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Hitohito Tadano is just your OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent starting his first year of high school. Planning to have a peaceful and normal high school life, his plans came to an end before they even begin. The reason? He has been seated right next to the overwhelmingly beautiful school idol, Shouko Komi, and thus has become the target of the entire class' jealousy. Soon, however, he figures out Komi's secret: Underneath her beautiful appearance, Komi suffers from a communication disorder which prevents her from making friends or even speaking normally to other people.
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Hitohito Tadano is just your OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent starting his first year of high school. Planning to have a peaceful and normal high school life, his plans came to an end before they even begin. The reason? He has been seated right next to the overwhelmingly beautiful school idol, Shouko Komi, and thus has become the target of the entire class' jealousy. Soon, however, he figures out Komi's secret: Underneath underneath her beautiful appearance, Komi suffers from a communication disorder which prevents her from making friends or even speaking normally to other people.
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* HeadAndHipPose: In Chapter 130 Komi's new class is forced to perform their self-introductions in accordance to whatever is stipulated by a dice roll. When the turn comes for Shouko Komi, her dice roll requires her to do a "sexy pose" while performing her self-introduction. She (very reluctantly) puts one hand on the back of her head and the other hand on her hip as her choice of "sexy pose".
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Played for laughs. Tadano's mom is somewhat under the impression that he might be gay, and there are instances where Hitomi hints that she has talked to her mom about it. However, just because he has a dude who loves him and treasures him (Katai), doesn't mean that he in particular is gay.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: EntertaininglyWrong:
** Played for laughs. Tadano's mom is somewhat under the impression that he might be gay, and there are instances where Hitomi hints that she has talked to her mom about it. However, just because he has a dude who loves him and treasures him (Katai), doesn't mean that he in particular isgay.gay.
** During the second Summer Festival, Tadano thinks that Manbagi has been mad at him for calling himself her "boyfriend" during the BeachEpisode in order to shoo off the [[MuscleBeachBum boys]] that were hounding her. In reality, Manbagi has just been tremendously bashful and a {{Tsundere}} towards him. [[spoiler:Touched by his worries and kindness towards her in spite of her behavior towards him, [[LoveEpiphany Manbagi finally admits to herself that she's in love with Tadano]]]].
** Played for laughs. Tadano's mom is somewhat under the impression that he might be gay, and there are instances where Hitomi hints that she has talked to her mom about it. However, just because he has a dude who loves him and treasures him (Katai), doesn't mean that he in particular is
** During the second Summer Festival, Tadano thinks that Manbagi has been mad at him for calling himself her "boyfriend" during the BeachEpisode in order to shoo off the [[MuscleBeachBum boys]] that were hounding her. In reality, Manbagi has just been tremendously bashful and a {{Tsundere}} towards him. [[spoiler:Touched by his worries and kindness towards her in spite of her behavior towards him, [[LoveEpiphany Manbagi finally admits to herself that she's in love with Tadano]]]].
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** [[spoiler:During the second year summer festival, Agari's aunt sends Manbagi and Tadano to watch the fireworks together, keeping Komi to lure customers to her stand. After Tadano clears up the misunderstanding that Manbagi was offended at him for calling himself her boyfriend during the BeachEpisode, they both relax and start enjoying the festival together... only that most of their close friends see Tadano sans-Komi-plus-Manbagi and collectively think to themselves: '''''HM?'''''.]]
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* AnAesop:
** With silence, one can speak volumes; the problem is that, with silence, what isn't spoken can become hearsay too.
** No person is unreachable, no matter how high the pedestal they're put on.
** Adulation means absolutely nothing if it's superficial and based on speculation. In those cases, the receiving end [[BeAllMySinsRemembered might denounce it]], or in this case, not be aware of it and/or not understand it at all.
** Adulation twists the receiver into an image in the giver's mind that is completely different from the actual receiver. The more the giver dwells in those fictions, the farther away they are from the receiver.
** True friendship cannot be forced and cannot be wrest away.
** There are friends and there are loved ones. Friends are many; loved ones are few and sine qua non. Every loved one is a friend, but not every friend is a loved one.
** Love and lust are two very, ''very'' different things. Those who make the effort to truly know someone, love that person; those who just lust after that someone don't.
** There is virtue in the people that love without fully understanding because, at the very least, they're daring to reach even if they don't expect reciprocity.
** If you want something from the bottom your heart, you have to speak up with your own words.
** There are people who will inspire you to reach the very best of yourself whether you realize it or not.
** Some people are able to make things better just by being present.
** You are as worthy of as much love as you are willing to dispense yourself.
** The best people are those who dispense unconditional kindness at others' most abject moments.
** Yes. There are people that are effortlessly beautiful, and [[ObliviouslyBeautiful completely unaware of it]].
** With silence, one can speak volumes; the problem is that, with silence, what isn't spoken can become hearsay too.
** No person is unreachable, no matter how high the pedestal they're put on.
** Adulation means absolutely nothing if it's superficial and based on speculation. In those cases, the receiving end [[BeAllMySinsRemembered might denounce it]], or in this case, not be aware of it and/or not understand it at all.
** Adulation twists the receiver into an image in the giver's mind that is completely different from the actual receiver. The more the giver dwells in those fictions, the farther away they are from the receiver.
** True friendship cannot be forced and cannot be wrest away.
** There are friends and there are loved ones. Friends are many; loved ones are few and sine qua non. Every loved one is a friend, but not every friend is a loved one.
** Love and lust are two very, ''very'' different things. Those who make the effort to truly know someone, love that person; those who just lust after that someone don't.
** There is virtue in the people that love without fully understanding because, at the very least, they're daring to reach even if they don't expect reciprocity.
** If you want something from the bottom your heart, you have to speak up with your own words.
** There are people who will inspire you to reach the very best of yourself whether you realize it or not.
** Some people are able to make things better just by being present.
** You are as worthy of as much love as you are willing to dispense yourself.
** The best people are those who dispense unconditional kindness at others' most abject moments.
** Yes. There are people that are effortlessly beautiful, and [[ObliviouslyBeautiful completely unaware of it]].
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** Chiarai, Sonoda, Shinobino, Onigashima, and one unnamed knight girl. They're included as Komi's friends, but they don't have much focus and are mostly just there in the background. Even with the fact that 2 chapters focus on the 3 male normies, it's more about them having delusional ideas about dates with the girls that the audience was already introduced to, which meant the other 2 female normies don't even have a segment for them.
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** Chiarai, Sonoda, Shinobino, Onigashima, Onigashima (at first) and one unnamed knight girl.Kinshi. They're included as Komi's friends, but they don't have much focus and are mostly just there in the background. Even with the fact that 2 chapters focus on the 3 male normies, it's more about them having delusional ideas about dates with the girls that the audience was already introduced to, which meant the other 2 female normies don't even have a segment for them.
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** Onigashima, Manbagi and Ase become Komi's friend because she offers her hand in friendship at their most abject moment.
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** Onigashima, Manbagi and Ase become Komi's friend friends because she offers her hand in friendship at their most abject moment.
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** Adulation twists the receiver into an image in the giver's mind that is completely different from the actual receiver. The more the giver dwells in those fictions, the farther away they are from the receiver.
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** Love and lust are two very, ''very'' different things. Those who truly know you, love you; those who lust after you don't.
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** Love and lust are two very, ''very'' different things. Those who make the effort to truly know you, someone, love you; that person; those who just lust after you don't.that someone don't.
** There is virtue in the people that love without fully understanding because, at the very least, they're daring to reach even if they don't expect reciprocity.
** There is virtue in the people that love without fully understanding because, at the very least, they're daring to reach even if they don't expect reciprocity.
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** Yes. There are people that are effortlessly beautiful, and [[ObliviouslyBeautiful completely unaware of it]].
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** Adulation means absolutely nothing if it's superficial and based on speculation. In those cases, the receiving end [[BeAllMySinsRemember might denounce it]], or in this case, not be aware of it and/or not understand it at all.
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** Adulation means absolutely nothing if it's superficial and based on speculation. In those cases, the receiving end [[BeAllMySinsRemember [[BeAllMySinsRemembered might denounce it]], or in this case, not be aware of it and/or not understand it at all.
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** Adulation means absolutely nothing if it's superficial and based on speculation. In those cases, the receiving end [[BeAllMySinsRemember might denounce it]], or in this case, not be aware of it and/or not understand it at all.
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** Love and lust are two very, ''very'' different things.
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** Love and lust are two very, ''very'' different things. Those who truly know you, love you; those who lust after you don't.
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* AnimalMotifs:
** Three different characters share a cat motif:
*** Shouko Komi (the Komi of the title) is consistently tied to cats. She is depicted with cat ears when startled or excited, her friends buy her a cat plush and she even goes to a cat cafe at one point. It ties in with her appearing aloof and stoic, but really being curious and affectionate.
*** Akira Komi, her younger cousin, also sprouts cat ears when excited, tying into her close relationship with Komi, being the kitten to her cat.
*** Rei Natsukido is depicted with cat-like eyes, and acts aloof, isolated, and independent.
** Himiko Agari has a dog motif. She refers to herself as Komi's dog, sprouts dog ears and a tail at times, and acts like an excitable, if nervous, puppy.
** Three different characters share a cat motif:
*** Shouko Komi (the Komi of the title) is consistently tied to cats. She is depicted with cat ears when startled or excited, her friends buy her a cat plush and she even goes to a cat cafe at one point. It ties in with her appearing aloof and stoic, but really being curious and affectionate.
*** Akira Komi, her younger cousin, also sprouts cat ears when excited, tying into her close relationship with Komi, being the kitten to her cat.
*** Rei Natsukido is depicted with cat-like eyes, and acts aloof, isolated, and independent.
** Himiko Agari has a dog motif. She refers to herself as Komi's dog, sprouts dog ears and a tail at times, and acts like an excitable, if nervous, puppy.
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* AnAesop:
** With silence, one can speak volumes; the problem is that, with silence, what isn't spoken can become hearsay too.
** No person is unreachable, no matter how high the pedestal they're put on.
** True friendship cannot be forced and cannot be wrest away.
** There are friends and there are loved ones. Friends are many; loved ones are few and sine qua non. Every loved one is a friend, but not every friend is a loved one.
** Love and lust are two very, ''very'' different things.
** If you want something from the bottom your heart, you have to speak up with your own words.
** There are people who will inspire you to reach the very best of yourself whether you realize it or not.
** Some people are able to make things better just by being present.
** You are as worthy of as much love as you are willing to dispense yourself.
** The best people are those who dispense unconditional kindness at others' most abject moments.
* AnimalMotifs:
** Three different characters share a cat motif:
*** Shouko Komi (the Komi of the title) is consistently tied to cats. She is depicted with cat ears when startled or excited, her friends buy her a cat plush and she even goes to a cat cafe at one point. It ties in with her appearing aloof and stoic, but really being curious and affectionate.
*** Akira Komi, her younger cousin, also sprouts cat ears when excited, tying into her close relationship with Komi, being the kitten to her cat.
*** Rei Natsukido is depicted with cat-like eyes, and acts aloof, isolated, and independent.
** Himiko Agari has a dog motif. She refers to herself as Komi's dog, sprouts dog ears and a tail at times, and acts like an excitable, if nervous, puppy.
** With silence, one can speak volumes; the problem is that, with silence, what isn't spoken can become hearsay too.
** No person is unreachable, no matter how high the pedestal they're put on.
** True friendship cannot be forced and cannot be wrest away.
** There are friends and there are loved ones. Friends are many; loved ones are few and sine qua non. Every loved one is a friend, but not every friend is a loved one.
** Love and lust are two very, ''very'' different things.
** If you want something from the bottom your heart, you have to speak up with your own words.
** There are people who will inspire you to reach the very best of yourself whether you realize it or not.
** Some people are able to make things better just by being present.
** You are as worthy of as much love as you are willing to dispense yourself.
** The best people are those who dispense unconditional kindness at others' most abject moments.
* AnimalMotifs:
** Three different characters share a cat motif:
*** Shouko Komi (the Komi of the title) is consistently tied to cats. She is depicted with cat ears when startled or excited, her friends buy her a cat plush and she even goes to a cat cafe at one point. It ties in with her appearing aloof and stoic, but really being curious and affectionate.
*** Akira Komi, her younger cousin, also sprouts cat ears when excited, tying into her close relationship with Komi, being the kitten to her cat.
*** Rei Natsukido is depicted with cat-like eyes, and acts aloof, isolated, and independent.
** Himiko Agari has a dog motif. She refers to herself as Komi's dog, sprouts dog ears and a tail at times, and acts like an excitable, if nervous, puppy.
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* CostumeChangeYourSize: Hitomi [[https://s5.mangadex.org/data/398f5a99043e31a5795f8e46d402d35d/x5.png is daintier]] than what [[https://s5.mangadex.org/data/dca3b17e6f33c6bed516abc70eeb64d5/x14.png her high school uniform suggests]]. Shoulder pads make a ''considerable'' difference.
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* CostumeChangeYourSize: CostumesChangeYourSize: Hitomi [[https://s5.mangadex.org/data/398f5a99043e31a5795f8e46d402d35d/x5.png is daintier]] than what [[https://s5.mangadex.org/data/dca3b17e6f33c6bed516abc70eeb64d5/x14.png her high school uniform suggests]]. Shoulder pads make a ''considerable'' difference.
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* CostumeChangeYourSize: Hitomi [[https://s5.mangadex.org/data/398f5a99043e31a5795f8e46d402d35d/x5.png is daintier]] than what [[https://s5.mangadex.org/data/dca3b17e6f33c6bed516abc70eeb64d5/x14.png her high school uniform suggests]]. Shoulder pads make a ''considerable'' difference.
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* LostInTranslation: In Chapter 50, Komi mentions that her cousin Akira is her first year of middle school (making her 12-13); however, in the (unofficial) Spanish scanlation, [[https://s5.mangadex.org/data/a1cf7aad8fbec337d9f04e74459ff700/Z16.png Komi states that Akira is 15 years-old]], implying that Akira is the same age as Komi, which is ''certainly'' not the case. To date ''Komi Can't Communicate'' hasn't been licensed for Spanish-speaking markets.
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** Komi's friends are split up between the main group (Komi, Tadano, Osana, Yamai, sometimes Agari), the outliers (Katai, Inaka, Nakanaka), the normies (Chiarai, Sonoda, Shinobino, Onigashima, and Kishi), the Japanese squad (Shinobino and his "royal retainers"), and the families (the Komis, the Tadanos).
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** Komi's friends are split up between the main group (Komi, Tadano, Osana, Najimi, Yamai, sometimes Agari), the outliers (Katai, Inaka, Nakanaka), the normies (Chiarai, Sonoda, Shinobino, Onigashima, and Kishi), the Japanese squad (Shinobino and his "royal retainers"), and the families (the Komis, the Tadanos).
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* DrinkOrder: Osana tends to send Komi out on snack runs with ridiculously complicated ones. They say it's to help her build confidence in her talking skills, but it's more likely Osana just didn't want to go themselves.
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* DrinkOrder: Osana Najimi tends to send Komi out on snack runs with ridiculously complicated ones. They say it's to help her build confidence in her talking skills, but it's more likely Osana Najimi just didn't want to go themselves.
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'''Narrator:''' ''Freshwater crab''\\
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'''Narrator:''' ''Freshwater crab''\\[''Freshwater crab'']\\
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** Onigashima, Manbagi and Ase become Komi's friend because she offers her hand in friendship at their most abject moment.
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** Chiarai, Sonoda, Shinobino, Onigashima, and one unnamed knight girl. They're included as Komi's friends, but they don't have much focus and're mostly just there in the background. Even with the fact that 2 chapters focus on the 3 male normies, it's more about them having delusional ideas about dates with the girls that the audience was already introduced to, which meant the other 2 female normies don't even have a segment for them.
** Though later, Onigashima has an exclusive chapter about her in Chapter 121.
** Though later, Onigashima has an exclusive chapter about her in Chapter 121.
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** Chiarai, Sonoda, Shinobino, Onigashima, and one unnamed knight girl. They're included as Komi's friends, but they don't have much focus and're and are mostly just there in the background. Even with the fact that 2 chapters focus on the 3 male normies, it's more about them having delusional ideas about dates with the girls that the audience was already introduced to, which meant the other 2 female normies don't even have a segment for them.
**Though later, Later, Onigashima has an exclusive chapter about her in Chapter 121.
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** The hit video game, ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Swamp Pants Brothers]]''! Staring [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Marimo! Louise! Yusshi!]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zeldin!]] A [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] look-alike!
** "Sabowey" for Subway. This is in fact the gairaigo (Japanization)、 of Subway. サブウェイ, サsa ブbu ウェue イi, sabuwei. Probably scanlated as a direct transliteration of the katakana
** "Sabowey" for Subway. This is in fact the gairaigo (Japanization)、 of Subway. サブウェイ, サsa ブbu ウェue イi, sabuwei. Probably scanlated as a direct transliteration of the katakana
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** The hit video game, ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Swamp Pants Brothers]]''! Staring Starring [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Marimo! Louise! Yusshi!]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zeldin!]] A [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] look-alike!
** "Sabowey" for Subway. This is in fact the gairaigo (Japanization)、 of Subway. サブウェイ, サsa ブbu ウェue イi, sabuwei. Probably scanlated as a direct transliteration of thekatakanakatakana.
** "Sabowey" for Subway. This is in fact the gairaigo (Japanization)、 of Subway. サブウェイ, サsa ブbu ウェue イi, sabuwei. Probably scanlated as a direct transliteration of the
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* CaptainObvious: Almost all activities and events are described in text boxes by the mangaka. Occasionally justified since Komi can't always communicate her thoughts to the reader (it's in the title). However, this technique becomes plain unnecessary at some points, when the thing described is clearly shown.
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* CaptainObvious: Almost all activities and events are described in text boxes by the mangaka. Occasionally justified since Komi can't always communicate her thoughts to the reader (it's in the title). However, this technique becomes plain unnecessary at some points, when Though most of the thing described is clearly shown. time it's somewhat superfluous, sometimes the use of describing boxes serves as the joke itself.
-->'''Inaka:''' ''Crab''\\
'''Narrator:''' ''Freshwater crab''\\
'''Komi & Akira:''' '''''Crab!'''''
-->'''Inaka:''' ''Crab''\\
'''Narrator:''' ''Freshwater crab''\\
'''Komi & Akira:''' '''''Crab!'''''
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: Najimi makes the second class set up the courage challenge not only to make them the butt of the joke, but also to show the class that Komi, Tadano, Manbagi, Naruse and Ase are far less inaccessible than they think.
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* PunnyName: The characters with puns in their names usually [[MeaningfulName have a personality or quirk that follows]], and that's almost all of them. The characters in this series who ''don't'' have puns in their name can be counted on one hand: Mikuni Katou and Ayami Sasaki (being ShoutOut names instead), making for a whopping total of 2. Taken UpToEleven in chapter 188 when the rest of the [[spoiler:new]] class is introduced and ''everyone'' has a PunnyName.
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* PunnyName: The characters with puns in their names usually [[MeaningfulName have a personality or quirk that follows]], and that's almost all of them. The characters in this series who ''don't'' have puns in their name can be counted on one hand: Mikuni Katou and Ayami Sasaki (being ShoutOut names instead), making for a whopping total of 2. Taken UpToEleven in chapter 188 when the rest of the [[spoiler:new]] class is was introduced and ''everyone'' has a PunnyName.within several pages.
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* PunnyName: The characters with puns in their names usually [[MeaningfulName have a personality or quirk that follows]], and that's almost all of them. The characters in this series who ''don't'' have puns in their name can be counted on one hand: Mikuni Katou and Ayami Sasaki (being ShoutOut names instead), making for a whopping total of 2.
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* PunnyName: The characters with puns in their names usually [[MeaningfulName have a personality or quirk that follows]], and that's almost all of them. The characters in this series who ''don't'' have puns in their name can be counted on one hand: Mikuni Katou and Ayami Sasaki (being ShoutOut names instead), making for a whopping total of 2. Taken UpToEleven in chapter 188 when the rest of the [[spoiler:new]] class is introduced and ''everyone'' has a PunnyName.
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Komi's cousin's name is Akira, and she doesn't have a communication disorder.
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* SharedFamilyQuirks: Komi has the same communication problems as her father and little cousin Ayame. Her brother has the same aloof demeanor, but he chooses not to speak unlike the others.
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* SharedFamilyQuirks: Komi has the same communication problems as her father and little cousin Ayame.father. Her brother has the same aloof demeanor, but he chooses not to speak unlike the others.
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->''I know. Komi-san is beautiful. Out of all people I've ever laid my eyes on, she's definitely the most beautiful. Pale white skin, smooth silky hair. Big slit eyes. And she smells nice too. She's just dazzling. But... I know. I know that Komi-san has a communication disorder. And I also know that she really wants to be able to speak with people. And ''that'' is the Komi-san that I became friends with.''
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->''I know. Komi-san is beautiful. Out of all people I've ever laid my eyes on, she's definitely the most beautiful. Pale white skin, smooth silky hair. Big slit eyes. And she smells nice too. She's just dazzling. But... I know. I know that Komi-san has a communication disorder. And I also know that she really wants to be able to speak with people. And ''that'' is And'' '''''that''''' ''is the Komi-san that I became friends with.''
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Tadano's mom is somewhat under the impression that he might be gay, and there are instances where Hitomi hints that she has talked to her mom about it. However, just because he has a dude who loves him and treasures him (Katai), doesn't mean that he in particular is gay.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Played for laughs. Tadano's mom is somewhat under the impression that he might be gay, and there are instances where Hitomi hints that she has talked to her mom about it. However, just because he has a dude who loves him and treasures him (Katai), doesn't mean that he in particular is gay.gay.
* EpicFail: A relatively mundane one, but hilariously heartfelt from Komi. In Chapter 13, she gets Najimi's coffee order ''so wrong'' that the shame of it all makes her cry when Najimi asks her just what is the drink that she brought. First, she cannot verbalize the order, making the barista try to figure it out for her. She then notices that the order is wrong, but is unable to say anything to the barista, getting stage fright and leaving with the giant coffee cup she was given... and then Najimi reminds her that the order is wrong when first seeing it. Her crying face make both Najimi and Tadano (who tailed Komi to the café) drop to their knees and apologize, Najimi for making her go with an outlandish coffee order, and Tadano, for not helping her.
* EpicFail: A relatively mundane one, but hilariously heartfelt from Komi. In Chapter 13, she gets Najimi's coffee order ''so wrong'' that the shame of it all makes her cry when Najimi asks her just what is the drink that she brought. First, she cannot verbalize the order, making the barista try to figure it out for her. She then notices that the order is wrong, but is unable to say anything to the barista, getting stage fright and leaving with the giant coffee cup she was given... and then Najimi reminds her that the order is wrong when first seeing it. Her crying face make both Najimi and Tadano (who tailed Komi to the café) drop to their knees and apologize, Najimi for making her go with an outlandish coffee order, and Tadano, for not helping her.
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''Komi Can't Communicate'', (''Komi-san wa Komyushou desu'', roughly meaning ''Miss Komi has a Communication Disorder'') is a romance/slice of life/comedy manga penned by Tomohito Oda, running in ''Magazine/ShonenSunday''. Creator/VIZMedia picked up the series for English release starting summer 2019.
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''Komi Can't Communicate'', Communicate'' (''Komi-san wa Komyushou desu'', roughly meaning ''Miss Komi has a Communication Disorder'') is a romance/slice of life/comedy manga penned by Tomohito Oda, running in ''Magazine/ShonenSunday''. Creator/VIZMedia picked up the series for English release starting summer 2019.
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''Komi Can't Communicate'', (''Komi-san wa Komyushou desu'', roughly meaning ''Miss Komi has a Communication Disorder'') is a comedy manga penned by Tomohito Oda, running in ''Magazine/ShonenSunday''. Creator/VIZMedia picked up the series for English release starting summer 2019.
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''Komi Can't Communicate'', (''Komi-san wa Komyushou desu'', roughly meaning ''Miss Komi has a Communication Disorder'') is a comedy romance/slice of life/comedy manga penned by Tomohito Oda, running in ''Magazine/ShonenSunday''. Creator/VIZMedia picked up the series for English release starting summer 2019.
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*** Komi Shouko (the titular Komi) is consistently tied to cats. She is depicted with cat ears when startled or excited, her friends buy her a cat plush and she even goes to a cat cafe at one point. It ties in with her appearing aloof and stoic, but really being curious and affectionate.
*** Komi Akira, her younger cousin, also sprouts cat ears when excited, tying into her close relationship with Komi, being the kitten to her cat.
*** Natsukido Rei is depicted with cat-like eyes, and acts aloof, isolated, and independent.
** Agari Himiko has a dog motif. She refers to herself as Komi's dog, sprouts dog ears and a tail at times, and acts like an excitable, if nervous, puppy.
*** Komi Akira, her younger cousin, also sprouts cat ears when excited, tying into her close relationship with Komi, being the kitten to her cat.
*** Natsukido Rei is depicted with cat-like eyes, and acts aloof, isolated, and independent.
** Agari Himiko has a dog motif. She refers to herself as Komi's dog, sprouts dog ears and a tail at times, and acts like an excitable, if nervous, puppy.
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*** Komi Shouko Komi (the titular Komi) Komi of the title) is consistently tied to cats. She is depicted with cat ears when startled or excited, her friends buy her a cat plush and she even goes to a cat cafe at one point. It ties in with her appearing aloof and stoic, but really being curious and affectionate.
***Komi Akira, Akira Komi, her younger cousin, also sprouts cat ears when excited, tying into her close relationship with Komi, being the kitten to her cat.
*** Rei NatsukidoRei is depicted with cat-like eyes, and acts aloof, isolated, and independent.
**Agari Himiko Agari has a dog motif. She refers to herself as Komi's dog, sprouts dog ears and a tail at times, and acts like an excitable, if nervous, puppy.
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*** Rei Natsukido
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->''I know. Komi-san is beautiful. Out of all people I've ever laid my eyes on, she's definitely the most beautiful. Pale white skin, smooth silky hair. Big slit eyes. And she smells nice too. She's just dazzling. But... I know. I know that Komi-san has a communication disorder. And I also know that she really wants to be able to speak with people. And ''that'' is the Komi-san that I became friends with.''
-->-- '''Tadano's inner monologue, Ch. 7'''
Hitohito Tadano is just your OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent starting his first year of high school. Planning to have a peaceful and normal high school life, his plans came to an end before they even begin. The reason? He has been seated right next to the overwhelmingly beautiful school idol, Shouko Komi, and thus has become the target of the entire class' jealousy. Soon, however, he figures out Komi's secret: Underneath her beautiful appearance, Komi suffers from a communication disorder which prevents her from making friends or even speaking normally to other people.
Empathizing with her plight, Tadano resolves to spend his high school life helping Komi make one hundred friends. Yet, things may not be as easy as they sound, as the school is filled with [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits students with strong personalities]], and making friends with these weirdos might bring troubles of their own.
''Komi Can't Communicate'', (''Komi-san wa Komyushou desu'', roughly meaning ''Miss Komi has a Communication Disorder'') is a comedy manga penned by Tomohito Oda, running in ''Magazine/ShonenSunday''. Creator/VIZMedia picked up the series for English release starting summer 2019.
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!!Tropes:
* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Komi is so beloved by the school that most of their decisions hinge around what will either make her cutest or happiest.
* AchievementInIgnorance: At a festival stall where people can pull a string to receive prizes, the stall owner uses mind games to stop people from getting the best prize. For example he looks alarmed when they consider choosing a string that only has pocket tissues attached. Komi gets the top prize anyway, just by choosing at random.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler: You (Komi) cannot contact your friend (Tadano) for a day because he's kidnapped by a Yandere (Yamai) who wants to get rid of him so that the Yandere can become close to you. Discussed by Komi towards Tadano after the ordeal]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Komi:''' "What if Tadano-kun stayed confined there? What if something worse happened? What if something happens again? All because of me."]]
* AlwaysInClassOne: The main cast is in class 1-1. Then subverted when the cast moves on to the second year, with most of Komi's female friends ending up in another class, but they still occasionally manage to get some screentime.
* AnimalMotifs:
** Three different characters share a cat motif:
*** Komi Shouko (the titular Komi) is consistently tied to cats. She is depicted with cat ears when startled or excited, her friends buy her a cat plush and she even goes to a cat cafe at one point. It ties in with her appearing aloof and stoic, but really being curious and affectionate.
*** Komi Akira, her younger cousin, also sprouts cat ears when excited, tying into her close relationship with Komi, being the kitten to her cat.
*** Natsukido Rei is depicted with cat-like eyes, and acts aloof, isolated, and independent.
** Agari Himiko has a dog motif. She refers to herself as Komi's dog, sprouts dog ears and a tail at times, and acts like an excitable, if nervous, puppy.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Yadano is always this to Komi, at least in her own mind.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Komi's mother Shuuko enjoys acting like a ditzy teenager (even referring to herself as an "eternal 17-year old"), much to her daughter's embarrassment. Her father (despite being similar to Komi) isn't much better, as when Tadano & his sister first meet him at a shopping center, he's in a godfather's getup (styled by Komi) that unnerves Tadano.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Whether or not Komi has some sort of diagnosable disorder is left open to interpretation. The various narrations describing Komi's problems with communication sometimes explicitly refer to it as "Communication Disorder" and other times merely state that Komi is bad at communication. In-universe, Tadano is irritated by Yamai when she refers to Komi as having a "disorder." Meanwhile, Komi's communication problems run in her family - her father, brother, grandmother, and uncle all display similar behavior. However, it is strongly implied (and outright stated in her brother's case) that everyone's reasons for their difficulties with communication are different. Komi, at a minimum, suffers from severe anxiety. Commonplace social interactions cause her to become paralyzed with uncertainty and fear, and she spends multiple hours a day ruminating over minor exchanges with others.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:
** Shousuke allows himself to tell Hitomi about his favorite food only because she was the first person who wasn't afraid of his scary glare, and kept on trying to honestly befriend him.
** Sure, Komi wants to have another 99 friends besides Tadano, but when it comes to sharing moments with others, Tadano will always, unequivocally, have her undivided attention. Tadano is the one who dared where no one did, and as such, he is her first and very best friend.
* BitCharacter:
** Chiarai, Sonoda, Shinobino, Onigashima, and one unnamed knight girl. They're included as Komi's friends, but they don't have much focus and're mostly just there in the background. Even with the fact that 2 chapters focus on the 3 male normies, it's more about them having delusional ideas about dates with the girls that the audience was already introduced to, which meant the other 2 female normies don't even have a segment for them.
** Though later, Onigashima has an exclusive chapter about her in Chapter 121.
* BlandNameProduct:
** "Standbakes" for Starbucks.
** The hit video game, ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Swamp Pants Brothers]]''! Staring [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Marimo! Louise! Yusshi!]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zeldin!]] A [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] look-alike!
** "Sabowey" for Subway. This is in fact the gairaigo (Japanization)、 of Subway. サブウェイ, サsa ブbu ウェue イi, sabuwei. Probably scanlated as a direct transliteration of the katakana
** [[FunWithAcronyms Utopia Street Japan]] for Ride/UniversalStudios Japan, down to the spinning globe at the front.
* CannotTellAJoke: Komi tries her hand at jokes in chapter 29. Aside from the obvious problem that Komi does most of her communication in writing, she also favors "Dad Jokes" that nobody else finds funny to begin with. The punchline of the chapter is that Tadano is just as bad at jokes as Komi. Fortunately, Komi finds his jokes amazing.
* CaptainObvious: Almost all activities and events are described in text boxes by the mangaka. Occasionally justified since Komi can't always communicate her thoughts to the reader (it's in the title). However, this technique becomes plain unnecessary at some points, when the thing described is clearly shown.
* CastHerd:
** Komi's friends are split up between the main group (Komi, Tadano, Osana, Yamai, sometimes Agari), the outliers (Katai, Inaka, Nakanaka), the normies (Chiarai, Sonoda, Shinobino, Onigashima, and Kishi), the Japanese squad (Shinobino and his "royal retainers"), and the families (the Komis, the Tadanos).
** For Komi's second year, Komi's group composed of her, Tadano, Manbagi, Katai and Ase, though Katai is more grouped with Tadano, Naruse and Kometani.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Otori very much lives on her own pace. She does everything slowly. At one point she watched a fireplace recording from Christmas to the day after New Year's without realizing the time.
* {{Crossover}}: Shouko once dreamed she was in the world of ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'' in one bonus chapter, and interacted with and slept with the Princess.
* DescriptionPorn: The explanations behind the various group activities turn into this, often bordering on {{Wall of Text}} territory.
* DrinkOrder: Osana tends to send Komi out on snack runs with ridiculously complicated ones. They say it's to help her build confidence in her talking skills, but it's more likely Osana just didn't want to go themselves.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Several major supporting characters actually made cameos in the very first chapter's cover page. This included characters like Katai and Naruse, who wouldn't be formally introduced into the series until dozens of chapters later. Even Hitomi and Shousuke are introduced on the same page, though they appear recurrently in the comic without any focus until their own chapter, some 120+ chapters later.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** There are many differences between the one-shot & the series. In the one-shot, Komi's eyes are her main focus, she could speak openly (but it is either short or very long), Tadano has a different motivation for why he became normal, and the chapters are more focused on only the two of them working out Komi's issues rather then Komi's quest of making friends.
** In earlier chapters, Tadano's outright hated by the rest of the class for daring to talk to Komi. By later chapters, he's just another face in the crowd in their eyes. Though it's more of a CharacterizationMarchesOn, since by that time everybody (especially Yamai, who found out the hard way) realized that Tadano is already a friend that she won't abandon.
** In Najimi's introduction, they were shown as less bubbly than in later chapters, where they are drawn almost exclusively in a cartoony style.
* EroticEating: During the Summer Festival, Yamai repeatedly tries to get Komi to kneel down in front of her and eat food she'd feed her... like a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sausage, or a white-chocolate covered banana]]...
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Pretty much everyone can tell that Tadano and Komi have romantic feelings for one another. The only ones who can't are either people who are obsessed with Komi, like most of the student body, or people who seem to completely ignore it, like Najimi. [[spoiler: Even then, there are subtle hints that they're fully aware of it, but choose to ignore it anyways.]]
* ExtranormalInstitute: Komi and Tadano's school houses students that are ''weird'', plain and simple, characterized by exhibiting extreme personality traits. One of the fears of Tadano regarding Komi's goal is that due to the quirkiness of the students, she might find making friends there particularly difficult. It's a normal school, though. This is ''by design'' InUniverse. Entry into the school is based entirely on a student's interview, with the school viewing personality as the most important aspect of a person.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The main motivation of our two main characters and a good number of their classmates.
* IdiotHair: When the characters are drawn simplistically, they became their identifying trait.
* InconsistentColoring:
** Some of the characters' hair colours vary between coloured covers and coloured strips.
** Komi's hair is usually dark purple, though the exact shade varies, and sometimes it's just black (or even dark brown. As well, sometimes her eyes are black, and sometimes they're purple.
** The shade of the puff of hair on Tadano's head also varies. While it's always grey, sometimes it's so light that it's nearly white, sometimes it's so dark it's almost black
* IntercontinuityCrossover: Crosses over with comedy fantasy series ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'' in two {{omake}}s, one for each series: the ''Komi-san'' omake sees Komi visiting the Demon King's castle in a dream, while the ''Sleepy Princess'' omake sees the Princess visiting Komi's world.
* LampshadeHanging:
** Najimi once brings up Tadano's ability to read other characters' thoughts but goes ignored.
** When Komi lies awake in bed at night, consumed with anxiety about things she did in social situations, "Anxiety point 4" is "Did they sense some awkward tension?" and point 5 is "Why do I sometimes grow cat ears?"
* LastNameBasis: Tadano and Komi are this towards each other and are too TwiceShy to change it. Najimi won't allow LoopholeAbuse via Komi writing down "Hitohito" either.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
** Due to Komi's issues with speaking, she is often drawn without a mouth.
** Tadano's ability to read a room often takes the form of him being able to read other characters' thought bubbles.
* LemonyNarrator: The one for this series is fairly lemony, but the crowner in-universe has to be Kometani, who plays this to ''Naruse's school life''.
* MassOhCrap:
** There are several throughout the story, usually involving Komi's classmates and their competition to gain some proximity to her, and especially when their plans go badly.
** There's one from the group when Komi slips at the pool gathering, hurting herself.
** In the second year, and having seen her in normal garb, Manbagi's classmates immediately turn away from her when she decides to don her extreme GyaruGirl makeup once again.
* MeaningfulName:
** Almost all characters have [[PunnyName names that form a pun]]. For example, in Japanese surname-first order Tadano Hitohito is a play of "tada no hito," meaning [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent "just another guy,"]] and Yadano Makeru straight up means "doesn't like losing." Osana Najimi is ''everybody's'' childhood friend, and shy Komi Shouko is a pun on "komyushou" (a person with a communication disorder). From Nakanaka's name, "naka" is written with the same kanji as "chuu" from {{chuunibyou}}. Even one-page characters like Teshigawara Hoshiko ("a girl who really wants some tissues").
** Komi's teammates during the Kyoto trip, Mikuni Katou and Ayami Sasaki, are actually [[ShoutOut references]] (the former being influenced by a famous Shogi player, the latter being inspired by the protagonist of ''Manga/SukebanDeka'') in exchange for puns in their name. They're still plenty meaningful; Mikuni calculates similar to a Shogi player, while Ayami uses a yo-yo to defend Komi like her namesake.
* TheMenInBlack: A parody happens with the Library Fan Committee, which are tasked with dispensing fan smackdowns whenever someone gets too loud at the library. They indeed wear black suit and tie, and ear communicators. Funnily enough, out of all people, Agari is a member.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Naruse listens to [[Music/JustinBieber Justice Bieber]] in his introductory chapter.
* OddFriendship: Nearly all of Komi's friends have their quirks, with the exception of Tadano who is [[RidiculouslyAverageGuy ridiculously average]].
* PaintingTheMedium: Kometani plays narrator to Naruse's antics, so he speaks in short descriptions and his word bubbles are drawn as text boxes.
* PantyShot: ''[[GenderInvertedTrope Tadano]]'' gets one while he's climbing with Komi; his pants slip down to the point where she can see the top of his underwear, and struggles to avert her gaze from it.
* PunnyName: The characters with puns in their names usually [[MeaningfulName have a personality or quirk that follows]], and that's almost all of them. The characters in this series who ''don't'' have puns in their name can be counted on one hand: Mikuni Katou and Ayami Sasaki (being ShoutOut names instead), making for a whopping total of 2.
* QuirkyTown: Pretty much everyone in the school is strange, even Tadano[[note]]he's so average that it's abnormal, skipping the physical examination because the school knows he'll match the national average exactly, and getting the exact same marks on his test as the national average. He's also so good at reading the room and people that he's pretty much psychic[[/note]]. The end of chapter 6 reveals that this is done ''on purpose'', as the school only accepts students based on their interviews, with them viewing personality as being the most important thing
* RealMenWearPink:
** During the class trip, the Normies are discussing all the cute things and sweet shops they're going to see, and the {{Gonk}} group talks about Sekimatsu's love life in a super gossipy way.
** A flashback chapter shows how Komi's mother Shuuko fell for her future husband Masayoshi slowly over time. The act that tipped the scales from infatuation to love? Masayoshi bandaging her finger after she cut herself by accident in Home Ec class, then demonstrating his advanced cooking skills.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Naruse somehow manages to work out Komi's communication disorder just by noticing how much she doesn't speak... but, Naruse being [[ItsAllAboutMe Naruse]], he measures it in how much time she hasn't spoken ''to him''.
* ScaryLibrarian: Gorimi acts as this during the study session chapters. She has a three-strike policy: anyone who makes a large amount of noise will be smacked on the head, and if done thrice she kicks them out. This somehow gets turned into a contest by Najimi.
* ShoutOut:
** The one shot has Tadano think about [[Manga/CrayonShinChan Shinnosuke]] when poop jokes come on topic.
** While Shouko's watching TV at home, one program has a character saying "[[Manga/CaseClosed There is only one truth]]".
** Chapter 19 has the group recreate the ''[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-guys-gaijin-4koma reaction guys]]'' pose.
** Shouko and the gang recreate the ''[[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-came-by-bike We Came by Bike]]'' cover at a photo booth.
** Shinobino's ninja film idea for the cultural festival gets shot down by one of his friends. Why?
---> "Historical dramas are good, but [[Manga/NininGaShinobuden ninjas are just nonsense]], desu."
** One of the events at the cultural festival involves students confessing secrets and crushes from the school rooftop. This is based off of [[https://bilibili.com/video/av14215063.html "Confessing Your Love from the Rooftop"]], a well known segment from the variety show ''Gakkou e Ikkou!''
** The cover for chapter 102 has Komi dressed up like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blouson_Chiemi Blouson Chiemi]].
** Mikuni and Sasaki call Komi and Tadano's relationship a "[[Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar battle to see who gets confessed to first]]".
** During Najimi's "Don't Get Kicked out of the Library" game Manbagi's phone rings. Her ringtone is [[Anime/DragonballZ "Cha La Head Cha La".]]
** When the gang goes to the beach, Naruse breaks out a replica of Music/TMRevolution's infamous "Hot Limit" bodysuit..
** The tall mute girl in a ripped shirt that Rei meets in the American school is very reminiscent of Susie from ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' (the game being [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff quite popular in Japan]], starting in a similar location and dealing with similar issues than the manga).
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Komi has the same communication problems as her father and little cousin Ayame. Her brother has the same aloof demeanor, but he chooses not to speak unlike the others.
* TheShutIn:
** How Komi unintentionally spends the first week of summer break. She realized after finishing all her summer homework that she's had ''zero'' outings since school let out.
** Katai was one for a while, which is why he showed up later in the series.
** Otori is even worse, having spent all of her time between Christmas and New Years watching a ''fireplace recording''.
* SneezeCut: Happens when Komi's grandmother finds out about Tadano.
* TitleDrop: Naruse does one when he's noticed that Komi hasn't spoken all year:
--> '''Naruse:''' It has been nine months since the year started, and she still hasn't spoken a word [[{{Narcissist}} to me]]... Could it be that '''Komi-san has a communication disorder'''!?\\
'''Kometani:''' [[SarcasmMode That's a normal assumption to come to.]]
%%** The last panel of Communication 6.
* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: [[spoiler:Invoked, but ultimately cut short in Chapter 30 with Komi and Tadano.]]
* UnknownRival: Yadano considers herself as Komi's rival and tries to beat her in anything. Komi doesn't even notice her.
* VocalDissonance: Manbagi's friend Gonzales is a short young girl, but her voice is so deep and husky that she sounds more like a musclebound man. She doesn't seem to mind, given that she plays it up for laughs.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: One of the major plot threads of the story revolves around whether [[spoiler:Komi and Tadano will ever admit their feelings towards each other.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Tenjouin Ryoko''' (a tour guide in Kyoto after seeing their interactions for one chapter): Just get married already (is what she thought).]]
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--> (Writing on a chalkboard)
-->'''Tadano:''' "Komi-san, what is your dream?"
-->'''Komi:''' "Having a hundred friends. PLEASE DON'T LAUGH"
-->'''Tadano:''' "Okay, then. I'm your first friend. And I'll help you get 99 more."
-->[...]
-->'''Komi:''' "Thank you. Please take care of me."
[[caption-width-right:350:[[TwiceShy I'm glad I spoke.]]]]
->''I know. Komi-san is beautiful. Out of all people I've ever laid my eyes on, she's definitely the most beautiful. Pale white skin, smooth silky hair. Big slit eyes. And she smells nice too. She's just dazzling. But... I know. I know that Komi-san has a communication disorder. And I also know that she really wants to be able to speak with people. And ''that'' is the Komi-san that I became friends with.''
-->-- '''Tadano's inner monologue, Ch. 7'''
Hitohito Tadano is just your OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent starting his first year of high school. Planning to have a peaceful and normal high school life, his plans came to an end before they even begin. The reason? He has been seated right next to the overwhelmingly beautiful school idol, Shouko Komi, and thus has become the target of the entire class' jealousy. Soon, however, he figures out Komi's secret: Underneath her beautiful appearance, Komi suffers from a communication disorder which prevents her from making friends or even speaking normally to other people.
Empathizing with her plight, Tadano resolves to spend his high school life helping Komi make one hundred friends. Yet, things may not be as easy as they sound, as the school is filled with [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits students with strong personalities]], and making friends with these weirdos might bring troubles of their own.
''Komi Can't Communicate'', (''Komi-san wa Komyushou desu'', roughly meaning ''Miss Komi has a Communication Disorder'') is a comedy manga penned by Tomohito Oda, running in ''Magazine/ShonenSunday''. Creator/VIZMedia picked up the series for English release starting summer 2019.
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!!Tropes:
* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Komi is so beloved by the school that most of their decisions hinge around what will either make her cutest or happiest.
* AchievementInIgnorance: At a festival stall where people can pull a string to receive prizes, the stall owner uses mind games to stop people from getting the best prize. For example he looks alarmed when they consider choosing a string that only has pocket tissues attached. Komi gets the top prize anyway, just by choosing at random.
* AdultFear: [[spoiler: You (Komi) cannot contact your friend (Tadano) for a day because he's kidnapped by a Yandere (Yamai) who wants to get rid of him so that the Yandere can become close to you. Discussed by Komi towards Tadano after the ordeal]].
--> [[spoiler: '''Komi:''' "What if Tadano-kun stayed confined there? What if something worse happened? What if something happens again? All because of me."]]
* AlwaysInClassOne: The main cast is in class 1-1. Then subverted when the cast moves on to the second year, with most of Komi's female friends ending up in another class, but they still occasionally manage to get some screentime.
* AnimalMotifs:
** Three different characters share a cat motif:
*** Komi Shouko (the titular Komi) is consistently tied to cats. She is depicted with cat ears when startled or excited, her friends buy her a cat plush and she even goes to a cat cafe at one point. It ties in with her appearing aloof and stoic, but really being curious and affectionate.
*** Komi Akira, her younger cousin, also sprouts cat ears when excited, tying into her close relationship with Komi, being the kitten to her cat.
*** Natsukido Rei is depicted with cat-like eyes, and acts aloof, isolated, and independent.
** Agari Himiko has a dog motif. She refers to herself as Komi's dog, sprouts dog ears and a tail at times, and acts like an excitable, if nervous, puppy.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Yadano is always this to Komi, at least in her own mind.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Komi's mother Shuuko enjoys acting like a ditzy teenager (even referring to herself as an "eternal 17-year old"), much to her daughter's embarrassment. Her father (despite being similar to Komi) isn't much better, as when Tadano & his sister first meet him at a shopping center, he's in a godfather's getup (styled by Komi) that unnerves Tadano.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Whether or not Komi has some sort of diagnosable disorder is left open to interpretation. The various narrations describing Komi's problems with communication sometimes explicitly refer to it as "Communication Disorder" and other times merely state that Komi is bad at communication. In-universe, Tadano is irritated by Yamai when she refers to Komi as having a "disorder." Meanwhile, Komi's communication problems run in her family - her father, brother, grandmother, and uncle all display similar behavior. However, it is strongly implied (and outright stated in her brother's case) that everyone's reasons for their difficulties with communication are different. Komi, at a minimum, suffers from severe anxiety. Commonplace social interactions cause her to become paralyzed with uncertainty and fear, and she spends multiple hours a day ruminating over minor exchanges with others.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:
** Shousuke allows himself to tell Hitomi about his favorite food only because she was the first person who wasn't afraid of his scary glare, and kept on trying to honestly befriend him.
** Sure, Komi wants to have another 99 friends besides Tadano, but when it comes to sharing moments with others, Tadano will always, unequivocally, have her undivided attention. Tadano is the one who dared where no one did, and as such, he is her first and very best friend.
* BitCharacter:
** Chiarai, Sonoda, Shinobino, Onigashima, and one unnamed knight girl. They're included as Komi's friends, but they don't have much focus and're mostly just there in the background. Even with the fact that 2 chapters focus on the 3 male normies, it's more about them having delusional ideas about dates with the girls that the audience was already introduced to, which meant the other 2 female normies don't even have a segment for them.
** Though later, Onigashima has an exclusive chapter about her in Chapter 121.
* BlandNameProduct:
** "Standbakes" for Starbucks.
** The hit video game, ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Swamp Pants Brothers]]''! Staring [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Marimo! Louise! Yusshi!]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Zeldin!]] A [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]] look-alike!
** "Sabowey" for Subway. This is in fact the gairaigo (Japanization)、 of Subway. サブウェイ, サsa ブbu ウェue イi, sabuwei. Probably scanlated as a direct transliteration of the katakana
** [[FunWithAcronyms Utopia Street Japan]] for Ride/UniversalStudios Japan, down to the spinning globe at the front.
* CannotTellAJoke: Komi tries her hand at jokes in chapter 29. Aside from the obvious problem that Komi does most of her communication in writing, she also favors "Dad Jokes" that nobody else finds funny to begin with. The punchline of the chapter is that Tadano is just as bad at jokes as Komi. Fortunately, Komi finds his jokes amazing.
* CaptainObvious: Almost all activities and events are described in text boxes by the mangaka. Occasionally justified since Komi can't always communicate her thoughts to the reader (it's in the title). However, this technique becomes plain unnecessary at some points, when the thing described is clearly shown.
* CastHerd:
** Komi's friends are split up between the main group (Komi, Tadano, Osana, Yamai, sometimes Agari), the outliers (Katai, Inaka, Nakanaka), the normies (Chiarai, Sonoda, Shinobino, Onigashima, and Kishi), the Japanese squad (Shinobino and his "royal retainers"), and the families (the Komis, the Tadanos).
** For Komi's second year, Komi's group composed of her, Tadano, Manbagi, Katai and Ase, though Katai is more grouped with Tadano, Naruse and Kometani.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Otori very much lives on her own pace. She does everything slowly. At one point she watched a fireplace recording from Christmas to the day after New Year's without realizing the time.
* {{Crossover}}: Shouko once dreamed she was in the world of ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'' in one bonus chapter, and interacted with and slept with the Princess.
* DescriptionPorn: The explanations behind the various group activities turn into this, often bordering on {{Wall of Text}} territory.
* DrinkOrder: Osana tends to send Komi out on snack runs with ridiculously complicated ones. They say it's to help her build confidence in her talking skills, but it's more likely Osana just didn't want to go themselves.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Several major supporting characters actually made cameos in the very first chapter's cover page. This included characters like Katai and Naruse, who wouldn't be formally introduced into the series until dozens of chapters later. Even Hitomi and Shousuke are introduced on the same page, though they appear recurrently in the comic without any focus until their own chapter, some 120+ chapters later.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** There are many differences between the one-shot & the series. In the one-shot, Komi's eyes are her main focus, she could speak openly (but it is either short or very long), Tadano has a different motivation for why he became normal, and the chapters are more focused on only the two of them working out Komi's issues rather then Komi's quest of making friends.
** In earlier chapters, Tadano's outright hated by the rest of the class for daring to talk to Komi. By later chapters, he's just another face in the crowd in their eyes. Though it's more of a CharacterizationMarchesOn, since by that time everybody (especially Yamai, who found out the hard way) realized that Tadano is already a friend that she won't abandon.
** In Najimi's introduction, they were shown as less bubbly than in later chapters, where they are drawn almost exclusively in a cartoony style.
* EroticEating: During the Summer Festival, Yamai repeatedly tries to get Komi to kneel down in front of her and eat food she'd feed her... like a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sausage, or a white-chocolate covered banana]]...
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Pretty much everyone can tell that Tadano and Komi have romantic feelings for one another. The only ones who can't are either people who are obsessed with Komi, like most of the student body, or people who seem to completely ignore it, like Najimi. [[spoiler: Even then, there are subtle hints that they're fully aware of it, but choose to ignore it anyways.]]
* ExtranormalInstitute: Komi and Tadano's school houses students that are ''weird'', plain and simple, characterized by exhibiting extreme personality traits. One of the fears of Tadano regarding Komi's goal is that due to the quirkiness of the students, she might find making friends there particularly difficult. It's a normal school, though. This is ''by design'' InUniverse. Entry into the school is based entirely on a student's interview, with the school viewing personality as the most important aspect of a person.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The main motivation of our two main characters and a good number of their classmates.
* IdiotHair: When the characters are drawn simplistically, they became their identifying trait.
* InconsistentColoring:
** Some of the characters' hair colours vary between coloured covers and coloured strips.
** Komi's hair is usually dark purple, though the exact shade varies, and sometimes it's just black (or even dark brown. As well, sometimes her eyes are black, and sometimes they're purple.
** The shade of the puff of hair on Tadano's head also varies. While it's always grey, sometimes it's so light that it's nearly white, sometimes it's so dark it's almost black
* IntercontinuityCrossover: Crosses over with comedy fantasy series ''Manga/SleepyPrincessInTheDemonCastle'' in two {{omake}}s, one for each series: the ''Komi-san'' omake sees Komi visiting the Demon King's castle in a dream, while the ''Sleepy Princess'' omake sees the Princess visiting Komi's world.
* LampshadeHanging:
** Najimi once brings up Tadano's ability to read other characters' thoughts but goes ignored.
** When Komi lies awake in bed at night, consumed with anxiety about things she did in social situations, "Anxiety point 4" is "Did they sense some awkward tension?" and point 5 is "Why do I sometimes grow cat ears?"
* LastNameBasis: Tadano and Komi are this towards each other and are too TwiceShy to change it. Najimi won't allow LoopholeAbuse via Komi writing down "Hitohito" either.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
** Due to Komi's issues with speaking, she is often drawn without a mouth.
** Tadano's ability to read a room often takes the form of him being able to read other characters' thought bubbles.
* LemonyNarrator: The one for this series is fairly lemony, but the crowner in-universe has to be Kometani, who plays this to ''Naruse's school life''.
* MassOhCrap:
** There are several throughout the story, usually involving Komi's classmates and their competition to gain some proximity to her, and especially when their plans go badly.
** There's one from the group when Komi slips at the pool gathering, hurting herself.
** In the second year, and having seen her in normal garb, Manbagi's classmates immediately turn away from her when she decides to don her extreme GyaruGirl makeup once again.
* MeaningfulName:
** Almost all characters have [[PunnyName names that form a pun]]. For example, in Japanese surname-first order Tadano Hitohito is a play of "tada no hito," meaning [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent "just another guy,"]] and Yadano Makeru straight up means "doesn't like losing." Osana Najimi is ''everybody's'' childhood friend, and shy Komi Shouko is a pun on "komyushou" (a person with a communication disorder). From Nakanaka's name, "naka" is written with the same kanji as "chuu" from {{chuunibyou}}. Even one-page characters like Teshigawara Hoshiko ("a girl who really wants some tissues").
** Komi's teammates during the Kyoto trip, Mikuni Katou and Ayami Sasaki, are actually [[ShoutOut references]] (the former being influenced by a famous Shogi player, the latter being inspired by the protagonist of ''Manga/SukebanDeka'') in exchange for puns in their name. They're still plenty meaningful; Mikuni calculates similar to a Shogi player, while Ayami uses a yo-yo to defend Komi like her namesake.
* TheMenInBlack: A parody happens with the Library Fan Committee, which are tasked with dispensing fan smackdowns whenever someone gets too loud at the library. They indeed wear black suit and tie, and ear communicators. Funnily enough, out of all people, Agari is a member.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Naruse listens to [[Music/JustinBieber Justice Bieber]] in his introductory chapter.
* OddFriendship: Nearly all of Komi's friends have their quirks, with the exception of Tadano who is [[RidiculouslyAverageGuy ridiculously average]].
* PaintingTheMedium: Kometani plays narrator to Naruse's antics, so he speaks in short descriptions and his word bubbles are drawn as text boxes.
* PantyShot: ''[[GenderInvertedTrope Tadano]]'' gets one while he's climbing with Komi; his pants slip down to the point where she can see the top of his underwear, and struggles to avert her gaze from it.
* PunnyName: The characters with puns in their names usually [[MeaningfulName have a personality or quirk that follows]], and that's almost all of them. The characters in this series who ''don't'' have puns in their name can be counted on one hand: Mikuni Katou and Ayami Sasaki (being ShoutOut names instead), making for a whopping total of 2.
* QuirkyTown: Pretty much everyone in the school is strange, even Tadano[[note]]he's so average that it's abnormal, skipping the physical examination because the school knows he'll match the national average exactly, and getting the exact same marks on his test as the national average. He's also so good at reading the room and people that he's pretty much psychic[[/note]]. The end of chapter 6 reveals that this is done ''on purpose'', as the school only accepts students based on their interviews, with them viewing personality as being the most important thing
* RealMenWearPink:
** During the class trip, the Normies are discussing all the cute things and sweet shops they're going to see, and the {{Gonk}} group talks about Sekimatsu's love life in a super gossipy way.
** A flashback chapter shows how Komi's mother Shuuko fell for her future husband Masayoshi slowly over time. The act that tipped the scales from infatuation to love? Masayoshi bandaging her finger after she cut herself by accident in Home Ec class, then demonstrating his advanced cooking skills.
* RightForTheWrongReasons: Naruse somehow manages to work out Komi's communication disorder just by noticing how much she doesn't speak... but, Naruse being [[ItsAllAboutMe Naruse]], he measures it in how much time she hasn't spoken ''to him''.
* ScaryLibrarian: Gorimi acts as this during the study session chapters. She has a three-strike policy: anyone who makes a large amount of noise will be smacked on the head, and if done thrice she kicks them out. This somehow gets turned into a contest by Najimi.
* ShoutOut:
** The one shot has Tadano think about [[Manga/CrayonShinChan Shinnosuke]] when poop jokes come on topic.
** While Shouko's watching TV at home, one program has a character saying "[[Manga/CaseClosed There is only one truth]]".
** Chapter 19 has the group recreate the ''[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/reaction-guys-gaijin-4koma reaction guys]]'' pose.
** Shouko and the gang recreate the ''[[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-came-by-bike We Came by Bike]]'' cover at a photo booth.
** Shinobino's ninja film idea for the cultural festival gets shot down by one of his friends. Why?
---> "Historical dramas are good, but [[Manga/NininGaShinobuden ninjas are just nonsense]], desu."
** One of the events at the cultural festival involves students confessing secrets and crushes from the school rooftop. This is based off of [[https://bilibili.com/video/av14215063.html "Confessing Your Love from the Rooftop"]], a well known segment from the variety show ''Gakkou e Ikkou!''
** The cover for chapter 102 has Komi dressed up like [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blouson_Chiemi Blouson Chiemi]].
** Mikuni and Sasaki call Komi and Tadano's relationship a "[[Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar battle to see who gets confessed to first]]".
** During Najimi's "Don't Get Kicked out of the Library" game Manbagi's phone rings. Her ringtone is [[Anime/DragonballZ "Cha La Head Cha La".]]
** When the gang goes to the beach, Naruse breaks out a replica of Music/TMRevolution's infamous "Hot Limit" bodysuit..
** The tall mute girl in a ripped shirt that Rei meets in the American school is very reminiscent of Susie from ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' (the game being [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff quite popular in Japan]], starting in a similar location and dealing with similar issues than the manga).
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Komi has the same communication problems as her father and little cousin Ayame. Her brother has the same aloof demeanor, but he chooses not to speak unlike the others.
* TheShutIn:
** How Komi unintentionally spends the first week of summer break. She realized after finishing all her summer homework that she's had ''zero'' outings since school let out.
** Katai was one for a while, which is why he showed up later in the series.
** Otori is even worse, having spent all of her time between Christmas and New Years watching a ''fireplace recording''.
* SneezeCut: Happens when Komi's grandmother finds out about Tadano.
* TitleDrop: Naruse does one when he's noticed that Komi hasn't spoken all year:
--> '''Naruse:''' It has been nine months since the year started, and she still hasn't spoken a word [[{{Narcissist}} to me]]... Could it be that '''Komi-san has a communication disorder'''!?\\
'''Kometani:''' [[SarcasmMode That's a normal assumption to come to.]]
%%** The last panel of Communication 6.
* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: [[spoiler:Invoked, but ultimately cut short in Chapter 30 with Komi and Tadano.]]
* UnknownRival: Yadano considers herself as Komi's rival and tries to beat her in anything. Komi doesn't even notice her.
* VocalDissonance: Manbagi's friend Gonzales is a short young girl, but her voice is so deep and husky that she sounds more like a musclebound man. She doesn't seem to mind, given that she plays it up for laughs.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: One of the major plot threads of the story revolves around whether [[spoiler:Komi and Tadano will ever admit their feelings towards each other.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Tenjouin Ryoko''' (a tour guide in Kyoto after seeing their interactions for one chapter): Just get married already (is what she thought).]]
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--> (Writing on a chalkboard)
-->'''Tadano:''' "Komi-san, what is your dream?"
-->'''Komi:''' "Having a hundred friends. PLEASE DON'T LAUGH"
-->'''Tadano:''' "Okay, then. I'm your first friend. And I'll help you get 99 more."
-->[...]
-->'''Komi:''' "Thank you. Please take care of me."
