A review by wylanslcve
A Silent Voice, Vol. 7 by Yoshitoki Oima

emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I was hoping this final volume would wrap the story up in a more satisfying way than the film did (considering how much extra detail the manga has) but unfortunately it just wasn't for me :( it started out well enough, but the story lost focus very quickly and everything felt so scattered and dragged out by the time I got to the halfway mark of this volume. so much time was spent exploring side character plots that previously-established plots, such as a specific one regarding shoya and shoko at the end of volume three, were left unresolved - ordinarily, I wouldn't mind these side character plots provided that they weren't explored at the expense of previously-established plots, which was definitely the case here.

overall, do I prefer the manga over the film? it honestly depends. while the actual content of the manga was better than that of the film, I wasn't as disappointed by the film's conclusion as I was by that of the manga.
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