Silent

Synopsis

Tsumugi Aoba fell in love at high school with Sou Sakura after hearing him read an essay aloud; bonded by their shared love of music, they became inseparable. Soon after graduation, Sou ended the relationship without explanation and vanished. Eight years later, Tsumugi works at a large Tokyo record store and is building a future with her boyfriend Minato, Sou’s old friend, when she spots Sou in a station crowd. Reaching him, she discovers he has lost almost all his hearing to early-onset sensorineural hearing loss, the real reason he left, and both must relearn how to communicate.