Life and death in Your Lie in April: Redefining the power of music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsVU6GP4OEk - 7:58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB4DGwy-rcs - 6:20
Before taking time to watch the anime Your Lie in April during the week (trying to spread it out
more - not sure if it will always work, but will do it if I can), I had already heard about how
emotional it is, which is why I think talking about this anime is impossible without spoiling it.
Personally, I don't mind spoilers as long as I can still experience what is spoiled myself (if I want to,
or can, anyway). The first intro to this anime can spoil it for you, but only to a certain extent, like if
you actually take the time to analyze it, as explained by the first video. I also like the first video,
despite the fact that it reminds you of the death of a certain character too much, because it
demonstrates the balance between life and death by redefining the power of music, which the anime
does in many ways, like with the first intro (not so much the second one).
This is also seen in the second video when talking about another important death, the death of the
mother of one of the other main characters (the pianist - basically, there are three, or four, main ones,
seen as the main group in the first intro) and linking that death with the one the first intro alludes to.
Watching the anime yourself allows for a new perspective.
This new perspective is also influenced by what else you are doing at the time of watching anime,
whether it be this one or any other one. For me, an example of this is while I also took the time to
watch, and reflect on, this anime this week, I was also working on my graduate school course
discussions for the week. In one of this courses this week, the topic happened to involve what people
usually do not talk about in transpersonal psychology, which is elements of the shadow, which are
unconscious/negative, while focusing on elements of the persona, which are conscious/positive. The
elements of the shadow are simply opposites of the persona elements. For example, if a persona
element is life, then a shadow element is death. Life and death are equally important to talk about,
which is not only true in transpersonal psychology, but also for everything else in life (November also
happens to be the month to remember the dead, even though this is always important). This also
includes anime, like the one that I am focusing on now.
As the second video also mentions, playing music in this anime is usually used as a way to
communicate feelings, like feelings about life and death (the incredibly emotional writing revealed at
the end of the last episode helps too - writing is useful if talking is difficult, which is also true for
me). You can't have life without death just as you can't have death without life. Remembering this
connection is important in remembering people in your life who die, meaning how did people change
your life before they died. There are more things I can say about this anime, but I feel the most
important thing to say is that life and death are equally important to both talk about and remember
and can redefine the power of music, as seen in this anime (and that it is very emotional and thought-
provoking, which is why it's difficult to forget).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB4DGwy-rcs - 6:20
Before taking time to watch the anime Your Lie in April during the week (trying to spread it out
more - not sure if it will always work, but will do it if I can), I had already heard about how
emotional it is, which is why I think talking about this anime is impossible without spoiling it.
Personally, I don't mind spoilers as long as I can still experience what is spoiled myself (if I want to,
or can, anyway). The first intro to this anime can spoil it for you, but only to a certain extent, like if
you actually take the time to analyze it, as explained by the first video. I also like the first video,
despite the fact that it reminds you of the death of a certain character too much, because it
demonstrates the balance between life and death by redefining the power of music, which the anime
does in many ways, like with the first intro (not so much the second one).
This is also seen in the second video when talking about another important death, the death of the
mother of one of the other main characters (the pianist - basically, there are three, or four, main ones,
seen as the main group in the first intro) and linking that death with the one the first intro alludes to.
Watching the anime yourself allows for a new perspective.
This new perspective is also influenced by what else you are doing at the time of watching anime,
whether it be this one or any other one. For me, an example of this is while I also took the time to
watch, and reflect on, this anime this week, I was also working on my graduate school course
discussions for the week. In one of this courses this week, the topic happened to involve what people
usually do not talk about in transpersonal psychology, which is elements of the shadow, which are
unconscious/negative, while focusing on elements of the persona, which are conscious/positive. The
elements of the shadow are simply opposites of the persona elements. For example, if a persona
element is life, then a shadow element is death. Life and death are equally important to talk about,
which is not only true in transpersonal psychology, but also for everything else in life (November also
happens to be the month to remember the dead, even though this is always important). This also
includes anime, like the one that I am focusing on now.
As the second video also mentions, playing music in this anime is usually used as a way to
communicate feelings, like feelings about life and death (the incredibly emotional writing revealed at
the end of the last episode helps too - writing is useful if talking is difficult, which is also true for
me). You can't have life without death just as you can't have death without life. Remembering this
connection is important in remembering people in your life who die, meaning how did people change
your life before they died. There are more things I can say about this anime, but I feel the most
important thing to say is that life and death are equally important to both talk about and remember
and can redefine the power of music, as seen in this anime (and that it is very emotional and thought-
provoking, which is why it's difficult to forget).
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