One girl is tired of Shoko asking what the teacher said (through writing), and begins to brush Shoko off as an annoyance. Some of his classmates find this rude and appalling, but as time passes, Shoko’s classmates, and even her teacher, begin to bully her. Things seem okay at first, but Shoya makes a statement by yelling at Shoko, who sits in front of him, just a general yell to test if she really cannot hear. When Shoko enters Shoya’s class for the first time, she introduces herself with her notebook, explaining that she is deaf and that she would like to get to know her classmates through writing in her notebook. While the main girth of the series follows the events of their senior year in high school, the first volume follows Shoya and Shoko. The first volume begins with Shoya, a bully who is reunited after six years with Shoko, a girl he bullied so horribly in grade school that she had to switch schools (again). “The word heartwarming was made for manga like this.” –Manga Bookshelfīasically, this is an excellent read that highlights what being different means, the struggle that some families have when they have a member with some kind of disability, and what it means to be a true friend. “A very powerful story about being different and the consequences of childhood bullying…Read it.” –Anime News Network The back of each volume contains the following summation of the series: This is a fantastic series that shows how rough bullying can be, what it can do to other people, oneself, and what it means to be a good human being.
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