Koe no Katachi Episode 1 Discussion

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Feb 3, 2023 6:20 PM

#601

Mello018

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Feb 2023

mantap jivva sekali my boy

Feb 6, 2023 3:27 PM

#602

thatoneguy132132

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Jun 2021

whoever says that they dont recomend this movie is lying

Feb 9, 2023 10:31 AM

#603

YuriZ1in

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Feb 2023

anime muito perfeito

Feb 9, 2023 3:08 PM

#604

insidemari

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Jan 2023

shouko was such a relatable character, the director really portrayed how disability can isolate a child from the rest of the group well, in my opinion

Feb 12, 2023 2:14 AM

#605

pragatipandey43

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Sep 2019

it deals with serious issues like ostrascization and loniliness and the redemption of the mistakes we made in our lives.

Feb 14, 2023 5:52 AM

#606

TheDoctor0902

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Feb 2023

This movie made me think and I loved it. It's one of the only movies I've ever watched that made me cry for a good reason.

Feb 14, 2023 11:36 AM

#607

Noobcraft

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Oct 2022

Tremenda peli 😃👍

Feb 16, 2023 5:22 AM

#608

GladieyThor

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Feb 2023

shouko and shoya <3 i love very <3

Feb 23, 2023 7:18 PM

#609

Eon_Eclipse

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Feb 2023

a true masterpeice

Feb 27, 2023 4:13 AM

#610

REGDanirraper

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Jul 2022

10/10 Very good pelicula

Feb 28, 2023 11:30 AM

#611

FANG_1331

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Feb 2023

amazing stuff.....

Mar 5, 2023 3:36 PM

#612

silversaint

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Jan 2011

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i thought it did stumble a bit towards its final act but only a bit, its a very good movie for the most part 9/10

Mar 11, 2023 8:27 AM

#613

fridaymissed305

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May 2022

Beautiful movie with great voice acting and one of the best character development i have ever seen in anime history would love to see more movies like this.

Mar 11, 2023 2:41 PM

#614

AnimeIs4Kidz

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Dec 2021

856

Just rewatched the best anime ever created for the 5th time and wanted to leave a mark somewhere.

Mar 22, 2023 6:42 AM

#615

israt431

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Mar 2023

it is a very good anime

Mar 25, 2023 8:21 AM

#616

NightKing1701

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Jul 2021

The starting is nice but after 10-15 mins you start feeling pain in you just gonna say stop. But the ending is good this movie is like a roller coaster. The movie makes play with your emotion if you are to sensitive. 100% recommended.... :)

Mar 29, 2023 3:03 PM

#617

BrokeFast

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Sep 2020

very good anime ...

Apr 4, 2023 4:40 AM

#618

PHNika1

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Aug 2022

A MASTERPIECE.
Beyond MASTERPIECE.

I watched it almost 3 years ago and re-watched it again last year and again planning this year too.
But, here I am.

It's a heavenly MASTERPIECE.

The story was so beautiful and amazing.
Ooima Yoshitoki is really a fantastic writer.
And,
KYOANI, you all were, is and always be my favourite studio.
I was introduced to KYOANI through this movie and it was more than enough for me to become KYOANI, my favourite studio of all time.

The characters writing is out of this world.
For me, specially the main leads.
Wow.
Anyone ever ask me,
What is your favourite Hayamin voiced character, I will say "Shouko Nishimiya" and same with Miyu-kun's "Shouya Ishida".

The music is chef's kiss.
I know the fact that music was made in consideration of semi-deaf people and that's why I love it more.
And, the animation is chef's kiss.

This movie changed my live.

Apr 21, 2023 3:17 AM

#619

CcCharles

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Apr 2022

[Story] 7 - Sad heart warming struggle of shyness both went though and self forgiveness for their actions for those around them.
[Art] 10 - Characters true to their manga designs, high quality animation.
[Sound] 7 - Creative use of sound/music Nothing too special and memorable besides theme song.
[M-Character] 9 - Where great both of them
[S-Character] 7 - Side characters had their story severely cut. Leaving some with empty character.
[Enjoyment] 9 - Tears, sadness, anger, happiness and laughs, the whole package.
[Overall] 8 - Definitely would watch again in a few years

CcCharlesApr 22, 2023 8:47 AM

Apr 23, 2023 9:06 AM

#620

CQLLIST

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Jul 2021

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Yeh rewatched this like for 282838x still my all time favorite, the more rewatch the more i adore the usage of narratives & convey it through its elegant presentation

Apr 30, 2023 6:26 PM

#621

kamroony

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Apr 2023

best movie ive ever seen

May 7, 2023 10:52 AM

#622

TsutanaiFuun

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Jul 2021

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rewatched it after like 2 years. enjoyed it a lot again. watching it second time was easy to undersand the messages and themes, i end up missing them the first time sometimes because i'm trying more to focus what's going on on-screen. and this time got to watch it in the original BD version on my TV. great experience just like cinemas lol.

The end of an era. Thank you Wit, Mappa and Isayama.
Feeling half happy, half sad.

Kawaii waifus
and precious
best girls <3333

May 15, 2023 5:20 AM

#623

Entity121

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Apr 2023

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Jun 2, 2023 9:15 AM

#624

Burnt_Rice250

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Jun 2023

this movie was amazing and I felt was different than other anime movies

Jun 2, 2023 9:20 AM

#625

Kiryotsu

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Jul 2022

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F*ck off about Ueno, I wish that she die in hell.

Jun 13, 2023 11:46 PM

#626

ghoztyfragments

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Sep 2022

IM CRyING IM ON GHE FLOOR OMG

Jun 18, 2023 9:41 PM

#627

89ls2

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Jun 2023

the longer you live the more you relize

Jun 19, 2023 11:14 AM

#628

Log_er

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Mar 2021

absolutely beautiful

Jun 25, 2023 6:16 AM

#629

ChloeHa06

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Jun 2023

It worths watching

Jun 27, 2023 7:57 AM

#630

HelloAgain1

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Jun 2023

Absolutely beautiful

Jul 1, 2023 11:58 PM

#631

dakota_draws85

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May 2023

They did an amazing job demonstrating what mental health disorders like social anxiety and suicidal ideation are like. I can't speak on the accuracy of the disability representation cause I'm not deaf, but I think it was a really touching story

Jul 2, 2023 1:44 PM

#632

KempachiZaraki

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Jun 2023

Es exelente, pense que iba a ser de nsa pero estubo muy bien

Jul 3, 2023 9:22 AM

#633

1selimkrdmn

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Jul 2023

duygusal ama final kötü olmuş

Jul 4, 2023 12:48 AM

#634

gogeta_thephenix

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Aug 2021

amazing work it is dramaticly confiusing really would have loved if it was more then a movie cuz it was too fast to be a movie

Jul 4, 2023 12:42 PM

#635

Mista23

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Mar 2023

Best thing i have ever whitnessed

Jul 4, 2023 6:39 PM

#636

thechessplayer

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Jul 2023

good movie lol
good movie lol
good movie lol
good movie lol

Jul 5, 2023 8:23 AM

#637

Dezed1234

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Jul 2023

I think that I cried.

Jul 7, 2023 12:03 PM

#638

zenaicore

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Aug 2022

was pretty good. was it bad that i laughed when the dude sacrificed himself? prob. do i care? naw.

Jul 9, 2023 12:47 PM

#639

VaDim

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Apr 2010

Absolute masterpiece

Jul 11, 2023 12:15 AM

#640

korokino

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Jan 2021

Masterpiece. I watched it 33 times

Jul 11, 2023 1:09 PM

#641

removed-user

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Jul 2018

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I have seen lately quite a bunch of posts about A Silent Voice with lot of mixed opinions I have pretty mixed feelings about it too.
It's a good movie overall, direction-wise, how it tells the story etc...

My complaint might a bit too subjective / tainted by my own view, but I found it dreadful to watch how passive and quite one-noted of a character Shouko was, imo. Not only in primary school, she was basically victimized throughout all of it and everything happened to her.

It's also hard to say anything about her as a person. She has low self-esteem and thinks she's guilty of everything happening to her, but she doesn't feel like an actual person to me personally.
She rarely (except that brief scene where she pushes him back) expresses any form of anger or bitterness that isn't just getting scared, towards any of her bullies either and seems to uhm... too pure / nice / however you wanna name it?
I've been bullied in my school time quite a lot, because I was "weird" (aka now I know I'm audhd lol) and they assumed I'm queer very soon; quite lot people I knew have been bullied and that bottles up at least some kind of anger and resistance towards them in you, and towards the circumstance that they dare to kick down on you.

It felt it's a lot like one of these "person from a minority gets bullied or discriminated against and their life is awful, please pity them"-movies (mostly is mostly a black or any other poc, or queer, or neurodiverse, or any kind of disabled person).
Which I'm not very fond of when someone's existence (or my own, if it's a movie or series about queer or neurodiverse people) is portrayed pitifully and they act so passively or victimized towards all of it.

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Jul 13, 2023 8:02 AM

#642

kuba-bitch

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Jul 2023

love this anime movie

Jul 15, 2023 5:59 AM

#643

dogeniko

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Jul 2023

very beautiful anime, story will definitely make beginners of anime cry and i hope one day there's a sequel to this

Jul 15, 2023 6:00 AM

#644

dogeniko

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Jul 2023

very beautiful anime, story will definitely make beginners of anime cry and i hope one day there's a sequel to this

Jul 20, 2023 8:46 AM

#645

dio9_by

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Sep 2022

this gave me trauma, could not endure

Jul 25, 2023 7:06 PM

#646

HagePotPotato

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Oct 2019

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damn

this movie hurt so much. like fuck, life is really hard sometimes. and some people have it even harder. and just a little kindness and compassion can change their whole life

i'm glad a lot of the characters were able to grow and/or try to better themselves. i'm not sure everybody did, though. and not every past relationship/friendship issue was resolved. and while that kind of makes the MOVIE feel "unfinished", that's just not how LIFE works. there is always something that can't be resolved or repaired. sometimes things just break

the only complaint i have is that some scenes kind of jumped from one to the next. there was obviously some plot/story that took place between them, albeit generally minor. i guess it was either never intended to be shown or was cut due to time constraints (2 hour anime movie is pretty long)

i had been holding off on watching this (along with several other animovies because they're all supposed to be emotional). and i was right to hold off. but i'm glad i finally watched it. though i don't think i'll ever watch it again for that same exact reason

9/10. i really enjoyed this. a lot. it makes you feel. a lot.

Aug 1, 2023 6:35 AM

#647

eri_chatutu

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Aug 2023

A film that has unique story while giving you that slice of life

Aug 2, 2023 12:26 PM

#648

Abidabs

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Mar 2023

I cried about 4 times watching this film

Aug 3, 2023 5:34 AM

#649

Yuyuki06

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Aug 2023

Un peu desordone par rapport au manga

Aug 7, 2023 3:14 PM

#650

MaskyCZE

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Aug 2023

I really never thought i would felt happy and sad at the same time... this is amazing.... really amazing, love it.

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