"Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu." is a series serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday that will be adapted into an anime in October 2021. It has also recently been announced that it will be adapted into a live-action drama, making it a much talked about work. The story follows Komi-san, an incredibly beautiful girl who is surprisingly bad at communicating, and Tadano-kun, an ordinary male student who happens to find out about this fact. They go through school life aiming to make 100 friends, and Komi-san's cuteness will make you laugh and feel comforted. In this article, we would like to introduce the first appearance episodes of the unique characters that appear in "Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu."!
First appearance EP 1 Komi Shoko & Tadano Hitoshi Community 1 (They are normal people.)
Tadano Hitoshi, a first-year student at Itan High School, is determined to spend his high school life without causing any trouble due to his dark past in middle school. Meanwhile, he meets a beauty he has never seen before at the shoe locker. The beauty's name is Komi Shoko. She is a freshman like Tadano, but for some reason she silently pressures Tadano and leaves the place. Tadano thinks she has done something wrong, but Komi-san was not silently pressuring him, she was just fatally bad at communication!
What kind of character is Komi-san?
The protagonist of this work. A perfect character with tall stature, beautiful eyes, excellent grades, and academic and athletic excellence. However, because she is silent and gives off an aura that keeps people away, she is seen as a flower beyond reach by those around her. However, the reality is that she is just a socially awkward person who is overwhelmingly bad at communication, and she has no desire to intimidate or treat others rudely, and she actually wants to have friends. After Tadano-kun finds out that she is a socially awkward person, she sets a goal of making 100 friends together. She begins to like Tadano-kun, who is a good friend to her, but she didn't realize her feelings until the school trip.
What kind of character is Tadano-kun?
In middle school, she tried to stand out and look like a loser, which became a dark history, so in high school she tries to live her life without causing any trouble. However, after meeting Komi-san, sitting next to her, and realizing that Komi-san has social anxiety, her school life becomes full of trouble. Her grades, sports, and everything else are mediocre. But she is also a versatile type who can do everything mediocre. Because he knows what the people in his community are thinking, he is well-liked by Komi-san and other socially awkward people.
First appearance EP Part 2 Nagana Najimi Community 9 (Childhood friends.)
To fulfill Komi-san's wish to make friends, Tadano-kun calls out to a certain student. That student is his childhood friend, Nagana Najimi. Najimi has incredible communication skills, and it's rare to not know her. Najimi doesn't want to call out to Tadano-kun because she knows his dark past, but she has no choice. However, the answer is surprisingly impossible! Najimi is the only one who doesn't like Komi-san.
What kind of character is Nagana Najimi?
Tadano-kun's childhood friend. And at the same time, he's also a childhood friend of all the students in the school. A childhood friend character with incredible communication skills who can get along with anyone. Gender unknown, prone to lying, high-tension, hedonistic, carefree personality without thinking of the consequences, but the only person he doesn't like is Komi-san. The reason is that even with the power of her?, he couldn't become friends with Komi-san. After the misunderstanding is cleared up, he becomes Komi-san's second friend.
First appearance EP 3 Kamisato Himiko Community 14 (She's stage frightened)
Kamisato Himiko, a stage frightened girl, was watched by her classmate Komi. Komi was someone she admired, but the servile Kamisato had no idea why she was being followed. In fact, she had been introduced to people who were similar in nature to Komi and who might be able to become friends. The one she was chosen was Kamisato. However, when the time came, she got nervous and became like a stalker. By chance and the blessing of injury, Kamisato was able to overcome her stage fright a little, and was grateful to Komi. Although they could not become friends, Kamisato became Komi's dog. In fact, she made a brief appearance in Commu 2 (episode 2).
What kind of character is Kamisato Himiko?
A female student with big breasts and glasses. She is extremely stage frightened and has no confidence in herself. She adores Komi, and is hesitant to become friends with her, but in the end, she settles into the position of Komi's dog. He is a foodie and his hobbies are eating out and posting reviews on review sites. He is actually a charismatic reviewer with great influence.
First appearance EP 4: Yatano Makeru Community 20 (Physical examination)
There was a person who unilaterally viewed Komi-san, the Madonna and God of the class, as a rival. That was the competitive Yatano Makeru. Yatano, who hates to lose, tried to compete with Komi-san in the physical examination section, making funny faces, but in the end he decided it was a draw and retreated.
What kind of character is Yatano Makeru?
A girl who hates to lose. She competes with Komi-san, who is treated like a god in her class, but she usually loses. Her facial expressions are her specialty. In fact, there is a fan club that loves to see Yadano-san lose.
First appearance EP 5 Yamai Ren Community 23 (It's love.)
Yamai Ren, a completely ordinary high school girl, has an extraordinary obsession with Komi-san...or rather, admiration for her. In order to become friends with Komi-san, she starts by eliminating Tadano-kun, who is the most in the way, and tries to get closer to Komi-san. However, she is hindered by Kamisato-san and Najimi, which increases the darkness in her heart, and she confronts Najimi and questions her relationship with Komi-san. And her love eventually enters a dangerous zone. Yamai-san pretends to be a normal girl, but she is a sick character with stronger love and obsession than anyone else.
What kind of character is Yamai Koi?
She is a member of a cool girls' group. She is the central figure of the group, but her love and obsession with Komi-san is so strong that she directs malice at everything that comes near Komi-san, and even shows extreme behavior such as confining Tadano-kun, who is the most disturbing person, in her room. She is a yandere character with a sickly strong love. However, she is a caring girl as long as Komi-san is not involved.
First appearance EP ⑥ Naka Naka Seishun Commu 31 (Blood Contract)
Naka Naka Seishun (real name Malsot Les Primavera), who wears an eyepatch on his left eye, tries to make a blood contract with Komi-san because of his admiration for her. Komi-san doesn't understand what he's saying, but the point is that he wants to be friends. Tadano-kun was a chuunibyou in middle school, so he was secretly damaged. Naka Naka-san couldn't make friends because of his personality, and was isolated after receiving an instant-death technique during gym class, but by pairing up with Komi-san, they were able to make a blood contract.
What kind of character is Nakanaka Seishun?
A girl with chuunibyou syndrome. Her hobbies are watching anime and playing games, and she wears bandages and an eyepatch. She has social anxiety in a different way to Komi-san, and because of her behavior and speech, she tends to be isolated. That's how she became friends with Komi-san. In fact, she's very popular with boys.
First appearance EP ⑦ Inaka no Koko Community 51 (She's a country girl.)
Inaka no Koko, who comes from the countryside, was worried that she would be found out to be a country girl. If she was found out to be a country girl, she would be persecuted. She hasn't been found out yet (or so she thinks), but she was worried. Inaka thinks that Komi, who is called God in class, is a cool girl who is trendy and on the cutting edge of fashion, so she follows Komi to a trendy sandwich shop so that she can get a little closer to God. Komi-san had a terrible relationship with the Sawai system and was a mess, but she misunderstood that messiness as being city-like.
What kind of character is Inaka no Koko?
A girl from the countryside. Although she hides the fact that she is from the countryside, she has a country accent and is unaware that everyone knows her. She believes that if people find out that she is a country girl, they will kill her, so she has a great admiration for city girls. She thinks that Komi-san is a cool city girl.
First appearance EP 8 Onemine Nene Community 58 (I feel a bit distressed.)
As the school festival approaches, Tadano-kun, who is easy to use, is being pushed to do work by various people. Onemine Nene, who is a big sister type, sees this and helps him with the work. Onemine-san is a reliable big sister and can't stand to see Tadano-kun being overworked. Onemine-san is concerned about the relationship between Tadano-kun and Komi-san. From the outside, Komi-san seems unfriendly and overbearing. However, not only did she realize it was a misunderstanding, she also realized that Komi had feelings for Tadano, and when she told Komi that she would support Tadano, Komi turned red and ran off.
What kind of character is Onemine Nene?
She is an older sister character who cannot help but help people in trouble. She is concerned about and takes care of Tadano, who is forced to do work for everyone because of his ease of use, and Komi, who has social anxiety. She is a rare person with common sense in her class, and she understands the relationship between Komi and Tadano, and watches over them. She has many siblings.
First appearance EP 9 Otori Kaede Community 64 (Preparing for the school festival.)
The students of class 1-1 are busy preparing for the school festival, but Komi-san couldn't help even if she wanted to. Her classmates worship Komi-san as a god and don't let her do any work, so Otori Kaede, an executive committee member, suggests they go shopping together. In the end, the three of them, including Otori-san, go shopping together, but are pushed around by the laid-back Otori-san. However, Komi-san finds it easy to talk to Otori-san, who is a laid-back and laid-back person, and asks him why he invited her. She answers that maybe it was because she was jealous of Tadano-kun and Najimi getting along well. And so, Komi-san has one more friend.
What kind of character is Otori Kaede?
She is easygoing and does things at her own pace. Her movements and speed are slow, so if you move at your usual pace, you will get separated from her. She is always smiling, but she also often shows signs of observing people.
First appearance EP 10: Shigeo Chiarai, Daisei Sonoda, Shono Oshino, Community 75 (This is a fantasy.)
Three mob boys in a popular group in class get excited about who they would date in class. Najimi, Kamisato-chan, Yamai-san, Nakana-chan, Inaka-chan, and Makeru-chan accelerate their fantasies, while Tadano-kun listens next to them. However, Komi-san is such a different dimension that I couldn't make an episode about her. However, Tadano-kun had already imagined it and was writhing in embarrassment.
What kind of characters are Chiarai Shigeo, Sonoda Daisei, and Oshino Shono?
These mob boys appeared frequently before this episode. Chiarai is a frivolous boy with brown hair. Sonoda has his hair slicked back, and Oshino is a ninja. They are often together with Yamai's group.
First appearance EP ⑪ Katai Makoto Community 76 (I'm a delinquent.)
Katai Makoto, a boy who was bedridden with a cold and found it difficult to go to school, has finally started going to school. After working out during the summer vacation and dyeing his hair so that people won't look down on him, Katai-kun has become a normal high school boy (or so he thinks) and enters the classroom, but he is wary of all his classmates, except for a few, because he is not a normal person no matter how you look at him. Katai-kun, who is a coward at heart and has social anxiety, is frightened by Komi-san, who looks at him without looking away even when he makes eye contact with her (she is just too scared to move). Komi-san was also scared of Katai-kun, but Tadano-kun, who understands what social anxiety is thinking, volunteers to show her around the school. Katai-kun begins to think of Tadano-kun as a friend, and for some reason, he begins to think of Komi-san as a communication master.
What kind of character is Katai Makoto?
After being bedridden with a cold and taking a long break, he found it difficult to go to school, so he worked out, dyed his hair, and went to school so that people wouldn't look down on him. As a result, everyone was scared of him because of his scary appearance. In reality, he is a timid person with social anxiety just like Komi-san. But he is strong.
【Komi-san is a social anxiety disorder.】Summary of spoilers for episodes where characters first appear
I've put together a list of episodes where characters from "Komi-san is a social anxiety disorder." first appear. In addition to this, more characters will appear as Komi-san and Tadano-kun move up to the second year, but at this point it's unclear how far the anime will go. The episodes in the second year may be the second season. It's not yet decided whether there will be a second season, but the live-action and anime versions are definitely going strong, so you can look forward to it!
