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Arguments begin to break out over the bullying, the rifts that had formed in their childhood relationships, and who was really to blame for all of them. It’s not easy to get past childhood trauma, though, and nobody likes to think about how they may have hurt others in the past. They start to meet up with other friends from elementary school and form a community. When Shoko’s younger sister runs away from home, Shoya finds her and brings her back, only to be slapped in the face by the sisters’ mother.ĭespite that, Shoya and Shoko grow into a true friendship, and even have romantic feelings for each other.

Although it’s chivalrous, the action gets him suspended from school.

From there, A Silent Voice follows Shoya as he starts to grow and tries to do the right thing despite dealing with his awful reputation among the adults in his community.Īt one point, Shoko drops her notebook into the Koi pond, and, even though it’s forbidden, Shoya jumps in to get it for her. The two of them begin meeting at a bridge over a Koi fish pond where they feed the fish bread. He still has Shoko’s notebook, though, and decides to go to the sign language center, return the notebook to her, make amends, seek redemption, and show her that he learned sign language, the titular ‘silent voice.’ He even blocks out the faces of the people around him because he can’t look them in the eye. Years later, in high school, Shoya is still an outcast. She left a notebook behind, though, and Shoya found it and decided to keep it. Shortly afterwards, Shoko was transferred to a different school. Subject to the same bullying he had put Shoko through, he thought that it was her fault and got into a fight with her. That made Shoya’s classmates turn on him. When the principal found out about the bullying, though, he singled out Shoya as the ringleader. She told him and the rest of the class that she’s deaf, and Shoya and his friends (at the time) took that as reason enough to bully her. A social reject who suffers from deep depression, he decides to look at his life and the events that brought him to this point, starting with elementary school.Īs a child, he was there when a new student, Shoko Nishimiya, joined the school. Shoya Ishida, a Japanese teenager, has only just changed his mind about taking his own life. So this is a look at the anime, the manga, and how they approach such difficult topics to tell a truly beautiful story. No small amount to cover in a two-hour film!īut A Silent Voice accomplishes it with aplomb and is lauded by critics around the world for it. Released in 2016, A Silent Voice (or, to literally translate the Japanese title, ‘ The Shape of Voice’ ) is an award-winning teen drama about bullying, depression, disabilities, love, and friendships.

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