Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. (Komi Can't Communicate)

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Synonyms: Komi-san wa, Communication Shougai desu.

Japanese: 古見さんは、コミュ症です。

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 37

Chapters: 500

Status: Finished

Published: May 18, 2016 to Jan 29, 2025

Genres: Award Winning, Comedy

Theme: School

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Sunday

Authors: Oda, Tomohito (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.05¹ (scored by 104,386 users)

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Ranked: #669²

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Popularity: #29

Members: 264,148

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8.05

Ranked #669Popularity #29Members 264,148

MangaShounen SundayOda, Tomohito (Story & Art)

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Volumes: /37

Chapters: /500

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It's Shouko Komi's first day at the prestigious Itan Private High School, and she has already risen to the status of the school's Madonna. With long black hair and a tall, graceful appearance, she captures the attention of anyone who comes across her. There's just one problem though—despite her popularity, Shouko is terrible at communicating with others.

Hitohito Tadano is your average high school boy. With his life motto of "read the situation and make sure to stay away from trouble," he quickly finds that sitting next to Shouko has made him the enemy of everyone in his class! One day, knocked out by accident, Hitohito later wakes up to the sound of Shouko's "meow." He lies that he heard nothing, causing Shouko to run away. But before she can escape, Hitohito surmises that Shouko is not able to talk to others easily—in fact, she has never been able to make a single friend. Hitohito resolves to help Shouko with her goal of making one hundred friends so that she can overcome her communication disorder.

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Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. ranked eighth in the Best Print Manga category at the third Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards in 2017. It won the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category in 2021.

The series has been published in English as Komi Can't Communicate by VIZ Media under the Shonen Sunday imprint since June 19, 2019. The series was simulpub digitally through VIZ Manga. It has also been published in German by Tokyopop since July 1, 2020; in Italian by J-POP since September 30, 2020; and in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics since February 25, 2022.

The manga was adapted into a Japanese live-action TV series that aired from September 6, 2021, to November 1, 2021.

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Feb 26, 2025

elite_aiyaan

Recommended

I just finished Komi Can't Communicate by Tomohito Oda—a series that’s been with me on and off for almost five years now. After the non-stop adventure of One Piece, I was looking for something more laid-back and heartfelt, and Komi’s world delivered exactly that.

As an introvert, I found Komi’s struggle to connect incredibly relatable. Though I don’t have a communication disorder, watching her move from silence to self-expression—first by jotting down her thoughts and then, bit by bit, speaking—felt like a personal journey of growth. The story is simple, centered on high school life and the everyday challenge of making friends, yet it manages to ...

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Feb 1, 2025

bossunhimeswitch

Mixed Feelings

The manga ended this week but there's a final 500th chapter coming in the volume, but I won't be able to read that, so I'm writing my review now.

This manga is full of wacky, kooky characters. It becomes bigger than it feels like it will be when you read the premise. There's something for everyone and sometimes something that's not for everyone, but I appreciate the mangaka's commitment to creating so many different and unique characters for a premise that could be boring and pedestrian if other mangaka tried to write it. It was fun to meet all the weirdoes and watch them mature ...

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Dec 29, 2024

L-Man

Not Recommended

Preliminary (1/500 eps)

When I write reviews, I generally think of who I should recommend this particular work to—or should I recommend it at all? And regarding this particular manga, I am having some hardships right now.

The main character is "average guy", just some "nice guy" who has no unique features whatsoever who somehow happens to attract the "most popular girl in class". He is not in the slightest bit of interesting, Ive read more than 200 chapters and I dont remember a single event or single time he said that attracted my attention. Normally I would say I cannot blame the author, if I made a manga ... and my heroines attracted more attention despite me putting significantly more thought than my female lead I wouldnt give much thought about the male lead too, but the problem is the female lead is also attrocious

"Komi-san" cant speak. This gives you an idea how this "manga" is going to work out, female lead is there without any personality, needs MCs help in order to function (somewhat) and MC obviously obliges, and after some time they go out. Just like how it works out in other (shitty) self-insert romance fantasies, and I can say it did not disappoint in that aspect. Now, Im not even "woke" or "sjw" but brother, please, give your female characters have some substance bro. And for the record, it doesnt bother me that a character cant talk, it bothers me that like in many other mangas the inability of the heroine interacting with each other IS the sole reason she can interact with the MC, and generally this kind of backstory leads to the heroine being extremely dependent on the MC. I think subjects like social anxeity and the inability to speak should be put in the story more carefully and discovered more rather than being some cover for the characters to interact.

There was also some attempt to some drama, and I think we were supposed to wonder who the main character is going to pick. I would have had such thoughts occur to me if only I couldnt read the title, or didnt know the main female leads name, unfortunately I wasnt so lucky

I can't even remember the other characters. There was one femboy(?) [no, i remember that character because they were doing some stupid shit but somehow did the most moves to lead the plot forward] I think, which seems to have become a stereotype because I saw a character just like that also in "The Student Council has Holes" or something. No, it's not an Ecchi manga. I know the title is misleading.

I would have loved to claim that "I had to ENDURE reading this manga so you dont have to! Look how amazing I am!!" but unfortunately I didn't read this witch such noble thoughts in mind. I was rather inexperienced regarding manga, "not-so-cultured" if you will, at the time I read that and just wanted to see some romance. Horrible decision.

Do I recommend it? Yes, only if you were forced to choose between Rent-a-girlfriend or this, then please go ahead. Also I forgot to mention but this story has too many unneeded chapters, and theyre not even funny

Note: If you want some self-insert romance this is still pure slop. Just read something else.

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