Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro
Plot. Naoto Hachioji, an introverted second-year student at Kazehaya High School, prefers to avoid social interactions and draw manga in his spare time. However, first-year girl Hayase Nagatoro, inadvertently discovers the manga, calls him "Senpai", and teases him to the point of crying. She frequents the Art Club room where he hangs out, and continues to bully him for his timid personality and "otaku" interests, sometimes in a sexually suggestive fashion, calling him lewd. As she continues to push him to become more assertive, Senpai develops a crush on Nagatoro in  return, and gradually comes out of his shell and involves himself in her life. Senpai meets Nagatoro's friends, Gamo, Yosshii and Sakura, who at first appear to be cruel and shallow high school girls who only seek to torment Senpai, but they catch on to Senpai and Nagatoro's oblivious mutual crush and they become supportive friends who scheme to bring the two closer together. The Art Club's semi-retired president appears and tries to shut down the club, but after a contest challenge during the culture festival, allows it to continue. The next school year, the president 's younger cousin enrolls in the high school and joins the Art Club. Media. Webcomic. Nanashi first started posting early prototypes of what would become Don't Toy with Me Nagatoro on Pixiv between August 2011 and December 2015, there are 5 total issues during this period. Manga. "Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro" has been serialized through "Magazine Pocket", published by Kodansha, since November 1, 2017. The first volume of the manga was released as a print version through Kodansha's "Shonen Magazine Comics" imprint and as a digital version on March 9, 2018. The second volume was  released on June 8, 2018. Thirteen volumes have been released as of April 2022. In addition to the standard edition, there is also a special edition containing works by several other artists. A comic anthology featuring special chapters by various artists was released on April 24, 2021. The manga has been licensed by Vertical in North America and the first volume was released in November 2019. Anime. An anime television series adaptation was announced on July 2, 2020. The series was directed by Hirokazu Hanai at Telecom Animation Film, with Taku Kishimoto supervising scripts, Misaki Suzuki designing the characters, and  Gin composing the music. It aired from April 11 to June 27, 2021, on Tokyo MX and other channels. Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Southeast Asia. Medialink has licensed the series in Southeast Asia and streamed it on iQIYI. Sumire Uesaka performed the opening theme "EASY LOVE", while Uesaka along with Mikako Komatsu, Aina Suzuki, and Shiori Izawa performed the ending theme . The series ran for 12 episodes. A second season was announced during an event on October 23, 2021. On October 28, 2021, Crunchyroll announced the series would receive an English dub, which premiered on January 11, 2022 . Reception. "Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro" has received mixed reviews. The first few chapters have been criticized for Nagatoro's teasing, with reviewers comparing it to bullying. However, the art and character development has been well received, with Nagatoro showing a softer side as the series progresses. "Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro" has also been compared to other works in the "teasing" genre, such as "Teasing Master Takagi-san" and "Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!" In November 2019, the manga had sold over one million copies in Japan, and surpassed 1.2 million in mid-July  2020. The series' protagonists were featured in a cameo in "Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Dōjin Edition". Nanashi has also drawn a collaboration manga with Azu's "Magical Sempai".