Characters
Who is Shouko Nishimiya?
You never know how much you've hurt someone until they may be gone.
What is A Silent Voice?
What are the X's?
What is gold?
The primary motif in Spirited Away, as illustrated by Chihiro's parents, No Face, and all the workers of the bath house.
What is greed?
The true name of Sen, the main character in Spirited Away.
What is Chihiro?
Maturity comes when you put others before yourself.
What is Spirited Away and A Silent Voice?
The water spirit who enters the bath house is muddy and full of garbage. The water spirit full of trash symbolizes a negative human action.
What is not caring about the environment?
The "delicious" treat that Lin carries and uses to try to bribe people.
What is roasted newt?
The way Shouya treats Shouko as a child serves as a primary motif in A Silent Voice.
What is bullying?
The name given to the Kohaku River Spirit by Yubaba.
What is Haku?
You must learn to love yourself before you try to love someone else.
What is A Silent Voice?
A character that functions as a nameless, faceless symbol for the guilt and shame that resides within our consciences, tied to humans' inherent greed.
Who is No-Face?
They light up the sky as Shouko jumps from the balcony.
What are fireworks?
A particular kind of death that is a dark and heavy motif used in A Silent Voice.
What is suicide?
He has a collection of soot sprites as his workers. His name in Japanese means "boiler geezer."
Who is Mr. Kamaji?
Some things are too good to be true.
What is Spirited Away?
A symbol for overcoming life's hardships that swims in the water in A Silent Voice.
What is a koi fish?
They begin to drop coal on themselves after seeing Sen help another one of their kind.
What are soot sprites?
The substance that creates great distance between Sen and the real world, is heavily related to Haku and the muddy spirit Chihiro bathes, and is the primary thing needed for the bath house to function.
What is Water?
She accidentally lights thousands of yen on fire.
Who is Miyako Ishida?
Self-improvement is the key to unlocking success and happiness.
What is both A Silent Voice and Spirited Away?
As fireworks explode, they are very loud, grand, and beautiful. However, they do not last long before they become silent and fizzle out. What might this symbolize?
What is a ferris wheel car?
A visual motif in A Silent Voice that is not discussed but shown without dialogue or mention in many frames. This motif is a thing of beauty and is often associated with romance and fragility.
What are flowers?