 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: A Silent Voice Japanese: 聲の形 InformationType: One-shot
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: 1
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 8, 2011
Genre:
Drama
Theme:
School
Demographic:
Shounen
Serialization:
Bessatsu Shounen Magazine Authors:
Ooima, Yoshitoki (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #2312 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #262
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Mar 7, 2013
What Koe no Katachi has really done is amazing. Evoking such a range of emotions in such a short amount of pages. It's bold and brave and so very real. Its tackles this issue of bullying head on without faltering, the pure truth. The ignorance of the adults, children blaming one another and all of it is so heartbreakingly real. The ending is a good one, though that may not always be the case in real life, but opens the eyes to readers the full impact and effects of bullying. A beautiful story that wouldn't take you even 10 minutes to read but beautiful
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May 7, 2013
It's rather rare for me to catalyze a motion of progress whenever I'm in a state of idleness. But having the thought of flipping a few pages of a sentimentally driven one-shot manga last night not being a bit of a drag, I astonishingly caught myself bawling inside.
Koe no Katachi is undoubtedly a work radiating with prominence. Being a one-shot written and drawn by Ooima Yoshitoki, a promising young mangaka, I marched my eyes forth to the manga without any excitement nor high expectations, only a neutral reading experience. And gratefully for that, my dwindling emotions suddenly underwent rapid maturation and eventually softened the walls ... 
Mar 3, 2013
I'm not going to lie and say i truly enjoyed this story, but i will say that the idea of the story truly is amazing. Now i may be contradicting myself with what i just said, but the reason i didn't entirely enjoy the story was that it was just so sad and so real, however, when i finished i found myself saying "what a story" because it was just that good. That's as much as i can say because it is a one-shot after all and there isn't to much i can say without ruining the story.
May 6, 2013
Koe no Katachi is a truly remarkable story. Who would've thought that you could experience such emotion from what? 62 pages, or near enough. It's quite refreshing and worthy of all the praise it's received. I loved how thought provoking it is, I really started to question myself whilst reading it, and the fact that a one shot could do that is incredible. I enjoy reading one shots because there are no emotional strings attached (aside from perhaps a few 'aaws') but Koe no Katachi left me thinking about it afterwards, thinking about the characters. It braved a serious topic of bullying, neglect and self-hatred,
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Mar 13, 2013
Koe no Katachi [The Shape of Voice] is a very impressive manga written and drawn by Yoshitoki Ooima. The story primarily focuses on the actions of one boy, Shouya Ishida, who begins bullying a young deaf girl, Shouko Nishimiya. Annoyed at her handicap he begins tormenting her. Initially feeling encouraged by his classmates’ amusement at his behavior, he becomes increasing more and more abusive. However, when his actions get out of hand and draw the attention of the school administration, he finds himself alone and now the object of abuse by his classmates.
The real genius of this work is its subtlety. We have to ... 
Mar 6, 2016
Story:
For such a small page count, it's surprising how well paced it is for having a fairly high amount of events taking place. Although difficult to read at times due to the abusive content, it's a strong narrative with strong characters, even though some are morally disabled (while the other is physically disabled). It's heartwarming, and the climax paired with the resolution is one that will bring a smile to your face. Due to the nature of this work, the page-limit restricts any lens beyond the classroom. Parents aren't involved, which is something that is likely to happen when bullying is taking place at an elementary ... 
Dec 16, 2016
If you've read my review about the complete manga of Koe no Katachi, you can already predict the compliments that I make to the one-shot. I say that because, at least for me, the main problems I've found were results of the poor development through the 64 chapters, mostly after the first half. About this prototype, I think I can do a more positive analyse. Let's move on.
The story is about this deaf girl student called Nishimiya Shouko, that moved to a new school and finds herself into a hardcore bullying that includes exclusion, verbal and physical abuse. Major part of it comes from our ... 
Dec 19, 2015
Koe no Katachi is a heartbreaking and realistic one shot manga that addresses the issue of bullying in a well composed and mature fashion.
Despite the low page number, Koe no Katachi's narrative is beautiful and impactful in a way where it makes you really think about the way you act and how you should treat others. What really made this story great is that it covers two sides of the same coin, the aspects of bullying a person with s disability and the ultimate consequences and ramifications you have to face from not only the school but your fellow peers. The ... 
Jan 11, 2017
This one shot of the manga is amazing this is basically about a girl whos deaf comes to public school trying to make new friends but the way it went it kind of heartbreaking i highly recommend this before reading chapter 1 of the manga read one shot first then you will understand the concept of this i highly recommend this manga.
Story 9/10 art 10/10 Character 10/10 Enjoyment 10/10 ... 
Jan 20, 2017
A beautiful story that really hits the right buttons to make you initially dislike the protagonist before making you happy when he redeems himself. The portrayal of school bullying in this story is fairly realistic and it didn't shy away from showing that not everyone will be nice to someone just because they have a disability but also showed that when the bullies lose a target, they move onto the next. My expectations were actually subverted as I had expected the story to end very differently and more tragically but it's definitely to the story's benefit that it didn't. At just 62 pages, it's definitely
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Dec 8, 2017
In my journey to read top rated mangas, enter: Koe no katachi
No spoiler review This is a socially awkward, hard to read (emotionally), yet so satisfying to get through, tear jerking manga. There is a heavy atmosphere of social awkwardness and social uncertainty throughout the manga. Watching characters deal with these situations, evokes powerful emotions from situations forgotten by memory but remembered by the heart. There are many eye watering moments in this manga as characters interact, reveal secrets, hurt each other,love, hate ect…ect. This manga explores some of the “what ifs” of difficult social situations, its heart wrenching at times but as long as you ...
May 2, 2021
Welp I read only a one shot, there is a bigger story with more chapters.
Anyways nothing much to say here, its a test that was pass with flying colors - short, simple, effective and has a strong message behind it. Its a one shot about the importance of communication. Very easy easy read, feels almost plain and too simple, yet conveys a pretty strong and reasonable message behind it. I give it 9/10 because it doesn`t have some sort of hook, probably lacks some authentic characters or a story, its very simple yet effective, you know its like a glass of water ... 
Nov 17, 2015 Awesome manga and brought me to tears most of the time. For me it felt nostalgic when I read it cause I was bullied as well so I know every emotion evoked me . This manga touches your heart in so many levels . It also discuss the importance of treating people right no matter how different they are. Especially with those who are handicapped or have a mental disorder. The art was lovely, I give it a 6 and the characters will draw you in the story quite fast . I loved the main character who is the girl cause she reminds me of ... 
Jan 10, 2019
The story was in my opinion very realistic (except the nature of shocko) and it was amazing that this story gave me plenty of 'feelings' along reading it.
The story seeemed so realistic to me because it was way to familiar to my own life. It could've actually been a story about me but then without all the girls :(. The way karma can be such a b!ch is presented great in the story. The story shoqws how easy it is to bully someone and how such a false sense of greatness it gives you. But away from that every chapter was full of good ... |
