Okay, so you know how when you play with friends, sometimes someone might get a little too rough and accidentally hurt someone else? Well, imagine that happens but with grown-ups and it's really serious.
Voluntary manslaughter is when someone intentionally does something that they know could hurt or kill someone, but they didn't plan or mean to do it. It's kind of like if you were playing basketball and you accidentally hit your friend in the face with the ball really hard, but you weren't trying to hurt them.
But the thing is, even if you didn't mean to hurt or kill someone, there are still consequences for your actions. That's why voluntary manslaughter is still a serious crime, because someone got hurt or died because of something you did.
It's different from murder, because with murder someone plans and intends to hurt or kill someone. But with voluntary manslaughter, it's like a really bad accident that still has serious consequences.
In the end, it's important to always be careful with how we treat others and to try our best to avoid situations where someone could get hurt.