The release of the latest compilation volume of the manga Komi Can’t Communicate (Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu) has brought incredible news to fans of the franchise. In the masthead of this volume, it was reported that the manga Komi Can’t Communicate managed to surpass the incredible figure of 16 million copies in circulation.
It is worth noting that this figure corresponds to the copies of the 37 volumes of the popular romantic comedy manga Komi Can’t Communicate that the Shogakukan publishing house has currently released, making it one of the best-selling manga of the comedy and romance genre in recent times. The latest volume of Tomohito Oda’s manga was released in Japan on March 17 of this year.
Information about Komi Can’t Communicate:
Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu, also known as “Komi Can’t Communicate” in the West, is a romantic comedy manga written and illustrated by Tomohito Oda. The manga started as a One-Shot in Shogakukan’s “Weekly Shonen Sunday” magazine in September 2015 and began serializing in the month of May 2016. The manga Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu ended its publication last January 29 this year and the story was collected into 37 volumes in total.
Due to its immense popularity in the otaku community, in May 2021 the production of an anime adaptation was announced, thus fulfilling the wish of many fans that the Komi Can’t Communicate manga would have its respective anime adaptation
On October 7, 2021, the manga Komi-san wa Komyushou desu (Komi Can’t Communicate) premiered its anime adaptation which was composed of 2 seasons (24 episodes in total). The anime was produced by OLM animation studio under the direction of Kazuki Kawagoe and Ayumu Watanabe. The series is available legally through the Netflix platform and has an English dub.
The manga Komi Can’t Communicate has the following description:
Hitohito Tadano is an ordinary boy heading to his first day of high school with a clear plan: avoid trouble and do his best to blend in. Unfortunately, he fails immediately when he takes the seat next to the school madonna, Shouko Komi. His classmates now recognize him as someone to eliminate for the chance to sit next to the prettiest girl in the class.
Gorgeous and elegant, with long dark hair, Komi is universally adored and immensely popular despite her mysterious personality. Unbeknownst to anyone, however, she suffers from an atrocious anxiety and communication disorder that prevent her from relating wholeheartedly to her classmates.
When she is left alone in class, a chain of events forces Komi to interact with Tadano by writing on the blackboard, as in a one-way conversation. Being the first to realize that she cannot communicate properly, Tadano picks up the chalk and begins to write as well. In the end he discovers that Komi’s goal is to make a hundred friends during her stay in high school. To that end, he decides to lend her a hand, thus becoming her first friend.
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