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Komi Can't Communicate, Volume 1: 04/30/22

Komi Can't Communicate, Volume 1 by Tomohito Oda is the start of a manga (now also an anime) about a high schooler who has social anxiety bad enough she has trouble talking. Her time at school is seen primarily through her friendship with Tadano, a wallflower who is very good a reading people.

The scenarios fall into a couple different types. The first is Komi being in a situation where she'll be expected to talk and how she gets around that expectation. The second is how she is perceived: either gorgeous and aloof or stern and angry.

Sometimes though, we get glimpses of Komi outside of how she is perceived by her classmates. In these brief moments she's drawn not much differently than how Tadano is drawn, save for being taller and wearing a different uniform. For this reason I don't agree with the few reviews that criticize the manga for Komi's unnatural beauty.

I plan to continue reading the series.

Four stars