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A Silent Voice 3
by Yoshitoki Oima
Remember how I mentioned that the past never leaves us? Yea well for this particular volume the past has become a sharp knife and its stabbing Shoya constantly throughout this manga.
Shoya is trying his best as usual to help Shoko in any way possible to become a better friend but fix the damage he caused from their childhood. Shoya is afraid to communicate properly to Shoko and at times it becomes frustrating yet understandable why he puts up a wall and leads to major problems in miscommunication.
Shoko wants to reunite with some of the friends of the past and Shoya has faithfully done everything in his power to reunite everyone. Shoko wants to get in touch with Miyoko who was practically Shoko's only friend in elementary school. Miyoko wanted to become Shoko's friend and sacrifice her time and studies to learn sign language to better communicate to Shoko but sadly that friendship was diminished because Miyoko was bullied by everyone and left the school before Shoko transferred.
Shoya gets major flashback to his childhood and we start to see the extent of the damages he has done that cannot be erased and at times we see that he wants to avoid dealing with the pain or wants to fix it so that way there is a legitimate reason why he wants to move on which is not always the solution. Yes sadly there are moments in our lives where we take a tragic moment regardless who is the victim and we use it for something productive to help ourselves or others but that does not mean that the pain that was damaged can be forgotten.
One clear symbol of that is the return of Naoka. After the success of Miyoko reuniting with Shoko, Shoya thought it was possible to reach out to Naoka because she was considered a friend to Shoko even though she is a horrible person who is extremely jealous and at times I genuine wanted to slap her. I know at times this manga is not 100% realistic to the real world but if I had to spend countless hours with Naoka I prefer to stare at the wall and wait till the paint dries instead of being her friend.
When Shoya sees her again immediately he regrets it because he realizes that she has not changed at all and there are issues with her that has not been resolved. I never liked her character throughout this entire series and it gets worst with her involvement. Clearly from the beginning it was apparent that she was in love with Shoya and then became angry and heartbroken when she makes the connection that Shoya's true feelings revolve around Shoko. I understand where her anger and jealous comes from but it does not justify bullying a girl to the point where it might be considered torture.
I do not know Japanese culture and the way they deal with daily life in Japan but there are moments with Naoka that I have never seen in any art form when it comes to abuse and I do not know if its a cultural thing or the author added it on purpose to illustrate her point of view for these characters. Regardless what happens I deeply dislike Naoka and wish her character would leave this story.
Shoya is trying his best as usual to help Shoko in any way possible to become a better friend but fix the damage he caused from their childhood. Shoya is afraid to communicate properly to Shoko and at times it becomes frustrating yet understandable why he puts up a wall and leads to major problems in miscommunication.
Shoko wants to reunite with some of the friends of the past and Shoya has faithfully done everything in his power to reunite everyone. Shoko wants to get in touch with Miyoko who was practically Shoko's only friend in elementary school. Miyoko wanted to become Shoko's friend and sacrifice her time and studies to learn sign language to better communicate to Shoko but sadly that friendship was diminished because Miyoko was bullied by everyone and left the school before Shoko transferred.
Shoya gets major flashback to his childhood and we start to see the extent of the damages he has done that cannot be erased and at times we see that he wants to avoid dealing with the pain or wants to fix it so that way there is a legitimate reason why he wants to move on which is not always the solution. Yes sadly there are moments in our lives where we take a tragic moment regardless who is the victim and we use it for something productive to help ourselves or others but that does not mean that the pain that was damaged can be forgotten.
One clear symbol of that is the return of Naoka. After the success of Miyoko reuniting with Shoko, Shoya thought it was possible to reach out to Naoka because she was considered a friend to Shoko even though she is a horrible person who is extremely jealous and at times I genuine wanted to slap her. I know at times this manga is not 100% realistic to the real world but if I had to spend countless hours with Naoka I prefer to stare at the wall and wait till the paint dries instead of being her friend.
When Shoya sees her again immediately he regrets it because he realizes that she has not changed at all and there are issues with her that has not been resolved. I never liked her character throughout this entire series and it gets worst with her involvement. Clearly from the beginning it was apparent that she was in love with Shoya and then became angry and heartbroken when she makes the connection that Shoya's true feelings revolve around Shoko. I understand where her anger and jealous comes from but it does not justify bullying a girl to the point where it might be considered torture.
I do not know Japanese culture and the way they deal with daily life in Japan but there are moments with Naoka that I have never seen in any art form when it comes to abuse and I do not know if its a cultural thing or the author added it on purpose to illustrate her point of view for these characters. Regardless what happens I deeply dislike Naoka and wish her character would leave this story.