I look forward to every time these pop into my mailbox and I get to read another volume and then talk about how much I enjoyed my time with it to anyone who will listen. Then I pre-ordered the next however many I could and it's now considered a beloved series for me. I love Komi! These mangas were a gift from my husband at Christmas time (the first three anyway) I started reading them pretty much right away and I fell in love. Mental health for the win in Komi Can’t Communicate vol 4. Moments like these where she learns something about herself or makes progress, or even just tries makes my heart swell for her. but I totally cheered to see Komi rise up again after being tripped up. I wasn’t a fan of some of the sports festival. They need to stand out so I can keep track of them. The other new character was rather forgettable. The chapter where she follows Komi to Subway was hilarious. I really liked the new girl from the country who saw Komi as super sophisticated. While I enjoy the long chapters, having shorter chapters is also nice, especially with new characters and fringe characters.
I noticed the chapters in vol 4 got longer. But it is progressing! My most favorite character beyond Komi is Tadano, so I love these moments between them. Tadano and Komi’s relationship has some ups (gift exchange!) and downs (too embarrassed to speak more intimately). Now he'll become her first friend in her quest to make 100 friends. ever! When she reaches out to him on the first day of class he quickly realizes it's awkwardness holding her back. Only timid Tadano seems to notice that she doesn't talk.
As this is only the first chapter with Nokoko, I'm hoping we will get some depth in later volumes.Komi is super popular despite her aloof reputation.
Oda-san is leaning on the stereotype that country-bumpkins are simple and easily impressed. As someone from a rural area of California, not all farm working folk have Southern accents. Nokoko would probably be speaking in a Japanese dialect that signified she was from outside Tokyo, but when it's translated into English, we get the Southern drawl to indicate she is a "country bumpkin". The jury is still out on Nokoko, our new "friend" for this volume. Unlike volume three, this book also broke away from the four-panels-per-page layout, which I also appreciate. I appreciated the break-up in the short-chapter format that has been the staple for the last two volumes. This volume had a few short chapters at the beginning and the end, bookending some longer chapters in the middle on the Sports Festival. Najimi dismisses the comments and assures her that this is who they are now. Tadano's sister serves as this volume's reminder that Najimi is nonbinary by making comments about the before time when Najimi was a boy.
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