Komi Can’t Communicate Season 2, Episode 1 Review “Winter Arrives”
The following contains spoilers for Episode 1 of Komi Can’t Communicate Season 2, “Winter Arrives,” now streaming on Netflix.
The highly anticipated second season of Komi Can't Communicate landed on Netflix on 27 April 2022. It is now winter at Itan Private High School, but the cold weather has not stopped Komi Shoko from her quest to acquire 100 friends! Tadano Hitihito and Najimi Osana remain loyally by her side, while a new, intimidating character is thrown into the mix. “Winter Arrives” is as entertaining as ever, as viewers watch Komi maneuver through the minefields of awkward social interactions.
It's the first day back after summer vacation, and there is a new addition to Komi's class of admirers. The tall, broad-shouldered, bleach-blonde boy goes by the name of Katai Makoto and, despite all appearances, he too struggles with social anxiety. Due to his Herculean physique, however, Katai gives off an exceptionally imperious aura, scaring the wits out of everyone he comes across. As with Komi, his classmates have assigned their own reasoning to Katai's silence, but unlike Komi, they did not give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Tadano displays his exceptional empathy skills and sees Katai for who he truly is — a nervous and anxious boy who feels cast out from the rest of the group. As it turns out, Katai is not a new student but, because of his overwhelming anxiety, he has been unable to work up enough courage to return to school for the past six months. Instead, he dedicated all of his energy to bulking up during the summer holidays, even bleaching his hair to complete the new look. Sadly, his efforts had the opposite effect, as the shy, sweet young man
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