Instead of watching A Silent Voice for the 10th time, you may try out these series.
A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) is one of the highest-acclaimed anime movies. A lot of fans praise it for how much it impacted them and how much it made them cry.
And if you’re one of these fans and you’re looking for something as gut-wrenching as this anime, here’s a small list of suggestions for you.
- Orange
Naho is a high-school student, who receives a letter that is said to be from her future self. She has her doubts at first, but the letter predicts the future perfectly, so she has no choice but to believe it.
The future Naho’s life is full of regrets, and her past self is her only chance of fixing that and changing her life for good. Now she has the letter as her guide, but there’s a curious thing about it: the letter asks her to be careful around the new transfer student.
- March Comes In Like a Lion (3-gatsu no Lion)
Having lost his parents and sister at a young age, Rei has been living with his adoptive family ever since. But it’s time to seek independence, and Rei decides to move to an apartment in Tokyo.
He’s 17 years old, and living alone comes as a struggle. Rei is lonely and isolated, he fails to take proper care of himself. However, meeting three sisters might be just the thing that will help him deal with the past and change his life for the better.
- I Want To Eat Your Pancreas (Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai)
The male protagonist is rather quiet and aloof. He prefers the company of books instead of paying attention to anything happening around him. But one day he finds a peculiar handwritten notebook, which turns out to be the diary of Sakura, one of his classmates.
Sakura is terminally ill, but the protagonist doesn’t seem to care about it much. However, they manage to form a new bond even though they seem to be polar opposites.
- The Garden of Words (Kotonoha no Niwa)
Not only will this movie make your heart ache, but it will also fascinate you with its incredible beauty.
Takao is a 15-year-old shoemaker, and Yukari is an enigmatic 27-year-old woman. The two meet by chance on a rainy morning and have a talk. But this is not the last time they see each other.
Takao and Yukari continue to meet, and bit by bit they start helping each other deal with their personal struggles.
- Liz and the Blue Bird (Liz to Aoi Tori)
Mizore and Nozomi play in a school band. The girls rehearse a duet from the musical piece about Liz and the Blue Bird, who become best friends but then grow apart.
There comes a moment when girls realize that the story of the musical piece is very similar to their own lives. On top of that, graduation is around the corner, and Mizore and Nozomi will face a lot of struggles on their way.