A Silent Voice Complete Collector's Edition 1 [2022, PDF/EPUB, ENG]

by Yoshitoki Oima

(1,762 ratings)
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The award-winning modern classic about a girl who can't hear and her bully, which inspired the acclaimed anime film from Kyoto Animation, returns in a beautiful, two-volume collector's edition. Each extra-large, deluxe hardcover contains over 700 pages of manga on crisp, premium paper, and more than fifty pages of new content.

Voices Come in Many Forms

In elementary school, Shoya Ishida led his peers in tormenting a classmate who couldn't hear, Shoko Nishimiya. When Shoko transfers schools, Shoya finds he has gone from bully to bullied, and he's left completely alone. Six years later, Shoya struggles to redeem himself in Shoko's eyes and to face the classmates who turned on him.

This deluxe, large-sized hardcover includes the first half of this award-winning manga as well as over fifty pages of content never published in English before. Enjoy color art and concept sketch galleries, early drafts of the story, and interviews with creator Yoshitoki Oima and others, packed with behind-the-scenes details!

YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top Ten Selection; Eisner Award Nominee

“A tender portrayal of adolescence and the longing to be accepted.” -The New York Times

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A Silent Voice isn't just a potential conversation starter about bullying, it also teaches empathy and has the potential to change behavior.' -School Library Journal

'A very rare chance to see characters with disabilities represented on the page and a harsh light shed on the way that Japanese culture handles this difficult topic.' -Comics Bulletin

“A very powerful story about being different and the consequences of childhood bullying… Read it.” -Anime News Network

“The word heartwarming was made for manga like this.” -Manga Bookshelf

“A story of transformation…
A Silent Voice [depicts] a truly egalitarian view of love, something we can all obtain by our own capacity to love, rather than something limited to a perfect relationship.” -Polygon.
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Book details


  • Retail price : from $28.07
  • Author : Yoshitoki Oima
  • Publisher : Kodansha Comics; Collectors edition
  • Published : 05-23-2022
  • Language : English
  • Pages : 744
  • ISBN-10 : 1646512499
  • ISBN-13 : 978-1646512492
  • Reader Reviews : 1,762 (4.8)

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Reader Reviews

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Danielle
Touching!
Reviewed in the United States on 07-04-2021
I really enjoyed this book. The story line was interesting and well done. The art was beautiful. This book was recommended to me by an English student of mine who loves this author because she knows I also teach the deaf and thought I would enjoy it. It was a really touching book and think it was a good way to show how hurtful and damaging bullying can be for those who have anything that makes them stand out in a way that is seen as negative. The MC was a typical teen so you get angry with him but also root for him to be better.

The was my first real manga so the structure of how to read (left to right/right to left) was a little confusing at first but it was easy to figure out. I will definitely be reading the rest of this series.
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A. Irey
'A Silent Voice' Volume 1...
Reviewed in the United States on 05-26-2015
This review is of the first volume alone, so please keep in mind that is how I am judging the story at this point. It's not often a story can get an immediate reaction out of me. Within a single chapter I had an idea of what the story was going for and realized to my horror that the first volume was basically what would become one of the most difficult but fast reads I have done with any series. I blew through the first volume within an hour or so. It's engrossing but mainly because of how well one can relate to it. As an anime and manga fan I was not a cool kid in middle school or high school. It's unlikely that those interests would ever allow for a 'popular' kid in that age. So, bullying isn't something I'm unused to. I have also been working with troubled youth and those with learning disabilities for the past 2 years so this story is a painful reminder of what kind of things adolescents will do to one another in their ignorance.

It's not difficult to relate to the story of someone being bullied but this story actually takes place from the perspective of someone who is the bully, a non-traditional setup. If you're anything like me, you may have a hard time getting through the story knowing that the main character you're following is the bully in this particular story. While that dichotomy changes a bit as the volume goes on this first volume isn't an easy story to swallow. But the fact that it is so important is what makes it truly shine. The characters are all real and it's not hard to see how many of these people exist in everyday life, even outside of the Japanese culture. The voices of shame of and guilt that resonant after the ignorance and bullying are given light are all too common and when enough becomes too much it really hits home to see how the dynamic of the story changes up.

The art for this particular series is beautiful. In fact, in a day and age where stories like this tend to focus on pretty yet great drawing, this particular series has a bit of grit to it which makes it that much more appealing given the tone of the series.

Since this is only the first volume it's hard to say where the story will go from here in terms of quality. As far as beginning volumes though, this one definitely has lasting impact even without the continued plot. I'll be very interested in reading what comes to follow.
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danielle
a silent voice complete collection
Reviewed in Brazil on 12-09-2022
i loved the movie so i was really excited to buy this! it is a beautiful manga, i don't regret buying it all, even though it is quite expensive :).
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