Koe no Katachi (A Silent Voice) - Many Feelings With Few Words [ENG -ESP]
Perhaps one of the strongest and most realistic aspects of which we can see in anime stories are those related to suicide and abuse, although they are not usually very frequent in anime there are always some exceptions that decide to tell stories with this background making it even more dramatic by leaving aside all fantasy or special aspects in the story and present a simple Slice of life with this theme. I recently saw Koe no Katachi also known as A Silent Voice which among fans of dramatic and sad anime is quite well known and although the truth is that I have to admit that I found it a good movie, it was not as shocking as I expected and even more after having recently seen Your Lie In April which is also a very well known and much sadder series.
The beginning of this story is quite unusual because it presents a couple of peculiar protagonists and perhaps not so frequent in the anime especially talking about Shouko Nishimiya who is a young introvert and hearing impaired, although it does not have a total deafness and be able to achieve partial understanding when they speak to him paused, she needs to use special headphones for this condition and also when trying to speak she does not gesticulate completely or correctly the words, for this reason we are shown when she appears in the classroom as a child, she invites classmates to communicate with her through a notebook and write down the whole conversation.
On the other hand, Shouya Ishida will be the other protagonist but with the background of the mean and bullying child who enjoys teasing Nishimiya, humiliating her to make the class laugh and even throwing away her special headphones, as if it were a kind of karma lesson of life we see how during childhood Ishida ends up passing the limits of bullying Nishimiya and therefore in addition to receiving punishment from teachers and his mother now becomes the bullied and hated by the whole class and realizes how now living on the side of the abused is not as funny as he saw it being the bully, for this reason his personality and mentality changes completely and we have the TimeSkip to adolescence where the whole story unfolds.
Something quite interesting is the clear social phobia that Ishida developed after everything that happened in childhood, as now all the people around him are represented with purple X's on his face which can be interpreted as that he considers them all complete strangers and people with whom he simply can not relate or be, as a sign of danger or caution, in the same way the background of suicide is presented where after seeming to have taken the decision ends up repenting product of an encounter with Nishimiya and regret that may be his friend to perhaps make amends for what happened in the past.
The story develops basically centered on the new relationship between Ishida and Nishimiya where clearly both seem to feel interest in being friends and may even develop sentimental interests for each other, but in the same way it is presented as Ishida presents doubts and uncertainties about how he should act, he still has social isolation and fear of approaching others motivated by feelings of guilt he may harbor after his childhood, although it is never presented a clear demonstration of repentance on his part, a direct apology to Nishimiya where it is appreciated as he really realized that all his mistakes and that he is sorry, although it is noted his possible depression and frustration with his past actions seems that at the same time he does not know very well what is all he feels or thinks and although he tries to approach Nishimiya it seems that he still feels that he does not deserve to be friends with her.
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The secondary characters have an interesting role where they also try to be friends with Nishimiya and try to fix the things of the past, but there is also a certain rejection of both Ishida and accepting part of the blame for the actions of the past where, although they did not bother her directly, they did not seem to be so bothered by Ishida's actions and encouraged him in a certain way. The development of the story is entertaining, with dramatic moments and other quite sentimental ones, where personally it manages to show how complicated and difficult it is to express the feelings and the way of acting of the characters, after the actions that happened, and this makes sense considering their ages and that these actions were done as children when perhaps they did not fully understand the context in which they were.
A quite remarkable aspect is how in addition to not giving as much importance or protagonist to Nishimiya as Ishida she also presents an attitude perhaps somewhat wrong where she feels that all the things that happened in a certain way were her fault and tries to apologize for everything, a personality besides introverted quite insecure, even taking the same initial decision of Ishida to try to take her own life.
One aspect that could be criticized is the end of the film which ends up being perhaps a little ambiguous and does not end up closing the story as we wanted making you end up with a slight feeling of doubt and dissatisfaction, on the other hand a very good aspect of this film is its animation and soundtrack, its designs end up being good, the tonalities and intensities manage to enhance the dramatism or sentimentality of the scenes, the design and style of the X's in the faces of the people manages to call much the interest of the viewer, in some scenes the quality of them is quite high and manages to be a very good shot to highlight the story. Although it is a very good movie, an icon of dramatic anime and even in MyAnimeList has an incredible classification positioning itself in the position #17 I think that some aspects could have been better developed and personally I consider that it could have created more emotions of sadness and melancholy in the viewer.
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Mangaka: Yoshitoki Ōima
Studio Animator: Kyoto Animation
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Tal vez uno de los aspectos más fuertes y realistas de los cuales podemos ver en las historias de anime son las relacionadas al suicidio y el abuso, aunque no suelen ser muy frecuentes en los animes siempre existen algunas excepciones que deciden contar historias con este trasfondo haciendo aún más dramático al dejar de lado todo aspectos fantasioso o especial en la historia y presentar un simple Slice of life con este tema. Hace poco vi Koe no Katachi también conocida como A Silent Voice la cual entre los fanáticos de los animes dramáticos y tristes es bastante conocida y aunque la verdad si tengo que admitir que me resulto una buena película no llego a ser tan impactante como esperaba y más al haber visto hace Poco Your Lie In April la cual también es una serie muy conocido y mucho más triste.
El inicio de esta historia es bastante inusual debido a que nos presenta una pareja de protagonistas peculiares y tal vez no tan frecuentes en el anime especialmente hablando de Shouko Nishimiya quien se trata de una joven introvertida y con discapacidad auditiva, aunque no posee una sordera total y ser capaz de lograr comprender de forma parcial cuando le hablan pausado, si necesita utilizar los auriculares especiales para esta condición y además al momento de intentar hablar no gesticula completamente ni de forma correcta las palabras, por este motivo se nos muestra cuando se presenta en el salón de clases siendo niña, invita a los compañeros a comunicarse con ella mediante un cuaderno y escribir toda la conversación.
Por otra parte, Shouya Ishida será el otro protagonista pero con el trasfondo del niño malvado y abusador que se divierte molestando a Nishimiya, humillándola para hacer reír a la clase e incluso botarle sus auriculares especiales, como si de una especie de lección de karma de la vida vemos como durante la infancia Ishida termina pasando los límites del acoso hacia Nishimiya y por ende además de recibir el castigo de parte de los profesores y su madre pasa a ser ahora el chico acosado y odiado por toda la clase y se da cuenta de cómo ahora vivir en el lado del abusado no es tan gracioso como él lo veía siendo el abusador, por este motivo su personalidad y mentalidad cambia completamente y tenemos el TimeSkip hasta la adolescencia en donde se desarrolla toda la historia.
Algo bastante interesante es la clara fobia social que desarrollo Ishida luego de todo lo ocurrido en la infancia, como ahora todas las personas a su alrededor son representadas con X moradas en el rostro lo cual se puede interpretar como que los considera a todos completos extraños y personas con las cuales simplemente no puede relacionarse ni estar, como una señal de peligro o precaución, del mismo modo se presenta el trasfondo del suicidio donde luego de parecer haber tomado la decisión termina arrepintiéndose producto de un encuentro con Nishimiya y pesar que puede ser su amigo para tal vez enmendar lo sucedido en el pasado.
La historia se desarrolla básicamente centrada en la nueva relación entre Ishida y Nishimiya en donde claramente ambos parecen sentir interés en ser amigos e incluso pueden llegar a desarrollar intereses sentimentales por el otro, pero del mismo modo se presenta como Ishida presenta dudas e incertidumbres sobre cómo debería actuar, aún sigue teniendo el aislamiento social y temor a acercarse a otros motivado por los sentimientos de culpa que puede albergar luego de su infancia, aunque nunca se presenta una clara demostración de arrepentimiento por su parte, una disculpa directa hacia Nishimiya en donde se aprecie como realmente se dio cuenta que todos sus errores y que lo siente, aunque se nota su posible depresión y frustración con sus acciones pasadas parece que al mismo tiempo no sabe muy bien que es todo lo que siente o piensa y aunque intenta acercarse a Nishimiya parece que aun siente que no merece poder ser amigo de ella.
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Los personajes secundarios tienen un papel interesante en donde también intentan ser amigos de Nishimiya y tratan de arreglar las cosas del pasado, pero también se presenta cierto rechazo tanto a Ishida como al aceptar parte de la culpa de las acciones del pasado en donde, aunque no la molestaron directamente tampoco parecían molestarse tanto con las acciones de Ishida y lo alentaban de cierta manera. El desarrollo de la historia es entretenido, con momentos dramáticos y otros bastante sentimentales en donde en lo personal se logra de buena forma mostrar lo complicado y difícil de expresar los sentimientos y la forma de actuar de los personajes, luego de las acciones sucedidas y esto tiene sentido considerando sus edades y que estas acciones las hicieron siendo niños cuando tal vez no entendían del todo el contexto en el que estaban.
Un aspecto bastante notable es como además de no darle tanta importancia o protagonista a Nishimiya como el de Ishida también ella presenta una actitud tal vez algo equivocada en donde siente que todas las cosas que acontecieron de cierta manera fueron culpa de ella e intenta disculparse por todo, una personalidad además de introvertida bastante insegura, llegando incluso a tomar la misma decisión inicial de Ishida de tratar de quitarse la vida.
Un aspecto que se podría criticar es el final de la película el cual termina siendo tal vez un poco ambiguo y que no termina de cerrar la historia como queríamos haciendo que termines con una ligera sensación de duda e insatisfacción, por otra parte un aspecto muy bueno de esta película es su animación y banda sonora, sus diseños terminan siendo buenos, las tonalidades e intensidades logran realzar el dramatismo o sentimentalismos de las escenas, el diseño y estilo de las X en las caras de las personas consigue llamar mucho el interés del espectador, en algunas escenas la calidad de las mismas es bastante alta y logra ser un plano muy bueno para resaltar la historia. Aunque es una muy buena película, un icono de los animes dramáticos e incluso en MyAnimeList tiene una clasificación increíble posicionándose en el puesto #17 pienso que algunos aspectos pudieron ser mejor desarrollados y en lo personal considero que pudo crear más emociones de tristeza y melancolía en el espectador.
All Images Are Screenshots Of My Monitor
Mangaka: Yoshitoki Ōima
Studio Animator: Kyoto Animation
Separator Images:
1. Source 2. Source 3. Source
It's worth the watch.
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exactly, it's a really good movie.
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Hi, I really liked your review, I remember watching this movie some time ago with my partner, she told me that it would make me cry, and it didn't happen hehe. Although it is very emotional, I did feel a lot of empathy for the main character. I really liked to see the representation of hearing impairment here, normally you don't see protagonists with this kind of problems, it's a great success, I recently remembered this anime because I watched it recently: Yubisaki to Renren (A Sign of Affection), where the protagonist is also deaf, but this one is not sad at all haha. 😄
It's a very good movie and it has dramatic and sentimental moments but not as I expected, personally I found Violet's movie and Kimo No Uso's own series much stronger and sadder, with those I cried hahaha.
I'm sure that Nishimiya's disability is not something very used in anime. Thanks for commenting :D
I just found out this anime exists, this post helped me decide to add Koe no Katachi to my playlist later, thank you :)
hahaha it's pretty well known in the world of sad anime but there are many that are much more sad and heartbreaking hahaha :D
Aahh está película me parece hermosa y con un trasfondo bastante real. Aunque es cierto el final puede que le falto su toque, no deja de tener un gran mensaje. Saludos 🤗
Aahh I find this movie beautiful and with a very real background. Although it's true the ending may have lacked its touch, it still has a great message. Regards 🤗
es muy buena y con ciertos elementos y momentos se siente todo super fuerte y sentimental aunque si esperaba que tal vez tuviera un aspecto triste mucho mas fuete y que sin dudas te dejara mucha melancolía al terminarla jaja, igual es super buena :D
it's very good and with certain elements and moments it feels super strong and sentimental although I was expecting it to have a sad aspect much more strong and that without a doubt it would leave you with a lot of melancholy when you finish it haha, it's still very good :D
Interesante, no soy amantes de este tipo de animes pero a mi hija les encanta, y pronto estará por aquí haciendo post de eso.... Saludos
tiene un estilo y enfoque bastante diferente a lo acostumbrado y al final es una muy buena película para ver :D, Saludos
it has a quite different style and approach than usual and in the end is a very good movie to watch :D, Cheers.
Definitely one of the best movies, I've seen it several times and I can't get enough of it!
Definitivamente una de las mejores películas, la he visto varias veces y no me canso!
es muy buena :D y su animación me gusta mucho
it's very good :D and I really like the animation.