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Komi Can’t Communicate
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Komi Can’t Communicate
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
Komi Can’t Communicate focuses on the perception and the challenges of having social anxiety. Komi is the most beautiful and popular girl in high school, but she suffers…
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…
Komi Can’t Communicate – 11 – KokkoFest
There was a beach episode and a sports day episode, so a cultural festival episode was almost inevitable. Due to being a class full of very specific weirdoes,…
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,…
First Look: Komi Can’t Communicate
Shouko Komi is the most popular girl in school, adored by many as a cool, aloof beauty who won’t deign to talk to mere mortals. This perception couldn’t…
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 – 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 #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 (Season 1)
Cute and fun, but nothing too groundbreaking. Certainly has some great moments.
Episode 190 - Komi Can’t Communicate
This week, Shaun has been feeling trapped between his more weird and random side and the suffocating social anxiety that slowly reintegrating with society has brought upon him,…
Who Is Komi Shoukou – Komi Can’t Communicate
Komi Can't Communicate is a popular Anime which came out on Netflix in October 2021. But who is the Anime based on? Who is Komi Shouko?
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: 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 #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 #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 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…
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 – 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…
The Observation Deck: Komi Can’t Communicate
Komi Can’t Communicate, but maybe the series should.
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 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…
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!
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…
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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…
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 Review: Interpersonal Relationships 101
Studio: OLM Director: Ayamu Watanabe Streaming on: Netflix Without us noticing, the anime community has enjoyed a renaissance of a genre that doesn’t quite have a name. It’s…
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 – 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…
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 (Volume 1) – Totally Normal
Tadano’s main goal at his new school is to blend in. However, he finds himself sitting next to the school princess and that’s made him some enemies. She…
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…
What to Watch: Komi San Can’t Communicate
Yes, you should watch Komi San Can’t Communicate, especially if you’ve already seen Watamote.
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 #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 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…
Japanese Wordplay in Komi Can’t Communicate, Explained.
Over the last year, I’ve become a huge fan of the anime/manga Komi Can’t Communicate. And one of my favorite things about this wholesome comedy anime about people…
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.…
How To Start a Series: Komi Can’t Communicate
I almost called this “How Not to Start a Series,” but as annoyed as I am with Komi Can’t Communicate, from the standpoint of financial success the author,…
Astra Lost in Space and Komi Can’t Communicate
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Komi Can’t Communicate – 04 – Yamai Rin is Obsessed
This week’s first segment centers on Yadano Makeru, an extremely competitive girl who tries to “beat” Komi at the school physicals. She loses to Komi in height and…
Astra Lost in Space and Komi Can’t Communicate
The Chicago Red Stars are in the NWSL finals this Saturday, trying to give Chicago a championship...
Komi Can’t Communicate S2 – 03 – Tadano’s Translation Tutelage
Can Tadano actually read minds? He certainly seems to be able to read Nakanaka’s pretty well (laid out as they are manga-style), but one can chalk that up…
The Observation Deck: Komi Can’t Communicate (Pt. 2)
Part two of Komi Can’t Communicate is ok, just like the first season.
How to Cook a Story: Komi Can’t Communicate
Somehow I keep saying that Komi Can’t Communicate was something whose premise didn’t appeal to me. I’m going to say it again: Shoko Komi doesn’t need a hundred…
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