The story begins with a major coincidence, and that’s okay since many stories need a coincidence to start, but there are way too many coincidences to in this story. They feel out of place and are too obvious to actually be funny. There are too few to feel like a break from the serious stuff, but there are just enough to take away from the story. On a final note, there are some comedic moments in this series, but they hurt it overall than help. Overall, the art is very good and greatly helps the series. There are a lot of little details that the art has, helping to make the characters more understandable. The flow is slow, and dramatic, helping create memorable moments. The panels help drive the mindset of the characters home by changing size and shape. They don’t ever fall into uncanny valley territory, but it takes some getting used to. The art style makes all of the characters look a little off for no reason. The actual detail is fairly high, though there are occasionally inconsistencies within the characters. The whole town this takes place in begins to feel real with all the different locations. The backgrounds are usually very fitting yet also interesting. The setting is also designed well, since it reflects real life and there isn’t anything supernatural in this manga. None of the designs are that memorable, but they are distinct, and usually give a good indication of the character’s personality. This is especially impressive for how large the cast is.Īs far as character designs go, the cast is all fairly well designed. Overall though, they are very strong characters, and many will be relatable. They do have fleshed out personalities, but hardly any are interesting enough. One just wants to be friends, one is a jerk, one is a nice guy. They do play into the main plot very nicely, so it’s understandable why they are given so much focus. This does take away from the story as mentioned earlier, but the side characters are strengthened as a result. There are quite a few side characters and they all get a lot of time to establish their personalities, and issues. She also has very well handled arcs and is much more interesting than Ishida. Her actions are all subdued and quieter than everyone else. She is quiet, nice, but keeps to herself too much. Nishimiya is also well fleshed out, and since she is mute, her character reflects this. He is a little bit on the boring side, but because of how well he is fleshed out, this is a minor complaint. His arc is very well done since it is the focal point of the series. The characters are also pretty well fleshed out especially for how many there are. At the end of the day, it is a very simple story with very easy to understand messages, but it makes a much bigger deal of things than it should. The largest problem with the story is it tries to be more than it is. If anything, the story can fail to be interesting at times, riding too much on the premise, though since this series is pretty short, it’s not too big an issues. The story is mostly paced well (with the exception of a stretch of chapters about the side characters), and it has a lot of emotional moments that come through very well. There are also a lot of other characters that get introduced and the story gives them focus as well, but this tends to be one of the weaker points of the series as it’s just not that interesting, and ends up feeling rushed. It’s a coming of age story for Ishida, and it’s at it’s best when focusing on that. The premise is strong, and it does deliver pretty well on it, but this story is more about Ishida as a whole rather than just trying to be about him helping out Nishimiya. He then stops his suicide attempt and tries to make things up to Nishimiya in any way that he can. He almost commits suicide, but then reunites with Shoko Nishimiya, a deaf girl who he bullied in elementary school. Luckily, this manga deserves some amount of the praise it gets, though it most certainly is not a masterpiece.Ī Silent Voice begins by introducing Shoya Ishida, a high schooler who for good reason, has no friends. A Silent Voice or Koe no Katachi by Yoshitoki Oima has one of those types of premises. Whenever a manga or anime has a unique or emotional premise, the work usually gets unwarranted praise even if it completely fails to deliver on it’s premise.
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