Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 1 (1) Paperback – Illustrated, June 11, 2019

I just finished reading Komi Can't Communicate and I absolutely loved it! The story centers on Komi Shoko, a high school girl who is stunningly beautiful but struggles with severe social anxiety. Despite her popularity, she finds it incredibly hard to communicate with her classmates, which makes her feel isolated and alone.What really captured me was her connection with Tadano, a classmate who notices her struggle and genuinely wants to help her. Their budding friendship is heartwarming, and I found myself rooting for both of them. The humor in the story is fantastic there were moments that made me laugh out loud while also feeling deeply for Komi as she navigates her challenges.The art style is lovely and really enhances the emotions of the characters. You can see Komi’s expressions shift from anxiety to determination, and it makes her journey all the more relatable.Overall, Komi Can't Communicate is a delightful read. It beautifully explores themes of friendship, communication, and self-acceptance. I can’t wait to dive into the next volume and see how Komi continues to grow and connect with others!

Komi Can't Communicate centers around high school student Shoko Komi. She has a reputation as an aloof class beauty who is too good to talk to anyone in school. But, unbeknownst to most of her classmates, she actually suffers from crippling social anxiety and finds it far too difficult and stressful to try to talk to anyone despite having a desire to make friends. She meets fellow classmate Hitohito Tadano, a mostly normal, but somewhat awkward, student who figures out what Komi is going through. He resolves to help her out on her quest to improve her abysmal social skills and eventually make 100 friends.This volume 1 of the manga serves as the introduction of the series not only introducing Komi and Tadano, but also fellow students Najimi Osana and Himiko Agari. I am not a big manga reader myself and I recently decided to check out this series on a whim as it sounded humorous. I found that I enjoyed what this volume had to offer.I liked the artwork for this volume. The artist did a good job of creating expressive and distinct characters. There is never any doubt what kind of emotions the characters are experiencing during the events of the story whether it be happiness, nervousness, embarassment, etc. This really helped to tell the story and showing these different situations added to the humor.The story and characters are the main strong points of this manga. Komi is a cute character and it is easy to sympathize with her struggles of wanting a better social life, even if her anxiety is quite exaggerated compared to most anyone in real life. The story manages to take something that many people stuggle with and find the humor, and sometimes the hope, in the situation.Overall, I enjoyed this manga with its cast of likable and entertaining characters and enjoyable story.

Great book

Never before has a manga been able to truly reach inside and melt this icy heart of mine, giving me feelings of delight and felicity. Yet 'Komi Can't Communicate', also know as 'Miss Komi is Bad at Communication', has done just this. What we have here is a treasure of a story that features the super shy and very quite Komi Shouko, who is idolized by everyone at her school for being a "cool beauty", slowly open up to and come to fall in love with the first person who was able to truly understand her; Tadano Hitohito.Seeking to make 100 friends, Komi teams up with Tadano to weed through the school full of quirky and problematic people. In this first volume, we see Tadano's first interactions with Komi, simply enjoying the silent conversation the two have. Afterwards Tando wants to do his best to help Komi, but he's rather restricted in who he can find willing to listen. Which you might not think a problem, considering that everyone loves Komi, but being so idolized she is almost considered god-like to the point no one may speak to her or touch her lest they be punished.Eventually he turns to the only other person he has a relationship with at the school, an androgynous person by the name of Osana Najimi, a flirty and friendly trap? that is willing to give being Komi's friend a try but only after some lengthy convincing as they have found Komi to be rather unapproachable in the past.We get some introduction to other characters, likely candidates for friendship status, but this is mostly an introduction volume to Komi, Tanado, and Osana. But don't be fooled by that sentence, because while this is introduction is does it in a way that is like climbing into a soft bed with the A/C on. You just want to keep reading, seeing what happens next, and upon reaching the end, wanting more.I have no doubt this will see an anime adaption at some point, considering the cult popularity it is generating already. I just hope the author is able to keep this cute train a chugging, and not become lost in the forest of warm-fuzzies that have been generated.