Komi Can't Communicate

Komi Can't Communicate (古見さんは、コミュ症です., Komi-san wa, Komyushō desu.), also called Miss Komi is Bad at Communication and Komi-san Has Trouble Communicating in the English translations, is an ongoing manga series started in 2016 by Tomohito Oda, with 19 volumes released so far. It concerns the title character, who suffers from a condition that has an effect of selective mutism. Despite her beauty and kindness this makes it difficult to make friends; but with the help of her classmate Tadano, she has the goal of making 100 friends.


 * Ambiguous Gender: Najimi, to the point of Running Gag, if not Ambiguously Human. The narrative never makes it clear if he/she is a girl or a boy using a female uniform. It reaches a boiling point in the teacher-parents reunion chapter, where his/her parents do not show up. At this point, the possibility of it being an android is not to be discarded.
 * Blatant Lies: Chapter 277. Tadano swears he didn't go to the passport center to stalk Komi but to get his own.
 * Dark Horse Victory: Chapter 325. Most students' introductions are some kind of disaster, and Shiroki Yuka, the the gyaru, surprises everyone by managing to introduce herself, and without any problems.
 * Dysfunction Junction: Justified. Every student in Komi's third year class has some communication problem like her because the head teacher of the year gathered all of them on the same class with basis on the fact they didn't make friends last year.
 * Hard Work Montage: Chapter 276 features involving Komi and Manbagi trying to lose weight.
 * Hikkikomori: Chapter 275. Hiki Komorebi, which became one after becoming embarassed at how bad she was at volleyball despite her highness.
 * Huge Schoolgirl: Chapter 275. Hiki Komorebi is this Up To Eleven, being already tall than most japanese adults while still in middle school. And as result she does feel embarrassed by the attention she gets.
 * Ironic Name: The girl named Komi has communication problems.
 * Mute Protagonist: Komi, due to her condition.
 * Nekomimi: When Komi is curious about something, she sprouts cat ears. Nobody else has commented on this, so it would be easy to dismiss it as yet another stylistic effect in the manga medium (after all, for a character whose dialogue is constrained one takes opportunity for expressiveness where one can make them), except that it is shown in one scene that Komi has a nagging anxiety and confusion about why she sometimes grows them.
 * Proper Tights with a Skirt: Komi wears her school uniform using that combination.
 * Rule of Three: Chapter 278. Najimi tries to bring bottled drinks and heated launch boxes on the planes, something he/she was repeatedly warned about. But he/she can bring Pollock Roe, which caught Tadano by surprise.
 * Schoolgirl Lesbians: Chapter 292. Ichou does something with Komi under the sheets, and hearts are seen wafting over it. A balloon says "kiss, kiss, rub rub", implying something more than just kisses is happenning.
 * Stalker with a Crush: Chapter 277. Tadano follows Komi around while she is getting a passport. He even wonders in his thoughts why he is trying to hide.
 * The Klutz: Fuki's introduction in chapter 325 involves him dropping everything he touches. Bag, chair, and student table.