Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro is a Japanese romantic comedy TV series based on a web manga series written and illustrated by Nanashi. While the start of the series appears almost like actual bullying, Nagatoro (the female MC) mellows out in the next episodes. This ensures that the anime transitions into a light watch that will make you smile like a Cheshire cat. Fans are, of course, curious whether there are more rom-com anime series that are just like Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro. And I bring good news: there indeed are!
Let’s first talk about what Nagatoro is about, though, in case some readers haven’t watched it. In this rom-com, a timid introverted high schooler gets constantly teased by a junior who attends the same high school as he does. While this teasing might seem like torture at first, she actually has a crush on him!
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Here are 10 anime similar to Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san (Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro).
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10. Rent-a-Girlfriend
Buy/Watch on: Crunchyroll
- Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen
- Episodes: 12
Similarities
Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro and Rent-a-Girlfriend remind me of each other because of their rom-com atmosphere & the male protagonist who is easily flustered when he faces a pretty girl.
Synopsis
After Kazuya Kinoshita gets dumped by his girlfriend, he tries to rent a girlfriend through a mobile app. The rental girlfriend he picks, Chizuru Mizuhara, is seemingly perfect. She is beautiful, kind, and leaves an awesome first impression. But when the date is over, he checks the reviews of Chizuru and they are very ambivalent. Still sad about his breakup, he starts to believe that the rental girlfriend is only playing with the hearts of men and leaves a negative rating on her profile.
Chizuru then reveals her true self, and she is quite a tsundere. Exactly at that moment, Kazuya receives news about his grandma’s collapse and somehow brings Chizuru to the hospital with him. The collapse turns out to be nothing serious, but Kazuya’s grandma is extremely happy about him having a serious relationship with such a nice girl. Since they are unable to reveal the truth, the pretend lovers must present themselves as a real couple.
9. Magical Sempai
Buy/Watch on: Crunchyroll
- Genres: Comedy, Ecchi, School, Seinen
- Episodes: 12
Similarities
The main premise of both shows is the female lead constantly teasing the male lead.
Synopsis
An unmotivated freshman ends up joining a magic high school club with an eccentric but cute girl who fails at every magical trick she attempts as his mentor.
8. Tsurezure Children
Buy/Watch on: Amazon
- Genres: Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen
- Episodes: 12
Similarities
Both are set in high school with some characters that love teasing their crushes. 🙂
Synopsis
Tsurezure Children depicts various youngsters who attend the same high school and have trouble confessing their feelings to each other.
7. Kaguya-sama: Love is War
Buy/Watch on: Crunchyroll, Amazon
- Genres: Comedy, Psychological, Romance, School, Seinen
- Episodes: 12
Similarities
Both anime have a premise of teasing while they also share a wholesome kind of humor relating to having a crush on someone.
Synopsis
Two top-ranked student council representatives, Miyuki Shirogane and Kaguya Shinomya, are both respected by their peers for their grades and elegance.
This duo could be considered a perfect couple, but even though they have developed feelings for each other they are also both determined to manipulate the other party to confess their feelings first and win the love war they have started.
6. Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time
Buy/Watch on: Amazon
- Genres: Comedy, School, Seinen
- Episodes: 21
Similarities
Both anime are set mainly in school where a lot of teasing happens between a boy & a girl.
Synopsis
A diligent student is constantly distracted by the antics of her neighboring classmate.
5. The Helpful Fox Senko-san
Buy/Watch on: Amazon
- Genres: Slice of Life, Comedy, Supernatural, Romance
- Episodes: 12
Similarities
Both are a good slice of life anime with an isolated guy and a playful girl that likes to be around him.
Synopsis
The life of a young overworked salaryman changes after a seemingly young fox demigod moves in to take care of him.
4. Dagashi Kashi
Buy/Watch on: Amazon
- Genres: Comedy, Shounen, Slice of Life
- Episodes: 12
Similarities
Both are comedic slice of life shows with a hyperactive heroine who will change the male protagonist’s ordinary life.
Synopsis
A strange, energetic girl comes to a town out in the countryside and tries to encourage Kokonotsu, an aspiring mangaka, to take over his father’s dagashi shop.
3. Himouto! Umaru-chan
Buy/Watch on: Amazon
- Genres: Comedy, School, Seinen, Slice of Life
- Episodes: 12
Similarities
Want your ears shattered? 😀
Both are comedies about a cute girl who loves to ANNOY a socially awkward male protagonist.
Synopsis
Himouto! Umaru-chan is a cute story that follows the daily adventures of Umaru and Taihei, as they take care of—and put up with—each other the best they can, as well as the unbreakable bonds between friends and siblings.
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2. Teasing Master Takagi-san
Buy/Watch on: Amazon
- Genres: Slice of Life, Comedy, Romance, School, Shounen
- Episodes: 12
Why it’s similar
Teasing Master Takagi-san is among the most similar anime to Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro. The titular character, Takagi-san, is a skilled teaser who has a crush on the male MC. The playful teasing is a way how she shows that she likes him, and this goes beyond school activities: she teases him everywhere they meet or go together!
Synopsis
Nishikata, a middle school boy, is constantly teased by Takagi-san, his cute classmate. With his pride shattered to pieces, he vows to turn the tables and make her blush from embarrassment from his teasing at least once.
1. Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
Buy/Watch on: Amazon
- Genres: Slice of Life, Comedy, Romance, Ecchi
- Episodes: 12
Why it’s similar
Both are slice-of-life anime that feature the heroine often teasing the easily flustered male character.
Synopsis
Sakurai Shinichi just wants to have a peaceful and quiet life. Everyone wants what they can’t have, huh?
Lively and gorgeous upperclassman Uzaki Hana is making that one wish impossible – she just wants to hang out with him and have a lot of fun!
