Miki Kawai

Miki Kawai (川井 みき), is one of the classmates of Shōya Ishida in elementary school and a "supporting character" of A Silent Voice series. She is very notorious for being an extreme manipulator, making her one of the two most unlikable characters in the series, the other unlikable one being Naoka Ueno.

Why She Should Muddle Off The Series in Full Disgrace

 * 1) To pin the paper on the wall, she is a covert narcissist as stated in her infobox. This means that she has feelings of self-importance in her inner personality, while all the time, she grabs unnecessary attention to make her look good by using the innocent, "goody two-shoes" card.
 * 2) This is seen when people reprimand her for the bad actions she committed, in which she backfires at them in denying full involvement of the deed, as this makes her a character who can't take criticism.
 * 3) * When Shōya gets her, along with his old friends and Naoka on the plate when he is reprimanded for his brutal bullying, she in return, abandons him like Naoka. This is confirmed when she pulls the card above and acts like a liar crybaby in front of the class and the teacher, stating to Shōya in asking him in tears and saying that she didn't hurt Shōko at all. This automatically fits her in the Unwilling Weed Reaper trope, since she attempted to avoid punishment.
 * 4) * She does this the second time when Shōya asks her if she told anyone about the old self in a nice, quiet tone. To which she responds loudly in an unjustifiable matter, in which she questions him if he see her as a bad person, attempting to maintain a public uproar at school. Shōya tries to calm her down and explain to her what he means, but she is way too gullible to even get the truth into her head.
 * 5) * For the third time, she does this to both Shōya and Naoka of all characters on the bridge scene.
 * 6) ** She further intoxicates him by making him look bad even more in front of his friends, including Shōko. This causes him to be extremely depressed due to her verbal abuse towards him.
 * 7) ** When Naoka tries to make amends with Shōya, by stating her own guilt along with Miki's. She (Miki) interupts her and denies again that she didn't bully Shōko.
 * 8) As you probably know by now, she is also guilty for bullying Shōko. While isn't direct, she is still deserving of punishment, as bullying is always bullying, whether it is introverted and extroverted.
 * 9) * Similar to Naoka, she picked on Shōko because she wanted to look like the good person and hero she claims to be, when in all the while, she promotes gossip and the bullying itself to everyone.
 * 10) It is also very important to note that she is an extreme manipulator (which is also stated in WSSMOTSiFD#1 and 2), as she does so many times, that it annoys the audience easily, let alone the characters.
 * 11) * She pretends to be a caring friend to Shōko, just to look good as stated in WSSMOTSiFD#3 and literally everything she does.
 * 12) ** She felt "concerned" to Shōko when one of her ears bleed in the prologue and hugs her when she finds out that she tried to commit suicide. It is very obvious what's happening here, not to mention that she is wasting everyone's time every time she's on screen.
 * 13) As stated in WSSMOTSiFD#1 & 2, she whines like a immature woman every time she is reprimanded for her actions, which can give Caillou a run for his money.
 * 14) * As stated already in WSSMOTSiFD#2, she cried to the teacher and the students that she didn't bully Shōko and blamed all the issues of bullying on Shōya, making him the ultimate scapegoat.
 * 15) * When Shōya asks her if she told anyone about the old self, she cries and attempts to make a unnecessary public uproar as stated in WSSMOTSiFD#2.2, due to her gullibility. She also tried to gain attention from her "fiancee"; Satoshi Mashiba, by telling her in tears that Shōya did all the bullying in the past, to get Shōya on trouble when he is turning over a new leaf. This understandably depresses him as a result.
 * 16) * She whined in the bridge scene when reprimanded by Shōya and Naoka, as stated in WSSMOTSiFD#2.3. This causes him to finally snap and bad mouths her, along with Naoka and Miyoko about how horrible persons they are, and Miki responds by running away again.
 * 17) Speaking of Satoshi, she can also be classified as a stalker, as she wants to follow him around everywhere to give him the complaints she has in her life, even if it isn't true.
 * 18) * It is also stated by the manga that she wanted to be in the same class and college as him, which she actually got. Wow, she is a spoiled nuisance.
 * 19) She also comes off as a Mary Sue, as she doesn't make any other mistakes other than the ones above. Even if she did make other mistakes, she would still deny it.
 * 20) Moments of Hypocrisy...
 * 21) * She says that she is a good person, but she is guilty of bullying that she doesn't admit, as stated several times.
 * 22) * She also states that she didn't bully Shōko as stated so many times, but whaddaya know, she doesn't turn it in.
 * 23) No matter how many times she is reprimanded for her actions, she doesn't learn her lesson and still continues her bad behavior.
 * 24) She thinks that she shouldn't get punishment for her wrong choices, as she considers herself as cute tomboy, who works harder than anyone else. This is basically delusional and feels understandably irritating to the viewers.
 * 25) Her manga counterpart looks pretty creepy and unsettling to the viewers, specifically her face, just like Naoka's faces of teasing.

Much Better Qualities

 * 1) Just like Naoka, her design is passable and admittingly cute. Though don't let that fool you!
 * 2) At least all of her actresses do a good job in portraying her.
 * 3) Shōya does at least tell her off for being an awful person, how she disgusts him to very bottom of his heart and not to say anything else.