A Silent Voice, Vol. 5 has Tomohiro going forward with his movie. He and Shoya start getting along more and more poorly, leading to a fight, which Shoko has to break up. Summer vacation begins, and things get even worse when Miki tells everyone what a bully Shoya was to Shoko when they were in the sixth grade. This leads to a falling out, and Shoya ends up spending more time with Shoka and Yuzuru. Shoko, the Deaf girl, responds by attempting suicide at the end of the volume; she stands on top of the balcony and is about to jump off when Shoya saves her.
A Silent Voice is a fairly easy to read romance/drama. Yes, I read romance manga. Wanna' fight over it? While I wouldn't hold up A Silent Voice as one of the greatest of the genre, I do keep reading it for some reason. Basically, the series creates enormous tension in the reader which will only be relieved when Shoya and Shoko get together. This will probably happen at the end of Volume 7, the final volume of the series.
Expect about a 40-minute read from each tankōbon volume, which is about normal. I did not see the suicide attempt coming. Shoko's an interesting character, and she feels guilty about everything that happens because she is different. The suicide attempt was totally in character; it works, and I'm looking forward to the penultimate volume coming out in a month and the final volume coming out two months after that.
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