A Silent Voice: The Movie

I pushed back watching this for a while now. I did not want to go through what I went through when I watched Clannad. Yet here I am... feeling so down after watching this amazing piece of art. It makes me wonder what kind of life I'm living, and why I feel so empty after watching Anime such as this one. Friendship is an amazing thing, but not everyone gets to experience it... Anxiety, depression, social awkwardness, etc. This Anime really puts that into perspective, among many other things. My final thoughts: If you have not watched this yet, or you are trying to decide whether you should, please know that this Anime is an emotional roller coaster, and you will likely cry or feel very depressed after watching this. I pushed back watching this because I did not want to cry, but I watched it tonight and have no regrets. Watch this masterpiece when you are ready, and don't force yourself into it. I'm glad I waited.

This is actually pretty terrible. You cannot claim to depict a person who is deaf with her only character traits being deafness and feeding fish. And her "repentant" bully who continually exposes her to her abusers only realises his folly after becoming a victim himself. Constant themes of suicide and depression with no real method of addressing it except to have the movie say "If you have friends you won't be depressed or suicidal anymore, yay!"