A Silent Voice, Vol. 1
by:
Yoshitoki Oima (author)
Steven LeCroy (translator)
Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can’t hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children’s cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya ends up...
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Shoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can’t hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children’s cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the school, and Shoya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shoya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781632360564 (163236056X)
Publish date: 2015-05-26
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Series: A Silent Voice (#1)
July 22-22LEARNING TO LISTENShoya is a bully. When Shoko, a girl who can’t hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shoya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children’s cruelty goes too far. Shoko is forced to leave the ...
A very well written story, about a deaf girl who used to be bullied at school so she had to move out. Her main bully seeks her out to ask her for forgiveness. It is impossible not to sympathize with Shouko, the deaf girl. She is a wonderful character, so nice in spite of everything and everyone. Her...
[A quickie warning for those who need it: This manga volume deals with the prolonged bullying of a deaf girl.] Shoya Ishida is a kid who does stupid stunts because it gets him the attention he craves. However, when his friends start to move beyond all that, he begins to feel both alone and bored. ...
A Silent Voice is about two misunderstood kids who find themselves playing out roles crafted by a classroom at war. This is a common story, but one I'd never seen portrayed in manga, great that this topic is being realistically (or at least somewhat realistically) brought forward in this format. ...
WOW! Everyone should read this!!