A review by rgyger
A Silent Voice, Vol. 1 by Yoshitoki Oima

5.0

It took me a while to actually read this. I had seen the movie and had the volume on my shelf for months. But every time I looked at it, I knew it was going to be a sad read. This story delves more into the bullying than the movie did, showing both just how much Shoya put Shoko through as well as everything that happened after his class turned their backs on him.

It is such a good story and I hope that it touches people, makes them see how harmful bullying is and wakes adults up to pay better attention to what is going on in with the kids in their lives. Throughout reading this, I knew that Shoya was the one bullying, but couldn't help but despise the teacher who did nothing to really stop and then told Shoya he deserved everything he got after.