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. Overall, it strikes a near perfect balance of story, character, and visual style.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. For those new to anime, this is a great place to start, and for those who are familiar, this belongs among the best of the genre. There are also so many gorgeous moments of animation, moments of lovely imagery. It's a long movie, but, again, it does maintain a mostly straightforward story, unlike the "kitchen sink" story threads and knots that are a part of so many other anime movies.
Of course, because it's anime, there's a healthy amount of sentimentality and melodrama, but these are more than offset by the stories of these young characters as they navigate the perils of fitting in, growing up, and learning from past mistakes. Bullying, suicide, not fitting in, redemption - these are all topics that the movie explores through this relatively (for anime) straightforward story.
A Silent Voice: The Movie is a coming-of-age story in which a tween boy grows into adolescence trying to make amends for the hurt he caused a deaf girl due to his merciless bullying. This is a beautiful anime that fearlessly explores uncomfortable topics.
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