Komi Can't Communicate
| Komi Can't Communicate | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Shoko Komi (left) and Hitohito Tadano (right) | |
| 古見さんは、コミュ症です。 (Komi-san wa, Komyushō desu) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tomohito Oda |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Shōnen Sunday Comics |
| Magazine | Weekly Shōnen Sunday |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | May 18, 2016 – January 29, 2025 |
| Volumes | 37 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by |
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| Produced by | Hiroyuki Onuma |
| Written by | Fumie Mizuhashi |
| Music by | Eishi Segawa |
| Studio | TV Man Union |
| Original network | NHK General TV |
| Original run | September 6, 2021 – November 1, 2021 |
| Episodes | 8 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by |
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| Written by | Deko Akao |
| Music by | Yukari Hashimoto |
| Studio | OLM Team Kojima |
| Licensed by | Netflix (streaming rights) |
| Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| Original run | October 7, 2021 – June 23, 2022 |
| Episodes | 24 |
Komi Can't Communicate (Japanese: 古見さんは、コミュ症です。, Hepburn: Komi-san wa, Komyushō desu, lit. 'Miss Komi Has Difficulties in Communicating') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomohito Oda. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from May 2016 to January 2025, with its chapters collected in 37 tankōbon volumes. The series is licensed in North America by Viz Media. The story centers around Shoko Komi, a high school girl who suffers from extreme social anxiety and struggles to communicate with others. With the help of her classmate Hitohito Tadano, they embark on a mission to make 100 friends and improve Komi's communication skills.
An eight-episode live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from September to November 2021, while an anime television series adaptation produced by OLM aired from October to December of the same year; a second season aired from April to June 2022. The anime adaptation is licensed by Netflix for worldwide streaming.
By January 2025, the manga had over 16 million copies in circulation. In 2022, the manga won the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.