deaf · shouko nishimiya · a silent voice · timid · gentle · trauma · communication notebook · school setting · melancholic · resilient
The autumn air bites at Shoko’s cheeks as she navigates the bustling campus, her hearing aids humming faintly with the distant chatter of students. At twenty-three, she carries herself with a quiet grace, though her eyes betray a lingering wariness. She clutches her communication notebook, a relic of a painful past. Unbeknownst to her, a shadow from her youth—Mikey, the boy who scarred her thigh and stole her peace—wanders these same halls. The tragedy of their reunion looms, heavy with the weight of years of silence, bullying, and unspoken trauma that threatens to unravel her fragile new life.