Although Shoko holds a bit of resentment towards him, she accepts his apology and starts to spend time with him. Years later, Shoya searches for her to apologize. Shoko Nishimiya ( 西宮 硝子, Nishimiya Shōko) The other main character, Shoko, is a deaf girl who is bullied by Shoya in elementary school to the point of needing to transfer.
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As the series progresses, Shoya and Shoko reconnect with their former classmates, in the process making amends with them and facing the lingering effects from each other's past. He also feels resigned to the fact that he will never be able to have friends again. Shoya feels like he has not been punished enough for bullying Shoko and often wishes he could have stopped his younger self. Upon meeting her in high school, he eventually apologizes to Shoko, becoming fluent in sign language specifically to do so, and begins to spend time with her. Shoya starts to ignore those around him (imagining them with a large blue X across their face). As a result, he becomes ostracized and bullied by his former friends. When the bullying gets the attention of higher school authorities, the class turns Shoya into a scapegoat so they will not have to also take responsibility. In elementary school, he leads his class in bullying Shoko for her deafness. At the end of the Age Day, Shoya and Shoko are seen going into their elementary school reunion together holding hands so that Shoko will feel less nervous.Ĭharacters Shoya Ishida ( 石田 将也, Ishida Shōya) The main character and narrator. By then, Shoya has stopped ignoring the people around him and now has a lot of friends. Once he recovers, Shoya reconciles with his film crew and finally completes the film, which, while a failure, has greatly helped him and his friends.Ī year after their high school graduation and their subsequent parting ways, the seven reunite for the Coming of Age Day. This impacts the other six of the group as they start to resolve their problems while suspending the project until Shoya awakens. As she believes she is the sole reason for the parting of the group, Shoko attempts to kill herself and is rescued by Shoya, who gets badly hurt in the process, falling into a coma.
The group also has a falling out when Shoya tries to isolate himself again by insulting the crew, leading to Shoko feeling sorry for him. Shoko eventually tries to confess her love to Shoya, but it does not get through to him and ends up in a misunderstanding. While filming, the seven face their personal challenges and conflicts. The seven begin to work together when Tomohiro's plan to create a film for a competition, which he plans to only include Shoya and himself, attracts the attention of Naoka, Miki, Tomohiro and Satoshi, with Shoya additionally inviting Shoko to join the project. They also make new friends in Tomohiro Nagatsuka, a similarly friendless fat boy who owes Shoya and Satoshi Mashiba, Miki's crush. Realizing that both are suffering due to his past sins, Shoya sets out on a path of redemption by trying to reconnect Shoko with their old classmates that Shoko never had the chance to befriend back then, including Shoya's former comrade, Naoka Ueno, who holds a grudge against Shoko for "causing" Shoya's isolation Miki Kawai, their narcissistic former class president and Miyoko Sahara, a kind girl who was the only one attempting to befriend Shoko years before. To make amends, he reunites with Shoko, who is still lonely due to her shyness. When Shoya's actions are finally condemned by the principal, all of his friends and teachers turn against him, socially isolating him well into high school to the point that he eventually considers suicide, which he believes would absolve him of his bad deeds. In sixth grade, Shoya Ishida leads the class in bullying Shoko Nishimiya, a classmate who is new to the school and is deaf. An anime theatrical film adaptation produced by Kyoto Animation was released in September 2016. The manga was digitally released in English by Crunchyroll Manga and was licensed by Kodansha USA in North America. Its chapters were collected in seven tankōbon volumes. The series was originally published as a one-shot in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine and was later serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine from August 2013 to November 2014. 'The Shape of Voice') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Ōima. A Silent Voice ( Japanese: 聲の形, Hepburn: Koe no Katachi, lit.
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