A Silent Voice: A Horrible Review

Never before did I want to jump a fictional character until I watched this film but atleast the main character realized the wrong in his actions and one of those bullies ended up getting smacked with karma(quite literally)

I've never been more upset at characters than I have in A Silent Voice, I was bullied for having social anxiety in elementary school. My best and only friend had severe autism and kids were cruel, she was bullied hard too. We really only had each other and she didn't speak often except to me. People made fun of her voice because she had odd inflections, but if she liked you man could she talk for hours! We only had each other throughout childhood and obviously the teachers didn't help out, but having someone there lightened the load. I can't imagine doing it alone. I can't forgive Naoko, I just can't.

I feel like more people should read the manga and understand the complexity of the characters. Though the movie is beautiful and my forever favorite, Shoya has much more to him in the manga than he does in the movie, and I think there is a lot more meaning and intention behind the things he does. He has a unique way of reasoning and is very down to earth and easy to relate to. He acknowledges his flaws and his anxiety often interludes with his capacity to voice his true thoughts. He rolls with a number of very personal and intense punches throughout the entire series that most people would become depressed over alone. He was the only bully who seemed to pay in full for his depts to Shoko, and he really does his best to give his 115%, even in times where he feels like functioning at a 50. Shoko has a bigger share of spotlight, and I feel like her feelings in the letter she wrote to Naoka were so vital. I was a little disappointed when they were left out of the movie, but I can still understand. Yuzuru is Yuzuru, and outside of being a fantastic character, I think she goes hand in hand with Shoko. She is quite emotionally intelligent for her age, and I love the scene where she says "Ueno may not see it, but Shoko is changing little by little." Her getting exited over Shoko making as much as new faces when she reunites with Shoya is a beautiful touch to really show how much she pays attention to the little things in interpersonal interaction. Naoka, even though we all hate her, has a lot of nuance to her too that I think a lot of people fail to analyze about her. Of course she is wrong for her actions and is incredibly flawed like the other bullies, but I feel like there's so much more than just a bully about her. In the end, it's frustrating that she doesn't properly make amends with those whom she's hurt verbally, but we can assume that in the end she bettered herself, seeming to become friends with Shoko after the graduation time skip. There is also a lot of realism in that, because sometimes bad people get the easy way out and don't truly compensate for wrong. I love my boy Tomohiro no kidding, he also has a lot more to him than just comedic relief. He is an outstanding friend and especially accepting to Shoya despite his past. He's one of the few characters that only sees him for the person he grew to be in the present rather than who his background self was as a child. He doesn't associate old with new, and yes it's partially because he is isolated from the bullying incident, but I love that. He's just great, I only have relatively good things to say about him. And I can't even say anything about this other clown I just wish someone would burn Kawai 😭 her thinking that she suffered as much as Shoko in the manga despite putting herself on such a high pedestal above the quality of person she really is is just disgusting. She never learns or acknowledges her wrongs or even tries to change, she brings others down to put herself up, and plays victim in the end of everything. Sahara is Sahara, I don't have many words. But it's amazing to me how she is able to understand Naoka and Shoya rather than pushing them right away, even if the past stuck with her. I personally don't think the red-haired guy paralleled me as much, but he is a good character too. And something that really resonates with me is the fact that he wasn't bullied for something like being a bully, or being deaf, something incredibly formative and monumental, but for his eyebrows...? It's kind of funny, but also very true to real life. I highly recommend the manga

not gonna lie this is better than "your name", more relatable and very emotional. i really love this movie and i watched it a llot of times, and still makes me cry. This movie made me realize everything, how really life works. love it.

you didnt mention this, but the scene where shoko asks if her voice is weird, after that she doesnt speak in front of shoya till the end of the movie.

been waiting for another Horrible Review, and I'm so glad it's this

Naoko made me irrationally angry and the fact the only karma she receives is a slap was so unsatisfing. Having been bullied by a girl like her i hated her the most. Maybe I'm projecting my anger onto a character and that's making me want to see something bad happen. The girl who bullied me is living her best life and never had to face consequences so i would have loved to see something bad happen to naoko.

Those desperate Broken "Gomen nasai" from Shoko always make weep like a lil Kid... Being a grown arse man

I just watched this for the first time ever yesterday. Surprisingly the part that made me almost tear up is the conversation on friendship at the cafeteria between mc and his weird but lovable best dude friend

Let's think about it realistically here ok? To anyone that believes that Shouya is a bad character and that the friends are poorly written. I wrote this to someone else originally so if it feels off that's why. First off why would you feel animosity towards Shouya for something he had done when he was way younger and it being something that he has regretted ever since? It's fair if you feel that he deserved a lot of the bad things that happened to him and that is true in some ways but him being cast out by people that he called his "friends" and being nonstop reminded of the mistakes he made far back in his past and that he's still trying to make amends for isn't exactly fair. Also he wasn't the reason that Shouko wanted to kill herself although you could argue that he started a domino effect leading to that moment it wasn't exactly his fault entirely. It was mainly Naoko that led to Shouko wanting to kill herself because Naoko was jealous of Shouko due to her being around Shouya and she was also irritated that someone that she deems as lower than herself led to her not being able to hang around Shouya without being shunned by her classmates because Shouya (and others) bullied Shouko and made her leave school. Secondly his friends were pretty terrible but that was back when they were kids they viewed things differently and it's easy enough to see where they were coming from so there's no reason to believe that they all need to "off themselves" over something like that. As to the reason why they don't feel remorse is because it wasn't a big part of their lives it was kinda a big thing when they were kids but that was years back it's understandable that they don't feel remorse over something that they believe to be done and dusted for the most part. The only person in the original group who should really show remorse is Naoko but you can tell by her childish personality that she wouldn't really feel much remorse since she still believes that some of the stuff that she did in the past and present isn't wrong or doesn't matter anymore. I hope this helps you understand the movie more clearly 🙏

Thank you for reviewing one of my favourite movies. It really means a lot to me, and seeing one of my fave youtubers share the love for it fills me with joy. ❤️

13:36 I’m pretty sure she was just crying that she fully lost hearing in one ear (She took off the hearing aid cause it’s useless now)

Nishimiya was written to be a character who could take any hardship and always shift blame away from others and take it upon herself. The hearing loss was frightening as it cut her off from the rest of the world but what ultimately drove her to try to take her own life was her belief that she would only ever cause trouble for those she cared about. I think the ways in which she tried to tie up loose ends (like for example trying to get her mother to be on better terms with Ishida by having him help with the birthday party) are about the most depressing part of the story for me. Her intentions were heartfelt but her perspective was so warped that she thought everyone would get over her passing and get along eventually once she was out of the picture.

got me bawlin' on a wednesday - excellent video for an excellent story

omfg. i love this movie. it always lands a critical blow every time i watch it. having you try to destroy it is amazing, but i'm still 100% sure it's going to kill me if i try to watch it again.

3:25 Unfathomably based Killian Experience enjoyer

I think people are a bit too hard on Shoya, sure I was bullied a fair bit when I was young, mostly by my own brother. But I've also done or said a few things to some people, mostly out of ignorance rather than straight up maliciousness. Yeah I wouldn't say he totally redeemed himself, but he's grown and changed and is working on loving and forgiving himself like Shouko is. Shouko forgives and understands Shoya, and regardless of his actions she still despises herself for seeing herself as a burden and strange, feelings everyone around her solidifies. But what separates Shoya from everyone else is his compassion and desire to right his wrongs. Shouko already didn't like herself, Shoya certainly didn't help but throughout the film he shows her how valuable she is to him and how much he cares for her, learning sign language just to talk to her.

The way I see it, this movie or this whole story isn't about love, redemption, not even about bullying but rather learning to listen and make yourself be heard. About communication, not saying that it isn't about those themes either but it's mainly about that. They even say it in the manga and we see it in the movie that a lack understanding and listening to one another caused most of the problems. The teachers didn't even listen to or payed attention to the kids properly and turned a blind eye to all the bullying until it became a problem for the whole school. Most of the kids simply refused to understand Shoko and she not being able to hear or speak properly couldn't even make herself understood. Also the character all took advantage of her in different ways the way I see it: Shoya (when he was a kid) used her as a way to "win against boredom". He didn't even hate her when she arrived, in the manga we even see him thank the universe or god or whoever that they sent this person because her reactions to everything were just so unnatural to him that he kept on pushing and pushing to find out if she can even get mad at all. Ueno always liked Shoya but didn't know how to make him like her back. When she saw Shoya liked messing with the new kid, she thought if she did it too, Shoya would finally like her. But of course chickened out when he became the one being bullied. Kawai used the whole situaison to make herself more popular and liked, to play the victim. That's also why she didn't actually try to stop Shoya or everyone else but also never engaged publicly in it. When the moment arrived she could make herself look like the victim who was forced to go along with everything so she could get attention. Shoya's supposed friends weren't really his friends in my opinion. They only hung around him cuz he seemed fun and because he was popular in a sense. However he tended to go too far with his stuff but they never outright told him, they didn't wanted to go through with everything he did. They came up with excuses but never told the truth. I think they used him getting in trouble for bullying Shoko as a way to finally mess with him and pretty much dump him. Honestly I could go on and on about the characters but this is youtube reply so

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