A Silent Voice (manga)

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Alternative title:
A Silent Voice - Koe no Katachi
A Voz do Silêncio (Portuguese)
Koe no Katachi (Japanese)
Koe no Katachi: Una voz silenciosa (Spanish)
The Shape of Voice
Форма голоса (Russian)
聲の形 (Japanese)
聲之形 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, romance
Themes: bullying, deafness
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: A deaf elementary school girl, Shoko Nishimiya, upon transferring, meets a boy named Shoya Ishida in her new class. Shoya, who is not deaf, leads the class in bullying Shoko, because she is deaf. As the bullying continues, the class starts to bully Shoya for bullying Shoko. After graduating from elementary school, Shoko and Shoya do not speak to each other… until later, when Shoya, tormented over his past, decides he must see Shoko once more. Shoya wants to make amends for what he did in elementary school and be Shoko's friend.
User Ratings: 116 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 37 votes (Eng:36, ?:1)
 Excellent: 39 votes (Eng:37, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish
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 Very good: 29 votes (Eng:29)
 Good: 6 votes (Eng:5, raw:1)
 Decent: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Weak: 1 vote (Eng:1)
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Seen in part or in whole by 186 users, rank: #471 (of 5801)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.767 (Excellent−), std. dev.: 1.2956, rank: #281 (of 6144)
Weighted mean: 8.742 (Excellent−), rank: #335 (of 6144) (seen all: 8.82 / seen some: 8.18)
Bayesian estimate: 8.708 (Excellent−), rank: #33 (of 3242)
Number of tankoubon: 7
Number of pages: 192
Chapter titles: We have 64
Vintage:
2011-01-08 (one-shot in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine)
2013-08-07 to 2014-11-12 (Serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine)
2017-10-19 to 2018-09-20 (Argentina)
Release dates: We have 37
Reviews:
A Silent Voice GN 7 (Jun 14, 2016)
A Silent Voice GN 6 (May 28, 2016)
A Silent Voice GN 5 (Feb 10, 2016)
A Silent Voice GN 4 (Dec 23, 2015)
A Silent Voice GN 3 (Nov 16, 2015)
A Silent Voice GN 2 (Sep 12, 2015)
A Silent Voice GN 1 (Aug 27, 2015)
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Japanese Comic Ranking, October 3-9 (Oct 12, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 26-October 2 (Oct 5, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 19-25 (Sep 28, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 12-18 (Sep 21, 2016)
Japanese Comic Ranking, September 5-11 (Sep 14, 2016)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, June 5-11 (Jun 17, 2016)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, May 29-June 4 (Jun 10, 2016)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 29-June 4 (May 31, 2016)
New York Times Manga Best Seller List, April 17-23 (Apr 29, 2016)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 17-23 (Apr 19, 2016)
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A Silent Voice Ranks in YALSA's Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens (Jan 22, 2016)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 17-23 (Jan 19, 2016)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 22-28 (Nov 24, 2015)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 27-October 3 (Sep 29, 2015)
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North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 26-August 1 (Jul 28, 2015)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 24-30 (May 26, 2015)
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Japanese Comic Ranking, December 29-January 4 (Jan 7, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 22-28 (Jan 5, 2015)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 15-21 (Dec 24, 2014)
A Silent Voice Anime Project Is a Theatrical Film (Dec 15, 2014)
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A Silent Voice, Chi-chan wa Chotto Tarinai Top 2015's Kono Manga ga Sugoi List (Dec 4, 2014)
A Silent Voice Manga Has Anime in the Works (Nov 16, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 20-26 (Oct 29, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 13-19 (Oct 23, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, August 25-31 (Sep 3, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, August 18-24 (Aug 27, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, August 11-17 (Aug 21, 2014)
A Silent Voice - Koe no Katachi Manga to End on November 12 (Aug 4, 2014)
Kodansha Comics Adds A Silent Voice, Maria the Virgin Witch Manga (Jul 5, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 23-29 (Jul 3, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 16-22 (Jun 25, 2014)
38th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced (Apr 3, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 24-30 (Apr 2, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, March 17-23 (Mar 26, 2014)
A Silent Voice - Koe no Katachi Manga to End in 3 More Volumes (Mar 15, 2014)
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18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize 'Reader Award' Nominees Announced (Mar 3, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 3-9 (Feb 12, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, January 27-February 2 (Feb 5, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, January 20-26 (Jan 31, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, January 13-19 (Jan 22, 2014)
Japanese Comic Ranking, November 18-24 (Nov 27, 2013)
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Graphic novel
    A Silent Voice (GN 1) 2015-05-26
    A Silent Voice (GN 2) 2015-07-28
    A Silent Voice (GN 3) 2015-09-29
    A Silent Voice (GN 4) 2015-11-24
    A Silent Voice (GN 5) 2016-01-12
    A Silent Voice (GN 6) 2016-03-15
    A Silent Voice (GN 7) 2016-05-24

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Yoshitoki Ōima
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha (Shonen Magazine Comics)
English staff
English cast
Translation: Steven LeCroy

Additional Touch-up: James Dashiell (vols. 6-7)
Cover Design: Phil Balsman
Editing:
Ben Applegate (Kodansha Comics edition; vols. 1-5)
Haruko Hashimoto (vols. 3-7)
Lettering:
Hiroko Mizuno (vols. 4-7)
Steven LeCroy
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Kodansha Comics
Online Distribution: Crunchyroll
French cast
French staff
Translation: Géraldine Oudin
(none)
French companies
Publisher: Éditions Ki-oon
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Licensed by:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)
Panini Comics (Mexico)
Publisher: Milky Way Ediciones (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian companies
(none)
Italian cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Publisher: Istari Comics
Russian cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Translation:
Denis Kei Kimura (vol. 5-7)
Sayuri Tanamate (vol. 1-4)
(none)
Portuguese companies
Publisher: NewPOP (Brazil)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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