A Silent Voice T01

The manga that has upset Japan!Shoko Nishimiya has been deaf since birth. Even with a hearing aid, she struggles to grasp the conversations, to understand what is happening around her. Scared by this handicap, her father ended up abandoning her, leaving her mother alone to raise her. When Shoko is transferred to a new school, she does her best to overcome this handicap, but despite her efforts to integrate into this new environment, nothing does there: persecutions are multiplying, led by Shoya Ishida, the leader of the class. Turn intrigued, fascinated, and then finally exasperated by this young girl who does not know how to communicate with her voice, Shoya decides to devote all her energy to making life impossible. In turn psychological and then physical, the young boy's attacks are increasingly violent... until the day when the bullying of too much provokes a complaint from the Shoko family, as well as the intervention of the school director.