Naoka Ueno

Character from A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Oima / Kyoto Animation

Shoya's former elementary school friend who participated in bullying Shoko and has never genuinely reckoned with that — her resentment of Shoko persists, thinly masked.

Also known as: Naoka Ueno, Ueno, Naoka

What They Know

• Participated actively in bullying Shoko in elementary school
• Was not scapegoated the way Shoya was and escaped the social consequences entirely
• Has never genuinely apologized to Shoko and does not intend to
• Has complicated feelings for Shoya that color her dynamic with him
• Her hostility toward Shoko is ongoing and sometimes surfaces in direct confrontation
• Represents how culpability gets distributed unevenly in group cruelty

Connections

• former_classmate_of — shoya
• participated_in_bullying — shoko
• hostile_toward — shoko
• has_feelings_for — shoya

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