A Silent Voice

A former bully seeks redemption from the deaf girl he tormented years ago.

Shoya Ishida was a cruel child. When Shoko Nishimiya, a deaf transfer student, tried to befriend her classmates, Shoya led the mockery that turned into relentless bullying. When Shoko finally transferred away, the class turned on Shoya, making him the scapegoat and leaving him isolated, hated, and adrift through years of silence and self-loathing. Now in high school, Shoya is a hollow shell of his former self, burdened by guilt he can’t outrun. When he encounters Shoko again, he is determined to make amends—not for forgiveness, but because he needs to face the person he hurt and the person he has become. Their reunion is awkward, painful, and fragile, but it offers both of them a chance to rewrite a story that began with cruelty.