Characters
Themes
Symbols
Events
Motifs
100
The deaf character in a silent voice, who becomes great friends with her bully.

Who is Shouko Nishimiya?

100

You never know how much you've hurt someone until they may be gone.

What is A Silent Voice?

100
A symbol for overcoming difficulty socializing or social anxiety in A Silent Voice.

What are the X's?

100
The substance that No-Face creates to bribe the workers of the bath house.

What is gold?

100

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?

200

The true name of Sen, the main character in Spirited Away.

What is Chihiro?

200

Maturity comes when you put others before yourself.

What is Spirited Away and A Silent Voice?

200

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?

200

The "delicious" treat that Lin carries and uses to try to bribe people.

What is roasted newt?

200

The way Shouya treats Shouko as a child serves as a primary motif in A Silent Voice.

What is bullying?

300

The name given to the Kohaku River Spirit by Yubaba.

What is Haku?

300

You must learn to love yourself before you try to love someone else.

What is A Silent Voice?

300

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?

300

They light up the sky as Shouko jumps from the balcony.

What are fireworks?

300

A particular kind of death that is a dark and heavy motif used in A Silent Voice.

What is suicide?

400

He has a collection of soot sprites as his workers. His name in Japanese means "boiler geezer."

Who is Mr. Kamaji?

400

Some things are too good to be true.

What is Spirited Away?

400

A symbol for overcoming life's hardships that swims in the water in A Silent Voice.

What is a koi fish?

400

They begin to drop coal on themselves after seeing Sen help another one of their kind.

What are soot sprites?

400

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?

500

She accidentally lights thousands of yen on fire.

Who is Miyako Ishida?

500

Self-improvement is the key to unlocking success and happiness.

What is both A Silent Voice and Spirited Away?

500

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 the impermanence or fleeting nature of life?
500
Naoka Ueno and Shouko Nishimiya are caught on video inside one of these.

What is a ferris wheel car?

500

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?