TY - BOOK AU - Oda,Tomohito AU - Werry,John AU - Grandt,Eva TI - Komi can't communicate T2 - Shonen Sunday SN - 9781974707133 (paperback) U1 - 741.5/952 23 PY - 2019///] CY - San Francisco, CA PB - VIZ Media, LLC KW - Social phobia KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Bashfulness KW - Anxiety KW - High school students KW - Japan KW - Friendship KW - Translations into English KW - Young adult fiction KW - Graphic novels KW - lcgft KW - Coming-of-age comics KW - Comics (Graphic works) N1 - This book reads right-to-left, and back-to-front; Rated T, for Teen. Ages: 13+ N2 - Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komis 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 their distance and Komi unable to utter a single word, friendship might be forever beyond her reach. Its time for the national health exam at Itan High, and the excitement of eye exams and height measurements have fanned the flames of competition for plain jane Makeru Yadano. Shes determined to beat the class idol Komi in the health test, and Komis total obliviousness to their impassioned duel just feeds Makerus determination. As the epic battle heats up, how will Komi handle her first rival when shes barely made her first friends?! ER -