Shigatsu no Kare no Uso, otherwise called His Lie in April, is a Your Lie in April Alternate Universe fic, written by Johnny Garfield.

Kousei Arima was a young pianist stuck in his own bubble, and he only sees in monotone. But then, a blond-haired violinist shows up in his life, and his whole world brightens. But then he gets into a string of accidents that puts his fate in jeopardy.

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• An Arm and a Leg: What sets
• Bittersweet Ending: For all of this story's darkness compared to the original, it does end on a high note, as
• Canada, Eh?:
  • Kaori becomes a fan of the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders, which was instilled by a new character, her uncle Seiya, who happens to live and work in Canada.
  • Furthering the Canadian references, Kaori eats at a restaurant called Murphy Fries which serves the Canadian dish called poutine.
  • One of the attendees of
• Convulsive Seizures: For
• Darker and Edgier: And how. This story is much darker than the original when you consider what happens to Kousei Arima.
• Distant Finale: 20 years after the original events,
• Driven to Suicide:
  • After enduring three episodes of head trauma,
  • After her friend commits suicide,
  • A new character,
• Her Heart Will Go On:
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
• Losing Your Head: After the second blow to the head, in a deleted scene, Kousei has a nightmare where his head falls off in the middle of a concert (literally and bloodlessly), and to the horror of the crowd, he tries to get it back on, but wakes up screaming just as he puts his head back on.
• My God, What Have I Done?: After realizing that trying to end her own life would have been a cowardly way to go out, .
• Shirtless Scene:
  • Notably, Kousei is accidentally seen naked (but only from the waist-up) in his residence by his three friends after a bath in which he accidentally sleeps in his tub, which prompts him to throw every toiletry he can, to which he admonishes them by calling them The Three Stooges after Kaori, Watari and Tsubaki go out for some donuts and coffee to get their mind off what they saw.
  • On top of this, most hospital scenes that Kousei is involved in has him shirtless.
• Spoiler Title: One of the working titles of the story was
• The Woobie: Kousei, as a whole.
• Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Kousei

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