I absolutely love A Silent Voice for this EXACT reason but also the humanizing of the "villain" in this case the bully, Shoya. It's our past actions that define who we are and constantly attribute bad things that happen to us as deserved for previous things we've done. It sucks because you feel like you will never outlive the things that even the person who may have been hurt by your actions has long forgiven you for. Regardless, even if you've become a much better person and doing more for others, you always feel in the back of your head that it's just some façade and you're still the same bad person underneath it all
I have similar reasons as to why A Silent Voice is one of my favorite movies of all time. For me my connection to this movie was not about my history of being bullied like you, I mean sure I was bullied a little bit in school but it was never a major detriment to me, but instead I resonated with Shoya for different reasons. When I was younger a lot of things happened at once, things that seem minor now looking back, but these things led to me feeling incredibly guilty for being alive. It wasn't like a situation where someone else died instead of me, it wasn't even that someone else got hurt instead of me, I just felt like my being alive was a detriment on everybody around me, especially my family, especially my mother. I stopped looking people in the eyes, I started having difficulty speaking, and eventually I got to the point of planning my suicide. It's the reason I identify with Shoya, I identify with the guilt he feels towards his mother and his best attempts to make up for them before getting to that bridge. When his mother approached him afterwards, asking why he was going to commit suicide, I also identified with that, as it was my mother who got me to open up about my plans for my suicide and who got me the help I needed. Though it took a lot longer for me than it did for Shoya, I did eventually get to a point where I could look people in the eyes, and that moment in the movie always hits the hardest. There are many points in this movie that make me tear up every time I watch it, but that last scene always hits the hardest for me. There are honestly too many good things about this movie, I couldn't possibly list them all in this one comment, but needless to say I don't think any movie will ever resonate with me on a more personal level than A Silent Voice did.
A Silent Voice is such an amazing movie. It manages to depict bullying and self-loathing in such a brutal yet warm way that is honestly just perfect. It highlights the power of communication and shows how anybody, no matter how good or bad they are, can change. It’s never too late, and that’s a message that more people need to hear.
as someone who was relentlessly bullied as a child im a shoya defender for life. He did that stuff as a child which was still wrong- children can be cruel but he felt extremely guilty and worked his hardest to change. He didnt deserve to torment himself over what he did as a child, especially since he fought to be better and was so genuine about it.
I kinda relate to him because whilst I wasn't a bully as a kid I was very troubled and used to hurt alot of people. And I started to distance myself from people because of drama at my school.
Great analysis, I saw A Silent Voice at a hard time in my life and this movie helped me crawl out of it. So this movie will always hold a special place in my heart
A Slient Voice will forever be in my top 3 of not just anime but any sort of media, i have watched it countless time and have never failed to cry during it. It is my 100% honest opinion that no other anime will get as close to your heart as this movie does, i have nothing but pure praise for it.
A Silent Voice is one of the best films made in history because of how much people in this generation can relate to it. Though Shoya never was addicted to his phone, the current generation might as well be ostracizing themselves due to how much people are distancing themselves to look at social media. Too much screen time messes with the brain and can cause mental health issues such as social anxiety, depression, and other illnesses. As someone who is still currently struggling with social anxiety, this movie helped me learn that I was NOT ALONE. If you ever feel sad or not good about yourself, just realize, you are not the only person feeling like this. peace out
I watched this film in high school for a high school assignment. absolutely made my week, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I was ESPECIALLY excited about the Xs and what they represented
This was always something that stuck out in A Silent Voice to me too. I dealt with a lot of bullying growing up and I've never experienced a piece of media that depicts it as well as A Silent Voice. This is my first time coming across your channel, and the video is really well done!
Thanks for making this video. It literally gave me goosebumps. A silent voice was the first movie that could make me cry after i couldnt for years. It was a deeply moving and relatable movie and i love it for that❤
I love A Silent Voice so much, since the very first time I watched, it turned into a kind of "comfort movie" to me. Something very special I can watch when I'm feeling down. I too see myself in this movie, I have a great connection with the bully in that case, not exactly because I was a bully, but because I did and said a lot of things in the past that did hurt people in ways I never imagined, and I turned into someone just like him, recluded, quiet, shy, not even able to look at people in the eyes and even being just like him and creating voices in my head to these feelings. I connect with this character, because of our ways, and because we're healing. We're trying to overcome our past, we're trying to become better persons, and that's why I love A Silent Voice, and why I love Ishida so much. We're not demonized for what we've done wrong, and by seeing Shoya slowly healing and becoming a better person, it gives me hope I can too.
you've convinced me to give it another chance, maybe I will actual feel something this time. I watched it on 2021 when I was 14, I had heard of it before, but I didn't know where to watch it so I just didn't. I was bored as per usual during lockdown, and youtube reccomended a video, which was this movie, so I just watched it. Even tho I have always been shy and had some difficulties looking people in the eye, this movie didn't move me or anything, I loved it, but it was more the animation and music more than anything. While watching your video, more specifically this part 11:45 I got a weird feeling in my chest, this was weird because I have a hard time reacting this way with it be music, videos, animations, or stuff like that, but during this part I just couldn't help but cry. I am 17 now, even tho I was never bullied (serious and actual bullying) I have a hard time interacting with people, I have a difficult time looking them in the eye, I always look them for a second then look away and can't help but think the other person is just thinking I'm a weirdo. Even online, I struggle to send the first message, I struggle because I wonder if I am forcing the other person to talk to me. (sorry if my English isn't great) After lockdown ended, I barely went to school, I barely graduated middle school, and my then psychiatrist told my mom I should take a year off, not go to high school and just let me rest a bit, the problem is the following year my mother had to get a job, so I couldn't go to school either, It's not like I wanted to go to school, but I knew I had to, if not I was going to end up being the way I am now. Fastforward this year I finally started high school after being a shut it for 2 years (you could say 3-4) but I just couldn't do it, I gave up after a week, I just felt so scared, everyone was younger than me, yet they had no problem talking to others, during class I couldn't concentrate at all because I could only think of how tired I was, how my neck hurt so much, did the others think I was weird? were they making fun of me? was I being a nuissance? on the third day of school during recess I got very overwhelmed by this all, I texted my mom to pick me up, she responded "if I pick you up you won't be going to school again" I tried my best not to let my emotions get the best of me while in public, after a while I went back home, the next day my mom didin't wake me for school, and I didn't say anything I just knew that she was thinking how much of a failure I am, or so I thought, after some time she came to my room and told me "it doesn't matter if you don't go, we wont get angry, we just don't want you to stress" that made me feel worse, I have always had so much support, yet i always let it go to waste. Like always I sit on my bed, sometimes my chair in front of my pc, and I just hear the buzzing in my ears, thinking about why I let myself end up like this, wondering what I did wrong, wondering if I will ever make people proud of me again. but this feeling often goes away, I just wished it wouldn't come back. I literally went from being the top student in my grade, the one teachers would tell "you're really smart and mature, you will be really successful" to being someone who stares at a screen all day, obsessing with 2d characters instead of talking to others. I know I have no reason to be this way, I know others have way more serious problems, but I still can't help but feel this way, and honestly it's just a never ending cycle "I feel unwell -> I remember I have no reason to -> I start having more negative thoughts -> I realize I'm just overreacting -> I do things I will end up regretting thanks to my mind being so foggy"
Thank you for sharing your story. That is the harsh cycle that so many people experience, often times in complete solitude. As hard as it is to hear and as "corny" of an answer as it is, the key is to just keep trying. That doesn't mean jump into the deep end right off of the bat either. For some it can simply be starting with taking a walk down their street, going to the grocery store, really anything. The important thing is to just try to leave the comforting but dangerous comfort of your "prison" of a room/house. It was hard for me to come to this realization, and its the same for so many others, but someday you have to realize that while people can judge and hurt you, you are still you. No one can take that away from you. Everyone has a right to happiness and be themselves. It can take a long time, but the best thing is when you come to the realization that other peoples opinions and thoughts can't hurt you. Its ok to be you.
@@captainlupe I am currently trying to stop being this way, I usually isolate from even my parents, and your words really do encourage me to try a little harder when dealing with people. Thanks a lot, and I would like to apologize for commenthing that, I probably sounded like I was victimizing myself, but I didn't expect anyone to see it, let alone the creator of the video.
Yes! I love the way the X's are used in this movie to showcase the distance he had with people around him; the inability to connect with anyone, feeling outcasted by others who have come to judge him for his past, and his inability to let anyone in because he still felt such shame for what he had done, feeling not worthy of forming any connections "I don't deserve friends, and everyone hates me for what I did. I don't even want to live anway, so why does it even matter?" that is sort of presented by the 'X'. Everything around him, especially in school/large crowds was too loud, too much for him to deal with, so blocking their faces added this layer of 'distance' that made it 'safer' for him to deal with the day-to-day. To know their faces, to see their hatred, to see anything in that regard would be too much for him. I think the biggest shift with this is because of his old friends leaving his side after he did what he did to her and was in big trouble for it, which makes sense; he was issolated after all of that happened. And the only people who don't have the X are his family at home, the only thing keeping him tied to the world, to people; the only thing giving him any measure of 'hope' or 'purpose' for living-- and when he meets her again, she also doesn't have that X because she is part of the reason he wants to stay alive; he wants to make up for all he had done wrong--- and maybe make change to what he had done back then. He finally finds a friend in the curly haired kid, someone who does not judge him today for what he did back then because at that point, the kid has no clue---- but it is a refreshing thing, to be given a chance at friendship that feels real... the hard part, is accepting that friendship, and I think when the X falls off, its him giving the kid a chance despite all the walls he's put up because his shame. Its... very intense and it is all done which a simple thing as the X on faces.
The editing, quality, and the topic all are amazing. Happy to support early to your content as I can see several masterpieces coming from this channel.
When I saw the subscriber count, I thought it was lying. This video was incredibly well made and very interesting. A Silent Voice is my all-time favorite movie and impacted me in a way no other movie ever has. It taught me to watch what I say, treat everyone kindly because you don't know their full story, and more. Keep up the great work brother❤
i heavily relate to shouya, i have never feel seen for my whole life before i watched a silent voice, because i am someone who messed up (not by being a bully, thankfully) and wants to redeem myself, but just like shouya, i struggled a lot with mostly the same thing he struggles with. a silent voice will always be my comfort anime, the one that will push me to keep redeeming myself despite remembering how much of an asshole i used to be. it’s comforting to know that even someone who messed up so bad like shouya has a chance to successfully redeem himself and be forgiven. and about the “X”, that happened to me. i can’t look at people in the eye and i always assume the worst in people when it comes to their perception of me. when i say that a silent voice is life changing, I MEAN IT, it truly changes my life. i love a silent voice
I watched a person do a recap it was an hour or somthing and when it was done I almost cried because how real it feels these characters trying to end themselves and stuff it’s almost to real I have never gotten bullied but I know people who have said they would end them selfs over bullying there in therapy but still
this movie is quite literally THE best one I have ever seen; it is so relatable in so many ways, and it quite literally saved my life. I genuinely appreciate this movie, and I shared it with everyone else I hang around with so they can get a better understanding of me as well. I also struggle with eye contact/blocking out people, but I am also working on repairing it just like Shoyo in the movie. totally a great movie worth watching :3 I truly love the video and analysis done here beautifully made. well done video
a silent voice will always be the best movie ive ever watched. Not a single time when i didnt cry during or after the duration of the movie. Redemption has to be one of the best elements that a human can incorporate in the duration of their lifespan, many people do not choose to follow that path, but the ones that do, make all the difference. The reluctance portrayed by Shoko's family members on shoya's relationship with shoko signifies how detrimental his bullying was on shoko and her family. The movie carries mental health so well, and shows how children are not as shallow as we think they are. But one thing i must admit is the fact that i will always be jealous of shoya, not because he had a supportive family, but because he found friends like nagatsuka and yuzuru. The fact that he got to meet a girl as loving and kind as shoko really makes me feel happy for him but at the same time, for some reason, i feel like i will never meet someone like her. Theres no definite answer to that. Found this movie back in 2020, cried so fucking hard while i kept listening to "lit(var)" again and again. I will always love this movie, and have made it a practice to come back to it every now and then, only to appreciate its beauty and calmness. koe no katachi forever.
A Silent Voice is my favorite anime ever. It was the first anime to make me tear up. The way shoya can snap sometimes made me relate, because it's hard to hear people argue around you and have people blame others for something that isn't their fault.The main characters need to forgiven not to hate themselves for what they did in the past. Kawai cared about herself and showed her true colors when something bad happened. I love the humanizing way of bullying and the art of forgiveness they did in this movie.It's almost hard to express how well the characters are written. The way nishymiya ran when she first saw shoya was heart breaking. I agree that is the greatest piece of media ever made.
one time when i was younger A Silent Voice would pop up on my TV screen but since i was very young i never understood the movie. But a few months before this video was uploaded I found out about anime (somewhere between January and February) and since then I have been binge watching it.Then i came across A Silent Voice and just the nostalgic feeling made the movie better. It was like a before and after experiencing of bullying helping me understand the movie better so it got a 100/10 from me
i love asv so much cause i bullied a kid in elementary school and i felt like Shoya for so much time but things got better but i can never forget how asv and shoya changed my vision of the world
when i experienced that scene where the Xes showed for the first time, i panicked, went back a little to hear his monologue again, and i cried, for it brought back painful memories of the past, while simultaneously creating a connection to Shoya for the pain we share
@@captainlupe has nobody seen your shirt? i see no comments. it is legendary. if i am not mestaken it says= i 8 sum pi or i ate some pie or the sum of a pie
Mushshi is more that cinematic perfection for me, at least in memory. Season 1 of course. But yea, Silent Voice is good, very good. It's not so much not looking people in the eyes, it is complete detachment from the world, at least that's what I got from it. The ending is him accepting the world as it is. Those tears that show up in his eyes without him knowing is him healing. That kind of thing happens with shadow work all the time. It's a release. You had no idea about it, but when you do finally face it, yea, it's really intense. A beautiful movie for sure and much better than Your Name. I watched A Silent Voice many a time. That ending used to hit hard. Every time I used to watch it, I'd feel deep emotions. I still get chills, it's a powerful ending, but those welling up emotions I used to feel, close to crying, if not shedding a single tear, no longer come. The chills still do though. Very good pick though, however Mushishi is a beautiful melancholic world of mystery and not so much malicious intent, but just existence, and "that's just the way it is", kind of mentality. They both have their own vibe, but I resonate quite a lot with the melancholy and poetry of Mushishi, season one.
I can agree with this video and the analysis up to a point. This movie has changed me as well. Though the greatest media of all time is Shrek. I believe that with all my heart. Though I agree with the rest of the video and feel what you're talking about.
A silence voice opened my mind to the world, I wanted to learn sign language because of this movie. I relate a lot to shoya. Going from bullying a Deaf girl to learning sign language and trying to make it up to her years later. I have the books too. It’s so realistic it’s insane. Every time I watch it I cry, I’m still learning sign language and am looking back ever since. The XS coming off at the end.. THATS why it made me cry,I want that to happen to me. Shoyas friends remind me of my “friends” I loved it so much I showed my mom it. My older brother couldn’t finish it but yea. Watching it just.. gosh, reminded me so much of my past. The calendar he ripped off the end of hits hard as well. I did that. I didn’t trust anyone. I still am closed off but less. Sometimes I overshare because of how I never open up. I’m in highschool now, I watched it in 6th, when I was going through being bullied highly. My bullying started in kindergarten through 8th. 3 to 14/15 I used to be a bully Then I was bullied. By my friends. Edit: should I tell my ASL teacher to watch this?
i have been bullied my entire life both by peeirs and siblings because i was different, i had autism and brain damage i didnt find out about till i was 19. for a while i was agressive twords other kids because that was my only defence. when i watched this movie it hit me so hard there were so many things that i related to on both sides and its a movie i will forever love
i... how did you just started and be soooooo good at this and how can you speak about personal things like that i love yo so much and i love the anime too but wow you good and i subscribed :)
I have literally been bullied all my life, either in school, at home or at jobs, sadly not even kidding, the most recently was last year were most of my co-workers gave me the silent treatment, which was later confirmed by a co-worker, and she even apologized. I dont work there anymore, although it isn’t related to the bullying, but I fear when I finally get a new job for this cycle to begin again, I always try my best, but nothing works..
I’ve come to stare at peoples teeth rather than their eyes it’s kinda helped me tell who takes care of themselves more so than others but that doesn’t mean they themselves are not a good person maybe something in their past has made them feel they either don’t need to take care of themselves or they don’t deserve to be taken care of in general or there just lazy either way most people do take care of there teeth
11:30 (idk how to pin a part of the video) i grew my hair out to cover both eyes so people cant see mine and it also does the same effect of the x's. its not the best though because i cant always have long hair (it gets cut) it grows back fast but theres still always a 2 week to 1 month period where it isnt covering my eyes, but when it doesn cover my eyes some people tell me to move it so they can "see me" and then i get so uncomfortable.
I myself went through elementary and middle school shunned by almost everyone. Its rather commom from where I'm at and it's not as bad as being bullied but being shunned was terrible and i related to shoya when he was shunned
Great vid. I remember watching the movie and it wierdly had no emotional impact on me. Which felt even weirder considering the subject matter, and my own issues with severe elementary school bullying. Empathizing with and humanizing the bully felt alien and wrong to me, showing the excuses and logic behind his bullying just rubbed me the wrong way. Theres ofc multiple sides to every story, and reasons those actions happened, but maybe it just was a view I couldnt see the full picture of, or didn't care for a story that re-confirmed my negative bias'. Ill give the movie another watch, but im not hopeful ill see it differently.
I love this movie, by far my favorite movie, let alone anime movies, but I honestly can’t give a reason on why. I mean it was the first non Ghibli movie I’ve seen, so I can only assume it just had a more interesting plot.
For some reason Your Name always gives me goosebumps whenever i watched it. Maybe because this is the 1st anime the I've watched when i was a kid. I think I'm the only one who's experiencing this 😅
aint no body thinking about september 17th 2016 because of a quiet place lmao. i always think of movies by there decade not the exact date they were released XD
I was once bullied before but I ain’t got bullied anymore other than that time and now I’m friend with the guy cause he was my brothers friend nice I was like da girl I guess when I’m as little
While I do love the manga and without it the movie wouldn't exist, I personally like anime more and think the movie is the better way to consume the story. So I wanted to focus on the anime 😅
I absolutely love A Silent Voice for this EXACT reason but also the humanizing of the "villain" in this case the bully, Shoya. It's our past actions that define who we are and constantly attribute bad things that happen to us as deserved for previous things we've done. It sucks because you feel like you will never outlive the things that even the person who may have been hurt by your actions has long forgiven you for. Regardless, even if you've become a much better person and doing more for others, you always feel in the back of your head that it's just some façade and you're still the same bad person underneath it all
It's my favourite movie 😭
The issue of not being able to look at people in the eye hits soo deep...
you mean not wanting to or not being able to?
@@pro-cat2029being able to
@@lomuc tbh 'not wanting to' is deeper than 'not being able to', if you're unable to then you're just shy, maybe because of trauma and stuff
The first few minutes of this video made me close it and go watch the movie.
I only have one thing to say:
Thank you.
This is the absolute best outcome I could hope for when I imagined someone watching my video!
I have similar reasons as to why A Silent Voice is one of my favorite movies of all time. For me my connection to this movie was not about my history of being bullied like you, I mean sure I was bullied a little bit in school but it was never a major detriment to me, but instead I resonated with Shoya for different reasons.
When I was younger a lot of things happened at once, things that seem minor now looking back, but these things led to me feeling incredibly guilty for being alive. It wasn't like a situation where someone else died instead of me, it wasn't even that someone else got hurt instead of me, I just felt like my being alive was a detriment on everybody around me, especially my family, especially my mother. I stopped looking people in the eyes, I started having difficulty speaking, and eventually I got to the point of planning my suicide. It's the reason I identify with Shoya, I identify with the guilt he feels towards his mother and his best attempts to make up for them before getting to that bridge. When his mother approached him afterwards, asking why he was going to commit suicide, I also identified with that, as it was my mother who got me to open up about my plans for my suicide and who got me the help I needed.
Though it took a lot longer for me than it did for Shoya, I did eventually get to a point where I could look people in the eyes, and that moment in the movie always hits the hardest. There are many points in this movie that make me tear up every time I watch it, but that last scene always hits the hardest for me. There are honestly too many good things about this movie, I couldn't possibly list them all in this one comment, but needless to say I don't think any movie will ever resonate with me on a more personal level than A Silent Voice did.
A Silent Voice is such an amazing movie. It manages to depict bullying and self-loathing in such a brutal yet warm way that is honestly just perfect. It highlights the power of communication and shows how anybody, no matter how good or bad they are, can change. It’s never too late, and that’s a message that more people need to hear.
Couldn't say it any better myself 🙌
as someone who was relentlessly bullied as a child im a shoya defender for life. He did that stuff as a child which was still wrong- children can be cruel but he felt extremely guilty and worked his hardest to change. He didnt deserve to torment himself over what he did as a child, especially since he fought to be better and was so genuine about it.
Coudln't have said it better myself
I kinda relate to him because whilst I wasn't a bully as a kid I was very troubled and used to hurt alot of people. And I started to distance myself from people because of drama at my school.
I love hearing people talk about this movie and how it affected them
Great analysis, I saw A Silent Voice at a hard time in my life and this movie helped me crawl out of it. So this movie will always hold a special place in my heart
A Slient Voice will forever be in my top 3 of not just anime but any sort of media, i have watched it countless time and have never failed to cry during it. It is my 100% honest opinion that no other anime will get as close to your heart as this movie does, i have nothing but pure praise for it.
I literally started crying multiple times while literally just searching for the clips 😭
A Silent Voice is one of the best films made in history because of how much people in this generation can relate to it. Though Shoya never was addicted to his phone, the current generation might as well be ostracizing themselves due to how much people are distancing themselves to look at social media. Too much screen time messes with the brain and can cause mental health issues such as social anxiety, depression, and other illnesses. As someone who is still currently struggling with social anxiety, this movie helped me learn that I was NOT ALONE. If you ever feel sad or not good about yourself, just realize, you are not the only person feeling like this. peace out
I watched this film in high school for a high school assignment. absolutely made my week, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I was ESPECIALLY excited about the Xs and what they represented
Whatever teacher assigned that as a HW assignment needs to get a raise!
This was always something that stuck out in A Silent Voice to me too. I dealt with a lot of bullying growing up and I've never experienced a piece of media that depicts it as well as A Silent Voice. This is my first time coming across your channel, and the video is really well done!
Thanks for making this video. It literally gave me goosebumps.
A silent voice was the first movie that could make me cry after i couldnt for years. It was a deeply moving and relatable movie and i love it for that❤
I love A Silent Voice so much, since the very first time I watched, it turned into a kind of "comfort movie" to me. Something very special I can watch when I'm feeling down.
I too see myself in this movie, I have a great connection with the bully in that case, not exactly because I was a bully, but because I did and said a lot of things in the past that did hurt people in ways I never imagined, and I turned into someone just like him, recluded, quiet, shy, not even able to look at people in the eyes and even being just like him and creating voices in my head to these feelings.
I connect with this character, because of our ways, and because we're healing. We're trying to overcome our past, we're trying to become better persons, and that's why I love A Silent Voice, and why I love Ishida so much. We're not demonized for what we've done wrong, and by seeing Shoya slowly healing and becoming a better person, it gives me hope I can too.
you've convinced me to give it another chance, maybe I will actual feel something this time.
I watched it on 2021 when I was 14, I had heard of it before, but I didn't know where to watch it so I just didn't.
I was bored as per usual during lockdown, and youtube reccomended a video, which was this movie, so I just watched it. Even tho I have always been shy and had some difficulties looking people in the eye, this movie didn't move me or anything, I loved it, but it was more the animation and music more than anything. While watching your video, more specifically this part 11:45 I got a weird feeling in my chest, this was weird because I have a hard time reacting this way with it be music, videos, animations, or stuff like that, but during this part I just couldn't help but cry.
I am 17 now, even tho I was never bullied (serious and actual bullying) I have a hard time interacting with people, I have a difficult time looking them in the eye, I always look them for a second then look away and can't help but think the other person is just thinking I'm a weirdo. Even online, I struggle to send the first message, I struggle because I wonder if I am forcing the other person to talk to me.
(sorry if my English isn't great)
After lockdown ended, I barely went to school, I barely graduated middle school, and my then psychiatrist told my mom I should take a year off, not go to high school and just let me rest a bit, the problem is the following year my mother had to get a job, so I couldn't go to school either, It's not like I wanted to go to school, but I knew I had to, if not I was going to end up being the way I am now. Fastforward this year I finally started high school after being a shut it for 2 years (you could say 3-4) but I just couldn't do it, I gave up after a week, I just felt so scared, everyone was younger than me, yet they had no problem talking to others, during class I couldn't concentrate at all because I could only think of how tired I was, how my neck hurt so much, did the others think I was weird? were they making fun of me? was I being a nuissance? on the third day of school during recess I got very overwhelmed by this all, I texted my mom to pick me up, she responded "if I pick you up you won't be going to school again" I tried my best not to let my emotions get the best of me while in public, after a while I went back home, the next day my mom didin't wake me for school, and I didn't say anything I just knew that she was thinking how much of a failure I am, or so I thought, after some time she came to my room and told me "it doesn't matter if you don't go, we wont get angry, we just don't want you to stress" that made me feel worse, I have always had so much support, yet i always let it go to waste.
Like always I sit on my bed, sometimes my chair in front of my pc, and I just hear the buzzing in my ears, thinking about why I let myself end up like this, wondering what I did wrong, wondering if I will ever make people proud of me again. but this feeling often goes away, I just wished it wouldn't come back. I literally went from being the top student in my grade, the one teachers would tell "you're really smart and mature, you will be really successful" to being someone who stares at a screen all day, obsessing with 2d characters instead of talking to others.
I know I have no reason to be this way, I know others have way more serious problems, but I still can't help but feel this way, and honestly it's just a never ending cycle "I feel unwell -> I remember I have no reason to -> I start having more negative thoughts -> I realize I'm just overreacting -> I do things I will end up regretting thanks to my mind being so foggy"
Thank you for sharing your story. That is the harsh cycle that so many people experience, often times in complete solitude. As hard as it is to hear and as "corny" of an answer as it is, the key is to just keep trying. That doesn't mean jump into the deep end right off of the bat either. For some it can simply be starting with taking a walk down their street, going to the grocery store, really anything. The important thing is to just try to leave the comforting but dangerous comfort of your "prison" of a room/house. It was hard for me to come to this realization, and its the same for so many others, but someday you have to realize that while people can judge and hurt you, you are still you. No one can take that away from you. Everyone has a right to happiness and be themselves. It can take a long time, but the best thing is when you come to the realization that other peoples opinions and thoughts can't hurt you. Its ok to be you.
@@captainlupe I am currently trying to stop being this way, I usually isolate from even my parents, and your words really do encourage me to try a little harder when dealing with people.
Thanks a lot, and I would like to apologize for commenthing that, I probably sounded like I was victimizing myself, but I didn't expect anyone to see it, let alone the creator of the video.
I too struggle with looking at ppl in the eyes and when I watched a silent voice I felt so seen
was watching this vid and saw the views and got suprised this is underrated asf
Yes! I love the way the X's are used in this movie to showcase the distance he had with people around him; the inability to connect with anyone, feeling outcasted by others who have come to judge him for his past, and his inability to let anyone in because he still felt such shame for what he had done, feeling not worthy of forming any connections "I don't deserve friends, and everyone hates me for what I did. I don't even want to live anway, so why does it even matter?" that is sort of presented by the 'X'. Everything around him, especially in school/large crowds was too loud, too much for him to deal with, so blocking their faces added this layer of 'distance' that made it 'safer' for him to deal with the day-to-day. To know their faces, to see their hatred, to see anything in that regard would be too much for him. I think the biggest shift with this is because of his old friends leaving his side after he did what he did to her and was in big trouble for it, which makes sense; he was issolated after all of that happened. And the only people who don't have the X are his family at home, the only thing keeping him tied to the world, to people; the only thing giving him any measure of 'hope' or 'purpose' for living-- and when he meets her again, she also doesn't have that X because she is part of the reason he wants to stay alive; he wants to make up for all he had done wrong--- and maybe make change to what he had done back then. He finally finds a friend in the curly haired kid, someone who does not judge him today for what he did back then because at that point, the kid has no clue---- but it is a refreshing thing, to be given a chance at friendship that feels real... the hard part, is accepting that friendship, and I think when the X falls off, its him giving the kid a chance despite all the walls he's put up because his shame. Its... very intense and it is all done which a simple thing as the X on faces.
great vid, nice editing, I''m just leaving this com to boost for the algorithm cus you deserve it :D
Thanks soldier 🫡 You're fighting the good fight
The editing, quality, and the topic all are amazing. Happy to support early to your content as I can see several masterpieces coming from this channel.
Comments like this truly put the world's biggest grin on my face 😁 THANKS!
Extremely well made video. I hope you can continue to heal man. I wish you the best
It's always about trying a little harder each day 😁
Its so relatable to not be able too look people in the eyes i also thought it was just because i was shy and introverted
Yooo! The quality of this video is amazing. You deserve a sub
When I saw the subscriber count, I thought it was lying. This video was incredibly well made and very interesting. A Silent Voice is my all-time favorite movie and impacted me in a way no other movie ever has. It taught me to watch what I say, treat everyone kindly because you don't know their full story, and more. Keep up the great work brother❤
Thanks so much!
i heavily relate to shouya, i have never feel seen for my whole life before i watched a silent voice, because i am someone who messed up (not by being a bully, thankfully) and wants to redeem myself, but just like shouya, i struggled a lot with mostly the same thing he struggles with. a silent voice will always be my comfort anime, the one that will push me to keep redeeming myself despite remembering how much of an asshole i used to be. it’s comforting to know that even someone who messed up so bad like shouya has a chance to successfully redeem himself and be forgiven. and about the “X”, that happened to me. i can’t look at people in the eye and i always assume the worst in people when it comes to their perception of me. when i say that a silent voice is life changing, I MEAN IT, it truly changes my life. i love a silent voice
I watched a person do a recap it was an hour or somthing and when it was done I almost cried because how real it feels these characters trying to end themselves and stuff it’s almost to real I have never gotten bullied but I know people who have said they would end them selfs over bullying there in therapy but still
A silent voice really did hit home for me
this movie is quite literally THE best one I have ever seen; it is so relatable in so many ways, and it quite literally saved my life. I genuinely appreciate this movie, and I shared it with everyone else I hang around with so they can get a better understanding of me as well. I also struggle with eye contact/blocking out people, but I am also working on repairing it just like Shoyo in the movie. totally a great movie worth watching :3 I truly love the video and analysis done here beautifully made. well done video
thank you 12:41 , it is great to know I am not alone in this thing...
We almost never are
a silent voice will always be the best movie ive ever watched. Not a single time when i didnt cry during or after the duration of the movie. Redemption has to be one of the best elements that a human can incorporate in the duration of their lifespan, many people do not choose to follow that path, but the ones that do, make all the difference. The reluctance portrayed by Shoko's family members on shoya's relationship with shoko signifies how detrimental his bullying was on shoko and her family.
The movie carries mental health so well, and shows how children are not as shallow as we think they are. But one thing i must admit is the fact that i will always be jealous of shoya, not because he had a supportive family, but because he found friends like nagatsuka and yuzuru. The fact that he got to meet a girl as loving and kind as shoko really makes me feel happy for him but at the same time, for some reason, i feel like i will never meet someone like her. Theres no definite answer to that.
Found this movie back in 2020, cried so fucking hard while i kept listening to "lit(var)" again and again. I will always love this movie, and have made it a practice to come back to it every now and then, only to appreciate its beauty and calmness. koe no katachi forever.
A Silent Voice is my favorite anime ever. It was the first anime to make me tear up. The way shoya can snap sometimes made me relate, because it's hard to hear people argue around you and have people blame others for something that isn't their fault.The main characters need to forgiven not to hate themselves for what they did in the past. Kawai cared about herself and showed her true colors when something bad happened. I love the humanizing way of bullying and the art of forgiveness they did in this movie.It's almost hard to express how well the characters are written. The way nishymiya ran when she first saw shoya was heart breaking. I agree that is the greatest piece of media ever made.
Your video is so well edited! The 14 minutes looked as 5!
Thanks!! I'm still figuring out my style, so I hope my next couple can be this good 😅
Everytime I watch this movie I just cry seeing how real it is
I literally cried while searching for the clips
Stumbled upon an AMV 4 years ago. Telephones by vacations is not my #1 song and a silent voice will always have a place in my heart.
When I watched this a few years ago I had a feeling that I can't get back from any other media. So good
This guy definitely deserves more recognition this video is 🔥
one time when i was younger A Silent Voice would pop up on my TV screen but since i was very young i never understood the movie. But a few months before this video was uploaded I found out about anime (somewhere between January and February) and since then I have been binge watching it.Then i came across A Silent Voice and just the nostalgic feeling made the movie better. It was like a before and after experiencing of bullying helping me understand the movie better so it got a 100/10 from me
I watch this anime and ur lie in April back to back not knowing what I was getting into both times
i love asv so much cause i bullied a kid in elementary school and i felt like Shoya for so much time but things got better but i can never forget how asv and shoya changed my vision of the world
Finally someone who talks about the X In A Silent Voice 😭🙏
when i experienced that scene where the Xes showed for the first time, i panicked, went back a little to hear his monologue again, and i cried, for it brought back painful memories of the past, while simultaneously creating a connection to Shoya for the pain we share
Dude, you're so underrated, and your editing is really amazing 🤯
THANKS!! 😁 Means a lot!
@@captainlupe has nobody seen your shirt? i see no comments. it is legendary. if i am not mestaken it says= i 8 sum pi or i ate some pie or the sum of a pie
there is no way you have 400 subs, with this video editing, camera quality and information is crazy
Well I just started so hopefully I can keep growing! Thanks so much for the compliments!
Mushshi is more that cinematic perfection for me, at least in memory. Season 1 of course.
But yea, Silent Voice is good, very good.
It's not so much not looking people in the eyes, it is complete detachment from the world, at least that's what I got from it. The ending is him accepting the world as it is. Those tears that show up in his eyes without him knowing is him healing. That kind of thing happens with shadow work all the time. It's a release. You had no idea about it, but when you do finally face it, yea, it's really intense.
A beautiful movie for sure and much better than Your Name. I watched A Silent Voice many a time. That ending used to hit hard. Every time I used to watch it, I'd feel deep emotions. I still get chills, it's a powerful ending, but those welling up emotions I used to feel, close to crying, if not shedding a single tear, no longer come. The chills still do though. Very good pick though, however Mushishi is a beautiful melancholic world of mystery and not so much malicious intent, but just existence, and "that's just the way it is", kind of mentality. They both have their own vibe, but I resonate quite a lot with the melancholy and poetry of Mushishi, season one.
This video is amazing
You did a great job and it really spoke to me
this videos about to go make me rewatch a silent voice, such a good movie and honestly my favorite anime movie oat
I can agree with this video and the analysis up to a point. This movie has changed me as well. Though the greatest media of all time is Shrek. I believe that with all my heart. Though I agree with the rest of the video and feel what you're talking about.
I love A Silent Voice so much cause it’s too relatable.
Absolute masterpiece of a video, great depiction of the movie.
Thank you for showing me this lovely anime,i have just finished watching it
I LITERALLY LOVE A SILENT VOICE. I have never watched a better anime movie then a silent voice.
A silent voice will be always my favourite anime movie, great video dude, new sub
A silence voice opened my mind to the world, I wanted to learn sign language because of this movie. I relate a lot to shoya. Going from bullying a Deaf girl to learning sign language and trying to make it up to her years later. I have the books too. It’s so realistic it’s insane. Every time I watch it I cry, I’m still learning sign language and am looking back ever since. The XS coming off at the end.. THATS why it made me cry,I want that to happen to me. Shoyas friends remind me of my “friends” I loved it so much I showed my mom it. My older brother couldn’t finish it but yea. Watching it just.. gosh, reminded me so much of my past. The calendar he ripped off the end of hits hard as well. I did that. I didn’t trust anyone. I still am closed off but less. Sometimes I overshare because of how I never open up. I’m in highschool now, I watched it in 6th, when I was going through being bullied highly. My bullying started in kindergarten through 8th. 3 to 14/15
I used to be a bully
Then I was bullied.
By my friends.
Edit: should I tell my ASL teacher to watch this?
I was so surprised to see how much subscribers this guy has
I havent watched the anime yet but now I know its worth a watch. thanks bro
I love spreading the good word of this anime 👌
i have been bullied my entire life both by peeirs and siblings because i was different, i had autism and brain damage i didnt find out about till i was 19. for a while i was agressive twords other kids because that was my only defence. when i watched this movie it hit me so hard there were so many things that i related to on both sides and its a movie i will forever love
I loved this video sm man
Thank you!!
Time to go watch a silent voice..
Again
i... how did you just started and be soooooo good at this and how can you speak about personal things like that i love yo so much and i love the anime too but wow you good and i subscribed :)
I've been sitting on this video idea for a VERY long time 😅
i cry
This movie goes hard. Probably the least realistic thing is it has a happy ending though. Life sucks
Great video would love to see more!
your first video, an interesting one, good job on sharing its value, a new subscriber :)
such an amazing vid. got me inspired to continue script for my fav movie 😊
I have literally been bullied all my life, either in school, at home or at jobs, sadly not even kidding, the most recently was last year were most of my co-workers gave me the silent treatment, which was later confirmed by a co-worker, and she even apologized. I dont work there anymore, although it isn’t related to the bullying, but I fear when I finally get a new job for this cycle to begin again, I always try my best, but nothing works..
great video!
17th of september is my birth day so I gasped at the beginning of the video
You are an awesome guy in my opinion
So its not worth it to worry about these things for you❤
Thank you!
Underrated asl
I’ve come to stare at peoples teeth rather than their eyes it’s kinda helped me tell who takes care of themselves more so than others but that doesn’t mean they themselves are not a good person maybe something in their past has made them feel they either don’t need to take care of themselves or they don’t deserve to be taken care of in general or there just lazy either way most people do take care of there teeth
Oh lord, the first time I watched this knowing nothing about it and had downloaded it for the plane. I sat crying for 2 hrs next to random strangers 💀
11:30 (idk how to pin a part of the video) i grew my hair out to cover both eyes so people cant see mine and it also does the same effect of the x's. its not the best though because i cant always have long hair (it gets cut) it grows back fast but theres still always a 2 week to 1 month period where it isnt covering my eyes, but when it doesn cover my eyes some people tell me to move it so they can "see me" and then i get so uncomfortable.
underrated channel
WHATTTT SEPTEMBER 17 IS MY BIRTHDAY HOW DID I NOT KNOW😭😭 I freaking love this movie sm im so happy it released on my brithday
Beautiful
I myself went through elementary and middle school shunned by almost everyone. Its rather commom from where I'm at and it's not as bad as being bullied but being shunned was terrible and i related to shoya when he was shunned
Just finished this masterpiece
Great video👍 i hope you can make some video about tensura or anime recommendation videos
Funny enough the next video I'm making has something to do with Tensura 😅
Great vid. I remember watching the movie and it wierdly had no emotional impact on me. Which felt even weirder considering the subject matter, and my own issues with severe elementary school bullying. Empathizing with and humanizing the bully felt alien and wrong to me, showing the excuses and logic behind his bullying just rubbed me the wrong way. Theres ofc multiple sides to every story, and reasons those actions happened, but maybe it just was a view I couldnt see the full picture of, or didn't care for a story that re-confirmed my negative bias'. Ill give the movie another watch, but im not hopeful ill see it differently.
Sometimes you run out of eye spoons.
the algorithm aint algorithming
next can we get miki biting the curb 4k ultra hd
Wait till he sees the tight rope edit
damn bro you deserve more subscribers
Thanks! I just started so hopefully it keeps climbing!
I spotted a persona 5 strikers soundtrack in the background 😂
also amazing edits, definitely well-deserved subscribe from me!
I love this movie, by far my favorite movie, let alone anime movies, but I honestly can’t give a reason on why. I mean it was the first non Ghibli movie I’ve seen, so I can only assume it just had a more interesting plot.
399th subscriber?!
I will forever remember my 399th subscriber!
For some reason Your Name always gives me goosebumps whenever i watched it. Maybe because this is the 1st anime the I've watched when i was a kid. I think I'm the only one who's experiencing this 😅
aint no body thinking about september 17th 2016 because of a quiet place lmao. i always think of movies by there decade not the exact date they were released XD
a silent voice in 2024 is based ngl
It truly is a timeless classic 👌
I recommend you to read the manga ,it did the characters even better .
I was once bullied before but I ain’t got bullied anymore other than that time and now I’m friend with the guy cause he was my brothers friend nice I was like da girl I guess when I’m as little
w persona 5 music
Silent voice Is the best!
I think it would have been better to start the vidoe with the release of the original manga which led to the movie’s adaptation
While I do love the manga and without it the movie wouldn't exist, I personally like anime more and think the movie is the better way to consume the story. So I wanted to focus on the anime 😅
Your name is great, but a silent voice made me feel something, last time i felt something similar was as i watched 5 cm per second
I’m quite but an opened person so it don’t bother me I just forget it hehehe
damn you should have more subs
Persona 3 music👍
As well as Persona 5 and Persona Strikers 👌