Should I Like Ueno? [Spoilers]

randomnoakuma said:
She was the one character designed for the viewers to hate. She served her purpose if she made you feel that way

Mayora_oji13 said:
I don't particularly hate her or like her. Imo her character can be interpreted in different ways. She is the most complex character after Shoya.

How I see it is that to her it didn't matter if Shouko was deaf or not, and I think most of the people who defend her saying that she did what she did coz she loves Shoya, also feel the same way. Even if Shouko wasn't deaf or it was a completely different person, she still would have treated her the same way as long as Shoya did too. And I liked that aspect of her character. At the end of the movie we can see that her attitude towards Shouko is changing, she even started learning sign language, that way we can see that she is also trying to redeem herself in her own ways, which is why some people are willing to forgive her, I think Shouko would've done the same.

Who I hate the most is Kawai, she is the most self-centered and manipulative person.

Jester_809 said:
I thought she was really annoying and unlikable but I'm not you, like what you like

randomnoakuma said:
She was the one character designed for the viewers to hate. She served her purpose if she made you feel that way

gnomeu said:
No, you don't need to like her as long as you don't let that hatred cloud your view of her as a character, what you said are her personality traits that are very well shown in the movie and I particularly love it, not all characters need to be good people or altruists, but about hating her it's ok, I guess you're not the only one.

Lyrexx said:


I'm a bit confused by what you mean by that?

erenJaeger99 said:
I don't think she was designed to hate. She was the only character who didn't pity nishimiya because of her disability and treated her like any other person after time skip. And also in childhood, first she tried to be nice to nishimiya but then nishimiya started clinging to her and Ueno was also a child and she didn't wanted to become her friend and that's okay. It's just because after the accident she hits nishimiya everyone started to hate her but i think she was treating nishimiya as a normal person. Nishimiya also realise that it was her fault that's why she wanted to make up with Ueno.

Mayora_oji13 said:
I don't particularly hate her or like her. Imo her character can be interpreted in different ways. She is the most complex character after Shoya.

How I see it is that to her it didn't matter if Shouko was deaf or not, and I think most of the people who defend her saying that she did what she did coz she loves Shoya, also feel the same way. Even if Shouko wasn't deaf or it was a completely different person, she still would have treated her the same way as long as Shoya did too. And I liked that aspect of her character. At the end of the movie we can see that her attitude towards Shouko is changing, she even started learning sign language, that way we can see that she is also trying to redeem herself in her own ways, which is why some people are willing to forgive her, I think Shouko would've done the same.

Who I hate the most is Kawai, she is the most self-centered and manipulative person.

Jester_809 said:
I basically mean it's really your opinion and your choice whether you wanna like her or not. Hope that clears it up

Gangloff said:
Like what you want, hate what you want

Lyrexx said:


Yes, of course I just want to have a conversation with other people's opinions..

Gangloff said:
Shes just a realistic character. Shes a bitch but i like the character

SloppyM said:
You can I don’t see any harm in doing so but her writing was deliberately made to be the annoying knot in a plank of wood that you can’t get rid of for some reason

Todoro-kun said:
I mean the answer should be obvious.

Todoro-kun said:
I mean the answer should be obvious.

FluffyExpress said:
Its almost like no one is seeing the MAIN THEME that is forgiveness within this movie. In the beginning, Shoya was just as much in the wrong as Ueno. No matter what he did to fix his mistakes, he didn’t deserve forgiveness, yet he was forgiven. I truly suggest anyone who hates Ueno watch this movie again with an actual heart inside them. Believe me, it will open up your world in a way where you can actually see how great this movie is. Hating Ueno simply makes you as an audience member self-centered. But it’s okay, I forgive you. I’m only here to help :).

DoobieSam said:
I think the people talking like Ueno is super "woke" for "not seeing her as disabled" are clowns. She's a bully, and bullying is wrong.

Samparka said:
I found her character very interesting. She did hate shouko but also wanted to become friends with her which shouko refused. It's just that the audience and shouko misunderstood her character

Lyrexx said:


I'm confused? I thought she didn't want to be friends with Shouko while Shouko wanted to be friends with her. Like when she kept trying to get her to use her notebook to talk to her as kids and what Ueno said in the ferris wheel

Samparka said:
No.At the ferris wheel she told shouko to be nice to each other as people who hate each other. She was a bit of tsundere but she cared for shouko after seeing shoya's change. Ueno's character was overall not a good one or bad one but it was very interesting to see.

FluffyExpress said:
Its almost like no one is seeing the MAIN THEME that is forgiveness within this movie. In the beginning, Shoya was just as much in the wrong as Ueno. No matter what he did to fix his mistakes, he didn’t deserve forgiveness, yet he was forgiven. I truly suggest anyone who hates Ueno watch this movie again with an actual heart inside them. Believe me, it will open up your world in a way where you can actually see how great this movie is. Hating Ueno simply makes you as an audience member self-centered. But it’s okay, I forgive you. I’m only here to help :).

Mayora_oji13 said:
I don't particularly hate her or like her. Imo her character can be interpreted in different ways. She is the most complex character after Shoya.

How I see it is that to her it didn't matter if Shouko was deaf or not, and I think most of the people who defend her saying that she did what she did coz she loves Shoya, also feel the same way. Even if Shouko wasn't deaf or it was a completely different person, she still would have treated her the same way as long as Shoya did too. And I liked that aspect of her character. At the end of the movie we can see that her attitude towards Shouko is changing, she even started learning sign language, that way we can see that she is also trying to redeem herself in her own ways, which is why some people are willing to forgive her, I think Shouko would've done the same.

Who I hate the most is Kawai, she is the most self-centered and manipulative person.

Lyrexx said:


Of course! She makes a great "bad character" I just felt like they wanted me to like her at the end

Cracker-Man said:

I didn’t get that at all personally. I felt with the end everyone kinda realised she was just a dickhead and didn’t bother trying to make friends with her. Which was something quite real to my life and I’m sure many others. That signing moment with her at the end was quite funny and fulfilling.

Lyrexx said:


Idk I guess I got the feeling they wanted her to seem nicer because of the sign language and nice way Shouko joked with with..?