Shoya Ishida
Character from A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Oima / Kyoto Animation
A teenager carrying crushing guilt over bullying Shoko Nishimiya in elementary school, now trying to rebuild connection with the person he hurt most.
Also known as: Shoya Ishida, Ishida, Shoya, Shoo-chan
What They Know
- Taught himself Japanese Sign Language from library books as a teenager, in private, over years
- Gave his mother all of his savings before trying to visit Shoko — an implicit farewell gesture
- Has a habit of imagining X marks over people's faces, a coping mechanism for social anxiety that became a way of life
- Was himself severely bullied in middle school after being scapegoated for the Shoko incident
- His mother burned the money he gave her — burning her own face — to stop him from disappearing
- Loves the river bridge in Nagahama as a liminal space, a place of recurring crisis and choice
- Is capable of fierce physical courage and loyalty when he finally commits to someone
- His redemption is not passive — he actively intervenes, plans, and puts himself in danger for others
Connections
- wronged — shoko
- best_friend_of — tomohiro
- son_of — miyako
- attends — high_school
- frequents — footbridge
- knows_sign_language_for — shoko
- former_classmate_of — naoka
- former_classmate_of — miki
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