A Silent Voice
SatouMatsuzaka said: the story was pretty compelling with the great animation and sound design. it truly encapsulates how people w/ suicidal thoughts would behave in a situation like that. i adore knk with all my heart and it held a special place in life(always will be). its a pleasure to be able to watch this masterpiece.I am not a fan of Koe No Katachi, and found it a drag to sit through for a majority of the runtime. I have watched it twice now, and have not changed my thoughts on it. Now at least visually, Kyoani never disappoints. But as far as plot wise, the pacing felt so incredibly off. It feels like a 3 hour + movie, with certain characters that just make you want to tear your own hair out. The drama that plays out feels very contrived. There is even a certain bully who gets “redeemed” at the end and all the awful things she caused just gets forgotten about without any sort of consequences. Nishimiya isn’t much of a character, only being used as a device for the MCs development. I have never struggled with depression or suicidal thoughts in my life. I do not relate to this movie. But it’s success reveals something pretty worrying about our generation. That a large portion of people have struggled with those previously mentioned issues, and see themselves in the MC in one way or another. I get it, but it’s NOT going to hit everyone the same. I feel bad that so many people are relating to it. |
| wait. you hated it yet you watched it a second time? damn. still you hate it a lot more you should. i personally enjoyed it. but i won't go out of my way to call it a masterpiece. |
| This post is another proof that this site is full of 13 yr olds(physically or mentally) who struggle to understand people with experiences other than them exist,.Any show with any form of nuanced portrayal of human interaction is going to be met with hordes of basement dwellers who either lack emotional intelligence or are user that it's characters deviate from the standard escapist fantasy model they crave. |
K-_-01Mar 26, 2023 11:36 AM
AniMe_gA_dAiSuKl said: Potatoboy11 said: wait. you hated it yet you watched it a second time? damn. still you hate it a lot more you should. i personally enjoyed it. but i won't go out of my way to call it a masterpiece. he didn't mention that he hated it. please stop taking things too literally, and start reading between the lines. |
| You should rethink your title naming. It'll lead to confusion and the wrong interpretation of you, which as you can see, already has. |
| I assume the demographics that like it so much are women since the Mc is pretty tall and the slight sado masochistic relationship the romance has. I really did not like it since I could not remember any character names. Drama is my lowest rated genre too. Pretty animation can please a large audience. |
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| I'm not gonna read some rant about why you didn't like this movie, Don't like it ? give a low rating and move on there's a reason it has 8.90+ rating on MAL people enjoy it  |
| I don't follow you. I appreciate that you tried to explain what's so sad about people liking this movie but why does one have to relate to an anime to like it? How does one relate to Made in Abyss or Your Name exactly? |
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K-_-01 said: This post is another proof that this site is full of 13 yr olds(physically or mentally) who struggle to understand people with experiences other than them exist,.Any show with any form of nuanced portrayal of human interaction is going to be met with hordes of basement dwellers who either lack emotional intelligence or are user that it's characters deviate from the standard escapist fantasy model they crave. Not really. His/her review was very mature and explained why they didn't love it but expressed understanding of why others might like it. Your post is the one that comes across as an immature overreaction devoid of any understanding of his/her perspective and instead boiling it down to "he/she must hate the show and not be able to appreciate other people's experiences, because they didn't love the show", which ironically is far less "nuanced" than the opening post. |
"The f**ker who goes round beating people to a pulp. He thinks it'll never happen to himself. But there's gonna be a day when the f**ker gets f**king beaten to a pulp too. But that day's f**king today and the guy doing the beating is a f**king c**t." - Sang-hoon, Breathless (2009)    |
soniyay said: Cause a majority of our generation is depressed and suicidal I’m assuming.I'm not gonna read some rant about why you didn't like this movie, Don't like it ? give a low rating and move on there's a reason it has 8.90+ rating on MAL people enjoy it |
SatouMatsuzaka said: RioFS said: I don't follow you. I appreciate that you tried to explain what's so sad about people liking this movie but why does one have to relate to an anime to like it? How does one relate to Made in Abyss or Your Name exactly? It’s the real topics this movie covers. You either relate, or you don’t. We all can enjoy fantasy, in contrast. Which is very different from you either liking it or not. And the middle ground. |
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| I don't think you need to directly experience something in order to have empathy for others, you're overthinking the fact you didn't like it. |
| If you reply back to me and I never respond, I lost interest and don't care. Sorry about that. |
| what the actual fcuk This film succeeded, because majority of new generation is depressed, miserable and suicidal? What kind of logic is that? A short stroll on the Twitter will tell you complete opposite story, that those miserable and depressed people you talk about actually hate this movie because it decided to give a redemption arc to a bully, which they consider irredeemable. New generation is in fact spoiled, bratty, vindictive and incapable of compassion, because most of them were raised being told that they're special and world revolves around them and world should come to a screeching halt if something upsets them. This movie succeeded because people appreciated phenomenal character development. And you don't need to 100% relate to a character to perfectly understand their plight and hardship. That's what empathy is about and that's what allowed people to appreciate this movie. You are like 180* wrong. |
PiromyslMar 26, 2023 11:59 AM
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| I found A Silent Voice very boring (it felt like a 3h movie like you said) and the characters dumb, I can't relate at all even though I should have, maybe ? I can't fathom the success behind it, so I'll just pass my way. |
| was going to argue but then i saw your name. you’re all good |
| To think that you need to have experienced something yourself to understand it is IDIOTIC. This movie isn't great because it ressonates with a lot of people, but because it very impressively portrays the maturing of kids and their regrets. I don't know what you expect the characters of a movie to become, or how you want them to interact. Nishimiya is not a narrative device to develop the main character. She is a main character herself. But because she acts in a way that seems illogical to you, you can only attribute it to it being for the sake of narrative. This applies to ishida and ueno as well. You've never struggled with depression or suicidal ideation, or with having been a bully, having pride, and wanting a group of friends you've had since early childhood to remain no matter what, even after such a devastating conflict, but being a kid and not knowing how to manage this complicated situation wisely. But this movie portrays all of this so brilliantly. You just didn't like it, I think probably didn't understand it, and so you think people liking it is something to be sad about. What a silly silly way of thinking. |
| I grow up living with my older sister who has a disability. Thats enough reason for me on why this is one if not my favorite anime. & what? You are surprised why most people who like this atleast suffered depression or atleast empathized on it? Really? & youve been in this site for awhile at that. & i consider you lucky. You never experienced depression nor what Nishimiya & Ishida, If not, Me & my sister had experienced. Trust me. You dont want it at all. |
Hitagi__FurudeMar 26, 2023 12:37 PM
" Kindness can sometimes lead you to trouble. "  |
| "I don't like what majority likes, so it's bad"🤡 |
| I understand why people like it so much. it really did tug at my heartstrings a bit and anything that resonates strongly on an emotional level will have more impact than just pure dumb entertainment. But I gave it a 7 because too much of it's short runtime was wasted on half-assed exploration of shitty cruel people in a failed attempt to humanize them. |
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Levi1108 said: So you think you need to be experienced with something to understand it? WTF? And this movie succeeded because the generation is suicidal and miserable? I was already pissed off with the title. But after reading what you just said, I don't even wanna argue with you. To start, I’m directing this towards the OP, but I liked what you said and wanted to build off it, so I quoted you as well (I wanted to make sure you knew I wasn’t coming off as harsh towards yourself). Without further ado, I find it very abysmal that the OP would claim such things of a generation. When faced with a realistic premise, they figure that the characters need to be relatable (this is my takeaway, correct me if I’m wrong). No one person is the same; empathy in reality takes much more than relational similarities. People like to self-insert, and all I ever hear of it is whether they really could or not (which in turn leads to a large portion of whether they are dissatisfied with a show or not). Before I get off track and endlessly ramble on which I could (I assume many already find this confusing)… KEY POINT: The only thing one should be doing when absorbing a story is placing themself in the shoes of the characters (understand THEIR feelings and what compels THEM to take action [You are not them]). To say you simply don’t relate is just half-assing any interpretation of a message that an author is seeking to give. He didn’t write his story about YOU. |
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