In case you’re not watching Komi-san Can’t Communicate this season, allow me to briefly set the stage. Komi is a girl with a severe communication disorder resulting from her high social anxiety. She is unable to have even the most basic of conversations, even with those close to her. I’m talking she can’t even order food for herself at a restaurant as that would require speaking with the waiter. After making a friend she is able to get a few words out every now and then, but nothing close to full sentences so far. There is a light in the tunnel though. Well, three lights. For one her written communication skills are fine and she is able to pass notes back and forth in order to express her thoughts no problem. This also applies to texting. Secondly, she has shown signs of being able to talk more over the phone, approaching entire sentence territory. Good stuff. That means ya’ll might be able to play games over Discord or something before too long. Lastly, she’s cute as fuck. And depending on which artist is depicting her, hot as fuck. So the question is, are you down to start a relationship?

As I am a supreme giga Chad alpha, I’m going to say “probably not”. Basically I know there’s no way I can deal with this long term. Komi would require a huge amount of assistance to complete daily chores like going to the store or ordering food. I mean sure a lot of it can be done online these days, but still. Most jobs require you to at least talk to SOMEBODY whether that be a co worker, manager, or customer. Plus I mean even though she can say a few words here and there, she won’t exactly be havning those late night 3 A.M. conversations with you. Or any conversations without writing them down for that matter. That’s simply not an engaging partner. And don’t even get me started on how she’d probably sit there quiet as hell during sex with little to no feedback. So assuming that this Komi is the one I could date and there’s no hope for progress, probably not.

Thank god for phones, or else you'd be reliant on snail mail to talk to this girl.

HOWEVER, a lack of progress entirely is not realistic. Komi is showing small growth over the course of the series, implying that she may be able to conquer or at least manage her social anxiety over time through practice. If it’s a set time ordeal, such as “Komi will be anxious for the first two years of dating, but will be guaranteed to improve after that” then it’s a no brainer YES from me. Hell, two years is nothing these days. That’s not realistic either though. Let’s say Komi was as she is now, but slowly improving similar to the anime. At that point I definitely could be her friend with the possibility of more down the line. I don’t want to try and date her immediately because if she stops trying to grow one day and ends up being socially inept forever, I’m fucked and will want to break up. On the other hand, if I’m a good friend I can establish a decent foundation to the relationship, and once she’s more capable of handling her anxiety and talking to people on a basic level so she can accomplish more tasks on her own (I’m not expecting her to turn into an extrovert attending parties everyday), then I’d certainly be down at that point. I’m no party animal either after all. Alternatively, if she doesn’t improve we are merely friends at that point so the feelings shouldn’t be too hard.

Oof don't write heartwarming shit like that though, it clouds my judgement.

So that’s my take. Current Komi? Fuck no. Komi with the potential for growth? Stay friends until I see that growth coming to fruition, and then if she’s interested for sure. Are you watching Komi-san Can’t Communicate? Would you be willing to date her? Be like Komi and write down your thoughts in the comments below!