is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomohito Oda. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since May 2016, with its chapters collected in twenty-eight tankōbon volumes as of January 2023. The series is licensed in North America by Viz Media. An eight-episode live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from September to November 2021, and 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 series is licensed by Netflix for worldwide streaming. As of June 2022, the Komi Can't Communicate manga had over 7.4 million copies in circulation. In 2022, the manga won the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category. Premise On her first day attending the elite Itan Private High School, Shoko Komi immediately receives an overwhelming surge in popularity due to the unprecedented stoic beauty and refined elegance her classmates perceive her to possess. However, only Hitohito Tadano, an exceedingly average schoolboy who sits next to her, discovers that behind her bishōjo appearance, Komi has a severe communication disorder. Tadano learns that Komi's goal is to make 100 friends, and resolves to help her reach her goal. Publication Komi Can't Communicate is written and illustrated by . Prior to its serialization, a one-shot chapter was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday on September 16, 2015; the series then began serialization in the same magazine on May 18, 2016. Shogakukan has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was published on September 16, 2016. As of January 18, 2023, twenty-eight volumes have been published. In November 2018, during their panel at Anime NYC, Viz Media announced that they acquired the license for the manga. The first volume was released in North America on June 11, 2019. The manga is licensed in Southeast Asia by Shogakukan Asia, in Taiwan by Chingwin Publishing Group, in South Korea by SomyMedia, in Thailand by Luckpim, in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo, in Vietnam by Kim Đồng Publishing House, in France by Pika Édition, in Germany by Tokyopop, in Italy by J-Pop, in Argentina and Spain by Editorial Ivrea and in Brazil and Mexico by Panini Comics. In Turkey, in March 2022, Marmara Cizgi licensed the manga and released on 26 April 2022. Related media Anime On May 11, 2021, an anime television