and make her laugh. She wanted her brother to notice her for being the agent of Kousei’s “destruction”, but ended by wanting (at least in part) to reach out to her brother through her music. To be frank, even this scene, although it was gorgeously staged on the rooftop, complete with blood-red flowers behind Kaori, didn’t do a whole lot for me. After Nagi and Kousei's performance Takeshi is pumped. Is he willing to throw the competition in order to beat Kousei at his own game? 19. Nagi offers her hand to Kousei, who holds it and takes a bow, much to the dismay of Takeshi. No accident that Nagi and Kousei play the waltz from Tcaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty. So, with all that being said, I guess I feel kind of compelled to talk about the final scene between Kousei and Kaori, but, as I’ve said before, I have the least amount of interest in Kaori’s situation, as hard-hearted as it might seem. This one has a strong impact on the audience because of the huge meaning it has. What will his music say about himself? is the eighteenth episode of the Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso anime adaptation. In episode 16, Kousei explains to Nagi the kind of person Kaori is, calling her a … One thing is clear, she has however grown immensely from the focused hate that drove her when she first appeared on scene. Nagi’s performance started off just as planned, following the score beautifully. As a side comment, that is something has always bothered me about these competitions. Report Problems! Takeshi appears backstage, grabbing the attention of Kousei who cannot remember his name. Eps19 Your Lie in April Season 1 Episode 19. Kousei's and Kaori's last performance. It’s been a blast to write about KimiUso thus far—for all of the frustrating elements of the show, it certainly has given me no shortage of topics to touch on and I have to appreciate the great diversity of its screw-ups and sweeping highs of its triumphs. Nagi and Kousei's performance is actually a medley of Rachmaninoff's arrangements of The Sleeping Beauty Suite II - Adagio Pas d'action and The Sleeping Beauty Suite V - Waltz. Kousei seems to be getting the credit for Nagi’s growth from both the characters in the show and from the show’s perspective, but I think that way of thinking actually does a huge disservice to Nagi. Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Wiki is a FANDOM Anime Community. There are people that I love. Hiroko asks Kousei whether he finds it thrilling to watch someone grow, referring to Nagi. She becomes annoyed when Miike does not refer to Kousei with honorific and starts bragging about having his phone number and email address, and about how they regularly eat lunch together. But unlike during practice, Kousei, the supporting player, in a complete switch of gears, begins playing at an incredible pace, filling the music with an aching atmosphere, pressuring Nagi. How old was Kousei when he stopped playing the piano? And there, you watched. She’s not even certain what she’s accomplished, as she’s questioning herself while watching him leave her behind. Unfortunately, Nagi wanted to be seen by her brother, but he was obsessing over Kousei. And Kousei did have a hand in that, whatever his motivations. Hiroko comments about how entry in that competition will be a pain, while Nagi monologues about whether her brother even slightly understood what she was trying to convey through her performance. Kosei Arima dominated various music competitions and was known as “piano prodigy” without disappointing his mother. Despite acting as Nagi's support during their performance, Kousei challenges Nagi to reach her full potential. Like I said last week, my biggest fear for this week’s episode was that Nagi’s story would be entirely subsumed by Kousei’s quest to reach out to Kaori. She initially introduced herself as Hiroko Seto's fan, but her ulterior motives were revealed later on. At the hospital, Kaori stops imitating their performance and begins to cry. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. S1, Ep19 With this, he begins to play at a higher tempo, and the sound of his performance changed, startling the audience and Nagi, causing her to panic and feel like she's being overpowered by him. Register or Log In. Over the last few months, we’ve tried watching Shirobako to settle our tummies after dinner before watching KimiUso. Episode 18 Everyone obsesses over Kousei. We certainly saw Nagi grow a whole heckuva a lot during the time she’s been involved in the story—just another reason for me to love her character! Tonight, I was very glad my Lady has started watching Saekano, because we were able to do both. I don’t think that was what he was aiming for though. When Kosei was 11, he can't hear the sound of his piano after his mother's death. Audio Languages. She establishes the cute little sister character in the story. She is a first year student, studying a music course in Kurumigaoka Junior High School. Today, the question is not of degree, but of success—and because you were successful, the day was yours. He states that it wouldn't be a double suicide as he would only be following her. Despite acting as Nagi's support during their performance, Kousei challenges Nagi to reach her full potential. Nagi and Kousei finally take the stage. I don’t think however that Takeshei is out of his rut however – he’s still where he’s long been, in a self centered world where nothing matters but besting Kousei. Nagi continues learning piano from Hiroko and Kousei. I’m ambivalent and still trying to process all of Nagi’s arc though… her motivations shifted over it’s course. Kaori begins to monologue about her surroundings and how Kousei is cruel for making her dream about playing her violin once again. Kosei Arima’s mother forced him to play piano emotionlessly since he was young. Watch with Prime. There are still a lot of items left to check off my wishlist for the show and chances are good the majority of them probably won’t end up completed. "Hearts Come Together" (心重ねる, Kokoro kasaneru?) At the hospital, Kaori, who can hear the performance on her phone via a phone call from Watari, begins to imitate playing the violin. ( Log Out /  February 11th, 2015. October 9, 2014. And Nagi, unwilling to give in to Kousei, tries to hold her own. Ah, well. But, then he meets a violinist named Kaori Miyazono who has an eccentric playing style. It’s enough for you to see, at last, the image of the child-hero Takeshei your brother once was. His monotonus life was about to change forever. Kousei instead pleads for Kaori to perform a duet with him once again, which she attempts to try to deny.
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