Komi Can't Communicate

Komi Can't Communicate (Japanese: 古見さんは、コミュ症です., Komi-san wa, Komyushō Desu) is a anime series based on the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Tomohito Oda. The series was released in Japan on October 7, 2021 on TV Tokyo, while in the rest of the world it was released on October 21 on Netflix.

Plot
Shouko Komi is a rather attractive girl who enters Itan Private High School, where she quickly becomes the most admired student in her class. However, despite being revered by all, most do not know that Komi suffers from a severe communication disorder which makes her unable to speak easily and relate to other people. However, Komi soon meets Hitohito Tadano, an extremely average schoolboy who sits next to her, who becomes the first to understand Komi's problems and in turn, becomes her first friend. Now Tadano will have to help fulfill Komi's dream, which is to have 100 friends.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The premise of a student with a communication disorder being helped by her classmate to make 100 friends is quite clever, and it's also a good way to teach the audience about people with these disorders.
 * 2) The comedy is quite good, with quite clever jokes, exaggerated situations, and great visual humor with the characters' expressions.
 * 3) Most of the characters are great and memorable.
 * 4) * Shouko Komi is a shy but nice girl who, has the series progresses, socialize more with other people and begins to have a romantic interest in Tadano.
 * 5) *Hitohito Tadano is an ordinary but friendly boy who helps Komi to socialize with other people. He is a character that many can identify with.
 * 6) *Najimi Osana is an androgynous and outgoing prankster who can make friends very easily and is often the character who steals the show.
 * 7) *Omoharu Nakanaka is a chuunibyou who likes to play video games and often thinks that she is a fictional character. She is immature but at the same time nice to her friends.
 * 8) *Makeru Yadano is a funny determined girl who wants to surpass Komi in all aspects but often fails.
 * 9) *The rest of the characters (except for those who treat Tadano like a Butt-Monkey) are nice too.
 * 10) The drawing style of the series is quite good, even with the simple and the exaggerated expressions and hairstyles of the characters make the series funnier.
 * 11) Great voice acting from the sub and dub: Aoi Koga (Kaguya Shinomiya from Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Amber Lee Connors (Pieck Finger from Attack on Titan) as Shouko Komi, or Gakuto Kajiwara (Asta from Black Clover) and Kyle McCarley (Narancia from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) as Hitohito Tadano.
 * 12) The opening is quite good and its animation style is wonderful.
 * 13) The chapter situations are fun and are things that most people could relate to.
 * 14) Najimi Osana is a great comic relief character and comes off as a really enjoyable character who steals the show.
 * 15) Like a lot of shows (and also in the original manga), this anime has a large cast of characters.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Ren Yamai and Himiko Agari can be somewhat unpleasant characters for the public.
 * 2) *Ren Yamai is a girl who is obsessed with Komi to an unhealthy level and commonly harasses her or threatens the other students who have friendly relations with Komi, to the extent that in episode 4 she kidnapped Tadano and intended to kill him due to the sentimental relationship between Tadano and Komi.
 * 3) *Himiko Agari is an anxious girl who gets stressed easily when speaking in public and like Ren she is also obsessed with Komi to a sadomasochistic degree since she acts like she is Komi's pet, which can become annoying.
 * 4) Some of the characters with punny names and quirks can be considered copies of those from The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. (Nakanaka and Kaidou, as the series' chuunibyou respectively, for example).

Reception
The series has received mostly positive reviews, mainly highlighting its humor and comedy. The series has a score of 8.0/10 on IMDb.

Trivia

 * 1) The Latin Spanish dub was made a little vulgar and Mexican slangs were used.