Rating (Out of 5): ~3.5-4
Publisher: Shonen Sunday (VIZ Media)
Release Date: October 2019
Volumes: 17+
Spoilers?: No.
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Goodreads Synopsis:
The journey to 100 friends begins with a single conversation.
Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi’s greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve. With the whole student body keeping its distance and Komi unable to utter a single word, friendship might be forever beyond her reach.
Summer is about to begin, and Komi would love to be able to spend the long, hot days of vacation hanging out with her new friends. But even though she’s made great strides in her personal quest, her communication issues are still strong enough to ruin her fun. Thankfully just thinking of her dear friend Tadano is enough to help her calm down!
Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi’s greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve. With the whole student body keeping its distance and Komi unable to utter a single word, friendship might be forever beyond her reach.
Summer is about to begin, and Komi would love to be able to spend the long, hot days of vacation hanging out with her new friends. But even though she’s made great strides in her personal quest, her communication issues are still strong enough to ruin her fun. Thankfully just thinking of her dear friend Tadano is enough to help her calm down!
Review:
If nothing else, Komi will always be a perfect example of how a truly
introverted person feels at all times. We see this as a big example
as the volume starts, and Komi
can't help but re-agonize over previous conversations and seem unable
to even send a text to her new friends, let alone say words when they
call her.
We follow Komi more closely in this volume. There's summer meet-ups,
a beach arc, and school tests. But we also follow Komi as she gets
ready for these things, as she debates on going on a swing set, and
when she visits family for Obon. There's even a really cute chapter
between her and her father as they silently communicate to go get shaved ice and we see that
he's very much where she gets it from.
There are still some crazy classmates, and we weren't introduced to
any new characters in this volume, but her list of friends is still
slowly growing, and her struggles are continuing as she slowly
overcomes them one step at a time.
A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!
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