Santilli, Morgana (December 16, 2019). "REVIEW: Coming out of our shell with KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE". The Beat. Archived from the original on December 10, 2022 . Retrieved October 30, 2023. Nakanaka invites Komi to hang out at her house. Nervous at having Komi at her house by herself, she invites Najimi, who brings along Tadano. They play a video game, and Tadano manages to teach Komi how to play. Over the summer, both Komi and Tadano spend the first week feeling lonely but are too nervous to call each other. Najimi unknowingly solves the problem by inviting them both to go swimming at the pool. Komi and her family visit their relatives. Despite being uneasy at first, Komi and her cousin Akira bond and play together. Komi is later summoned by her grandmother Yuiko to update her on her life. However, when asked if she likes a boy, Komi shakes nervously, which alerts her grandmother, who immediately discovers Tadano's name on her phone. aiko「あたしたち」MV公開、刹那的な友達関係を描いた映像作品. Ongaku Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. November 4, 2021. Archived from the original on November 22, 2021 . Retrieved May 6, 2023.

Komi ponders if Najimi saw her holding Tadano's hand, so she writes a letter to them. However, she becomes embarrassed.In November 2018, during their panel at Anime NYC, Viz Media announced that they acquired the license for the manga. [9] The first volume was released in North America on June 11, 2019. [10] On May 9, 2023, Viz Media launched their Viz Manga digital manga service, with the series' chapters receiving simultaneous English publication in North America as they are released in Japan. [11] Tadano and his friends engage in a snowball fight with a group of elementary school children, who are joined by a reluctant Komi. While Tadano's team easily eliminates the children, Yamai betrays her remaining teammates when they begin to take aim at Komi. As such, the children look at Komi with admiration. Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 1". Viz Media. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019 . Retrieved March 29, 2019.

Both main characters are the most popular people in the school but instead of seeing reality for what it is, they think that everyone hates them! This alone creates tons of comedic situations, and the cast consisting of a bunch of weird side characters just makes it even more hilarious. On a more positive side atleast the art and opening is good or else I wouldn't have even completed the show. The animation is fluid and crisp, although the Music and the character designs are nothing worth speaking of.in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 18, 2022 . Retrieved March 15, 2022. Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 6". Viz Media. Archived from the original on January 12, 2020 . Retrieved January 11, 2020. With that being said, we are introduced to a host of other characters from the manga. Characters such as Najimi, Akako, Ren, Omoharu, and among others make their appearance in various episodes. They connect with Komi all in different ways, but most of them seem to trigger Komi's anxiety whether they realize it or not. But perhaps unconsciously, Komi also attempts to break from her anxiety levels and sometimes even interact with them. Remember, one of her life long goal is to make 100 friends and every person counts. What this show does to draw audience's attention is her reaction and personality. It's almost impossibe to ignore her signature wide eyed expressions that has become stable to the show. I'd like to call this the Komi-san syndrome that's exclusive to her personality. Used as a character gag and plot element, Komi's character truly is symbolic. Anxiety is not easy to overcome and obviously, this anime takes it to a whole new level. With Komi being poster girl, you'd have to see to believe just how deep her anxiety truly is. During physical exams, Makeru Yadano, who hates to lose, is determined to beat Komi. Komi wins by having better eyesight, being taller, and weighing less. Yadano decides a physical exam proves nothing and insists the exam is a draw. Tadano scores completely average on the exam. Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 11". Viz Media. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020 . Retrieved November 3, 2020.

A timid introverted high schooler gets constantly teased by a girl he just met. While this teasing might seem like torture at first, she actually has a crush on him!

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in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020 . Retrieved July 19, 2020. Nakanaka invites everyone over to her house. When they arrive, Yamai gets on Nakanaka's nerves, prompting them to argue. When Komi responds that they are both equally important to her, an unsatisfied Nakanaka challenges them to play a video game, which Najimi wins. An eight-episode live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from September to November 2021, and an anime television series adaptation produced by OLM aired from October to December of the same year; a second season aired from April to June 2022. The anime series is licensed by Netflix for worldwide streaming. School life anime these days relies heavily on relationship building or coming of age stories that tells about the lives of characters. Komi Can't Communicate is a show that appeals to an audience seeking