A Silent Voice (Japanese: 聲の形, Hepburn: Koe no Katachi, also translated as The Shape of Voice) PG-2017
Shoko and Shoya
Promotional movie poster
Japanese 聲の形
Hepburn Koe no Katachi
Directed by Naoko Yamada
Screenplay by Reiko Yoshida
Based on A Silent Voice
by Yoshitoki Ōima
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| Shoya and Shoko (Sixth Grade) 1st Manga Cover |
We silently prayed that he would enjoy the film and thankfully he did. It might be set in Elementary and High School, but the problems and challenges are deep. Even adults undergo them, ergo, everyone could relate.
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Mom does not want to use a hearing aid so when we talk to her, it's usually in a loud voice. Hours later, I still couldn't control my voice or I don't know my decibels are still extra high. Sometime it's the other way around. I thought I was singing loud enough, but it turned out that people could barely hear me.
Sometimes it gets so frustrating that I stopped going to places with the Deaf Ministry. They are all in my heart and I love them, but if I am to serve them, I should serve my mother wholeheartedly first.
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The movie brought memories of childhood and teenage years.
In High School, unless we were on a first name basis especially if we were friends, people would refer to us by our family name. I have a global kind of surname, so sometimes a lot of people would turn around when someone calls out my family name.
In this movie, lest you get confused, they alternate the use of the surname and the given name, but it's mostly the surname that is used.
Elementary and High School have both bitter and sweet memories, but thankfully, there are sweeter memories than the bitter ones.
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Bullies exist even in adulthood. It's the ogre versus the Lilliputians or humans versus ants kind of life. There are people who step on the little ones and they hurt those little ones in more ways than one.
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The stigma of being a bully, especially when the whole world is against you(like a class action suit), at times, lasts a lifetime. Still, we should keep in mind that people do change for the better, so we should at least give those people a chance or two.
Shoya bullied Shoko who only wanted to be his friend and when Shoko was deeply hurt, everybody focused on getting mad at him, quashing all their faults aside.
Naoka was mad at Shoko, but it's more of frustration and jealousy than hatred.
Naoka was mad at Shoko, but it's more of frustration and jealousy than hatred.
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The Shape of Voice touches the souls of the audience in different ways. There are light moments too, but I reiterate, the problems in this movie are real. In one way or another, we experience those kinds of excruciating pains, but thankfully, we overcome them through the help of our family and friends.
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#truefriendship
#notoselfpity
#deafness
#hardofhearing
#manga
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From Wikipedia:
| Character(Block letters: Given Name) | Voice actor |
|---|---|
| Shōya Ishida (石田将也? Ishida Shōya) | Miyu Irino |
| Mayu Matsuoka (elementary school student) | |
| Shōko Nishimiya (西宮硝子? Nishimiya Shōko) | Saori Hayami |
| Yuzuru Nishimiya (西宮結絃? Nishimiya Yuzuru) | Aoi Yūki |
| Tomohiro Nagatsuka (永束友宏? Nagatsuka Tomohiro) | Kenshō Ono |
| Naoka Ueno (植野直花? Ueno Naoka) | Yūki Kaneko |
| Miyoko Sahara (佐原みよこ? Sahara Miyoko) | Yui Ishikawa |
| Miki Kawai (川井みき? Kawai Miki) | Megumi Han |
| Satoshi Mashiba (真柴智? Mashiba Satoshi) | Toshiyuki Toyonaga |
| Kazuki Shimada (島田 一旗? Shimada Kazuki) | Ryo Nishitani |
| Sachiko Kojima (elementary school student) | |
| Keisuke Hirose (広瀬 啓祐? Hirose Keisuke) | Takuya Masumoto |
| Hana Takeda (elementary school student) | |
| Takeuchi (竹内?) | Fuminori Komatsu |
| Miyako Ishida (石田 美也子? Ishida Miyako) | Satsuki Yukino |
| Yaeko Nishimiya (西宮 八重子? Nishimiya Yaeko) | Akiko Hiramatsu |
| Shōya's sister (将也の姉? Shōya no Ane) | Ayano Hamaguchi |
| Maria Ishida (石田 マリア? Ishida Maria) | Erena Kamata |
| Ito Nishimiya (西宮 いと? Nishimiya Ito) | Ikuko Tani |
| Pedro (ペドロ? Pedoro) | Ryunosuke Watanuki |
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