Your Lie in April - Episode 7 (Your Shadows Whisper)

Kousei is haunted by the cat who he imagines is his mother, I think? His mother's voice tells him not to worry about the competition, and then asks three questions; Who are you? Where are you? Are you ready to go on your journey?

Still at the Regionals scene, Watari loses the game and cries in the toilet alone. Kousei studies the piece daily, reading, practising, imagining. He asks himself whether he exists within the music.

When Kaori visits Kousei at the nurse's office, they walk home together. On the way, they stumble across the black cat. Seeing the cat, he numbed and started feeling unwell.

They rest at the park nearby and Kousei explains that he had a black cat called Chelsea when he was a kid. One day, Chelsea scratched Kousei's hand (and it was obvious that his mother treasured his hands as proven in the last episodes when Tsubaki was grateful Kousei injured his knee rather than his hands), and the next day, his mother took Chelsea away and abandoned her. Kousei says that the scars Chelsea left him reminded him of his mother. Now we understand the symbolization of the cat in the opening.

After listening to Kousei's story, Kaori then proceeds to list out her observations of him and convinces him that he isn't in his mother's shadow and the cliche Kousei is just Kousei stuff. She tells him to play with sincerity as words of encouragement and they then join hands, hands facing each other. Kousei held a mild blush, and in another scene, he faces the cat, his mother.

They hold a conversation, and Kousei then answers with ease and confidence, saying to believe in the power of music. The cat then says that she is sure that 'that person' will come too.

The next day, the competition begins. Kaori then sorts of connects Kousei's entry number with a Mozart piece, Twinkle Twinkle Litte Star, and manages to make him laugh. As he ascends the stairs, he encounters the two characters from the previous episode, remnants of his past uplifting.

Now, to the two characters' past, when they were kids.

The new charaters are Emi Igawa (girl) and Takeshi Aiza (guy). Aiza then states how he dislikes how Kousei goes home without ever looking at the results, and not looking the least bit happy at all. The girl, however, states then she will force him with all her might to look their way because she thinks that he has no interest in them, or himself.

Aiza greets Kousei and Kousei has no recollection of meeting him, asking, "Who are you again?"

The trio then worries about Kousei, as Watari heard some people bad-mouthing about Kousei. Kaori then explains that with Kousei's skill, he could do more other than just playing under the composer's will, and that just didn't sit well with people who was seeking something from music.

Kousei Arima: The Human Metronome.

Kaori's point is proven when Emi Igawa seeths at how Kousei never plays anything but boring music with his skill.

Aiza then tells the girl that the first time he met Kousei was in third grade. He practiced, practiced, practiced and just when he thought he reached to his standards, Kousei's image just seemed to disappear further than ever before.

In the toilet, changed and ready, Aiza composes himself while on the other hand, Kousei crouches and hugs his knees on the floor, chanting, "I'm scared." However, as he look up to see Aiza stroll by confidently, he remembers how Kaori says that they're all scared of rejection, losing but, they'll play on the stage, still.

As Aiza walks on the stage, a different vibe appears, and he plays Chopin, Etude Op. 10, No. 4.

Aiza then remembers how he rejected the chance to get more exposure at Germany to participate in the Maihou Competition once again, saying that there is a definite reason for him to join again.