A silent Voice

Summary submitted by Imran Sarwar

Shoya Ishida intends to commit suicide. Changing his mind at the last minute, he recalls his days in
elementary school and the events that have led him here. A new student named Shoko Nishimiya
informs the class that she is deaf. She tries to integrate with the class but ends up annoying Shoya
and his friends, so they start to bully her. When word of the bullying reaches the principal, Shoya is
singled out as the culprit by his teacher. Soon, the class's bullying is directed toward him. Shoya
blames Shoko, and the two get into a physical altercation. She is subsequently transferred to
another school. He later finds Shoko's notebook, which she left behind, and keeps it.
In middle school, Shoya's reputation of being Shoko's bully led him to become an outcast. Now in
high school, he has fallen into a depression. He blocks out the faces of those around him, unable to
look them in the eye. Tomohiro Nagatsuka, another loner, befriends Shoya after Shoya helps him
with a bully. Shoya visits the sign language center and returns Shoko's notebook in the hopes of
making amends, revealing that he has learned sign language. The two begin meeting at a bridge to
feed bread to koi fish.
One day, Shoya and Shoko accidentally drop Shoko's notebook into a river, and they jump in to
retrieve it, which is prohibited. Yuzuru, Shoko's younger sister, takes a photo of Shoya jumping in
and posts it online to get revenge on him, eventually leading to Shoya being suspended. Shoya finds
Yuzuru, who ran away from home, and brings her to stay at his house. When she leaves in the
middle of the night, Shoya follows and they make amends.