For hearing-impaired Shoko Nishimiya in A Silent Voice, this is especially true. Seeing her trying to fit in at a new school, facing adversity with a big smile on her face, will melt anyone’s heart.

A Silent Voice will officially head back to U.S. theaters ... “After transferring into a new school, a deaf girl, Shoko Nishimiya, is bullied by the popular Shoya Ishida,” reads the film ...

Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion.