Komi Can't Communicate, Vol. 5

Volume 5 of Komi Can't Communicate continues the adventures of Shoko Komi, a teenage girl with almost no social skills who wants to break out of her shell and eventually make 100 friends. This particular volume contains chapters 58 through 72. The story of this volume is mostly dominated by a school festival. Komi and her classmates must prepare and run their choice of a project for the festival. Volume 5 continues the success and enjoyable premise and characters of the first four volumes of this series. In fact, I would say that this is probably the best in the series so far. With the school festival used as part of a story arc over several chapters, we get a longer story than the more vignette-style of storytelling utilized so far. It is definitely enjoyable seeing the characters so far introduced take part in a longer story and working together, even if it means more comedy. Indeed, I found the writing in this volume to be quite hilarious, especially several instances where Najimi continues to demonstrate her over-excitability and near-total lack of self-awareness. As with previous volumes, a couple new characters are introduced who each have their own quirks and funny moments. I definitely found myself laughing out loud several times reading this. As with the previous volumes, the artwork continues to be top notch from the detailed backgrounds and the expressive characters. As the cover of this volume implies, part of the story involves characters dressing up as maids which offers many cute moments in addition to the humor. Overall, this is a fun volume and I found it to be a good continuation of the series so far. If you liked the story up to this point, you will like this volume.

great shape

This story is really growing on me. School festival time! More cross-dressing?!?! Tadano??? Wuhhhhhh??? As a wise man once said, "vedy, vedy intevesting!" Well why not? Everyone is having fun. But... is Komi... jealous because Tadano is spending a little time with another girl? And a cute one, at that? Hmmmmmm! Things are starting to fall into place. Art, great, love the style. Dialogue, very good. Very refreshing. Characters, believable, likeable, & relatable.

A very great read and addition to my collection

Gotta love komi, It's one of the most entertaining SoL manga that I read, I love the comedy, Characters, references and the overall vibe of the manga. The only thing that makes me not give it a 5 star review is the sheer lack of progress in the relationship of the main characters. Also, Great price, Fast shipping and excellent condition.

Son loves them

The series just keeps getting better as it keeps on going. I love seeing how Komi and Tadano build up their relationship, while the others also get closer to Komi in their own unique ways. This volume dealt primarily with the culture festival, which provided a lot of fun moments. Looking forward to the next volume!

We love the characters in this book series. The illustrations are wonderful and the stories keep us reading. They are also a great price.