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“Shino Oshima, a mute-stuttering high schooler, finds her voice through music and unexpected friendships after a disastrous first day.”
Shino Can't Say Her Name
志乃ちゃんは自分の名前が言えない
6.61
16,325 rank · 12,163 readers · 33 favorites
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Synopsis
Shino Oshima, a mute-stuttering high schooler, finds her voice through music and unexpected friendships after a disastrous first day.
High school can be a stressful time for many young people. The change means a new commute, new friends, new courses...new teachers. For Shino Oshima the change could have meant an opportunity to blossom into adulthood. Unfortunately, things go wrong on her first day - she fails to even say her name during her homeroom introduction. From then on Shino is a part-mute part-stuttering mess. Ostracized and afraid she struggles to find her place in this new world... But thankfully for her, she finds her voice through music and some unexpected new frienemies. (Source: Denpa)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
6.5
/10
What 10 readers settled on.
83%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 7
σ 1.63
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.63 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.8 pts
Recommenders 7.8 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Jul 2013 → Nov 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Imagine you're a psychologist, and you want to describe a psychological trait. What would you do? What is the best "form" to discuss such a thing? I think it's by means of manga. And this...”
- 7 “It's never too late to make friends ... Shino is a girl who can't pronounce her name, that leads to constant teasing at school, but one day she meets a girl who becomes her friend, maybe that will...”
- 7 “The story was good but 6/10 I related a lot with the main protagonist (Shino) of this manga. It's about a girl who has troubles of speaking and anxiety. As someone who has trouble communicating...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 50%
Long · 10%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 11 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 28m approx
- Published Dec 2011 – Oct 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M21472 catalog