Directed by Naoko Yamada
If you are going to watch this movie, Prepare tissues, a warm blanket, and an open heart. You’ll need all three.
To be sincere sometimes the quietest voices speak the loudest truths.
Still on my journey to get addicted to anime 🤪, after watching Your Name I got interesting in watching more anime.
I came across A Silent Voice, it got me curious, a silent voice? How can a voice be silent? Anyways, my curiosity got the best of me and I wanted to find out what happened in this story.
From the first few minutes, I felt angry and sad. It starts with a boy, Shoya, bullying a girl, Shoko, who is deaf. He and some classmates made fun of a new girl named Shoko Nishimiya — a gentle, deaf girl who tried hard to make friends. But because she was different, she became an easy target.
The sound of their mean laughter, the silence of her reactions — it all made my chest tight. It was uncomfortable, especially to me who hates bullies.
Shoko’s life becomes painful because of the bullying, and eventually, she changes schools (I'd do the same or face them head on, what about you?). But what happens next is unexpected: the blame for the bullying lands mostly on Shoya. Suddenly, he becomes the outcast. His friends turn their backs on him. From that point on, his life becomes quiet and lonely. To me that serves him right.
But as the story moved forward, something changed. We see Shoya again, years later. He's older, alone, full of regret. He walks with his head down. The world around him is quiet because he doesn't have friends anymore.
He even plans to end his life…
But something changes inside him. He decides to find Shoko again. To say sorry. To make things right.
That decision becomes the start of a difficult but beautiful journey — of friendship, healing, and forgiveness.
But then… he meets Shoko again.
She’s still soft-spoken. Still kind. Still carrying her own pain. Their journey together is awkward, beautiful, and full of little moments — shaky hands, sad smiles, long silences that speak louder than words.
But will Shoko forgive him? Will she be able to stay in a friendship with someone who tormented her, who caused her pain 😭. Well, that's the hardest part of this movie.
To majority it's easier to forgive than forget, but have you ever vowed never to do the both?
What happened?
A Silent Voice taught me that people mess up — sometimes in ugly ways. But that doesn’t mean they’re beyond forgiveness.Directed by Naoko Yamada
If you are going to watch this movie, Prepare tissues, a warm blanket, and an open heart. You’ll need all three.
To be sincere sometimes the quietest voices speak the loudest truths.
Still on my journey to get addicted to anime 🤪, after watching Your Name I got interesting in watching more anime.
I came across A Silent Voice, it got me curious, a silent voice? How can a voice be silent? Anyways, my curiosity got the best of me and I wanted to find out what happened in this story.
From the first few minutes, I felt angry and sad. It starts with a boy, Shoya, bullying a girl, Shoko, who is deaf. He and some classmates made fun of a new girl named Shoko Nishimiya — a gentle, deaf girl who tried hard to make friends. But because she was different, she became an easy target.
The sound of their mean laughter, the silence of her reactions — it all made my chest tight. It was uncomfortable, especially to me who hates bullies.
Shoko’s life becomes painful because of the bullying, and eventually, she changes schools (I'd do the same or face them head on, what about you?). But what happens next is unexpected: the blame for the bullying lands mostly on Shoya. Suddenly, he becomes the outcast. His friends turn their backs on him. From that point on, his life becomes quiet and lonely. To me that serves him right.
But as the story moved forward, something changed. We see Shoya again, years later. He's older, alone, full of regret. He walks with his head down. The world around him is quiet because he doesn't have friends anymore.
He even plans to end his life…
But something changes inside him. He decides to find Shoko again. To say sorry. To make things right.
That decision becomes the start of a difficult but beautiful journey — of friendship, healing, and forgiveness.
But then… he meets Shoko again.
She’s still soft-spoken. Still kind. Still carrying her own pain. Their journey together is awkward, beautiful, and full of little moments — shaky hands, sad smiles, long silences that speak louder than words.
But will Shoko forgive him? Will she be able to stay in a friendship with someone who tormented her, who caused her pain 😭. Well, that's the hardest part of this movie.
To majority it's easier to forgive than forget, but have you ever vowed never to do the both?
What happened?
A Silent Voice taught me that people mess up — sometimes in ugly ways. But that doesn’t mean they’re beyond forgiveness.
It reminded me that saying “I’m sorry” matters. But also, that listening matters more.
It reminded me that everyone is fighting battles we can’t see.
And maybe most of all — that it’s okay to fall.
As long as you choose to stand again.
Even with trembling legs. Even with scars.
You know, if you've ever wronged someone there’s still time to make things right.
It reminded me that saying “I’m sorry” matters. But also, that listening matters more.
It reminded me that everyone is fighting battles we can’t see.
And maybe most of all — that it’s okay to fall.
As long as you choose to stand again.
Even with trembling legs. Even with scars.
You know, if you've ever wronged someone there’s still time to make things right.
Thumbnail is designed by me on pixelLab and other images are screenshot from the movie
