Loved this movie, shout out to the Patrons for recommending this gem! Enjoy the tears while u got em lol me crying is a rare occurrence lmao

Fun fact: all the music was specifically composed with specific pitches and notes that can be heard clearly by semi-deaf people.

When you finally realize that this story isn't about a boy falling in love with a girl, it's about a boy being able to love himself again.

"Does this studio only create sad shit?" **tearful flashbacks to Clannad: After Story**

hearing a deaf girl say " I'm so sorry" and her crying really brings tears into my eyes

Just to let you guys know, Ishida wasn’t crying at the end because he could hear everyone again, he was crying because he finally forgave himself

The teacher is the worst. He let all the bullying roll unchecked, and when things hit the fan, he dumped everything on Ishida. I truly hate him

Fun fact. The blonde girl that Shoya outed as he was confronted about him bullying Nishimiya actually was a bully, the worst kind who didn't even get any repercussions. She told Nishimiya that she should follow her when they were singing so she'd get the timing right, and she baited her to singing too early. (See the scene and pay attention to the girls mouth. Also in the end when they gave Shoya the paper crane thing she had actually not contributed at all and pushed the class to make them. She is the worst.

Kawai is actually even more of a bastard in the manga than even Ueno. It shows that she is acutely aware of how her cuteness enables her to be seen as the victim in almost any situation, and how she’s mastered using that to deflect blame away from herself and onto others.

A rare Roshi is spotted crying on the spot

Sheera's sign language interpretation is just on another level. "Scissor?" "Nipples?"

This movie's a treasure, and the following tragedy makes it even more sad: The Kyoto Animation arson attack occurred at Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of Kyoto, Japan, on the morning of Thursday, 18 July 2019. The arson killed at least 36 people, injured an additional 33, and destroyed most of the materials and computers in Studio 1. A lot of people lost their lives because 1 person decided to do arson. Some of those lost worked on this movie.

Roshi: * already swimming in tears * :´( sheera: ayoo this drink kinda buzzin XD

When Roshi cried at the beginning i was like “Yeah that’s the Father’s’ heart” my man got very high level of empathy.

Roshi: Feeling emotional. Sheera sees hand signs: "Scissors, The nipples" Roshi: "Yeeeaaahhhh You're done"

"moon is pretty isn't it" being a phrase in Japanese to say i love you in a poetic way too :')

It’s funny how no matter how many times I watch this movie, or even when I watch others react to this movie, I’ll still cry buckets. This is proof of how good it is.

Kawai (the glasses girl) absolutely bullies Shoko. She opened her mouth when they were starting to sing because Shoko was watching her, which caused Shoko to start early (to get her in trouble) and she was one of the main girls that would talk shit about her behind her back.

"We're here to watch A Silent Voice...Have no idea what this is about" Oh boi

19:17 Even outside of Japan, if your school finds out you did something illegal/socially unacceptable while wearing the school's uniform, you can expect to get punished for it. My school in particular went beyond that and had people who'd identify students participating in marches/protests, even if you weren't in uniform at the time.

As great as this movie was, Ueno was actually a lot better in the Manga. It highlighted a lot Ueno's worst moments and didn't have enough time for her better moments. Kawaii on the other hand I'm really not a big fan of. The reason I prefer Ueno over Kawaii is because Ueno is aware of her problems (her unfair hatred towards Nishimiya) and actively tries to be a better person then she had been. She recognizes that she was a bitch in the past (and still is, let's be honest) and tries to make up for it. The movie kind of hints at that a little bit, but doesn't really make it super clear. Kawaii on the other hand, in the movie and the manga, never see's her mistakes and never takes responsibility for her actions when they were younger. Even as they grew up, she still never thought what she did (or didn't do) was wrong. Maybe it's just me, but a person who recognizes their failures and tries to make up for them is more compelling for me to root for them. That being said, Ueno is still a bitch lol. Also just to be clear, I love this movie to death. The ending bit at the end with the two figures walking, was supposed to be them walking together into their class graduation OR reunion (I can't exactly remember which, but I know it was one of the two.)

I was like "DAMN ROSHI, ALREADY???" when he started crying! I knew this would be one of my favorite reactions on this channel.

Ayo if I remember right, Ishida’s mom didn’t lose her earring in a fight or anything. The reason ishida’s mom ear was bleeding was because after realizing that her son had destroyed all of nishimiya’s hearing aids she believed the only way she could fix the situation was inflicting pain onto herself, similar to how ishida did to nishimiya’s. So she decided to rip her own earring out. She did that as a way of trying to apologize to nishimiya’s mom on behalf of her and ishida.

I love how you guys noticed the fairly nuanced stuff like how the teachers weren't accommodating her at all in the beginning. Obviously the bullying is bad, but to an extent children are expected to be ignorant and it's the job of the adults in the situation to take care of students with any unique needs such as deafness. In large part, the reason for her bullying was due to the teachers expecting her to do things like sing or talk as normally as the other children. While I certainly don't think that deaf people shouldn't be allowed to participate in such things, they should be accommodated for appropriately by the adults around them.

One of the great things I like about how well the story is written, it shows bullying doesn't always occurs because of 1 party. A lot of things could have been prevented if people cared more. 1. (Class dynamic) The whole dynamic of the class changed by the arrival Shoko. The kids find the class unbearable because they have to do things around her. Deep down all of them resent her. At first some are just teases, Kawai intentionally bait Shoko into ruining the choir knowing she is observing her to follow with the choir, and then Shoyo mocking her speech. 2. (Lack of empathy) Shoyo sees her presence ruining the class's happiness, so when his teases on Shoko make the class seem somewhat happy, he went out of his way to bully Shoko more. He also seem to see Shoko's passiveness toward his wrongdoings as weird. Kinda like fear of the unknown. The rest of the kids either see it as entertaining or join in on it because of the dynamic changes. Kids generally lack empathy around that age. They only care about themselves being happy. 3. (Projection, insecurities) There was a tinge of hope when Sahara genuinely want to help Shoko. But then the girls of the class see Sahara doing that as she doing it to make them look bad and make her look good. 4. (Ignorance, no compassion) So what the class needed the most is supervision. Thats where the class teacher should have come in. I'm not sure if its shown in the movie, but in manga, the teacher saw Shoko being put into the school as a hassle. Somebody who really didnt care about his job. (Great role model, i know) He knows about the bullying, but he doesnt help Shoko in any way. He even laughs along the class when Shoyo made the deaf joke. It was only until Shoko's mom got involved that he actually do something at all because it will jeopardized his job. 5. (Stern parenting) I dont think the movie ever shown it, but Shouko's dad left the family because of her disability and blame it all of the mom's genetics. So the mom hated everyone having views of Shouko as a defect, incapable person. So she decided Shouko must become normal by forcing her into normal environment. Forcing the issue. She put Shouko into a public school that never had a support/program for disable students and insist them to put her into regular class. She thought by putting Shouko among normal kids it will motivate her to be normal, to be capable. The environment just made her more insecure. Even made her feel guilty for ruining a normal happy class by her presence. 6. (lack of self-respect) This 1 Im not entirely I want to say if its on Shouko. Her personality is the product of her environment. But to this day, I do wished, if Shouko respect herself more, people would less likely to bully her. Fight back, say no. Dont feel guilty. Say something, anything. Maybe that dumbass teacher would actually do something if she complained. Maybe Shoyo would notice Shouko as person and actually empathize her. Ueno will still probably be a bitch though coz all she cared about is being in Shoyo's interest. Shouko even had a dream sequence of the class where she coulf be normal socially. Where she took all of those teases as friendly tease and able to respond back. How things could have been different. I just hope no one else in real life suffer like this. I hope they have good support around them, given helpful programs. Help your communities, folks.

I rather have Ueno who would just tell me she hates me over Kawai, how would pretend to be your friend and laugh behind your back when you're being bullied, she's wants to always be the victim, pure snake shit

I love how Sheera was trying to throw some jokes from time to time because Roshi was really serious/emotional during the reaction, I actually cried too but I would laugh hard whenever she try to translate the sign language.. It was a very sweet balance here ❤

The girl with the glasses also bullied her when they were younger, which can clearly been seen in the music class scene. She just always plays the victims by crying whenever she is called out. That’s why no one ended up liking her as they got older

I've learn a lot from reading the Manga; and still people pointed out things I was not aware of or had incorrect. Here is a couple. Shoya learned to communicate by getting attention and picking on people he actually likes .. that's why it showed him pulling on his friends pants and roughhousing. Sign language, he was interested in it until he sensed "the class" thought it wasn't cool. The movie, he is constantly observing how people react to things and you see him thinking before he plays out on what he sees as "the accepted opinion". One theme was that society actually handles bullying by bullying itself to pull someone "marginalized" back to what it sees as "normal" .. it is like a spring that snaps back from time to time when something happens to expose that bullying and someone will pay for "that snap" while the others will go on "as if they did nothing wrong" and will continue on in their bullying manner.

Best reaction channel I have ever watched hands down

Damn, this movie has been in everyone’s reaction channel the past couple months and I. AM. LOVING. IT!!!

The last scene is Ishida and Nishimiya walking together in a tunnel meaning there's a long way to go but there's light (hope) there in the future.

43:24 I was crying with them until I saw the "pain" logo, and then I started crying in laughter lmfao!!!

Kawai was by far the worst character. She stood on the sidelines without saying a thing, but not admonishing the others. She's "I'm a victim" the character, but a key part that showed she wasn't was when they were singing on the choir. She purposely mouthed early because she knew Shoko was watching her. The teacher is bad too because he knew the bullying was happening, but only said something when the principle came in and his job was at risk. At least Ueno knew she was trash and by the end was making an attempt to change after the fact. The manga makes her a lot more redeemable as opposed to Kawai where we see how dark her thoughts really are.

50:09 That was the “Light at the end of the tunnel“ metaphor and if you compare to the beginning where they showed the same shoot, you can see that now there are two people, when in the beginning there was just one.

the thing about this movie is that both the main characters hated themselves SO SO MUCH to the point where they didnt wanna be on earth anymore, the little and big signs of mental health cues they give out in this movie is incredible, absolutely beautiful

My older sister is actually deaf, and every time I watch this movie it always manages to make me cry so much. Im so thankful my sister didn't have to go through what Shoko had too (though I was the one who experienced being bullied in elementary). Im so glad you guys finally reacted to this movie because its always had such a special place in my heart, it carries a very important message and will always have a place in my favorite movies. Everything about the movie is perfect, I learned asl for my sister (though she does have hearing aids now) and just the amount of effort put into them doing each sign is so amazing. It's truly a work of art.

Never seen Roshi cry before, glad this movie got through to you homie.

I seriously feel like crying every time I hear Nishimiya say sorry. It's so heavy to the heart.

- " she said "the nipples"" - "no more. You're done. No more interpretation for you" 😂😂😂

man, someone on youtube said it perfectly. Forgiving others is hard; asking for forgiveness is harder; But forgiving yourself sometimes feel impossible.

A detail in the manga that touched me deeply: at the end of the story, the boy and girl’s mothers have become really good friends, supporting each other and even letting her style her hair. (Ishida’s mother being a hairdresser)

When the deaf girl started saying sorry, that broke me.

I can’t believe I’m so late to this reaction. This movie hit me so hard and I’m glad to watch you all react to it. Both of my parents are deaf and it hurts me to see deaf kids get bullied. It’s pretty common for deaf kids to get mainstreamed into public schools with lack of deaf education everywhere. Well, I don’t want to get too much into it but glad to see more people enjoy it!

You know this movie is a gem when even Roshi cries like a true masterpiece of a movie. Enough to make a grown man cry.

34:02 she was the girl who pretended to be singing before everyone started, making shoko start singing ahead of everyone and embarrassing herself so she was apart of the bullying

This movie touches me specifically because I've been bullied AND been the bully (not physically, but it doesnt matter). I forgave myself and I apologized to the girls and guys I've been a bitch too. It was really a lack of self awareness and insecurity for me at the time, so I understood both parties and thats why it resonated with me so much. Now I stand up for people who are getting bullied no matter what form 🤷🏾‍♀️. And I'm still a coward myself but I just won't be a bystander and that's just that.

no way. i mean let's go roshh

There was a scene where after the grandmother died it showed butterflies, in other asian cultures butterflies can represent a dead loved ones spirit visiting in a form of a butterfly.

3:07 HAS ME CRYING SO HARD FOR SOME REASON

This movie talks about so many things ... very beautiful put insecurities of life. Very beautiful movie and message.

This man got such a low self esteem that it’s heartbreaking he was just a kid and it’s not an excuses but the man almost kill himself bc of what he’ve done. He regret everything he’ve done in his past. I was crying during the whole movie. Great reaction as always I hope you’ll do more content like this. Peace from France ✌🏽

Another point I havent seen mentioned is the Teacher. The teacher in elementary school barely scolded the students when the deaf girl was being bullied. It was only when he faced the consequences of the principal and parents did he bang the wall and accuse the MC. It reflects how a lot of teachers fail when it comes to bullying

When they were kids and Shouko and Shouya fought, she was actually trying to say “I’m trying my best!” as in she’s trying her best in school, to make herself heard, to be friends, just being normal.

The beauty of this movie for me is the fact how it accurate it depicts both sides. Bullying is never okay and shouldn't be excused. But as someone who has been on both sides, and still can't forgive my stupid kid self what I was like, Ishda's side this story hits home too true and gives some closure. It's a masterpiece of a movie.

Sheera: She said, "the nipples" Roshi: Alright Sheera you're done. No more sign language interpretation for you.

36:18 why is no one talking about this edit??? I LMAO'd at that hahaha

Bro. Even when it's a reaction video, the end always gets me. It's beautiful to see someone come to forgive themselves, even come to love yourself. It's such a hard thing to do but I loved this.

My cousin and i watched this movie impulsively when we went to the mall together that time, and it's defo one of the most worth it movie we've seen ever. Just how powerful the scenes are, the art and the story line are superb too!!!

Now you need to watch “Your Name” and “I want to eat your pancreas” if you haven’t yet to complete the trinity of sad anime movies, “Maquia” also deserves a mention 😢

Sad fact: Boss baby won the oscar for best animation over this.

I love that you can tell Roshi has a heart of gold with how he reacted to this

I love when people show emotion while watching a movie. Especially this one, it is a roller coaster of emotions and I’m glad yall got to see it!

Ueno's on the track to changing, but it's definitely frustrating never seeing her properly apologize to Shoko and being a generally good person. But at least she can admit her faults, unlike Kawai.

“A Silent Voice” and “To Your Eternity” were written/created by the same author/mangaka: Yoshitoki Ōima. Not sure if you’ve seen it yet or if anybody else has recommended it, but since you enjoyed this movie, I highly recommend watching: - Your Name - Weathering with You - I want to eat your pancreas “Your Lie in April” is also fantastic if you’d rather watch an animé series! P.S. you can’t go wrong with any animé involving Makoto Shinkai, Mamoru Hosoda, and Jun Maeda (just to name a few).

I'm very glad that you guys enjoyed this movie so much. One of my favorites and it brings a lot of emotions out of people. Glad to see your vulnerable sides

The light at the end is supposed to represent the saying “the light at the end of the tunnel”

Was not expecting this to show up on my feed, what a present.

As a teacher myself, I think in the 6th grade, everything was the teachers' fault, he didn't care enough to prevent it or even stop it. the teacher was fully aware of what was happening. I've taught physically and mentally impaired kids in my class alongside other kids and I've kept myself very aware of how everyone gets along without actively interfering unless necessary. Kids are very kind and very friendly if they understand the circumstances, but that's a teachers' duty to explain it in a sensitive way and let them know. 99% of the time the kids are amazing in dealing with disabled people, and when they're not, talking with them about it will make a huge difference.

The ending to this movie always hits me because I always LOVE seeing people, fiction or not, open up and explore life as I'm still not there myself. I still block people out of my life because I think I'm worthless and a burden. I cam relate to the main character having a cross over everyone as i don't look at peoples faces. I used to have suicidal thoughts all throughout 2020 and 2021. It's less frequent now. I still hope I get to eventually experience happiness

The ending got me 🥹 when he started crying just ughh I love this movie so much

I like you guys reacting to more melancholic/drama driven anime. There's way more things good about anime, than just action and tension. Please give us more of this!

This movie does such an amazing job at portraying social anxiety and how subtle behaviors mean so much more. Truly a masterpiece. I’ll never forgive the Oscars for deeming Boss Baby as the best animated film when it was up against Silent Voice.

The Emotions really hit like, when truck-kun hits MC to get him Isekaid.

I don’t do dramas really but this movie right here, is something else and it’s really touching and tragic at the same time cuz in real life everyday ppl go thru things that they dunno how to bear on their own and others in their lives don’t understand them and don’t always listen to them well enough to try to understand. This was so sweet.

This is why you guys are my favorite reactors on KZfaq. Nothing over the top, balance in personalities of the trio, genuine expression of emotions and of course random funny comments that makes me eye roll and laugh my ass off. From Sheera's intelligent input to connect puzzles and plots of the show to Roshi's unrivaled humor and random but swift references to other shows and finally completing the team, Lupasan who is ever so funny and always vibing with nothing but good energy. Keep it up and don't change what you guys are doing. Much love from Malaysia!

The silhouettes in the little ball of light at the ending is a picture of the last page in the manga which is Shoko and Shoya holding hands, walking into their elementary school reunion together. EDIT: Well I reread the final chapter and looked at the ball of light again and turns out what I said is completely wrong :/ But the silhouettes definitely are Shoko and Shoya.

So a little bit of analysis for anyone that cares. When they were kids, Ueno did try to be friendly with her, but she felt that it was unfair for Shoko to get treated better than her and others. Like how when they were singing in class, she thought that despite their hard work they would easily be humiliated because the deaf girl can’t sing. When they were reading parts of a chapter in class, the teacher, called her out and told her that she should be better at reading, but when shoko started reading, and we’ll obviously terrible, the teacher said that she did ok. Shoya noticed all of this which is why his first confrontation with her was him telling her that everybody hated her. Shoya was pretty observant at the time, but he saw things more like a game. When he first saw Shoko, the first thing that came to mind was “A New Boss”, so he always saw her as alien. Everything she did was alien to him, her lack of care for what other people made blatantly clear to her, like when they kept leaving her behind, made her seem strange and when he told her that and she still wanted to be friends, he grew angry at her differences. Sahara was the first to try and be friends with her. When they tried to teach sign language in class, Ueno didn’t want to learn cause she just saw it as the school giving her better treatment. When Sahara said she’d learn, Ueno just saw her as a suck up, which is why she made fun of her and Shoko. Kawai was involved with bullying but as a bystander. She didn’t directly bully Sahara and Shoko but she laughed at every insult thrown at them, and didn’t do anything about it. When Shoya started snitching them out she cried herself out of the situation and made herself a victim of Shoya s accusation, and she did this even when he confronted her in high school, and she snitched him out. They threw the blame on him, even his friends who were also a big part of it as they encouraged him. Shoya being outcasted gave him social anxiety to an extreme. No matter the year, his group of friends started telling everyone about how he was a bully, and how no one should get close to him. He eventually stopped trying to make friends, sopped trying to talk to people in general. When we see him alone in school the first time, he doesn’t approach anyone because he imagines other people talking about how terrible of a person he is and about how much he is a loser and a loner. He was at the tipping point of suicide. So when he decided to do it, he knew he had to get the final guilt off his chest. But saying he wanted to be friends with her threw his plans off track, it was his life line that he unintentionally threw, hoping someone would help. He didn’t know why he did it, nor did he acknowledge it until the end when he asked her to help him live. Shoko was feeling useless and a problem to the world, she started thinking she was the root cause of Shoyas problems. Ueno wanted to repent, to make amends with Shoya because she let him take the blame for when it happened, so she thought that she need to get Shoko away from him in order to save what little life he had. She tried to get him to talk with his old friends again, but they didn’t care for him then, but they cared enough to not let him die. Ueno knew she was part of the problem but she would never admit it, but nearing the end, she did a bit of change in heart when she did learn sign language, maybe just to insult her, but enough to show that she does plan to change herself. Sahara came back into Shoko life because she had to apologize for being a “coward” for running away then and for running away when they both needed help. So yeah long rant, but I love this movie a lot so it deserves it.

rewatching this still makes me sad & feel for these characters everytime

to be fair "moon" (Tsuki) and "love" (Suki) sound similar in Japanese

I knew Roshi was screwed for the rest of the movie when he started crying in the elementary school flashback

now let’s see how roshi reacts to “I want to eat your pancreas” 😍

First video I saw of this channel, and it was fun to watch! This is one of my favorite movies. I don't know if you guys noticed this later about Kawai- it's easier to spot when you've watched it multiple times, but she's messed with Shouko as a kid too. In the choir practice, she opened her mouth early as if starting to sing, so Shouko would follow and start earlier than normal, so she could come in and "help" her. Along with laughing along with the teasing. She essentially took advantage of her to look good in front of everyone. Kawai's an example of a covert narcissist, a narcissist who doesn't show their disorder outright publicly. Only by small subtle actions. There's a lot more small hints in scenes for every character that is only spotted through multiple watch throughs. The details in this movie is amazing. There's a manga series that goes along with the movie too, which I prefer. A lot more character development and I feel the story is more solid in the manga than the movie.

When the “pain” edit came up Roshi looked absolutely miserable lol. I watched this right before everyone started reacting to it and I remember just sitting on my couch, crying my eyes out and feeling dumb.

Here we see a rare spectacle of a Roshi crying its eyes out in its natural habitat.....what a beautiful site indeed.

man, I don't know what it is but that final scene when he uncovers his ears and the music swells, makes me cry every single time I see it.

Honestly my favorite anime movie, very much painful though. Still a masterpiece.

this movie is what got me to really start watching and appreciating anime, holds a special place in my heart!

Proceeds to watch more pain from the same author with "To you eternity"

I've watched this more times than i could count, not including the reaction videos and it still gets me everytine 😭😭😭

Ishida unplugging his ears, opening himself up to people around him after restricting himself cuz he thought he doesn't deserve happy life and company, gets me every time.

It’s so cool that you’re reacting to a load of KyoAni stuff, their art is just top tier and the stories are told so beautifully

Fun Fact: The author of Silent Voice also wrote 'To Your Eternity' ^.^

I low key didn’t expect you to cry firsthand but seeing that you did shows that you’ve got a true heart and seeing something like this has that kinda effect on you, this movie was amazing, PAIN yes but a pain that makes you reflect and view life in a totally new and different way, I look forward to more reactions on this aspect. Great reaction. Great review. 💯

I've always thought that the ending shows his world opening up again. He had sucha small view of the world because he didn't want to let anyone in and he didn't want to experience anything because he didn't believe he deserved it. After he realized he has people who care for him and vice versa, he starts opening up to opportunities and different experiences with his friends

It’s amazing how this movie hasn’t failed to make me cry anytime I’ve seen it. This probably the third time I’ve seen it, but I was glad to go through that again and see how they reacted to it

Rip to all the victims of the kyoani arson attack. Cant believe its been two years

y’all are such genuine people

in the end, when he finally open himself and start crying.. i cried like a baby, it hits so hard.

Imo my guy got the absolute worst of it. He basically got blamed for everything and all his “friends” immediately turned against him when it was beneficial to them. Afterward his entire life was screwed, he was bullied terribly, lost all his social skills, and got ruined his entire life. I needed to see this guy get some more W’s cause he sure as hell deserved it