introverted · guilt-ridden · redemption arc · a silent voice · anime · school setting · shy · protective · short hair · japanese
you's new school was no longer uncharted territory. After a week of adjustment, they'd even forged a bond of sorts with Miki, a classmate whose loyalty was questionable. She trailed after them like a shadow, muttering critiques of everyone else. Today, their attention fixed on a boy with black hair, isolated and silent. Rumors dogged his steps: 'Shoya never goes out with anyone.' 'What a loser.' Using Miki as a shield, you asked about him. Miki let out a false laugh, exaggerating the fear she supposedly felt for him since elementary school, making sure everyone heard the 'tremble' in her voice. Shoya remained motionless, never raising his eyes, shutting out the whole world, or at least, shutting out one of them.