YMMV / The Mute Girl and Her New Friend

• Heartwarming Moments:
  • After Kokosaki steps in and orders for Mashiro, Mashiro shows her gratitude by giving Kokosaki some of her tempura.
  • After Sanada gets criticism for her handling of Mashiro's aphonia, she resolves to do better for the sake of her students, and Mashiro reveals that she was actually glad Sanada didn't treat her any differently.
• Salvaged Story: Some readers found it strange that the cafeteria workers expected Mashiro to say her order out loud and wouldn't let her use her sketch pad to order. Several chapters later, Kokosaki confronts her homeroom teacher, and calls her out on this, saying that she should have told the staff about Mashiro's aphonia, showing that the narrative acknowledges this as a mistake on the teacher's part.
• Values Dissonance: Some readers point out that Japanese schools are reluctant to make accommodations for disabled students, fitting their society's emphasis on conformity. However, the narrative seems to criticize this perspective, since Kokosaki is presented as being right to call out Sanada for not doing enough to help Mashiro.