KyotoAnimation. A deaf elementary school girl, Nishimiya Shouko, upon transferring, meets a boy named Ishida Shouya in her new class. Shouya, who is not deaf, leads the class in bullying Shouko, because she is deaf. As the bullying continues, the class starts to bully Shouya for bullying Shouko. KoeNo Katachi - A Silent Voice. 69,071 likes · 18 talking about this. A Silent Voice (Japanese: 聲の形 Hepburn: Koe no Katachi?, lit. "The Shape of the Voice") is a Japanese manga series written and cyBs. Kyoto Animation / Divulgação Após o anúncio de saída do filme Your Name, a Netflix revelou que mais um longa em formato anime estará deixando o catálogo da plataforma, sendo desta vez A Voz do Silêncio Koe no Katachi, em 4 de junho desse ano. A Voz do Silêncio foi lançado em 2016 e é a adaptação do mangá escrito e ilustrado por Yoshitoki Ōima, serializado entre agosto de 2013 e novembro de 2014 na revista Weekly Shōnen Magazine, da editora Kodansha. A obra foi compilada em 7 volumes. No Brasil, o mangá de Yoshitoki Ōima foi publicado numa versão tanko pela editora New Pop, mas agora se encontra sendo relançada em uma versão dois em um. Deafness becomes a metaphor for isolation and miscommunication in Japanese anime “A Silent Voice,” which tracks the fracturing friendships in a school class when a hearing-impaired girl enters the mix. Narcissism, self-loathing, secret crushes and longing for acceptance — all the trademarks of puberty are vividly evoked in beguiling hand-drawn visuals. Moreover, the film boasts a fresh and engaging approach in tackling the ubiquitous Japanese subject of school bullying from the perspective of the bully rather than the victim. The third feature directed by Naoko Yamada has roped in nearly $20 million domestically and reverberated into cinemas in territories all over Europe, Latin America and Asia; it may create as much noise internationally as Japanese phenomenon “Your Name.” Yamada, whose first two TV-spinoff films “K-On!” and “Yamada Love Story,” were highly rated, is regarded as a rising star in Japan’s competitive anime industry. Her screen rendering of Yoshitoki Oima’s multiple award-winning manga is written by anime-adaption guru Reiko Yoshida and produced by Kyoto Animation, an emerging anime studio founded by Yoko Hachida. With this all-female combo, it’s no wonder the film exudes a delicate, reflective sensibility, especially in its light-handed treatment of the romantic undercurrents flowing between the three main characters. Sometimes, Yamada is so finely tuned to the adolescent mindset that the narrative becomes choked with conflicting emotions. Still, by narrating the entire story from the viewpoint of protagonist Shoya Ishida voiced by Miyu Irino, audiences can peer into his troubled, often defensive psyche, daring the them to continue to empathize with him even when his behavior is inexcusable. In fact, the film opens with the high school boy attempting to commit suicide but doesn’t connect the dots till the second half. Set in Oima’s hometown Ogaki, in Gifu Prefecture, the story proper begins at elementary school when Shoko Nishymiya voiced by Saori Hayami arrives as a transfer student. The teacher encourages the class to befriend her, but after a few half-hearted efforts, everyone soon tires of having to communicate by writing in her notebook. In a few casual scenes, the film traces how social-ostracization doesn’t happen overnight, but begins with the victim’s difference’ which triggers minor irritation, impatience and eventually intolerance. In the manga, Shoya’s initial attitude toward Shoko is one of curiosity, but he doesn’t know how to reach out to her. Of course, it’s common for prepubescent boys to tease girls they daren’t admit they fancy. But this is not as clear in the movie version, making some of Shoya’s actions, like tearing her hearing aid away so her ear bleeds, quite disturbing. Even more insidious is the peer pressure at work, such as with Shoya’s buddy Shimada who never initiates but laughs along with his pranks, Naoha Ueno who’s a willing accomplice, and Miki Kawai whose insincere protestations on Shoko’s behalf only egg the bullies on. When Shoko, who’s finally had enough, flares up in one scene, the impact is heart-stopping. The film’s unflinching depiction of teenagers’ covert cruelty culminates in a riveting turning point when Shoya realizes that whatever goes around comes around. The advantage of the audience experiencing this from Shoya’s vantage point is that one sees the psychological impact of bullying — that it scars the bully as much as the victim. While Shoya is consumed by anger from the start, the later part of the film slowly chips away at his outward persona to reveal his unconventional family background and other insecurities vis-a-vis his more popular classmates. The saga continues five years later, when the protagonists have gone on to different high schools. Shoya, who’s become a loner, unwitting wins the undying loyalty of Nagatsuka, a bullied boy, who helps him reconnect with Shoko. Since Shoko’s still got a chip on her shoulder about her disability, Shoya tries to re-assemble the old gang from junior school. Sadly, the reunion only rips open old wounds and reignite rivalries. In the manga, the group was brought together through a filmmaking project, which provides a stronger plot structure. With this omitted in the movie, the characters’ confrontations seem a tad random, but their emotional trajectories unfold more organically. The non-realist nature of animation makes it an ideal medium for conveying the sensual and sometimes scary experience of growing up. For example, Shoya’s sense of his outcast status is quirkily symbolized by his vision of big blue crosses slashed across his classmates faces. During a confessional scene that takes place atop a roller-coaster, the frame practically vibrates, echoing the protagonists’ inner turmoil with the tensile sensation no live-action wobble-cam can. Ilustration supervisor Futoshi Nishiya reportedly tried to create a style that’s somewhere between super-realism and Deforme. The lush, softly outlined hand-drop of rivers and bridges showcases Ogaki’s reputation as a City of Water, while his pretty character designs provide impressive continuity through hairstyles and body language as they transition from tween to teenager. Although the movie’s midsection could do with some tightening, Kengo Shigemura’s editing is racy and cinematic. The lightly electronic vibe from composer Kensuke Ushio concocts just the right mixture of peppy and romantic. The Japanese title, which means “The Shape of Voice,” reflects the central theme that communication and bonding can take many forms. TRAILER 030 TRAILER 232 Play all videos What to know As beautifully crafted as it is powerfully written, A Silent Voice looks at teen bullying from a soberingly hard-hitting perspective that's uncommon for the animated medium. Read critic reviews Nadigaiyar Thilagam Tamil Rent/buy A Silent Voice videos A Silent Voice The Movie Fathom Events Trailer TRAILER 030 A Silent Voice Trailer 1 TRAILER 232 A Silent Voice Photos Movie Info After being bullied mercilessly, a grade school student transfers to another school. Years later, one of her former tormentors sets out to make amends. Genre Drama, Romance, Anime Original Language Japanese Director Naoko Yamada Writer Reiko Yoshida Release Date Theaters Oct 20, 2017 limited Release Date Streaming Apr 2, 2019 Runtime 2h 9m Distributor Eleven Arts Production Co Kodansha Ltd., Shochiku Company, Pony Canyon Inc. Sound Mix Dolby Digital Aspect Ratio Flat Cast & Crew News & Interviews for A Silent Voice Critic Reviews for A Silent Voice Audience Reviews for A Silent Voice Oct 16, 2017 When it comes to anime, I don't find myself watching nearly enough in order to form a list of favourites, but even if I had watched everything under the moon, I still believe A Silent Voice would make the list. This is a spectacular film from start to finish. Keep in mind, this can be a very tough film to sit through for multiple reasons, and that is exactly what I'm going to dive into throughout this review, because I feel that a few precautions should be taken when going in. Here is why A Silent Voice deserves to be seen by everyone, even though it won't please everyone. At its core, this film is about a new student that comes into a school, who just so happens to be hearing impaired. Ishida, the school bully, taunts her to the point of tears, for audiences as well. Without ruining the impact of certain scenes, I'll just say that his actions were quite Risqué. I found myself absolutely hating his character, which was very frustrating, due to the fact that the film asks you to sympathize with him on multiple occasions. After growing up and leaving his harsh ways in the past, these two characters reconnect, forming a highly unlikely bond. A Silent Voice asks for your acceptance almost too often, but trust me, if you're in the forgiving mood, this film turns out to be extremely powerful. So that's the warning I must give you, that if you're not ready to be forgiving of a terrible actions, I'd wait until you're in the right mood to watch this movie. Throughout Ishida's transformation from a bully to a kind-hearted human being, it wasn't just the dialogue that impacted me, but the visuals surrounding him. Every time he would pass by other people that knew him, they had X's on their face. When this aspect comes into play a little later in the movie, I'd be lying if I said it didn't move me. From beginning to hate the film for displaying a very unlikable character, this story really does a great job at winning you over, especially through it's silent, visual storytelling in the background, foreground, and even anytime that it makes it blatantly obvious. When a movie makes you wait for it to be really good, it can be a pretty frustrating experience, but I see something different when reflecting on this film. It's all about redemption and how forgiveness is everything when you truly want to become a better person that what you were in the past. Evil is all throughout everyone, but you're not supposed to act on it. This is one of the message that I feel the movie tries to convey and I believe it's a wonderful lesson to everyone. The themes presented throughout this film are taken very seriously, so I don't think it will appeal to a younger audience, but I think older teenagers will be the perfect demographic here, for the lesson it's giving. In the end, A Silent Voice is a film that had me hating throughout the first act, realizing I was wrong throughout the second act, and on the verge of tears throughout the third act, due to how well this movie does a complete 180. With a powerful story, a final sequences that will have many in tears, and an overall film that is worthy of awards, I can't recommend this enough. That being said, I can't get myself to give this movie a perfect score, due to the fact that I think it took a little too long to win me over. I found myself disliking the movie throughout the majority of it, until my eventual realization, which is my one warning, so I feel I won't be alone on that. A Silent Voice is one of the best movies I've seen so far this year. Apr 18, 2017 'A Silent Voice' is the work of Naoko Yamada, a little perplexing as I've not encountered a lot of female anime directors. I was also a little surprised to find out it was also based on a manga by Yoshitoki Oima. The film itself is an endearing tale of living one's life as a young person being affected by regrets and opening up to the world in a more brighter manner than before, but it's also about atonement and reconciling with one's consequences of their actions. The character's are relatable as they are touching, carrying the film through it's compelling plot especially with the main character himself and the deaf girl who he's trying to understand. In the end it's not surprising the characters learn something more about themselves as well as their relationships with others in order to lead more happier lives. The animation is unique and top class to say the very least not the most outstanding especially for it's environments though it does a superb at blurring the line between imagination and reality. Even if the success of 'Your Name' is to suggest one piece of anime was huge, this deserves just as much attention as it does acclaim, I have no regrets watching this film and I encourage people of all demographics to seek out and see for themselves. Super Reviewer Note this is part 1. I don't know how many parts there will be, as I'm still writing. ; A Too-Long Review of A Silent Voice/The Shape of Voice/Koe no Katachi Or Pick a Title Y’all, Damn Preface I have tried to walk a balance here as far as explaining things to someone who is new to the movie and trying not to bore everyone who already knows all of it, so - if you have already watched the movie a million times like I have, feel free to skim some of the background stuff. Post-Preface I don’t really consider myself an anime guy. I love LOVE movies in general and foreign cinema in particular primarily Hong Kong/Chinese, but frequent dips into Korean and Japanese, and I don’t really consider animated films to be in a different category from live-action ones. A good film is a good film, period. Regardless of the specific medium it’s presented in. I always watch with subs, with few exceptions - I am convinced that certain cultural “quirks” simply don’t translate well into English, and honestly dubs are usually not great from an acting standpoint. I will say I did watch ASV one time dubbed out of curiosity, and it’s probably one of the better ones I have seen, but I still greatly prefer subtitles more on some specific issues with ASV’s subs below. I have watched enough anime to be aware of some of the tropes, but it’s mostly been really well-known, “classic” anime Akira, Ninja Scroll, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Grave of the Fireflies, etc. I recently saw Your Name loved it and Garden of Words a few issues, but very much liked it. ASV seems to be in a similar vein as those two - in that it doesn’t rely on fantastical/sci-fi elements to tell the story. Just people. K. Prefacing over - let’s get to it. Overview A Silent Voice hereafter referred to as ASV for brevity is a GREAT movie. Seriously. It’s very nearly a masterpiece. If you don’t read the rest of this review, just watch the movie. It’s really good. ASV is a story about redemption, primarily. It is NOT a romance, and I will try to illustrate why that would kind of ruin it, as we go. But if you are expecting a romance, let me go ahead and disabuse you of that notion right off the bat and say *spoiler alert* the two principal characters DO NOT end up together- at least not in a romantic sense. Characters ASV is quite complex as far as films go, since there are quite a few principal players. Most movies tend to keep it around 3 or less, and often just one, since a 2 hour or even 90 minute movie is a LOT less time to develop a story/characters. Here’s a quick list, with brief descriptions Ishida Shoya - a young man of 17, who considers himself a worthless human being, undeserving of the love and care of others, mostly due to the fact that he bullied a deaf girl in 6th grade, and was subsequently ostracized for it, losing all of his friends and becoming super isolated in the process. The movie opens with him preparing to commit suicide. Events then occur which cause him to instead seek a path of redemption. He is as close as the movie gets to a “main” character. He has black spiky hair, and the tag of his black t-shirt is always sticking up in the back. When in his school uniform, one side of his shirt is usually untucked. Nishimiya Shoko - a girl of 17/18. She is deaf and is the girl Shoya used to bully. It is after interacting with her to return something she lost that Shoya decides on redemption rather than suicide. Sort of rose-colored long straight hair, hazel eyes which shift from brown to green, depending on the scene. She is almost always in her school uniform - a plaid skirt, with a white shirt. In colder months she adds a dark blue sweater on top. When not in uniform, she doesn’t stick to a single outfit. Nishimiya Yuzuru - Shoko’s younger sister, roughly 12-13 years old. I say roughly because I don’t think it’s every said outright how old she is, not in the film or the manga. She is super protective of her older sister, often interfering directly with people she thinks might hurt her sister. Yuzuru has oddly cut, messy hair which is explained in the manga, but not in the film, large blue eyes and until she starts wearing a school uniform late in the movie, dresses like a boy and masquerades as one for a bit - in a red workout sort of outfit? But the shorts are more like basketball shorts. Ueno Naoka - same age as Shoko/Shoya, and was part of the teasing/bullying of Shoko that went on in 6th grade. She has never shown any remorse for anything that happened, and actually blames Shoko for the fact that they all drifted apart after 6th grade. The best thing you can say about Nao is while she’s kind of a horrible person, at least she’s honest about it. Ueno is either in uniform, or pretty stylishly dressed. Another character at one point mentions that Nao has great taste. This is backed up by most of her outfits. The shoes she’s wearing during the amusement park sequence are super cute. Long, straight black hair and large purple eyes. Kawai Miki - another holdover from the 6th grade class. Miki is basically the WORST. More on why later. Blonde hair, usually in braids, with glasses. In a uniform for all but one scene. Same school as Shoya, so similar uniform solid brown skirt/vest with a white shirt underneath. Sahara Miyoko - 6th grade alum Sahara did not take part in bullying Shoko, and in fact was bullied herself by Nao for volunteering to learn sign language in order to help Shoko. Adult Sahara is super tall like 5’11” / 180cm if I had to guess. With dark brown, spiky hair and yellow eyes. She attends the same high school as Nao and they are even in the same design department. In uniform save for two sequences the amusement park and the school festival. Non-uniform is black leggings with a non-descript top. Nagatsuka Tomohiro - a high-school loner himself, he ends up befriending Shoya and declaring the two of them to be best friends immediately. I guess if you only have one friend, they are by default your “best” friend. He is short, a tad chubby and has greenish hair that looks not unlike a head of broccoli. Usually has on a tan colored sweater vest over his white uniform shirt. Casual look is a white t-shirt saying Hollywood, and sort of Hot Topic-esque black pants. He is fiercely loyal to Shoya, since he’s pretty much the first friend he’s ever had. That’s basically it for the primary players, but that’s a lot of principal characters for a 2 hour movie. Here’s a quick list of some important side characters, but the above list are the prime movers of the plot/story. Ishida Miyako - Shoya’s mother, and by far, the nicest person in the entire movie. In fact, she’s my favorite character because she’s always about what’s right and is always concerned with others well-being, and is just overwhelmingly kind, even in the face of some serious shit that goes down. She knows her son was kind of a little shit growing up, but encourages him to do better. Nishimiya Yaeko - Shoko & Yuzuru’s mother. She’s a little bit of a blank slate in this movie, other than being fiercely protective of Shoko - to the point of physical violence on two occasions. Despite that, she doesn’t know sign language - presumably because as explained in the manga her husband took off as soon as they figured out that Shoko was deaf - so she works multiple jobs to take care of her family. Her mother, Ito, was the only family who decided to stick by and stay with her and her daughters. Satoshi Mashiba - a character sadly underdeveloped in the film, who gets a lot more backstory in the manga. In the movie, he’s pretty much around to serve as a sidekick to Kawai, and clearly they like each other. He pretty clearly denounces bullying in general when he first catches wind of what went down in 6th grade, not yet knowing who all was involved. Shimada Kazuki and Keisuke Hirose - Shoya’s friends in 6th grade, who also take an active role in bullying Shoko, then immediately sell Shoya out when the adults find out what was going on. Shimada is largely responsible for Shoya’s isolation from middle school on, as he basically tells everyone that Shoya is a bully and it was so bad that a girl had to change schools as a result. Finally, the dang Review I have a lot of feelings about this film. It’s rare that I see something and instantly become obsessed like I did with this one. Not sure of my total view count, but basically if the TV is on and I’m not gaming, this movie is playing. I’d estimate that I have sat down and watched it start to finish 10 times. There are some issues with the subtitles, namely that there are 3 different versions which I have found so far, and each of them do some things well, and each of them do some things really poorly. The 3 versions are Netflix’s NF, and then two on the Blu-Ray English from the Original Text OG, and English for the Hearing Impaired HI. I am working slowly on a unified version of the subs that I feel tells the best possible story. As I get to scenes with glaring subtitle issues, I will point out which version I prefer. Childhood cruelties aren’t exactly uncommon. I mean - there’s a reason that bullying features so prominently in the zeitgeist these days. You were either a target of it, or did it yourself - sometimes both. I think what might have connected me to this movie in a very direct way was in elementary school - I was a super nerdy kid - played D&D, was in the gifted classes with the other nerds, played violin, etc. All of that made me a target for the “cool” kids, but then when I got to high school, I was determined to not remain uncool, so - I dropped all my nerd shit, and begin going through the motions of being one of the cool kids, even to the point of badmouthing / picking on nerds who were my former friends. I can recall one specific incident, which was actually shortly after I had graduated high school. I went to a local hobby shop because I still did some of my nerd shit on the down-low, and one of my former nerd buddies, a guy named Michael was working there. I can remember getting whatever I needed and he rang me up and I couldn’t even look him in the face. I felt like such shit, because he was a good friend and I trashed him in the name of high school popularity nonsense. Pretty sure he completely understood why I did it, and was nice enough to never say anything. So maybe that’s why I connected with Shoya almost immediately. If I thought it would matter, I would love to go back and atone for past mistakes, so perhaps I was able to relate to Shoya’s experience in some ways which were not completely vicarious. ** SPOILERS BEGIN HERE ** ** NO SERIOUSLY. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE MOVIE - BEYOND HERE BE DRAGONS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ** One major difference I was never a full-on self-loather like Shoya. He genuinely believes he is undeserving of friendship, companionship and happiness. That’s why he feels like the world would be better off without him in it. Understanding this is pretty central to understanding him as a character. Almost every action he takes at 17 is in some way to atone for his past sins. As the movie opens, we see Shoya marking off a series of tasks on separate days on his calendar- quitting his job, next day- selling his belongings, next day- emptying out his bank accounts and putting the money in an envelope for his mother. We then see him walk out onto a tall bridge, and he gets a brief flash of himself about to jump off, arms stretched out as if he were trying to fly. Someone shooting off fireworks nearby snaps him out of his reverie. There’s an insert shot of him scratching off the last day, labeled “Final Day.” Cut to him walking, carrying a notebook in his hands. This is a good sequence because it tells us a lot about the character in just a couple of minutes. Many suicides are impulsive - someone has a downswing emotionally, heads into a bathroom and swallows a bottle of pills, for example - but we can quickly see that this guy is deadly serious, and has planned ahead. He’s wrapping up loose ends, paying back the debt to his mother, closing out his affairs, etc. This is not mere impulse - he has obviously given it a lot of thought and has been thinking about it for some time. Once his decision was made, he was committed - even ripping off the rest of the calendar after his last day, because he knew he wouldn’t need it. All of that gives us a lot of insight into who he is as a person, and again - in a length of time that would take several pages in written form. Pictures, thousand words, etc. At this point we get a fantastic opening credits sequence. Great choice of song with The Who classic “My Generation”, and a lot of flashback scenes of young Shoya with his friends messing around doing the kind of things 12 year old boys tend to do eating snacks, playing video games, reading comics, jumping into the river, shooting rubberbands, making up complicated handshakes etc. Another great thing in this sequence is all the throwbacks to stuff in the manga which ultimately did not get adapted for the movie the nutria, the fact that Ueno has a crush on Shoya, Shoko being at the Ishida Salon to have her hair cut, and a small glimpse of Shoya’s unusual home life, with the shot of him pulling back the curtain to reveal his brother-in-law Bruno lifting weights. We also see the impending, elementary school collision of two worlds Ishida Shoya’s and Nishimiya Shoko’s. The nutria in particular makes me laugh because, if you haven’t read the manga, you’ve got to wonder why on earth there’s suddenly a random shot of someone holding up what looks like a beaver in an exalted manner- then it’s never referred to or mentioned ever again. Great stuff. What’s even better is that you hardly notice you are watching a credits sequence in the first place. A great example of integrating the credits into the film while still telling a lot of story. So let’s talk about lil Shoya for a minute. Yes, he’s an obnoxious little dude, and bullying is wrong, period. But he shows several signs that at times, he’s sort of just fulfilling the role he’s been placed in class clown, troublemaker - instead of his heart actually being in it. When the lady from the school for the deaf visits and suggests that the class spend 3 minutes a day learning sign language, you can see he actually thinks it’s an interesting idea until Ueno stands up against it. I think a lot of what he does to Shoko he perceives as being protective in a way to his other friends, because Shoko’s presence is clearly a disruption - to Ueno in particular, who is struggling with her own school work since she is spending time assisting Shoko. That’s not to say he feels no remorse- he clearly does - and almost admits it voluntarily when the Principal is asking the class what they know about Shoko being bullied and mentions that the hearing aids lost/destroyed are expensive. He pictures his mom and how hard she works and how disappointed she would be in him, so he starts to put up his hand. He takes a bit too long and the teacher calls him out specifically. How quickly fortunes can change is clearly illustrated here, as all the other kids involved in the bullying basically sell him out as being the sole offender, even going so far as to dump him and his books into the same fountain which he himself threw Shoko’s conversation notebook - which he finds, and wonders why Shoko didn’t retrieve it. . Shimada pretty much implies straight out that Shoya will be the class’s new punching bag from this point forward, which he is. I mentioned in her character description that Kawai is the WORST, and the scene with the Principal is one of the scenes which makes her so. Kawai is the class leader - making sure everyone turns in their homework, etc. on time, offering to teach Shoko when to come in for the chorus performance, etc. - a role she still holds by the time they are in high school, but we have already seen at this point that- aside from some super mild admonishments, usually while laughing- “you shouldn’t do that”, “don’t say that!”- she doesn’t exactly go out of her way to stop Shoko from being bullied. So now we have the Principal standing before the class trying to get to the bottom of a serious bullying situation, asking for anyone who has information to come forward and what does our girl Miki - the class leader and supposed role model for other students- do? Jack shit. Zip. She sits there and says absolutely nothing. Class leader, indeed. And she then has the nerve to play the “how can you say that about me?” crying card when Shoya mentions that Ueno and Kawai both also made fun of Shoko. You suck, Kawai. Seriously. But - her suckitude doesn’t end there as we will see later. The chorus scene is an interesting one. It’s hard to tell if it’s deliberate or not, but Kawai is definitely doing some weird shit with her mouth before the singing is supposed to start, so I wonder if that was the thing which made Shoko come in early. Re-watch that scene with the sound muted and see if you agree. If I couldn’t really hear and was watching Kawai, I likely would have come in early as well. So it’s hard to say if Kawai did this intentionally so that she could then look good by offering to tell Shoko when to start, or if she was just being mean? duplicitous? I can’t really tell. While I think Kawai definitely sucks, I’m not sure she’s that clever or openly malicious. I welcome discussion on this sequence. Thoughts? So after getting dumped in the fountain by his now-former friends, Shoya arrives home and is immediately questioned by Miyako who had just gotten off the phone with the school. At first he’s very flippant, because he thinks his mother is angry with him, so he responds with attitude in kind. When he finally turns to face her, he sees the tears in her eyes and realizes - she’s not mad - she’s disappointed. Both of them know that she didn’t raise him to be like that. Shock registers on his face, and she tells him to get cleaned up because they are going to the Nishimiya’s home. On the way he can see that she withdraws a large sum of money from the bank and again - he knows how hard she has to work to provide for what little they have, then watches from a distance as Miyako talks with Yaeko. She motions for him to come over but Yaeko stops her and instead has Miyako follow her, presumably back to their apartment - presumably to talk about the physical injury to Shoko’s ear which Shoya caused. He wanders around, encountering Shoko feeding the birds underneath the bridge. He attempts to sneak past her but trips over his own feet, scaring the birds away and causing Shoko to look up to see why, at which point she sees him. Flash forward to him sitting alone when his mother returns. She has blood on her top and her earring has been ripped out. I have seen some speculation that it was Yaeko who ripped out her earring, but it’s pretty clear that’s not it. Her clothes and hair are fine, she doesn’t look like she’s been in a scuffle, so it seems clear Miyako ripped it out herself. It would also be a massive insult if, immediately after Miyako gave her some $15000 in order to make amends, Yaeko just attacked her and ripped out her earring. Miyako is there to even up the ledger. She pays back the money for the lost/broken hearing aids, and upon hearing about Shoko’s injured ear, injures her own. Now - they are square, and when she returns to Shoya, all she says is “try to be a good boy from now on.” So kind. Best mom. Best character. He returns to school and after getting picked on he encounters Shoko at his desk doing something, and there’s a confrontation. He is frustrated that he can’t understand her and what’s more - that she never seems to say anything but “I’m sorry” - never showing any other emotion than smiling and trying to be friends. As an angry young tween, he can’t relate at all, and a sort of fight ensues. From his side - because he thinks she is trying to make him look bad/feel bad by always being remorseful and never getting upset, and we soon find out when they start getting physical that Shoko can feel something. So there’s one subtitle issue here The OG version translates 2 lines of dialog for Shoko, instead of just one like the NF/HI versions, right as Shoya gets pushed to the ground and she sits on top of him. The added line is “I’m mad at you!” Having that line in there is a mistake in my opinion, since literally the point of the scene is that he can’t understand her and even immediately says “what?” when she says it. That line does not appear in the manga either. She’s a lot more clear when she says “I’m doing the best I can!” even though he doesn’t really get that one either. How heartbreaking is that scene, by the way? It’s one of my favorite scenes in the movie because of how intense it is. Then the class hears that Shoko has transferred to another school, and Shoya soon realizes that it was awful graffiti directed at him that Shoko was scrubbing off his desk every morning. Fuck. Thus Ends Part 1. Part 2...soon....-ish? Go to KoeNoKatachi r/KoeNoKatachi r/KoeNoKatachi Koe No Katachi is a manga by Ōima Yoshitoki about the heartwarming tale of Shouya's reunion with Shouko and his honest attempts to redeem himself, all while being continually haunted by the shadows of his past. 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