#komi-san tadano

[mangarinspanels]

[unluckymeat]

[cimicherrychanga]

cringetober day 22: maid dress

they shouldda had tadano in the dress without the wig too tbh i think he wouldve looked rly cute

[ieatclocks]

ice cream

[kikyocaps]

[lunion]

If there's a bit of brilliance in Komi san and that I'll never be able to praise enough is how well the main theme of the story is well reflected on its characters and its progression.

Komi-san is a romance slice of life story and the main conflict revolves around the hardships of communication. As such, we have the titular character, Komi-san, whose main challenge is to overcome her anxiety and her communication disorder to live her life as she wishes. She makes friends along the way, but here's an interesting detail: Every other character in the story, apart from a single one, has the same main flaw.

They are so self absorbed by their own stories (be it their weird preferences, their life story, their hobbies or their idea of how things should be) that they cannot communicate with Komi-san and keep making wild presumptions. While they're still her friends, there's a limit to how well she can feel comfortable with them due to them just assuming things for her.

Meanwhile, Tadano is DEFINED by his ability to sense how others are feeling and he uses that ability to avoid problems and as the story starts, to help komi feel more comfortable with herself and improve herself.

He is, quite literally, the only character (aside from Komi's family) who doesn't incorrectly presumes things about her and instead lets her speak her mind and express herself, because instead of indulging in his own fantasies (like everyone else does), he actually tries to listen to her.

And it works!

No wonder she's already crushing on him as early as chapter 60.

He's also crushing on her, but some bad experiences led him to not being able to believe she'll find him interesting, which ends up helping Komi's arc for the following reason:

If they want to develop their relationship, Komi will have to stop relying on Tadano's capacity to guess her feelings and she'll have to express her feelings herself.

The story is about communication and while Tadano can help Komi surpass many hurdles, if she wants to bridge that gap between her and him, she'll have to overcome that herself in order to get across Tadano, who is constantly in soft denial about the possibility of being liked by Komi.

[candycornstudios]

Tengo una teoría que Komi = Pomni

I have a headcanon that Komi = pomni

[we-dont-talk-about-potato-nonono]

Komi Can’t Communicate 💜

[bakaiju]

And here's the Halloween OTP illustrations 2023!

Heathmael and Komidano dressed as each others.

[incorrect-komisan-quotes]

Tadano: ...you shouldn't be using a straw...

Najimi: Yeah Yeah I know, it's bad for the enviroment and stuff, yada yada...

Tadano: No, I mean... it's a weird way to eat spaghetti

[darkscorpiox]

Couldn’t find any GIF of Komi cheering for Tadano so I made one.

And an extra:

[mamanbou]

komi fans look at me

[kozzdraw]

Komi cat

[kikyocaps]

[thisaritree]

i still have yet to figure out what this page was supposed to be

[marisashinx]

And they spent the night, laughing in the rain…