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Type: It’s like they made an anime of my life! Synopsis: My social anxiety, my communication issues, by stoic beauty and effortless grace, it’s all here in this…
Komi Can’t Communicate – 06 – First Strike
This week Komi’s Got Jokes! Unfortunately, they’re dad jokes, delivered by writing them down on paper. Scurrying away to call Tadano and sheepishly recite such jokes doesn’t impro…
Komi Can’t Communicate (Volume 1) – Totally Normal
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Autumn 2021 First Impressions – Komi Can’t Communicate
Streaming: Netflix Episodes: TBA Source: Manga Episode Summary: On his first day of school at Itan High, Tadano (much like all the other new students) is struck by…
Komi Can’t Communicate – 01 (First Impressions) – [……hic……]
Komi Can’t Communicate is a dazzlingly fresh and new high school comedy in the best tradition Kaguya-sama: Love is War. Instead of two hyperachievers, we have the Most Ordinary…
Komi Can’t Communicate S2 – 11 – Don’t Wake the Beast
Ever since telling Tadano that the chocolates she gave him were the best ones she made (which might as well be proposing) Komi has been worried about seeing…
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Komi Can’t Communicate, but maybe the series should.
Komi Can’t Communicate S2 – 05 – Hanafuda Komi-Komi
Our cold open is also a silent one, as the first 3+ minutes of the episode progress with neary a line of dialogue, only the cozy soundtrack and…
Medium Matters: Komi Can’t Communicate
If you read back in this blog – oh screw it, here’s a link – I was really unthrilled with the manga version of Komi Can’t Communicate. Y’see,…
Initial Results: Komi Can’t Communicate
A comedy series with some problems but a lot of potential.
Komi Can’t Communicate Season Wrap
As visually gorgeous as this show and its namesake are, Komi Can’t Communicate is 100% successful because of the friends who support her. There’s only so much a…
Komi Can’t Communicate #05 — Cacophony
Maybe she can't communicate because of all the screaming. Impressions: This episode takes a bit of a different approach, in that it's four different segments, completely unconnected, and unrelated…
Komi Can’t Communicate – Episode 1
A cute normal boy meets anxious girl comedy that's definitely gonna be a romcom that will satisfy folks looking for a charming slice of life this season, with…
Komi Can’t Communicate (Season 1)
Cute and fun, but nothing too groundbreaking. Certainly has some great moments.
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Who Is Komi Shoukou – Komi Can’t Communicate
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Seasonal First Impressions: The Beautiful Bloom of KOMI CAN’T COMMUNICATE
Komi Can’t Communicate stands as the second truly essential anime of the fall 2021 season, a beautifully warm portrait of young love.
The Power of Three: Komi Can’t Communicate
Komi Can’t Communicate is one of those stories that chaps my ass when you get right down to it. You see Communication is my racket. I is a…
Komi Can’t Communicate – 10 – 200 Degrees
It’s Sports Day, which means a good half of the episode is spend outdoors, rain or shine. Komi meets the fiery upperclassman Netsuno Chika, who assigns specific temperatures…
Komi Can’t Communicate #04 — Screaming Stalker
I want my ears back. Impressions: While the assassin show appears to be recovering a bit, this show is plunging fast. An entire episode about how silly…
Komi Can’t Communicate – 07 – Pool Girl
Most of this episode is made up of a pool episode, chronicling Komi’s very first trip day at the pool with friends. Unfortunately, it’s a bit crowded: Originally…
Komi Can’t Communicate #03 — Porn Faces
It's been a long morning. Impressions: If you've been following my writing for any length of time, you know how I feel about screaming as a form…
Komi Can’t Communicate is Hugely Relatable
My dad once told me everyone is a bit introverted…I don’t believe him, but the reason this manga is relatable is because everyone gets a little tongue-tied once…
Review: Komi Can’t Communicate Vol. 2
Slowly, and aided by her new friends (especially Tadano, the first one she made), school “goddess” Komi is starting to overcome her anxiety at talking to others and…
Komi Can’t Communicate: A Thousand Words
If there was ever a finer more pure example of “Netflix Jail” then it would be the anime we are talking about today. Something that should have taken…
Komi Can’t Communicate #02 — Social Chameleon
What the show definitely needed was a slobbering gorilla threatening to rape someone. Impressions: This one lost quite a bit of shine from the first episode as…
Komi Can’t Communicate S2 – 02 – Komi Cuddles a Kitty
The second episode of Komi’s second season is a big of a mixed bag, but it’s strongest at its extremities. The first segment is short but sweet, as we…
The Observation Deck: Komi Can’t Communicate (Pt. 2)
Part two of Komi Can’t Communicate is ok, just like the first season.
Komi Can’t Communicate – Fall 2021 Anime First Impressions (Spoiler‑Free)
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Komi Can’t Communicate #01 — My Special Eyes
How would you even make contacts for those? Impressions: There is a metric buttload of effort being put into this show, which does make the occasional shot of the…
Komi Can’t Communicate – 02 – Everyone’s Old Friend
Komi is the kind of popular in her class where everyone will put her on a pedestal and admire her from afar (and snap photos), but are too…
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Komi can’t communicate Eps 1-2 Review
Komi can’t communicate official poster Where to watch: Netflix Summary of what happened Komi can’t communicate is a slice-of-life comedy anime about a girl with extreme social anxiety.…
Anime Review: Komi can’t communicate Season 2
I have already read the manga to the latest chapters but that didn’t stop me from watching this season. I genuinely love this manga, so my review might…
Komi Can’t Communicate – I Shouldn’t Assume Things!
Sometimes I put off watching an anime for no real reason. In the case of Komi Can't Communicate, I was very wrong!
Anime Series Like Komi-san Can’t Communicate
It is the first day for incoming freshmen at the prestigious Itan Private High School. For Hitohito Tadano, he considers himself lucky to get in and angles to…
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Komi Can’t Communicate S2 – 08 – Kyoto Nice
The class is off to Kyoto, with Tadano is tasked with getting a head count… which is odd as you’d think the teacher would do that before the shinkansen…
Komi Can’t Communicate S2 – 01 – Eighty Seven
Komi Can’t Communicate picks up where it left off: with Komi in her room, this time greeting the morning after bonking her head groggily reaching for her phone. On…
Komi Can’t Communicate S2 – 10 – Tomo Choco
The first day back from the school trip, everyone’s got a little Komi in them, as everyone tentatively approaches the new friends they made in Kyoto in the…
Komi Can’t Communicate (Season One) – Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu.
Hitohito Tadano is starting at a new school and has resolved to remain unnoticed, hoping for a quiet life. However, his seat is next to the high school…
Update, part 2 (10/31/2021: First impressions: Komi Can’t Communicate)
Happy Halloween, I guess. I’m not all that into it, but I’m happy that some people are. It’s also nice to give people some excuse to dress up…
Komi Can’t Communicate S2 – 04 – The Kings of Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve, and Komi has been informed by Najimi that she’s going to host a party (nearly) everyone is attending. Komi races to the mall with her…
Komi Can’t Communicate – 08 – Last of the Summer Juusu
Obon has come, so we get to spend some time with Komi’s family, both immediate and extended, talkative and taciturn. Turns out she’s even nervous about what to…