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YOU'LL LOSE
FRIENDS.
FRIENDS LIKE
ME, FOR ONE/
HEH HEH/
YOUR MOM
LET ME IN.
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SOMETHING
SHOKO
REMEMBER
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SAVED ME
WHEN THAT
Guy WAS
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WE DON'T
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SHOKO INTO
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28
32
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LIKE HE MIGHT
REALLY
BECOME A
DIRECTOR.
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TO WHATEVER
COLLEGE IN
THE AREA
I CAN GET
INTO. BUT
AFTER THAT,
NO CLUE...
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THE
HECK
ARE
you
DOING
THING.
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ALWAYS
THE
I DON'T
I DON'T
WANT TO
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SHOYA! SHOYA!
SHOYA! SHOYA!
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SUMMER
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100
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HE'S
STILL
THE
SAME
ON THE
INSIDE!!
110
AGAIN?
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118
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125
I'M SORRY,
EVERYONE...
AFTER¬
TO BE
WARDS,
HONEST, SHE
I DIDN'T ASKED
BUT I WANT TO
WHAT
COULDN'T■ TELL HAPPENED.
SHAKE HER...
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SHOYA
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FACE...
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HE'S A
BULLY.
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How can you prove
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person?
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Translation Notes
Japanese can be a difficult language for some readers, and translation
is often more art than science. For your edification and reading
pleasure, here are notes on some of the places where we could have
gone in a different direction with our translation, or where a Japanese
cultural reference is used.
Junior college, p.90
Japanese junior colleges are post-secondary schools that provide a
two or three-year course of study. Graduates receive an Associates
degree upon graduation. Here, Naoka may be referring to a voca¬
tional or technical-type school that specializes in art, design, or fash¬
ion. Decades ago, Japanese junior colleges were initially a school for
women to continue and broaden their education after high school.
Being able to graduate within three years ensured that young wom¬
en could get married in their early twenties, or find temporary work
quickly, before they got married. These colleges are same-sex now,
and some graduates go on to enroll in four-year universities.
Hoichi the Earless, p.96
Hoichi the Earless is a well-known myth in Japan about a talented
blind biwa (lute) player named Hoichi. A ghost talks Hoichi into com¬
ing to a graveyard to play his music. The ghost convinces Hoichi to
come back again the next night. A concerned priest, in an attempt
to protect Hoichi, writes sutras on Hoichi's body from head to toe
and asks him to stay still; these sutras will make his body invisible
to the ghost. When the ghost returns for Hoichi, it can only see what
the priest forgot to write on—Hoichi s ears—floating in mid air. The
ghost angrily rips off Hoichi's ears and never comes back.
192
A Silent Voice volume 5
KODANSHA COMICS Digital Edition
A Silent Voice volume 5 copyright © 2014 Yoshitoki Oima
English translation copyright © 2016 Yoshitoki Oima
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