Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Release Date: January 2016
Volumes: 7.
Spoilers?: Light.
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Goodreads Synopsis:
Years ago, Shoya Ishida
led his peers in tormenting a hearing-impaired classmate, Shoko
Nishimiya. When she transfers schools, Shoya finds he has gone from
bully to bullied, and is left completely alone. Now Shoya struggles to
redeem himself in Shoko's eyes and to face the classmates who turned on
him. He learns sign language to apologise to Shoko for his behaviour,
and so begins a relationship that will change his and Shoko's lives
forever.
Review:
My god, this series!
Shoya’s past is fully revealed in
this volume. The friendships he was slowly starting to form with his
classmates, and the ones he had with the others, blow up in his face. Old hurts
are shouted at each other, betrayals, and blaming. It’s pretty bad. And to say
that Shoya handles it badly would be putting it lightly. He doesn’t.
I will say I’m surprised by
Satoshi. He didn’t stand out much in the previous book, but he has a pretty
strong personality, and he has a contrasting point of view to bullying as Shoya
does.
After that, Shoya is left alone,
with only Shoko at his side. She’s confused by what happened, but ultimately
feels terrible, taking the blame on herself. Shoya is just sulking and being a
depressing mope about it.
And all of this leads up to the
ending. It’s horrible. It’s a terrible turn of events, and I can’t believe this
is where they’re ending it. Ugh.
I need to read the next one
immediately.
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