Manga like A Silent Voice: 6 series to read in English

A Silent Voice starts with Shoya Ishida. He is a sixth grader who will try anything to avoid being bored until a deaf girl named Shoko Nishimiya transfers into his class.

The picks below are the series on Mangainfo that share the most themes and genres with A Silent Voice in AniList's tags and have English volumes out, and a more popular series wins a close call. All volume counts here are as of October 2026.

Komi Can't Communicate

Like A Silent Voice, Komi Can't Communicate puts disability and coming of age in a school setting. Tomohito Oda's series follows Shoko Komi. She is the most admired girl at Itan Private High School. Everyone there takes her silence for elegance. The story mixes comedy and romance with slice of life. The series has finished in Japan with 37 volumes. You can read all 37 in English right now.

The Dangers in My Heart

Kyotaro Ichikawa is a gloomy middle schooler who likes to think he is dangerous. He reads books about real killers. He also imagines awful fates for the other kids in his class. That is the setup of Norio Sakurai's The Dangers in My Heart. It shares the school setting and the coming of age thread with A Silent Voice. Both are also romances between a boy and a girl. The series has finished in Japan at 14 volumes. English readers have 13 of them. There is no date yet for the next English volume.

Your Lie in April

Naoshi Arakawa wrote Your Lie in April. It is a drama and romance built around classical music. Its ties to A Silent Voice are the school setting and a coming of age story. Like A Silent Voice it also has a slice of life side. The series finished in Japan at 11 volumes. All 11 are out in English.

You and I Are Polar Opposites

For something lighter try You and I Are Polar Opposites by Koucha Agasawa. It blends comedy and drama in a slice of life romance. Its tags include iyashikei and gyaru. Like A Silent Voice it is a coming of age story with a school backdrop. The series ended in Japan at 8 volumes. The English edition is complete at 8 as well.

The Flowers of Evil

Bullying is the theme that ties The Flowers of Evil most closely to A Silent Voice. Shuuzou Oshimi's series also shares the school setting and the coming of age arc. Takao Kasuga is a bookish middle school student. His small town is boxed in by mountains. He carries a copy of Baudelaire's poems everywhere. The series is listed as drama, psychological and romance. It has finished in Japan. All 11 volumes are out in English.

Blue Box

Blue Box by Kouji Miura is set at Eimei. The school is famous for its sports clubs. Taiki Inomata is a first year student who plays badminton there. He is nothing special yet. The school setting and coming of age carry over from A Silent Voice. Sports and school clubs sit on top of the romance. Blue Box has finished in Japan at 28 volumes. English readers have 21 so far. Volume 22 comes out from VIZ Media on 3 November 2026.