A Silent Voice
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| I think people hate ending, and for me, this manga didnt lack romance at all. |
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| Rather unsatisfying ending but it was good read overall. |
"I have been wielding a blade since before your were swimming around your father's scrotum." - Kurou |
| I am very disappointed by these turn of events. It's not just the ending. The opening and the progression was great. However, the conflict felt somewhat unnatural, resolution (I don't even call that a resolution) was half-assed. Characters acted out of character in an situations where they shouldn't have, not enough depth to make it plausible either. Seems like the writer didn't know what to make of some of the characters. Shouya definitely showed great promise in his growth but the writer tried to make it "normal" and the Japanese normal was definitely not fit for him and Shouko for that matter. Speaking of which, she was also underdeveloped, we never really see her depression until the writer just dumps it on us (just like that random grandma scene where she's introduced and then killed in the next chapter). Don't let me get started on the others, they felt pretty shallow. Maybe except for Naoka but even then she has her on share of *problems*. I'm harping this much but I enjoyed it until near the third quarter. I still think this is a good read. |
| I can't believe it, never have a been so disappointed. I love this manga, all it needed to be perfect was a love confession. I just wanted it to happen so badly. 9.75/10 Seriously, so frustrating. |
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| Lol'ing at all the people saying the ending is bad JUST because there wasn't a kiss, even when that was never the story's MAIN focal point. "Dropping the score by two points because no kiss," Gtfo. |
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| Not gonna lie, I cried a lot through this series. Spectacular. But this ending was not satisfying at all. I need more :( |
| Not a good ending. Again we have Shoya "facing his future" which he's actually done earlier in the manga a few times (deciding not to kill himself, facing his old classmates, thinking about his future career, etc.). Ending the story on this same thing gave me the impression that not much growth occurred. The movie bit felt strange too. The backlash received by the characters by the judge felt like it added nothing of benefit since they all got over it in literally the same chapter and it didn't seem like they did anything else differently than they normally would have. The story wasn't all bad. The elementary school life and soon thereafter where Shoya finds Nishimiya was well done. They should have focused more on their relationship and how their past affects their future. Their story was the strongest point in the manga and I felt the side characters like Kawai and Mashiba detracted from the story. The chapter when Nishimiya dreams about a perfect childhood was the strongest one and shows how great of an impact that initial elementary school arc has. KyoAni turns everything into gold though so I hope they do an adaptation that will focus on the manga's strengths. |
| -Nothing can stay unchanged. Even so, can you still keep on loving this place? -Be still my soul; when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last. |
| Just finish Silent voice and I'll say it's one of the best manga I've read and Ishida and Shouko are two characters that relate to me like Shouko getting bullied because she was deaf remind me of my days during 5th-8th grade because I have Spastic Hemiplegia Cerebral Palsy and my speaking is similar to Shouko because of my disability so I have to write stuff down like she did. And Ishida isolated from himself from everyone which I did during my High School years. And Ishida have similar question to me what are friends. I found people who talk to me just an acquaintance. I don't consider them as friends. This manga is similar to my life. 9/10 |
LightBladeNova said: It makes me sad to know that still hardly anyone knows what a visual novel is, even in the anime community. |
| Underwhelming emding, but overall it was a great ride. Waiting for KyoAni to delive a great movie. |
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| Pedro's back! That's all I wanted, not even lying. |
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| 8/10. I'm ready for the movie/anime! (I kind liked the way the one-shot set it up, though..) |
KonoetanJan 1, 2016 10:15 PM
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| Well that wa s really good manga that handled a touchy subject very respectfully. Although, I'm not too hot on the ending either. Just seems kind of lazy to me. After all that, we only got them holding hands. I understand that's a big step in their relationship and it pretty much implies that they're going to be together, but that is not the emotional payoff we were looking for. But still, I'm very happy they're together. What I pictured was a time skip of Ishida and Nishimiya working at Ishida's mom's salon, Nishimiya is pregnant and has a ring on her finger as she watches Ishida cut someone's hair. Then they kiss. THAT would've garnered a 10 for me. But in the end, this was a terrific manga. I can understand why everyone likes it so much. It was powerful, emotional, and well written. I'm giving it a 9/10. I'm glad I finished it before the anime, which I'm really excited to see. |
| I can't believe I finished this in 1 day. Fuck. Well, I loved it. I reptty much agree with everyone saying that it felt rushed. THhe chapter near the end were really short and things were getting kinda rushed. Also there wasn't as much closure as I wanted. I wanted more! I wanted a confession scene. I mean we got one early on and we even see Shouko try to learn how to say "I like you" but we never got it. I guess you can say they got together since they were holding hands there at the end. C'mon! You don't hint romance if you're not going to go anywhere with it. There definitely soe high points like the attempt suicide and Shouko telling her younger sister she wants to die. Jeez. That got me good. I wonder how the hell they are going to adapt this into one movie. There are definitely going to cut a whole bunch out or will be rush to hell. Also fuck Kawai. She's the worst human being ever. Fuck her. She never got her just deserts. |
| I liked the ending, and there was a development. Before Ishida was scared of the thought of bringing back Nishimiya to all those childhood memories, but they've finally decided to step forward and confront those memories head-on instead of letting them fester. I also like that it ends here because I'd imagine they'll meet a lot of new friends in this reunion, which would need a bunch of unnecessary character development - good point to end it since it gets across the basic choice after all this time. To people being unsatisfied with the romance, I wouldn't even second-guess that they aren't going to get together. They're both getting into similar careers and they both promised each-other to support their dreams, they're gunna get together - more than a hint tbh. What I'm sad about is Ueno. For a while there I thought it would've been the overall better choice for Ishida to get with her, but the story did show why Nishimiya was the better choice - but I still feel bad for her. She tried really hard at the end to make things right, but she got not that much in return. She's a strong person though so I'm sure she'll end up being successful too. Thinking more on it, I actually think it would've been more satisfying if the story went to Ueno being closer to Ishida. Ishida and Nishimiya's relationship spurs from the feeling of guilt from either side, that Ishida bullied Nishimya, and that Nishimiya was the cause of Ishida's scorn from everyone. While through both of them suffering more they found some growth, I think it would've been more satisfying and meaningful an ending if they grew to respect one another and move on from guilting over their past. Nishimiya should've learned from all this to not be so reliant on people, and she's tended to be reliant on Ishida. If she, not directly, but left Ishida for Tokyo and Ueno stayed for some reason, I think that would've led to a more meaningful ending. Ueno may appear a jerk to many people, but she's just more blunt and up-front about things. She doesn't let other people carry their true thoughts while faking around them, so I think Ishida would've benefited the most being with her. Overall though, not a bad ending, but could've been better. |
TyrelFeb 20, 2016 7:30 PM
| 9/10 hits too close to home |
| I know it's not a romance focus manga, but still sucks that we've never achieved high scenes like a confession, Ishida confronting Shimada and Hirose after years and their reaction of seeing Nishimiya and Ishida together, if some of those pairing ever got together like Mashiba and Kawai etc Underwhelming ending, still a great manga tho 8/10 |
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| How disappointing :( After that perfect one-shot, the manga series did not even manage to reach an average rating. It was dragged out, lost all focus halfway through, and all the additional characters who came in after the timeskip - especially the fat kid - were downright annoying, and were actually holding the leads back. Now my hope lies in KyoAni that they will cut out all this worthlesss trash the author managed stuff in to the story, and give it a decent ending too. |
Suginami85Apr 19, 2016 3:12 PM
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| Hirose actually got the hottest female in the series....what's happening here....he don't deserve her lol. Even though she just got shown on the final chapter. We should've got at least a hug or kiss between the 2 MC. |
| The author had everything done. The climax was perfect and the story was already closed. Now all they needed to do was a conclusion... Yet they managed to screw it up. |
| NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo................................................................................ Call me cliche, but I wanted a kiss, a confession, a hug, a date, or another bonus chapter at least! There was seriously no closure, and that's what disappoints me. I feel like the OTP was so close, yet so far.. Great manga, but sighhh this ending bothers me. Still riding this ship hard, though. |
Sa1amatMay 5, 2016 12:53 PM
| So I finished this manga in one go, but I was expecting a kiss - such a letdown. First half was really good - that bridge scene! - but last chapters doesn't have this feeling IMO. It's fair 7/10. |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| I would have liked to have seen his conversation with Shimada and Hirose. |
| I just finished the manga like 5 minutes ago and it was amazing. <3 The only thing I expected was Shouko saying "I like you" (Because Yuzuru was helping her to say it properly) but didn't happened:( |
| The manga was a solid 10/10 in the first 10 chapters or so until his elementary classmates came into the picture. They ruined the manga for me. |
| The only real bad part to this show was the lack of romantic conclusion, it handled Shouko's trauma well and helped both her and Ishida grow. It was actually beautiful to read, but i also wanted the kiss/future bonus chapter. |
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| This manga never ended, it just stopped. It feels like there's 1 volume material left to conclude the story but it just never happened. Oh well, I actually liked this manga and the themes in it. Sucks that it didn't get the ending it deserves. 9/10 |
| Can't believe how much a bad end affect a manga, i was going to give this a 10 but there is no kiss, no confession, i'm really disapointed with the end 9/10 |
| Well, the ending was a bit underwhelming but overall that was an amazing read. When I initially started reading I thought it would have a sad ending, I'm so glad that wasn't the case. |
| is it just me or the old fat friend of him got married and had a child ? is it him or I'm mistaken? I mean aren't they still high school graduants? or it's just his mother with his brother/sister or his sister with his nephew/niece ? this got me confused |
Black_wind said: So people are hatin on this just because there wasn't more romance?.....oh jeez If you want romance, go and read basicass romance shoujo manga. The main point of this manga was something completely different and it just makes me sad when people are like...but but romance! Romance is fckn overrated. Kittens-kun said: Lol'ing at all the people saying the ending is bad JUST because there wasn't a kiss, even when that was never the story's MAIN focal point. "Dropping the score by two points because no kiss," Gtfo. agree with you guys. I liked this manga even if there wasn't any romance in it. By the way, am I the only one who's creeped out by Pedro? The part where he was like "You forgot your tie" o_o |
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| I thought it was great! Even though it was an open ending, you already know that they love each other, just give the ending you wanted. 9/10 |
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New_- said: AAAAH!!! THAT LAST CHAPTER WAS TOO DAMN SHORT!!!!  Hrmmm.... But I think I'm okay with it... Gotta agree about it being underwhelming, as for development.... I think there is a development by the last. I mean, you can see that the Ishida in the ending seems to be more optimistic than the Ishida at the start of the series... The same goes with Shoko, I should say. Ueno's development is kinda nice too, at least now she is more than a "rough bitch" like she used to. Nothing much about Nagatsuka, Yuzuru, or Mashiba. As for Sho x Sho, I already predict that it there will be no confession or whatsoever. And hey, I'm okay with it (for me, though). And am I the only one here that think that that holding hand panel at the end was actually cute and beautiful in some ways? Nah, pretty sure there are some more people, right? :3 If there are things that I should rant about this manga, is that the story stretch quite longer than it should be. With this kind of story and ending, this should be like Kurosawa which finish only for 30 chaps if it really about to be serialized IMO. Ending this in 62 chaps make the sharpness of the story getting duller. Well, still I think at 62 the beauty of the story is still exist, only it is weaker than it's beginning. And then Kawai. The friggin' Kawai. Why on earth does this friggin' girl get little development?? This by far is the weakest part of the story for me. The girl is manipulative and victimize herself like f!ck while it's actually other people fall victim by her. Acting all melodrama in hope to save only her sorry ass. And even until the end, I still don't see her realize her mistake. By far, the only time she was "hit" was when she suggest that 1000 cranes and people talk shit behind her, and when that judging of the movie. And that doesn't seem to be effective... All in all, despite its flaws, Koe no Katachi is a beautiful manga about a journey for redemption. Well, maybe the ending was left like that to emphasize the "journey" more.. Though I felt there could be more effective way than that. Still, it deserves an applause. 8/10. Mainstream Enjoyment. Could be 9/10, but the reasons I said up there makes it not to. And now, for the anime. Get on the hype train, boys and girls.  Well what you said was really what I too wanted to say. I read Kurosawa's story and it ended quite completely with 30 chapters . I too thought that the story with just 40 chapters would have told everything. Well I read it 2 years later than you coz you know I couldn't wait for the film and this the 2nd manga I have completed . Kurosawa's manga was first. Well are there more than 62 chapters? Well there was one shot and some 38.5 chapter or something so does that make 64 chapters or there are 2 more additional chapters. Well if u have any recommendations of short but great mangas then please help me out pal. |
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