Komi Can't Communicate #4
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| Writer | Tomohito Oda |
| Artist | Tomohito Oda |
| Cover Price | $9.99 |
School is out for the summer, and Komi is still getting used to this strange new world of having friends. She's discovering that friendship doesn't automatically save you from awkward situations with people, but the more time she spends with her friends, the easier it all seems. And to her astonishment, for the first time in her life Komi isn't anxious for summer to end.
For teen audiences.
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8.5
AIPT - David Brooke
Dec 28, 2019I ended up enjoying this manga and yet had no idea what I was in for. This is another great example of the manga format allowing us to peer into Japanese culture and doing so with an original story. I can't help but think this manga may be helping many children cope with their anxiety in social situations. If you or someone you know has social anxiety gift them this manga! Read Full Review
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7.0
The Graphic Library - Sara Campbell
May 12, 2020Tadano's sister serves as this volume's reminder that Najimi is nonbinary by making comments about the before time when Najimi was a boy. Najimi dismisses the comments and assures her that this is who they are now. This volume had a few short chapters at the beginning and the end, bookending some longer chapters in the middle on the Sports Festival. I appreciated the break-up in the short-chapter format that has been the staple for the last two volumes. Unlike volume three, this book also broke away from the four-panels-per-page layout, which I also appreciate. The jury is still out on Nokoko, our new "friend" for this volume. Nokoko would probably be speaking in a Japanese dialect that signified she was from outside Tokyo, but when it's translated into English, we get the Southern drawl to indicate she is a "country bumpkin". As someone from a rural area of California, not all farm working folk have Southern accents. Oda-san is leaning on the stereotype that country-bumpkins a Read Full Review
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