Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (2024)

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Japanese: 四月は君の嘘

English: Your Lie in April

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 11

Chapters: 44

Status: Finished

Published: Apr 6, 2011 to Feb 6, 2015

Genres: Award Winning, Drama, Romance

Themes: Music, School

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Magazine (Monthly)

Authors: Arakawa, Naoshi (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.59¹ (scored by 34,965 users)

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Ranked: #102²

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Popularity: #193

Members: 81,977

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Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

8.59

Ranked #102Popularity #193Members 81,977

MangaShounen Magazine (Monthly)Arakawa, Naoshi (Story & Art)

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Chapters: /44

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Your Lie in AprilVolume 1 £9.99

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At a very young age, Kousei Arima was strictly taught how to play the piano and meticulously follow the score by his mother, to the point where he dominated every competition he entered with ease. He earned the title of "Human Metronome" for performing almost perfectly. Every musician of his age looked up to him. However, after his mother suddenly dies, he became tone-deaf due to the shock and then disappeared, never to be seen onstage since.

Two years later, Kousei lives a monotonous life with his childhood friends Tsubaki Sawabe and Ryouta Watari supporting him. He continues to cling to music, although performing is still an impossibility for him. This is until his unexpected encounter with Kaori Miyazono, a violinist who performs freely without the dictations of a score. A story of friendship, love, music, and a single lie, Kousei's life begins to change and gain color as Kaori helps him to take up music again.

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Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso was nominated for the fifth Manga Taisho Award in 2012 and placed 13th in the final ranking. In the following year, it won the 37th Kodansha Manga Award in the Shounen category.

The series was published in English as Your Lie in April by Kodansha Comics USA from April 21, 2015, to January 3, 2017, and as omnibus volume since October 22, 2024. It was also released in Spanish by Milky Way Ediciones from March 27, 2015, to January 29, 2016; in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics from April 26, 2017, to December 2018; and in Polish by Studio JG from March 11, 2019, to May 4, 2021.

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Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

Side Story:	Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso: Coda (Manga)
Alternative Version:	Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso: 6-nin no Études (Light Novel)

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Miyazono, Kaori

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Arima, Kousei

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Sawabe, Tsubaki

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Watari, Ryouta

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Igawa, Emi

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Seto, Koharu

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Seto, Hiroko

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Aiza, Nagi

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Aiza, Takeshi

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Kashiwagi, Nao

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12 Recommended

4 Mixed Feelings

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Mar 10, 2015

taigataiga

Recommended

"The music... is dyed in color."

After such a long time not reading romance stories I'm finally getting into some lately. First I started off with some popular shoujo titles, and when I'm running out of new books to read, I stumbled upon Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie in April). I thought this was just going to be a casual read about your typical romance + bits of music. Boy was I wrong, for this manga has proved to be a really emotional ride I shall never forget.

Story - The story is interesting. The beginning was rather predictable, it started with the introduction of ...

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Mar 10, 2015

RunawayPanda

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"Color."
Yes that's the word I use. Do you know why? This manga is black and white on the surface, but the feelings and the story are just so much more. I wanted to find a specific quote to start out my review, but this word in the story just stuck out so much more than any single quote.

On that note, lets get into the story. Sure the basis of the story is pretty basic and common (protagonist meets tragedy and meets girl who changes his life), but the way it is portrayed is truly remarkable. This manga will really make you think and besides really ...

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Jan 26, 2023

defunctmaluser

Mixed Feelings

It would seem that feeling some modicum of emotional involvement whilst watching/reading something is all it takes to make a masterpiece these days. Whilst emotional involvement is always a great thing, it's not enough to excuse problems that a particular work in question has. On another note, it irks me when people say they "got the feels" from watching something because more often than not, it was something stupid/cliché/melodramatic. Maybe I'm a heartless sociopath or maybe it's because I've been through a lot worse in life, but I can't help but scoff when people tell me they cried like a baby whilst watching stuff like ...

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Poll: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Chapter 4 Discussion Stark700 - Mar 21, 2014	2 replies	by ImNotAnOtaku1 »» Jan 22, 12:33 PM
Poll: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Chapter 2 Discussion Stark700 - Mar 21, 2014	1 replies	by ImNotAnOtaku1 »» Jan 17, 12:34 PM
Poll: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Chapter 44 Discussion Shikkakku - Nov 11, 2021	3 replies	by MightK »» Apr 23, 2023 8:14 PM
Poll: Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Chapter 41 Discussion -Karoshi- - Jan 7, 2015	13 replies	by Shikkakku »» Nov 11, 2021 9:28 PM
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