Megumin (Japanese: めぐみん) is a fictional character from the light novel, manga, and anime series KonoSuba written by Natsume Akatsuki. In the universe of Konosuba, a parallel world with MMORPG elements, Megumin is a sorcerer who joins protagonist Kazuma Sato's party in an attempt to defeat the Devil King. Due to the party's dysfunctional abilities, Kazuma quickly gives up on the idea of defeating the Devil King and tries to live a comfortable lifestyle, only to find the circumstances of his daily life force him and his party to encounter and battle the Devil King's generals.
Megumin has become a KonoSuba breakout character. Critical response to Megumin has been positive, with particular praise focused on the humour of the character's gags. Rie Takahashi's performance as the voice actress for Megumin has also been praised. The character's popularity led to Megumin becoming the lead character in KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! Legend of Crimson, which explores her background, as well as starring in her own spinoff light novel series KonoSuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World!,[1] which explores her story two years prior to the events of the main series and was also adapted to manga and anime.
Megumin was created by Akatsuki Natsume who noted that she exposed an aura fitting of an appealing heroine which led to her popularity overshadowing the actual heroine, Aqua.
Komi Can't Communicate (Japanese: 古見さんは、コミュ症です。, Hepburn: Komi-san wa, Komyushō Desu, lit. 'Komi Has Difficulties in Communicating') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tomohito Oda. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since May 2016, with its chapters collected in 29 tankōbon volumes as of April 2023. The series is licensed in North America by Viz Media.
An eight-episode live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from September to November 2021, and an anime television series adaptation produced by OLM aired from October to December of the same year; a second season aired from April to June 2022. The anime series is licensed by Netflix for worldwide streaming.
By June 2022, the manga had over 7.4 million copies in circulation. In 2022, the manga won the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōnen category.