Teasing Master Takagi-san, written and illustrated by Soichiro Yamamoto. 11 volumes (ongoing). Yen Press, 2019–2021.
Over the past few months, my social-media feeds have been full of mentions of a manga called Don’t Toy with Me Miss Nagatoro, which recently saw an anime adaptation. There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding that title for various reasons I don’t care to get into in this post; suffice to say, the story is about a strong-willed girl who bullies a timid young man into being her boyfriend.
Today, I want to look at a title that has a similar premise but is considerably gentler in execution. Though less funny than Nagatoro, it’s also more pleasant.
Soichiro Yamamoto’s Teasing Master Takagi-san currently stands at eleven volumes in the English-language version, though the next two volumes are already listed as forthcoming. There is an anime series as well, currently with two seasons and rumors of a third, though it’s slightly difficult to find: The first season currently resides on Amazon Prime, and the second is on Netflix. More weirdly, there is also a virtual-reality anime that puts the viewer in the role of the harried male protagonist. I haven’t seen any of those, so I am here discussing only the manga.
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