Komi Can't Communicate

Komi Can't Communicate
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Shoko Komi (left) and Hitohito Tadano (right)
古見さんは、コミュ症です。
(Komi-san wa, Komyushō desu)
Genre
Manga
Written byTomohito Oda [ja]
Published byShogakukan
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 18, 2016 – present
Volumes35 (List of volumes)
Television drama
Directed by
  • Yoshihito Okashita
  • Eiji Ishii
Produced byHiroyuki Onuma
Written byFumie Mizuhashi
Music byEishi Segawa
StudioTV Man Union
Original networkNHK General TV
Original run September 6, 2021 November 1, 2021
Episodes8
Anime television series
Directed by
Written byDeko Akao
Music byYukari Hashimoto
StudioOLM Team Kojima
Licensed byNetflix (streaming rights)
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
Original run October 7, 2021 June 23, 2022
Episodes24 (List of episodes)
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Komi Can't Communicate (Japanese: 古見さんは、コミュ症です。, Hepburn: Komi-san wa, Komyushō desu, lit.'Miss Komi Has Difficulties in Communicating') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomohito Oda [ja]. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since May 2016, with its chapters collected in 35 tankōbon volumes as of October 2024. It is licensed in North America by Viz Media. The series is centered around Shoko Komi, a high school girl who suffers from extreme social anxiety, and struggles to communicate with others. With the help of her classmate Hitohito Tadano, they embark on a mission to make 100 friends and improve Komi's communication skills.

An eight-episode live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from September to November 2021, while 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 adaptation is licensed by Netflix for worldwide streaming.

By February 2024, the manga had over 14 million copies in circulation. In 2022, the manga won the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.

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