I don't understand why mangakas and anime studios think it's a good idea to have everyone say exactly how they feel like it's some kind of Disney musical, but it's a phenomenon that really needs to fucking stop because it just feels condescending as all hell.Īnother problem that I have with Shigatsu as a whole is the comedy.

I wouldn't mind this if I actually wanted everything the characters were feeling spoon-fed to me as if I were some emotionally inept otaku with no social skills whatsoever, but I actually WANT to think while I'm reading or watching. It just makes those particular scenes increasingly tedious to get through. Of course, the mangaka (and A-1 Pictures by extension) just doesn't seem to understand that more monologues does NOT equal more emotional weight.

I said in my anime review that monologues are powerful and if used sparingly, they can further strengthen any emotional impact that a particular scene has and that will always be a fact. The biggest problem by far that Shigatsu has is all of the psychological monologuing that went on over the course of its run. What was once endearing became tedious and even when it was tedious, there were still bits and pieces of the series I loved the shit out of and it baffles me as to why it had to be like this. Throw in some romance and next thing you know, I'm hooked! Of course, not everything was perfect and there were minor flaws I noticed here and there that gradually turned into major problems that seriously affected my enjoyment of the series. Shigatsu to me was less about the music and was more along the lines of a story about coping mechanisms.

My own mother is dead, so I know exactly where the poor bastard's at and I couldn't help but get attached to him. The main reason why I found myself becoming emotionally involved with Shigatsu in the first place was because of Kousei himself. Then enters Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, an anime/manga series that plagues me with cognitive dissonance because there was no shortage of moments where I couldn't help but catch the proverbial feels and yet there were also no shortage of moments where I was irritated beyond all belief. 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 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. Whilst emotional involvement is always a great thing, it's not enough to excuse problems that a particular work in question has. It would seem that feeling some modicum of emotional involvement whilst watching/reading something is all it takes to make a masterpiece these days.

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