History Manga / KomiCantCommunicate

* 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.

* OvercomplicatedMenuOrder: 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 Najimi just didn't want to go themselves.

*** In the anime, when Tadano got targeted by the classmates for sitting next to Komi, everyone are drawn in a black figure. Just like how the criminals were shown before their identity got revealed, accompany by a similar sound effect. (Najimi were also drawn in this style when she's peeking at Komi's house)

* AdultFear: You (Komi) cannot contact your friend (Tadano) for a day because he's [[spoiler: 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.
--> '''Komi:''' What if Tadano-kun stayed confined there? What if something worse happened? What if something happens again? All because of me.

** Chapter 350 begins with a cellphone saleswoman trying to sell Komi a "God Phone", which is a dead-ringer for the Arc Phone from ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'', and ends with the class playing a game that looks [[{{Pun}} suspiciously]] like ''VideoGame/AmongUs'', complete with the cast wearing outfits that make them look like Crewmates.

* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Everyone who is obsessed with Komi, namely members of the Komi Imperial Guard, only sees Komi as a a goddess instead of the socially awkward girl she is. By treating her as someone beyond their social standards and not approaching and talking to her, they are unable to be friends with Komi and thus, they only have themselves to blame.

** The faces of Tadano's parents are never seen.

** While Shouko's watching TV at home, one program has a character saying "[[Manga/CaseClosed There is only one truth]]".

** In Chapter 252, Tadano imitates ''[[Manga/CaseClosed Detective Conan]]''.

*** A Franchise/{{Pokemon}} HP bar appears when Wakai panics about his "girls conversation gauge" dwindling.

** Chapter 142 features [[Creator/Hulu Hunole]] video on demand service.

** Later, Onigashima has an exclusive chapter about her in Chapter 121.

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* TakingTheBullet: Seikimatsu takes an [[BlandNameProduct Enough]] bullet for Tadano in Chapter 335.

** Komorebi dresses up as a [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Gundam]] in Chapter 334.

** Chapter 333.2 refers to Gorou's ability to sense someone's bloodlust as a "[[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Quirk]]". Najimi also mentions the UsefulNotes/KonamiCode in the same chapter.