2022 spring | Episodes: 12 | Score: 8.0 (262582)
Updated every Thursdays at 00:00 | Status: Finished Airing
Type: TV
Producers:TV Tokyo | Dentsu | Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions | Half H.P Studio | Nippon Columbia
Streaming: Netflix
Synopsis
After an exciting and momentous cultural festival, Shouko Komi continues her endeavor to make one hundred friends alongside her friend and classmate Hitohito Tadano. As winter begins, the class is joined by the seemingly delinquent student Makoto Katai, who has been absent since the first week of school. Despite his intimidating appearance, Katai has difficulty communicating with others and just wants to befriend his classmates. As new friendships form and current ones deepen, Komi and Tadano’s relationship begins to change—though not necessarily for the worse. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Voice Actors
Koga, Aoi
Kajiwara, Gakuto
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Reviews
AnimeExplorer21
As someone who's followed Komi's journey from the beginning, I was blown away by the show's consistent excellence. This season is a beautiful exploration of social anxiety, friendship, and personal growth. The animation is stunning, with vibrant colors and expressive character designs that bring the cast to life. But what truly sets Komi apart is its thoughtful storytelling. The show tackles complex themes like communication disorders, empathy, and self-acceptance with remarkable sensitivity. Komi's character development is particularly noteworthy. Her gradual progress from a silent, isolated student to a confident, expressive individual is genuinely inspiring. And the supporting cast? Absolutely lovable! From Tadano's unwavering support to Najimi's infectiousenergy, each character adds depth and warmth to the story. What resonated with me most, though, was the show's portrayal of small, everyday moments. A gentle touch, a kind word, or a simple gesture can change someone's life. Komi Can't Communicate reminds us that connection and understanding are within reach, even in the most challenging times. If you haven't already, do yourself a favor and watch this incredible series. Be prepared to laugh, cry, and reflect on the beauty of human connection. Season 2 is a triumph, and I eagerly await the next chapter in Komi's journey. 10/10, would recommend to anyone seeking a heartfelt, uplifting anime experience!
Videnti1m
"Communication is a skill you can learn. It's like riding a bike or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can quickly improve the quality of every part of your life." I want to make it clear that this season brought a huge improvement to the show, it stopped being a little comedy without salt and showed moments that were cool to see with significant scenes, which will not happen in the previous season. -- !!!MAYBE THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!!! -- Story: No meaningful story progression. The main characters still have their goals of making Shouko have 100 friends. What changes and the events that happenduring the course of the show, in them there is an advance in Shouko's relationship with Tadano, and in the way she interacts with other classmates. This jump in progress that occurs from one season to another is one of the qualities that give life to the story told by the show, showing that it is making progress in the world, even if minimal. Art: Overall there is no change in the art, it has remained the same since the previous show. that's not necessarily a bad thing, the art is good with some very well done scenes, but the problem is that there isn't a change and that's what we want to see something new and interesting. Soundtrack: There is nothing to talk about here, both in the opening and in the ending there is no change, so if you liked it before, it will stick. Characters: When it comes to the characters, the protagonists Tadano and Shouko had a minimal improvement in their relationship, there is no progress in behavior between the two. Which is at least stressful for the fan of the show, since we want to see progress in their relationship. On the other hand, we have the supporting actors, who have improved their presence in the show, ceasing to be just numbers and giving life to the world. A good example of this is the character Katai, who has a problem similar to Shouko's, he brings fun moments to the show. Other characters that bring more life to the work are Ayami and Mikuni, who show a good relationship with Shouko on the school trip. Conclusion: The show still continues, it has major problems with the lack of progress in the story and characters that do not add anything to the world, this is a characteristic that needs to be changed to capture the lover of the work, without him getting sick of the same things happening again and again. That doesn't mean he doesn't bring anything new, much of what made me see this work until the end were some characters that "shone" more than Tadano at times. They brought moments that were marked in my memory and that is very good, this show just needs an innovation, stop following the original to the letter and try to take chances. This work went up a lot in my opinion compared to the previous season. Because of having created memorable characters and incredible moments like episode 9, where Shouko spends the episode with Ayami and Mikuni, on a trip. In this episode there were so many good moments, which showed that Shouko was managing to overcome her fears little by little. In general, it is not a waste of time to watch this show, if you have watched the previous season, you may improve your conception of the work. obs: in case of writing problem I'm sorry, I'll try to improve. thanks for reading!!!
RebelPanda
I owe you all an apology. My first review of Komi Can’t Communicate did not do it the justice it deserves. I did not address what was distinctly wrong with Komi. What’s wrong with Komi-san? Shallow characterization aside, her problem is that she is afflicted by severe social anxiety, and no one takes that seriously. Every episode begins the same; the narrator will cut in to tell us “what a communication disorder is.” Their definition is “Communication disorders cause difficulties in communicating with others.” If that reads like gibberish, it is. They’ve not researched mental disorders for a show that preaches about anxiety and in turn createdan offensive portrayal of anxiety. Komi’s perspective is reduced to close-ups of her one vacuous expression. Not every anime will have accurate portrayals of mental disorders, but you’d expect effort or believability, at the very least, when it’s the center of the show. The writers pay lip service to mental disorders and then dodge the issue by turning Komi into a gibberish-speaking chibi caricature. The show’s humor more frequently comes at Komi’s expense; everyone misunderstands her. Even cats and children are afraid of her because of her anxious demeanor. Her inability to communicate causes her misfortune, such as dropping a pencil and being unable to ask for help, played for laughs. Similarly, she cannot voice her discomfort a particular creep attempts to force her into sexual situations—I can't emphasize enough how awful this is. Despite including a fair bit of drama this season, Komi-san never articulates how its titular character’s disorder affects her mental health and vice versa. Her peers treat her as flawless, and the show intends you to view her as an angel; that’s why no one comments on the expectations for her to be perfect, like a hollow porcelain doll. The emotional turmoil caused by social anxiety in high school is a compelling idea they could’ve covered. Handled properly, it’s ripe with opportunities for cringe comedy; watch “Welcome to the NHK” for a better example. But, they’d instead glorify communication disorders and make stalking jokes. It’s hard not to see Komi’s communication disorder as a gimmick and superficial quirk. It is a blatant means of making her seem like an original, thoughtfully written character through silent gazes drawn with expert attention to detail. Komi’s mother notes her daughter is afflicted with something, yet she never attempts to help her. She could’ve gotten a speech therapist, yet she ignores the problem and says, “girls her age are so weird.” No, it really is your fault. I know what it’s like for people around you not to take mental disorders seriously; it’s maddening, not cute and wholesome. There are flickers of life in the Komi and Tadano’s relationship, but only despite the various other ensemble pieces. As I mentioned in my review of the first season, there was a creepy aspect to their relationship that is thankfully gone now. The vignettes of saccharine interactions between the couple are pleasant, like Komi dropping her pencil in class and Tadano sparing her the embarrassment of a teacher asking for help by purposefully dropping his. Halfway into the season, a self-contained narrative allowed time for Komi and Tadano to be alone when he falls ill. She takes care of him; though it’s a generic story beat that almost every romance anime utilizes, it’s pleasant. The goal to make 100 friends is practically an afterthought, replaced with a slow-paced cliched romance. In typical anime rom-com fashion, right before the friendship blossoms into romance, a contrived plot device prevents any development. The little progress made through this cour is minimal; however, romance was never the primary purpose. It was always about the side characters just as much as Komi. Fan-favorite characters return this season, such as stalkers one through five, boob woman, competitive girl, chuunibyo caricature, and perverted males! A new recurring gag about four perverted guys who sit in a circle at school and imagine dating their female classmates. These sequences pop up at random, serving no comedic purpose. They only exist for the viewer to vicariously live through them, adding to the bullshit quota you must endure to reach the comedy. You can skip those scenes and lose nothing. The rest of the side-cast continues to fight for Komi’s attention: Breathing heavily, exasperated panting, and slobbering at the sight of her. And, of course, Yamai—who exists as a reminder of why I would never recommend Komi-san to any normal person. Even though she’s in every episode, she only gets worse and actually has negative character development. Yamai drools at her desk dreaming of Komi’s panties, leaning into every homophobic stereotype about lesbian women. Suddenly, she briefly realizes Komi is more than an object of her sexual desire. The show’s attempts to make us empathize with Yamai are almost as disturbing as when she snaps pictures of Komi’s panties. Immediately after her epiphany, she says the creepiest line written in the anime. “I’ll finally be inside Komi.” Surely it’s among the worst lines her voice actress spoke (and she says it more than once). It’s a marvel why they chose one of her scenes for the best sakuga cut. Speaking as someone who suffered through two seasons of Yamai, I suggest you skip these parts too. Komi-san continues to spawn more oddball characters to keep the gimmick of ’a quiet girl in a school full of weirdos’ from growing stale. A narcissistic boy, a push-over, a short-tempered girl, and a tough-as-nails-looking shy guy, to name a few. None of them add a point of empathy or humor that the show hasn’t done before, but a couple were at least better than the horde of weirdos collected from the first season. I didn’t mind Katai, the friendly guy often mistaken for a delinquent, because his recurring joke wasn’t centered around obsessing over Komi; he was simply good pals with Tadano. While her presence is brief, the girl with a short fuse is quite relatable for how easily frustrated she gets by daily misfortunes. Both of these students still idolize Komi, albeit less creepy. Every issue I had with the first season’s visuals persists in this one, especially the annoying manga text boxes placed right on screen. Artistically, this is a drastic downgrade from the first season. A handful of sakuga cuts pop up once in a while, but it was clear that OLM had to outsource certain parts in the subpar art quality and lack of animation. A few noticeable animation glitches stood out here and there, but if you want a collection of meme-worthy poorly drawn faces, watch the tenth episode. The Valentine’s day episode would’ve been a highlight of the season had it not been for the massive quality drop-off. As for the soundtrack, it’s recycled. Despite the calming melodies, the repetition lessens its relaxing effect. Although the opening and ending are solid, they don’t compare to the first season’s exquisite themes. From a visual standpoint, it is noticeably worse than the better Spring comedy sequel, Kaguya-sama, which has far more varied and dynamic shots, fluid character animation, and detailed background art. One addition I appreciated was the post-credits scene at the end of most episodes. It’s a bonus joke that’s easy-going rather than mean-spirited. Still, it boggles my mind how many consider Komi-san the gold standard for comedy anime. Does Komi-san’s second season improve on the first? Well, not really. It’s better in some areas, such as the subtle romantic development, and a downgrade in others, like the worsening side characters and declining production values. If you liked the first season, you’d probably enjoy this one. Everyone else, it’s not worth a second chance.
EatYourFrutz_
I always have mixed feelings with romcom anime. Their use of comedy and writing can be either good like Kaguya-sama or poor like Rent-a-Girlfriend. Those kinds of anime, in my opinion, are in 2 sides: good or bad... then there's Komi-san which surprisingly isn't bad but... at the same time, far from a good one. The last time I watched the first season, I got bored simply because the comedy got stale and the writing felt rather basic. What about the second season? Will my thoughts be different? Well... only one way to find out. Before I get to the writing quality, I just wanted totalk about the artstyle for a while. The artstyle, while I do really like the visuals surrounding the show (JoJo references lol), didn't click well with me. Character designs look rather shallow just for Komi's looks to stand out and even her looks don't look that great. Why do I come to say this? The eyes. The biggest issue I see is how the eyes look. They're either derpy or look... kind of dead when they look like dots for a living. This ISN'T to say that they LOOK bad, it's just that I'm not fond with the art; with the standout being the visuals surrounding the show from what I've said earlier. Now let's talk about the writing. The story of the second season is mostly a gag just like the previous. It starts off with Komi meeting her friends again during winter. The comedy can work when it hits. Sadly, it doesn't. The jokes were repeated just like the first season and has never changed anything. The storyline barely have any progression and would instead focus too much on one main lead. I'll admit, it was funny at first and can have the potential to better but after I keep watching, it reverts back to its problematic state. Despite the characters having nice personalities, they felt short when breaking to a deeper level. The characters, like the story, barely have any growth for the majority of the show and would rather act like plot devices. They're just weird. Now the thing is: What is the best way for Komi's character to... you know? Grow? The answer: spoon-feeding. The story sees Komi as an angel; the characters see her as their goddamn goddess and would probably make a religion out of her. The dynamics between Komi and Tadano just didn't hit. Apart from Tadano falling in love with Komi for a living, there isn't much to explore between their relationships. The cast tried too hard to be either compelling or funny but instead, barely have any consistencies in exchange for one awkward magic trick to the story's writing. That's all I have to say. The second season suffers the same fundamental problems as the first. If you like gag shows like this, go for it. If you want to simp for Komi like the cast, go for it. It's just that I didn't care for it at all. Now granted that my thoughts towards the show may not be very precise since I've only seen the first two seasons once. Anyways, I want to leave an apology letter to the fans who read this otherwise trashy review. See ya~
orxmaito
*contains minor episode 11 spoilers* i just want to bring up something i don't see discussed much the plot aside, what happened to the animation? just beware that after episode 9 (by far my favourite, we get a lot of scenes of komi just having fun with new friends) the animation declines so much. some panels appear so distorted that it's genuinely disturbing. it's most noticeable in those chibi looking close ups and SIDE PROFILES. overall everything just seems janky and hastily put together. i'm hoping they fix it before the blu-ray is released atleast. they made a concerted effort to include as many characters forkomi to "befriend" in episode 11. specifically these two characters who are facing some issues but after an encounter with komi, she magically resolves their problems. i found it overly predictable and repetitive as it happened back to back. overall season 2 definitely deteriorated from season 1 which was quite well received. the characters can be interesting at times but if you're watching the series for komi and tadano's relationship keep in mind that their romance is quite the slow burn, so don't get your hopes up too high.
animebaby_00
Finally ! Komi Can’t Communicate Season 2 ! One of the most highly anticipated animes of the Spring 2022 season. I was a little late on it, but I had several other shows on my to watch list. However, I managed to finish up all 12 episodes pretty quickly. And what did I think? It was good. Not great. But good. I didn’t write a review for the first season, so either you can believe me when I say that I gave the first season an 8 or you can take a quick peak yourself on my list. I gave this season a 7. AndI have my reasons why. Story - 8/10 The story and the layout of season 2 are pretty much the same as season 1. Komi is trying to achieve her goal of obtaining 100 friends, and she has her friends from the first season assisting her and going through everyday highschool life right alongside her. Each episode has about 3 different situations that Komi goes through alongside Tadano and the gang, shifting between chaos in the classroom, outings, meeting new people, etc. And within each one, Komi struggles and tries to adapt to the situation despite her communication disorder. A genius and adorable idea if handled correctly, which it was. Barely any issues despite your slower scenes and occasional lack of individuality. Art - 7/10 Just like season 1, I thought the art was nice. But there were a little more hiccups in season 2 with shifting animation quality and what not, especially in the last 3 episodes. Don’t get me wrong, it was still very pretty and pleasing to the eye, but season 1 was cleaner. Sound - 7/10 Sound was, once again, decent, but there was still a slight downgrade to season 1. I didn’t enjoy the season 2 op as much as the op from season 1. But the actual ost from the show itself was just as in enjoyable in both so I’m not gonna downgrade it that much Character - 6/10 Just like season 1, season 2 offered us interactions with several different characters both old and new. The different types of characters in Komi Can't Communicate is certainly something that I appreciate because of just how different everyone is. The fact that each character we come across has a different personality certainly makes way for entertainment… There wasn't exactly a problem with this idea as a whole per se…but season 2 was definitely more extreme in the character department than season 1 was. We of course have our old characters like Tadano and Komi. Zero problems here as I enjoyed them just as much as I did in season 1. Yamai (who was still a huge nutcase as always and was honestly a bit more creepy in this season than the last), Najimi who was, of course, hilarious and entertaining, etc. Now…the NEW characters were.…very weird. There were a few that I found to appreciate like the new class delinquent who almost has a communication disorder just like Komi, the two girls that joined Komi's group on their school trip to Kyoto, and the super sweet girl from episode 11. Aside from that…everyone else felt out of place. Their characters felt very forced to me and unnatural, even though personality is a necessity for a good character. I mean come on, we really got a look into the character of a female tour guide in episode 7. Totally unnecessary. In all honesty, I feel like the amount of new characters that we received in season 2 really took away from new connections we could have gotten between Komi and Tadano, as well as the other older characters from season 1. It was just a little too much compressed into 12 episodes Enjoyment - 7/10 I won't lie, I was expecting season 2 to be the same enjoyment level if not better than season 1, but it falls short for me a tiny bit. My reasonings from above pretty much explain why I gave the enjoyment a score of 7 and there's not much else I can say. I thoroughly enjoy the attempt that Komi Can't Communicate series tries to offer as a whole. The idea is great, the comedy aspect is good (if not a little excessive and weird at times *cough *cough thanks Yamai) and I love seeing Komi evolve each episode. Just like I said before, things felt a tiny bit squeezed together and a bit TOO excessive as far as people's obsession with Komi goes. But other than that, season 2 offered a decently fun time. Overall - 7/10 Despite everything, I thought this season of Komi Can't Communicate was a good one. I was highly anticipating it ever since I finished season 1 last December and I think it delivered to its fans fairly well, and I eagerly await to see what's in store for season 3.
Khalnayak2002
i dont do reviews but i get asked alot that why i dont like Komi Cant Communicate those people goes like "its just a slice of life dont expect any great plot or something" so i had to write one. ok so let me start with good points which is Art and Sound which are the only decent property about this anime specially i love the S2 ending Visuals and S1 opening song. lets talk about characters, which are all of them shallow. Almost every character is just a Komi Simp and why? god knows. characters got no personality of their own ,everyone just goes "Komi this"and "Komi that" like for fcks sake get a life. the only decent character i think this anime have is Tadano apart from him even Komi is very irritating. this show takes serious topics like "communication disorder" and messes with it, whatever shit this anime intended to show as "communication disorder" is not it. Komi's goal is to make 100 friends which sounds really wholesome goal at first but when you look it into Komi's case the so called friends she made so far can not even considered as friends and its obvious, thats not friendship its Lust the only actual friends she made would be Tadano ,Najimi and the 2 trip girls everyone else is just looks at Komi in a lustful way and specially Yamai , no fictional character made me punch the screen more than she did. as for the comedy , Komi san making Chibi noises , Yamai being pervert and random text bubbles are not funny. this aint comedy and if you think it is funny then you need to watch more comedy anime and if you think this show is wholesome then you need to watch more slice of life. overall, this show is trash and irritating , with characters that will make you puke.
giraffenanime
This review will be a quickie since this is a straight continuation from the first season! Story; Tadano continues with his promise on trying to get Komi to make 100 friends in her High-School years. During the second season, you get to meet even more eccentric classmates and wacky attempts to get Komi to communicate to her new friends. Art; Gorgeous, no ifs ands OR BUTS (I love the ending style as well). Sound; I kept comparing the new OST to the previous at first, but ending up loving it and felt it suited the second season perfectly. Character; Komi beginnings to open up more yetagain because of Tadano, and because of newly built friendships we get to discover some new emotions that we all have been WAITING FOR!!! Overall, this season was just as sweet as the last. I don't have extreme social anxiety at the least, but I felt similar to Komi during the cat cafe episodes... I love animals, why can't they just love me back. (ಡ‸ಡ)
Naneo
Even though it says 2nd Season on the title, for me it doesn't feel like it. It just feel like the 2nd part, because everything barely change. From the story to their animation quality. I don't know why they didn't make the first season 24 episode. But well, that's that and I'm just gonna watch it. Story 10/10 They still got the same style on how to told the story. You'll get this thing called Communication to separate the story from one another. An episode usually have 1-5 Communication. Almost every episode use the same formula where they exaggerate something. For example when they had a snowballfight, they make the scene like its something straight out of shounen anime. But they do it for the sake of being funny, not because they want it look like a fighting anime. They also like to parodying other shows. Also their humour, its freaking golden. I laughing my ass off every episode. The build up, the pace, the jokes, its all gold. Art 10/10 Everything is beautifully drawn and animated. The character design, the background, the effect. Remember above I mention about the shounen anime thing, its one of the fan service for your eye. Because its epic. There's a lot of text on the screen. Either its on Komi's notebook or a bubble text. The bubble text really improve the scene and add some manga vibe. They also change the artstyle a little bit to match with the situation, I love that little touch. Sound 10/10 A lot of SFX is being used here, especially to add more to a funny scene. And let me tell you this, its great. Not overused or cringe, all is balanced. The VA deserve a thumb up too, they all doing a good job making a voice to match with the personality. Don't forget the catchy OP and ED. Its always a relief when hearing them. Character 10/10 Almost every character trait imaginable is here. You name it, yandere, kuudere, chunibyou, and the other that don't have a name. Its crazy how they can make this many characters with different personality and make the show run smoothly. The character name also connected in some way with their personality, like a pun. So it feel kinda cool if you know Japanese and recognize the pun. Because there's a lot of characters here, a screentime is gonna be a problem. But it isn't a big problem, they find a way to include at least one interaction with the MC. They have a narrator here, it act as a person that explain some scene to make it more clear to us viewer. Enjoyment 10/10 I love this series, it balanced everything out. The comedy, the story, the romance, the characters, basically everything. I'll read the manga too, it have like 300+ chapters so it'll be a while to read them all. I'm also looking forward to the next season where they are all in 2nd year. I think non-anime fans will not enjoy this anime to the fullest. Because if you wanna know some of the jokes and sarcasm here, you at least need to know a thing or two about anime steorotype. But not every jokes is an inside jokes in the anime community. I watch some of the episode with my cousin, she is a weeb too and a tomboy. We had a great time pointing every funny scene in the episode, its like we have some connection and know the reference. So if you have some weeb friends, just invite them to watch this and laugh all along. That's all I can say about this anime. Thank you for reading my review.
robert788
Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. 2nd Season (2022) The hype fades. I never really understood the hype in the first place and the first season was pretty good don't get me wrong, just here it sort of fades. Whilst the show is fun in its own way it tries to be super unique with the odd characters but all it does is do what every other school anime show does but with unusual conversation and actions. The result though is always the same. The art is good mostly, I still don't really like the way Komi is drawn nor do I have many characters, it sort offeels crude. I know it is based on the source but aesthetically it does nothing for me. Other shows modernise the style like Gundam etc. This isn't a show based on 1980s material. Komi herself can look good but mostly just sort of looks a bit odd, the cute side is nice though. The show does have at least one episode where it goes from like 720p right down to 240p in terms of quality. The show was never crisp but it also wasn't like that. The sound is the same as before, it is nice and doesn't really do anything more than it needs to do. It tries to be dramatic but it's like they haven't added the depth to the sound. Characters like I say try too hard to be unique but end up doing the same antics as everyone else in every other show. In the end, the show for me is now bang average, not good nor bad 5/10. There are other much more deserving shows out there.
Spirit_Chaser
Last season, I worried that this series would burn itself out soon with repetition, as any time I look up the long manga series for this, there's usually frustration found with where it is going. I haven't read the manga. As a result, I can't personally comment on it, though I can tell this early on with season 2, that the story is annoyingly dragging itself as a romance, and falling apart. The progression in this 2nd season, plot wise, is like a spider trying to crawl out of a bathtub. The anime staff, for all they are, is the little kid that is tryingto help it get out, but lets it slip back down each time. The comedy, when it works, is all that can somewhat salvage this. The early episodes were very funny, and made this at least entertaining and funny at times. Towards the end, I stopped laughing almost completely. The songs got old since they keep recycling them in a way that it was noticeable to me. The anime ran out of steam with it's humor by the end. Early on, I felt the 100 friends journey for Komi was going to be a character development disaster, and it turned that way. Trying to rush at the end by manifesting people who were never there, and giving them flat personalities only hurt this. The author seriously trying to go with this goal for Komi was a mistake. Look at all the wasted potential for Tadano and Komi. Important events, like those holiday events, when they'd get nervous and look into each others eyes, and Valentine's Day, were all wasted as they are still nowhere romantically. The repetitive formula that they are going to get somewhere but don't, got stale and old since last season. Neither are willing to take that step forward, and it's drags to the extent it's irritating. If you are looking for romance, this is not the series to look for that in. The staff looked as if they had a lot of fun making this. They tried what felt like everything to try and boost the source material. From wasting the budget on eraser flicking battles and exaggerated details to mundane things the character do, to it's episodic and multiple skits like approach, it felt mostly hit or miss. There might be a skit that wasn't as good, which makes it feel like it wasted half the episode. Sometimes, none of the skits felt entertaining enough, and they tried to make up at the end with a Komi and Tadano moment that of course goes nowhere. Even Najimi, who I felt was among the more entertaining characters, started to get annoying partly in constantly getting in between Tadano and Komi. The only characters that I came to enjoy by the end were Katai and Yamai. Katai, because his friendship with Tadano that gets often accidentally played out as a gay relationship is absurdly funny in how they executed it. Yamai, because her sickly obsession with Komi is amusing to watch just how far she'll go to get noticed and have her way. Komi is still frozen in character development, and the constant bug eyed shrieking got old long ago. She's become the bojji of her genre. If this series wanted to use her as someone with a communication disorder, it would help to get her to overcome that as soon as possible to inspire the viewers who can only somewhat relate, as she is often portrayed as the perfect woman; impossible to reality. Still, they won't, as this has to reach 100 friends total, and it's only a quarter of the way there as of now. Tadano is still nothing more than a nice guy who doesn't realize how good he has it, and what he can have if he'd have the manhood to reach out for it. This didn't motivate me enough to want to read the manga. If there is no season 3, I'm done with for the most part. Season 3 feels like it will just continue to drag, and force the staff to come up with as many more production techniques to try and act like a defibrillator for the dragging plot.
Chief_AJ
The return of wholesome the anime(minus Yamai). Komi-san season 2 gave us more of the same as season 1 with adding some new characters in the mix. Just like season 1, it was very enjoyable and it's a pleasure watching Komi and her friends do random stuff every week. Art: 9 The Art and Animation continue to be really smooth and there are many vibrant colors and backgrounds that really compliment the show really well. I still think the character designs are whatever, but as this is season 2 I cant really discredit it there. Really solid art overall. Sound: 9 The sound design just like inseason 1 was really solid. Whatever the mood is that they are trying to express, the background music and sounds do a really good job complimenting the mood. Also, the ending theme absolutely smacked. Characters: 8 We got some development from both Chadano and Komi this season, however, I still think some of the characters overall are a little generic, but the new characters they introduced are all a blast to watch. Story: 8 The story is solid, I do hope to see the time when komi achieves her 100 friend goal, but I also enjoyed the development between the two main characters, and I hope to see more of that later down the line. Overall a solid fun watch.
otherdummy
If you were to ask if Komi could represent a realistic human being, then the answer is yes, and you have to look no further than yours truly. Five days ago, a strain of COVID viruses had decided to ambush me, and the barrage of coughs that followed had been too much for my poor throat. Since then, I’ve been left without a voice, unable to talk directly with any of my friends (not that I directly met any, as I was in quarantine). I resorted to expressing my ideas through writing (texting), and with the help of my friends, I was able to discoverjoy and happiness even in my deepest times of despair. Well, I still don’t have a friend who is a psychopath that tries to sexually assault me every other day of the week. But I’m working on it. The second season of Komi Can’t Communicate largely suffers from the same mistakes as the first, and there is no greater offender than Komi herself. She is, to put it bluntly, a completely whitewashed version of the disorder that she supposedly represents. Throughout the entire series, Komi’s “communication disorder” not once inconveniences her in any serious way. Let me illustrate an example straight from the story. If you couldn’t talk to anyone and you needed to find a group for an upcoming trip, what would you do? Would you hope to merge with leftover people to form a group? Or would you skip it and try doing something interesting in the meantime? Well it doesn’t matter, because the 20+ people who do nothing but beg and plead for your attention have shockingly and unexpectedly decided to beg and plead for your attention. Oh, and the teacher says that the groups would be a lottery this time around, even though she literally said “tomorrow, we will pick groups” the day before without mentioning it. What about if someone came up to you for conversation, but you were too scared to respond? Maybe you’d hope that they would understand your struggles, or maybe at least shrug it off and leave with no bad impressions. But no, they hail you as a “Communication Master” and regard your communication issues as the holiest teachings in the East. These events are neither humorous nor ironic; it’s ignorant bullshit at best and straight up insulting at worst. And I don’t mean to speak straight from speculation myself. I’ve volunteered in helping children with autism and similar issues socialize with others, and I can say Komi Can’t Communicate is so ignorant it’s truly pitiable. Communication issues affect not only speaking, but writing and gesturing as well. To put it broadly, they affect the ability to express general ideas into a set of words or actions. It seems like the manga author saw someone who was selectively mute (someone who chooses not to talk publicly, but can write) and thought “Hey, that’s cool, do they have a communication disorder or what?” And even if the anime was about the selectively mute, it would still be inaccurate; people who are selectively mute tend to talk to people they know well, such as family or close friends. To say I feel peeved about this portrayal would be an understatement. When people with communication disorders are depicted as perfectly beautiful, perfectly capable of communicating non-verbally, and unaffected by any prejudices or stereotypes about them, it doesn’t help anyone with a real communication disorder, who are usually normal in appearance and unable to accurately express their thoughts in any way. There are many societal norms that prejudice against people less than able to talk, and Komi Can’t Communicate does nothing to dispel them. The other characters are also poorly done. Tadano’s interactions with Komi remain unchanging. It seemed like Tadano started to become a bit more outspoken when he became friends with Katai, but their relationship sadly became milked for homosexuality jokes. Yamai promotes an atrocious double standard. Najimi’s character remains ultra-flat and generic, and Onemine’s only noteworthy role is Tadano and Komi’s fallback. Everyone else just does not meaningfully contribute to the story and character development. One last thing I want to discuss is how the show uses absurdity. I’m a big fan of absurdity in all forms of media; it can convey a message in a way conventional storytelling cannot. Take the famous potato chip scene in Death Note. It, along with being absolutely hilarious, showed that Light has the capability to fully counter L’s attacks; in all prior ones, L had managed to make progress. Or take Iino’s misunderstandings in Kaguya-Sama S2: all of them helped freshly establish her character’s relationships with the rest of the student council. Looking at the absurdities in Komi-san, it is safe to say that they all serve no purpose - the cat scene did not tell us anything new about Komi’s character, the snowball and card game scenes repeats the “Komi beats everyone else” joke, and the masculine pose scene barely develops Tadano. These scenes are all but pointless, only rinsing the same ideas over and over again. After watching the first season, I had hoped that the show would start focusing on quality instead of quantity, but with 100 potential friends to develop, the show’s direction was all but set in stone. Komi Can’t Communicate misses every single mark: it fails to accurately depict communication disorder, develop any of its characters, and introduce any new ideas. This is compounded by the repetitive soundtrack, the intrusive text boxes, and the ever-abundant still frames. Thus, Komi Can’t Communicate can be best described as a thorough waste of time. All I pray for is that it doesn’t get worse.
veahawks5414
Komi san season 2 was a disappointment for me I enjoyed the first season quite a bit, but after 12 episodes it started to get somewhat stale. I hoped they would improve upon things for season 2 maybe switch things up maybe focus a bit more on the characters at hand, but alas it was the the same old formula. The main premise of the show is what i think works against it, but i will say it is not a lost cause of a show and I think that it has it's redeeming quality and has a decent joke or character every so often. Thecharacters are my biggest gripe with this show, I know that they main premise of it is that Komi wants 100 friends, but each person is more shallow then the last and some are downright annoying even characters from last season which i hoped would be one off characters cause some of them I downright hate, but they played a bigger role this season example Yamai. If this show was just Komi Tadano Najimi and maybe a few others or even make the friends slightly less tropey and make them not drool over Komi with every movement which I find extremely annoying. Although both these points take away from the main premise i still think that it would make the show better.
Gardefusilier
I find it really funny that, despite the numerous amount of low-balling score and negative reviews made in the review column, at the time I wrote this, both Komi 1st and 2nd season still retain average score above 8. Perhaps people visiting this site still know what they want to watch and certainly able to form their own opinion on the show despite the raging biases. And that was such a reassuring thought on its own. -------------MIGHT CONTAINS A LITTLE SPOILER, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK------------- --STORY & CHARACTERS-- Komi 2nd season is the continuation of the rest of Komi-san 1st Year Journey in Itan high school, itcertainly and most importantly still carried the hype and success from what the 1st season tried to convey. Komi trying to overcome her disorder and anxiety, opening up to the world, and completing her goal of having 100 friends. Sounds cliche? Sure it was, but it was done right and proper. Let's start with Komi herself. Is she still an anxious train wreck? Yes Does she still stutter and writes on notebook? Yes Does she still overthink every mundane shit that somehow her fault? Yes Most importantly, does she grows? HELL YES Komi is slowly but surely letting go of the helping hand that were Tadano and Najimi. She became more proactive, more thoughtful, and certainly getting more used to the environment surrounded with oddballs and weirdos that filled her school roster. Sure she is still dragged around by Najimi's shenanigans, Yamai's bullshittery, or Nakanaka's rowdiness. But she tried to make the best of the situation and opening herself up even more, and it does pay off in the later part of the season. Does that mean Tadano and Najimi's role is now vanished? Nope! They now have far more important role rather than a simple friend, they now became her support system where Komi can safely fall back to, whenever she has doubt or fear on the incoming events she always have Tadano to vent and tell her problems to. While Najimi in the sideline creating Komi a friendly environment for her friend-making mission with their shenanigans. This trio might have the healthiest relationship so far compared to other SoL anime I've watched, and I genuinely love every second of it. How about Tadano himself as an MC? He is far from every generic SoL romcom protag I've ever seen, and his introduction in season 1 definitely didn't do him justice. We were told he was average dude with nothing good going on, and I have never seen such a blatant lie being told to my face. The show never had those tendencies in other SoL-romcom with "Male MC fix every Female MC problems", and Tadano legitemately shows how is it done. He never took part directly in solving every Komi's problem, but instead actively approaching her and providing her space to consult and talk about it. All that with his insecurities of being a chuuni in Middle school and constant repercussion from their classmates? Someone give this man a medal. His consistent upstanding personality really pays off later on, as he steadily increasing his number of friends (and fans, lol) that slowly matching Komi as they grow together is honestly a sweet moment to see. I have no problem with all side characters so far, and I genuinely found them all amusing (except Yamai ofc, but that's a given). For a comedy show that relies on having 100 different casts, the author made the right decision to name them all after a pun and their exaggeration of their name's characters certainly made things easier to remember them. Every side characters, despite being played with 'a week a monster' trope still provide decent environment on the storytelling, each of these characters have their own dynamic with other casts and Komi herself, making it more believable and certainly gave that 'rowdy high school' vibes which I will sorely miss. -What about the romance? Anything good from the romance?- Before you watch this, I must tell you that even in the manga, romance has always been 2nd priority before its SoL counterparts. So I would suggest to keep your expectation low. HOWEVER, I can proudly tell you that even the romance subplot is properly fleshed out with the current progression Komi & Tadano currently faced so far. One thing I love from this show is how both of the casts taking things properly, slowly and surely without overstepping each other bounds and limits. This entertainment imagery is certainly a fresh breathe of air, especially in the amidst of ecchi-riddled romcom for the past two seasons. Just a pure sweet wholesome relationship. --ART-- (8/10) Art is BEAUTIFUL, including both OP & ED. Compared to other SoL romcom, Komi definitely stands out the most. The production value is high despite Team Kojima split attention with Summertime Rendering this season, tho it must be paid with considerable price (Looking at you Ep 22). But other than that episode, it's safe to say your eyes will certainly love the sweets! --MUSIC-- (8/10) One thing I noted about this show is its exceptional amount of battle music. It's a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one as it really brings out the feeling of how chaotic Komi's school are. But in important moments, it will tone down a notch into melodramatic one, making it as soft as possible to keep you company in viewing Komi's journey, some of it legit coming straight out of automata (I kid you not, try Ep 15). The OP song sucks ass tho, if they hired the equivalent of Lennon to sang Cinderella on the first season, this season they hired Brittany from the Chipettes instead. What a loss. The ED in the other hand fares better fate, I found Koshaberi Biyori improvement over Hikare Inochi. Still, I loved how the production team hired less known band to perform. --CONCLUSION-- (10/10) Not enough credit was given to this show, but among all comfort animes out there Komi definitely towers over them. It was a perfect show after such a rough day, either it was work, school, or life problems. It definitely hits that sweet spot between the ridiculousness of Saiki K supporting cast and shenanigans as well as the sweetness of Kimi no Todoke. If you're planning to watch this after Season 1, please do so! And if you haven't watched Komi at all, what the hell are you doing here?
Hotpedasgila54
I went out of my way to talk with my brother, who was also watching Komi and a weeaboo, as he particularly enjoyed it, I, on the other hand, didn't like it that much. This is the retelling of how we discussed how we felt about Komi as a whole. My brother approached me when I was just finished looking at my phone and went. Bro: Let's talk about Komi, ya know, review the whole thing. Me: Oh yeah, that awful dreadful shit I had to sit through every single season. Bro: What, why?He questioned me why is it that I did not take a liking to Komi. Me: The show is so boring. Both the 1st and 2nd seasons are literally the same shit. It became so dreadful that I muted their voices just so I did not have to listen to their voice every time they are on screen. Bro: First of all, why would you not like it in the first place? It has to be the characters, isn't it? Me: That's exactly the main reason why I hate watching Komi, the main couple is so boring to watch, not a single bone in my body went bonkers when they go into normal physical contact or just call each other names like they have no idea how romance works. Komi is as interesting as being forced to go to the most boring class ever made for 3 hours straight. Though I think Tadano is an ok character, it doesn't excuse the fact that the cast is some of the poorest and one-dimensional characters I've ever watched, which made me have to mute the whole video because I hate them. Bro: Oh yeah, the cast, you mean the girl called Yamai Ren? Damn that girl straight up despicable bro. I don't know how the author had the idea to make her even more hateable as every chapter went on. Me: Exactly! I hate every single side character that exists in this boring ass show. Even if you throw away the godawful ones, there still are the blandest and laziest characters written, one being a narcissist as his whole personality, a guy whose face can't match up with his feelings, a guy who just exists to make comments about other people going through events and the girls are just bad too. Bro: Dude, chill about the characters. How about the comedy, bro? Even a show with bad characters can still have good comedy. Me: Hmm, the comedy. I'd say it's extremely unfunny. Throughout the whole season and the previous one too, I had never laughed once at every joke this show had in mind. It's way too repetitive, keeps using Komi's big eyes face as a way to make something slightly amusing but it got old really fast. The narrator trying to add up the spice just made it even blander. The dialogues are just way too generic to listen to. Nothing of interest. Bro: Fair point. The comedy is extremely dull to sit through most of the time, but it can be somewhat amusing. To switch it up, how about the art, though? It does have some good art. Me: That's like the only good thing this stupid show has after plenty of lame characters and the same slice-of-life shit that every show has done. High school girls wear kimonos during cultural festivals like every anime ever and a field trip which is somewhat ok to watch. Bro: How do you think about the characters interacting with each other? Me: You mean the main couple? Nah, they were just too boring to watch. Also, the unknown childhood friend, yup that girl- Bro: You mean a 'person'. Me: Shut up, anyway she's a really annoying character too, everyone who exists in this train of shitfest worships Komi as their holy deity, like who cares. Bro: A lot of bad things you're saying about it, though I don't disagree with it. So, overall, what do you think about the show? Me: I'd say it's a 4. The saving grace is only the art, the other aspects are handled like a daddy leaving to get himself some milk. I'm done talking about Komi man. Bro: Yeah, let's just stop for now. That's it for our talk about Komi then. Me: Yeah, see ya.
KANLen09
It's a given when a source material this popular like mangaka Tomohito Oda won awards so prominent enough to warrant the inevitable anime adaptation, Komi-san's adaptation would skyrocket the anime scene once again for the immensely popular girl in school whom has a communication disorder, and someone wants to befriend 100 friends that starts from the average boy that slowly and surely, they grow together more closely and intimately. Also, as a footnote, this show certainly was one of the first anime to be now infamously dubbed the "Netflix Jail" (because you could ONLY watch this on Netflix, and then again the subbing is quitebad), and the reason why piracy still exists today. Come Season 2 not long after Season 1 aired last Fall to huge fanfare, and Komi is back with the same clique of found friends plus some new ones that continue to reach the 100 friends goal. The new additions this season (and onwards if they decide to do more) are just as fantastic as they come, mainly the more notable ones: - The huge and bulge-sized boy that is Katai Makoto whom has a heart of kindness and is just like Komi herself with the communication problems, to the point where he saw her as his master that constantly freaks both the class and Tadano out. - The "handsome narcissist" and his narrator that is Naruse Shisuto and Kometani Chushaku, being so delusional in his own world that Kometani has to interpret to the audience being a talking parrot, and I certainly wouldn't mind someone like Kometani to do his one and only job well and yet still be a comedic pointer. And of course, how could I miss out on Tadano and Komi's growing relationship, that as the year's festivities like Christmas (which coincidentally is Komi's birthday), New Year's and Valentine's all gloss by, save for Najimi and Co. that are always hindering them both (with the usual suspect offender being the yandere Yamai), they're getting along with more private and even some closed-door moments that...let's just say, didn't quite materialize yet of their love for one another. That is a story left better said when THE ONE prominent character comes by in future seasons. OLM's production values...have sadly taken a hit this time. Being in the same season where the Disney+ exclusive that is Summertime Render also started airing, having 2 concurrent shows at the same time will undoubtedly share resources within the same team (and that's Team Kojima for you), and this is stretching the limits to input more work into the latter show than Komi-san, leaving for some rudimentary stylistic choices that just couldn't quite match the quality that Season 1 was known for. Not a big hit, but it's definitely noticeable. The music...also has sadly taken a hit, a huge one in fact. Miku Itou's OP is nice, and the visual canvas also looks nice, but it's no Cider Girl "Cinderella" type of quality, and honestly it's fine by me since the music industry is also moving on to newer songs, so this works out nicely. What doesn't is FantasticYouth's ED, which is just a collage of Class 1-1's activities that seem almost washed out by its watercolour visuals, and then again the song is just average-to-decent (just like Arifureta's Season 2 ED). Picking up where Season 1 ended, I'd say that Komi-san has had a relatively healthy production phase so far, and I wouldn't mind just a few seasons down the road to get to where manga readers like myself truly have a revival of a Reconnaissance with the eventual shake-up from a lone gyaru which elevates Tomohito Oda's manga to insane degrees. Until then, have yourself a pleasant Komi-san for your aftertastes.
Mcsuper
Much like the first season, the biggest question I reflected on was “Did I find that funny?”. Yes, it’s still pretty hilarious, but these students really need to put on some kind of watch list, like seriously, this is quite the messed up school. The romance between Komi and Tadano continues, at a snail’s pace, but even so, it’s still quite enjoyable to watch. My grading criteria: Story: /25 Art: /10 Music: /10 Characters: /20 Enjoyment /15 Thematic Execution /20 STORY: 16.5/25 Mostly still very episodic, with your typical school rom-com tropes. The romance is still very slow, but cute when romantic moments occur. Not a whole lotto say about the story, as it’s mostly comedic moments and a character based show. ART: 8.4/10 A definite step down from last season, as some elements are inconsistent, such as character expressions, and the overall flow of the animation. Didn’t look as cinematic as last season, but the animation is still overall very solid. MUSIC: 8.3/10 Mostly the same type of comedic music and sound effects, but the opening from Season 1 was much better. I will say I appreciate the higher effort on the ending this season. CHARACTERS: 11/20 The characters just make me go “???” at times because they are just SO WEIRD that it takes away from the immersion. If we removed Yamai from the show, I bet it’d be much better, and not so weird, creepy, and out of place. I’m not gonna lie though, some Yamai moments are pretty funny, but most of them are just outright off-putting. The other characters like Nakanaka, Najimi, Onemine are about the same as last season, and they don’t have any extra developments this season. I did not enjoy watching Tadano’s character this season compared to the last, because he just seemed way more uncomfortable towards Komi. I get that the romance is in the air, but it just wasn’t as enjoyable to watch if Tadano and Komi are both just blushing all the time, and not talking as much as they did before. Now, the new characters, and I’m only going to talk about Katai and Naruse Shisuto (a play on narcissist obviously). Katai is a very solid addition to the cast, and he’s probably one of my favourites in the cast. On the outside he looks like a delinquent, and talks like one, but on the inside he has a heart of gold, and just wants to make friends. Loved the interactions between Katai and the rest of the cast. For Shisuto, his comedic gag revolves around him thinking he has the attention of everyone around him, when he actually doesn’t. He even has a narrator that commentates on his every action. Seriously, just stop pulling your shirt down though. Overall, the characters are still the biggest problem of this show, because they just aren’t very interesting to watch, and for the ones that are interesting, it’s usually in a negative way, or if they’re fun to watch, they’re merely side characters with not enough screen time. ENJOYMENT: 13.2/15 Still very funny, and I admit, the comedy is still decent. THEMATIC EXECUTION: 16.6/20 The comedy is obviously a subjective thing to judge, and I will say the comedy is still pretty good, though a bit cringe at times. The romance is slow, but there are big pay-offs occasionally with the cute moments. OVERALL: 74/100 A decent sequel to the first season, but arguably a little worse. It’s mostly the same type of comedy, and the romance is still moving slowly. I expected a bit more from Season 2 for sure.
SingleH
When reviewing part one, I said this show suffered from unfunny comedy and too much repetition, but even having read the manga myself beforehand, I don’t think I ever truly realized how much worse my own complaints could get. Part two of Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu is excruciatingly shallow, and it proceeds to accomplish little aside from proving my point that there was no substance to be had beyond the very first episode. In my first review, I explained how the manga this anime is based on was originally a one-shot, and how it was clear that the one-shot's success is what prompted the long-runningmanga's serialization and never-ending chapter count. My argument was essentially that the story and characters were perfectly fine vehicles for achieving what the author originally set out to achieve, but what the author originally set out to achieve was accomplished throughout the course of the one-shot (the first six chapters of the serialized manga and the first episode of the anime), so by cynically saying, “Well, the story was satisfying and complete, but look at those sales figures! People really like this shit! I know this concept and these characters were only designed to exist for a single, well-paced, tightly-written one-shot, but if we wanted to, we could make a long-running never-ending manga out of this to capitalize on its popularity, so let’s do that!” the author/publishers were condemning the series to a fate worse than death. Rather than allowing the one-shot to be a brief success that was remembered fondly, they opted instead to turn it into a manga (that was then turned into an anime) that will be endlessly dragged out until the sales figures drop low enough to justify axing it, and the result, I think, speaks for itself. However, I also said in my review for part one that despite dropping it, I didn’t actually leave the manga with a bad impression of it, so then why has my score for the anime already dropped from a six to a four? I mean, the anime still hasn’t reached the point in the manga where I stopped reading, so why is it already worse? Well, I’m actually not sure, but if I had to guess, it would probably be because I don’t know how to read manga. When Made in Abyss first came out in 2017, I was absolutely dazzled, and when it ended, I felt empty. Crumbling under the weight of unbearable longing and impatience, I said fuck it and started reading the manga, and that was such a huge mistake. It was good—don’t get me wrong—but it was not the same for many reasons. Firstly and most obviously is the fact that the majority of what made that show so deeply special to me were aspects of it which could only exist in an anime format. Aspects including but not limited to the music, the colors, the voice acting, and most importantly, the directing. People who prefer manga over anime will often say the reason they like manga better is because “they decide how fast it goes.” They like that they can just pick it up whenever they want, read it at whatever pace they want, and put it down whenever they want, and while I definitely see the appeal of this, I personally could not disagree more. I agree that most seasonal soup is not particularly well-directed or well-paced, but most anime fans don’t even appreciate good direction or good pacing wherever it does actually exist, and whenever you come across anime that do have these qualities, the resulting experience is in my opinion far more engaging than any self-dictated session of manga reading could ever be. When you watch something written and directed my true masters and artists, you feel like you’re watching something truly masterful and artistic. You feel no needed to turn up the playback speed, check the time, or modify the viewing experience in any way, because what you’re watching is already perfect the way its being executed and the way its being paced. Maybe this level of immersion is possible with manga as well, but if it is possible, I personally have never experienced it. I don’t read much manga, so I’m not very well-practiced in the art of doing so. When I read Made in Abyss, I found it impossible to figure a good balance between reading the text and looking at the artwork. Indeed, I’m sure there were many pages where I didn’t even look at the images at all and just read through it like a book with nothing but dialogue. I was so invested in the story and characters thanks to the anime which I had originally fallen in love with that this obsessive interest in seeing what happened next made it so I couldn’t appreciate the manga properly. There was no director or screenwriter forcing me to focus on certain shots for certain amounts of time, thereby forcing me to appreciate everything as intended. There was no musician cluing me into the emotional tone of the scene, and instead just the quiet hum of my air conditioning turning on and off in the background. There was no art director making things pop, thus guiding my attention where it needed to go visually, and instead just vaguely paneled, monochrome images for me to glance over as I pleased. Again, this is one of the things manga readers say they like about manga—this control they have over the experience—but I don’t want this control, because when I have the control, I risk warping the experience. Case in point: Made in Abyss, the unequivocal creative masterpiece, was warped into something I found to be frigid and emotionless thanks to my tendency to read too quickly, while Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu, a one-shot that was unceremoniously stretched almost four hundred chapters beyond its intended limit, was warped into a fun little experience where I could carelessly skim through each chapter without really paying attention to or focusing on anything, but always be rewarded nevertheless with the shallow, repetitive, yet wholesome moment provided by the end of every chapter. THAT’S why the anime became less enjoyable to me so much faster than the manga did, and why I’m already giving the anime a four while the manga which I read over a hundred chapters of managed to keep a six the whole time—because I don’t know how to read manga, but I definitely know how to watch anime. If I’m reading the manga, then I can just see Katai, or Nakanaka, or fucking Yamai, and immediately start flipping pages. If I’m watching the anime, however, and I see one of these annoying fucking characters start doing their annoying fucking unfunny gimmicks for the millionth fucking time, then I’m trapped. Then I’m bored; then I’m turning up the playback speed; then I’m checking the time; then I start thinking, “You know what? This show just isn’t for me.” Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu isn’t awful. No matter how creatively bankrupt it is, it can still be touching and cute, and considering some of the downright torturous characters it has, it also has a lot of characters who are undeniably lovable—the main duo being the biggest sweethearts of all—but sometimes I just find myself wishing there was more than one dimension to any of them. They say repetition is the mother of learning, but learning is very rarely entertaining, and this show stopped teaching after episode one. The MAL synopsis provided by Netflix currently reads the following: “Second season of Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. Komi and pals are back! Who else will Komi make friends with? How will her relationship with Tadano evolve?” The answer to the first question is nobody important, and the answer to the second question is simple. “It won’t.” Thank you for reading.
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**Contains a few spoilers** If I’ll give a word that will describe this season, it would be “better”. Despite really hating the first season of this show and being considered to be one of the shows that belong in the garbage, I found this show improving or made sense. Now that I’ve realized it, this is one of the shows that you should never take seriously. Watching a show that isn’t overhyping by many people can be something else. I thought this season will be something else but all hopes seemed lost. KOMI-SAN IS REALLY A GAG SHOW. Forget the idea of having 2 characters, fall inlove, and expect something beautiful. Not your usual romantic comedy that will give something more than the sum of its parts. Even the proper portrayal of social anxiety in the first place. All of that is a massive joke. So let’s talk about the second season… The entrance of the second curtain was the usual mission of completing Komi’s list of 100 friends. One of the new concepts about this season was two characters joined the show. Then a new transferee student, Katai joined the class. He’s having a misconception because he looks like a delinquent. He’s a kind-hearted man and I think he suffers from the same shit Komi’s having. But they started to be friends with her and called himself a disciple of Komi’s. Komi is Katai’s “master” and he likes to talk with Tadano, asking some advice from her and it’s full of ridonkeylous tropes in the end. It seems like a BL, which pretty much looks like it. The second one is a guy named, Naruse Shisuto. A narcissistic dude who believes that all people are his fans and that they are too afraid to talk to him due to his breathtaking handsomeness when in reality people avoid him due to his overly flashy behavior. In short, he’s too confident with himself. And there’s this companion of his that makes him the narrator of his side. To be honest, when I watched the trailer, I thought the introduction of these two new characters would be made an impact and be interesting to the story. My perspective and expectation for Katai in the segment were met because I liked him to be goofier than the main characters. Like Nendo from Saiki K. He looks like a delinquent but he’s one of the characters in the comedy routine of the show. But for Naruse Shisuto, I thought he would be a deuteragonist in the series. Like we don’t know if he’s a rival to Tadano and steals Komi’s attention. But in the end, he’s just one of those random characters in the show. By seeing that, I realized that there’s no way this show will take seriously. That’s the summary of the whole show to be exactly. It’s an episodic gag comedy with some progression from the characters. Like the relationship between Tadano and Komi became to bud into something more. Komi’s past in the field trip was shown and her development of finding new friends, without relying on Tadano. She made girlfriends at that time but still need some progress. The other characters are still the same and forgettable at the same time. Well, if I compare the previous characters into this season, they became worst than I thought. Especially Yamai and his poisoned obsessed henchmen. She became perverted bitch that even she crossed the line when she stole Komi's leggings, wore it and run into the hallway. Pretty disgusting, right? If I'm in Komi's shoes, I would stay away from her forever. Nevertheless, she still her friend like what the fuck. If I pick a proper character that might be memorable to me, it would be either Tadano or Najimi. “The comedy is still great, right?” The comedy Is still stiff. There were parts from the second season that were just trying hard to make everybody laugh their asses out. Some new segments like the boys meeting and finding friends were instantly amusing yet hilarious. The love game from episode 2 was surprising as well. The part where Najimi became an interrupting tool to interrupt the closure of the characters was new. He acts like it was nothing at all, as long as he gets into the fun. Most romantic comedy shows, when the two characters become close and suddenly, the phone rings or anything else. But the rest of the comedy was either cringe or just missed. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed the ridonkeylous comedy. The sound is just the same. To be honest, I liked the OP and ED more than from the previous season. The OP gave some romance vibes that led to nothing, but I liked the way they use it when Komi and the others make friends with other people. Like in Katai and Naruse’s case. Yep! It was amusing when they play the OP when Katai speaks to Tadano and Komi like it was meme-fied. I remember in Angel Beats when they used the ED when they amusingly flew the building. The ED is more decent than I thought. I can say that the ED might be the ED of the season. Overall, I still enjoyed the series. I couldn’t grasp the idea that this is just a gag show because it’s better when this show turns into a serious matter. Most of the parts from the show were easily missed and some parts were hard hit. The 2nd season is pretty decent, but at the same time, it could be better. I can't really wait to watch a show about depression and treating it as a joke. Story: 5/10 Animation: 6/10 Characters: 5/10 Sound: 7/10 Entertainment factor (Comedy: 3/5, Romance: 2/5): 5/10 Enjoyment: 6/10 Score: 5/10
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