Your lie in April

There were things I absolutely loved and there were things that I absolutely hated about this episode. This is perhaps the first episode since Kousei’s mother went crazy and struck Kousei hard enough to draw blood that I’ve hated Your lie in April. This time, it’s for a different reason. For 12 episodes, the show has built up a hatred for Saki inherent in Kousei because of the way she trained him at the piano. She was harsh. Too harsh for someone that was as young as Kousei was. Saki is no Terence Fletcher and Kousei is no Andrew Neiman. Kousei has no drive to become one of the greats and Saki is pushing her ideals too hard onto her son. Through it all, though, there was little hatred in Kousei’s eyes or in his mannerisms. This is his mother and this is what he wants to do. He doesn’t want to become a musician—not yet at least—he wants to make his mother happy. Striking him was the final straw and he lashed back out. Read More... //www.fandompost.com/2015/01/16/your-lie-in-april-episode-13-anime-review/