The Komi Can’t Communicate Manga to End in Two Chapters
Weekly Shonen Sunday has announced that Tomohiko Oda’s Komi Can't Communicate manga will conclude in two chapters in issue #7/2025. Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday has serialized the rom-com, high-school manga since May 2016.
Currently, the literary work boasts 35 tankobon volumes and over 14 million copies in circulation. Viz Media publishes the English version of the manga. Panini Comics publishes the Portuguese (BR) and Spanish versions of the manga.
Komi Can’t Communicate Manga Details
When the socially anxious Shoko Komi enters high school, she dreams of overcoming her disease and making 100 friends. However, her inability to converse and interact leads others to label her as lofty, stoic, and unapproachable. However, Komi's luck changes when she gets some alone time with her class's resident wallflower, Hitohito Tadano. Through that interaction, Tadano realizes that the seemingly aloof Komi is actually rather shy and introverted. Being the MVP that he is, Tadano not only befriends the lonely Komi but also helps her reach her lofty goal of 100 friends. And with his help, Komi's life slowly and steadily begins to change for the better.
Komi Can't Communicate (Komi-san wa, Komyusho desu) received an eight-episode live-action TV drama in 2021. The series aired in Japan via NHK General TV. An OLM-produced TV anime adaptation also debuted that year via Netflix as part of the Fall 2021 anime season. Kazuki Kawagoe served as the series's director. Additional staff included:
- Ayumu Watanabe – Chief Director
- Atsuko Nakajima—Character Design
- Deko Akao – Scriptwriter/Series Composition
Netflix streamed the second season of the anime as part of the Spring 2022 anime season. In 2022 the series won the "Best Comedy" award at the 6th annual Crunchyroll Anime Award as well as the coveted 67th annual Shogakukan Manga Award for the shonen category. The show’s voice cast includes:
- Aoi Koga as Shoko Komi
- Gakuto Kajiwara as Hitohito Tadano
- Kikuko Inoue as Shuuko Komi
- Rie Murakawa as Najimi Osana
- Rumi Ookubo as Omahara Nakanaka
- Ruriko Aoki as Nene Onemine
- Yukira Moriyama as Kaede Otori
©Tomohito Oda, Shogakukan／Itan Private High School