Kaori Miyazono is the main heroine of Naoshi Arakawa's manga and anime series Your Lie in April. She is a prodigious musician who mainly plays the violin. Her playing style matches her free-spirited personality, employing improvisations and emotional performances which put her at odds with competition judges, but popular among audiences. The violinist serves as the main inspiration for the protagonist Kousei Arima to play the piano again after he suffers trauma from his mother's death. Kaori is one of Kousei's love interests of the story, the other being the athletic Tsubaki Sawabe.
Of course, most readers who happen to stumble upon this article should probably know why Kaori is a popular waifu character in the first place, what with the anime receiving mostly positive reception and garnering a reputation for inducing strong emotions from the audience.
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Kaori suffers from an unspecified terminal illness, and her death is seen as inevitable only a few episodes in, when the violinist collapsed after performing her first - and only - duet with Kousei.
Near the end of the series, Kaori writes a letter that Kousei reads months after her death. In this letter, she cites Kousei as the main inspiration on why she started playing music after she watched one of his live performances during her childhood, and explains about coming to terms with her terminal illness and making the most out of her short life. The letter is also where the titular lie was revealed: that Kaori is dating Ryouta Watari.
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"So ephemeral and weak. But it's shining with all its might. Thump, thump, like a heartbeat. This is the light of life."
Kaori makes music, and her style is explosive, containing so much color and vibrancy that it could bring a corpse back to life. Even if experts say that her musical style is sloppy and does not follow the music score sheets properly, or if others criticize her as just an arrogant teenager trying to prove her worth, she can still hold her head high. She will continue to play the same music that brought joy to her, hoping that others will also see the wonders of music, just like she once did. Her life may seem like bed of roses, but even the most optimistic people have their burdens. Many choose to hide the worst of those from the people around, and Kaori is no exception. Kaori’s secret lays a shadow over her life… but giving in to pessimism would not be like Kaori, would it? |
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Overall Record[]
- TBD
Seasonal & Exhibition[]
Seasonal Diadem- Fall 2014
Main Tournament[]
TBD
Honours[]
Total Wins = 5
- Anime Trending All Star Character Polls 2016 [1]
- Facebook Mary-Senpai 3 Protagonistas Femeninas (2020) [2]
- Facebook @Animes Online TdW 2020 [3]
- AnimeXD La Besto Waifu 2020 [4]
- Kim Dong Wing Books LN Character Tournament 2021 [[5]
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- Your Lie in April Wika
- MyAnimeList
- Baike Baidu (Chinese)
- Moegirl (Chinese)
- Namuwiki (Korean)