I, who tortured the readers, was knocked to the ground by them!

Chapter 198 Your Lie in April, finally
In early April, Yamazaki sat in front of the computer, watching the video of himself that broke the 10 million mark, and fell into silence.

In the background of YouTube, countless red dots light up at this moment, which are the private messages that are overwhelming.

Some people expressed the same opinion as him, shouting that they wanted Xun to have a better ending and they deeply agreed with him.

Someone laughed and said, "Dude, you're really crazy."

Some people couldn't stop sending him emoticons.

Someone introduced himself and said that I am also a video blogger. I asked if you are interested in making a guest appearance in my XX column.

What made Yamazaki feel that the world was so big and so wonderful was that someone asked him if he could see his cow. Yamazaki immediately refused in a stern manner and asked the other party to respect himself.

"Ahahaha, why don't you just switch gears and become a YouTuber."

His old 2D friend, Kumaichi Sakamoto, laughed.

"Anyway, you don't have a stable job right now, and you used to be a gigolo, so you have pretty good looks."

"No, I don't know how to be a blogger." Yamazaki frowned, although he loved ACG culture and was getting deeper and deeper into it.

I’ve tried this idea before when shooting videos, but it always ended in failure.

I didn't expect that after I had completely given up, I would unexpectedly plant willows that would eventually grow into a forest.

But this time it became popular, but he couldn't guarantee that his other videos would also become popular.

Sakamoto Kumada: "I don't think you need to think about how to be a blogger. Just do it yourself and show your true emotions."

In fact, in his heart, he always felt that Yamazaki was a person who was born with the talent for showmanship.

Think about what he has done, he is simply a born clown, which means he is destined to be a person suitable for the Internet.

"The most genuine emotion? But, I always feel that it would be hard for me to have such emotion again."

"That's easy. Your Lie in April will have its finale next week, and there will also be a short bonus animation. Why don't you record yourself watching it?" Kumaichi Sakamoto suggested.

"Will that really work? What if it's a happy ending?"

Yamazaki was still hoping that Sakura Fujiyoshi could really give Xun a miracle. After all, he had included the word "healing" in the label he gave to his work.

Sakamoto Kumayi twitched the corner of his mouth. This kid's mind was still on that B paper man.

"Anyway, let's record it first,"

".All right."

Yamazaki looked up and looked at the bonus animation promotional poster on the website.

The slogan of the publicity group is: [Look, miracles can happen at any time, right?]

I thought that I would watch it later anyway, so recording it would be a piece of cake.

Before speaking,
When "5 Centimeters per Second" was completed, it was already unexpected that Yukiko was asked to produce a special comic video and compose a professional theme song.

But I didn’t expect that when the last episode of "Your Lie in April" was finished, the same short animation would be put on the Internet.

These publicity and promotion resources are too strong!

However, the studio responsible for this animation is a small one that no one has ever heard of.

New Dimension Animation Group
I hope it can be done well.
The next day, April 2nd, the special animation of "Your Lie in April" was officially launched.

In the studio, everyone gathered together, ready to watch the works they produced for the first time.

This is a ritualistic process that exists in many companies.

But everyone in the animation team felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange.

"Don't you think this is a celebratory cake? You're eating it before it even starts?"

Sakurai Itsuki questioned Sato Wakaba who had already started eating secretly.

Sato Wakaba raised her face, a white "cream mustache" already adorning her lips: "Because after reading this, I might not be in the mood to eat anymore!"

Looking at her adorable appearance, Sakurai Itsuki could only sigh, "Could you eat more politely? Your mouth is full of it."

She raised her chin and said, "Why do you think I've embarrassed you? You're so heartless!"

The members of the animation team haven't seen Sato Wakaba very often, but now her personality is looking more and more like Miyazono Kaoru.

Logically speaking, this is not a problem except that it makes people a little envious and jealous. The key is...
Right next to the two of them playing, a girl with beautiful long black hair was staring at them not far away.

Is this atmosphere the legendary Shura field?
Most Japanese are good at reading the air. Even though they don't know these three people, they can still vaguely sense the jealousy in the air.

I couldn't help but worry that there would be an "explosion" and ruin this great day.

But apart from the animation team, the other club leaders didn't care at all because Yukiko had to attend an event today.

If she wasn't here, this Shura field wouldn't have exploded.

Hane Shion glanced at the two of them, her displeasure visible to the naked eye.

But then he sighed slightly and took out a handkerchief from his arms.

I was a little hesitant about whether to hand over the handkerchief.

But before she handed it over, she heard Sato Wakaba say, "I put a handkerchief in the right pocket of your coat today."

"Why are you putting things in my bag?" Sakurai Itsuki felt in his pocket and took out the handkerchief.

"Putting it in your bag is the same as putting it in mine, there's no difference."

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Hane Shion looked at the two of them, forgetting to control her expression, and bared her teeth in extreme dissatisfaction.

But in the end, he was helpless and could only hum to himself, then silently put the handkerchief back into his pocket.

The newcomer in the animation team was stunned when he saw this, and his worries about the explosion were immediately reduced a lot.

I felt more sympathy for the beautiful black-haired lady.

At the same time, in a rental house in Tokyo.

Yamazaki took a deep breath, turned on his camera, and faced the screen.

I wanted to say something, but after thinking for a long time, I only said one sentence.

"Hello everyone, I'm Yamazaki."

Then he paused for a moment, then managed another sentence, "Um, today, I watched Your Lie in April, um, the finale."

I don't understand why this happened when I was a gigolo or shooting videos before.

Maybe it's because I thought that treating this as a job would be a bit difficult to adapt to.

Someone so reserved like this probably won't become popular, right?

But I still clicked on it subconsciously, and the number of views of the animation increased rapidly as it was released online.

Your Lie in April, Special Edition

"spring breeze".
Backstage of the competition.

Kousei squatted in the aisle, taking deep breaths.

Beads of sweat kept rolling down his forehead, and his face looked unusually ugly.

The contestants all noticed that something was not right with Arima Kousei.

Concerned people surrounded him.

"Are you OK?"

"I am fine."

The next performance is by Kousei Arima.

Kousei stood up with difficulty.

His companion looked at Kousei and asked worriedly, "How can you be okay? You look so pale."

"Let me take you to the infirmary!"

They suggested.

Kousei just apologized. "I'm sorry, but I have to play the piano."

"Because I'm a pianist."

"Because I promised her."

Kousei no longer wanted to say those words he no longer wanted to say in front of her again.

They agreed to fight hard together.

Kousei sat down in front of the piano again. The lights were now focused there, and everyone's attention was focused on Kousei.

Kousei looked at the piano keys.

In an instant, it was as if I had sunk to the bottom of the sea.

The feeling of not being able to play the piano in the past came to my mind.

Look at your hands.

It seemed to be covered in blood.

The immense pressure made Kousei drop his head and cover his face.

There was immediate discussion in the audience.

"The process is very old-fashioned. First, there's a period of fantasy before going on stage to create pressure, and then there's redemption on the field."

Although Yamazaki said this, his eyes were fixed on the screen.

"It would be nice if the ending of the story was the same old cliché where the two of them trigger miracles and end up together."

This was probably the first time in Yamazaki's life that it would be a good thing if the story of a comic book was a little old-fashioned.

Kousei lowered his head.

Just when relatives and friends were worried.

A voice suddenly flashed through my mind.

"You kept looking down again!"

It was some rude girl, complaining savagely.

Kousei raised his head and turned towards the audience, realizing that everyone was there.

Everyone is looking at me.

Turning back, his fingers finally touched the sound of the piano.

The piano responded to his heart and played the music in his heart.

"It's so heavy." sighed a judge.

In the past, when I played, the only thing in my mind was the music score, but now the images of everyone flashed through my mind.

The scenes of memories, accompanied by the music, continue to play out on the screen.

A'du: "Are you thinking about the person you like?"

[Of course!]

Hiroko: "Now all you have to do is play as you please!"

My heart is already in turmoil.

Xiaochun: "What do you mean? Just play the piano!"

【There’s nothing I can do about it, because I’m not good at expressing myself. 】

Kousei responded to their words one by one in his mind.

“Expressive music.”

The judges sighed in admiration at the tune that went from heavy to extremely emotional.

Suddenly, the emotions burst out.

The audience and judges who had been whispering comments just now all shut their mouths and stared at the young man on the stage with wide eyes.

The hair on the sweat stood on end.

【The reason why I am here is because of the company of others. 】

【I must respond to those who come into my life and enrich my life.】

No matter how sad, no matter how embarrassed, no matter how low you are, you can never give up playing.

We are performers.

The image of Xun holding the violin and playing passionately under the spotlight flashed through my mind.

Can I do this?

Sakurai Itsuki listened to the extremely emotional piano music, and even though he had heard it many times, he was still surprised.

Because the person playing this piece was not a professional pianist, but Hanase Shion.

After learning about this animation project, she took the initiative to ask me to play a piano piece in the animation herself.

Because this is the animation of her first manga, and it is also the manga she drew with him.

To this end, she picked up the piano, which she was somewhat unfamiliar with, and practiced countless times before recording these few minutes.

Sakurai Itsuki turned his head and, for once, wanted to praise her proactively, saying, "You play the piano pretty well."

However, at this moment, Hane Shion was slightly pursing her lips and her eyes were red.

Where did this go?

She clearly knew how the story would develop, and she even served as the original artist for the comics.

But Sakurai Itsuki knew that she loved to cry when they first met.
"Here, stop crying!" Sakurai Itsuki finally took out a tissue and handed it to her, "It will be embarrassing."

Hane Shion took the tissue, but instead of glaring at him with tearful eyes as if they had just met, as Sakurai Itsuki had expected, she took the tissue and did not act like they had just met.

Instead, he took the tissue obediently and nodded, as if he knew that he would cry bitterly later.

This made Sakurai Itsuki feel a little disappointed.

The other newcomers in the animation team were thinking: Didn't she have a handkerchief just now? Tsk, it really is a love triangle. And, if nothing unexpected happens, this guy is a scumbag, right?

I feel like the male lead in a harem, which is really enviable.

Can I do this?

[Xun: It's okay, it's okay, there's always a way, we are the strongest! ]

Her smile made the emotions contained in Kousei's piano music rise again.

too strong.

The judges were all stunned.

The young man in front of me is pulling everyone present into his musical world without any explanation.

【I want to play! 】

This is how people like us live!

Kousei shouted in his heart.

He responded with this, and in his mind, there was a girl standing barefoot on the rooftop in the snow, with nothing in her hands but still seeming to be playing with all her heart.

【Because I am a pianist, a performer.】

[Same as you.]

All the pain from Kousei's past came flooding back.

A person is in a dark world.

He was left alone with a piano.

The sound of the piano seemed to disappear again.

But he was no longer afraid.

Because he believed what she said.

【Xun: Isn’t I still here? 】

[Yes, I am not alone. From the moment I met someone, I was destined not to be able to walk alone.]

Kousei was alone in a dark world.

The audience in the audience couldn't help but exclaim, "What colorful music!"

"Okay!" Yamazaki just smiled kindly and gently when the picture suddenly flashed.

That was the scene in the ward.

Yamazaki's heart tightened. "There will be a miracle, right? Kousei will play an invincible song, and she will also come back to life invincible. Yes, that's it. This is how the story should be."

[There is a trace of regret for what we have said]

[The unforgettable scenery of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star you sang supports me.]

【Let me cheer up and make progress. 】

Please don't leave me alone.

【In my heart, you exist. 】

【Please pass it on】

【Please pass it on! 】

How could I possibly leave you alone?

【Let me convey to her the piano music that I poured my all into! 】

"Is this the human metronome?"

“You can actually express emotions so vividly!”

Kousei's performance was rendered so colorful and yet so sad. [Shall we stand on this stage together?]

In a dark world.

It was as if someone was standing behind him.

She lowered her head and whispered, "Thank you."

Suddenly, he turned around.

He saw the dazzling girl in a white dress and with golden hair.

She gently lifted the violin in her hand, drew the bow, turned her head and looked into his eyes.

That look seemed to be telling Kousei.

Come!
Let’s play together!
The dark world suddenly became bright.

Become colorful.

Boys and girls play together.

The audience watching the animation at this moment can't help but sigh, "It's so beautiful."

Available in the next second.

The scene returns to the operating room, where the doctor is busy working with sweat on his forehead.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Kousei didn't have time to enjoy the performance.

But he seemed to realize something.

In this world, Xun's figure is gradually becoming more and more blurred.

No, don't leave me.

I want to argue with you.

I heard you shouting that you wanted to eat kaluri again.

Call you again to kill time.

Even if we're just friend A, it doesn't matter.

Don't go

Don't go

【do not go! 】

Don't leave me alone!

The movement has come to an end.

Xun turned her head and smiled at him with tears in her eyes.

When the last note is played.

Her figure turned into petals and floated in his world.

The whole audience burst into crazy cheers!
Kousei presented a perfect piece of music!

Yamazaki, on the other hand, looked at the slowly disappearing figure of Xun and kept shaking his head, "No, no, no, don't do this!"

Everything that happened just now was just as he expected.

But when Xun's figure turned into petals.

He suddenly realized that something was wrong.

I kept shaking my head and praying that this wouldn't happen.
"Give Xun a miracle. There will be a miracle."

However, Kousei in the camera.

After finishing a performance, I was sweating and slightly panting.

I raised my head slightly, tears streaming down my face.

【I appoint my friend A as my accompanist! 】

Xun smiled like this.

Then, it only took Kousei one sentence to completely break down Yamazaki's inner defenses.

【farewell】

"No! No! Where's the miracle we promised you?"

Yamazaki covered his head and went crazy. The pain in his heart made tears slide from the corners of this big man's eyes.

"No, where's the cliché ending? If the previous developments were so clichéd, then why bother with the ending? Why do you have to take such an unconventional approach here? Answer me, look into my eyes!"

"No, no!" Yamazaki quickly pressed the pause button and wiped his tears with toilet paper.

I looked at the progress bar.

"Hey, aren't there still seven or eight minutes left?" Yamazaki, with tears in his eyes, suddenly laughed, "You kid, play some tricks on me!"

"It must start with using the dialogue and atmosphere to stir up the audience's emotions. Just when the audience is despairing, Xiaoxun suddenly appears at the end and teases the audience! Haha, so naughty!"

He commented, tapping the screen lightly with his finger.

"Otherwise, all that miracle-related foreshadowing would be completely meaningless! While this narrative is a little less clichéd, it's not new either. Cheating the audience's emotions is bad. You've been too close to that Haruki Nagayama kid lately, and you've also learned the same tricks from 'Goodbye Eri', right?"

After Yamazaki finished his review with a "crazy smile", he stood there in a daze, and was afraid to click the play button.

Although I made some guesses about the plot of the next seven or eight minutes, in the final analysis, that was just the ending I was willing to accept.
Sakura Fujiyoshi's previous work "5 Centimeters per Second" actually laid a lot of groundwork, but in the end the two still missed each other.

But he was unwilling to accept that outcome.

"Ahem, when watching anime, you have to smile."

After cheering himself up, Yamazaki clicked the play button with a smile on his face.

Snow day.

cemetery.

tombstone.

photo.

薰。

The smile on Yamazaki's face froze instantly and slowly disappeared.

He didn't scream like crazy like before, but stared at the screen with a dull look in his eyes.

【To Arima Kosei. 】

It was a letter that Xun's parents had given to Kousei.

The picture tells the story of Kousei's extremely ordinary life after that.

At the same time, Kaoru's voice actor began to read the letter softly:
[We were still together just now, but now I’m writing to you. It feels weird. 】

You are a very extreme person: a loser, a blockhead, a fool.

I first met you when I was five years old. At a piano competition in the classroom where I was learning piano, a clumsy child took the stage. He banged his butt on the chair, much to the amusement of the audience. But when he played his first note on a piano that was even bigger than he was, he became my idol.

The scene cuts to when Kaoru was a child, in the audience, and sees Kousei for the first time.

His voice is as colorful as a 24-color palette, and the melody seems to dance. Even so, you gave up the piano, clearly having already affected other people's lives.

The scene changes, and the two have grown up. Xun, with a rustic hairstyle and glasses, stands far away, looking at Kousei and his good friends, worrying silently.

How can I strike up a conversation with you? I'm hesitant about whether to go to the canteen to buy a sandwich. But from the beginning, all I can do is watch you from afar, because you guys seem so close, so close... there's almost no room for me to intervene.

One night in the hospital waiting room, I saw my father and mother crying, and that’s when I knew I didn’t have much time left.

[It was also from that time that I... began to run.]

In order not to take regrets to the grave, I started living a casual life: wearing contact lenses, which I was once afraid of; eating cake regardless of the weight gain; randomly selecting a song and playing it in my own way.

In the picture, Xun has a bright smile and is wearing the most gorgeous outfit.

[Also, I told a lie: "Miyazono Kaoru likes Watari Ryota." This lie brought you... Arima Kousei-kun to my presence. Please apologize to Adu-kun for me.]

[The person I brought here with my ridiculous lies is somewhat different from what I imagined: more introverted and timid than I thought, stubborn, annoying, and a secret photographer. Your voice is deeper than I thought, more manly than I thought, and just as I thought, a gentle person.]

The screen shows the first meeting between the two. She angrily scolds Kousei, calling him a voyeur, and punches and kicks him. But in fact, she is probably very happy inside.

Yamazaki remained silent with an expressionless face, listening quietly to the letter from Xun.

Tears slowly slid down my cheeks.

At this moment, the prepared ending song also started playing.

Corresponding to the theme song, this song is called "Light".

However, the tune is quieter and more soothing, even peaceful.

{I just realized that when I was down, there was always a smile to accompany me~}
{With you, the world can be revived instantly~}
【What do you think? 】

Xun seemed to be asking him a question with a smile.

【Have I moved into someone's heart? 】

{After the rain, a cool breeze blows through the streets.}
{We share the same time~}
【Have I moved into your heart? 】

{May the miracle I'm able to share with you last far into the future~}
[Even for just a moment...will you remember me?]

【I won't allow your memory to be reset! 】

【Don’t forget me, we made an appointment! 】

{I'll look you in the eye and tell you straight away~ I just want to.}
Spring has arrived.

We all went to high school together.

Adu, who has always been "flirtatious", was slapped by a beautiful girl again.

Xiaochun was hesitating whether to go see Kousei.

Kousei never gave up the piano, and his piano music always contained emotion.

Now I am walking on the road, slowly watching the tram pass by.

spring is coming.

[As expected, choosing you is a great choice! ]

Xun's voice was full of energy, and the song wasn't over yet.

{Always holding your hand~Just hold your hand gently}
{can deliver everything, not anyone else}
{I can't live without you! I want to stay by your side forever.}
[Has it been conveyed? As long as it has been conveyed, that's good.]

【Arima Kousei-kun...】

【I like you!】

{I know very well that you won't be there even if I look back, but I still feel someone calling my name.}
【I like you!】

{Subconsciously looking around, as I turned that corner, it felt like I was back in the old days, walking at the same pace as each other.}
【I like you!】

{Memories dance across the sky, releasing the longing that surges in my heart into the distant sky.}
[I'm sorry, I couldn't finish the Koruli you gave me. 】

{I just want you to smile, like the trees that adorn the streets, your beautiful blushing cheeks.}
[Sorry, I always hit you. 】

{I just want to hear your voice, the voice that lingers in my ears and envelops my whole body.}
[Sorry, I always act like a young lady. 】

{Everything we have experienced since we met is irreplaceable time.}
【I'm sorry for many, many things. 】

{Forever etched in my heart, thank you, end.}
[ps: My treasure is also in the envelope, so if you don’t want it, just tear it up and throw it away.]

【Miyazono Kaoru.】

It's been a long time.

But when Kousei was walking on the street and saw the dancing cherry blossoms, he suddenly thought of her again.

That day, she was also in such an April when cherry blossoms were dancing.

Standing under the cherry tree.

With a smile as brilliant as the spring breeze, she pointed at him and laughed savagely, "Friend A!"

How could I forget?
If I forget, you will definitely turn into a vengeful spirit and come to find me, right?

You always do what you want, and I'm the one who should be thanking you.
Tsubaki came before Kousei and mustered up the courage to declare, "Don't think you can live carefree on your own, Kousei. I will always haunt you like a ghost."

Kousei was stunned, then smiled gently.

Kousei turned around and saw a pitch-black cat playing in the distance.

There was a flash of sadness in his eyes.

【The spring that will bring us together is coming. 】

【April without you is coming. 】

Kousei turned around and walked away.

Behind me, cherry blossoms are dancing.

The camera turns.

Last frame, close-up.

It was a photo where young Kaoru was taking a group photo and young Kousei happened to walk by.

This is the treasure that Xun has been hiding.

【END】.

After watching the plot play out, Yamazaki's face was numb.

Tears kept falling from the corners of my eyes.

He even forgot to wipe away his tears.

There was a long silence.

Miracle didn't happen.

He waited until the last second, hoping that Xun would suddenly appear, even though that would definitely make the work clichéd.

But he still hoped it could be like that.

That way, even if he felt that he was being teased like a fool by that bastard Maha Baicheng, it wouldn't matter at all.

However, the progress bar that remains at the end is not a miracle.

Rather, it is the peaceful and gentle daily life, the melody that sounds so healing, the tone that is so healing, and the pictures that are so healing.

But it makes people feel heartbroken.

Compared to the unexpected knife, this is a kind of knife that they have known for a long time but cannot avoid. It comes very slowly and gently, but it cuts their hearts one by one, but it seems to really give them a strange feeling of healing.

It’s like witnessing the most beautiful thing in the world, but after it was destroyed, what was left behind was not a mess.

But it is gentle, sad, and mixed with regretful loss.

"Huh!" Yamazaki breathed a sigh of relief.

At the end of the story, it was finally revealed why this work is called "Your Lie in April".

The ending of this comic was already determined from the beginning.

Kaoru told a lie, Miyazono Kaoru doesn't like Arima Kousei.

No, there was more than one lie.

Every time she fell ill, she would show a sunny smile, stick out her tongue, and say that it was no big deal. However, these were all lies.

In fact, she was tortured by the disease and was in great pain. She even fantasized about committing suicide with him.

Every time she tells Kousei, isn't there me? That's also a lie.

She had known for a long time that she would only be a passing visitor in Kousei Arima's life.

She and Kousei had agreed that they would fight together to make the disease go away, and that they would play together in the future, but all of this was a lie on her part.

She has no future.

Yamazaki closed the streaming website and opened Twitter.

Sakura Fujiyezi posted a status at the same time as the animation ended.

"Kaoru lied a lot, and I lied too. Kaoru lied about not liking Kousei, and mine was that I would give Kaoru a miracle. I'm sorry."

Then Sakura Fujiyoshi posted a black and white photo of Xun smiling in a mean manner.

Yamazaki turned around and paused.

He never expected that Sakura Fujiye would now do the same as Nagayama Haruki and deliberately send such disgusting reader comments.

Really, you don't learn good things, but only bad things! What are you learning from that beast?

It was obvious that Yamazaki's defense was broken.

He pointed his finger at the camera.

He had long forgotten his previous shyness and reservedness in the story of "April".

"You're so good at it, Sakura Teng Ye Shu, damn you! Where's the miracle you promised me?! Can't this kind of plot be a little more clichéd and have a happy ending?"

What he wanted to find most in his heart was what he had lost, like the brilliant sunshine like Xun, but even the two-dimensional world was unwilling to give him a happy and warm ending.

"Sakura Ivy Leaf, you beast!"

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PS: This comic book is really hard to write, as the story is so long! So I've simplified it a lot. I highly recommend it to anyone interested. It's kind of a recommendation!

Risa Taneda's monologue in the last letter is unbeatable!
(End of this chapter)