Komi Can't Communicate

## Komi Can't Communicate *Komi Can't Communicate* (*Komi-san wa Comyushou desu*) by Tomohito Oda is one of the warmest and most inventive comedies in contemporary shounen manga — a series that takes social anxiety seriously as a premise while surrounding it with consistent humor and genuine heart. Shouko Komi is the most beautiful and admired student at Itan Private High School. She has an almost mythological presence — students worship her, teachers defer to her, and rumors about her proliferate. What nobody knows is that Komi has severe communication disorder and is absolutely terrified to speak to anyone. She has never had a friend. When ordinary transfer student Hitohito Tadano discovers the truth through a classroom chalkboard exchange, he commits to helping Komi achieve her dream: making 100 friends. *Komi Can't Communicate* is a comedy about the work of connection — how much courage it takes to reach toward someone when reaching out is genuinely frightening.