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古見さんは、コミュ症です。 [Komi-san wa, Komyushō Desu.] #28
Komi Can’t Communicate, Vol. 28
Now that Komi and Tadano are an official couple, Komi’s dad wants another chance to bond with his daughter’s boyfriend, this time on a sauna date! It’s just as awkward as it sounds, but Tadano manages to make things even more cringe when a heat-induced delirium prompts him to ask Komi’s dad the worst question in the history of questions—how do you kiss a girl?
193 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 18, 2023
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Tomohito Oda
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Name (in native language): 小田智仁
Associated Names: オダトモヒト
Tomohito Oda won the grand prize for World Worst One in the 70th Shogakukan New Comic Artist Awards in 2012. Oda’s series Digicon, about a tough high school girl who finds herself in control of an alien with plans for world domination, ran from 2014 to 2015.
Name (in native language): 小田智仁
Associated Names: オダトモヒト
Tomohito Oda won the grand prize for World Worst One in the 70th Shogakukan New Comic Artist Awards in 2012. Oda’s series Digicon, about a tough high school girl who finds herself in control of an alien with plans for world domination, ran from 2014 to 2015.
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January 12, 2023
Komi getting more and more confident. nice 👍🏻
January 12, 2024
In which Tadano learns to sweat the big stuff, a confession and a kiss occur, neither of them noteworthy, and we rack up some repeat stories that amount to very little.
The current running plot of when, precisely, Komi and Tadano are going to kiss is probably the bulk of all the good stuff in this volume as it spins off in some wild and unexpected ways that make for some actual decent jokes.
Komi is such a frustration sometimes because, even this late on, it can still deliver some great writing. Yet you have to wade through some mediocrity to get there. I mean, nothing ever hits on all cylinders consistently, especially this far along. It’s complicated.
Everything with Komi’s family made me laugh here. Normally the heinously exaggerated faces the series has lapsed into do not work (see Manbagi later this volume), but… it works there. A genuinely good chapter about three people who are very misunderstood who want to be Komi’s friend also gets undercut by some of those facial expressions. See? Complicated.
What’s especially satisfying is that the whole package lifts the individual bits. There’s a real weird swerve with Komi’s mom, but combined with what happens between Komi’s dad and Tadano at the sauna (I love how the sauna is so relaxing it lets her dad talk and talk) it crescendos to a very good punchline later on.
Elsewhere, we remain mired in the lack of cast pages (let me just beat that horse a few more times) and some chapters just do not work if you don’t have the time or inclination to comb through a wiki and remember who everybody else’s “thing” is. I’m sure that one person who goes through the school gates eight times is much funnier with context.
And I’m slightly annoyed that some good set-ups return to get short shrifted. I’m genuinely perplexed that the library silence competition returns just to kind of get blown off in a panel after extensive character introduction. There are a couple good zingers, but too much set-up.
That said, the aforementioned school gate fashion competition is ludicrously goofy and manages to overcome my usual gripes. Actually, on balance, most of this volume is pretty strong. I think I just had a grumpy moment over that library arc, which doesn’t work.
Then again, the chapter with the twenty-something women, all culled from earlier in the series apparently, lying to one another about having boyfriends, is so utterly cringe in its attitudes and scripting that it only barely manages to redeem itself with the screwball last panel. It’s complicated.
To end on a higher note, I really appreciate some of the changes we’ve seen over time - Tadano is drawn far more like an adult now, for example. And Najimi gets the best line of the volume when everybody is comparing exam results and points out where Tadano is supposed to place given the mission statement of the series.
4 stars - the rare time where reflection on the content made me appreciate it more than I originally thought. I’ll let this one have a full four, despite the fact that Yamai appears, although that’s mercifully brief. Great Komi may be forever lost, but really good Komi lessens the blow.
The current running plot of when, precisely, Komi and Tadano are going to kiss is probably the bulk of all the good stuff in this volume as it spins off in some wild and unexpected ways that make for some actual decent jokes.
Komi is such a frustration sometimes because, even this late on, it can still deliver some great writing. Yet you have to wade through some mediocrity to get there. I mean, nothing ever hits on all cylinders consistently, especially this far along. It’s complicated.
Everything with Komi’s family made me laugh here. Normally the heinously exaggerated faces the series has lapsed into do not work (see Manbagi later this volume), but… it works there. A genuinely good chapter about three people who are very misunderstood who want to be Komi’s friend also gets undercut by some of those facial expressions. See? Complicated.
What’s especially satisfying is that the whole package lifts the individual bits. There’s a real weird swerve with Komi’s mom, but combined with what happens between Komi’s dad and Tadano at the sauna (I love how the sauna is so relaxing it lets her dad talk and talk) it crescendos to a very good punchline later on.
Elsewhere, we remain mired in the lack of cast pages (let me just beat that horse a few more times) and some chapters just do not work if you don’t have the time or inclination to comb through a wiki and remember who everybody else’s “thing” is. I’m sure that one person who goes through the school gates eight times is much funnier with context.
And I’m slightly annoyed that some good set-ups return to get short shrifted. I’m genuinely perplexed that the library silence competition returns just to kind of get blown off in a panel after extensive character introduction. There are a couple good zingers, but too much set-up.
That said, the aforementioned school gate fashion competition is ludicrously goofy and manages to overcome my usual gripes. Actually, on balance, most of this volume is pretty strong. I think I just had a grumpy moment over that library arc, which doesn’t work.
Then again, the chapter with the twenty-something women, all culled from earlier in the series apparently, lying to one another about having boyfriends, is so utterly cringe in its attitudes and scripting that it only barely manages to redeem itself with the screwball last panel. It’s complicated.
To end on a higher note, I really appreciate some of the changes we’ve seen over time - Tadano is drawn far more like an adult now, for example. And Najimi gets the best line of the volume when everybody is comparing exam results and points out where Tadano is supposed to place given the mission statement of the series.
4 stars - the rare time where reflection on the content made me appreciate it more than I originally thought. I’ll let this one have a full four, despite the fact that Yamai appears, although that’s mercifully brief. Great Komi may be forever lost, but really good Komi lessens the blow.
January 14, 2024
This series gets more confusing as more characters get introduced. It's difficult to keep track. I'm hoping the series ends soon because it seems too drawn out. Also I've noticed a lot of things get repeated over several books (the "be quiet in the library" game for example). At this point I think the manga needs to speed up a bit and get to a conclusive ending bc it seems they are running out of events to happen
March 9, 2024
so cute!
I cannot get enough of this series!!!!! Tadano and Komi are Juan so cute!!!! I can’t wait to see what the next volume brings!
I cannot get enough of this series!!!!! Tadano and Komi are Juan so cute!!!! I can’t wait to see what the next volume brings!
May 15, 2024
So if...No When Komi and Tadano actually share a kiss I'm going to 💥💯!
Yes I know physically I'm a grown woman..but I'm sooooooo invested.
Yes I know physically I'm a grown woman..but I'm sooooooo invested.
February 27, 2024
Shout out to the character in this named nanoda who ends everything she says with 'for realsies'. I don't have a great batting average with understanding the name puns in this series but thanks to tokyo mew mew I got that one.
May 6, 2024
Man, I'm so happy I still love this. Komi's family is hilarious. 😆😆😆
November 20, 2025
Vol. 28, in which Komi and Tadano kiss... except not the Komi you are thinking and waiting for.
Apart from that, I could perfectly copy and paste my review for the previous volume, since basically everything there applies here again.
Which luckily means we get some good Komi and Tadano time, and another cute moments by some of my favorite characters, though mostly Komi's dad/family.
And, of course, there is also a lot of filler, but at least it didn't get as boring as that eternal game of pseudo Among Us in volume 27.
Apart from that, I could perfectly copy and paste my review for the previous volume, since basically everything there applies here again.
Which luckily means we get some good Komi and Tadano time, and another cute moments by some of my favorite characters, though mostly Komi's dad/family.
And, of course, there is also a lot of filler, but at least it didn't get as boring as that eternal game of pseudo Among Us in volume 27.
January 31, 2024
Such a great one, love the bait and switch with the cover lmao. Very funny, lots of character spotlight, but most importantly, this issue focused on and furthered Tadano and Komi as a couple. It's easy to love Komi's parents as well and the world feels so full because of the author's dedication to a robust cast of interesting teens AND adults.
July 30, 2025
SHOSUKE SHOSUKE SHOSUKE PAGE 6 OMFG OMFG AHHHHH ONFG ON PAGE 7 HES SHIRTLESS IM ACTUALLY FOAMING AT THE MOUTH WOOF WOOF, page 8 = soggy shosuke, page 10 hes looking so diva, page 14 he looks like a therapist- page 15 is shocked shosuke, page 17 is chill shosuke, ITS A MIRACLE ON PAGE 21 HES LAUGHING HES ACTUALLY LAUGHING MY BOY IS LAUGHING, and thats the last time we see him.
October 15, 2024
We get lots of Tadano with Komi's parents, and that was fun. The study date was cute!
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January 21, 2024
Good swerve in the beginning, a full circle feeling at the end of this volume
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February 16, 2024
So cute 😭
March 6, 2024
Another solid volume. Nothing too special happened here just more of the same old same old. I had almost forgotten how much secondhand embarrassment this series doles out.
March 9, 2024
All I can say is this series is adorable.
June 18, 2024
4.5 stars
July 13, 2024
the sauna scene and all of komi’s dads scenes afterwards made me SCREAM
December 15, 2023
Never would I have thought we would get scenes where Komi is asking Tadano if he wants to kiss her
March 20, 2024
I want more Tadano x Komi instead of everyone else's stories. They just started dating. I also need Komi to be making more friends. It's her last year of high school and she still needs 26 more.
March 21, 2024
One spring afternoon, four women in their late 20s and early 30s converge upon a café. They are school teachers, retail workers, and more, eager to exhale a week's worth of stress and catch up with a good cup of tea, a good friend, and maybe some juicy gossip. The problem? They're all hopelessly single. They outwardly lie about their romantic adventures, while on the inside, they constantly gripe about lost opportunities that never truly existed. They outwardly complement one another on their professional and relational successes, while on the inside, they sob, they sweat, and they fume.
KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE v28 could very well splinter in a dozen different directions with how comically obsessive many of its secondary and tertiary characters are. But a short episode that focuses on how the older characters claw their way through adulthood produces amusing theater. These love-starved women? They eventually break down, admit their inadequacy, and comfort one another, because life is hard enough as it is, why not support each other along the way?
Speaking of critical support, the convo-sensitive exploits of Taketoshi Wakai again come into focus when the soccer team propels the young man into the spotlight. Wakai is even-tempered, gentle, and is keen to respect his peers when times get tough. Readers who conceive the young man is a less socially adaptable version of Tadano aren't too far off the mark. All of which is crucial to further eyeing Wakai's burgeoning relationship with Manbagi. The two are mismatched oddities, but they bond over their eagerness for the soccer team to win despite the long odds. Now, Manbagi isn't familiar with soccer, at all, but it's just as well that she cheers and shouts as loud as the next person in the bleachers. And Wakai, despite being on the verge of passing out from all of the stress, feels increasingly comfortable with the gyaru, because her confidence is contagious.
And in the end, Komi's awkward family dynamics win the day. KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE v28 concludes with a study date between Tadano and Komi, which shifts and morphs like an amoeba until, as expected, the Komi family pressures the two kids to get a bit closer to one another. The fact that everyone is blushing for the majority of their interactions is a blatant giveaway, but Komi's mother's not-so-subtle lust for gossip to "reawaken [her] youth" pretty much says it all. Alas, retelling of confessions of love seems to be all the rage these days.
KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE v28 could very well splinter in a dozen different directions with how comically obsessive many of its secondary and tertiary characters are. But a short episode that focuses on how the older characters claw their way through adulthood produces amusing theater. These love-starved women? They eventually break down, admit their inadequacy, and comfort one another, because life is hard enough as it is, why not support each other along the way?
Speaking of critical support, the convo-sensitive exploits of Taketoshi Wakai again come into focus when the soccer team propels the young man into the spotlight. Wakai is even-tempered, gentle, and is keen to respect his peers when times get tough. Readers who conceive the young man is a less socially adaptable version of Tadano aren't too far off the mark. All of which is crucial to further eyeing Wakai's burgeoning relationship with Manbagi. The two are mismatched oddities, but they bond over their eagerness for the soccer team to win despite the long odds. Now, Manbagi isn't familiar with soccer, at all, but it's just as well that she cheers and shouts as loud as the next person in the bleachers. And Wakai, despite being on the verge of passing out from all of the stress, feels increasingly comfortable with the gyaru, because her confidence is contagious.
And in the end, Komi's awkward family dynamics win the day. KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE v28 concludes with a study date between Tadano and Komi, which shifts and morphs like an amoeba until, as expected, the Komi family pressures the two kids to get a bit closer to one another. The fact that everyone is blushing for the majority of their interactions is a blatant giveaway, but Komi's mother's not-so-subtle lust for gossip to "reawaken [her] youth" pretty much says it all. Alas, retelling of confessions of love seems to be all the rage these days.
July 24, 2024
A mixed bag of the usual comedy fare. Fun but little repetitive... Standouts include Tadano's unexpected bonding session with Komi's Dad in a sauna. And a kiss! (gasp!) Of life. The poor dude 'fainted' and Tadano was forced to 'revive' him. At least Komi and her brother saw the funny side of that!
Another Summer outfit competition at school (with a bigger budget) and the return of the Library Smackdown.
A bunch of Komi's stalkers bonding over their desperation to be her friend and their mutual fear of Yandere Girl (the OG stalker).
The continuing unlikely romance of Diva Boi and Sweaty Girl, the possible developing feelings between Manbagi and Footballer Dude and of course, our main couple.
Gotta admit, that whole awkward young love between Komi and Tadano never gets old. They are soooo dorky and wholesome. Even their attempts to hug each other is funny but sweet.
It's clear Tadano has won over Komi's parents, even if they're both well intentioned super extra menaces! Would be interesting to see how a meeting between Tadano and the seriously traditional Grandmother would go...
Overall, I'm still enjoying this manga but I can't help feeling we've peaked and are now just treading water. Still, the cliffhanger about the school possibly being in danger of closing if they don't win a competition might be promising...
Another Summer outfit competition at school (with a bigger budget) and the return of the Library Smackdown.
A bunch of Komi's stalkers bonding over their desperation to be her friend and their mutual fear of Yandere Girl (the OG stalker).
The continuing unlikely romance of Diva Boi and Sweaty Girl, the possible developing feelings between Manbagi and Footballer Dude and of course, our main couple.
Gotta admit, that whole awkward young love between Komi and Tadano never gets old. They are soooo dorky and wholesome. Even their attempts to hug each other is funny but sweet.
It's clear Tadano has won over Komi's parents, even if they're both well intentioned super extra menaces! Would be interesting to see how a meeting between Tadano and the seriously traditional Grandmother would go...
Overall, I'm still enjoying this manga but I can't help feeling we've peaked and are now just treading water. Still, the cliffhanger about the school possibly being in danger of closing if they don't win a competition might be promising...
July 12, 2024
3.5 Stars*
I picked this up as part of my continuation of this series.
"Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 28" continues to follow Komi and her blossoming friendships during her final year of high school. In this volume, Komi's father wants to get to know Tadano better, so he invites Tadano to the sauna. In his overheated and nervous state, Tadano asks Komi's father how you kiss a girl, which is definitely a strange discussion to be having with your girlfriend's father.
This volume was quite comical because Tadano was forced into a humorous situation with his girlfriend's dad. Both men seem to be good sports, and at the end of the day they both just want Komi to be happy. I did enjoy the small tasks that Komi's father tried to put on Tadano to see if he was good enough to date his daughter. This all felt very sitcom-esque, and I loved it.
I am also really enjoying watching Komi and Tadano slowly, and awkwardly, grow their relationship. They both clearly really love and care for the other, but neither feels confident enough to make the first move.
I am intrigued to continue this series and see if Komi can hit her goal of 100 friends!
I picked this up as part of my continuation of this series.
"Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 28" continues to follow Komi and her blossoming friendships during her final year of high school. In this volume, Komi's father wants to get to know Tadano better, so he invites Tadano to the sauna. In his overheated and nervous state, Tadano asks Komi's father how you kiss a girl, which is definitely a strange discussion to be having with your girlfriend's father.
This volume was quite comical because Tadano was forced into a humorous situation with his girlfriend's dad. Both men seem to be good sports, and at the end of the day they both just want Komi to be happy. I did enjoy the small tasks that Komi's father tried to put on Tadano to see if he was good enough to date his daughter. This all felt very sitcom-esque, and I loved it.
I am also really enjoying watching Komi and Tadano slowly, and awkwardly, grow their relationship. They both clearly really love and care for the other, but neither feels confident enough to make the first move.
I am intrigued to continue this series and see if Komi can hit her goal of 100 friends!
September 30, 2024
How can I quit a series that lost its steam for me a long time ago? Well, I just ordered three volumes, not having read anything from the series in a while. And some of the same strengths and weaknesses remain: Weak: The constant parade of new characters is unwise; Okay: the progression to a first kiss by the socially anxious couple is either still cute or infuriating depending on how patient you are (over 28 volumes??!). Yet I remain amused, having been socially awkward myself as a teen and having similar kids. Tadaano does ask for a hug, so there's that!
The opening sequence is cringingly embarrassingly funny, though, with Komi's Da asking Tadano, his daughter's boyr frined, after all, to go to the sauna with him, so he can tell about his firts kiss so they can be embarrassed to see each other naked in the shower. Then Tadano asks Komi's Dad how to kiss a girl. . . . yikes.
Anyway, the whole sauna sequence works well as fresh cringe joke. The rest is a series of challenges or battles, all forgettable. Cute dress-up contests, eh.
But you see I gave it four stars, up from 3.5 cuz I actually smiled a bit here and there.
The opening sequence is cringingly embarrassingly funny, though, with Komi's Da asking Tadano, his daughter's boyr frined, after all, to go to the sauna with him, so he can tell about his firts kiss so they can be embarrassed to see each other naked in the shower. Then Tadano asks Komi's Dad how to kiss a girl. . . . yikes.
Anyway, the whole sauna sequence works well as fresh cringe joke. The rest is a series of challenges or battles, all forgettable. Cute dress-up contests, eh.
But you see I gave it four stars, up from 3.5 cuz I actually smiled a bit here and there.
August 9, 2024
- jdbsjdsbjbds tadano and komi's dad
- random pan to random women in their 20s lying about having bfs is very weirdly placed but for some reason i was feeling extremely called out by it
- didn't really care for the silence in the library gag this time it was just kind of boring because too much set up and not enough pay off
- wakai finally realises that manbagi is not katai's gf?
- also tadano lowkey losing his mind about kissing is just so funny
- komi can't concentrate
- tadano formally meeting komi's family is so funny and adorable
- komi's mum needs to CHILLL
- tadano kissing komi's dad and confessing to her mom 💀💀
- also the way they been drawing tadano recently i have really liked! and his outfits are also really nice too
- the hug aweee
- najimi pointing out that tadano is not placed at average threw me off guard
- random pan to random women in their 20s lying about having bfs is very weirdly placed but for some reason i was feeling extremely called out by it
- didn't really care for the silence in the library gag this time it was just kind of boring because too much set up and not enough pay off
- wakai finally realises that manbagi is not katai's gf?
- also tadano lowkey losing his mind about kissing is just so funny
- komi can't concentrate
- tadano formally meeting komi's family is so funny and adorable
- komi's mum needs to CHILLL
- tadano kissing komi's dad and confessing to her mom 💀💀
- also the way they been drawing tadano recently i have really liked! and his outfits are also really nice too
- the hug aweee
- najimi pointing out that tadano is not placed at average threw me off guard
February 11, 2024
The best stories in this volume sandwich a lot of repetitive stories in between. The overall quality of most of the chapters leave something to be desired. However, the good ones in this volume is enough to carry the rating to 4 stars because it is that funny and sweet. I want more Tadano and Komi quality time, but the author really likes to use extenders in between.
In this volume, the best chapters are where Tadano works the rizz on Komi's parents, and it's super effective. Tadano deepens his bond with Komi's father, and Komi's mom asks him to recreate his confession to Komi.
In this volume, the best chapters are where Tadano works the rizz on Komi's parents, and it's super effective. Tadano deepens his bond with Komi's father, and Komi's mom asks him to recreate his confession to Komi.
January 29, 2024
Komi and Tadano continue to have their relationship develop. In this volume Tadano becomes more and more like a family member and less like the boyfriend of Komi. Tadano and Komi's father take a trip to a sauna. The kids do their usual things at school and a number of misunderstandings continue to occur. A solid enjoyable volume with the cast all acting exactly how you would expect which is wildly entertaining. Another page turner that will have you impatiently waiting for volume 29!
February 3, 2024
There's lots of fun stuff with Komi's parents this time, crammed in between the parade of students and their several contests at school. Is this series turning into a battle manga? So many showdowns!
I think this series just wants to be Archie Comics at this point but doesn't understand that 90 percent of Archie stories are about a core cast of five surrounded by a dozen or so regulars with the larger universe of characters only dropping in occasionally -- not 50+ characters in every issue!
I think this series just wants to be Archie Comics at this point but doesn't understand that 90 percent of Archie stories are about a core cast of five surrounded by a dozen or so regulars with the larger universe of characters only dropping in occasionally -- not 50+ characters in every issue!
April 20, 2024
Thought this one was pretty funny. I like the three new characters. I don't totally get Kyono Koto's joke, and really wished this series had a character chart explaining what each one's thing is. There's a whole chapter dedicated to side characters that show up once in previous stories, pretty bonkers world building.
I really like Wakai and Manbagi's story. Komi's parents are hilarious as always
I really like Wakai and Manbagi's story. Komi's parents are hilarious as always
April 27, 2024
"YOU CONFESSED TO MY MOM AND KISSED MY DAD."
Well, first of all, if you have Komi's mother supporting you, you will certainly get anything.
The first chapter was so HILARIOUS. Laughed way too much on that. The last few chapters were great. Komi and Tadano's relationship is slowly but surely progressing well.
The other chapters were, for the most part, forgettable. There is too much filler stuff. NEXT UP THE COMPETITION BABY!
8/10
Well, first of all, if you have Komi's mother supporting you, you will certainly get anything.
The first chapter was so HILARIOUS. Laughed way too much on that. The last few chapters were great. Komi and Tadano's relationship is slowly but surely progressing well.
The other chapters were, for the most part, forgettable. There is too much filler stuff. NEXT UP THE COMPETITION BABY!
8/10
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