Komi Can't Communicate

Komi Can’t Communicate, a long-running series from Shogakukan that began in 2016, is a warm and quietly revolutionary high school comedy about a girl so socially anxious she can barely speak. The story follows Shouko Komi, a stunningly beautiful student whose classmates mistake her silence for elegance, as she sets a goal of making 100 friends with the help of her classmate Hitohito Tadano. Written and illustrated by Tomohito Oda, the series has become beloved for its gentle, character-driven humor and its empathetic portrayal of social anxiety, proving that a story about the struggle to connect can be both hilarious and deeply moving.