Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro 9

イジらないで、長瀞さん [Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san] #9

by nanashi

Winter arrives and Senpai comes down with a cold! But even Senpai’s rising body temperature won’t stop Nagatoro from getting a rise out of him. With Senpai absent from school, Nagatoro decides to pay him a visit at home, but things get a little heated when Senpai’s feverish state makes him imagine Nagatoro in a strangely domestic role…

Genres: Manga, Romance, Humor, Slice Of Life, Comics, Comedy, Manga Romance

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 9, 2020

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fluffy middle installment trips through some tropes: using first names, caring for a person with a cold, fretting over indirect kisses, exchanging Christmas presents. It's a nice visit with characters I like even if it evaporates pretty quickly from the memory as the teasing relationship continues its oh-so-slow evolution to something else.

[Laura B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute Volume.
I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel that these volumes are getting shorter and shorter, but they’re still very good! I wonder what’s on Nagatoro’s mind and if it really was the future plan form. Them getting gifts for each other was so cute, Senapi getting her food, and Nagatoro going to his house was too. Also. SAKURA LMAOOO. I enjoy how Senapai now looks for ways to overcome her teasing and I think he’s grown to enjoy/endure it for the sake of seeing Nagatoro happy. I think it’s time for them to confess...

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

We are finally making progress with the romance! Can't wait to see where it goes!

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Senpai knows Nagatoro’s first name, but should he speak of the devil, will she not appear? After a bout of manga cold, it’s the Christmas season and is it entirely possible that these two might get a little closer due to the holiday spirit?

A very by-the-numbers instalment of our titular demoness and her henpecked (and willing) punching bag. Nagatoro’s antics are back to their usual standard after a couple lighter volumes, for good and ill. It definitely feels like this one has a harder time blending the mean with the sweet.

These silly stories where something goes completely awry and leads to some appearance by the Nagatoro posse, who now function as an ersatz Greek chorus that echoes the audience sentiment that these two are fooling nobody, are still fun at least. The sleeve pulling incident is a perfect example of it.

When Senpai gets sick there’s a ton of silliness flying around as he gets some very tender loving care and Nagatoro is nearly forced to admit that she cares about him (there is a throwaway line in the aftermath that I certainly made note of).

While he’s having marriage delusions, I have to admit that I actually appreciated how both of them were in the work force and we didn’t just automatically slot her into the domestic role. That’s an easy change that a lot of books wouldn’t do and is a smart touch.

The Christmas story is okay - another instance where our duo want to be together but won’t admit it. I have to admit I was looking for more date than we got, although the girls who didn’t have dates and their plans was a fun aside.

It’s also interesting how ‘you do you’ this book is about people just being themselves, whether it’s a non-judgmental look at Sakura (the gyaru) being very free love or the always hilarious class president, whose one joke seems to now be that she is perpetually naked. That last one has gotten far more mileage than it ever should have just because of how it keeps getting reframed.

After last volume’s killer joke, romance, mean story blend it is hard not to feel a bit let down by the stories in this one and, I have to admit, I have absolutely zero idea what the joke in the sketch story was about so that landed with a total thud for me.

3 stars - it is very by-the-numbers and not bad at all, but the series has certainly hit these notes harder. It’s definitely fun, but nothing to distinguish it from prior volumes.

[Tris (bookinreads)]

"Gracias, Hayase"
"Dilo de nuevo, por favor"
"Podría querer besarte"
Los regalos de Navidad.

Ya quiero que estén juntos :(

[Victor The Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Senpai is under the weather and Nagatoro is there to heal him and make his face all red, and thanks her with food when he recovers while wondering what they’d be like as a couple. Later when Christmas arrives, he also attempts to give her a special gift. A- (91%/Excellent)

[Ben Nealis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best progression in the series to date. Where there were hints of feelings before there is confirmed affection in this volume. A fantastic entry to the series with tons of humor and character development. I blitzed through this book in about an hour and had to stop myself from picking up the next volume. Absolutely great.

[Joe Kerr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nagatoro and Senpai continue to grow closer.

Several times this volume, they are assumed to be a couple, which perturbs them both... yet they're both constantly thinking about each other. The art club president makes a few appearances, sans clothes, as usual, and I've got to say, at the beginning of the volume, it says she has a very impressive chest. I have to concur. The body of a Greek goddess with bazongas the size of cannon balls. Also, Senpai catches the cold from nursing Nagatoro when she was sick. So, she comes unexpectedly to care for him. She cooks for him, puts cool wash cloths on his forehead, even practically straddles him, to try and get him to stay in bed and rest. In his fevered state, Senpai has a vision, of a possible future. Nagatoro, older, mature, in a very sexy women's business suit, wearing a ring very similar to the one Senpai is wearing... oh and they also hold hands and get caught, then are horseplaying in the art club room, are seen by several people, and now most of the school thinks they are a couple. Even Nagatoro's friends can tell its just a matter of time. I think we all know that they will get together officially, likely in the last volume (I hope that's not for awhile). Oh, and they are again confused as a couple, and use it to get out of a singles Christmas Eve all-night karaoke marathon party. They spend Christmas Eve together, and yes, they exchange thoughtful gifts.

[John Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nanashi doesn't disappoint as we get more development for our odd couple this volume. He's starting to fantasize about her being his future wife. When he catches a cold, she decides to nurse him back to health and in the process keeps getting more intimate, touching foreheads to gauge his fever temperature, etc. He calls her by her first name and it both shocks and delights her...she wants him to say it again but he's delirious and goes to sleep. She contemplates kissing him, leans in to do it but gets interrupted by his mom coming home. His mom later embarrasses him by asking if Hayase is his girlfriend. This manga also has a Christmas chapter, very apropos for this time of year as I read this...they exchange gifts (scarves) in the end, but not without a lot of complicated hijinks to (badly) hide their relationship (that everyone sees but them) from her friends. Nagatoro is falling hard for her senpai and I'm along for this ride.

[Rowan Briggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

TLDR: More of the same. If you have enjoyed the recent novels, then you will probably like this one. I would give it a 3.5.

Longer Review: This novel does a really good job at developing our main characters. I know I have been saying that for a lot of the reviews on this series, but I am still glad to see it. Sometimes I feel like you start reading a romance anime and the characters don't really get developed like at all. However, the characters here are really getting flushed out and developed. The relationship feels like it is actually moving along. This is also a relatively enjoyable volume. The one complaint is that it seems to have some of the cliche "then this happened" scenes, but I still found myself enjoying it. I would give it a 3.5.

[Richard · Rating 5 out of 5]

More of the endearing hijinks - you’re here aren’t you? You know why

It’s the ongoing story that continues to surprise and deliver the laughs. The characters keep on gently developing and the very simple premise of the story continues to generate smiles and actual laughs as it goes forward.

And that’s the biggest surprise of this basic gag-reel series - the story does actually progress and Nagatoro is the driving force but also she has definitely pushed her shy and awkward senpai into becoming the person she believes in. And if that’s not a reason to smile, then what is?

[47Time · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is the art class president getting dressed any time soon? We pervs appreciate the fan service, but the joke's been done. Let's move on.

Nagatoro looks genuinely worried when Senpai gets a cold and misses school. She not only visits him, but stays over to care for his fever and cook for him. She almost steals a kiss from him while he is sleeping. Oh, yeah, she wants him. Meanwhile he has a fever dream about being married to Nagatoro which creeps him out a bit. But he wants her, too. These two need a room. Wait, they need to be able to vote first, THEN get a room.

[Craig Schorling · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume had some cute moments but it feels like they are running out of ideas. The humor is repeating itself and the scenarios are starting to feel "samey". The author is pushing the two together more with each volume so it would be nice to spend more time developing this now instead of what got us to this point.

[Jesus Flores · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ahora el que se enfermo fue el Senpai
Lo del retrato, bien
Y lo de su regalo navideño
Si Nagatoro sigue haciéndole bullying, pero ya es mínimo y se ve que los dos ya

Divertido el tomo, si me hice reir varias veces

3.48 stars

[Justin Perucca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked how they toned down the teasing as I felt like it they didn't the series would get old fast. It's cute to see their relationship blossom further. I can't stand the art president now as she is just the naked joke over and over.

[Bookgirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love it.

[Ruhin · Rating 5 out of 5]

my favorite so faar!

[celene · Rating 4 out of 5]

cheesing bc of this manga,,, this was fun and wholesome omg

[Nicolas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish these were a bit meatier i burn through em too fast

[Sheepy · Rating 5 out of 5]

So Darn Cute, there is so much more romance to the teasing and the little short chapters at the end really add something to it all.

The Christmas presents chapter was so sweet.

[Jacqueline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its finally getting some where with them expressing feeling! So fricken cute 💜

[Kane · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am utterly enthralled and in love with this series.

[Ray Rappisi · Rating 4 out of 5]

That last page 🫣

[Ana Paes · Rating 3 out of 5]

notes: yeah. No notes.

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

(see review of vol. 14 for review of vols 9-14)

[Michelle Biszkopt · Rating 3 out of 5]

autorze drogi, choć ten tom był fajny proszę cię PRZESTAŃ RYSOWAĆ GOŁĄ LICEAISTKE

[Parker Ryu · Rating 4 out of 5]

all the cute fanfic beginning of relationship tropes and i gobble them all up cause i'm soft on the inside

ah the youthful innocence of first love ;;

[Anthony Wendel · Rating 3 out of 5]

As Senpai gets sick, there are a few daydreams where he imagines Nagataro as his wife. It's adorable and makes me wish for the pair to eventually come together.

[Diogo Muller · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was the cutest, most wholesome volume up to now. Really like how this series has been evolving.