
It was an interesting twist that the bully ended up as a victim, and seing how he tried to make amends for his mistakes, making a contrast with the other bullies who never got to learn their lesson (the protagonist's friends), or never felt remorse for what they did (Nao), or never assumed that they were part of the problem (Kawai, the teacher). As for the main character, I like him too.

I like how it portrayed bullying in the first chapters and the different types of bullies (like the active and passive ones). There are a lot of complex emotions and surplus drama, very frustrating at times, and some choices are not based in reality, they are just there as plot devices, like his It is supposedly when they are 20 years old though, so I guess they kept in touch. Shoya never says it, even internally, if he likes her or not, not to mention love her, he's just very protective of her, but that could be just guilt for bullying her 5 years earlier.Īnd they decide to go to universities in different cities, so chances for their romance to bloom is very slim, and them holding hands (not even in a romantic way) is the only hint they give, which is really frustrating. (Not to mention that she tries to kill herself later on, after watching the fireworks, which seemed like a good event, but it is a complex-thoughts-and-feelings kinda manga) In The Verge.Shoko confesses her love very early on, but Shoya misunderstands her because she can't pronounce it properly and then she never confesses again, even when given the opportunity to hold hands causally she goes for his sleeve instead, they only hold hands in the very last frame, which is far from clear if their romance is going anywhere or not.

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A Silent Voice Is A Sensational Anime Movie About Bullying. A Silent Voice, anime film about bullied deaf girl, has an emotional new trailer. This is a movie that will stretch your sensibilities, and while it is certainly a plunge into darkness, its exceptional plot and animation makes watching it like eating fistfulls of candy vitamins Kotaku, an influential blog of video games and manga with millions of followers, said about A Silent Voice: Even resorting to sad aspects such as the high school bullying suffered by Deaf students anywhere in the world, Deaf people and Sign Languages serve perfectly as a background to build stories of friendship and improvement as seen in A Silent Voice. The sign of Friendship / Friend in Japanese Sign Language in the manga.įans and the critics of A Silent Voice praise the good construction of the characters and the depth with which it addresses issues such as bullying, suicide, social acceptance, etc.

Therefore, Japanese sign language is at its utmost accuracy.

Under the thorough guidance of the supervisor from pre-production, during production and through post-production, we had confirmed and had been given specific direction on every aspect of the sign language, including the meaning, the reasoning and how it looks. The film's director, Naoko Yamada, was very meticulous with this regard and said that: The comic has seven volumes and currently the comics can be purchased at many bookstores.įaced with the static images of the manga, in order for the Sign Language presented in the film to be true to reality, the film had a Deaf supervisor during its making. The film is an adaptation from a manga comic to the cinema. The film was nominated for the 2017 Japanese Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film and won the Best Picture Award at the prestigious Tokyo Anime Award in 2017, among other awards. The Hollywood News said the film is "powerful, emotional, and surprisingly well presented". The film was released in 120 cinemas in Japan in 2016 and has received rave reviews: 8.2 out of 10 on IMDB, 7.4 out of 10 on FilmAffinity and 94% of 100 on Rotten Tomatoes. In this anime music video ( AMV) about A Silent Voice you can see the quality of the animation in the film
