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Komi-san will start his final arc this month

A leak from Japanese leaker Ryokutya reported that the manga written and illustrated by Tomohito Oda“Komi-san wa, Komyushou Desu (Komi can't communicate)”, will enter your last story arc in the editorial of the next July 31st of the magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday. The information will be officially confirmed when the next chapter is published.

According to the leak, this last arc will be titled “Training Camp Arc“, although the translation of the Japanese term “合宿 (Gasshuku)” refers rather to the practice of taking a special course or staying somewhere to study (in this case, probably for college entrance exams).

For its part, Tomohito Oda The manga began publication in May 2016 through the magazine Weekly Shonen Sunday from the publisher Shogakukan. An anime adaptation by the studios OLM So far, it has a total of twenty-four episodes, with two seasons released in Fall 2021 (October to December) and Spring-2022 (April-June).

Contrary to popular belief, this manga was never classified by its publisher as a romantic comedy, but rather as a school comedy. The romance between Shouko Komi and Tadano Hitohito is not really the main theme of the work, but rather Komi's own improvement in her search for a hundred friends.

Synopsis of Komi-san wa, Komyushou desu

It’s Shouko Komi’s first day at the prestigious Itan Private High School, and she’s already become the school’s Madonna. With her long black hair and tall, elegant appearance, she catches the eye of everyone she passes by. However, there’s one problem: despite her popularity, Shouko is terrible at communicating with others. Hitohito Tadano is your typical high school boy. With his life motto of “read the situation and stay out of trouble,” he quickly discovers that sitting next to Shouko has made him the enemy of everyone in his class.

One day, having accidentally passed out, Hitohito wakes up to the sound of Shouko's "meow." He lies that he didn't hear anything, causing Shouko to run away. But before she can escape, Hitohito surmises that Shouko is not able to talk easily to others; in fact, he has never managed to make a single friend. Hitohito decides to help Shouko in her goal of making one hundred friends so that she can overcome her communication disorder.

Source: Ryokutya