Kimi ni Todoke, Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. - Anime Recommendations

The premises are, without exaggeration, identical: Slice of Life shows about a high schooled-aged girl (with a hime-cut) who finds herself dealing with severe self-esteem and communication issues, to the point of affecting her overall reputation with her peers much to her dismay. Out comes a classmate, a boy who the girl quickly finds herself falling for, and who successfully identifies her problem. The boy becomes invested in helping her overcome her difficulties, and with his help, the main girl finds the resolve to become more outgoing little by little, making more friends, and eventually becoming romantically linked with her savior. Furthermore, both main girls are depicted having two separate "forms" - the "normal" one and the "comedy" one, which is usually a way of representing their overall mood. Since both shows are slice of life taking place in a school, both shows have multiple different plots throughout the series, and more than a handful of these plotlines are shared between the two - Arguably the most obvious one being the later introduction of a new girl who is interested in the main boy and acts as a rival to the main lead's interest (Though this rivalry is mostly one-sided from the start as the main boy only has eyes for the main girl). The difference lies in the execution: Komi-san takes the premise of Kimi ni Todoke and drives the absurdity up a notch. Kimi ni Todoke is an out-and-out romance show, steeped with comedic elements but still primarily focused around the romance between the two main leads. Komi-san is much more focused on comedy, with stretches of little-to-no romance (undertones aside), and featuring more ridiculous situations. There is a lot of drama in Kimi ni Todoke, sometimes involving love triangles, whereas there is relatively little drama in Komi-san, and most situations are treated with a stronger comedic focus. Sawako, while being shy, reserved, and misunderstood like Komi, is ultimately a fairly normal girl, but Komi deals with anxiety so crippling that she's mute for the vast majority of the show, even to her own family. Moreover, Sawako is misinterpreted as a creepy, loner girl, whereas Komi is seen as aloof due to her beauty, and most people believe themselves to be below her for it, with some classmates being infatuated with her. Meanwhile, their romantic partner slightly differs in the way they are depicted - Kazehaya is depicted as a popular, well-rounded student whom everyone likes, while Hitohito is emphasized as being as average as possible (His full name, Tadano Hitohito, is a play on the phrase "Tada no Hito", which literally translates into "just some dude"). Kazehaya's romantic interest in Sawako is apparent very quickly, whereas Tadano initially tries to act more as just a friend interested in helping (but his interest becomes obvious soon after). Overall, both shows are a play on the same premise and themes, with a shift in focus on the same set of tools. The romance between the two leads is the main course in Kimi ni Todoke with the protagonist's resolve to change and make friends being the secondary objective - In Komi-san, it's the opposite, with the main character's resolve being the main focus and the romance being the secondary goal. Due to these shifts in focus, the shows have a noticeable difference in tone, with Komi-san being more lighthearted and absurdist and Kimi ni Todoke being more sentimental and with a warmer vibe. The two shows can be seen as the other side of the same coin. read more

report Recommended by Vinum_Sabbathi

MC has difficulty in speaking, Slice of Life. Both female lead MCs have trouble trying to communicate (speak). Both meet a boy who goes on to helps them overcome the communication hurdle and help them make friends and make their High School life happier, but who also like the female MC.

report Recommended by Sid92

Both series are about a shy girl who meets a boy that helps her to make friends, and consequently the girl falls for the boy. Kimi ni Todoke is more focused in romance and drama, while Komi-san is focused on comedy. Also, both have lovely main characters and romances progresses very slowly.

report Recommended by 0gigabytes

Both are about girls who struggle to communicate with people but in different ways and also fall under the same slice of life/romance category. Komi struggles to communicate but really wants to talk to others while Sawako has no problem putting herself out there and getting left out but really wants to make friends

report Recommended by HoneyHoundz

Kimi ni Todoke is more of a drama and romance then Komi-san can't Communicate. But they both have a socially awkward female lead who charmes everyone around her!

report Recommended by Haarspook

Both feature an extremely lovable, misunderstood main female character making friends for the first time. Kimi ni Todoke dips more into drama at points while Komi-san is more consistently light-hearted, but many smiles are to be had in both

report Recommended by Ximosh

less severe case + romance if you prefer the opposite of this, try my little moster. you might like the assertive girl haha

report Recommended by rustmaynn

Both talk about an insecure girl approaching high school for the first time, and doing so they create lots of misunderstandings, giving their classmates a distorted image of them. The protagonists here suffer from social anxiety, which makes social interactions difficult and awkward. Fortunately both of them will have a gentle and kind classmate who will help them make friends, and could possibly become a love interest...

report Recommended by micsss

Both Komi and Sawako have very quiet personalities, with a close guy "friend" that can obviously be much more expressive than them. Not to mention their similar looks and other seemingly cute and shy traits, except Kimi ni Todoke grows to be a bit more expressive and romantic than Komi-san.

report Recommended by tisover9000

Both anime have same communication disorder and gives same vibe

report Recommended by Azuma_Kaito

both are about awkward girls not being able to talk properly but in one everyone loves her while in other everyone hates her

report Recommended by DarkGamerA

Both animes shares a shy girl with communication issues as main character. And both of them these girls are helped by a boy to overcome her problem and begin enjoying her school life. At some point love will start growing between them and.. etc. Komi san is a romance centered shounen with lots of comedy and Kimi ni Todoke it's a romance centered shoujo (saying that sounds kinda redundant).

report Recommended by Hombre7Electrico

Similar feel, with both anime being school setting slice-of-life/ comedy with huge helpings of wholesomeness. Female main characters are also fairly similar, in that they have have challenges with socialising, have alternate "cartoon" forms and are highly likeable. Komi-san is a more light-hearted, comedy-driven anime compared to Kimi ni Todoke however.

report Recommended by JB-94

Both a Slice Of Life/Romance genre and cute moments that make you even more interested of how the relationship will build up.

report Recommended by ayame_yukimura

1. both prothagonists have problem with comunicating with others 2. in both shows boy is the first ne that tries to help them 3. both are netflix series

report Recommended by Alr345

-Both characters strive to make friends -Both Highschool -Somewhat Romantic

report Recommended by PouDaElite

Kimi ni Todoke, Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu. Recommendations

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