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Your Lie In April - The Anime That Shattered My Heart Synopsis Your Lie In April follows Kōsei Arima, who gave up piano at a young age. After meeting a violinist, Kaori Miyazono, both their lives become entangled.  Kosei and Kaori in Your Lie In April Introduction  I'm going to be honest, guys. I don't know what to say. When I watched Studio Ghibli's Grave of the Fireflies awhile back, I cried a lot. A lot. I didn't think I would ever watch something that would make me cry more than I did then. I was wrong. Your Lie In April warmed my heart, and then crushed me and destroyed me again and again. Kosei and Kaori in one of the best scenes of the anime Characters Let's start with the characters. The wonderful thing about this anime is that their characters feel extremely grounded. Themes of loss, abuse and love are explored very well through our characters, and every one of them are extremely well written. Every character had a part to play, and contributed to making th...

  Mike Flanagan's Netflix Horror Introduction  I've always been a fan of Mike Flanagan. I liked Hush, and I was also extremely impressed by Ouija : Origin Of Evil. During the past week, I finally got down to watching his three horror series on Netflix ; The Haunting Of Hill House, The Haunting Of Bly Manor, and Midnight Mass. After finishing all three series, Flanagan has risen up in my favourite directors list, and he is now one of my favourite directors. Period. Through these three series, Flanagan displays his immaculate attention to detail, amazingly gripping dialogue and monologues, as well as his ability to weave in different themes and genres into horror, to make his creation more nuanced. Today, I will briefly discuss these three series, keep on the lookout for in-depth reviews later on!  The Haunting Of Hill House   The Haunting Of Hill House was the first out of three series that I watched, and is my personal favourite. I also regard it as the most well-mad...