A Silent Voice
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Genres
Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shounen, Psychological, Drama, Slice of Life
Summary
- Ishida is an ostracized freshman for his misbehaved past; Nishimiya is a deaf previous schoolmate
- A former bully and victim try to patch up their rough past and find self-worth in the present
- From hating others to hating himself, a boy tries to mend his ways in a tear-jerking school drama
Description
Shouya Ishida, a boy always looking for ways to beat boredom, ends up looking for it in the wrong place. Weirded out by his new classmate, a deaf transfer student named Shouko Nishimiya, he deems her as the target of his ostracizing and bullying. Day after day, Shouya picks on Shouko, unaware of the effects of his thoughtless actions.
He finally understands the pain he has inflicted on her when one day, his bullying culminates in her leaving the school, and his classmates begin to shun and harass him every chance they get instead. Determined to right his wrongs, five years later, Shouya, now a third-year high school loner, meets Shouko again. Thus begins the story of a young man's path to redemption.
Authors
Characters
Shouya Ishida
main
Genki
support
Sister Ishida
support
Shouko Nishimiya
main
Maria Ishida
support
Keisuke Hirose
support
Mother Ishida
support
Miki Kawai
support
Satoshi Mashiba
support
Tomohiro Nagatsuka
support
Ito Nishimiya
support
Mother Nishimiya
support
Miyoko Sahara
support
Kazuki Shimada
support
Pedro
support
Takeuchi
support
Yuzuru Nishimiya
support
Naoka Ueno
support
Other Facts
Published
Aug 7, 2013 to Nov 19, 2014
Serialization
Shounen Magazine (Weekly)
Original Publisher
Kodansha
English Publisher
Kodansha Comics
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