Komi Can't Communicate has been with us for ten
years, and to celebrate the manga not only opens free access to a good part of
its catalog, it also adds something new. An original episode will be released
on June 17 that will follow Tadano and Komi in
their college life, marking the first time the series' central characters
appear in new content beyond high school.
The celebration comes in two parts. The first
is practical: as part of a limited-time promotion on a dedicated app, volumes
28 to 37 are available to read for free during the anniversary period.
It's a way for anyone who has been left behind in the story to catch up at no
cost, just before the new content arrives.
The second part is the one that attracted the
most attention: the original episode of June 17 takes the story into a terrain
that the manga had hinted at but never directly explored, that of Tadano
and Komi navigating university life together. For a series that built its
identity around Komi's social growth and his relationship with Tadano
throughout high school, seeing both in that new setting has a special weight
for those who have been following the story from the beginning.
About Komi Can't Communicate
Komi Can't Communicate is a manga by Tomohito
Oda published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine
that began serialization ten years ago. The story follows Shouko Komi,
a high school student with severe social anxiety who is constantly
misunderstood as distant and mysterious due to her inability to communicate
easily, and Hitohito Tadano, the classmate who understands her
situation and decides to help her fulfill her dream of making a hundred
friends. The series received two anime adaptation seasons through Netflix in
2021 and 2022, expanding its reach beyond the Japanese audience. Ten years after
its debut, it remains one of contemporary manga's most beloved comedy and
slice-of-life series.
