Chapter Summaries

Fans eagerly awaited the release of Fang Zheng’s new anime, then discovered that the Plastic Memories theme park had been completed ahead of the upcoming Anime Carnival. Fang Zheng brought Chen Xianting to the amusement park after it passed its final inspection.

• Fans discussed how eagerly they were waiting for Your Lie in April to release, while Fang Zheng and A Company kept to their schedule.
• A fan shared pictures of Qin Fanyi and voice actors posing beneath the Ferris wheel at the completed Plastic Memories theme park.
• Fans spotted Zhang Siyu taking pictures with several women inside the park and looked forward to visiting it at Anime Carnival.
• Fang Zheng brought Chen Xianting to the amusement park after it passed its final inspection.

Fang Zheng and Zhang Siyu rode the newly completed Ferris wheel, where he hoped she would make a romantic gesture but mistook her business documents for her only concern. Zhang Siyu was secretly nervous because she had invited him with romantic intentions, though she still struggled to act on them.

• Fang Zheng admired the completed Ferris wheel, which he had designed to resemble the one from Plastic Memories.
• Zhang Siyu invited Fang Zheng to ride the Ferris wheel with her, and Zhao Dehao started their gondola.
• Fang Zheng asked Zhang Siyu if she had something to say to him, but she handed him the amusement park's final payment and inspection documents.
• Fang Zheng realized Zhang Siyu had not made the romantic gesture he hoped for and decided he would not confess first.
• Zhang Siyu privately revealed her nervousness and conflict, since she had invited Fang Zheng for romantic reasons but had grown timid.

Zhang Siyu struggled with her feelings for Fang Zheng because she believed Yang Li liked him first, while Fang Zheng waited for Zhang Siyu to confess. After they left the Ferris wheel, Zhang Siyu unexpectedly found Yang Li talking with Chen Xianting.

• Zhang Siyu recalled how Yang Li had given up her television career to join Fang Zheng’s company and felt guilty for falling for him.
• Zhang Siyu and Fang Zheng sat in awkward silence as each waited for the other to make the first move.
• The Ferris wheel completed a full rotation without either of them speaking, and Fang Zheng and Zhang Siyu stepped out.
• Zhang Siyu saw Yang Li chatting with Chen Xianting and asked Yang Li what she was doing there.

Yang Li hid her disappointment when she saw Fang Zheng and Zhang Siyu together, then realized they had not become a couple and believed she still had a chance. Fang Zheng proudly treated the women to a meal, but left them unimpressed by choosing A Company's employee cafeteria.

• Yang Li congratulated Zhang Siyu, and Zhang Siyu covered her mouth and claimed Yang Li meant to congratulate them on the amusement park's completion.
• Yang Li understood Zhang Siyu's excuse and felt relieved when she realized Fang Zheng and Zhang Siyu were not together.
• Fang Zheng boasted about the amusement park and offered to treat the women to a feast.
• Fang Zheng took his phone from Xianting, photographed the Ferris wheel, and posted the picture.
• Fang Zheng brought the three women to A Company's employee cafeteria and told them to order whatever they wanted.
• The women challenged Fang Zheng about calling the cafeteria a feast, and he defended his choice.

Fang Zheng had lunch with Zhang Siyu, Yang Li, and Chen Xianting while fans envied the photo he posted of the three women. After they waited eagerly, Your Lie in April finally reached its premiere day.

• Fang Zheng complained about the price and hygiene of restaurants as Zhang Siyu, Yang Li, and Chen Xianting went to order lunch.
• Fang Zheng posted a photo of the three women at the Ferris wheel, prompting fans to envy his life and tease him for showing off.
• Fang Zheng ignored the fans’ comments while the audience waited for Your Lie in April to air.
• Your Lie in April reached its premiere day, and fans celebrated while joking about Fang Zheng.

Viewers watched the opening of Your Lie in April, expecting a romance anime Fang Zheng had made to show off his relationship. Its colorful visuals and soothing duet captivated them, and they assumed the story would be a lighthearted romance.

• Fans mocked Fang Zheng for supposedly making Your Lie in April to celebrate getting into a relationship, but they clicked play anyway.
• The anime opened with vivid pink imagery and introduced a golden-haired girl as one of its protagonists.
• Viewers listened to the gentle duet opening song and praised its relaxing melody and lyrics.
• The viewers concluded from the opening that Your Lie in April would be a lighthearted, everyday romance story.

Fang Zheng’s audience watched the opening of "Your Lie in April," laughing at Kosei’s misadventures and discussing the tangled relationships among the young characters. The story remained at its seemingly sweet beginning, while viewers wondered whether Fang Zheng had based it on his own experiences.

• The anime showed Tsubaki finding Kosei injured after a baseball shattered the music classroom window, and the audience joked about the scene.
• Kosei followed Tsubaki to the park and took photos from a suspicious angle, earning a reputation as a pervert before becoming Friend A again.
• The audience enjoyed Kosei’s misfortunes and connected the anime’s title, "Your Lie in April," with its romantic premise.
• Viewers tried to untangle the relationships among Tsubaki, Watari, Kosei, and Jun, and joked that staying single was easier than dating.

Viewers discussed Kosei’s painful childhood, in which his mother pushed him relentlessly toward becoming a pianist, leaving his playing technically perfect but without emotion. The chapter ended with some viewers condemning his mother while others urged them to consider that she may have had her own difficulties.

• Viewers recalled that Kosei’s mother had forced him through punishing piano practice and that he had spent his childhood trying to please her.
• They noted that Kosei had won competitions with precise but emotionless performances, shaped by his mother’s demands.
• Viewers expressed pity for Kosei and criticized his mother for leaving him with lasting trauma.
• Some viewers argued that Kosei’s mother might have had difficulties of her own.

Viewers followed Kosei as memories of his mother revealed the trauma behind his gray childhood, while his feelings for Kaori and Tsubaki’s growing affection made their friendships increasingly complicated. When Kaori collapsed onstage after bringing Kosei along to accompany her, he looked at her radiant presence and saw her as someone who had brought color and hope into his life.

• Viewers learned that Kosei’s mother had pushed him harshly and that her death had left him traumatized and unable to play the piano.
• Viewers tried to untangle the relationships among Kosei, Kaori, Watari, and Tsubaki, as Tsubaki began to realize she liked Kosei.
• Kaori insisted that Kosei accompany her onstage despite knowing about his trauma, while Watari calmly came with Tsubaki to cheer them on.
• Kosei looked at Kaori in her performance finery and saw her lively, colorful outlook as a source of salvation from his gray world.
• Kaori collapsed onstage, bringing the performance and the group’s lighthearted days to an abrupt turning point.

Kosei recovered during his performance with Kaori, but she collapsed onstage, and the story revealed that his mother had been strict because she feared leaving him unable to support himself. As Kaori’s health worsened, viewers worried about her fate and pleaded with Fang Zheng to give her a happy ending.

• Kosei overcame his psychological block and accompanied Kaori as she poured herself into her violin performance, winning the audience’s cheers.
• Kaori suddenly collapsed onstage, alarming the audience and viewers.
• Kosei remembered that his mother had trained him harshly because she knew she had little time left and wanted him to become self-sufficient.
• Your Lie in April continued as Kaori grew weaker, leaving viewers anxious about her illness.
• Viewers on the A Company forums vented their anger at Fang Zheng and begged him to let Kaori leave the hospital alive.

Fang Zheng inspected the newly completed planetarium and shopping street built to recreate Star Dream. As he entered the planetarium, he recalled Hoshino Yume and the story that inspired the project.

• Zhang Siyu brought Fang Zheng to see the completed planetarium and shopping street.
• Fang Zheng considered how anime-themed businesses could join the street and felt confident it would attract visitors.
• Fang Zheng inspected the empty first floor, which he planned to use as a waiting and resting area.
• Fang Zheng rode the elevator to the planetarium and examined its projector and seats.
• Fang Zheng remembered Hoshino Yume welcoming visitors and waiting in the ruined city for someone to enter the planetarium.

Fang Zheng revisited the planetarium’s Star Dream exhibit and reflected on how his first work had changed his life. He composed himself after crying and continued inspecting the exhibit, determined to leave nothing imperfect.

• Zhang Siyu noticed Fang Zheng crying and offered him a tissue.
• Fang Zheng wiped his tears and asked Zhang Siyu to keep what she saw private.
• Zhang Siyu agreed to say that nothing had happened during Fang Zheng’s visit.
• Fang Zheng recalled how Star Dream won the Annual Best Creator Competition and helped him establish A Company.
• Fang Zheng examined the planetarium’s Star Dream-themed architecture and searched for any flaws.

Fang Zheng inspected the restored planetarium and realized it needed a Hoshino Yume to feel complete. He bought the cheapest Hoshino Yume model the system offered, leaving his Reputation Points nearly depleted.

• Fang Zheng inspected the planetarium renovation, and Zhang Siyu asked whether he was satisfied.
• Fang Zheng decided the empty planetarium lacked Hoshino Yume and asked the system about acquiring a model.
• The system showed Fang Zheng that a Hoshino Yume robot with an intelligence program like Tiany's cost 500 million Reputation Points.
• Fang Zheng bought the cheapest Hoshino Yume model he could afford, dropping his Reputation Points to two digits.

Fang Zheng considered how much money he could make by showing off Hoshino Yume, then learned that several business owners had arrived to seek storefronts on his new commercial street. He went downstairs to find them competing to open businesses there because of the success others had achieved through their partnerships with him.

• Fang Zheng reflected that Hoshino Yume could attract huge crowds and considered charging people to take photos with her.
• Chen Xian told Fang Zheng that several businesspeople had arrived asking to see him and were waiting downstairs.
• Fang Zheng went to meet the visitors and recognized several familiar business owners.
• The visitors explained that they wanted to open businesses on Fang Zheng's commercial street, including a KTV, shops, and a cinema.
• The business owners eyed the limited storefronts as competitors, motivated by the profits Liu Jiayun had earned through his partnership with Fang Zheng.

Fang Zheng met with business leaders eager to rent shops on the commercial street beside the planetarium, whose connection to A Company promised major publicity. He began negotiations by welcoming Liu Jiayun, while making clear that the price would be the real issue.

• Tian Hao Outdoor Supplies gained popularity after sponsoring Wataten!: An Angel Flew Down to Me and selling affordable outdoor products to fans.
• Fang Zheng recognized that the visiting business leaders wanted shops on the commercial street mainly to raise their brands' profiles through the planetarium's anime-fan traffic.
• Fang Zheng invited the visitors, including Kang Jiaming, Liu Jiayun, Su Youwei, and Zhao Qiancheng, to A Company's headquarters to discuss the shops.
• Fang Zheng brought Zhang Siyu into the reception room and started negotiations with the business leaders.
• Liu Jiayun asked Fang Zheng for a shop, and Fang Zheng welcomed him while hinting that the price would be steep.

Fang Zheng set requirements for businesses joining the anime shopping street, then the chapter shifted to an anime scene of Kosei reading a letter on a familiar April street.

• Liu Jiayun offered to pay whatever price Fang Zheng named, but Fang Zheng said Zhang Siyu would handle the financial discussions.
• Fang Zheng required the storefronts to incorporate anime elements and offered to help the businesses develop ideas.
• Fang Zheng warned the businesses against overcharging customers or selling inferior goods, and they promised to protect the attraction's reputation.
• Fang Zheng left Zhang Siyu in charge of negotiations after discussing further details with the business owners.
• Kosei walked along a familiar street in April and read a letter addressed to him.

Xiao Ying wrote Kosei a letter recalling how she had admired him since childhood and describing the brief, meaningful time they spent together. She asked him to apologize to Nao and say goodbye to Xiao Cun, then wondered whether he would remember her.

• Xiao Ying recalled first seeing Kosei perform at a piano competition when they were children and admiring him.
• Xiao Ying explained that illness kept her away from school and that she began living boldly so she would not draw Kosei into another world.
• Xiao Ying admitted she had lied about liking Watari to bring Kosei to her, and asked him to apologize to Nao.
• Xiao Ying asked Kosei to say goodbye to Xiao Cun and noted that Xiao Leng liked him most of all.
• Xiao Ying remembered the adventures she and Kosei shared and asked whether he would think of her, while Kosei said she had already moved into someone’s heart.

Viewers watched Kaori’s letter reveal the truth behind the lies in “Your Lie in April,” leaving them heartbroken by her farewell to Kosei. They reflected on how the characters’ lies had connected them as the anime ended.

• Kaori’s letter conveyed her apologies and love to Kosei alongside a photograph of their first meeting.
• Kosei held the photograph as the sunset fell and Kaori’s figure faded away.
• The anime ended with Kaori’s letter explaining the spring she shared with Kosei.
• Viewers cried and reacted to the tragic ending, while the mysteries surrounding Kosei, Kaori, Tsubaki, and Watari were resolved.
• Viewers recognized that the characters had lied out of fear, affection, or reluctance to hurt one another.

The chapter reflects on the tragic ending of Your Lie in April, explaining Kaori’s lie and how her brief time with Kosei changed his life. It ends by tracing their relationship through the music of April, from their meeting to her confession.

• Viewers mourned Kaori’s death and remembered the moments that brought them to tears.
• The narrator explained that Kaori hid her feelings because she knew she would not live long and did not want to hurt Kosei or take away Tsubaki’s hope.
• Kaori and Kosei fell deeply in love despite her efforts to keep him at a distance.
• After Kaori’s death, Kosei was devastated but eventually overcame his trauma and learned why he played music.
• The narrator described their story as beginning with their meeting in April, rising through Kaori’s lie, and ending with her confession.

After Your Lie in April ended with Kaori’s death and her letter to Kosei, viewers mourned the tragedy and reflected on the feelings she had kept hidden. The chapter leaves the audience grieving the loss of Kaori and the future she and Kosei never got to share.

• Your Lie in April ended with Kaori’s letter revealing her feelings for Kosei.
• Fans flooded A Company's forums to vent their sadness and criticize Fang Zheng for misleading them about the anime.
• Viewers recalled how their hopes for Kaori’s recovery gave way to fear as her condition worsened.
• Fans concluded that Kaori had concealed her regret to spare Kosei from returning to his gray world.