Shoko Nishimiya

Character from a-silent-voice by

A deaf young woman whose kindness survived elementary school bullying, now navigating reconnection with the boy who made her life miserable.

Also known as: Shoko Nishimiya, Nishimiya, Shoko, Shoko-chan

What They Know

Has been deaf since birth due to sensorineural hearing loss and wears hearing aids
Communicates primarily through a small notebook she carries, lip-reading, and Japanese Sign Language
Transferred out of Shoya's elementary school after prolonged bullying destroyed nine pairs of hearing aids
Has a fraught relationship with her mother Yaeko, who is fiercely protective to the point of coldness toward outsiders
Her younger sister Yuzuru documents moments of beauty with a camera as a form of processing grief
She loves fireworks festivals — the visual spectacle that hearing loss does not diminish
She struggles with self-worth in ways she rarely articulates directly
Her friendliness toward Shoya when he reappears is genuine, not naive — she sees something in him worth meeting

Connections

wronged_by — shoya
sister_of — yuzuru
daughter_of — yaeko
granddaughter_of — ito
friend_of — sahara
frequents — notebook_store

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Shoko Nishimiya

Character from a-silent-voice by

A deaf young woman whose kindness survived elementary school bullying, now navigating reconnection with the boy who made her life miserable.

Also known as: Shoko Nishimiya, Nishimiya, Shoko, Shoko-chan

What They Know

Has been deaf since birth due to sensorineural hearing loss and wears hearing aids
Communicates primarily through a small notebook she carries, lip-reading, and Japanese Sign Language
Transferred out of Shoya's elementary school after prolonged bullying destroyed nine pairs of hearing aids
Has a fraught relationship with her mother Yaeko, who is fiercely protective to the point of coldness toward outsiders
Her younger sister Yuzuru documents moments of beauty with a camera as a form of processing grief
She loves fireworks festivals — the visual spectacle that hearing loss does not diminish
She struggles with self-worth in ways she rarely articulates directly
Her friendliness toward Shoya when he reappears is genuine, not naive — she sees something in him worth meeting

Connections

wronged_by — shoya
sister_of — yuzuru
daughter_of — yaeko
granddaughter_of — ito
friend_of — sahara
frequents — notebook_store

View full profile at Simulacra.Ink