r/KoeNoKatachi

I watched this movie quite a long time ago , 4 years 6 months ago , I was a 16m who was going through some things , it's a long story so you can skip this if you wanna 😭

(It was covid season , so I didn't go out too much , stayed home alot , my friends at the time wanted to hang out even tho there was the 2 people limit back then. I refused as my mom wouldn't let me and I didn't want to go anyways.

A few weeks later the limit was increased to 5 so they asked me again , I refused once more but they pulled the 'oh if you don't go we're done'

I went , frankly as far as I remember , I hated it , it just felt like we're hanging out because we are obligated as 'friends' not because we all truly wanted to.

When I got home I was drained physcially and mentally as it was a long walk in the blazing sun , they planned another outing , I refused on the spot , they pushed back but I was done , actually done but one of them really pissed me off he said 'we planned this for you.'

I think the reason why I was really mad is because I never asked for this , I asked for alone time I can fix my problem I've done it before , hence I called everyone out on their crap. After that they all ghosted me for weeks on end. Till I gave up talking to them.)

My expeirence continued

I was about ready to just end myself until I kid you not I opened my youtube and a video from Kevin Nyaa called 'how a silent voice saved me' popped up , I watched it and decided to watch the movie.

I was balling my eyes out from how real the movie felt , there were 4 times I cried in one watch 😭

The fight in the classroom , the bridge scene (if you read the backstory of the me who watched the movie it'll make sense why it hit me hard) , the firework scene... And the ending.

This movie as stupid as it sounds gave me hope that maybe somehow I will find the right friends , people I want to hang out with. People I want to laugh with. After finishing the end credits I walked to the bathroom to look in the mirror , my eyebags were obvious , I've gotten skinnier too as I was skipping meals due to lack of appetite. So I actually changed into someone I'm kinda happy with , I'm not doing great in life right now , got rejected from collague but it's fine old me would probably think it's the end of the world but I could still be happy , my current friends are great ! I really enjoy their company and recently got home from a hangout. We've been friends for 3 years so far. I guess what I wanna say is there is always light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe this is less of a review but more of a how A Silent Voice Fixed Me.

You can dm me if you wanna chat about anything too.

So at the end of the movie, during the school festival scene, Miki Kawai (or probably someone else, I think I'm remembering the character incorrectly) gives a white bag to Shoya Ishida containing some sort of >!colorful item. They look like feathers, but I don't think there feathers.!< >!I don't know if it's supposed to be a curtain or some kind of cape, but Shoya's newfound friends mention to him that the item isn't finished, but they just give it to him anyway.!<

What is that thing exactly? I know, it's answered in the manga, but I'm still trying to use MangaDex, so I don't know. Can someone help me out?

it made me look at myself in a way I’d been avoiding. Watching Shoya carry the weight of what he did, seeing him genuinely hate the person he used to be, hit me harder than I expected. The movie shows him trying to rebuild himself piece by piece, not because anyone told him to, but because he couldn’t stand living as someone he didn’t respect. And somewhere in all that, I saw my own struggle with porn addiction reflected back at me. I felt that same shame, that same frustration with who I’d let myself become. Seeing Shoya fight to change made me want to fight too. It made me believe that I could choose to be better, even if it’s messy and slow. His story didn’t just move me it pushed me toward becoming wanting to become a better version of my self who can live without porn, someone I can look at without feeling disappointed. In Shoya’s journey, I saw proof that even when you feel broken, you can still choose to grow.

Hello all,
So I've only watched the film once (recently) and have not read the manga (planning to).

I think I got most of the plot and subtleties (thanks to a very solid fansub).
But one part still confuses me a bit:

>!Near the end of the film, when Ishida is in a coma, Nishimiya dreams about a suicide note written by him.!<

>!"Nishimiya, I found you.!<
>!How are you?!<
>!Somehow... this is a little bit weird (lol).!<
>!I.. feel like dying.!<
>!Ah, tuesday is coming to an end soon.!<
>!See ya, Nishimiya."!<
>!(I know translations vary a little)!<

>!What are we dealing with here?!<
>!Is this a "it came to her in a dream"-type thing?!<
>!Where she subconsciously realizes on her own that Ishida was suicidal too?!<

>!Or is this an actual note that Ishida wrote in her conversation notebook just before handing it back to her the day he tried to end himself ? (because it sure reads like it).!<
>!+ it would explain why on the bridge, he's trying so desperately to prevent Nishimiya from reading it.!<

>!But assuming the note is real, when did Nishimiya become aware of it?!<
>!Learning that your primary school crush (bully or not) was planning on ending himself should be a big deal.!<

Have I missed something in the film? Or does the manga explain this?
Thanks.