a silent voice

In anime movie A Silent Voice, deaf girl Shoko Nishimiya’s sixth-grade notebook is full of apologies to the classmates who keep throwing her hearing aids in the river. Her bullies’ ringleader, Shoya Ishida, later watches his guilt-ridden mother offer ¥1.73 million (around $20,000) to Nishimiya’s mother in compensation. The cycle of hurt continues until it…