Directed by Naoko Yamada and adapted from Yoshitoki Ōima's manga, the film follows Shoya Ishida, a former bully striving for redemption, and Shouko Nishimiya, the deaf girl he once tormented.

Shoya Ishida (voiced by Miyu Irino) is the most obnoxious boy in his sixth-grade class: He goofs off, pulls pranks and gets into trouble. When Shoko Nishimiya (Saori Hayami), a shy deaf girl ...

Upon transferring to a new elementary school, a hearing-impaired girl named Shoko Nishimiya (Saori Hayami) is preyed upon by her unrelenting peers, including the mischievous Shoya Ishida (Miyu Irino).

She transfers into a new school, where she is bullied by her classmates, especially Shôya Ishida. It gets to the point where she transfers to another school and as a result, Shôya is ostracized ...

“After transferring into a new school, a deaf girl, Shoko Nishimiya, is bullied by the popular Shoya Ishida,” reads the ...

The story follows Shoya Ishida, who bullied Shoko Nishimiya, a hearing-impaired girl, when they were both in elementary school. After suffering relentless bullying and teasing from Shoya and his ...

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The most important theme in the film is the concept of redemption. The main character, Shoya Ishida, was ostracized because of his actions early in middle school. He constantly bullied a deaf ...

The manga focuses on Shoko Nishimiya and Shoya Ishida. Shoko Nishimiya, a deaf elementary school student, meets Shoya Ishida in her new class after transferring schools. However, Shoya ...

The film centers on a deaf girl and a boy who bullied her when they were younger. The boy, Shoya Ishida, now in high school, wishes to make amends with the girl, Shoko Nishimiya, who was once his ...