This is expressed through several shots where only legs are shown, indicating that Shōya prefers to see only parts of the people, instead of trying to see them as whole beings. Since Shōya can hear technically, he ought to be able to hear people's voices, but he decides to actively shut them out of his life.
By this respect the anime changes the focus more clearly to Shōya's perspective. Even though the main character in the manga is Shōya and the reader gets only few selected glimpses through Shōko's perspective, it nevertheless emphasises the silent perspective of Shōko and underlying the manga's theme of the hopeless feeling of not being able to hear or understand each others' voices. Since the theme of the story is people's inability to listen to and understand each others' voices, I was intrigued how this theme would be handled via an auditive medium of film. However, the deep emotional wounds that torment both Shōya and Shōko aren't healing in the way they hope to. Five years later Shōya seeks forgiveness from Shōko, deciding to become her friend and listen to her voice better. Eventually Shōko is transferred to another school, and because of his actions Shōya becomes ostracised by his classmates. When Nishimiya Shōko, a girl with a hearing disability is transferred to Shōya's class, he decides first to make fun of her, then actively and brutally bullying her since he feels her transferring to the class has changed its dynamics into worse. In short, the film tells about Ishida Shōya, a 17-year-old boy who is tormented by his past self's actions. I felt that I need to organise my thoughts and feelings about it, since I'm not exactly sure what to think about it. In summary, in my opinion A Silent Voice is a modern masterpiece of comics that resonates most powerfully through its characters' silence and incompetence in listening each others' voices.Īfter reading the manga several times, I finally decided to watch its acclaimed anime film adaptation. The characters of the manga show how complex and irrational the adolescents' feelings and thoughts can be, which I find to be very rare in any art form. By contrast it also shows how important, though difficult, forgiveness can be in order to grow as a person. It shows how devastating bullying can be and what kind of mental wounds it leaves, yet the manga is never cynic, nor overtly manipulating. It moves me to tears every time I read it, creating an enchanting and one of the truest depictions of adolescence I've ever seen. That, in my opinion, is the biggest problem I had with Koe no Katachi.A Silent Voice (聲の形, 2013-2014) by Ōima Yoshitoki is one of my favorite comics of all time.
#A SILENT VOICE MANGA VS MOVIE TV#
In most cases a multi-volume manga or LN is better suited to a TV series, and not everything works as well as it could when you try to make it into a film.
#A SILENT VOICE MANGA VS MOVIE SERIES#
Director Naoko Yamada had mostly worked in TV series and franchises before, and it was like she couldn't quite make the transition from that mode to a standalone feature-length film. The "too short" part reflects that some of those sidestories, and the supporting characters they're about, could have used more screen time to flesh out their stories better than what we saw in the film. The "too long" part is that it seems to drag on longer than necessary to get to the point of where the main characters end up, getting bogged down in sidestories and minor plots that could have been left out. All of these things are sufficient to rank it among the better anime films I've seen.Īs for the plot and the story structure, it's both too long and too short. I could say plenty of good things about the two main characters, the art and animation, the music, and the thematic content. Of those, "Koe no Katachi" is in my top 20 but not my top 5. I've seen a lot of anime films, including just about all of the highest rated standalone (non-franchise) films.
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