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The movie does an excellent job potraying deafness and the struggles people with it face. The question then becomes what is the cause of Shoko's deafness, and can gene therapy possibly help some of those struggling with hearing loss?
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2018-04-16, 01:51 | Link #343 |
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I would disagree with that, actually. The way it portrays the whole thing is too melodramatic and generally used to have the MC play knight in shining armor. It feels more like an otaku fantasy than a genuine portrayal of the sort of situations someone with a disability has to deal with.
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2018-10-22, 17:41 | Link #345 |
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They graciously avoided turning A Silent Voice into a romance even with Shouko's feelings coming out in the film, and with the infrequency of the fact Shouya is trying to redeem himself it's a level of awkwardness avoided. By the end though it's more than just making it up to a young woman but the capacity to face others head-on. Wikipedia's entry callin' this teen drama don't do it right; it's a story about redemption, change, and self-discovery
There was a scene in the hospital and I think one in Shouko's bedroom (she's older in both scenes) where I thought there was some other medical condition she had or something was getting worse, but it seems like it was for the grandmother and maybe they could've communicated that better. Oh and the final scene where all of Shouya's friends involved in this were flashing through his mind, I would've taken out the uh, slanted eye guy and the other guy since they weren't part of the "healing" process KyoAni managed to make Shouko's deafness feel like a medical condition instead of a moé point, a herculean feat of direction that absolutely needed to be treated seriously for the story to have the deft hand it did. Nope, the endearing part of her character comes from her communication with everyone else Best thing about the film though is how meticulously it goes through Shouya's thought process. Not a lot to say because he walks us through it. Final note, I can point to the balcony scene as the film's climax looking back, but when watching it's like the movie has no 3rd act. There's the flashback to when Shouya and Shouko were in elementary school, and then...that's it. The film never has an indication for where you can start expecting it to end except for the final scenes themselves. It implores the viewer to never mentally disengage, pushing audiences to always watch the signs and listen to the silence
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Another problem is that the movie was ultimately more about the guy than the girl even thought the struggle the girl was going through was much more severe and it would have been more interesting to focus more on her than the guy. All in all, it was as good movie, but far from the master piece some people think it is. I think Your Name and Maquia are better movies overall.
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Ueno? She got scot free rather than being redeemed. She was constantly blaming Shoko for everything without assuming any responsibility for the shit pulled off herself, and she didn't do anything to atone for that. This is why I can't rate this movie as high as other people do.
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That could have been depicted just fine without turning him into a literal hero who saved her life from suicide. Add the fact the hottest chick around was lusting after him and this movie comes across a little more as otaku wish-fulfilment than the serious character piece it tries to be.
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As a manga reader, I would say that you very strongly overinterpret how much otaku wish-fulfillment is in here. As far as the white knight thing goes, I think you're wrong. Nishimiya saved Ishida's life by accepting him. She helped him as much as he helped her. And he *had* to do something like saving her life, that was probably the only plausible way for him to let go of his guilt for what he had once done to her in the past so that their relationship could become healthier. Also, the movie focused way less than the manga on a lot of the side-characters including Ueno. If you were to ever read the manga, you'd understand why certain characters get redeemed and you'd understand why many of the unimportant seeming side-characters are actually interesting and important with their own flaws. The movie was a lot less detailed than the manga.
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