![]() ![]() As the years drag on, Shoyo reflects on his selfish and cruel actions. ![]() Even though he was the ringleader of a whole classroom’s bullying of one girl, Shoyo becomes the lone outcast after she is transferred, and guilt settles in. After a final show-down, Shoko’s mother transfers her to another school and life goes on for Shoyo…sort of. The bullying included name-calling, theft, and physical abuse. This inspired her when she wrote A Silent Voice at the age of 19.Ī Silent Voice is told from the perspective of a 17-year-old boy named Shoyo who relentlessly bullied his deaf classmate, Shoko while they were in junior high. However, her mother is a sign language interpreter for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, so she grew up in Japan’s deaf community. Yoshitoki Oima is neither deaf or hard-of-hearing. For this month’s book review, I chose A Silent Voice written and illustrated by Yoshitoki Oima. ![]() In a nutshell, manga is a highly stylized form of comic book art from Japan. In tandem with October’s Paint the Town Purple, I decided to break out of the graphic novel routine and try out manga, which can be considered a form of graphic novels. ![]()
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