Based on a one-shot that won the 80th Weekly Shounen Magazine Newbie Best Mangaka Award. Shouya is a bully. When Shouko, a girl who can't hear, enters his elementary school class, she becomes their favorite target, and Shouya and his friends goad each other into devising new tortures for her. But the children's cruelty goes too far. Shouko is forced to leave the school, and Shouya ends up shouldering all the blame. Six years later, the two meet again. Can Shouya make up for his past mistakes, or is it too late? (Source: Kodansha USA) Note: Chapter count includes 2 extra chapters.
Japanese study overview
Koe no Katachi is a Japanese manga of 84,709 characters, with 5,040 unique words and 1,192 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 5,040 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 俺I×387
- 西宮Irimiya×372
- 石田Ishita×285
- 君Mr×251
- 思うto think×216
- 私I×210
- 言うto say×201
- お前you×156
- 知るto know×95
- 佐原Sahara×90
- 今日today×88
- 友達friend×83
- 植野Ueno×81
- 硝子Shouko×76
- 川井Kawaai×57
- 永束Nagatsuka×57
- 手話sign language×30
- 聲voice×22
- 火曜Tuesday×12
- 仕方の無いcannot be helped×9