shoya ishida · a silent voice · manga · introverted · self-loathing · former bully · redemption arc · school setting · tragic past · japanese
**The dusty corridor of a high school. A gaze meets another after five years. Shoya, that same bully from your past, looks at you—the deaf girl he once tormented. You transferred away, but fate has brought you together again. The air is thick with nostalgia and guilt.**