Your Lie in April 1 Paperback – Illustrated, April 21, 2015

Spoilers ahead!Your Lie in April is an amazing story about two people with a love for music. A traumatized piano player and a sick violinist. I had low expectations for this anime/manga and expected to be bored.Wrong.It is my favorite anime and favorite manga. It is heartbreaking but in such a good way I can’t describe it. I can go on for hours about it but I won’t bore you. When Kaori passed away I was in tears. I love this damn anime/manga so much it’s unhealthy. Its a masterpiece.Kōsei Arima is a pianist. An ex pianist at that. He has not played a piano in years because he was traumatized. He endured physical and emotional trauma from his own mother. He was friends with a brunette who loved baseball, Tsubaki, and a brunette who loved cheating on girls, Watari. Tsubaki introduced him to Kaori Miyazono, a violinist. They hit it off immediately.Shortly after they became good friends. Kaori dragged him on stage to preform with her and he did it. He managed to overcome the darkness. And then boom.Kaori fell.After that she started staying in the hospital, she was sick. Kōsei keeps visiting her until one night when he and Watari catch her going into cardiac arrest. He was not allowed in her room so he left, and saw her again later when she was better. She decided to undergo surgery and had passed during her surgery but had left Kōsei a letter. She told a lie. She said she liked Watari when she liked Kōsei.Overall a masterpiece.

Your Lie in April is a gem of a series, and was my first foray into sad slice of life manga/anime. It was so memorable and heartfelt, that even after I finished my journey with the two protagonists, their sad, melancholy, amazing, story still echoes in my soul.I also really enjoyed that the story revolved around classical music and performing. It's a deeply original idea that nicely develops the plot. In regard to the pace, I thought it was done perfectly, but again, this isn't a shounen action series, so the story may progress too slowly for some people.It's truly an amazing series, but fair warning, there are several important scenes of character development that some people may be very disturbed by. These scenes didn't negatively affect my enjoyment, but on the same token, this isn't a series you should allow a young child to read. Just putting that out there.Ultimately, I highly recommend this for anyone who enjoys sad fiction, or stories where music is the driving force. I personally loved it very much. Also, when approaching the conclusion, BE PREPARED TO START SOBBING!

This is one of the few manga series that have the potential to impact you heavily. It tells a rich story with remarkably well developed characters. It uses music to tell of making amends with your past and walking forward to your future. It changed my life. And I will never forget it.

Do not hesitate, but this volume NOW!

I really enjoyed this one because it’s so emotional and beautiful. It’s definitely got it’s character like most manga, but it’s raw. ❤️

It came in great condition and I love the manga.

Great

I loved the anime so much;​ it's good to finally get the manga released in English. I will definitely get the rest of them. If you enjoy a good poetic love story and musical beauty, this is for you. The art is refreshing as well.

Happy it’s in good condition!

Ottimo e bellissimo

Esta serie es increible

Muy bonito manga. Transmite el mismo sentimiento que el anime. Muchos se quejan de que como "no se escucha la música" al igual que en el anime, este le resta sentimiento. Todo lo contrario. Es un manga que te engancha y te hace seguir leyendo la serie. El tema de la música que tocan esta muy bien explicado en apartados del libro por lo que está ampliamente recomendado. Si te gustó el anime, leer el manga también es un "must".

I got this today and it was well in shape just like any other new book. I already read the manga but it was digital and pirated one as well so I thought it might be good to get a hardcopy. I also wanted to have some sort of a manga collection and it is the first manga I ever bought as there were no bookstores near my area equipped with manga. The story is just way too good and the art is also top-notch.