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Komi-san cannot communicate - Chapter 1: I want to talk

Hitohito Tadano is preparing for his first day of school. In the hope of a normal school life, which he describes as his main goal. However, when he tries to greet a classmate, he notices her beautiful presence, but at the same time her greeting is not returned. The only thing he sees is the girl's shoe cabinet marking her name as Komi.

In the living room he notices that Komi himself is sitting next to him. Who became the Madonna of the school on the first day, surrounded by her peers from a safe distance. For his part, Tadano receives envious and bloodthirsty looks because he has this seat next to him.

After his failed presentation in front of the class, Tadano wakes up. Spot a Komi talking to a stuffed cat. Amid the uncomfortable environment for the situation, Tadano realizes that Komi may not be good at communicating with others. This is how he initiates the conversation, which Komi continues to write on a blackboard.

In this conversation, in which Tadano takes part by also writing on the blackboard, Tadano learns about Komi's goal for her school life, as she wants to make 100 friends. Goal that will get Tadano to change his and help Komi make 99 friends.

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Welcome to Komi-san. Can't communicate

The moment had finally come. Wait until I'm adapted to anime Komi-san cannot communicate I wasn't disappointed at all. But first things first. Komi-san cannot communicate His original work is the manga of the same name ("叀 見 さ γ‚“ は 、 γ‚³ γƒŸ γƒ₯ η—‡ で す”In Japanese) with the history and art of Tomohito Oda. The manga pretty much focuses on that comedy, its main genre. With a style of Manzai on some occasions and with certain characters. But thanks to the individuality of the characters, the comedy it never feels stuck or constrained.

I think after that it goes without saying that I have manga knowledge to the point where I'm up to date. I will try not to talk about it, however, as the latest things in this work will certainly not be adjusted this animation season. Even if the chapters of the manga are not very detailed. Are not 4-coma, but unlike others, I feel they are "short chapters".

Now back to customization. For the time being, they only presented the protagonists Tadano and Komi alongside the cameo of other supporting characters, but for now they could be seen as "extras" in their role.

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By the way, I will address this anime by its name in English as it is more convenient for me. I also prevent Komi from being a "communist". And frankly, all you need to do is search for Komi on a web search engine to find the job. The simple wordsKomi-san'are more than enough. I feel that in Komi-san cannot communicate the 'simple' will always appear.

Komi and Tadano

The characters in this work have names associated with their personality, phonetics and / or meaning. Something that I honestly believe will help the story a lot. No complex names required. After all, while I won't go into each of the names of the characters who appear, the personality already does.

Back with the protagonists and starting with the ladies, Shouko Komi, the beautiful girl with communication problems who wants to make 100 friends. Aesthetically I like it a lot, but if I had to choose I like that 'Komi cat'than those with an elegant and dazzling appearance. I also like it when its aesthetic design is changed slightly to make it easier, mostly in comedy scenes. With much bigger eyes.

There is still a lot to be said in terms of personality. And that's good about a character with a communication disorder. So I'm not going to explain it for now, but gradually as it shows its evolution across the episodes.

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For his part, Hitohito Tadano is a kind protagonist who seems normal (though he didn't have such a normal past in high school). In any case, what surprised me the most about Tadano was his tone of voice. To be honest, I imagined it to be much "softer" and not so "serious". A voice that would show friendliness, but without being very sharp or in any case without being "too friendly". For example, I cannot think of him in a voice similar to that of. introduce Iruma-kun ("Mairimashita! Iruma-kun"). Although Tadano's voice surprised me, I found it not bad or atypical.

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Regarding the development of the characters happened in Komi-san cannot communicate - Chapter 1, all I can say is that I loved it. I could feel a great deal of effort in producing the anime to reflect the same (or extremely similar) feelings I had when I first read the manga. So Tadano tries to understand the situation with the Komi problem. Also, how she, although she's not good at it, doesn't mean that she doesn't want to get involved with others. Go through the fun and emotional points.

Technical Details on Komi-san Cannot Communicate - Chapter 1

First of all, I have to admit that just seeing the first scene was enough to move from the quality of the animation. Not only aesthetically for the details of the characters, animals, objects and locations, but also for the great job in terms of the fluidity of movement. In addition to maintaining the same quality throughout the episode. If it stays that way for the whole season, I can say that this will be one of the animes I treasure the most on my personal quality chart. The study OLM (mainly known for the animated adaptations of "PokΓ©monβ€œ) Doesn't disappoint.

But the animation work wasn't the only thing that needed recognition. Well, the musicalization had an excellent performance too. The soundtrack in every scene seemed perfect to me, so the scene where Tadano and Komi are writing on the board really touched me. This scene showed excellent animation and musicalization potential and ended quite emotionally with no words having to come through any of the characters.

I think the same thing gives the anime a calm vibe that helps to get into the main plot. The attempt to make 99 more friends for Komi is deeper than it seems. With everything and its strange moments.

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With regard to the opening, "Cinderella (γ‚· ン デ レ ラ)" from Cider girl, I confess I loved it. While I have to accept that I liked the animation a lot better than the song, this one isn't bad at all. Stay pretty good for the series. However, I have a feeling that an expanded version would look a lot better within a movie or an important scene. For example, I can see that the ending of the anime is the opening Background, while the animation belongs to scenes from the same final chapter of this anime season.

Finally, my impression of Komi-san cannot communicate in the first chapter it's easy. This one on a great shot from the Fall season 2021. If they keep the same pace and quality it will easily be one of the best of the season. Although it has tough competition (against a horror anime with the perfect amount of Fan service). Even so, for me at this early point in the season, it's my favorite, and even one of my favorites in anime in general. It's still too early to win, of course.

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