If you’re watching any anime from fall 2021, then you’ve likely heard of komi-san can't
communicate.
Komi-san is one of the most popular modern SOL romcoms, accumulating a huge fanbase before
the anime was even announced.
Now, Komi has finally received an anime adaption by studio OLM, and I believe it’s fair to
say its popularity has skyrocketed tenfold despite the netflix jail issue.
So, what better way to celebrate the anime than doing a deep dive into the forbidden
lore of Komi-san can’t communicate!
Or in other words; a bunch of useless fun facts you’ll forget in a week!
Peak layer
Tadano x Komi – Tadano & Komi are the main ship in the series.
Though despite how obvious the author makes it; a large ensemble of fans still deny the
ship, and contest with other ships, such as...
Manbagi X Tadano –Manbagi is the love rival of Komi, who likes Tadano as well.
However, the relationship is apparently 100% one sided on Manbagis end.
Regardless, it’s still one of the most popular ships in the fanbase shippers love to cope.
Najimi has blue hair – Before Naijimis hair color was confirmed to be purple.
The fans bickered over their hair color; some saying blond, others silver, but blue was
most commonly believed.
Swearing in early chapters – In the beginning, it was common to notice random swearing.
However, some believe that’s a result from translator taking creative liberties.
JJBA – There are a plethora of jojo references hidden throughout the story, resulting in
a meme crossover between the fandoms.
One Shot – Before the manga was serialized, there was the one-shot A.K.A chapter zero.
In the one shot, Komi might as well be a different character form the manga.
Komi speaks plenty of times and is known for rambling non-stop.
She still has a communication disorder, but she’s far more confident than her manga
counterpart.
Tadano Shigeo – Tadano Shigeo is the MC of the one shot and the draft of Tadano Hitohito.
However, fans love to shitpost that Komi killed Shigeo by running over him.
Art Style change – Originally Komi-san had a very detailed style, but as the manga dragged
on.
The characters become cartoonish blobs of their former selves.
Komi-san anime – Komi-San has been adapted by studio OLM (the company known for the pokemon
anime series), but unfortunately is in netflix jail unless you sail the high seas.
The middle Layer
Manbagi x kometani – These two characters have a fun dynamic that fans love; Manbagi
is the hype fun girl & Kometani is the chill deadpan boy.
Which led to a new ship being born.
Shipping logic 101 folks
PUBG – Komi playing pubg fan art has accumulated a lot of popularity, birthing one of the many
komi-san memes.
Cat ears are real – Fans have speculated why Komi can naturally grow cat ears.
Even leading to serious theories on the science of her cat ears, despite it clearly being
an ongoing gag.
Katai x Tadano – Fans speculate that Katai is in love with tadano because of his flirtatious
demeanor around him.
Thus, resulting in the most popular gay ship in komi-san.
Character popularity poll – Despite Tadano ranking top 2 in popularity, he was still
shafted to the corner, while less popular waifus were given the spotlight.
Naijimi’s Gender – Naijimi’s gender has been an everlasting discussion in the
fandom, growing even larger with the animes release.
However, Naijmi is simply Naijimi as stated by the author.
THE BOTTOM LAYER
Same birthday as Jesus – Komi was born on December 25th, which is commonly believed
to be jesus birthday.
However, that’s actually widespread misinformation as Jesus was not born on Christmas.
Nevertheless, just another reason fans praise Komi as their god.
Justice Bieber – Naruse is a fan of western music, and is seen listening to “justice
bieber” in his introduction.
Obviously, justice is a play-off of justin bieber.
Never lewd Komi – Arguably the most popular komi-san meme is “never lewd komi.”
People cherish Komi as a pure goddess, so they heavily discourage people to not lewd
her.
However, we all know that secretly they’re the ones lewding Komi themselves.
Agari will return – The author has a serious problem with neglecting characters screentime.
As expected by any series with a large cast.
Agari suffers from this the most, as she gets forgotten most often and the longest.
So, “agari will return” became a meme.
Tadano is gay – There are multiple gay ships in komi-san, with Tadano x Katai & Tadano
x Naijimi being the most common.
Every characters name has a meaning – Every character's name is word play.
For example, Komi -> Komyu; short for communication & Komyushou = communication disorder
La La land – Komi-san references the film la la land in the manga.
Hand cream in sleepover study – Tadano gifted Komi handcream in chapter 128 and the same
exact cream was seen in her room on chapter 257.
The author has a knack for attention to detail.
Tadano Kun-chan – Tadano Kun-chan is the crossdressing alter-ego of Tadano.
Which of course became a popular meme with fans lewding over him.
The Sunken Place
Komitani is God – It's a popular theory/meme that Komitani is God because he breaks the
4th well numerous times, predicts the future, and comments on events like a viewer.
Chapter 287 leaked the ending – It's a meme that ch 287 leaked the true pairings of the
characters.
Sleepy princess crossover – Komi appears in chapter 52.2 of sleeping princess.
Komi x Manbagi – Komi slept in the same bed with Manbagi, thus birthing a new ship.
Shipping logic 101 folks.
Viz – Fansubs vs viz translations are a contentious debated in the fanbase.
Though the general consensus is that fansubs are superior because viz doesn't translate
cultural jokes and wordplay.
Otori and Onemine’s vague relationship – These two have a very close relationship.
So much that n fans have started shipping them.
Despite them possibly being just friends.
Shipping logic 101
Naijimi has an identity crisis – Naijimi is known to change their gender depending
on who they’re talking to.
So, fans believe Naijimi has an identity crisis.
Naijimi is an orphan – It's a popular theory that Naijimi is adopted, because every other
character's family has been shown, while naijimis hasn’t.
Also, because Naijimi is always going on trips with Tadanos family.
Shosuke is Akira – It's a popular meme that Shosuke is akira from persona 5 because of
their similar appearance.
The Abyss
Katai x Komi – One of the forbidden ships in the Komi-san community.
Some fans enjoy the idea of Tadano getting cucked by Katai.
Hitobocchi is Komi’s daughter – Hitoribocchi has a very similar premise as komi-san.
Both are about a shy girl who wants to make a lot of friends at school.
So, it became a meme that hitobocchi is Komi and Tadano child.
Yamai was killed – In chapter 197, Komi pressed her crotch against Yamai’s face.
Resulting in the yandere passing out from a nosebleed & the character stating “she’s
dead”.
Though since Yamai barely appears in the story, fans joked around that she actually died because
Yamai is the most detested character.
Naijimi chaos entity – It's a popular meme that Naijimi is a chaos god that travels the
multiverse, because of their nature to break the 4th wall and do crazy shit.
Kometani is from the future – It's a popular theory that Kometani is the child of Tadano
and Kome from the future.
Considering Kometani has the ability to comment on events from a viewer's perspective and
predict the future accurately.
Also, he has a similar appearance to both komi and Tadano.
Komi San movie – The Komi-san official anime website has a movie section which is completely
blank.
Fans speculate that a movie might be announced as a sequel to the anime.
This has become standard for anime sequels now of days, so it wouldn’t be surprising.
Kometani has a minecraft skin – Kometani of all characters has a minecraft skin.
Komi herself has one as well.
That’s all for the komi-san iceberg chart folks.
If I left off any interesting facts, let me know in the comments.
Also, what other anime do you want me to do a iceberg explained video on?
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