Koe no Katachi
Alt Names: | A Silent Voice 声之形 รักไร้เสียง 聲の形 聲之形 목소리의 형태 La forma de la voz Sesin Şekli The Shape of a Voice هيئة الصوت Wujud Sebuah Suara Форма Голоса |
Author: | Ooima Yoshitoki |
Artist: | Ooima Yoshitoki |
Genres: | Award Winning Drama Romance School Life Shounen |
Type: | Manga (Japanese) |
Status: | Complete |
Description: | Shouya Ishida, a boy always looking for ways to beat boredom, ends up looking for it in the wrong place. Weirded out by his new classmate, a deaf transfer student named Shouko Nishimiya, he deems her as the target of his ostracizing and bullying. Day after day, Shouya picks on Shouko, unaware of the effects of his thoughtless actions. He finally understands the pain he has inflicted on her when one day, his bullying culminates in her leaving the school, and his classmates begin to shun and harass him every chance they get instead. Determined to right his wrongs, five years later, Shouya, now a third year high school loner, meets Shouko again. Thus begins the story of a young man's path to redemption. |
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2149 Comments
I'm assuming you're American, but in Japanese schools (Asian schools in general, I hear Korean schools are like this as well) it's a lot tougher to get through school with a disability. It's a cultural thing, hopefully one that will be resolved in the future.
Not necessarily a serialization, but a sequel would be fine already.
First: It was the parent's fault, because they sent her to a school that was not equipped or trained properly for handling deaf students.
Second: Those kids went overboard. Really overboard. And part of the reason lies below.
Third: The teachers either didn't see or turned a blind eye to the situation until it was too late to fix it. Now that's the final straw. Teachers are like the spiritual parents of the students and as such they must actively tell them what's right and wrong as well as why. They should stop them or even punish them when things go overboard. The consequences of not doing so are far worse.
Fourth: Schools should not just sit and watch just because cracking down on this before damage occurs would give rise to problems with the PTA or the media. (Which, I assume, was the main reason why the school didn't take action earlier.)
This manga would be beneficial for schools if they chose to include it in their regular curriculum. It really moves the heartstrings of people. The author's a genius!
I hope those classmates and that homeroom teacher just fuck off and die. For a hundred, no, make it a thousand times.
I wanted to be more polite, but I couldn't. Sorry for using such rude words.
If this ever gets serialized, I´ll squeal like a fangirl and cry.
When're the new chapters coming out?
Heard it was serialized
From 5/5 to 1/5.
p.s.
more than anything I hate the homeroom teacher. guh he's sooooo disgusting!!!.
The artwork isn't very good, but the story is awesome.
@yum's nai
Kuddos for mentioning the best manga ever!
@Shonariel Wilson
I understand what you're saying, I was bullied too, and it's always mortifying and enraging but when you look it back from a different perspective, you can always spot that the ones doing the bullying are the ones that are crying for help. Sometimes they're like little kids trying to get attention by misbehaving.
@CatPause
I'ts difficult to explain but I have one member of my family dealing with hearing problems (not total deafness, but with quite the problems to hear well). Although she doesn't use hearing aids, it's quite hard to get her attention when you're trying to speak with her or sometimes she can't listen to you very clearly so you have to talk slower or louder. It can make you angry because if you don't try to fit in her shoes it looks like is isn't try to listen to you. but when you do, you can grasp how difficult is for her, and how easy is for her to enter in her own world because she listens a few things or none.
I'm sooooooo waiting for this >_<
ok, from analytic sense, theres still a lot of cliches in here like bullying and disabilities, but its simply well executed. A lot of great mangas use cliches, but make up for it with better characterization and script (like lucifer and the biscuit hammer :3). Just want to note that since truly original plots are hard to come by and i like to see that from award winners. Still, doesnt stop me from blubbering my eyes out