Years ago, Shoya Ishida led his peers in tormenting a hearing-impaired classmate, Shoko. When she transfers schools, Shoya finds he has gone from bully to bullied. Shoya struggles to redeem himself in Shoko's eyes and to face the classmates who turned on him.
ARE YOU AFRAID OF HER? Shoya's decided to do everything he can to make up for how terribly he treated Shoko, his former classmate who can't hear. But more than the challenge of learning to communicate, it means facing a past he thought he'd left behind forever. Now a reunion with old friends will transform Shoya, and his relationship with Shoko.