 Alternative TitlesSynonyms: The Shape of Voice Japanese: 聲の形 More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 7
Chapters: 64
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 7, 2013 to Nov 19, 2014
Theme:
Romantic Subtext
Demographic:
Shounen
Serialization:
Shounen Magazine (Weekly) Authors:
Ooima, Yoshitoki (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #292 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #25
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Feb 3, 2015
First of all I honestly didn't expect this manga could bring me on such a feels trip, but it did. The story revolves a hot headed dare devil Ishida Shouya and how he bullied and mentally tortured a deaf girl by the name of Nishimiya Shouko to the point the entire class joins in and she is forced to transfer to another school. Soon after the class's attitude turns to Ishida and the one who started it all is the new target. Years later of being the class's punching bag and scapegoat he begins to realize how badly he treated Shouko and after coincidentally running
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Dec 3, 2021
This is might be the only case where I genuinely believe the movie adaptation is better than the source material.
In my opinion, the additional story provided by the manga only lessens the quality of the story. I will discuss the primary reason below: it contradicts the movie's main theme, growth. There are extra character moments in the manga which don't serve to enhance the narrative payoff of the ending. I can understand why they are there: to add motive to characters like Ueno and Kawai. However, these moments don't build up the characters in a way that's congruent with the story's ending. These extra chapters spent ... 
Jun 30, 2015
Koe no Katachi was a fantastic read from start to finish. I found myself frustrated with several of the characters throughout the entire manga, but never to the point of wanting to stop.
I had a hard time moving on to other tasks at the end of every chapter because I wanted to keep reading so much. I think the reason for this was because I did not identify with any of the characters in the series individually, but they all had certain characteristics that I found were similar to me in some way. This series is finished and ended in a way that I thought was ... 
Sep 21, 2017
I will try to keep this review as brief and as spoiler-free as possible - I will probably go off tangent anyway
Story - 9/10 Art - 9/10 Character - 10/10 Enjoyment - 10/10 Overall - 10/10 Story - 9/10: After watching the movie (and being deeply absorbed by it), I decided to read the manga and oh boy, was this a good decision. The movie left out many points from the manga in order to make it a suitable movie length (which was still too long for my taste xP), which I found great pleasure in seeing. Personally, I am not a big fan of the typical Slice of Life, Romance, ... 
May 12, 2018
As someone who was bullied and abused quite a bit during his formative years, I generally don't care to think of my past tormentors as human beings. When you're going through the thick of it all, they don't really seem like people as much as they come off as monsters. Of course, one of life's painful truths is that people are capable of changing for better or worse. There have been countless times in my adult life where I'm confronted with my past tormentors and I had to accept the reality that they weren't the same person they were back then. Some of them actually
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Apr 14, 2017
The path of redemption by the male lead was done very well. Regardless of the male lead's intention to change, selfish or otherwise, he tried and did change. Both leads drove the story and carried most of the other characters. Why the low rating, tough?
The other characters that bullied the leads did not change at all, but somehow the author wanted us to feel sorry for them. The only reason they were interacting with the leads was because the male lead went out of his way to talk to a few of them. As the story progressed, it seems that ... 
Feb 15, 2015
Well hello. We got another tough one no?
Koe no Katachi... well, it's a manga about bullying. It should be in it's genre. It's drama, psychologicial and BULLYING. It should be like that. Let me get this out of the way, this CAN'T be real. It just cannot be. I've had my fair share of bullying, and 'till I managed to punch the sucker out of his misery, I got bullied. That was my problem. That was my cowardness that I gave in to. And it seemed it was the biggest problem of the world. But, it was "childish." That bullying was childish. It was ... 
Sep 17, 2016
This manga had soo many potentials, I mean it could've been one of the best mangas out there (not that saying it's not but under there). So what's the reason that made this manga a let down? So let's get to the point. There are a lot of teases to the readers that this manga can develop a romantic subplot/plot but in the end it just felt like the mangaka just got tired with the manga and wanted to end it and quit. Basically that's how it happened, throwing romantic teases at you and in the end throws it away on a near by river
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Aug 17, 2016
Ok, i try not to spoil the whole manga for u.
The one shot i stumbled by in manga rock, hooked me into the manga and i couldnt stop re-reading it. At the starts of the story, I disliked Ishida and felt sorry for Nishimiya (hearing-impaired young girl), that she is being bullied by Ishida. Later on after Nishimiya left, I slowly felt sorry for Ishida who is being bullied back and Nishimiya was the one who is helping him clean up the mess left from others classmate. But soon later, Ishida finds himself on redemption to earn back the trust of Nishimiya. The storyline is lovely ... 
Aug 10, 2016
After hearing a movie was coming out for Koe no Katachi, I felt obligated to read the manga. So I read the summary and was 100% hooked on this from the get go.
This is a cute and EXTREMELY sad manga, you will get hit in the feels. You feel sad, happy, angry, and empty as you read this until the very last chapter. Honestly I wish I read it when it came out because it's brilliant and a must read. I wish it was longer but I was definitely not upset (with every part but one) with what I read and I ... 
May 19, 2017
(MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS)
I read Koe on Katachi after having watched the movie, and I must say that I am disheartened at the fact that I will have to give two separate ratings for the same work of art being displayed on two different mediums. To be fair to the movie, it had a lot more pressure on it, considering that it hard to work on cinematography, transitions, and other aspects of production that a manga doesn't have to work on. Nevertheless, I am here to review the manga, and I shall do just that. Koe no Katachi's power comes from the different nuances that come ... 
Jan 7, 2016
this was the best manga i've read in my life, outstanding story, and a ton of feels and impacting moments. I cannot express how much i've enjoyed this.
Story 10: The story is really well made, it follows a few routes, and it is god to understand, the story itself is really dramatic, and some things leave you surprised, it brought tears to my eyes at some points. Art 9: So the art looks really great, but at some moments it looks sketchy and kinda off in a way, or some body shapes look deformed, but not too often. I really like the art too, it impacts ... 
Aug 16, 2015
Wow where to start with this manga...
It really opens your eyes to the lives that some deaf people actually have to live through although I think this story was just slightly exaggerated. The story was new to me and to me it captured a sort of mixed message about people and outcomes of seemingly harmless actions. It kept me reading by how I actually wanted to see how their lives ended up after going through what they went through. Lots of drama and a bit of romance mixed in. The art was not light but it was not dark either. It seemed more realistic and dramatic ... 
Nov 18, 2015
Why don't they ever write a story about the asshole instead of the 'nice guy' 'loser-kun?' That's essentially what began the process of breaking the mold with Koe no Katachi.
[8] : Art I'm no art mogul, but I really enjoy the 'feel' of this artwork. The alternating line thickness really stands out to me. Sometimes it's thin and I take in the detailed backgrounds for each panel. Then it's thick and I focus on the astounding facial expressions. Those are two of the biggest high points for me and I truly feel this art is 'very good' on the verge of 'great.' [10] : Character Slice of ... 
Jan 11, 2017
This is probably my first review of this manga but let me just say this story was a master peace the story follows about a bully making things right for a deaf girl.
The way the story went from beginning to the end oh my lord is just amazing characters were amazing so much feels i don't even know what to say but this is generally amazing i highly recommend this manga before the movie comes out i hope this review was helpful. Story 10/10 Art 10/10 Character 10/10 ... 
Nov 29, 2016
I went into A Silent Voice with an attitude of equal parts interest and trepidation. Interest because of the high praise I had heard for the manga, and trepidation because the subject matter of childhood bullying seemed ripe for disaster. There are a million ways to make a story about bullying into a preachy PSA or a melodramatic angsty train wreck. What I ended up getting was a marvellously written story that completely shattered my fears that this manga was going to paint by numbers or take the easy way out.
STORY If there's one archetype I'm an incurable sucker for, it's 'The Atoner'. A high ... 
Nov 14, 2016
**Warning, some spoilers of the first few chapters will appear, nothing big but be warned!**
Well if your here that means that you are unsure whether to read this manga, you are looking for someone to explain to you why is there such a hype over this? To tell you the truth i don't know, i read the manga while waiting for the movie to come out and while i was reading it i just found my self drawn in to it. Now i will point ot a few flaws that to me didn't make me give this manga a perfect ten, but non the less for ... 
Apr 20, 2017
Most people have been bullied in some way shape or form, and some have had it worse then others. Here in Koe no Katachi, we watch as the main character Ishida who bullied the female main character (along with many others), Nishimiya, who is deaf, try to change himself and make up for the childhood that he took away from Nishimiya.
Some of the things that really made me like this manga storywise was how real the actual setting of the show is and how it can be a very controversial thing to cover in a manga. The bullying is realistic, it isn't kiddie bullying that ... 
Apr 4, 2017
Koe no Katachi proved to be one of the hardest reads to put down I have ever encountered (and those reads include, among others, Tom Clancy’s Red Storm Rising and Without Remorse, Steven Pressfield’s Gates of Fire and Tolstoy’s War and Peace). On the surface, it’s one young man’s attempt at rectifying his past mistakes, if initially for rather selfish reasons. But underneath, the current of this story swirls into depths addressing bullying (and the types of people involved – victim, bully, and enabler), depression, family dysfunction, and personal redemption.
The premise is compelling enough to start reading it: 12th-grader Shōya Ishida ... 
Sep 10, 2016
Being someone who's relatively fresh to manga, I can truly say this was something else.
Ishida is a bully, picking on Shouko because she's deaf and therefore different. That alone caught my attention. It's a unique start to what would be an amazing journey for both me and Ishida. This manga ended up giving me a sense of most emotions, such as happiness, sadness, and even anger. The way they're protrayed throughout the story baffles me because of how well done it is. The art is incredible, and it's consistent as well. That's something I consider rare nowadays. Every character, in my eyes at least, was unique in ... |
