Audience reviews
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Shiota
Look, we've all been there. You're scrolling through a streaming service, your brain melted from the day, and you just want to watch something that requires the intellectual engagement of a goldfish. You see a cute, anime girl on a thumbnail. "Oh," you think, "a wholesome rom-com. Perfect."
My friend, you have just activated a trap card. Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro isn't a rom-com. It's a 12-episode-long demonstration of how to gaslight an introvert, packaged with a sickly-sweet aesthetic and sold to you as a good time.
It's Not a "Slow Burn," It's a Dumpster Fire from the Start
Every show needs a hook. A good hook makes you curious. A bad hook makes you cringe. This show's hook makes you want to call a therapist.
The premise is simple: Hayase Nagatoro, a first-year student with t…
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This anime is dogshit, I only watched it because my ex wanted me to catch the episodes weekly with him and I even felt obliged to keep up with the manga. It's just some horny dude getting bullied by a younger girl, they're obviously in love but don't act on it so it's just awkward to watch. The sexualisation of this teenage girl is also bleh. Animation is good, I won't be watching Season 2 but my friend told me the new animation studio is abysmal which is kind of funny. Degenerate fanbase also, which isn't surprising because my ex is a massive one. I randomly remembered this anime exists today when seeing the most racist tweet from someone with a Nagatoro pfp and thought I'd leave a review for fun.
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Review for season 1 & 2 here (Series rating: 4.4/10). I truly misjudged what this show was about. And that’s because the first season, and especially the first episode are complete trash. This has one of the worst pilots I’ve ever seen. But you start to pick up what the show has to offer halfway through season 1. Ok let me explain, this show, at surface level, is about this nerdy virgin loser who gets picked on by a promiscuous girl who likes him. Sounds like a fucking cringefest. And the first season is. Every single fucking joke is just this girl doing some innuendo getting the guy uncomfortable and flustered to where she pushes it to the point to where he thinks something lewd is gonna happen before she pulls back and says “did you really think I was going to do that? Such a creep lol”,…
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English.
This, more than a series of student romance, seems to be a series of bullying which is normalized throughout it, not only what we see on the screen is very humiliating and uncomfortable to watch, but also the story itself it helps her a lot.
Many will debate that the girl actually does it to make the guy see her more, but even so, what she does goes way beyond the threshold of being romantic and becomes constant harassment, not only does it show the guy no vulnerable moments but it also he spends the entire series beating and humiliating him incessantly.
Now also how the boy supports it is unreal, they argue that it is because he is used to bullying since he was a child but from my opinion it is not a fairly solid argument for him to put up with so much, many times he only does it…
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TRIGGER WARNINGS: ABUSE, HARASSMENT, GASLIGHTING, MANIPULATION, MISOGYNY, INCELS, KINK SHAMING
Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san is not a traditional romantic comedy because it is neither romantic nor funny. Rather, it is comparable to a horror movie.
The horror genre appeals to people who enjoy being scared. You put yourself in the shoes of a frightened protagonist as they get chased by psychopaths, monsters, demons, etc. It’s almost masochistic how we enjoy horror. In Nagatoro-san, a teenage beta-male cuck gets tormented by a sadistic girl he has a crush on. He is repeatedly gaslit, humiliated, and manipulated by her. Similar to a horror film, it is frustrating, disturbing, uncomfortable, but strangely entertaining for a particular audience.
Naoto, our virgin loser protagonist, is the audience…
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[Content warnings for Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro: Partial nudity (not to mention underage), and general all around pervy-ness]
Overall: 2/10
This anime probably gets the superlative of my least favorite show as of right now. There's just nothing I liked about it at all. And yeah, I know I would get a lot of hate for this review. I'm sure a lot of people will disagree with me but, this anime is just what seems like complete fanservice, twelve episodes of nothing, and the sexualization of minors. The overexaggerated "tsundere" character is the most annoying cliche in anime, and Nagatoro was just executed especially poorly.
Story: 1/10
The story line is just awful. There's simply none at all. None of the episodes really seemed like they connected with each other with any importance at…
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The more I think about this show the more I become conflicted with how much I actually enjoyed it which seems to be the theme of this anime.
The constant bullying really just gets old after a while, every episode has moments of fun but it's immediately just squashed by the same tired crap of Nagatoro sucking him in and then of course just browbeating him and mocking him. Think he's ever going to grow a spine and take over? HAHA NOPE. 12 eps of beta cuckery right till the closing frames.
She's like a Great Value tsundere that is 2 months past its expiration date. You try so hard to like Nagatoro but she just acts so god damn stupid that it kills literally any value she has as a character.
In hindsight now that I have written this out in front of me.. nah man this anime sucked.
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(Slight spoilers)
My expectations going into this show were not high by any means. Before the anime, I heard the term “Nagatoro” thrown around by my friends who read the manga, and from what I heard, I thought this series wasn’t going to be anything exceptional. I was right, since this is about as generic and “turn off your brain” as a show can get (which isn’t necessarily a bad quality).
Story - 5
The plot consists of an introverted and socially awkward teenage boy only disclosed as “Senpai” meeting his pretty underclassman girl named Nagatoro. Their relationship is toxic by every means and bullying and harassment of Senpai is the common theme. But, the more time the two spend together, the more the bully Nagatoro begins to soften up and like “Senpai”. This concept has good potential an…
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A confession:
I feel a great need to wear surgical gloves as I type out this review, for fear of the shame trembling out from my fingertips and leaving a residue on my keyboard. Indeed, I've used this keyboard to lambaste a great variety of anime, and regardless of the words I've chosen, I have always taken to these reviews with a measure of pride. However after finishing Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san, I looked down at these keys, lovingly decorated with the vinyl Harry Potter stickers I bought on Etsy last year, and felt tangible embarrassment for the first time. For a moment, I couldn't believe that it's actually my job to watch and write about crap like this. I publicly set the show to 'dropped' because I didn't want my co-workers to see me watching it. Maybe I need a break. Or maybe the ind…
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Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro or Nagatoro for short, is the latest installment in a pack of narcissistic girls “teasing” an anti-social, awkward degenerate boy. The whole premise and the comedy revolve around Hayase, the main girl, “jokingly” bullying her upperclassman: Naoto. Hayase is teasing Naoto because that’s the only method for her to show affection to him. Now, this type of comedy-romance isn’t anything new. When done right, it can be wholesome, cute, and enjoyable. The prime example that I can immediately think of is Teasing Master Takagi-san that aired a few years back. But Nagatoro isn’t wholesome, cute, or enjoyable. Contrary to Takagi-san, Nagatoro is the most predictable, boring, and quite frankly, one of the offensive shows to be aired.
I don’t find any appealing elemen…
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Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san is a heartwarming and hilarious story that never has a dull moment. The playful tension in each interaction between Nagatoro and Senpai builds up to adorable punchlines that seamlessly blends comedy and romantic progression, making for an incredibly fulfilling romcom.
Let’s talk about the romance part first. Instead of using a lazy excuse to bring Nagatoro and Senpai together, the show creates a connection that’s thoughtfully woven into their growth as characters. Episode one’s library scene and episode two’s restaurant scene establish why Nagatoro took an interest in Senpai in the first place, and their similarities highlight how her contrasting decisions are very intentionally written to detail her attraction. At their core, both scenes introduce boys to Nagato…
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This is probably the worst anime... no.... show I have ever seen with my two very eyes. The plot, characters, just everything is dreadful.
PLOT: 1/10
I still cannot comprehend why this is considered to be rom-com when it has nothing to do with either one. Sure maybe there was some comedic moments but for the most part it left me dying of cringe to the point of wanting to hang myself. The whole entire concept of this upperclassmen being dominated by an underclassmen left me to tears because of how horrific it was. It felt like a rinse and repeat with each episode feeling the exact same with no REAL romantic tension between the two main characters. Its almost like the show was constructed for down bad discord mods who love to feel inferior and be dehumanised by girls. I am not sorry to sa…
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Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san is an anime that defied my expectations. When I started watching it, I saw that the anime was quite controversial, mostly because of the bullying aspect. Now that I finished it however, I can say that while not the greatest anime out there, it is still a very enjoyable watch.
While the teasing might turn some people off, the harshest it will ever be is in the first two episodes. After that, it starts becoming more toned down, with Nagatoro playfully teasing her senpai. After the first two episodes, the anime becomes surprisingly wholesome, especially when the relationship between the two main characters is developed.
The art style for the most part isn't something out of the ordinary. While it is somewhat average, it still looks good, with several shots across th…
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Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san is one of the best slice of life, ecchi, romantic comedies available in anime right now.
Story: The story is similar to many other ecchi romantic comedies with it's comedy skits and school setting. It starts off with Nagatoro teasing Hachiouji so much it seems like bullying but once you get through the initial episode, it becomes obvious that she likes him. There isn't much to the story yet, with it being one comedy skit after another with no overarching plot. The show did add a mini arc to develop the relationship between Nagatoro and Hachiouji at the end of season 1 and it seems that the overarching plot throughout the series will be their relationship. I hope it will add more depth in future seasons to develop the characters.
Art: The art and animation are wel…
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OMG! THIS SHOW PROMOTING BULLYING. I CANNOT EXCUSE THE PORTRAYAL OF THIS ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP IN AN ARTISTIC MEDIUM SUCH AS ANIME. IS THIS ANOTHER KOIKIMO?
These are the vibes you’d expect from a negative review of this series, which so many people have come to “love.” Well, I’m here to say I couldn’t give a rats ass about the “bullying” in this show. When Nagatoro was first announced, I thought it’d be some nasty shit and the first episode proved my point: I was ready to go SJW keyboard warrior mode on this show like many others did for Koikimo (deserved btw, that show is ass).
Yet, I found that the bullying and teasing wasn’t as atrocious as I thought it’d be, nor as bad as many manga readers were making it out to be.
Unfortunately, that didn’t stop me from realising that Nagatoro, at…
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If you’ve been around online animanga communities, chances are you’ve happened upon a dark-haired, smug anime girl with a prominent flesh fang at least once. It’s become almost unavoidable with the surge of profile images featuring the titular character. At the same time, more than one viral post has been made, sometimes decrying the show’s “bullying” gimmick, but most of the time about the fanbase it supposedly attracts. The idea of this light rom-com being under so much scrutiny, to the point of crafting artificial controversies around it, is a pretty amusing one.
Even so, despite its flaws and rather loud detractors, I find myself fond of Nagatoro.
The premise is simple: the titular character Nagatoro teases and messes with Senpai, a timid and unsociable student. Aside from a couple o…
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Quick review because this show doesn't really need a long one.
This is a rom-com called "Don't Toy with Me, Nagatoro-san" written by a hentai artist.
You really don't need to know more than that. You should already know whether or not you would enjoy it. If you read that and think "that sounds dumb" or "I won't enjoy that" then guess what? You won’t enjoy it. This show is exactly what it advertises itself to be (except a bit more wholesome and less ecchi than you might expect), so there should be no reason to watch it if you know you won't like it.
But to explain a bit more anyways, well, you get exactly what you would expect. A girl teasing a somewhat wimpy guy everyday. There's no story or anything, though there will be the occasional mini-arc (there's one this season, I assume there w…
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The one major attraction of anime medium is that we can explore any idea, in any way possible. Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san (Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro) explores the idea of a fiesty girl who makes it their personal hobby to bully a guy. Just imagine that. We have a show about a girl picking on a guy as a major plot element in 2021.
Watching Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san is the type of rom-com adaptation that you know what you're going to get from day one. The premise speaks for itself as Naoto Hachiouji (better known as Senpai) is teased by Nagatoro every single day. And for his sanity, let's just say that Senpai would have to put up with Nagatoro antics even if he can never have a peaceful day again. Based on the manga of the same name, it's clear the author wanted to entertain us in the…
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Bullying, and anything similar, has always been regarded as a sensitive subject. For that reason, most anime and manga tackle this topic with a rather solemn approach, as they should. Serious issues akin to bullying shouldn't be viewed as a medium to make obscene jokes—unless you make it obvious that you aren't ridiculing the subject matter in question. Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san seemingly does the opposite; according to a part of the audience, it treats a heavy topic like bullying in a comedic manner and makes light of it.
This show isn't actually about bullying, though. In the end, despite my initial impressions, Iiranaide, Nagatoro-san turned out to be a weirdly heartwarming show that consistently kept me entertained. Why, though? I will explain.
The first episode of Ijiranaide, Nagator…
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My Ijranaide Nagatoro-San Review :)
Story 9/10
Most people dropped the series to quickly because of the bullying in the first few episodes and calling it problematic. Throughout the entire series you can see how these characters grow and develop into something that is clearly more than a girl picking on her upperclassman.
Art 10/10
I LOVE this art style, I think it looks so clean and colourful; It definitely stands out. The art for the opening is also incredible and interesting to watch. Sound 8/10
The opening and endings are really catchy and memorable. The rest of the soundtrack is also very fitting for the scenes they are intended for but nothing incredible.
Character 9/10
As stated before, most people dropped the anime too early because Nagatoro was a bully and problematic, and…
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