KEY POINTS

  • Tadano has no choice but to seek help from a childhood friend
  • Komi still can’t talk to anyone
  • Fans can watch "Komi Can't Communicate" from Oct. 21 on Netflix

Komi cannot talk. She is weak at verbally communicating with others, but she opens up to Tadano, her classmate, who understands her.

When he asks her about her dream, Komi reveals she wants to make 100 friends. He tells her he is her friend and vows to help her get 99 more.

The official synopsis of "Komi Can't Communicate" Episode 2 reveals Tadano turning to his childhood friend Osana Najimi who can talk to anyone.

In Episode 1 of "Komi Can't Communicate," the students of Itan Private High School were mesmerized to see Komi.

In the locker area, she bumped into Tadano, who was introduced as a cowardly kid. Tadano’s goal was to pass the high school without standing out.

Like his schoolmates, he was awestruck when he saw Komi run past her.

Later, Tadano, who wanted a peaceful high school life, realized Komi will be sitting with him in the class.

On the first day of school, Komi rose to the status of school’s Madonna. He was happy to share the desk with the prettiest girl in school. However, he noticed glances filled with envy from his classmates.

He was paranoid and wondered if they wished death upon him just to grab his seat and sit next to Komi.

He realized he can forget the whole peaceful high-school life. During all this, Komi didn’t utter a word and Tadano understood she was not good at communicating with others.

However, Komi and Tadano developed a bond over chalk and the blackboard and found a way to talk to each other. And that day, she found her first friend in him.

The cast "Komi Can't Communicate" anime includes Aoi Koga as Shoko Komi, Gakuto Kajiwara as Hitohito Tadano, Rie Murakawa as Najimi Osana, Noriko Hidaka as narrator, Yurika Moriyama as Kaede Otori, Yukiyo Fujii as Himiko Agari, Yuga Sato as Taisei Sonoda, Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Akako Onigashima, Ruriko Aoki as Nene Onemine, Rumi Okubo as Omoharu Nakanaka, Rina Hidaka as Ren Yamai, Mitsuaki Hoshino as Masayoshi Komi, Megumi Han as Nokoko Inaka, Maaya Uchida as Tadano Hitomi, Kikuko Inoue as Shūko Komi, Kensho Ono as Mono Shinobimono, Kenji Akabane as Shigeo Chiarai, Junya Enoki as Shousuke Komi and Ami Maeshima as Makeru Yadano.

Viewers in Japan can watch "Komi Can't Communicate" Episode 2 on Netflix Japan and TV Tokyo on Thursday. Fans outside Japan will be able to watch the episodes from Oct. 21 on Netflix.

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