As someone with a disability myself (Asperger’s syndrome) it comes as no surprise that I find this sort of movie appealing, especially if it can help other people, in particular children, understand disabilities more.

However, while they’re trying to be friendlier, old wounds open up which could damage all the good that Shoya has carried out, and Shoko’s family suffers their own tragedies that in turn threaten to destroy everything.A Silent Voice is certainly a great movie. Her younger sister Yuzuru is at first unfriendly but eventually she warms to him, while their mother is understandably openly hostile.As time rolls on, Shoya and Shoko become closer, even starting to fall in love. However, he still has the thorny issue of dealing with Shoko’s family.

Over time Shoya begins to form new friends, and rekindles old friendships too. He decides to use this as an opportunity to make friends with Shoko and try to repair the damage he did. The bullying is so much that Shoko eventually transfers schools. Shoko is deaf and when she speaks she has an impediment, which leads him to make a big exclamation: “Holy crap!” Shoya, along with many other kids in the class begin to bully her in various ways, from throwing her conversation books in a pond to damaging her expensive hearing aids. When he was in elementary school, a new girl named Shoko Nishimiya joined Shoya’s class. In flashback we see why he was driven to this. Nor was I expecting an English dub that was not only worth listening to, but was actually enjoyable.A Silent Voice begins with teenage boy Shoya Ishida about to commit suicide, but coming to his senses before he does the deed.

“P eople try to put us d-down.Talkin’ bout my generation.Just because we get around.Talkin’ bout my generation.The things they do look awful c-c-cold.Talkin’ bout my generation.I hope I die before I get old.Talkin’ bout my generation.” – The WhoAmong the things I wasn’t expecting to hear when watching this movie was for this song to be used as the opening theme.

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