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A series of coincidences lead to an encounter with Ueno, a girl who was in their sixth grade class.

She hasn't improved at all, wanting to bully Shoko again and calling Shoko and Ishida's friendship fake.

In elementary school, Shoko had one friend: Miyoko Sahara. But she left the school suddenly. Ishida and Shoko track her down for a reunion.

Shoko's friend is actually her younger sister, Yuzuru.

Ishida feeds her and gives her his old shoes and takes her home.

Her mother recognizes Ishida and gives him a smack across the face.

Mom tells Yuzuru not to get involved with a guy like that.

Ishida jumps in the river to retrieve it. Shoko's friend gets a photo of this and posts it to social media.

Ishida is suspended from school.

Ishida goes to the park to pick up his younger cousin, where he finds Shoko's friend, with no shoes, sleeping in the equipment.

Nagatsuka responds: there's no qualification; friendship is beyond words.

He tries to see Shoko again. Nagatsuka runs interference for him.

They talk about friendship and what it means. Shoko tries to show him something in the notebook, but it gets dropped in the river.

He tries to see her again, but is rebuffed by one of her friends.

He accidentally rescues a classmate, Tomohiro Nagatsuka, who becomes his friend. This is the first friendly contact he's had in years.

But why are the friends? What right does he have to a friend?

He's attempted suicide at least once. His mother, who he was paying back at the opening, burns the money. She doesn't want a suicide payment.

He went to see Shoko as his final act, or so he thought. But he didn't actually jump.

Jump forward to the present.

Ishida has a chance (or maybe not chance) encounter with Shoko outside his sign language class. He wants to return her communication notebook, which he's held on to all this time.

Things escalate when he catches Shoko cleaning his desk. (Removing some nasty remark.) They get in a fight.

Shoko transfers to another school.

This escalates into the destruction of her hearing aids, and the administration is called in. Ishida's coconspirators sell him out.

Ishida's mother pays Shoko's mother for the hearing aids, and (it seems) takes physical punishment as well.

Ishida becomes the target in class.

Shoko speaks like a deaf person: she can't hear herself, so her voice is monotone and her pronunciation is off.

Ishida makes it his personal quest to mock her.

Her attempts at friendship are rebuffed and he begins a campaign of harassment.

The credits play over The Who's My Generation, as we flash back to our boy in sixth grade.

Our boy, Shoya Ishida, is bored in class when a new transfer student, Shoko Nishimiya, appears.

Shoko introduces herself by writing. She can't hear.

(The screen says "the shape of voice".)

Our boy is clearing out his life. He quits his job, sells his collection (of something,) and empties his bank account to leave an envelope full of money next to a sleeping person.

He's marking the days off the calendar.

You can watch this on on Netflix.

For another two weeks. It warns me June 4th is the last day.

It's a pun, because one of the main characters is deaf.

_A Silent Voice_

Occasionally, I accidentally buy Oreos instead of Double Stuffed Oreos.

Always disappointing.

My legal advisor informs me that consent decrees (including divorce decrees) have a 10 year statute of limitations, and that by letting my Ex run late on their obligations without suing them, I have in fact forfeited my ability to enforce them.

I've been putting off doing the response I'm supposed to do for jury duty.

Today, I got a postcard saying I've been dismissed and don't have to do anything!

Thanks, Numachi Rouka.