A Silent Voice Complete Collector's Edition 2

聲の形 [Koe no Katachi] #4-7

by Yoshitoki Oima

The award-winning modern classic about a girl who can't hear and her bully, which inspired the acclaimed anime film from Kyoto Animation, returns in a beautiful, two-volume collector's edition. Each extra-large, deluxe hardcover contains about 700 pages of manga on crisp, premium paper, and more than fifty pages of new content.

YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top Ten Selection; Eisner Award Nominee

"A Silent Voice isn't just a potential conversation starter about bullying, it also teaches empathy and has the potential to change behavior." -School Library Journal
"A very rare chance to see characters with disabilities represented on the page and a harsh light shed on the way that Japanese culture handles this difficult topic." -Comics Bulletin

This deluxe, large-sized hardcover includes the first half of the story of A Silent Voice, extending from the second half of Vol. 4 through the end of the series, as well as over fifty pages of content never published in English before, such as the early drafts of the story, behind-the-scenes details from creator Yoshitoki Oima, and color art and concept sketch galleries. Collectors and new readers alike won't want to miss it!

Genres: Manga, Fiction, Japan, Graphic Novels, Drama, Slice Of Life, Contemporary

768 pages, Hardcover

First published November 19, 2014

About the author

See also: 大今良時

OIMA Yoshitoki: 大今良時
Associated Names:
Yoshitoki Ohima
Yoshitoki Ooima
Yoshitoki Ōima

Even though her one-shot Koe no Katachi won critical acclaim, it took a longsome law suit to get a magazine to publish it because of its socio-critical theme. Eventually, it was featured in the February edition of Bessatsu Shounen Magazin, where it placed first, and later in the 12th edition of the 2013 Weekly Shounen Magazine.

She has also collaborated with UBUKATA Tow for the manga adaption of his novel Mardock Scramble.

Reviews

[Lizzie Hutchings · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ugh. I loved this so much. The manga had so much more detail than the movie did, and this was like watching one of my favorite movies of all time, but with more content and for a longer amount of time.

Just lovely. And terribly sad.

[Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

N.B. Since this is 3 volumes in one, I'm counting this as reads 13-15 for my "30 in 30 Manga Challenge" for the month of November 2022.

Quick review for a quick read. I blazed through all of the pages in this second part of a special collectors edition of "A Silent Voice", which compiles volumes 4 through 7. It's usually a good sign that I'll love a series if it makes me tear up. Granted, I was emotional from the first part of this series given what happens to Shoko and Shoya as they steadily navigate their relationship from the rough start had in their childhood. Much of such was a direct result of Shoya's bullying. But with this being my first time going through the whole of the series and reaching certain events in this collection, it had my heart aching for the spiral of events. And it made the resolution of it all the more sweet as you watch the characters you've come to know from the beginning, main and supporting, reach their graduation changed by so many different things.

This volume picks up where the last one left off. Shoko and Shoya are essentially navigating a few rough patches and there's a movie that supposed to be getting off the ground that the group agrees to make. Suffice to say there's pushbacks as to whom can participate in the making of this project (poor Shoko). Shoya has a number of insecurities of his own as he wonders if he's doing enough to have changed from the person he used to be. People - including those in his current/former friend and classmate circle seem keen on reminding him of the cruel ways he treated Shoko. One of the things that frustrated me to watch was seeing how those same people were quick to point out Shoya's failings, but had no regard for Shoko's feelings. (Again, poor Shoko. And for that matter, poor Shoya too, because he was struggling, though not without fault.)

Then comes a certain fateful event which I'm not going to spoil that really shook me. I was suspecting something bad would happen, but it still didn't prepare me. I teared up, all. And I really wondered if things would be okay with the group after that spiral of events, for all the characters. The way the story traded between perspectives surrounding that series of events was very well done - dimensional in terms of how it layered the character emotions, realistic because of the blowback, even the subsequent recovery. It could have gone so much worse, I know, but considering I've been following these characters, some of them from the beginning, I was invested.

I didn't stop reading until the very end to see how things would go, and I was satisfied with being able to see where it ended and how the characters fared, to say the least. I also enjoyed seeing the extras in this special collection, from the revised one-shot story, to the interviews, to the illustrated covers of each individual volume and special pages. All of this is to say I'll definitely cherish and revisit this story in my manga collection. Can't recommend this enough to those who appreciate a story with well-constructed characters, heartfelt moments of connection between them, heartbreaking attention to several important issues, and a story that will stick with you from beginning to end.

Overall score: 4.5/5 stars.

[Fina {A World of Endless Pages Book Reviews} · Rating 5 out of 5]

There was so much cut out of the movie, it's crazy! The extra scenes in the manga really helped give me a deeper understanding of the characters, and gave more context for some of the scenes in the movie. So if you're a fan of the movie and haven't read the manga, definitely give the manga a read - you won't regret it.

[Eleanor Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

OH MY GOODNESS!!!
First of all, I was a silly goose and did not read the trigger warnings… so please do that before reading because AHHH WHAT it was crazy bro!!
I absolutely LOVED this manga… but it was a bit darker than I was expecting…
Anyway! If you are comfortable with all the trigger warnings I would DEFINITELY recommend reading it because it was SO GOOD!!!

[Andrew Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible series! Cannot recommend it enough. Will definitely have to re read this one in the future.

[Peter Derk · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I might be the only person who read this and had no idea it was already a movie which, surprisingly to many, seems to have skipped a lot of stuff that's in the book.

Guys, this is a 7-volume series. OF COURSE there's a bunch of stuff missing from the movie. It's like trying to adapt Stephen King's IT into a movie: you can't do it without making some cuts. Some more judicious than others. We ALL know what I'm talking about. The...you know. Space Turtle, okay, we're talking about the Space Turtle.

I do think it's kind of funny that people make such a big deal out of the one scene in Stephen King's IT, the one people love to talk about.

I once wrote a column for a website called LitReactor, which has since been acquired and now leads a zombie existence, so you know what? Here is that column, reprinted, in a review of a completely different book.

I could not use Goodreads more wrong-er.

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When I pitched the idea for this column, I was told it was cool so long as I kept it classy. After I found my monocle, which had fallen out of my eye due to my wide-eyed, shocked expression (“ME?! How could I be NOT classy?!”), I started thinking about how to tackle the topic.

With IT coming to theaters, readers and non-readers alike are becoming aware of a piece missing from the movie. I’m talking, of course, about the sex scene. The one that’s (not incorrectly) referred to as a “child orgy in the sewer.”

Before you throw away this column in disgust (by trashing your computer, which I don’t recommend as a show of disgust as it’s expensive, though it DOES demonstrate a high level of commitment), allow me to be clear about my purpose: share some context, theories, and what King has to say about it.

Because while I’ve seen and read a lot of articles that ask questions about this scene, questions like “Isn’t that weird?” or “Isn’t that gross?” I haven’t seen a lot of folks asking other questions. My questions. Which are:

A: Why does this exist? and

B: Does the scene do what Stephen King wanted it to do?”

What is it?

Here are the basics. Spoilers from here forward (although you can skip to the final section if you're curious about whether or not you should read IT):

The Losers (a group of kids at this point in the book) go into the sewers and confront Pennywise/It. The Losers all have abilities that combine and make them good candidates to defeat Pennywise, sort of a prophecy-meets-Voltron sort of deal. After they take on Pennywise and are trying to exit the labyrinthian sewers, Eddie, the group’s guide, starts losing his preternatural navigation abilities. And the group starts falling apart. And somehow, Bev, the group’s sole female character, figures that by having sex with all the boys in the group, one at a time, down there in the sewer, they will somehow strengthen their bond, regain their abilities, and exit the sewer.

She is 100% correct, and that’s exactly what happens.

King’s words

Why does this scene exist? Here’s what Stephen King has to say about it:

"I wasn't really thinking of the sexual aspect of it. The book dealt with childhood and adulthood—1958 and Grown Ups. The grown ups don't remember their childhood. None of us remember what we did as children—we think we do, but we don't remember it as it really happened. Intuitively, the Losers knew they had to be together again. The sexual act connected childhood and adulthood. It's another version of the glass tunnel that connects the children's library and the adult library. Times have changed since I wrote that scene and there is now more sensitivity to those issues."

What do I buy and not buy about this, personally?

Let’s start with the idea that we don’t really remember childhood. I buy that. For myself, but also in Stephen King’s case. King, as a child, witnessed a friend be struck and killed by a train, and he blocked out the memory of the event almost entirely.

We don’t remember childhood as well as we think? That, I buy.

What about the idea of times and sensitivities changing since King wrote IT?

The New York Times reviewed the book in 1986:

'''It'' is not only the unknown monstrosity hiding beneath the city of Derry; ''It'' is also excrement, the dark, the unconscious, the sex act, and everything else that is frightening or inconceivable to children.'

This is the only mention of sex in an 800+ word review, and although the reviewer didn’t love the book, the sex scene isn’t really mentioned other than the above quote, and even in that case we can't differentiate it from the other sexual situations in the book. It doesn’t seem to be a big deal for the reviewer.

Library Journal’s 1986 review didn’t mention the scene at all.

It’s tough to say that NO reviews from 1986 mentioned the sex scene as a problematic aspect of the book. Between the movie adaptations and the book’s title, it’s difficult to prove definitively that this critique didn't exist at the time. But, swap to current times, and it’s virtually impossible to find a review that fails to mention the scene. Even if there was mention of it in 1986, it wasn’t the massive deal that it is in reviews today.

While I don’t always buy the “changing times” argument...the little I found from 1986 does kinda agree with King. Which is to say, I doubt that children having sex with each other was no big thing in the 80’s, but maybe a horror novelist putting a sex scene between fictional kids deep into an overly long book wasn’t the thing it is today.

I also buy that Stephen King wasn’t thinking of it sexually. The reason being, as sex scenes go, as Stephen King goes, it’s not what I would call graphic, highly descriptive, or drawn out. It’s not designed to titillate. I'd describe it as fairly mechanical.

What I DON’T buy so much is that it never crossed King’s mind that OTHER people would take it that way, and I’m sort of surprised that nobody who proofed the book questioned the scene.

Overall, I buy Stephen King’s explanation. I buy that he wrote the sex scene for specific, narrative-driven reasons. I buy the idea that it serves a purpose. I buy that, at the time the book was written, Stephen King thought this was the best way to accomplish what he wanted to accomplish.

As a summary, I don't think King's explanation is a bunch of horseshit.

But the portions I believe only explain WHY the scene was written. Not whether or not it worked.

Does the scene work narratively?

It's both literal and figurative, the way things work in IT: You might be able to do something good, but in order to do it, you're going to have to make your way through the sewer.

From this point forward we're going to be pretty subjective. Obviously I can't say, in an objective way, whether or not something "works."

Does the sex scene work within the narrative? For me, yes and no.

Yes, once I read King's explanation of it, I got it.

No, because I had to read outside the text to understand what was going on.

I’m not an expert when it comes to literary critique, and I think it’s possible for more astute readers to understand the connection King was building with the sex scene. But it’s not easy, and the taboo nature of the material makes it difficult and unpleasant to really think about or discuss.

If you dig into the book, de- and reconstruct the story, and if you look at it from a thematic perspective, the scene does make more sense. If you read IT as a book about the things we fear being the things that become our strengths, or as proffering the idea that confronting our fears is the only way to move from childhood to adulthood, then it makes a certain sense that sex is a necessary component of the book. Sex and intimacy are things many of us fear, but they can be sources of great strength. Moving from childhood to adulthood is frightening, and if there's a definitive line in the sand that separates adults from children, for a lot of folks, that line is sexual.

I think that’s what King was going for. But the connection there could have been stronger. The scene would have been a little easier on the stomach if all of this had been spelled out a bit more. I’m not one who often says something could be dumbed down, but if this scene had been dumbed down, it would’ve been easier to understand why it was happening when it was happening and in the way it was happening.

And that’s the real flaw of it. It’s hard to read it and still feel inside the book. It’s hard to read it without wondering whether it should be there or if the same work could have been done differently. And as soon as you’re wondering that in the middle of reading a story, some of the narrative spell has been broken.

I guess what I’m saying is that this works on a theoretical level, but I didn't get there as a reader. But that's me. Author Grady Hendrix, in a series of Stephen King re-reads, gets there and then some. He's clearly smarter, more thoughtful, more successful, and probably handsomer than I am. I'd like to think that popular opinion is somewhere between Hendrix's (smart) and mine (dum-dum). Which means that the narrative success is a mixed bag.

Does the scene work outside the narrative?

I think, yes, in a few big ways, this scene does accomplish something outside the narrative.

One thing IT does is shatter some of the illusions we have about the 50’s, illusions we as readers bring with us. This book presents a different 50’s America. Yes, you could sling a fishing pole over your shoulder and head down to the creek. But on the way you might have your stomach slashed by a kid with a switchblade. The sex scene definitely goes against what I think about when I hear the theme song for Happy Days.

Second, the book is about taboo, and the way that taboo things permeate our lives, are always there and only sometimes visible. The sex scene in particular functions to bring the taboo, the ickiness, outside of the book and into real life. If you’re reading this scene, you feel like you’re seeing something you’re not supposed to be seeing. I can’t imagine reading this on a plane without looking around to make sure that nobody else was looking down at my pages.

As an adult, it’s pretty much impossible to read the scene and not start cringing. Because you’re an adult. You know how wrong this is. It’s your role to prevent things like this from happening, step in when you see something remotely this bad happening.

Even if you don't think of the kids or the book as real on any level, you can't help but think, "Damn, Stephen King. I don't know if this is such a good idea." Even if the sex scene itself isn't taboo to you because it's not real, it's taboo and possibly dangerous because someone created it, committed it to paper, and you're here holding it in your hands.

IT is not a book that allows a reader to be passive. Readers are forced to establish a line, what's taboo and what isn't. To me, a moral line is crossed in the sex scene. However, getting to that scene forces me to reevaluate. Apparently I'm fine with a kid having his arm torn off his body in the opening of this book. With serious spousal abuse. With repeated, graphic murder. With a boy forcing sex acts on another boy, and with a monster taking the form of a "leper" and offering a child oral sex. But this is the line.

In these ways, yes, the content of the book does confront the reader in real life, outside the narrative. It does work inasmuch as it demonstrates that things that feel just plain wrong are all around us all the time. IT, the book itself, exists as a taboo object, even for people who know very little about it and have never read it. And this has a lot to do with the sex scene.

Is it totally out of step with the rest of the book?

For me? No.

Something very akin to the sex scene happens at least two other times in the book. By that I mean, we are presented with a scenario where something that's generally positive is possible because of something terribly, horribly negative.

We have the scene where George Bradley and members of the Bradley Gang, notorious robbers and murderers, are stopped. This is positive. However, they're stopped by regular folks arming themselves and shooting members of the gang. The shooting is not a last resort or done clean. It's a filthy affair that involves trapping the gang and opening fire, resulting in something that sounds like the opening scene of Robocop. This is negative.

We have the scene where some big business folks get their comeuppance for business practices that result in unsafe conditions for workers. This is good. The comeuppance comes in the form of these men being hacked to death by an axe wielder in a crowded bar where nobody lifts a finger to help them. This is bad.

And we have the scene where a group of kids, hopelessly lost in a sewer, figure their way out of the sewer and create a connection that allows them, unlike all the other adults in Derry, to remember Pennywise as adults. This is good. They accomplish this by having sex with each other. This is bad.

It's both literal and figurative, the way things work in IT: You might be able to do something good, but in order to do it, you're going to have to make your way through the sewer. It's a disturbing and depressing message, and it's a message I don't love. But it's consistent.

The sex scene certainly stood out because of the degree to which it's taboo, and because it demonstrates, more than anything else, a problem that could have been solved in a different, less vile way. However, that seems to be a theme of the book. The Bradley Gang could have been stopped with a lesser degree of violence if the townspeople had been less bloodthirsty. The evil businessmen could have been thwarted without someone picking up an axe.

I'd like to think there was a different way for The Losers to get out of the sewer, but I can't say the method they chose was "off-message."

Does the scene work today?

No.

Literary criticism goes through phases, and as it goes through phases some things stick and others tend to fade away as new things come into mainstream criticism. Today, it’s common practice to look at the way gender and sexuality are treated in a book and evaluate that, and this can be one of the more important aspects when a piece of pop culture is critiqued.

I think it’s tough to have a book today where this sex scene goes down the way it does and not have it come under heavy criticism. The critiques of Bev being used, of female sexuality not really being understood in the story, and of having the sole important female character be most useful in a sexual situation, all of these are critiques that would not be ignored today. Most modern critics would find the sex scene problematic. The question wouldn't be about whether or not the sex scene is problematic. It would be about whether or not it's problematic enough to ruin the entirety of the book. For better or worse, the discussion of this huge, 1100-page tome would be overshadowed by the discussion of this one scene.

I'm not weighing in on this being a bad or good thing. I'm simply saying that I think this is a fact of modern criticism. The sex scene doesn't work today. I thoroughly believe that if this book were written today, this scene would be rewritten if not omitted entirely.

Is the scene the make or break?

I wish the scene wasn't in the book, or that it was different. I'm not going to rewrite the scene because I think Stephen King kicks ass, and me suggesting tweaks seems like me backseat driving during the Moon landing. Totally unqualified, totally unhelpful, totally stupid.

It comes down to the individual. Some people won't hate it, perhaps even feel it fits with the book. Some people will hate it, but like the book in spite of it. Some people will find it intolerable, and the book will be ruined for them because of it.

The only way I can think to end this whole thing, as the writer of this column and someone who recently read IT, is to pass on my thoughts for the two groups on the ends of the spectrum, as outlined above and one final time below.

If you're someone for whom the very idea of this is/was disgusting to the point that you're getting upset, if this column or its premise was upsetting, then I wouldn't read the book. I'd skip it. King has a lot of great books. As do a lot of other writers. I don't think you're making a bad choice by skipping something that's guaranteed to push your buttons. Plus, the scene happens so late in the book, you've invested so much time by then, that you'll feel resentment. I feel safe in saying that resentment is not a feeling intended by the book, nor is it a feeling that you should have when you finish any book.

If you're someone for whom the book was good, or the idea of the sex scene doesn't extinguish your desire to read IT, then I'd say go forth and read. Discover for yourself. It's okay. I don't think reading IT will transform you into a monster, and I don't think liking the book makes you one either. It's a very WTF moment in what is otherwise a really good read.

[Zen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so beautiful.

A Silent Voice is one of those stories that can be appreciated by manga lovers and non-lovers alike, and I'm grateful it was adapted into a feature film so more people can appreciate its wonderful story.

Just as with the movie, I had tears streaming down my face as I read through the pages. But what this manga offers is more insight into the events of the movie and little bonus events that were not featured in the movie... which reassured me that these characters would be okay.

100% recommended.

[Isaac Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

In the collectors edition there is an interview with the author at the end. This really helps bring out the story and makes it more interesting once you understand her vision for the narrative

[Nitish Dang · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read both the volumes. It's really a book that doesnt hide a lot of its raw emotions. It also makes you deeply think about how one's actions impact others. The art greatly complements.

[ari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gentle storytelling. Beautiful art. Heartbreaking subject matter.

There was no declaration, but that's okay. The repaired friendships are enough for me.

I despise Miki. I see too much of myself in her. Not outright malevolent, but too easily swayed by others. Content to go along with the flow and claim ignorance later on.

I almost admire Naoko. If it weren't for her continued dislike of Shoko, she would be a strong favorite. She is bold and unafraid of her emotions. She knows what she wants and feels.

Shoya ... man. He is doing his best. I want him to get over himself though. Acknowledge the harm he did in the past and move on. Make the present and future the best it can be. Stop letting the past haunt and control him. Harder to do than say, I know.

Satoshi is solid. Unproblematic. Would've been great to have him in their elementary grade class. Too bad.

Miyoko, mixed feelings. She gives me good-hearted but cowardly vibes.

Yuzuru is my queen. She is unselfish and cares deeply for Shoko. She is highly observant and closely guards her feelings. Her grandmother's death and Yuzuru dealing with it were heartbreaking.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

In the second half of A Silent Voice, high school senior Shoya struggles to understand himself, much less the relationships he has with his peers. If the first half of the story was about Shoya and Shoko reconnecting, the second half is about the two of them being introspective of themselves and deciding what they want from their lives.

I really did love this series. It was heartbreaking, yet optimistic. Beautiful, yet horrifying. It maintains its overarching theme of bullying, looking from the eyes of both the ones that were picked on and the ones that did the tormenting, and how those instances can persist into people's lives long after the events have actually happened.

My only complaint was that I felt like the ending was a little rushed; not only was I not ready for it to end, but I felt like there was still a bit more that these characters had to offer. Overall, though, it was a moving portrait of regrets and forgiveness.

This collector's edition includes a one-shot chapter published in 2013, translation notes, interviews with the author, and several full-page colorized drawings, primarily of the artwork featured on the covers of the individual volumes of A Silent Voice.

TW: bullying, ableism, suicide

[Leah Noe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series hits a little close to home - not the bullying but the way Sho shuts people out and keeps people at arms length. Makes me cry my eyes out every time I read it, especially the end where the X’s come off. I realized that I do the same thing to people. Even his inner dialogues and thought processes are the same as mine. A really depressing story at parts, but a beautiful one nonetheless. Second time reading it, but this time it was a lot more relatable and made me cry twice as hard.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought I was a fan after I read the first Collector's Edition of this manga. I waited and bought it at the bookstore on the first day of release but in Manga-fandom that's not good enough you have review up to two months before it releases. So, I guess I am not as passionate a fan as I thought. Besides being a good story, it also has glossy paper and looks good on your bookshelf.

[Bentgaidin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the resolutions, love everyone growing up together, maybe don't love so much the very-special-medical-drama in the middle, but also it's all so heightened that it's hard to argue with the choice. Anyway, really good series, definitely deserves a read.

[Kelly K · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really don’t care for how this ended and just how the series turned out in general in this 2nd and final collection. I don’t feel like Shoya really redeemed himself from his awful ways. I still barely know SHIT about Shoko. I expected a bit more out of this.

[Patrick Smotherman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good ending to the series. I like how the group of friends stayed friends even after all their arguments and issues. I liked how every character got a chapter about half way through. Good ending as well.

[E. G.]

Notice

--A Silent Voice, complete collector's edition 2

"A Silent Voice" - One-shot later adapted into 'A Silent Voice' (from Weekly Shonen Magazine, 2013)
'A Silent Voice' Q&A
Long Interview with Yoshitoki Oima, Part 2
Color Illustration Gallery

[Gus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Obra maestra, me encantó absolutamente todo. Una historia magnífica, conmovedora y excelente.

Lo recomiendo muchísimo, de las mejores cosas que he tenido la fortuna de leer.



////// SPOILER

quedé triste de que no se besaran Shoto y Shoya jjsjs

[Leander Public Library]

Tough Topics: suicide

[nickflick · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is so beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. It's in my opinion the best manga story ever told. 🌠🎏🍜🎋

[Avery · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.75 tbh

On an emotional level I find the second half to be rather disappointing and I yearned for more at the end.

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful and heartbreaking till the very end.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

I already watched the movie and now I finally read the entire manga and it was absolutely amazing.

For people that only know the movie:
Go read the manga.
Seriously.

I am usually the type of guy that prefers the animated version over the manga/book version, but "A Silent Voice" proved me wrong.

The manga provides SO MUCH more details about each and every character and its developement. You get to see so much more of Shoya Ishidas and Shoko Nishimiyas emotional struggle.

For people that adored the story in the movie (like me) reading the manga was like an amazing DLC-Enhancement. I got the beauty of the story (that is already one of my favorite movies if all times), but with so much more depth in terms of characters and writing.

The only thing that i liked more about the movie was the ending. The scene where Shoya cries at the school festival because he finally overcame his self-isolation and self-punishment was (at least for me) way more powerful and memorable in the movie than it was in the manga. But that may also be a little nitpicky opinion.

All in all I was very glad to read this masterpiece and I was sad when it was already over.

A Silent Voice will forever be a 10/10 S-Tier.

[frau.meln · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Silent Voice beschäftigt sich mit Themen wie Schwerhörigkeit, Mobbing, Suizidgedanken und zusätzlichem Alltagsstruggle. Und das auf eine Art und Weise, von der ich mehr als nur einmal Gänsehaut bekam!

Die Geschichte überträgt die notwendigen Emotionen und es war leicht und schmerzlich zugleich, sich hineinzufühlen. Nichts wurde beschönigt und es hat gezeigt wie grausam, aber auch entwicklungsfähig Menschen sein können, wenn sie es nur wollen.

Jeder fühlt und denkt anders, trifft falsche Entscheidungen, mal mit und mal ohne Vorsatz.
Und diese Realität wird dem Leser hier vor Augen geführt.

Neben dem Schmerz, gab es auch viele schöne und bereichernde Momente.

Besonders die Entwicklung, die Ishida durchmacht war spannend mitzuverfolgen. Anfangs wollte ich ihn echt klatschen, doch mit der Zeit hat man ihn immer besser verstanden.
Vor allem die Dynamik zwischen ihm und Nishimiya hat mir enorm gefallen, weil beide aneinander gewachsen sind, Stück für Stück.

Wirklich ganz große Empfehlung, meinerseits.

[Shreks Cumdump · Rating 5 out of 5]

I definitely didn't cry again...

[Verena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Auch der zweite Teil ist total gelungen. 😊
Eine wirklich tiefgründige Geschichte. ❤️
Mir fehlte aber defintiv bei beiden Teilen eine Triggerwarnung. 🤔

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first part was better but this was also good