old enough to understand

“ please god, if you give me one more ounce of strength, i will stop running from everything. “

"I will stop running from everything."

I wish I had seen this video sooner, I attempted a couple weeks ago and just got out of the hospital a couple days ago. I want to pass a message on to all those who are thinking of killing themselves. Don’t do it, it’s something you can’t come back from, at least not for a while.

In every single scene when Shouka says goodbye to Shoya she always signed "see you later" except in the scene before this where she signs "thank you" before she leaves the festival.

He wanted to stop hearing while she wanted to be heard 😭

the scariest thing is he could scream at the top of his lungs for her and she’d be none the wiser

I’m so disappointed with the fact that I’d watched this when I was too oblivious to understand how beautiful yet depressing this movie was. Now that I can understand these feelings, I’m almost afraid to watch it again in case it plummets me into depression

I was 15 when I first watched this movie. It was like 4 am and i couldn't sleep and so i watched the movie. I ended up sobbing quietly because I've been suicidal since I was 8. And as soon as she had gotten up from the festival, I knew where it was headed. When my friend watched it, she broke down because she was too familiar with my suicide attempts. I've lost a friend to suicide and had many more be suicidal. It's...such a hard thing to live with. This scene was honestly so well done. This still remains one of my favorite movies to this day. Edit: Wanted to do a quick update. I'm 20 now (and when I made this comment originally), doing pretty well, and looking to move out so I can get the help I need. Still struggling mentally, but in a much better place. I struggle with a few different disorders, but I mostly avoided sharing that as it is very private and my experiences are very personal to me. I wanted to share this comment to not only vent but to express my love for one of my favorite pieces of media. I hope everyone is doing well and anyone who can relate to this, there is always a reason to keep going even if it doesn't make sense. It'll all just be a bad memory and there is hope for a better tomorrow. I never thought I'd live past 8-19 and now I'm 20 and even if I still struggle, I'm growing to care about myself and value my needs and be someone who little me can be proud of. No matter your situation, there is help put there for you <3 stay safe everyone and to those liking my comment or sharing experiences or being nice in the comments, very much thank you and all the love to you guys! /gen /pc

it really hit me when shoya screamed shoukos name

Koe no Katachi is the most heartbreaking anime there is out there. Disabilities, mental illness, bullying, suicide, adulthood, it has it all. Its characters feel so real. Definitely not everybody's cup of tea, but something everyone needs to watch at least once.

thank you guys sm for one mil views omg

the music choice suits this scene so perfectly, keep em coming lonely!

I wish I could watch this movie for the first time again:(

I watched this movie when it came out. A couple years later my older sister attempted committing suicide. After we made sure she was feeling better with herself I showed her this movie and we ended up crying and hugging for like 2 hours. Now ever time I rewatch it I end up crying a lot cause it just hits right at home Edit: I started getting notifications for this one 2 years later. A little update, we're fine so far. She's got a good guy by her side, a nice job and a cute cat. Unfortunately I had to move to another city last year so I've been seeing my family less now. But I still make sure to call twice or thrice a week and visit every now and then to have a nice dinner with her and my parents. Since I saw some people with valid concerns in the responses: I showed her this movie about 6 years after that happened. She was already in a much better state at that time. I showed her the movie just as a token of appreciation since this movie is all about self acceptance and forgiveness above anything else, something honestly both of us really needed back then, hope you understand where I was coming from. She's my only sibling and six years older than me so during my childood she was my role model. We're both very shy and reserved people so we're very close and pretty much each other's best friend. To everyone giving us nice wishes: Thank you, and hope you're doing okay and enjoying life. Also, there are some weirdos in the responses, if you haven't checked them just beware.

This movie is truly a work of art, I remember it being one of the movies where it’ll always make me cry, even more so that I learned about how the true story of this movie ended

A silent voice is an unbelievably good movie. Propably my favourite movie ever

I love this movie. It shows how long some mindless actions/ words can haunt you. I was bullied too and it still effects myself, my classmates from back then don't even notice what they have done. So be careful what you do or say, even if it may be no big deal to you it can still change someone's life (negatively and positively).

im going to be crying over this for the rest of the week

I watched this movie with my brother after trying to commit suicide myself. He and I cried many times and afterward he laughed and told me it was kinda fucked up that I showed him that after getting out of the hospital. I told him I wanted him to understand my side. Suicidal tendencies don’t just make you want to kill yourself. You distance yourself from everything and everyone you love, you genuinely think they’d be better off without you and that you are no good for this world. Your self esteem plummets, your self worth is at an all time low, and you feel like you are nothing. You go through bouts of apathy and extreme emotion. Constantly feeling as if you were never meant to be born,, so why stay? You go through the torment of day to day life, whether that be work or school or just getting out of bed, you don’t find the need or even a little bit of joy in anything. For some, committing is the hardest part, we’re all hardwired to be afraid of death, whether it be by fate’s, someone else’s, or your own hands. It still terries you regardless. For most, when you’re on that brink, you know you’ll die and you’re just waiting silently for it, is when that fear starts to set in. Do you actually want this? Do you really want to die, like this? But what about that one person, who always cared? Would they miss you? I don’t ant to die. Help. Is all that goes through your head. And the only ones who know that are the ones who live to tell the story. If you are looking into killing yourself, take it from me, it’s not the answer. You will find happiness. You will find someone who cares. You are worth everything that you are. I promise. I love you. You are so strong for making it this far and you’re strong enough to keep going. I know it’s hard, I know it doesn’t seem worth it, but it is. It will get better. I’m proud of you.

I am still a kid (12 years old) but when I watched this movie I cried like 5 times watching it because I could relate to the characters wanting to die. This movie is incredible, it deserved/deserves an Oscar.