Nama: Panji Aryoseto

Kelas: X MIPA 1

Review Movie : A Silent Voice

The film tells the story of a teenager named Shoya who bullying his female friend
named Nishimiya who turns out to be a deaf person. In those days, Shōya was an indifferent
child, one who viewed his fellow students as a way of staving off his boredom. The entry of a
new student named Shōko Nishimiya into his class piques his interest when she informs the
class that she is deaf. She tries her best to live normally and integrate with the class.
However, when the other students and the teacher come to believe her presence is upsetting
the social balance, Shōya and Naoka Ueno begin to bully her.

When word of the bullying reaches the principal, Shōya is singled out as the culprit.
He names his friends as accomplices, but they turn on him, denying their involvement. Soon,
the class's bullying is directed toward him, subjecting him to the same treatment he gave to
Shōko. Shōya blames Shōko and the two fight after he finds her doing something to his desk.
She is subsequently transferred to another school, and he discovers that she was erasing
hateful messages his classmates left in chalk on his desk. Shōya finds himself alone, relegated
to the role of a tormented outcast. After being thrown in a pond by his classmates, he finds
Shōko's notebook.
Now in high school, Shōya remains a social reject, having grown to accept his past as
punishment. Full of guilt and anxiety, he blocks out the faces of those around him, unable to
look them in the eye. Despite his isolation, Tomohiro Nagatsuka, another loner, befriends
him and quickly comes to consider him his best friend. Shōya visits the sign language center
to return Shōko's once-waterlogged notebook in the hopes of making amends. The two begin
meeting at a bridge to feed bread to koi.
Yuzuru, Shōko's younger sister, strongly doubts Shōya's intentions. One day, Shōya
jumps into a river after Shōko does the same to retrieve a notebook, which happens to be
prohibited. Yuzuru secretly takes a photo of Shōya jumping in, and posts it online. Shōya is
suspended for the act, and Yuzuru reveals that she was responsible; instead of getting angry,
Shōya brings her to stay at his house. When she leaves in the middle of the night, Shōya
follows and tells her that he is genuinely remorseful for the way he treated Shōko.
Shōko soon gives Shōya a gift and confesses her feelings for him, but because she
tries to verbally communicate her affections rather than signing it out, Shōya does not
understand her. Worried that the misunderstanding upset her, Shōya invites her to go to an
amusement park with him and his group of classmates. There, Naoka finally voices her
feelings of hatred in secret to Shōko. In class, desperate to remain blameless for Shōko's
bullying, Miki Kawai, another former classmate, exposes Shōya's past to the remaining
students who were still oblivious to it, while downplaying her own involvement. The group
has a heated confrontation about each member's level of responsibility, ending with Shōya
calling out every one of them for who they really are.
To cheer Shōko up after her grandmother's death, Shōya takes her to the countryside,
where he begins to understand how much she blames herself for everything that has happened
to him. Desperate to reassure and change her mindset, Shōya contrives to regularly meet with
the sisters.
 During the fireworks festival, Shōko goes home under the guise of finishing some
schoolwork. Shōya follows when Yuzuru asks him to get her camera. When he arrives, he
finds Shōko standing on the balcony, on the verge of throwing herself to her death. Shōya
succeeds in grabbing her and pulls her back up, but he falls over the side into the river and
slips into a coma.
One night, Shōko dreams of receiving a farewell visit from Shōya. Horrified, she runs
to the bridge where they fed the koi and collapses in tears. Shōya, awakening from his coma
in a state of panic, stumbles to the bridge himself and finds her there, huddled in despair. He
formally apologizes to her for the way he treated her, and for the many things he did which
may have caused her to hate herself. He asks her to stop blaming herself, and also admits that,
while he once considered giving up himself and ending his own life, he has since decided
against it. Shōya then asks her to help him continue to live.
When Shōya goes to the school festival with Shōko, he finds out how much his
friends from elementary school still care for him and all of them are reconciled. Afterwards,
Shōya requests them that the group should go to the school festival together. During the
festival, Shōya finally overcomes his past mistakes and is finally able to look at other
people's faces, as he cries and realizes that he has obtained redemption and found forgiveness
at last.
In my opinion this film is highly recommended for you because it is very good, both
from the graphics and in terms of a very memorable story. the message that can be obtained
from this film is that we cannot support other people.