QUOTE(BlueWaterSplash @ Akira Toriyama died and Frieza is the strongest)

internet says that Your Lie in April is shonen, wow. I thought it would be shojo or at least romance based on the look...I also imagined that Your Lie in April was about a girl named April who lies down on the ground.
Nevermind, wikipedia is dumb. It also says that Toradora is shonen, so that's demographic not genre. To me shonen animes is only stuff that would appear in Shonen Jump like Dragon Ball that are generally about fighting and run a long time.
QUOTE(Pretty anon @ whats Shigatsu no Uso)

this is merely a personal opinion on these and may end up being diametrically opposite of what you like but I think Shigatsu no Uso is a pretty fine anime, more on the drama/music side of things than anything else but it's ok. Orange on the other hand is more like a full shoujo and it may feel very quiet and slow at times, also very dramatic so it could be ok or an extremely frustrating watch.
After waiting a year for the holiday sales to return, I bought You Lied in April even though sale prices were lackluster this year (domestic anime industry may be heading towards yet another dark era).
Just started to watch and am suffering. Only got through 3 episodes so far and it's currently in my Bottom 30 anime of all-time. Maybe it will get better when April dies (I don't mind sad shows).
Most shows that I like, it doesn't really matter what the story or theme is about. As long as the drawings, music, and directing are good the show will be good. You Died in April is none of these for me. I feel like you actually have to care about the classical-music-story theme to be interested. I assume that the majority of people don't have the classical music background, so I don't understand why this show would be generally well received. Just another case where I should have (forever) ignored popular opinion?
I actually do have the piano and violin playing background from kid through high school, and I still hate this show. I also hated playing both and thought they just wasted my time (as stated in my college applications). Although it was sort of okay because there were violin girls and that's where I first saw comics (Dragon Ball Z) and I got into a few fights and punched some guys in the orchestra rooms and camps, etc. :D