why guilt is good

Shame, and guilt. Two things every one of us will try desperately to avoid in our lives. The gut wrenching feelings that narrow your vision, tighten your chest, and sink your entire being into the recesses of rumination. Overtaken by one thought, I screwed up. But there’s only one healthy response. Now what? How do I fix it? This anime video essay will profile that topic, analyzing and discussing a great series to understand it.

A Silent Voice (sometimes The Shape of Voice, or Koe no Katachi) is one of the best anime movies according to many, since its 2016 release. The anime movie watches the story of two great characters, Shoya and Shoko, the former being the bully of the latter, a deaf girl who transferred in, and then out of his school, due to the bullying. With Shoko left, the void of bullying is filled by Shoko, when his teacher and friends blame the whole situation on him alone. This leaves Shoya with one of the strongest emotions; shame. Ashamed of what he did to his deaf classmate, he internalized this feeling to form a backwards logic; he isn’t worthwhile to anyone, and never can be again. He has become shame itself. While we see the extreme negative side of shame in A Silent Voice, it's actually a positive force within the social side of humanity. Shame and guilt evolved with us for survival’s sake, so why were they so detrimental here? That’s what this anime video essay will explore, an in-depth discussion, analysis, and profile of the psychology of these characters, as well as the wider story itself. What are guilt and shame, how can they be used wrong, and why are they actually good to feel?

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