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Send us a Question! PATREON MOVIE DISCUSSION: This movie was selected by our Patreon Supporters over at the Cinematic Doctrine Patreon . Support as little as $3 a month and have your voice heard! Ani-May is almost over, but there's still room for one more episode! Melanie and Melvin discuss A Silent Voice , the popular Kyoto Animation project from 2016 about an elementary school bully who seeks amends during High School. The catch? He incessantly bullied a deaf girl, and must overcome his shame before he can apologize. Topics: ( FREE PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 54-minutes reflecting upon Princess Mononoke , Neon Genesis Evangelion , and Puella Magi Madoka Magica while also discussing the recurrent themes of Ani-May: 'Self-Destruction by Evil Desire', 'Acceptance of Reality', and 'The Maturity of Growing' complete with biblical verses and theological discussion! ( FREE PATREON EXCLUSIVE) Melanie was still processing A Silent Voice and verbalizes that something felt off, but she doesn't know what. The two explore what that may be. Melvin details what makes the original A Silent Voice One-Shot so great at exploring themes of bullying, shame, guilt, and the fear of reconciliation. Melvin then shares some thoughts on the Manga adaption, a seven-volume expansion on the original one-shot that goes in strange directions, never fully satisfying the promise of a complicated, mature teen romance. Melvin then discusses his thoughts on the movie which are wrapped in his thoughts on both the One-Shot and the Manga and how it may be one of the worst things he's ever seen. Accounting for cultural differences, Melanie, as a school teacher, was really upset with how the bullying was handled by the school staff to a fault. Melvin observes that Princess Mononoke , Neon Genesis Evangelion , and Puella Magi Madoka Magica permit an open-ended exploration of their complicated, mature themes. A Silent Voice , however, hand-holds so aggressively it almost bruises the knuckles. Unlike the Manga and es
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